al jazeera demands their immediate release. for all this time their families have been tighting for their freedom. hashima hambra has the story. >> reporter: they have been in jail for more than three months. the trial of al jazeera's journalists, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed has been adjourned many times in the past and the judge has refused to grant them bail. they are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges dismissed by the al jazeera network. last week the al jazeera journalists were allowed out of the cage dock for the first time. remeantly denied any association with the muslim brotherhood. their families have been demanding their release for months. >> he has two children, four years old and five years old. he is expecting a new child. very kind person, all our relatives and friends like him so much. professional journalist. >> my brother mohamed fahmy is in no way whatsoever associated with any political group. seeing my brother in this situation is absolutely

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and al jazeera spoke to a few of them. >> sometimes they would pete al jazeera correspondent peter greste at this cafe. but he along with two others were imprisoned by authorities in egypt. another journalist has been in jail since last august. >> i tell him to stay strong. i tell them that we're thinking of him and we're thinking of them every single day, and they have become the emblem of our struggle, and it's every journalists struggle. it's not every journalist's struggle but it should be everyone's struggle because everyone relies on people like peter and his colleagues. they're paying now for everyone else's freedom. >> the recent kenyan government ruling to move all ranches to attackmove all refugees.most ree reported on the 20th anniversary of the rwanda genocide when a million people were killed. tom is from a group that advocates for journalists and said things could get worse for reporters. >> it's very worrying for this region in particular because once they stop cracking down on high profile names for al jazeera what does that mean for local journalists even here in kenya wh

al jazeera america. only on al jazeera america >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is "talk to al jazeera."h ken burns and we've been talking about his films including his latest documentary "the address'. brought up the future, you are the future. now there's a ken burns act. >> i think what happened is, wired magazine said if you would warrant to look at all of my films, it would take you five days and three quarters to get through them. we were thinking, nowadays wouldn't it be great to cure eightatesome of the themes we we talking about -- curate some of the things we were talking about, some of the things that happen in american history and take clips and arrange like play lists, moments in the films two, three minutes long. and it makes for a kind of credit initial immersion into my body of work without having to spend five and three quarters days and nights watching everything. but it will say wow, this happened, and i see the interrelationships of things. that warp and woof of history. that fabric of time and the way these themes interrelate. and the sense of the from from-impositio

only on al jazeera america al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> this takes guts... >> the sound of the fighter jets fades for the moment, but on the ground the fighting is intensifying. >> the taliban, as you can see in the picture right now, are very close to the base. they're trying to get over the wall, but the ana soldiers they are fighting fiercely, trying to resist a raid of the talib. >> they just hit some of the insurgents or they were close to hitting them. i don't know of the afghan casualties. >> suddenly, the forward attack group gets a call >> the suicide bombers failed

many have been joining al jazeera today to show solidarity for al jazeera colleagues. there have been four al jazeera colleagues who have been detained in egypt. you see bbc broadcasting house in london. this is a huge media organization. it's a little bit bigger than the al jazeera organization. and this previously journalist staff broadcasting house in london. and there you see them with the black tape on their mouths and signs being held up saying that journalism is not a crime. >> my brother is a professional award winning journalist. he is no way that he is associated with a political group. this is the worst feeling. i cannot even describe it in words. he is a very fine and warm person who is always concerned about us all. we need him back. >> that ithat is mohammed's bro. mohammed is our bureau chief in cairo, and the fourth journalist, he has been detained since last august, in fact. that's longer than the other three, and he's on hunger strike, and his wife said that his health is deteriorating. >> a lot of people ask a lot of times what did they do? they do w

watching at al jazeera america, i'm dell walters in new york, talk to al jazeera is next, and a reminder for updates throughout the day, you and go to aljazeera.com, with the news continues 24 hour as day. seven days a week. >> ithis is the declaration of independence 2.0. >> the gettysburg address, the america's most important speech, the words of abraham lincoln is the latest of burns work. >> the flawed hypocrisy of thompson jefferson's original declarations. >> one doubling down to one of the families, the rooz veez roo roosevelts. >> ken, why have you decided to deal with a very important part of that era? >> people ask me how do i choose my projects and this one chose me. i live in a tiny town in rural new hampshire, putney, vermont, greenwood school, they asked me to be a judge at this gettysburg recitation event. i literally wept. i thought, somebody should make a film on this but that would be cinema verite. finally, with the 150th approaching, i just said, we got to do this, i got to put my money where my mouth is. we had to make a film about this heroic struggle of these boys.

