the journalists were killed when a convoy of vehicles was attacked in the southern province of maguindanao around 100 people have been. many of them linked to a politically powerful family in the province the mass killing. for journalists in history. joins us on the phone from the take us through this. incredibly powerful political family and those associated with. can you tell me how trying to quit if you can actually remember their promises and it's. the point of the critics are in the members of one political judge felt to be . sceptical to make. a little difference if they also demanded to have the victims disappointed in our current can depend. on the company. and the board i'm going to say it's very likely and i think people will they say that. finally the variable. me having problems i'm sorry john we're still having problems with the line to you there miller we'll have to leave it there still ahead on al-jazeera muslim leaders from around the world confront the challenges facing their community. and one of the world's most watched football matches disrupted by protesters in barcelo

them journalists were killed when a convoy of vehicles was attacked in the southern province of maguindanao around $100.00 people have been on trial over the massacre many of them linked to a politically powerful family in the province the mass killing was the single deadliest event for journalists in history john could erode joins us now on the phone line from manila john this is an incredibly significant trial involving a very powerful family people associated with them there is gone now for 10 years take us through what's happened. and. and. well. there were clearly having problems there without law i would try to get back to that in a moment we'll take a break those still ahead on al-jazeera muslim leaders from around the world confront the challenges facing their community. and a deal between 2 car companies to form the world's 4th largest organ bank you but there are doubts some brands will survive. how the weather's desperately trying to quieten down across the middle east we've had some very heavy rain flooding rains falls on the west weather now in the process of pulling across ira

the maguindanao massacre was intended to prevent a political rival from challenging the power of thehot dead 58 people included 32 local journalists. all mcdonald's restaurants in peru have closed for two days of mourning after the deaths of two teenagers on sunday. the young man and woman were electrocuted during their overnight cleaning shift at a branch in the capital, lima. peru's ministry of labour is to investigate the company's safety procedures. bolivia's public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of the country's former president, evo morales, on charges of sedition and terrorism. mr morales, who is currently in argentina, said the order was unjust, illegal and unconstitutional. judges will be looking at sweeping changes to the judicial system let's turn to our top business story — because a legal battle between privacy campaigners and tech giants including facebook reaches a critical moment today. what the european court ofjustice is advised by one of its top lawyers — could affect how the personal data of hundreds of millions of people is handled. it's all about the rules wh

political family guilty of ordering the killing of dozens of people in the southern province of maguindanaoe maguindanao massacre was intended to prevent a political rivalfrom challenging the power of the ampatuan clan. the candidate's convoy was ambushed as he travelled to register as an election candidate. gunmen shot dead 58 people included 32 local journalists. the case took many years to bring to trial. in other news: authorities in new south wales have declared a 7—day state of emergency as firefighters battle around 100 bushfires. tuesday was australia's hottest day on record — average temperatures nationwide reached 40.9 celsius. but thursday may be even hotter, with winds expected up to 100 kilometres an hour. emergency services are preparing for the worst. our correspondent phil mercer is in penrith, west of sydney. temperatures in parts of new south wales are expected to reach 45 degrees celsius today. the authorities here in australia's most populous state have issued a state of emergency because of the heat and its likely impact on the bushfire danger that is spreading across m

journalists were murdered when their convoy of vehicles was attacked in the southern province of maguindanaoit was the deadliest single attack on journalists in history. bolivia's attorney general has ordered the arrest of former president evo morales on charges of sedition and terrorism has resigned did lift bolivia in november after protests and allegations of irregularities in presidential elections he fled to mexico but since flown to argentina where he's been gradually assad those are the headlines the big picture in. the week. their progress on the. last. u.s. president barack obama would enter the white house and refocus american foreign policy away from the middle east and toward asia. thank you. the obama administration record leaders from across the region however the u.s. pivot to asia were seen by many as a reaction to china's growing influence challenging its claims of peaceful development. just as america grasped the idea of china as a rival power a new figure would emerge to take on the mandate of heaven and take up the mantle of power mounts leda. you get the election of xi j

them journalists were killed when a convoy of vehicles was attacked in the southern province of maguindanao around $100.00 people have been on trial believe is attorney general has ordered the arrest of former president if a morale is on charges of sedition and terrorism has resigned and left believe. after protests of allegations of irregularities in the presidential election he fled to mexico but it's since flown to argentina where he's been granted asylum those are the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera right after the story . we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. i'll just bring in the news and current affairs. welcome to the. today we're joined by the award winning playwright. is also author of a beautiful war memoir. about the challenges of rediscovering his past as well as his art and inspirations joined today's conversation through twitter and. lamsa say is one of the u.k.'s most celebrated writers and has brought out from poetry into fields of. ample costing his work as we recognize with bafta nominations and this year's peden

them journalists were killed when a convoy of vehicles was attacked in the southern province of maguindanaoaround 100 people have been on trial over the massacre many of them linked to a politically powerful family in the province the party of lebanon's caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any successor any cancer rather to be his successor formal consultations are set to take place between presidents and politicians to decides the next leader how to resigned in october after weeks of anti-government demonstrations. conference and crisis in places like iraq are topping the agenda for muslim leaders meeting in kuala lumpur the malaysian prime minister welcomed them with a message of unity saying islamic nations must resolve differences to better serve their people the leaders of saudi arabia and pakistan are among those who've snopt the meeting because it was telt under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation and the british monarch has outlined the agenda of boris johnson's new conservative governments at the top of the list was the u.k.'s plan to leave t

of them journalists were shot dates when their convoy was attacked in the southern province of maguindanao no it's oregon the reports. the accused dressed in yellow a prison plates was sitting in the back of the supreme court in manila as the guilty verdicts were read out by the club they are hereby convicted and sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment a 1000 kilometers south of the philippine capital in general cental city some of the relatives of those killed 10 years ago watched a live stream of the court ruling not quit but only i finally received justice from my mum but there were those who were acquitted so i will keep on fighting for justice. to make india now massacre as it's become known happened on the morning of november the 23rd 2009 journalists and members of a local political family were travelling in a convoy of vehicles when a gang of armed men shot them and buried that bodies in a mass grave 32 a journalists others were members of the manga 2 family political rivals to the powerful and patch one clan witnesses say the armed men who working for the late governor and