mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed will now be freed after 411 days in detention in cairo. they had been in court on the first day of their retrial accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they both deny the charges. their colleague was freed and deported on february 1. he'd spent 400 days behind bars, they're trial will resume february 23. we have a report. >> al jazeera english's cairo bureau chief mohamed fahmy and producer baher mohammed were arrested september 29, 2013. initially it was believed to be temporary and based on accreditation problems. within days, egypt's top prosecutor announced they were held on terror-related charges. the journalist and al jazeera network rejected the charges of aiding the muslim brotherhood. so did the global media community. protestors around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the three men. when the trial began in february the three pleaded not guilty. the proceedings were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by the prosecution included footage from a different channel. music found

we have a report. >> al jazeera english's cairo bureau chief mohamed fahmy and producer baher mohammed were arrested on september 29, 2013 alongside correspondent peter greste. initially, their detention was believed to be temporary based on problems with their media accreditations. within days, they were held on terrorism charges alleging they were aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the journalists and al jazeera rejected the charges. so did the global media community, protestors around the world demonstrating in solidarity with the three men. when the trial finally began in february the three pleaded not guilty. the procedures were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by the prosecution included footage from a different channel, music found on the journalist lap tops and some of peter's work in africa. on june 23 the verdict guilty. mohamed and peter were sentenced to seven years baher ordered to spend a decade behind bars. six others were sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia. credited six came from around the world. >> we've been clear both pub

also coming up al jazeera journalist baher mohamed -- mohamed fadel fahmy out of custody on bail baher mohamed likely to be released within hours. >>> the bodies of three victims shot in carolina on tuesday - we'll bring you reaction from the local community >>> and the need to save water any way they can because of the severe drought in brazil's biggest city. >>> well i.s.i.l. forces in iraq are moving closer to a major government base housing hundreds of u.s. troops. fighters attacked the western down of al-baghdady and anbar from two directions. it's been besieged from i.s.i.l. the fighting a few clms from an air base -- kilometres from an air base where u.s. troops are training iraqi troops. let's go to imran khan our correspondent in baghdad and tell us about what is happening down there? >> this is a serious situation. americans said there are squirmishes close to the base where the marines are based. it hasn't come under attack yet. we have seen this tactic via i.s.i.l. time and time again. when they want to make an attack on an iraqi army base - the first time in anbar province

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baher mohamed was initially sentenced to 10 years, and mohamed fadel fahmy seven years. it was overturned recently. egypt's highest court of appeals challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution, saying the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. earlier this month another al jazeera journalist peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. mohamed fadel fahmy, who was an egyptian canadian was told by the authorities that his only way to freedom is to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has down. they were arrested in december 2013 and accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. >> the bail released is a small step in the right direction but a step that should have been taken 411 days ago. there's no evidence that they have been completely complicit with the muslim brotherhood, or no evidence that they were involved in journalism. journalists are frightened. their organizations have been frightened by the fact that these journalists are in gaol. >> the trial has been widely condemned by the international community and hu

in his first interview he asked for egyptian to free mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. stephanie dekker spoke to peter greste about the moment he learnt he was being released. >> look i can't tell you how relieved i am at being free. i didn't expect. we were settling in for an appeared of months behind prison for the retrial. to be out now, today, with a few minutes notice really is just extraordinary. but i also feel incredible angst about my colleagues leaving them behind. i know that there is mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, and other people that were convicted along side us in absentia and four others that had nothing to do with that case serving prison sentences. and so amidst all of this relief i feel a sense of concern, a real sense of worry, because if it is appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free, it's right for all of them to be free. for those convicted in absentia to be free of those convictions. >> i want to ask you about that yesterday, the process for you personally how the day evolved and how it felt for you. what was the last thing said

mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still behind bars. it was said: lion loan canada's foreign minister said the release of mohamed fadel fahmy is imminent. diplomats efforts were going well. as o when it was expected to happen. there's no official word from the egyptian government. >> plenty more still ahead on al jazeera. including... ..the united nations rule on a genocide case over atrocities during the break up with yugoslavia. >> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> we're still here every night, just a little bit later. we're still taking a hard look at the most important issues out there to get you the answers you deserve. >> "real money with ali velshi" at its new time. 10:30 eastern. >> we're just doing it a little later every night. >>> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, the iraqi government and the leading shia militia are declaring and is ready to move into the i.s.i.l. strongholds. >>> the head of a u.n. inquiry looking into alleged war crimes during gaza has resigned. william schabas told al jazeera the commission m

