mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste have been detained by egyptian authorities for 11 days. the network is demanding the freedom of all its staff, including two from our sister state, al jazeera arabic. >> three of al jazeera's egypt based staff are held in custody. the network is demanding their release. mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste, and baher mohamed are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security, and joining a terrorist organization. al jazeera rejects thx. >> to suggest our reporting on the situation in europe was bias or colluding with one side of the story is outrage ourks there's no justification in locking up our team. >> al jazeera english maintains its coverage of events in egypt has been fair and balance. >> what is the situation security wise across egypt. >> here is one of peter's last reports, talking about the government's decision to declare the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. >> so, over all, what the government was trying to do in this decree was to try and create order and stability, clamping down on what they see as acts o

producers mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and correspondent peter greste are accused of spreadingies harmful to state security and joining a terrorist group. al jazeera says the allegations are fabricated and are demanding their release. they are being held in separate cells. the other two journalists are from our cyst ter channels, one is a reporter, and one is a cameraman and they have been detained for five months. >> anti-government protesters are on the streets in thailand's capital trying to shut the city down. life is continuing as normal in most places with schools restarting, commuters heading to work and businesses remaining open. protesters want to derail protesters and remove yingluck shinawatra's administration accusing them of mismanagement. >> tens of thousands of protesters have tried to block major intersections in bangkok with plans to surround the homes of politicians. there have been eight deaths and 500 injured in connection with the political unrest. >> veronica pedrosa is joining us live from the commercial district. what is happening there now? >> hi, eliza

mohamed fadel fahmy has worked for cnn, the red cross and is an accomplished author.aher mohamed has worked with al jazeera as a producer for most of last year. >> an american woman calling hers jihad jane has been sentenced to 10 years prison for plotting to skill an artist over his depictions of mohammed. the artist plans to reexhibit his work and believes ley rose should receive psych logical treatment, instead of gaol time. >> police in afghanistan rescued a 10-year-old girl intended to be used as a suicide bomber. she was found in the southern province of helmand. media reported her brother, a taliban commander, forced her to wear a vest packed with explosives. child bombers are used sometimes to bypass security check. >> anti-government protesters are on the streets of bangkok. it's the second of warm-up matches for a big demonstration planned for 13 january. for weeks the opposition demanded political reforms before new elections in february. >> bangladesh's prime minister says she has been returned to power. the election has been marred by fighting and an oppo

mohamed morsi didn't appear. the authorities say bad weather stopped the weather transporting him from alexandria to the courthouse. we have seen live pictures from alex and it looks clear, but the authorities say the fog stopped the helicopter taking off. >> no trial until february. protests going on in various parts of egypt, aren't there? >> there has been regular protests across cairo and egypt since the ousting of mohamed morsi back in the summer. there's an an ebbing and flowing of the intensify of the protests. there were some in nasser city. there's a strict protest law in egy egypt. these days they are small scale. they happen in unannounced areas and disperse quickly if the security services show up. a lot of caro, carrying on with -- cairo, carrying on with business is normal. >> will security forces tighten security. it's a big month. the constitutional referendum held next week, and it's the anniversary of the referendum. >> the constitutional referendum, authorities want a good turn out to give legi

all three opposed mohamed morsi's rule. mohamed morsi remains under arrest. his trial rescheduled for february, charges include murder. the muslim brotherhood has been driven underground, declared a terrorist organization. dozens of the leaders are in gaol. over 1,000 affiliated schools and charities has been seized. the brotherhood vowed to cowb cowboy -- to boycott the reference um. >> backers of the constitution are hoping for a 70% vote in favour of it. mohamed morsi's islamist institution passed with 64% of the vote. turn out was barely 33% of the country's 53 million voters. as the current egyptian government sighted relations like russia, the u.s. administration is in an awkward position. $1.3 billion annual assistance at stake. the secretary of defense chuck hagel phoned abdul fatah al-sisi. he said he reaffirmed the commitment to u.s. egyptian relations. >> abdul fatah al-sisi is expected to run for president later this year and we'll watch this week's turn out and the size of the yes vote. >> a lot to talk about there. a big day, as we mentioned. jo

