three al jazeera english journalists, peter greste, was released without charge and his colleagues mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed still face charges. the crack down by egyptian authorities on journalists is well-known. other countries must not allow themselves to be tools of this media recession ahmed mansour is one of the world's most respected journalists and must be released immediately. he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by cairo's criminal court on the charge of torturing a an individual. rejected egypt's request for an international arrest warrant against him. his arrest is a worrying sign that president sisi is extending his crack down on accident dissent. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >>> military says fighters were preparing to launch attacks against security forces in the area. (t) is israel and palestine to resume talks. french led initiative investigation. consisting of arab states the european union and u.n. council members. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has owner greater recommendation for rebels in contested northern areas. the deal would be monitored by if internati

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed need to check in daily with police. al jazeera rejects the charges. now, with just one day to go before greece's bailout program expires there seems almost no hope of a last-minute compromise. european union commission president said he felt betrayed by the greek government and is urging greeks to vote in favor reforms. global stock market declines in fears greece will exit the euro. banks remain shut to avoid financial collapse. barnaby phillips reports. >> this petrol station is closed until a tanker turns up with new supplies. as we saw around the city about a third of stations were closed the result of panic buying throughout weekend. without the free flow of cash the greek economy could grind oa halt. >> there is no shortage of petrol, there is plenty in the country but petrol stations need to pay for it up front had cash, now that the banks are closed. >> reporter: and for now the banks are firmly shut. with confusion outside some could take the limit of 60 euros, the limit. antonious, 82, waits outside with friends. >> he heard a report it woul

and three other al jazeera journalists, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. network's acting executive general says, our network is the arab world's most watched has taken the brunt of this. other countries must not allow themselves to be tools ahmed mansour is one of the arab world's most respected journalists and must be released immediately. sentenced to 15 years in prison by cairo's court. and october 2014 interpol rejected egypt's request for an international arrest warrant against him. mansour is an outspoken critic of the egyptian government. his arrest a worrying sign that sisi is extending his grips outside of the country. victoria gatenby. al jazeera. >>> taken back control of the base and that four fighters were killed. the ministry also said no security forces were killed. >>> u.n. gent ban secretary-general ban ki-moon, has whrosmed the welcomed the mali peace deal. stopped short of giving the full autonomy the touareg rebels had long been fighting for. susanna wing reports. >> first of all the northern population is very diverse so a certain seg

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were released on bail but the pair cannot leave egypt and must check in daily with police. the journalists and al jazeera reject the charges. the be you greek prime minister says he won't cling onto his job should the greek people reject his referendum on sunday. bringing the chance of a greek exit from the euro zone closer. the zed lock has led to declines on global stock markets with u.s. and european stock suffering heavy losses and banks remain shut in order to avoid a financial collapse. barnaby phillips reports. >> this petrol station remains closed until a tanker returns with more supplies. results of panic buying over the weekend but without the free flow of cash the greek economy could grind to a halt. >> translator: there's no shortage of petrol, there's plenty in the country. but petrol stations need to pay for it up front in cash now that the banks are closed. >> reporter: and for now the banks are firmly shut. with confusion outside, some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnera

peter greste is tried in absentia and have is mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were released on bail but the pair cannot leave egypt and must check in daily with police. journalists and al jazeera reject the charges. >>> greece has confirmed it will miss its deadline to repay a $1.8 billion loan to the international monetary fund, giving the chance for an exit from the euro zone closer. jean claude junkertrt shut in order to avert financial collapse frp ecollapse . from athens, barnaby phillips reports. >> we saw about a third of stations were closed. the result of panicked buying over the weekend. but without the free flow of cash the greek. >> there's no shortage of petrol there's plenty in the country but petrol stations need to pay up front for it in cash now that the banks closed. >> and for now the banks are firmly shut. with confusion on the streets outside, some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable the pensioners many of whom don't have bank cards. anton unius 82, waits outside the bank to collect his funds. he