freedom and his controversial relationship with hugo chavez >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> good afternoon. i'm morgan radford live in new york, and here are the top stories. >>> does lithuania need nato? i guarantee you nato will be there. >> u.s. troops arrive in lithuania as nato beefs up its presence in the balkan states. president obama prepares for trade talks with leaders in malaysi malaysia. >> there you have it, festivities continue in vatican city where millions prepare for the canonization of not one but two popes. >>> more american troops are arriving in eastern europe today, and they'll add to the nato operation responding to tensions in ukraine. the u.s. is sends hundreds of soldiers to the balantic states. >> we are here to demonstrate nato's commitment to lithuania with our persistent presence of trained soldiers. let me make this clear. should lithuania need nato, i guarantee you nato will be there. >> the leaders are preparing to hold emergency talks on monday, and the white house and members of the g-7 all promising penalties for russia saying

this is al jazeera. >> welcome to the news hour i'm darren jordan, from al jazeera headquarters in doha. these are the headlines. white house is concerned about russia's provocative action he. >>> nigeria, the president blames the armed group boa boko haram. >> hundreds of students and teachers have been subject to massive dna tests following rape of a teenage girl. >> you have to learn. i buy a dictionary every year, because every year they have new words. >> and we meet the 100-year-old crossword puzzle maker. welcome to the program. ukraine's acting president says he would welcome u.n. peace keepers in the east where armed prattists have seized government blfts. horlivka. in the east. >> 100 men took part in the assault which like many takeovers in the east was streamed online. the military would be coming in to stop the arrest. no sign of any government operation and state buildings continue to fall. a few blocks away horlivka's city council was also taken over. pro-russian groups, across the east are now being told to raise the flag of the republic of donetske as opposed to the rus

why lori jane gliha, al jazeera. >> who failed alicia rudd? inappropriate behavior between staff and dcs shelter families. "america tonight"'s correspondent lori jane gliha reveals these documents and talks to rol everythingsha olesha's family. >> i couldn't think. >> why didn't you call the police? >> if my mind went black and i -- blank and went into shock, i wasn't the only one in the family that was around when the notification got to us that rolesha was missing. anybody could have picked up the phone and dialed 911 for me because i wasn't at that time able to do it. >> did anybody else call police? >> i don't know. >> "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha with the missing girl's grand that. what she has to say. >>> up next is it a rare childhood disease or evidence of abuse. the evidence facing doctors and parents, a disturbing syndrome, next. >> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... six strangers... >> let's just send them back to mexico >> experience illegal immigration up close and personal. >> it's ov

lisa bernard, al jazeera, oakland. >> thank you for watching al jazeera america."techknow" is next, featuring phil's excellent adventure. for updates throughout the day go to aljazeera.com. i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. hard core in other words: marita davidson, is a scientist, specializing in ecology and evolution. testing a meat substitute that claims to taste like the same thing. >> it does taste like chicken.

and i gal kerr, al jazeera, haiti. >> just ahead on al jazeera america, this little guy is causing a lot of headaches. we will tell you about a new market for these invasive fish, one that's putting more people to work. [ music ] >>> good afternoon to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i am morgan radford live in new york. here are today's top stories. at least one european military observer detained in eastern ukraine has been freed and that's due to medical reasons. eight observers working in the country were captured last friday by pro-russian separatists. the observers were seen today and insisted they are not being mistreated. meanwhile, president obama heads to the philippines for the last leg of his asian tour. he defended the country's missing flight 370 saying officials are working around the clock to find it. obama is the first american president to visit the country in 50 years. from popes to saints, two catholic giants, pope john paul ii and john xxiii have officially entered sainthood. millions gathered in saint peter's square to witness history at the vatican. >>>