mohamed morsi was so rudely ushered out. why? mohamed morsi was so rudely ushered out. heaven forbid the egyptian military says we don't want the muslim brotherhood adopted the next government. that will jihads sharia thing didn't work out so well. the obama administration says no, no company must have the brotherhood involved. don't you know the muslim brotherhood are moderates? the democrats. in fact, they were sued in ties. they speak in very moderate tones. they're actually quite charming. in my book, i lay it out by first-hand encounters of these individuals. i've traveled, and in their homes, offices, and i've been in their enclaves. folks, i can tell you these guys are good. they are good at what they do. the armani suit, the wavy hair, designer eyeglasses support democracy. but keep the peace treaty with kindness. even the most moderate muslim brotherhood talking heads call it the zionists. they fail the right things. i have to tell you if you are a naÏve fuster and later, western opinion maker, western journalist in you sit down, you really want to like them. s

mohamed morsi. i recognise what is going on there from the government, which is backed by the military. >> for many egyptians, the vote is the start of bringing hope and stability to a troubled nation. >> let's get more on this now from london, a journalist and middle east analyst. we saw in the report mixed opinions amongst overseas egyptians voting in the referendum. is it likely to pass. >> i think it will pass. not necessarily because of its merits, but i think people are very fed up of the turmoil that egypt is going through, wary that it will continue. also there are people voting simply not to give a boost to the anti-coup alliance. it will pass, but not margin is unknown for now, and turn out is key. if turn out is low, it will hinder the constitution. >> it hinters on the turn out. how different is the constitution to the previous one. >> there are many aspects of the constitution. there are things that have been approved and some stepped back. it's a mixed bag. it has been. it's been criti

mohamed fahmy, peter greste, and baher mohamed are accused of spreading lies harmful to state securityand joining a terrorist organization. al jazeera rejects this. >> this is outrageous. there is no justification whatsoever in continuing to lock up our team. >> reporter: al jazeera english maintains its cover of the situation in egypt has been fair and balanced. here is one of peter greste's last reports from cairo, talking about the government's decision to declare the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. >> so overall, if what the government was trying to do in this decree was to try to create order and stability, to try to clamp down on what they see as acts of terrorism, then i think it could well have had the opposite effect. >> reporter: peter greste is an award-winning correspondent who has recorded across africa. >> this is a stage in this process. >> reporter: he previous i will worked for the bbc. mohamed fahmy has reported for cnn, the "new york times" and is an author. and baher mohamed is a free lance producer who has always worked with a japanese television chann

mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste have been held since 29 december.l jazeera denies allegations and continues to demand their immediate release. two other adjournists journalists have been in prison for five months, abdullah al-shami, a reporter and mohammed badr a cameraman. >> the "new york times" reports that a group of hacker were behind the cyber attack on target. experts say they bhoved through target's systems, affecting 110 million customers. >> the targets in neiman marcus were an example of a new threat to consumers. hackers continued to find new ways to infiltrate networks. they are striking at the source. >> it's looking like target and nooemans are not the only companies hackers are going after. law enforcement and visa have been advised of other breaches. six u.s. march ants that have not been named. it's the same software used to steel information from target. >> atm, cash, that's it. i can't do it no other way. >> you have a check card, but you wouldn't swipe it at a store. >> no, i don't trust it. i don't carry it, because people can

mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste have been in custody for 30 days. they are accused of spreading lies and joining a terrorist group. al jazeera says such allegations are unfound the the >> two other journalists are being held. reporter abdullah al-shami and mohammed badr have been detained for five months. >> japan's textbook will show a set of disputed islands as japanese territory. >> translation: it's natural for a government to teach its own territory to its children. we decided to clarify the description of this guideline. we, together with the japanese foreign ministry hope to give a necessary explanation to neighbouring nations about the reasoning behind the division. >> let's speak to harry faucet, covering that story for us. the seeans, in response released a highly critical statement of the japanese revision. >> that's right. redictable fury to the decision by the japanese education ministry and government to make the change in teaching manuals that give teaching points to teachers in middle schools and high schools. the south koreans call

mohamed fahmy and bader mohammed, and peter grete are accused o of. a.m. maintains their reports have been fair and balanced. peter greste is discussing the decision to declare muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. >> over all if they ar they werg to clamp down on terrorism, it may have had the opposite effect. it has made people more anxious. >> reporter: peter greste has reported across africa. he previously worked for the bbc. mohamed fahmy has reported for cnn. and seen on the right bader mohammed. >> once again, we're calling on the egyptian authorities to release them immediately. >> reporter: al jazeera english has consistently covered both sides of the egypt story. it reported on the first movement of the muslim brotherhood since it came to power. a street campaign which called for former president mohammed morsi to resign. it was on june 30 when millions of egyptians protest protested t morsi. since then it has looked a the growing popularity of the military general al sisi. and al jazeera has covered the ongoing demonstrations by people wh