. >> adding his voice to continued release of our colleagues, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy. their case is highlighting the plight of journalists around the world, from imprisonment to death for doing their job. four copies of the magna car at a on display for the first time in 800 years. good evening and welcome to the international hour on al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. we begin in ukraine. a dozen fighters killed in less than 24 hours. and many more over the weekend. >> promising to boost their forces to 100 thousand to combat government forces. >> the white house is weighing its options and whether to provide weapons and other military equipment to stop the advance of separatist forces. that decision could destabilize the decision further but also could keep kiev from losing any more from eastern ukraine. jamie mcintire has more from the pentagon. >> best way to aid the government in ukraine and that the president has made no decision but privately pentagon officials say the worry is pouring more arms into the conflict may not bring a polit

mohamed fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed were granted bail at the start of a retrial. it's a huge relief for their families. >> i'm going immediately to tell the kids that their father is going home and life will be beautiful. i'll wait to welcome him back. life has changed today. >> baher mohamed was asked to pay a security bond of $33,000. >> we will abide by everything in the egyptian law. i am sure he's been vindicated by this. and later on in this case when it falls apart >>> the judicial fight for baher mohamed, and mohamed fadel fahmy, will continue until the charges are dropped. initially sentenced to 10 years, mohamed fadel fahmy 7 years. that decision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution, saying the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. another al jazeera journalist peter greste earlier this month was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. mohamed fadel fahmy, an egyptian canadian was told his only way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he ha

. >> first and eception court released to al jazeera journalists on bail, mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed were detained 411 days in cairo. they're accused of colluding a the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges they and al jazeera deny. their clothing, australian peter greste was freed and deported february 1. he'd suspended 400 days behind bars. the trial will resume on february 23. victoria reports. >> al jazeera english's cairo bureau chief mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed were arrested december 29, 2013 always peter greste correspondent. originally it was believed to be temporary and based on bureaucratic problems with media accreditation. within days, egyptian's top prosecutor announced they were held on terror related charges alleging they were aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the al jazeera network rejected the charges. so did the global media month. protestors around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the three men. when the trial finally began in february the three pleaded inning. the proceedings were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by

and i -- you know i know that there is mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. and the seven other people that were convicted along with -- alongside us in absentia who are serving prison sentences. so amidst all of this relief i still feel a sense of concern a real sense of worry because if it's appropriate for me, if it's right for me to be free, then it's right for all of them to be free. and for those who are convicted in absentia, to be free of those convictions. >> wanted to ask you about that yesterday the process for you personally how the day evolved and also how it felt for you for example what was the last thing you said to your colleagues? how did the day play out? what is it something you expected and how did the day play out for you? >> no, it wasn't expected at all. i woke up very much thinking about the campaign that lay ahead of us, thinking that we would have to spend an extended stretch in prison. i went for a run and the prison war den called me over and said time to get your stuff. it's time to go. and i said go where to another prison? he s

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 411 days. their retrial is tu to resume due to resume at february 23rd. fahmy's bail was set at 33,000. that's not an option for egyptian baher mohamed who doesn't have a foreign pcht. passport. he doesn't hold a the ability to leave the country. cnn correspondent ian lee was in court and set this report. >> there really wasn't a dry eye in that courtroom among family and friends when they were told they were going to be reunited with their loved ones. defense lawyers talking to the judge, going after the ruling of the previous trial pointing out all the holes in the ruling. it was that case was passed down from a higher court who mentioned the same thing. that it just -- there was really nothing, no merit to the charges against them, that kept them in prison. so the judge then released them on bail. mohamed fahmy also gave a very passionate speech about giving up his egyptian nationality something he did regrettably he then waved an egyptian flag to show his pride talking to family members aft

mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste sentenced to 7 years, baher mohamed to 10. others were sentenced to 10 years in absentia. condemnation came from around the world. >> the journalists in egypt, we have been clear publicly and privately, they should be released. yet the man had to wait several months before the case was reviewed. they found the original trial failed to prove the man had a link. the court ordered a retrial. the three men were in gaol for more than a year. >> a new decree from abdul fatah al-sisi offered hope for two of the men. peter greste an australian. and mohamed fadel fahmy were able to apply for deportation. not available to baher mohamed. it was a slow-moving process. peter greste was freed on his 400th day in detention. met by his relieved family peter greste's unconditional release was tinged with sadness and frustration. amidsts the relief i feel a sense of concern and worry. it is appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free it's right for all of them. the freedom was imcomment. as the days dragged on it was clear that he would