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed were released on bail but cannot leave egypt and must check in with police. al jazeera reject the charges. >> now, with just one day to go before greece's bailout program expires, there seems to be no hope of last minute compromise. they say they felt betrayed by the greek government and urging the greeks to vote in favor of the referendum. thebanks in athens remain closed in order to avoid a financial collapse. from athens barnaby phillips reports. >> this petrol station on the edge of athens is closed until a tanker turns up with new supplies. as we drove around the city we saw about a third of stations were closed. the result, panic buying over the weekend. but without the free throw of cash the greek economy could grind to a halt. >> they need to pay up front and in cash now that banks are closed. >> for now the banks are firmly shut with confusion on the streets outside some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable the pensioners. many of whom don't have bank cards. antonias 82, waits outs

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mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr was present. the australian journalist peter greste has not returned for the trial. they were arrested in 2013. sentenced to between 7-10 years in prison. peter was released and deported on 1st february. two weeks later. mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy received the news that the judge ordered the release. the retrial began in march, dragging on to delays and adjournments. >> fighting appears to have calmed down near the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk. the government blamed each other for the escalation of violence on wednesday. several people were killed in the town, and civilian buildings were danked in donetsk. it was the fiercest fighting since a fragile ceasefire put in place in february. >> there were a number of live samples of anthrax mailed from u.s. military bases across the country is double what was thought. more than 50 labs in 17 states received the samples, as well as three foreign countries, an army testing facility sent the samples without proper safeguards. the pentagon v

the prosecutors failed to produce any evidence depend mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. accused of spreading false news and having ties to former president mohamed morsi's morsi's muslim brotherhood. >>> in the city of onincha most of the victims were burned beyond recognition. central african president of burundi pierre nkurunziza, says the election will go ahead at the end of june. more than 90,000 people according to the u.n. have fled, all began in april when he said he wanted a third term as president. opposition leaders in that country say they will continue protesting. they plan a big protest on tuesday. here is haru mutasa in the capital. >> he is going out now it won't be safe on tuesday. planning to protest against pierre nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term, which violates the constitution. >> civil society and the opposition have called for a block. so we can organize. >> it's been sometimes hard for opposition reporters to break through the sometimes heavy security. on monday things in the capital seem to be back to normal but some people are scared

prosecutors failed to produce any new evidence against mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed.sat down with peter greste in australia to talk about the place. >> it's been four months since peter greste was released from an egyptian jail and deported but his ordeal is not over. technically he's still on trial. >> we're thought that once released i would be take off the case, and that would be the end of it, but at the first hearing of course, the judge named me as an defendant who was there at the last hearing where the judge said i had to appear or risk declare being absentia. if egyptian rules being declared in absentia is equal to being found guilty. we don't know if the court will accept video it would involve breaking new ground for the court. but to get to the truth of the matter i see this as a solution. and demonstrate to the court that i'm not on the ruin. i'm not a fugitive. >> what would conviction mean for you? >> the main concern is the--on a personal level it would mean that i can't go to any country that has an extradition treaty with egypt. but it's also a probl

the prosecution failed to present new evidence against mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. they've been accused of spreading false news. they have been accused of supporting muslim brotherhood something that al jazeera strongly suggests. the defense will make it's closing arguments when the trial resumes. >>> qatar is suing a french right-wing politician who accused it of supporting terrorism. vice president of the national front in france. he allegedly implied a link between qatar and the deadly attacks of the paris offices of the charlie hebdo magazine. >> accusing qatar of financing what it calls the killer of islam means that such a country is involved in such terrorist operations. we say enough is enough. the state of qatar which has the best relations with france, does not support terrorism. >> bangladeshi police have charged the owner of a clothes factory complex with murder two years after a building collapsed killing over a thousand people. 41 others are also facing murder charges. stephaniestephanie dekker reports. >> they made clothes for some of the world's bigg

mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed were in a cairo court today. greste could not return for the trial, because he was deported. they were arrested for alleged involvement with the banned muslim brotherhood. al jazeera denies all of the allegations. >>> south african government has opened up a an investigation into corruption bribes to fifa. >>> and now we'll take you back to addison texas, where we see the latest candidate to toss his hat into the ring for the republican party presidential nomination. rick perry taking the stage. what do you think we're going to hear from mr. perry? >> reporter: i think he'll talk about his military background talk about family and check all of the conservative republican boxes that you need to. >> and i'm sure he will say this time will be different than last time when he ran. >> yeah that will be something to watch for in this speech. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. i love you honey. you know, i was born -- i was born five years after the end of a global war that killed more than 60 mi

peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy takes a retrial. release mansour.he acting director general said in a statement the crack down often journalists by egyptian authorities is well-known. our network as the arab world's most watched least of all those that respect freedom of the media as does germany. ahmed mansowr is one of the world's most respected journalists. in 2015 mansour was sentenced in absent ya, on charge of in 2011, mansour dfned the denied the charges against him. his supporters say his arrest is a worrying sign this president sisi is extending his crack down on dissent beyond egypt's borders. vaight. are victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >> the interior ministry says forces have taken control of the base, no security forces were killed. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has welcomed an alliance between mali's government and the touareg rebels. the deal will be monitored by the international community including france, but it stopped short of getting the full autonomy the rebels had long been fighting for. now the people were affected by

prosecution's closing argument which claimed the men this endangered egypt as national security, mohamed fahmyar mohamed family was present and peter greste has not returned to the trial. they arrested in december sent 13 and sentence today seven and 10 years in prison. peter get greste was are he leased and deported in february. almost two weeks later the judge ordered the release of the other two. the retrial began in march dragging over three months with delays and adjournments. egyptian journalist joins me here in the studio and we appreciate your time. how would you characterize the court system, the legal system in egypt? >> well, let me start by saying that the legal system in egypt is one of the oldest legal systems in the world. and unlike what most people say these days about the legal system in egypt and that it doesn't exist i believe personally that it does exist. and it is so efficient that what we have been seeing for the last two years specifically the last two years has been done because of a trick that was made. >> how so? >> that was made by the regime. all these cases, they

is expected to begin again with closing arguments being heard in a cairo court in the cases of mohamed fahmyar mohamed. but it may be months before a verdict is reached andrew thomas sat down with al jazerra correspondent peter guest never australia to talk about the case. >> reporter: it's been four months sce peter greste was released from an egyptian jail and departed but his ordeal isn't comply over. technically, he's still on trial. >> we all thought that once i was released that i would be taken off the case, that would be the en of it. but the at the first hearing of course the judge named me as a defendant. it was only the last hearing when the judge said that i had to appear or risk being declared inthen that, in you are in ab then gentleman you will be convicted. i can go back because i was ordered out by the president. but at the same time, the judge is demanding that i appear. the solution that i have got that i have come up with is the possibility of appearing by video link, we don't know yet whether the court will accept that. it would involve breaking new ground for the court.

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were released but have to check in every day. al jazeera and the journalists reject the charges. >>> now greece has confirmed that it will miss its deadline to repay a huge loan to the international monetary fund bringing the chance of a greek exit from the euro zone closer. jean claude junker urged greeks to deny claims. tuesday was the deadline for greece to repay $1.6 billion euro zone or $1.8 billion. we now know that it will not be repaid. greeks have been queuing to withdraw their maximum 60 euro limit from bank machines. barnaby phillips reports. >> this petrol station is closed until a tanker turns up with new supplies. we saw about a third of stations were closed, the result of panic buying over the weekend. but without the free flow of cash the greek economy could grind to a halt. >> translator: there's no shortage of petrol. there's plenty in the country but petrol stations need to pay the up front in cash now that the banks are closed. >> reporter: and for now the banks are firmly shut. with confusion on the streets o

. >> a number of delays, prosecutors failed to produce any new evidence against mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed who have been accused of, quote spreading false news and of having ties to former president mohamed morsi's muslim brotherhood, something al jazeera and the men plement refute. >>> the crisis in eastern ukraine, the u.n. saying 6500 people have died since it kicked off in april last year. russian military denies it's been helping the citizens on the ground there. charles stratford sent us this report from the area close to the border. >> reporter: russian military equipment on a traifn train close to ukraine border. the equipment includes armored personnel carriers melt supply vehicles and tanks. the russian insignia has apparently been painted over. across the fields we noticed clouds of dust in an area of what looked like a farm. large military vehicles were moving in convoy around the traction. now the russian military say the reason why there are so many troops in this area can is it's misconducting military exercises. dissents that it's fighting alongside separatist troop