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john terrett, al jazeera, new york. >>> al jazeera's andrew thomas spoke to peter greste's parents whotheir son will be released soon. >> when you first heard peter has been arrested did you imagine he would still be detained 100 days later? >> absolutely not. i didn't know how long it would take, but i didn't expect it to be -- probably just a couple of days at the most. >> well, clearly our initial response was, well, mistakes do happen. this is clearly a mistake. it's all going to be over in a few days. never ever did we imagine that we would be marking the 100th day. >> how are you coping? >> i would like to think that i'm coping well, but there have been many occasions when i think that i have just about reached the end of my tether. i don't know what happens to people once they get over that edge, but i feel that i'm not very far from whatever it means cracking. but, you know, we're not far from that point. >> we're getting exhausted, and tired, and we feel as if we're running on empty all the time now. >> are you hopeful? >> hopeful it will be finished on thursday, yes. um -- bu

al jazeera america. communications commission is trying to rewrite the rules of the road for the internet, and the big issue that has ignited a raging debate is whether content companies should be able to pay for the privilege of having their stuff like videos reach you faster than somebody else's content. so for this discussion, think of digital content as cars traveling on a highway that -- the highway represents the broadband pipes. here is what the future could look like if the ruled proposed today are approved. content companies like netflix or youtube could pay a toll to broadband providers, to send videos speeding to your home at faster speeds than other companies that cannot afford to pay those tolls. whether the content companies traveling in the past lane will pass the tolls on to you is the question. that picture is disturbing to advocates of something known as net neutrality. that is that they have to treat all providers equally. they say that allowing some companies to pay to travel in the f

al jazeera. >> u.s. president barack obama has signed a ten year defense pact with the philippines but said it is not intended to contain china. china is involved in territorial disputes with various countries including the philippines. jamalla lenduggan has more. >> just a few hours after the u.s. and the philippines signed a military agreement that will mean increased american military presence in the country. the only former u.s. colony in asia the philippines has long been america's strongest ally. when george w. bush visited in 2003 he was drumming up support from the philippines to back the u.s. war on terror. aquino says the government will not be just a military one. across manila activists are protesting, calling this an extension of u.s. imperialism in southeast asia. >> high growth rate new peace deal that kind of thing that is a showcase of what american friends in the region can hope to achieve. the interesting thing about the controversy over u.s. troops is the extent to which it is not sha

. >> don't miss al jazeera america's critically acclaimed series borderland on al jazeera america also available on demand >>> this is al jazeera live from new york city. i am jonathan betz with today's top stories. >> i bow my head in apology for the families of the victims. >> apologies from the captain of that ferry that sank in south korea. he explains why passengers were told to stay put. searching for survivors, an avalanche wipes out a team of men climbing the world's tallest mountain. >> a good drug to save us from the bad ones. a good medicine that referses the effects of overdosing. victim's families. he and two crew members were arrested for neg lunch he knew. the official death towll is 36. families are being asked to give dna samples. harry fawsett has more. and around the sunken ferry. for the first time, authorities said bodies had been seen on board. >> a diver discovered three bodies but he had to come out of the water due to floating objects. >> a dramatic shift in the boat's position. officials admitting what families first made public, that it had tilted over on its

talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> however, the diver came out of the water due to a time limit and floating objects. but as relatives were shown footage of overnight dives news emerged of an overnight shift in the vessel's position. it had tilted on its side making access more difficult. for the families here at the port it's become a familiar feeling that officials are not telling them everything that they know. some feel that the undersea movement too the air pockets are gone. there are some who feel that this is in recovery mode. a diver just back from the scene told us time was run out. >> when there was talk of an air pocket that's when part of the ship was above the water. now i don't believe any air pockets exist. >> parents agreed to dna samples, the reality is that dna is likely to be crucial in identifying their children. as continuing anger at the captain and crew who appeared in court on charges of negligence and breaking maritime law he offered apologies, he also insisted that he ordered to abandon ship because rescue boats had not yet reached the scene. >> t

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hello, and welcome to al jazeera america. new violence in ukraine, and the war of words between russia and the quite is heating up again. three mens are dead following a shooting in a hospital in afghanistan. >> can you imagine 200 bodies let to rot in a the united nations now considering sanctions against south sudan. the story of a grandmother, fighting to change the world, one person at a time. that war of words between the united states and russia over ukraine continue today. only this time, more bloodshed in eastern ukraine, as more and more troops are now on the ground. russia starting new military exercises. thousands of troops are there just waiting for order from moscow. you crane now being used as a geopolitical pawn. >> the attempts for anybody to claim status of ultimate judge worldwide, can turn into and have already turned into a dangerous loss of control. the quite tries to behave like winners, in the cold war and act like they can ignore russia in european affairs. >> also the interior minister is reporting th