i have begun to think of baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy as family. fahmy is a very strong willed character. and if anyone has suffered out of this it is ba he baher. he has a wife and three children one of whom was born while he was in prison. for him to be so devoted being where he is, this is a very huge mistake and only being able to see them on very occasional family visits and knowing now that he is going to have to spend an indeterminant period behind bars. we need to keep the focus on him because we don't know what's going to happen from here on. in prison on a daily basis the key is to stay fit physically, mentally and spiritually. so i made a very conscious effort to deal with all three of those things. to try to keep fit running in a very limited space keep up an exercise program keep mentally fit with study and spiritually fit too with meditation. through all of that, it was a way of kind of forcing a kind of discipline on myself and dealing with each day that came. and hopefully touch wood, i came out of it not too damaged. >> like peter

mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 411 days in a cairo prison.y are accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. their colleague, peter greste was freed and deported on february 1st. the trial will resume on february 23rd february 23rd . >>> this could be the beginning of an end. mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed have been granted bail at the start of their retrial. [ applause ] >> reporter: baher mohamed was asked by the judge to a security bond of around $33,000. >> we'll abide by everything in the egyptian law, and i'm sure he is being vindicated by this and completely vindicated later on in this case. everything was possible but we wanted to keep ourselves, you know, like not too excited or -- and just expect -- wanted to expect the worst but we got something, so . . . >> reporter: but the judicial fight will continue until the charges are dropped. mohammed fahmy was sentenced to seven years in prison and baher mohamed received ten. that decision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of

ultimately, mohamed fahmy, baher mohamed and many of the other journalists are caught in a political limbo the president actually does have authority to decree, just as he issued the presidential decree. he's the one that appointed this chief prosecutor. >> even more complicated of course for baher mohamed who remains an egyptian national and therefore couldn't get deported under this decree. what happens under this trial is it the same evidence presented, can new evidence be presented, is it the same prosecutor, how long might it last? >> well, we don't know how long it is going to last and this could be an indefinite process and that's why the hope was mohamed fahmy would be deported. the interesting thing is now that he's already renounced his egyptian citizenship will during the trial mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed an egyptian be tried in the same way and what about those being tried in absentia and those journalists that are not in egypt all of these questions will be answered during this coming trial and during this coming phase. the question is will the judiciary be independe

. >> out on bail, al jazeera journalist baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy are now with their families. >> a shia mosque has been attacked in the pakistani city, at least 19 people have been killed. this is the second serious attack on a mosque in two weeks. >> they clothes the busiest time of the week, friday prayers. a small group of men wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshipers, even throwing grenades. one blew himself up, killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshipers until he was shot by officers. according to a local police chief, this was a courageous decision that prevented many for deaths. the people were caught in the middle of a long running violent campaign by the pakistani taliban. it wants to him pose a strict version of islamic law and wants more control and said this is revenge for the killing of one of its men in december. >> the taliban has chosen to target shia muslims a minority community in pakistan. this is where 150 people, mostly children were killed in a school in december. the government's bee

the whole family of baher mohamed or mohamed fahmy, they are now ready for just having some time together. they had hoped for a breath of freedom and happiness, even for a couple of days. both journalists have to show up in the courtroom on the 23rd of february for a new session of the retrial. i've spoken to the lawyers and they said that yesterday's ruling was a good sign that brings a lot of hope and optimism. it's a step in the right direction. they believe that this might be the first step towards their acquittal at the very end of the legal process. but they don't know how long the new trial will take. however, the court of sesation which reversed the original verdict, said that there was no solid evidence to support the charges leveled against these journalists. they were accused of aiding the banned muslim brotherhood group, but there is no evidence to support these serious charges against them. >>> there's been further fighting in ukraine in spite of the new cease-fire deal that is due to come into force at the end of saturday. shelling in lieu hanks. these pictures are said to b

mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed have been detained for 411 days in a cairo prison.y are accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. their colleague, australian peter greste was freed and deported on february 1st. and the trial will resume on february 23rdrd. >> reporter: this could be the beginning of the end of an ordeal that lasted for more than 400 days. al jazeera's bureau chief, mohammed fahmy and producer baher mohamed, have been granted bail at the start of their retrial. [ applause ] >> reporter: mohammed fahmy was asked to pay a security bond of around $33,000. >> we'll abide by everything in the egyptian law, and i'm sure -- he has been vindicated by this and hopefully vindicated later on when this case falls apart completely. we wanted to keep ourselves not too excited or -- and just wanted to expect the worst, but we got something, so. >> reporter: but the judicial fight for the two will continue until the charges are dropped. mohammed fahmy was initially sentenced to seven years in prison. and baher moham