at mohammed's direction, malvo shot and killed the niece of a woman who had testified against mohammedring. >> lee was trained not to feel. whenever he would feel and mohammed saw that there was a flinch of feelings, he would tell him to slap his chest and say "heart be still." after a while he didn't have to tell him heart be still because he had if i could use the word monsterized him. >> no one ever linked muhammad and malvo to the girl's murder. now eight months later they're driving around the nation's capital in an old chevy caprice shooting innocent citizens while everyone is looking for a white man in a white truck. >> law enforcement knew that the shooters had a distinct advantage. i think to them it was quite frustrating. they all knew more people were going to die. >> we've just received word of another shooting. >> you know you have to keep plowing through. you cannot throw your hands up and walk away and say this is too hard. >> you know as fast as they were shooting people, there would probably be another one before we caught them. dentures are very different to real teet

three of the journalists --peter greste, mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed have been detained since the summer 29. peter greste's father condemned the move. >> it is unbecoming of a great nation like egypt. it is unbecoming of any civil society to behave like this. it is the meaning of any community which even pretends to be democratic and fair. >> the news comes just days after the third anniversary of the revolution that ousted egyptian dictator mubarak. than 60 weekend, more people were killed in clashes surrounding the anniversary. some 1000 people were detained by sunday night. in a sign of growing and active -- in a sign of growing activity by militants, an egyptian army helicopter was shot down, killing all five soldiers on board. six people were also killed in a series of bombings around cairo. thiswing the violence weekend, the military government said it would hold residential elections earlier than its political roadmap had called for. military body has artie given its approval for armed forces chief field marshal al-sisi to run for the presidency. for more on a situation, we

for rejection president mohammed .orsi hacking court the former leader of the muslim brotherhood appears on charges in connection with a mass jailbreak in 2011. >> welcome to "live from paris." coming up, will france while Élan -- will franÇois hollande's trip to turkey be enough to smooth tensions between the countries? goiland says elections will smoothly this weekend. first, syrian peace talks in geneva are deadlocked over the decisive -- divisive issue of transferring power to a transitional government. both sides cannot agree on the future role of president bashar al-assad. ruling ono additional .llowing an aid envoy i am joined by a spokesperson for the world food program. elizabeth, how ready is the world food program ready -- to send supplies into syria? >> there are trucks on standby to develop -- deliver food to nutrition.ady to eat so, we are ready once all allows on the ground preceding. we have 500 bags of wheat flour, and enough to feed 2500 people for one month. areas are in need of food supply? program is concerned for people living in what we call hard-to-reach areas acr

peter greste, and badir mohammed, and mohamed fahmy. we hear from peter grest for example prison. he said, i'm nervous as i write this. i've been locked in my cell 24 hours a day for the past ten days. they sleep in mosquito-infested soul and sleeping on the floor. he expands on the egyptian government treatment of those it perceives as enemy arrests and it sends a clear and unequivocal message to all journalists. the freedom of the press will not allow the pressure from human rights and civil society groups. >>> to ukraine where the truce between protesters and police are over. demonstrations started two months ago now has spread to across half of the country. jennifer glass joins froes kiev. this story has been changing, how tense is it right now? >> i was at the barricades just an hour ago, and the truss holds as the opposition leaders are there at the president's office talking with him. they say they only went over there because the council of churches asked them to, that's the only reason why they're negotiating with the president. we've seen harsh words from both sides. the

in street clashes across egypt throughout saturday is the most supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi faced off against egypt's security forces on the third anniversary of the two thousand and eleven revolution police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and this comes a day off to the country was rocked by a series of terrorist bombings. well truth is in cairo for us. another car bomb has exploded at the police building this time in the key city of suez this is the sixth such explosion has taken place in two days we had four bomb blasts in cairo on friday and this morning the jacksons one cannot similar bomb blasts in the east in the suburb of cairo and this comes of course on the anniversary of the generosity five of the nation which ousted president barak and there have been rival protest groups that have taken to the streets across the country that's been seen as the violence security forces are essentially not allowing any on to government groups to gather in the streets where the islamist support is that the president mohamed morsi over the sex of the activists has been he

