it's the second time a court-imposed death sentence was imposed on mohamed badie. he was one of thousands arrested in a crackdown following the removal of a president. in april he was sentenced to death, along with 180 others for the murder and attempted murder of a policeman. the ruling was upheld by the grand mufti in jooup. saturday's ruling relates to another case. mohamed badie was sentenced to death again on the charges of murder and firearms. let's bring in the any director of the egyptian commission for rights and freedom. give us your initial reactions on this? >> this is good new, we have doubts about the trials of the leaders of the muslim brotherhood, and it is good news that they have - that the penalty has not been the sentence. some of the gsts in the case you mentioned in absentia. there are other cases where the mussie, the leader of the muslim brotherhood, was sentenced to death, like the case of others. one was where two people were killed in a protest in august, and this one stands too. how do you think the judiciary is likely to react to this n

it was upheld for mohamed badie and seven other leaders. the highest authority advised the court to opt for the higher sentence. mohamed badie can be sentenced to death for an earlier case. >>> three of our al jazeera colleagues spent 345 days in an egyptian prison. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. in gooun peter greste, and mohamed fadel fahmy was sentenced to 7 years, and bard are three. all have appealed and al jazeera is demanding their release. >>> police released tear gas and rubber bullets on a crowd of thousands. >> they are not continuing with a push to the prime minister's residents, they were stopped without warning, before the march set out. we are getting reports that hundreds have been injured, including women and children, and some of them, because of tear gas, the police inspector said they have not used live ammunition, but resorted to rubber bullets. the situation is for the last several hours, we have been hitting ambulances rushing to the scene, a

an egyptian court upheld a life sentence for mohamed badie and several others today. the highest religious authority advised the court to opt for the life sentenced. mohamed badie could be sentenced to death for an earlier case of riot og. >> three of our al jazeera colleagues spent 245 days in an egyptian prison. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste sentenced to 7 years, badr 10. al jazeera continues to demand their release, and they have appealed. >>> police released tear gas and fired rubber bullets on a crowd of thousands. >> they are not continuing with a push towards the prime minister's residence, because they were stopped without warn before the march set out. they said that this will be a peaceful protest. however, the police resorted to using rubber bullets, as well as tear gas to disperse the crowd. the crowd has broken the fences surrounding parliament house. they were already protesting outside parliament. now the crowd have gone in. however, the po

muslim brotherhood spiritual leader has been sentenced to life in prison by an egyptian course mohammed badie has been found guilty of planning riots sabotage and murder in two thousand and thirteen islamised president morsi was removed from power has already been sentenced to death in a similar case but can appeal to court's decision many key figures in the muslim brotherhood now face prosecution under president al c.c. who came to power in june. six people have been killed and at least forty more wounded. in a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan truck filled with explosives was detonated outside a teligent office in jalalabad the blasts was followed by a deadly gun battle between militants and security forces most of the people wounded the civilians the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack. and a ukrainian cargo plane this crash in the june desert killing all seven people on board came down just minutes after taking off from a bridge and port in the south of the country local authorities of so far recovered three bodies from the crash site. and i'll be back with more news at th

. >> it is quite significant that mohamed badie had the death penalty reduced, but six others had their death sentences confirmed. >> absolutely, showing that justice is allusive in egypt today. >> 1,000 or more have been condemned to mass death sentences over the death of one policeman, which is a mocker i of the system. >> thank you for joining us on the line from cairo, with news that the spiritual leader of muslim brotherhood, and seven others had the death penalty reduced to a live sentence. >>> in other world news, a military coup appears to beunder ray in lesotho. soldiers in the capital masuro have surrounded the headquarters. the prime minister dissolved parliament to avoid a no confidence vote. tania page has this update from johannesburg. >> phone lines have been jammed. it's difficult to get through to our contacts. the latest information is that residents of the capital have been coming out on the streets to gather to figure out what is going on. the military is on the streets, setting up roadblocks, and appear to have taken over police stations and positioned themselves ne