we have to focus on the fact that baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are still behind bars, 400 days after being taken into detention. and that injustice needs to come to an end. there guilty of nothing, apart from great journalism. >> in the middle of the biggest football game and the biggest television event of the year the nfl teams up with the no more campaign to run an anti-domestic violence psa. >> is everything ok? given emergency are not? >> yes. >> and you're unable to talk? >> right. >> is someone in the room with you? just say yes or no. >> yes. >> ok, it looks like of an officer about one mile from your location. >> more than half of the nfl players who have been accused of domestic violence during roger goodell's tenure as nfl commissioner have gone without punishment from the league. he will stick with sports journalist dave zirin. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. is reportedly considering arming ukraine's military amidst renewed fighting with russian backed separatists. according to "

and you know i know that there is mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed and the seven other people that were convicted alongside us in absentia and seven others who have nothing to do with the case who are serving sentences. so amidst all of this relief i still feel a sense of concern a real sense of worry. because if it's appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free then it's right for all of them to be free. >> much more of that interview coming up at the half hour. our paul beban is here with more on greste's release and the fight to release our al jazeera colleagues paul. >> after a lot of anxiety and anguish peter said his freedom was a total surprise. he was on a daily run when a guard came and told him it was time to pack your stuff. it was a moment more than 400 days in the making. >> i can't tell you how relieved i am at being free. i really dent didn't expect, we were settling in for a couple of months and for a few moments notice is extraordinary. >> reporter: on december 29, 2013 three al jazeera journalists were arrested in cairo, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher moha

but mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are behind bars. the network says all threes have to be ex-ownerated and convictions against other journalist tried in absentia have to be lifted. the managing director of al jazeera english says although the network is relieved to hear about the release of peter greste it demands the release of other journalists held. >> we spoke to peter this afternoon, after he was released from detention, and i can't tem you how relieved we are that peter left egypt and is on his way to bereunited with his family. tas day of mixed emotion, and we have to focus on the fact that baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy are still behind bars 400 days after being taken in to detention. that injustice needs to come to an end. they are guilty of nothing, apart from great journal. >>. -- journalism >>> australia prime minister welcomed what he assaulted -- australia foreign minister welcomed the release. >> i'm here to announce that peter greste has been released unconditionally from gaol in cairo and has departed from egyp

but the bbc understands that he is mohammed emwazi.man from west london around 27 28 years of age. the metropolitan police have just said that they're not going to confirm the identity of anyone at this stage or give an update of a live counterterrorism investigation. they have previously asked the media not to speculate about the details of the investigation, but both here in the uk and in america, it was clear that people were beginning to be more aware of his name. the police we believe, are -- have been involved in trying to find out more details about him and he -- bbc news understands, was on the radar of the police and security service before he traveled to syria. not necessarily in a high level, but certainly, he had connections, we believe, with some of those who were put on control orders which are those suspected of terrorism, who haven't been taken through trial, but movements must be restricted and linked to a group that were involved in some sort of network connected to al shabaab in somalia. >> so lucy we know that his n

over that period i got to know and accept baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy and the others as family. they are my brothers. couldn't be any other way. mohamed fadel fahmy is an extraordinary professional very dedicated journalist and a very passionate strong-willed character. baher mohamed is one of the most amazing family men. if anyone suffered out of all this it is baher mohamed. he has a wife and three children one of whom was born while he was in prison. it was incredibly tough for him as someone so devoted to his family to have to be where he is knowing that he's innocent. knowing that this is a huge mistake. we need to keep the focus on him. we don't quite know what will happen from here on. i still feel a sense of concern, a sense of worry. if it is appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free it's right for all of them to be free. it was a difficult moment walking out of the prison. saying goodbye. not knowing how much longer they would have to put up with this. and then the ride to the airport was a sense of wonder are willering what is happening in the end. we had an

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed appeared in court, peter greste the third journalist in the case was freed on february 1st and deported to australia. >>> human rights group amnesty international says there's mounting evidence that egypt committed war crimes in israel. the strikes killed seven people in the residential neighborhood of derna. amnesty international said the organization failed to take rl precautions. abdel fattah al-sisi said it was carefully to avoid such situations. >>> following sentence by so-called courts in i.s.i.l. controlled areas. the report says certain ethnic and religious communities as well as those associated with the government are being targeted. >>> new zealand says it will send troops to help forces in their battle against i.s.i.l. 100 military personnel will be deployed. the troops will be based this the north of bagged and baghdad and will be involved in combat. likely to start in may. >>> france has seized the passports of six of its citizens bound for syria. it is believed that they would join the forces much i.s.i.l. 40 other people will also be b