government groups to gather in the streets whether the islamist supporters that i was the president mohamed morsi or whether they're secular activists has been heavily contrast it with what's going on in tahrir square with a supporter of forces chief general abdel fatah sisi has come out in droves today holding images of him they say they want him to be president to crack down even harder on the groups like the muslim brotherhood who they blame to these bomb blasts what we're seeing here is a very divided egypt and it's becoming increasingly split which is really a been exacerbated by these bomb blasts now i was at the size of the explosions yesterday and i made this report three years on from the two thousand and eleven revolution egypt was supposed to be celebrating instead deadly bomb blasts rocked cairo targeting police offices as the country descends into chaos gyptian a dangerously split between those who backed the military and those who support ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsy crowds of people gathered at the science of the bomb blast which ripped open the facade of

of course he shared that position with mohammed. and mohammed apparently will stay on with the parent company. alliance says arien as international executive committee chairman. it is not a complete dump of mohammed el-erian but it is significant. sandy. sandra: after the bell ibm is reporting, texas instruments. technology a 18% weighting in the s&p 500 right now. what happens after the bell and as we get more tech earnings this week it could be a big driver behind this market. what is the forecast heading into these earnings? >> i think technology is going to surprise to the upside. maybe not ibm but balance in aggregate they will. do it is all about execution. it is about the environment whether it be china or russia, et cetera. also for earnings. some of these technology stocks like ibm offered a pretty good dividend. can they maintain the framework, or is there this headwind, secular headwind that is changing the company forever? so i think the s&p 500 behind me is being built up right now with the expectation that is technolog

produced mohamed fahmy and bader mohammed, and peter greste have been held for 19 days. and they're being accused of joining muslim brotherhood, which al jazeera call fabrications. two other journalists have been detained for five months. >>> still to come on al jazeera, the gift of flight, the new treatment for people who live with an incurable disease. time to get the roof on. the temperatures soar as the australian open. >> good to have you with us. these are our top stories on al jazeera. the trial of four men accused to be involved in the murder of lebanon prime minister nine years ago. they have been indicted but they have not been arrested. >>> at least three people have died in a car explosion, 22 others have been injured. the attack happened in the main square close to a municipal building. >>> and 34 usa air force officers responsible for launching nuclear missiles have been accused of cheating on their tests, while others who knew about the cheating failed to report it. >>> federal forces in mexico have stepped up their efforts to control the western state as

the world watched deadly clashes between the regime and mohamed morsi, who was ousted in a coup last summer. the u.s. congress is paving the way to resume financial support despite opposition and a law. 49% of americans say they are against further aid to egypt. 43% believe transingses in egypt is bad for -- transitions in egypt have been bad for the u.s. as u.s.-egyptian relations are put to the test, should americans worry that if the past is an indicator, washington may regret its friends. >> we talk to steven cock, an author and fellow. david rhode is a 2-time pulitzer prize-winning journalist held by the taliban for eight months. and david pollock is a fellow of new age policy. >> it's the second anniversary of the longest serving president hosni mubarak being ousted. the regime took over and in many ways it seems to be a return to that era, right. i mean we have got all these reports of oppression before the vote. we see violence clashes. one has to ask themselves, is egypt better off today than it was when he was in office. >> it's a good question, a fair question. there has b

peter greste and mohamed fahmy and badir mohammed are being held without charge. peter greste sent the following >> yet al jazeera caught up with senator john mccain in geneva. he spoke about the detention of our colleagues. >> i think it's a clear violation not only of their human rights, but any aspect of human of the press. al jazeera has been chronicling events in egypt probably more intensively than any other world network. and for the egyptian government to keep them in prison i think is another indicator that this military government and it's really that's what it is, is not keeping with the standards of international behavior that we would expect. >> now on to another tumultuous region, the ukraine where the protest is over. opposition leaders are meeting with the president for the second time this week. demonstrations started two months ago have now spread to the capitol to across half the country. jennifer glass has been following the story in kiev. this story has been changing hour by hour. but how tense is it right now? >> it's very tense here in ukrai