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were released and cannot leave egypt and must check in daily. al jazeera and the journalists reject the charges. >>> the greek prime minister has said he won't cling onto his job if he loses this sunday's referendum on whether the country should accept the terms of a bailout. the government has also confirmed that it will miss its deadline to repay the $1.6 billion repayment of a loan. u.s. and european stocks suffering heavy losses. and banks in athens remain shut in order to avert financial collapse. from athens, barnaby phillips reports. >> this petrol station on the edge of athens is closed until a tanker shows up with new supplies. after we drove around the city we found about a third of stations were closed, the result of panic buying around the weekend. without the free flow of cash the government of greece could grind togrind to a halt. >> there's no shortage of petrol, but stations have to pay for it in cash because the banks are closed. >> reporter: with confusion on the streets outside some people could take the daily limit of 60 euro

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are now abused of helping the now banned muslim brotherhood. peter greste is being tried in abstentia. the journalists and al jazeera reject the charges. now the bitter dispute over greece's crisis has resulted in bitter insults. the greek government questioning whether the european lenders had been sincere, but the sense of chaos is growing. greece's banks will be shut all week while the greece government tries to prevent a run on them. greek people feeling the effect of the financial crisis. barnaby phillips reports. >> this is closed until a tanker turns up with new supplies. as we drove around the city we saw about a third of stations were closed. the result of panic buying over the weekend. but without the free throw of cash the greek economy could grind to a halt. >> there is no shortage of petro. there is plenty in the country. and for now the banks are firmly shut with confusion on the streets outside some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable the mentioner pensioners,

two weeks later mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr received the news that the judge ordered their release. the retrial began in march, and dragged on for over three months with delays and adjournments. swiss company nestle's instant noodle brand maggie is facing a crackdown in india after allegations that samples contained high levels of lead. the government planned sales and legal action. several states are testing samples and big retail chains pulled it off the shelve. lead levels are within acceptable limits. >> we are waiting for the reports from all states to come, and we'll take a complete picture of the whole issue. and accordingly action will be taken. nothing will be left. appropriate action will be taken accordingly. >> it explained why he is so popular in india. >> the regular pacts of maggie nestle's noodles are sold across europe. big and small. yellow pacts are found. generations have grown up on maggie noodles, and remember the advertising and the famous parties endorsing the products that nestle india described as a nutritious food alternative. in delhi, the govern

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were present. peter greste has not returned for the trial >>> anthrax mailed to military bases is twice what was previously thought. the pentagon said more than 50 labs in 17 states received the sample and more than three foreign countries. the samples were mistakenly sent without safeguards. they are investigating why the mistake was made and are to receive a report. there was no threat to the public. a reminder, you can keep up to date with all the news. go to the website aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >> newspaper details in the killing of a man in boston who pulled a knife on police. allegations that he was plotting to kill a conservative activist. >> the scandal for fifa grows another leader accuses the organization of manipulating elections. >> several sunni tribes in iraq

mansour bahrami and scott fardy are accused of -- mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are accused of helping the banned muslim brotherhood. peter greste has been tried in absentia, even though he was released and spent 400 days behind bars. al jazeera rejects the charges. >>> amnesty international accuses egypt of gaoling young activists in a crackdown of dissent. thousands of young people have been gaoled in the past two years in connection with protests. egypt's foreign minister denies the government is targetting youth activists. >> reporter: burundians voted for a new parliament. the poll boycotted by the opposition and voter tonne out was low. many are against the president's bid for a third term. we have this report from the capital. >>> byrned's president makes an entrance before voting in parliamentary elections. accompanied by his wife and children. he looks shaky on two wheels. he is defiant. he votes in his rural home town. where he is popular. >> i'm satisfied with today. the people are exercising democratic rights to vote. burundi has come along. >> there was a big turno

mohamed fahmy baher mohammed are being tried for being members of the muslim brotherhood. >> left to count the cost of the fifa scandal, details coming up in sport. >> is there a plan? >> we've got all the sport. >> chile knocked out the holders in the final in the copa america. they won against uruguay that ended the match with nine men. we have this report. >> heading into this quarter final, chile scored twice as many goals as anybody else while uruguay scraped through as a best third place team. although the hosts didn't have their shooting boots on in the first, sent off after just an hour after being provoked by chile, who fell to the ground theaterrically. sealing the 1-0 victory. uruguay would exit the tournament with nine men a second yellow card given for challenge on sanchez. >> it seems to me that this was a match well won we chile against a hard fighting team that never gave up. >> we played a good match limited them, they tried to do their usual game without the usual deepness of other matches and we were having a good game. the attacking possibilities were reduced. >>