his colleagues mohammed fahmy and behar havebeled held for 400 days.hey said campaign to free campaign in journalists will not end until all three have been released. gerald tan reports. >> reporter: this was the most rebate protest against the detension of al jazeera staff, marking a year since their arrest journalists rallied in london and around the world, sydney the hague, sarajevo. it had been a year of agony for the families of the men. australian peter greste's parents were in cairo hoping for his release by christmas. giving him a hug at the end was quite difficult. just to say good buy and to leave him for the rest of the day knowing that it's not the best place to be. >> no one expected it to go on this long. >> i believe there is a misunderstanding and it needs to be corrected. so, i am still hopeful and still fighting with mohammed for his freedom. >> the arrest of peter greste mohammed familiarhmy were initially assumed to be short-lived, a mistake over media accreditation. as time passed t became clear that the egyptian authorities under

mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed now at home with their families, granted bail by an egyptian court ony. plus. >> reporter: i am andy gallagher in north carolina, the bodies of the three victims who were shot here on tuesday are laid to rest. we'll bring you reaction from the local community. ♪ ♪ >>> isil forces in iraq are moving closer to a major government base housing hundreds of u.s. troops. fighters attacked the western town the al bagdad and anbar province from two collection on his thursday. it has been we sieges by isil for months now the fighting was a few miles way from the base where u.s. are training iraqis. more of the towns fell under isil control after the group advanced quickly under syrian border last summer. imran kahn is in baghdad trying to find out exactly what is happening down there. what do you know? >> reporter: let me tell what you the official u.s. reaction is. they say they are aware of the reports of isil taking the town of al baghdad-y or trying to take the town. they are aware of skirmishes they say, they are on the outskirts of that town. they say the a

baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy are accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. a new court date has been set for march eight. >> it was a familiar scenario inside an egyptian courtroom for mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed. the judge postponed their retrial until march 8. >> again, the same inefficiencies, witnesses don't show up, the evidence -- that's the responsibility of the court, so i don't get it. >> fahmy and mohamed were freed on bail earlier this month but still bear the weight of criminal charges and a retrial. the men are accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. it was declared a terrorist organization just four days before they were arrested on december 29, 2013. fahmy mohamed and peter greste spent more than a year behind bars. greste was deported to his native australia a few weeks ago. fahmy relinquished his egyptian citizenship in the hopes deportation would follow. instead, he remains egypt. he and mohamed are required to check in with police each day. >> i wait and see, but i'm happy that i was returned back. i will not stay in prison. i'm hap

fahmy and bahar mohamed. been in prison now for 411 days. accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. >>> well, as i say diplomatic sources say it could be soon we see a peace deal sign today stop the fighting in eastern ukraine. all night talks there. let's talk to our defense analyst and column i joining us now from moscow. what does president putin want out of this, do you think? >> well, right now ceasefire seems imminent. that's everyone's interested right now in a ceasefire. the present rebel offenses began mid january has gone on for almost a month and most likely they have run out of steam. they need to regroup and the time actually for major fighting the wintertime, is running to an end soon there will be a that you. so a ceasefire is in everyone's interest but the under problem is the future of ukraine, as a whole. russia wants to see pro-russian forces and rebels actually, to become institutionalized political force inside ukraine. that would guarantee that ukraine does not join nato or the e

. >> and back home, al jazeera journalist mohammed, mohamed fahmy are freed on bail. >> good to have you with us. first to argentina. a legal case that dates back more than 20 years. it focuses on the 1949 explosion of buenos aires judicial center which killed 85 people. president church nery has been accused of covering up the high hanking iranian officials involved in the bombing for oil. this man alberto nisman was investigating kirchner. daniel president kirchner has not been charged with anything. what has the prosecutor actually done? >> well, what the new prosecutor has done is implicated president kirchner into the investigation. so at some stage they'll be legally obliged to answer questions. it could be in written form. they could go to the court to answer those charges. but one way or another they're officially involved in that investigation. as you said earlier not charged that that would be a decision that with a have to be made by a judge on the findings of this particular investigation. >> a key word that the prosecutor has used, in legal terms what does that mean? >>

mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed spend 411 address in gaol. accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects those charges. >> baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy were arrested on december 29, 2013 alongside correspondent peter greste. initially the detention was believed to be temporary, based on bureaucratic problems with media accreditation. within days the top prosecutor announced they were being held on terror-related charges, alleging they were aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the journalists and al jazeera network rejected the charges. >> so did the global media community, protesters around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the three men. when the trial began in february the three fleeted not guilty. the proceedings were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by the prosecution included footage from a different channel. music on the journalist's laptops and some work in africa. on june 23rd the verdict guilty. mohammed and peter sentenced to seven years. six other colleagues