in power after more than a year of a transitional military rule the islamist a back to candidate mohamed morsi was elected president his government pushed through a new constitution criticized for being overly influenced by sharia law a popular uprising against morsi led to him being forced out by the army a year later the military then launched a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood with thousands of supporters killed in the unrest the group was then declared a terrorist movement cairo based journalist mohamed sabri says that the brotherhood is responsible for much of the turmoil. the keep talking of conspiracy theories the keep going and blaming the government for staging those bombings in it's the poor plants which is absolutely nonsense but at the same time the opposite the opposite side which is the regime and the regime loyalists and religion media what protestors are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as the muslim brotherhood is what what should be stopped now and what the government should be working tirelessly to stop inciting violence you know why didn't those gaps betw

egypt where we just heard that the brotherhood supporters and supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi had taken to the streets and protest against the danger friend. that descended into street battles with the police now we've heard that one protester has been killed in that particular instance and still bubbling on this also you've been away and we've also had reports of the big an outbreak of street clashes between security forces and business brotherhood supporters and mohamed morsy supporters up and down xandra as well so really it's a very targeted day for the. day of this referendum and people here in egypt speaking to them they tell me they think it's going to get worse and what exactly worries the opponents of a new constitution at this point. well when you go into the streets at the moment it seems to be overwhelmingly people are looking for a yes very but there still is quite a group of people who are saying am i the no to the constitution or boycotting the people that have worried about this constitution say that it will only cement military power is over the next civ

mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security, and joining a terrorist group. al jazeera says the allegations are fabricated. the other two journalists are from the sister channels. the others are a reporter centre al jazeera arabic. they have been detained for five months now. >> the afghan president hamid karzai has long accused the united states of pushing him out of office. now he has a major voice backing the claim. the former u.s. secretary of defense. the allegations in gate's book is likely to strain ties between the two countries. >> it was an accusation dismissed as paranoia. during the election campaign in 2009. afghan president accused the u.s. of trying to get rid of him. >> there were a lot of stories in the british media of the plans in washington to bring a change into the structure of gompance in ag, to weaken the government of afghanistan and to go to the strong daylight in afghanistan and to put through them to afghanistan. >> now excerpts from u.s. defense secretary robert gates book is true. gates rights abou

. >> mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed ahmed mohamed are being held in tora prison. it is where a number of high-profile political prisoners are kept. correspondent peter greste is detained at the cairo police station. al jazeera is demanding that they be released immediately. >> as we start the new year we are looking at cold textures across the north. they vice-president in place for many locations. people are without power. we are talking about michigan and parts of new england. in the next couple of days there's a new storm system that will develop down here towards the gulf of mexico. see the rain we have, watch what happens over the next couple of days, because that will make its way to new england and bring 15 and 24 inches of snow for some locations. here towards the north-west we are looking at snow showers from montana. things have improved towards seattle over the last couple of days. temperatures are expected to go up as we start the new year on wednesday. 50 degrees, portland at 42. we'll see a mostly cloudy day. temperatures at 40. the break in the rain

abdullah al-shami is a reporter, and mohammed badr is a cameraman. >> bone dry. they are waiting for rain in california. now how the drought may impact the wine industry for years to come. something smells. people in west virginia are told the water is safe to drink, but not everyone is ready to drink up. >> the ukrainian president has taken a stand against demonstrators, he is making new laws banning protests, including unauthorised tents, stages. it comes amid a rally in kiev planned for sunday. demonstrators are angry that viktor yanukovych walked away from a trade deal with e.u., in favour of closerer economic ties with russia. >> hundreds are returning home now that firefighters are getting hold of a fire in the suburbs of california. a campfire has been planned due to drought and santa ana winds. 1700 acres burnt. many have evacuate. five homes have been destroyed. one of the force fires led the governor jerry brown to call for a state of emergency, leading to to ask for aid and bringing in water. napper valley, the heart of california's wine country needed

mohammed fakni and backnar mohammed haand core respondent have been arrested since december 29 december 29th account, among the charges, communicating with a banned terrorist organization. >> nobody is off limits. if you are not going to tell the government sur running some very harsh consequences and serious consequences whether you are an egyptian journalist many stream media. set by the government is going to be prone to some kind of harsh consequences. >> this is important to understand the context of what this is taking place in. following moversi's ouster the channel of the muslim brotherhood and all those channels were shut down. the only voices on the air waves pairots the government's narrative of a war on terror. >> so it's become a very polarized media landscape al jazeera is one of the few places where people can go to hear the other end of the polarized spectrum. so, the bias is on both sides. >> many people in the islamist camp express very extreme radical views including anti-semitic views and sometimes these views are aired on al jazeera. >> now, these are usually guests