on al jazeera america >> oh my... bazaar troof... ... bazaar troof... >>> good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city, i am morgan radford. here are today's top stories. >> two popes become saints in the catholic church as the faithful watch from saint peter's square. >> we have no indication when we will be sent home to our countries and to see our families. >> detained in ukraine, european observers being held captive are seen for the very first time as mediators work for their release. plus, calling a foul, the nba investigates the racist comment attributed to the owner of the l.a. clippers. >>> a historic day in vatican city where for the very first time in the entire history of the catholic church, two popes were elevated to sainthood in a joint canonization ceremony. thousands filled saint peter's square to witness the unprecedented event while millions watched from all over the world. pope francis led the ceremony for john paul ii and john xxiii. in fact, john ter bennett has rea

america's critically acclaimed series borderland on al jazeera america on al jazeera america >> these are the top stories here at al jazeera. south korea's prime minister has resigned. it follows widespread criticism of the government's response to the ferry disaster. >>> the u.s. president has held talks with malaysia's prime minister part of barack obama's week long tour of asia. hundreds of thousands of people are in st. peter's square vatican city pope john paul 2 and pope john xxiii will be declared saints within an hour. now it's been 20 years since. there have been many achievements since 1994 many say a lot more needs to be done. >> photographs bring back fond memories, but she said she sometimes gets anoin annoyed. she said she voted for freedom in 1994. she said young people these days don't understand what it's like living in apartheid. >> we used to live like dogs. >> those who spoke out against the government were often killed. >> she learned about apartheid in school and through word of mouth. she feels that democracy should be more than just freedom. >> there are issues

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, kiev. >> u.s. troops will be deployed to poland and the baltic states to underscore the u.s. commitment to its n.a.t.o. allies. the first troops are due to arrive on wednesday. >> russian he's aggression in ukraine has renewed our resolve to strengthening nato's defense plans and capabilities and continue our commitment to enforcing our n.a.t.o. allies in central and eastern europe. a company-sized troopers from 173rd infant try brigadry briga. this is the first in a series of expanded u.s. land force training activities in poland and the baltic region that are scheduled to take place for the next few months and beyond. additional companies from the 173rd will move in the coming days to lithuania, latvia and estonia for similar exercises. >> let's get more from roslind jordan, she joins us from washington, d.c. talk us through what the u.s. has decided to do? >> well, what the u.s. has decided to do, darren, is to send 150 pai 150 paratroopers fe 173rd. first poland, lithuania, latvia, they will al

we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "techknow" is next. s rachelle oldmixon takes a test to find out what's in her dna. kyle hill is an engineer. tonight he's got the innovation that will light up las vegas, a unique plant that stores light during the kay, to light up the night . i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. but tonight, i've got the story that will have you shaking your heads. why bugs should be a part of your next meal. that's the story, now let's do some science. are ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and today i'm here with kyle, lindsay and rachelle. we're going to start with a story of how we can use our dna in medicine . rachelle, what do you have? >> i submitted my dna for a company called 23andme. let's find out. >> simple test, nothing complicated. the first thing i have to do is take the tune and i get to fill it with slief hav splie saliva. you can watch me spit. that's done. i joined 23 million people who sent their saliva to 23andme. to conduct a personal dna test. they begin with our

jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour, live from our global headquarters in doha,se are the stories we are covering this hour. more than 200 people are killed in the south sudan town and blames rebel groups. the u.s. examples allegations that toxic chemicals have been used in syria. this is the scene right now in kiev where u.s. vice president joe biden is trying to ease tensions between ukraine and russia. >>> i'm here with the day's sport including he lasted ten months and we will have reaction to the news that manchester united sacked david moines. ♪ u.n. has accused south sudan rebels of massacring hundreds of people. piles of bodies have littered the streets of the oil town of bentu since the killings last week and battling forces loyal to the former president and they told al jazeera his troops were not behind the attack. let's go straight to anna who is in the south sue dan capital duba and what are we hearing and how are people dealing with this? >> reporter: well, we came back to duba from bentu yesterday and found a town that was first of all almost empty