. >> mohamed owns this shirley's express convenience store on new york's long island. has managed to dodge a big bullet in his line of work -- getting robbed -- until now. it's just past midnight and mohammed is finishing up some paperwork before locking up for the night. >> my head is down on my paperwork, and the guy come quick and say give me the money, give me the money. >> the robber tosses the phone violently and waves a baseball bat, an threatening mohamed. >> he said hurry up, give me the money. i sailed hold on. let me give you money. >> one wrong move could have deadly consequences. convenience store murders are near the top of the list of workplace slayings in the u.s. every year. and now the phone is across the room so he can't call the cops. but the clerk has been hiding something from the robber with the menacing bat. he's got a weapon of his own, a big gun under the counter. what would you do in this situation? would you fight back? break out the gun? or just give the man threatening you with a weapon what he wants. >> that's the moment i had to decide m

along with baher mohamed. to raise the case of mohamed fahmy with the highest level of the egyptian leadership. the case she went on, raised the situation with mohamed fahmy in the last 19 days. we understand it's an upsetting day for the family and we continue to call for his immediate release. >>> now, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed refuse to be connecticuted with the muslim brotherhood and a third prisoner, peter greste, has been unconditionally released. >>> collecting taxes from its palestinian neighbors but palestinian members say they will not pay up. >> abdel jabbary are an illegal settlement neighbors his home. the charges he received were a tax called a rnona i don't get any services from the israeli settlement. everything here, the land, the water, all the it is are provided by the hebron municipality. >> his land is rounded by israeli settlements. 12 years ago israeli settlers constructed this structure on his property. he took it to court and the judge said it should be removed. this ruling makes

the al jazeera journalists baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are freed. as richard sherman reports their trial is expected to resume on february 24th. >> like a dream coming true. >> al jazeera producer baher mohamed enjoying the first day of his new fowrntd new found freedom. >> i'm very proud of every single moment he i spent in prison for the sake of journalistic freedom. i'll continue to fight for freedom of expression and i will not back off. >> baher and his colleagues, mohamed fahmy were granted bail by a judge on thursday. it's come as a huge relief. they've been in prison in egypt since december 2013. baher was initially sentenced to ten years and fahmy to seven years in prison. that decision was recently overturned pnld egypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence by the prosecution. it says its evidence was flawed around ordered a retrial. earlier this month another al jazeera journalist peter greste peter greste was ordered returned to australia. fahmy was told that his only way to freedom was to denounce his egyptian citizensh

and baher mohamed are back home with their families in egypt.een freed on bail after spending 411 days in detention. their retrial on charges of colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood is expected to resume in ten days. richard martin reports. >> after 411 days after too much time alone in prison it's like a dream come true. >> reporter: al jazeera producer baher mohamed enjoys the first moments of his new-found freedom. a day to celebrate with his wife and three children. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of presentation. if time goes back i would choose the same experience. i will continue to fight for the freedom of expression and i will not back off. >> reporter: baher and his colleague, mohammed fahmy were granted bail by a judge on thursday. the judicial fight will continue until the charges are dropped. baher was initially sentenced to ten years, and fahmy to seven years in prison. in that decision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence pr

the bbc has revealed he is mohammed emwazi, a 26-year-old from west london.t the family home of mohammed emwazi this morning, plainclothes police officers. his family are said to be in shock, although not sure it is him. he was born in kuwait in 1988, but moved to london in 1996. he went to school in london and then westman university where he did for a computing degree. he traveled to 10th in the on safari in 2009 -- to tanzania on safari in 2009, but was detained in court accused of trying to join al-shabaab in somalia. he subsequently complained about harassment from the security service. one person who knew mohammed emwazi the man who helped him when he claimed he was being harassed by mi5 officers. >> you might be surprised to know that the mohammed i knew was extremely kind, extremely gentle, extremely soft token the most humble young person -- soft spoken the most humble young person that i knew. it's hard to imagine a trajectory. >> for the families of the murdered hostages, alan hamming, david eight, james foley abdel-rahman config, and steven sotlof

emwazi lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: by the time the reporters turned up at the mohammed emwaziy home in west london they were long gone the police had already been around and reports emerged their son was a murderer and you can understand why they didn't want to be there. >> we donated 100 million to kill our women and children to destroy the homes of the muslims. >> reporter: some weeks since the american security services said their voice recognition software helped them identify the man who the newspapers called jihadi john a slightly ridiculous sounding name with a man involved in be heading several captives and aid workers and journalists, people who could not defend themselves and who had not gone to fight. he became the aims of an organization which tore through iraq and syria as much of the world looked on in disbelief. inevitably the question is being raised as to what if anything the british security services knew of mohammed emwazi but neither they or the police would comment. but this organization which routinely hears complaints from muslims about their lives in br