producers, mohammed and peter have been detained for 13 days outside of cairo. they're accused of spreading lies harmful to state security and being involved in the muslim brotherhood. aljazeera maintains that the allegations are false and we continue to demand their release. >> . >> hundreds of people in the south african republic are celebrating today. they are cheering the resignations of the president and his prime minister. it comes after two days of talks in neighboring chad. the president swept into power last year, but critics are accusing him of not doing enough to stop the sectarian violence in the country that left thousands of people dead. >>> parts of louisiana destroyed by hurricane katrina, and people want to know why all of that relief aid is sitting, much of it unspent. and one man telling his story of being out of work and looking for a job as we continue our coverage of the war on poverty. >> it is hard to forget these images, it has been nearly nine years since hurricane katrina devastated parts of louisiana, damaging homes and causing massiv

mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste are accused of spreading lies and joining a terroristroup. the three are held outside cairo in toour. >> peter greste - he's an award winning correspondent working extensively across africa. mohamed fadel fahmy is an experienced journalist working for several companies and the red cross. and baher mohamed has been working as a producer for most of last year. >> tunisia's prime minister resigned, part of a deal between the ruling coalition and the opposition minister. industry minister. he will head a caretaker government expected to be announced on friday. the democratically elected government came to power after the resolution three years ago. >> army commanders say 30 boukaram fighters have been killed in an attack in the north-eastern state of borno where fighters want to impose an islamic state. we have more. >> the attack or the attempted attack by the military is the biggest military attack planned by boko haram in the north-east of this country. the town has been attacked several times. >> in august there was an attack. in septemb

now seven months ago, mohamed morsi was the president of egypt. today he was held in the soundproof cajun cairo facing charges that he escaped from prison in 2011 before he became president. he used his moment in court today to shout at the judge that he is still the country's legitimate leader. from cairo, we have this report. >> mohamed morsi. the former president back on the dock. mohamed morsi pacing in a glass cage designed to muffle any .utburst he could only be heard when the court turned on his microphone. who are you, he yelled at the judge. the thief of the criminal court, he was told. throughout the hearing, morsi insisted he was still the legitimate resident of egypt -- president of egypt. the state news agency said he was throwing a tantrum. there were several layers of security around the hearing, which was held at cairo's police academy. excerpts were broadcast on state tv. it is a show trial in every sense according to supporters of the former president. the heavily guarded courtroom, it was a defiant appearance by mohamed morsi, w

morsi mohamed morsi are boycotting the poll and it continues across the country and security forcestear gas and demonstrators in this neighborhood of all -- alexandra. >> and it tries to act like it's a civil regime and it's neither democratic or civil. >> reporter: it is tightened for the vote and with peaceful protest comes violence. this was the aftermath of a bomb blast outside of a place in giza after polling stations opened and no one was hurt and no one claimed responsibility. this is the big test of opinion since the removal of mohamed morsi as president, those who deposed him called for a large turn out on a positive result. if they do vote yes they will see three different constitutions in less than three years, charles with al jazeera. >> reporter: and we have a spokesman of the student anti-coup movement and is on the line from cairo and thanks for joining us, i know you are not demonstrating at the moment but can you tell us about some of the demonstrations that are going on? >> yes, they are all over the country protests around the stations and talking about the bloody

al jazeera mohamed ado is there. mohamed before we get into the premise of these talks can you remind us what the current fighting there is all about? >> well, currently, the -- both sides in the negotiations here in addis ababa are waiting for the mediators are waiting for a cease fire. concentrate efforts on what they say the suffering the people been displaced and the killings have to stop first before the two sides can take their time and talk about the political issues between them. now there's been a lot of pressure coming open the shoulders of the -- on the people who are here, because of the united states and china which purchases much of south sudan's oil. and these threats are of sanctions some of them targeted seem to be working as both sides now say they are willing to sign as long as the wording, as long as they are in agreement with the wording of the cease fire agreement. >> mohamed i want to go back to the sanctions you just mentioned. we have reports that the targeted sanctions is that going to play

mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste are expected to beent beinterrogated later today.y are accused of spreading lies and joining a terrorist organise nation. peter greste is an award-winning correspondent working extensively across africa. mohamed fadel fahmy is an experienced journalist, woulding for several international media companies and the red cross. and baher mohamed has been working for al jazeera as a producer for most of the last year. >> an egypt researcher for amnesty international joins us from loindon. >> what is amnesty international's perspective on the detention of al jazeera's journalists without charge. >> amnesty international is concerned about repress and setbacks that we have seen in egypt in terms of media freedoms and freedom of expression. we consider the journalists and act visits who have been detained to be prisoners of conscience for freely expressing their views and expressions opposition to authorities. >> is it just al jazeera. are there other journalists, activists as well. >> in recent weeks we have seen the repress extended beyond a