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al jazeera. you crane's government has offered amnesty barricaded in buildings in two cities. the acting president has promised the groups won't be prosecuted so lon as they lay down their weapons. but as kim reports, the demonstrators have is so far rejected the deal. n may say is is their domain, an inspected republic representing the people. the offer of an amnesty quickly refused by nose at the top who say they would rather face the use of force. >> we are living from one statement to the next, what can we do? we are not ready to step aside, and the people here are not ready to either. >> the off came from interim president, speaking in parliament he said of prodecember tors leave state building in the east, they won't face prosecution, and as part of the deal they could gain more control. we are ready to consider the issuer of reform, and expanding the rights of local council, including the creation of local executives. we are ready to take that path, so that the regions will also be respons

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the world news from al jazeera. also ahead, conflicting claims over who was behind a deadly shooting in eastern ukraine. pro-russia activists say they came under attack. the u.n. says palestinian refugee camp under siege in syria has run out of food. police of peace, pope francis calls for an ends of conflict in syria, ukraine and africa during his easter address at the vatican. the new tapes reveal confusion and indecision of the rescue operation as a ferry went down in south korea this week. 58 people are confirmed dead. another 244 are still missing. the tapes were made public after families of the passengers were involved in an angry confrontation with the police. they tried to take their complaints to the government. harry fawcett reports from the island >> on a day when christians celebrated resurrection, this was the east ever sunday service at the water's edge on jindo. >> salvation army volunteers used a campaign where they have been praying for the dead. the dead are being brought ashore in greater numbers

only on al jazeera america ♪ the u.s.romises working on a peace deal despite another setback. ♪ i'm elizabeth and you are watching al jazeera live from doha and ahead chad withdraws peace keepers from the central african republican after accused of helping rebels. and al jazeera meets former foreign minister and alleged espionage on twitter and u.s. accused of using social media for political decent in cuba. ♪ u.s. secretary of state john kerry urged israeli and palestinian leaders to prevent the collapse of peace negotiation and the israeli government cancelled the planned release of a group of palestinian prisoners and made the decision after the palestinian renewed efforts at u.n. correspondent stephanie decker is joining us live from jerusalem and a few weeks out from the deadline do you think it was ever a realistic timeline, are the two sides any closer now than when the first round of peace talks some nine months ago? >> well, no one one commentator said it looks like they have gone back ten years and i think the u

the top stories on al jazeera. a desperate search for survivors goes on as the death toll from the south koreanfer yes disaster rises to 32. divers fight strong currents and murky water. >>> four journal journalists are released. >> we'll have all the days support including details of the qualification for the chinese grand prix and all the latest as chelsea moves to the top of the table. >> we begin in south korea where the captain of a stricken ferry said he ordered people to stay in their cabins because they feared they would be swept out to sea by the strong current. divers' hopes of finding people are fading by the hour. they are using dna samples to help identify bodies recovered by the water. >>> more desperate efforts at the site of the wreck as dive teams continue to battle strong currents and poor visibility in and around the sunken ferry. bodies had been seen on board. >> civilian divers discovered three bodies in the cabin of the fourth floor, however, the diver came out of the water due to time limit a

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. >> that's it for al jazeera america. and the latest headlines, remember, on aljazeera.com. >> hello, you're at the listening . this week, presidential elections are less than two months away in egypt. are the media equipped or in the mood to cover the story? journalists shot at in pakistan, released by kidnapper is syria and warned by the prime minister in turkey. 24 hour news on t.v., all that air time, but so little to say. >> plenty more, none of it news. >> beat and a little humor and you've got rap news. ♪ >> mainstream t.v. >> that's our web video of the week. >> when doing a story about the state of the news media in egypt in 2014, it is difficult to know where to start. this past week on the day field marshall officially left his army post to run in presidential elections next month or we could begin with the state air channel airing a story about another candidate, deemed by other voices in the egyptian media to be sandallous. four from this network terrorists word used to describe them for reporting. there's th

>> conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america.y! >> as us forces prepare to pull out of afghanistan after twelve long years, al jazeera's fault lines travelled there. >> the taliban fighters, they're running towards the base now. they're trying to raid the base.