. >> for mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and all the other guys who were imprisoned long side us. >> well, jordan's king has vowed to step up efforts against islamic state in iraq and the levant. the king said that the the martyr of moaz al kassasbeh will not nobody vain and the response ever jordan and it's army after what happened to our hero. >> reporter: jordan warned of an earth-shaking response to the murder of pilot moaz al assasbeh. isil had demanded the release of al rishawi. another iraqi prisoner was also executeed. sentenced to death by hanging for murdering a jordanian truck driver in iraq. pilot al kas as assas kassasbeh died while defending his faith homeland and nation. >> reporter: the pilot's father who was too shaken to speak after finding out his son had been killed came out with these strong statements hours later. >> i demand that avenge be more than executing prisoners. they're acting in barbaric manners, eye aggravating international laws, code of ethic and code of prisoners. i demand that the government take revenge of the blood of moaz and the dignity of our coun

mohamed are still locked up. has there been any word about any progress on what could happen to these two men? >> yes, indeed. now that peter greste's case is almost certain. all eyes are on baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy, the other two egyptians that were accused and sentenced in this case. for mohamed fahmy, who has a canadian nationality, it was rumored yesterday that was in the process of revoking his egyptian nationality, so we can benefit from the law under which peter greste was released and deported. even though this was denied today, for baher mohamed, who has been sentence ed tod to ten years in prison he has only egyptian nationality, and there were a lot of calls, even from pro-government journalists today on local and private television for him to be one way or another. because they say it doesn't serve the regime it doesn't do anyone any good. because it looks as if he'll -- he's being punished just for being an egyptian and the beneficiaries of the law would be the foreigners which would send the

the highest level of egyptian leadership and canadian officials raised the case of mohamed 15 timese last 9 days and went on this is an upsetting time for the family and continue to call for mohamed mohamed's immediate release and accused of supporting the out lawed muslim brotherhood and they and al jazeera deny and thrown out and the two-phased retrial on thursday and peter greste has been unconditionally released. plus more to come on al jazeera including another air strip used by drugs, trafficics blown up in honduras but it probably won't be long until it's repaired. and in sport extreme cold temperatures are forcing competitors out in the yukon ultra race. ♪ ♪ hello again and let's have a look at the top stories here at al jazeera, pro-russia forces in eastern ukraine say they surrounded the town which is a government held rail hub in between the rebel strongholds of donetsk and dohansk and donetsk people republic say the fighters cutoff the only road into there supplying ukrainian troops ukrainian army denying the plan. they stunned the ruling bjp with a landslide win this de

. >>> egypt frees al jazeera journalists, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed on bail. >>> hello, argentina'sresident has been formally charged with preventing an investigation into iranian officials involved in the bombing of a jewish community center. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >>> for the third time in three months the taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a shia mosque. at least 19 people were killed in by suicide bombers. al jazeera's correspondent has more details. >> reporter: they chose the busiest time of the week friday prayers. a small group of men, wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshippers, even throwing grenades one blew himself up killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshippers until he was shot by officers. according to a local p

. >> egypt announced a retrial for al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed will beginuary 12. they're accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges that they and al jazeera deny. fahmy's family released a statement saying he gave up egyptian citizenship to be deported to his home in canada. they say the prosecutors have not yet met their side of the agreement. the canadian government has expressed disappointment over egypt's decision to keep mohamed fahmy behind bars. canada released a statement that they are deeply upset. canada calls for the immediate release of mr. fahmy. >> a member of the canadian senate said canada's prime minister needs to push harder for mohamed fahmy's freedom. >> i sit here outraged over what happened in cairo with mohamed fahmy. i've always thought from the get-go that the prime minister of this country should have intervened right away. we've been told over the last many months that there are back channels, front channels and so on and so forth but it should be the main channel and the main channel is the prime minister of t