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egypt where we just heard that the brotherhood supporters and supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsy had taken to the streets and protest against the razor friend and that descended into street battles with the police there's also been violence in the way and we've also had reports of a big outbreak of street clashes between security forces and mizzen brotherhood supporters and mohamed morsy supporters up in alexandria as well so really it's a very targeted day for the first day of this referendum and people here in egypt speaking to them they tell me they think it's going to get worse when you go onto the street. at the moment it seems to be overwhelmingly people are looking for a yes but there still is quite a hard core group of people who are saying i the no to the constitution or boycotting the people that have worried about this constitution say that it will only cement military powers over the next civilian president there are a few articles there in the constitution which basically say that military trials to trials for civilians will be allowed which allows the minute t

mohamed val thank you so much for joining us. now we move on, the threat of separatist attacks is running up in the winter olympics in sochi. let's go to barbara. >> thank you steven. open monday the like torch arrive in dagestan. in volgograd, twin bombings killed 34 people. peter sharp reports. >> the olympic torch rye lay with 2 -- relay with 250 athletes sharing the flame, the very real threat of another suicide bombing in this most volatile region meant celebration years in the planning was scaled down, shunted out of town, to a football stadium turned fortress. the olympic flame has been on the road for more than 100 days. weight lifters and wrestlers from the caucasus all local heroes giving the job of showing off the torch to their people. it was a truncated affair. hundreds of thousands of people in this mountainous region unable to share in this day. many of those in the half full stadium had to be bussed in to make up numbers. >> this scaled back ceremony confined to a stadium is not what the russian olympic foimps wer

fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed.hey are accused of spreading lies and joining a terrorist group. greste got a letter out, scribing the grim conditions, including being locked in a cold prison cell for 24 hours a day and describes worth conditions faced by his colleagues saying both men are kept in a draconian prisons built for terrorists. he explains why he is only now speaking out saying, "i can no longer pretend it will go away keeping quiet.": >> yesterday al jazeera caught up with senator john mccain in geneva and spoke about the dedetention of our colleagues. >> it's a clear violation of their hum jp rights and aspect of the freedom of the process. al jazeera america has chronicled events in egypt more than any other network. for the egyptian government to keep them in prison is another indicator that this military government, and that's what it is, is not keeping with the standards of international behaviour that we would expect. >> two other journalists from sister channels, abdullah al-shami and camera down m

can't really assess assess the number of people who are in favor or against it you know that the mohamed morsi also has a lot of supporters and now he's part of his ideology is banned by constitutional court which is hardly a democratic development this is not something that would happen in the traditionally democratic country in democratic countries these those type of things are decided at the ballot boxes not on the streets no on these but of boxes are to a certain number of tasks and responsibilities with or with these and you do not you don't know for example you do not come and open a job for a man that comes to clean the office and you come to morrow morning find him made himself the general manager and if you don't like it because you that's not democracy ok mr let me play something for our viewers that here have to say all the way back in two thousand and eleven on top of square because i think this is a very interesting issue about the nature of revolution is most everybody just never. know it. is people disappearing. and then the word that it is as people's revolution and that

well these fierce clashes that have rocked the nation came after supporters of mohamed morsy called for protests in the lead up to a referendum on the egypt's new constitution on the fourteenth and fifteenth of january now the muslim brotherhood and their supporters in the form of the anti cure alliance and those who support mohamed morsi are boycotting this referendum as they say the constitution is just a mess and they are escalating the demonstrations as they go through to the fourteenth and fifteenth of january so egypt is very much bracing itself for more violence now so who have already been shot dead today in favor human in serious and also cairo and alexandria a number of protestors and also students have been killed students here in egypt are very much of the vanguard of the pro-democracy movement there detentions and their killings is sparking the movement to keep going further and people are very angry organism brotherhood as well are very angry because the government has in force a new occurring in law the protest law which sees demonstrations have to get permission from pol