the defense is yet to finish the closing arguments for mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr. they were charged and convicted of spreading false news belonging to a terrorist organization and operating without a permit. an an appeal the convictions from thrown out and ordered a retrial. the proceedings began in march, but have been dogged by delays and adjournments >>> in south korea, a 10th person has died from the m.e.r.s. virus. 132 affected with the disease, 2400 schools closed as a result of the outbreak. alison is a spokesman for the world health organisation and the south korean joint mission is says the government has taken important steps to contain the outbreak. >> since the beginning the government has done contact tracing and has contacted people in a health facility, a hospital, clinic or at home. that is important. also, getting the message to the public, that if they feel ill or have symptoms of m.e.r.s., which would be sneezing, coughing, they need to take action to get in touch with health authorities and to isolate themselves as much as possible until it is c

two weeks later, mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed received news that the judge ordered their release.their retrial began in march. it's now dragged on for over three months with delays and adjournments. we've got handy ideas for space exploration coming up. >> at the telerobotic labs where the idea of remote control is being taken to another level. >> in sport former fifa vice president jack warner claims he has an avalanche of evidence against the organization as the on going corruption takes another twist. we'll be hearing from him, next. only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. we have all the sports. >> former fifa vice president jack warner says he he will reveal everything he knows about corruption at the world governing body. he is were you ever 14 indicted as part of an investigation into bribery and racketeering. he claimed he had documents that had been passed to a third party. warner then repeated claims in trinidad. >> i also will give them my knowledge of certain transactions at fifa, including but not limited to sepp blatter. i have here for 30 consecutive years. >> h

peter greste was eventually released and deported home to australia, now he and his two colleagues mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed are facing a retrial. germany is urged to release mansour immediately. he said in a statement: mansour is one of the world's most respected journalists. ed leader of the green party tweeted the german government must explain arrest of mansour in berlin. highly questionable. germany must not be sisi's henchman. the arab organization of human rights and dozenses of other rights organizations condemned mansour's arrests. protestors gathered in berlin to show solidarity with the detained journalist and demand his release. he is one of the most renowned journalist. his arrest symbolizes foch more. it is the fear that democratic countries could start doing the arresting for a military regime. >> the arab organization for human rights has condemned mansour's arrest and called for his immediate release. germ the organization also says mansour confirmed that he had proof interpol did not have a warrant for his arrest. >> let's go to paul brennan outside the detention center

two colleagues mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy face a retrial. al jazeera asked germany to immediately release mansour, the acting general said in a statement: >> in 2014, mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. mansour denied the charges. in october 2014, interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant by egypt, against him. mansour is an outspoken critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending crackdown on dissent beyond egypts boarders. >>> akmed mansour's lawyer joins us from london. he said germany acted irresponsibly. >> we don't see any reason why the generalions don't check the identity of the person, which shows, and here the arrest came after allegations. after a brutal event in egypt. working with the angela merkel as if he was from a well-recognised democracy. the germans knew of the oppression of journalists with any dissent. the con

mohammed badr, and mohamed fadel fahmy face a retrial.l jazeera asked germany to immediately release mansour the acting general said in a statement:. >> in 2014, mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charm of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. mansour denied the charges. interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant. mansour is an outstanding critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending it is rule behind boarders. >>> security forces say the armed group is getting closer to the capital. let's get more from our correspondent jennifer glass who is standing by in kabul. explain to us how closer the taliban to the regional capital. >> well they are just about 5 minutes drive outside the capitaling kunduz city where the front lines are with the taliban. it began yesterday, late in the evening they took control. the police headquarters under taliban control, and captured 12 checkpoi