you're watching al jazeera live from doha. the united nations prepared to vote on a peacekeeping mission to the central african republic as violence leaves 30 dead. >> back in court the trial resumes of three al jazeera journalists held in prison for 103 days. >> and the power of the sun. ambitious plans to fly a solar plane nonstop around the world. >> hello there, thank you for joining us. it's the biggest election on the planet. over 800 million people are eligible to vote. the process of choosing a new government for india will take over a month. let take a detailed look at what is a ma'am oath undertake -- ma'am ath undertaking. the vote is held in nine phases from april 7th to may 12th. nearly a million polling stations will be ready to receive more than 800 million registered voters. they'll elect members of parliament into the 537 lower seat. 277 seats are needed for an outright majority. no party is expected to receive it. >> >> let's go live to new delhi. the numbers are astounding as you expect from the world's bigg

"talk to al jazeera." i'm antonio mora. my guest this week documentary film maker ken burns. what is your view of history? it seems to me you toe kind of a middle ground between those who believe in the ultrapatriotic great man theory of history and more leftist that might look at a more popular history and looks at the evils of the past. >> i think you've hit the nail on the head. for a long time we've told about the history of great men, capital g capital m. it was presidents and wars in general. then we threw that out and replaced it with an equally fraudulent set, that american history was a history of european crimes. but there's a middle ground and that's an important thing. it's not some pablum that is mediocre, it is passionate but it understands, you can know about lincoln but let's learn about a southern ingredient and a northern grunt and have them meet in the middle. that's the way we've tried to tell history. the other thing is too often we want to make something that's so critical that we thr

this is al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz live in new york.s of afghans defy the taliban. an encouraging turnout for todd's presidential e elections. >>> a chinese ship hears picks. could they be from the missing malaysian jet liner's black boxes. >>> authorities shared new insight on what might have sparked the rampage at 40 hood. >> 40 years since the genocide in rwanda. some accusing french soldiers of a role in the massacre.

al jazeera america.>> the future of television could lie with a crafty little tech startup that has found a way to beam broadcast tv live to your computer without buying an expensive cable package. it is called aereo, and is ruffling a lot of have feathers with the big tv companies. they are doing everything they can to stop the little company that has hundreds of thousands of subscribers. it has been taken all the way to the supreme court. before we get into the implications of what this could mean, patricia sabga shows us what it really is. >> it's broadcast tv's worth nightmare. aereo. it's a subscription service, that basically leases out a high-tech version of the rabbit ears that used to sit on top of your television. only they are teeny tiny. the size of a dime. antenna for subscribers are housed in an antenna farm that captures broadcast networks, stores them in in a cloud, and delivers them live to your computer, tablet or smartphone. there is a problem, the major broadcasters are not happy that

only on al jazeera america al jazeera america.derstand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. al jazea >>> in america fat is a four-letter word, and obesity an epidemic. nearly 35% of americans are clinically obese. obesity has been implicated in major diseases. earlier i spoke to a cardiologist at the heart and vascular institute in new orleans who claims overweight and even moderately overweight people live longer healthier lyes. he also says too much exercise can be bad for you. he lays it all out in his book. good to have you with us. we have heard all sorts of conflicting information on what is good for us and what

the al jazeera three get ready to go back to court in egypt. the network demands its journalists are released immediately. >>> and the final chapter in the life of a literary icon. thousands pay their respects to gabriel garcia marquez. >>> the united nations has accused south sudanese rebels of massacring hundreds of people. piles of bodies littered the streets in bentiu since the killings last week. south sudan's government has been battling forces loyal to riek machar. he told al jazeera that the troops were not behind the attack. the exclusive report contains disturbing images. >> reporter: the things that could be seen along the road from the airport to the mosque were horrific. there were so many dead bodies, construction equipment was used to move them. outside the gate there was another pile of bodies - dragged there or killed together. the stench of death was overwhelming. even for the rebel guards standing guard. the rebels say many were butchered in the mosque, where muslims, mainly from darfur and sudan sought message. after filming

al jazeera america.we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> now back to our lead story sunday night. the ukraine protesters are refusing to leave government buildings in eastern ukraine. >>> growing crisis in ukraine. cat turner reports from the united nations. >> the russian ambassador to the united nations came to the security council in a feisty and combat ant mood. the russian ambassador said he want the west to take control and it was up to the west to avoid civil war. said there was immense antirussian sentiment in ukraine. >> the authorities do not want to listen to those