. >> back home baher mohamed, and mohammed fahmy are free on bail. >>> and in sport, a trail runnings growing in popularity. we'll meet a womb from nepal who is dominating the race to become a champion. ♪ >>> the taliban says that it has attacked a shia mosque killing at least 20 people in northwestern pakistan. it happened during friday prayers. it's the second attack on a shia mosque in pakistan within two weeks. >> reporter: they chose the busiest time of the week friday prayers. a small group of men, wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshippers. even throwing grenades. one blew himself up killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshippers, until he was shot by officers. according to a local police chief, this was a courageous decision that prevented many more deaths. the people were caught in the middle of a long-running violent campaign by the pakistani taliban. it wants to impose a strict version of islamic law, and wants more control, and says this is revenge for the killing of one of its men in december. like oth

baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy were sentenced to ten years.e, peter greste was recently released and returned to australia. let's talk live now to the bbc's sally nabil. you've been listening to those sentences being read out of the cairo courtroom. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: yes, everybody cheered in court when they announced all the defendants will be out. the case has been adjourned until the 23rd of february. mohamed fahmy will be there 250,000 egyptian. nearly 30,000 brothers. but finally, they will be out, lots of hopes that the judge today is going to respond positively to the request admitted by the lawyers to release the defendants. actually, before the judge announced his verdict, fahmy gave a very emotional speech. he said that he had no other option, but to renounce his egyptian nationality. he said that he didn't ask for it but he received the call from a high-profile official who told him that if he renounced his egyptian nationality, he can be out, because they want this case to be closed. he denies any kind of rela

. >> back home mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed are free on bail. >>> plus the u.n.rges mexico to investigate drug-related disappearances. >>> i'm wayne haye reporting from christchurch new zealand which is preparing to host a mayor international sporting event less than four years after area was instruct by a major earthquake. >>> egyptian state media says a bomb blast in the capitol has killed a police officer. security forces used tear gas to disperse some demonstrators in giza. >> reporter: this is where a bomb exploded killing a police officer, and injuring nine other people. it happened in a neighborhood in cairo. it's the latest in a string of recent attacks, targeting security forces in egypt where there has been violence since july 2013 when the army toppled president mohammed morsi. every friday anti-coup protesters take to the streets to denounce the military and show support for morsi who is in jail. in the city of alexandria protesters raise banners that read al-sisi is stealing money from the gulf countries. they are referring to the recent leaked tapes

we say joe son in chinatown san francisco so i'm glad mohammed thank you. the department of public works for working with the chinatown merchants and working with the chinese-american association of explicit customers the chinese chamber of commerce and all the agencies from chinese development association to the nonprofits to the leader are here and a who have come together at 24 wonderful time of the year pieces and benny were driving up washington street gosh for this day all the graft is done you you know on the corner of washington hopeful that lasts more than one day this is a time when everyone in the chinese community begins to clean up their house and get rid of the old things to get new things the year of the ram means will steadyness and success and collaboration but will be solid direction i want to present that he kind of leadership i know our new supervisor julie christensen will be representing that kind of strong community for this district and the whole district of district 3 coverage including chinatown that is a wonderful time we're colli

, peter greste and mohamed fahmy. jailed in egypt now for 400 days. they are falsely accused of concluding with the outlaw group the muslim brotherhood. >>> pro-russian separatists and ukraine are blaming each other for failed ceasefire. >> quickly ran into deep trouble. each side blaming the other for making impossible demands. a plan for an immediate ceasefire looks as far away as ever. the negotiator for rebels say kiev forces must halt their fire first. >> the shelling of all populated areas should stop. the heads of the self proclaimed donetsk and luhansk peoples approximate. >> reporter: increasingly well organized fighters now calling themselves the army of the donetsk people's approximate. there are more on both sides virtually every day. moscow says it's not supplying the separatists with weapons. >> we have a number of russian prisoners of war. and i must say the russian federation while sending in troops every day while getting ukrainian hardware says there is no russian federation there. this is cynicism o

. >> mohamed thank you mohamed adow speaking with us. the armed offensive against boko haram continues along the borders. troops have been fighting with the armed group in the southeastern part of nye niger. >>> to yemen where houthi rebels remain defiant announcing themselves as the new country leaders. telling followers that this was in fact a revolution. al houthi said hadi's decision to step down had created a power vacuum. >> translator: some political forces and collaborators in and outside yemen fails to understand that the yemeni people are adamant they will achieve their just demands to achieve a dignified way of life. >> let's go to yemen where we can speak to a yemeni bakes e-based journalist in the capital. we have seen a lot of opposition to the houthi takeover but have the houthis spaicted they would houthis indicated they are willing to work with other factions in the country? >> they are willing to work but the other factions are not willing to cooperate. the houthis are calling for dialogue but dialogue under their terms