mansour bahrami and scott fardy, his -- mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy face a retrial. the acting general said in a statement: . >> in 2014, mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court on the charm of torturing a lawyer. mansour denied the charges. interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant. mansour is an outstanding critic. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending its grabbing down on dissent. >> 15 fighters in north sinai were killed. 20 were injured in a helicopter raid. the military says fighters were preparing to launch an attack against security forces in the area >>> french foreign minister laurent fabius urged libya and palestine to resume talks, and urged them to restart a french-led initiative. france wants resumption of dialogue for an international support group consistle of arab states. e.u. >> the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon welcomed a long-awaited peace deal between mali's government and an alliance led by tuareg's rebels. it will be a g

the prosecutors failed to produce evidence against mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr. they have been accused of spreading false noose and having ties to the muslim brotherhood. charges al jazeera strongly rejects. the defense will make closing arguments when the trial resumes. >>> for the first time since the september 11th attacks, the national security agency lost its power to collect phone records in bulk from american citizens after the senate failed to extend the patriot act. the republican senator rand paul ran it against a mass producing program. the different bill was passed by the house of representatives. it is saying targeted data collection but critics say it doesn't go far enough to prevent government snooping. >>> a u.s. court ruled in favour of a muslim woman, who was denied a sales job because of a head scarf. she was wearing a head scarf or hijab during an interview in 2008. she did not say at the time that she wanted the company to give her a religious accommodation. the court found that a refusal to hire her was motivated by not wanting to wanting to

mohammed badr, and mohamed fadel fahmy face a retrial. al jazeera asked germany to immediately release mansour, the acting general said in a >> in 2014, mansour was >> in 2014, mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. mansour denied the charges. in october 20 14 rks interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant. mansour is an outspoken critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending crackdown on dissent behind its boarders. >>> akmed mansour's lawyer joins us from london. thank you for being with us. could you explain to us what exactly are the charges against mansour. they are merely lies put before the people of interpol who confirmed to us as lawyers in london on 21 october 2014, that the egyptian authorities sent a request for the arrest of mansour, and interpol rejected that request. >> reporter: before we get into the details of the

egypt has been adjourned until thursday and prosecutors failed to produce new evidence against fahmy and mohamede sat down with their colleague, peter greste to hear more about the case. >> reporter: four months since peter greste was released from jail and deported but his ordeal is not completely over because technically he is still on trial. >> we all thought once i was released i would be taken off the case and it would be the end of it but the first hearing the judge named me as a defendant and the last hearing is when the judge said i had to appear or risk declare being in abstantia and if you are then you automatically get a conviction. i cannot go back because i was ordered out of the country by the president but at the same time the judge is demanding that i appear. the solution that i've got, that we have come up with is possibility of appearing by video link and we don't know if the court will accept that. it would involve breaking new ground for the court but if the first principle of a judicial system is to get to the truth of the matter then i see this as a solution that might work

jazeera jrnalists will begin and closing arguments to be heard in a cairo court in the cases of fahmy and mohamedmay be months before a verdict is reached and we sat with peter greste in australia to talk about the case. >> reporter: it has been four months since peter greste was released from an egyptian jail d deported but his ordeal is not completely over and technically he is still on trial. >> we all thought that once i was released that i would be taken off the case that would be the end of it but the first hearing of course the judge named me as a defendant. it was really at the last hearing when the judge formally id i had to appear or risk being declared formal and on egyptian rules if you are on trial then you automatically get a conviction. i clearly cannot go back because i was ordered out of the country by the president but at the same time the judge is demanding that i appear. the solution that i've got and we have come up with is the possibility of appearing by video link and we don't know if the court would accept that and it would involve breaking new ground for the court but if

has been adjourned until thursday prosecutors failed to produce any new evidence against fahmy and bahar mohamedndrew thomas sat down with al jazeera correspondent peter greste in australia to talk about the case. >> reporter: it's been four months since peter greste was releashed from egyptian jail and deported but it's not over because technically he is still on trial >> we all thought once i was released i would be taken off the case and that would be the end of it but at the first hearing of course the judge named me as a defendant. it was really the last hearing when the judge formally said i had to appear or risk being declared formally in abstantia and others you automatically get abstantia and i was declared out by the president but at the same time the judge is demanding that i appear. the solution that i've got, that we have come up with is the possibility of appearing by video link and we don't know if the court will accept that and it will involve breaking new ground for the court but if the first principle of the judicial system is to get to the truth of the matter then i see this a