freedom and his controversial relationship with hugo chavez >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america this is al jazeera. >> welcome to the news hour. from al jazeeraize news center in london, these are the top stories. israel suspends peace talks a day after rival groups agree to unite. >> in london with all the news from europe, including five antigovernment rebels that are killed in eastern ukraine, as kiev launch as new campaign against pro russia groups. and in germany, the formula 1 boss bernie eckleson begins his trial on bribery charges. >> a warm welcome for barack obama in japan, but the trade deal is keep to sign got a cooler reception. is the climbing season is effectively over. welcome to the program. israel has sus spented peace talk as day after the hamas factions agrees to unite. to mediate between the two sides. the talks are scheduled to end next tuesday, israel is angry, of the palestinian president decision to form a government with hamas which israel regards as a terrorist organization. al jazeera sent us this update. >> benjamin today called on emergency

america is doing just that. >> this is al jazeera america.'m jonathan betz. live in new york. rage in ukraine russian gaifts activateactivists. >> new audiotape reveal the chaos as the ferry was sinking. medical misdiagnosis. we'll hear from a husband who lo h

we have seen how - there's another al jazeera journalist, al jazeera arabic who has been in prison longer, and has been on a hunger strike, and we heard from peter greste's parents that they were not allowed to have reading material. they were reading food labels. >> they were in console tri confinement for three months, and they moved them to a better facility instead of a harsh egyptian prison. that is on outcome showing that they are paying attention to what the people are saying. there are opportunities and egypt is undergoing a presidential race. they promise that this will be a free and fair election, but people need to point out or continue to pressure to see that you cannot have free and fair election without free press. the government cannot arbitrarily detain and prosecute journalists and claim it was a conducive environment for the citizens of egypt to make an informed condition about who is the next leader. >> how aware are the citizens of the case, and what do they think about it. >> the government has been implementing a vilification campaign to portray journalists as agents

al jazeera rejects the charges. john terrett is here with more on the calls for their release. >> 100 days, that's a long time. >> yes. it really is. >> for doing your job. the conditions we are about to hear in the report that they are in, are really not very good. of course, al jazeera is doing this deliberately. we are mentioning this as much as we can. today was a day of action. we want our people to come out and get back to work. as you see from the film there was an event in new york city, highlighting the plight of our staff, and we were joined at the same time by colleagues, sometimes rivals at the bbc in london. take a look. >> this has never been a fight just about al jazeera. this is a fight about all of us. because if the authorities in egypt get away with picking off al jazeera, then tomorrow they'll come from a.b.c., then the day after they'll come for the bbc. >> john williams, foreign editor at abc news speaking following a symposium in new york organised by the al jazeera network demanding the relea

jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour, live from our global headquarters in doha, the stories we are covering this hour. more than 200 people are killed in the south sudan town and blames rebel groups. the u.s. examples allegations that toxic chemicals have been used in syria. this is the scene right now in kiev where u.s. vice president joe biden is trying to ease tensions

the bbc, al jazeera and cnn send en masse protests. i guarantee people will vote for the president. french media have been appear source for the private press doesn't mean algerians stop looking at french media. far from it. i think your typical algerian television watcher, newspaper reader likes to get his news from a different set of sources. one of these press. >> what you read in the french media among others is that he is a sick candidate, running for a fourth consecutive mandate, that he is not respecting a lot earnants in power and that the election gateway won for him . and it's not going to a free election and journalists would cover social and economic side of stories because it's the topics that people are actually interested in mostly in algeria. >> journalist covering th algerian story need to start not from the arab spring but in the '80s, conditions in algeria are different to countries where they emerged. the landscape gateway more pluralistic and journalists are notability operate in an open climate, there is room for criticism. there is room for exchanging ideas. >

this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the news hour at al jazeera's news headquarters at doha. you soutsouth sudan hundreds ofe have been massacred by rebels. >>> the syrian government announces a date for the presidential election. >> i'm mary ann namazi with all the news from europe. including. vice president joe biden touches down in ukraine. >>> hammering home some safety message. skin cancer rates soar in the united kingdom. >> i'm andrew gallagher at the tribeca film festival in new york. we'll follow one aspiring film maker as he tries to make it in show business. >> rebels in south sudan have been accused of massacring hundreds of people. the u.n. says it happened last week in the oil town of bentu. some of them back the former vice president riek machar. the pictures you may find disturbing. the first pictures from the scene to be broadcast show dozens of dead bodies and we aren't even airing all of the pictures simply because they're too graphic. after capturing bentu from government control. 200 were killed and more deaths in a church in a hospital. al jazeera's anni

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