a date is set for the trial of egypt's ousted president mohamed morsi. he will be in court november 4 on charges of inciting violence and murder. seven people are killed in a fire in bangladesh. the latest incident underlines the unsafe conditions in the garment industry there, six months after a factory collapse left over 1000 dead. you are watching "france 24." two more french hostages have been identified. if nicolas henin and photographer pierre torres went missing over three months ago in syria. the information has been kept confidential but today their families decided to make a public announcement. our international affairs editor douglas herbert joins us now. what do we know more about the state of these two men and why the families decided to release the information? >> first, let's go viewers who they are. two more hostages have been added to the growing french toll of hostages throughout the world. most of them today in africa, specifically west africa dating back to 2010. at least 10 or 11 french hostages held. we found out these two new host

war with israel turned violent in cairo where fierce clashes between opponents and supporters of mohamed morsi was ousted regime scores killed and wounded. a u.s. operation in libya seize a top terror leader sees a separate raid in somalia proves unsuccessful with special forces unable to capture a wanted al shabaab militant leader. and at least a dozen children are killed in a suicide attack in iraq that targeted an elementary school the most recent assault in a wave of violence that has hit the nation. live from our studios in moscow this is our team let's get right to our top stories a big day for russia the olympic flame arrived in moscow for the final countdown to the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics. a massive convoy of bikers brought it safely to red square and a cheering crowd before president of the torch on its way you could piece it off watched the festivities by the kremlin walls. truly a historic event for the whole nation and possibly even for the history of the olympic games themselves the olympic flame was first delivered on board the special flight from greece t

well we were seeing a kind of winding down of these protests by the supporters of mohamed morsy largely because their leadership has been locked up in jail a number of them are facing trial for inciting violence for various different events that happened over the course the last few months ahmed morsi himself he's been in detention incommunicado since he was pushed out of office in the third of july is also being charged in addition we're just hearing every day of more arrests of various different leaders so really there aren't very many of the missing brotherhood figures still left on the ground there either in jail or on the run so this is have a direct effect on their protests on the ground there have been daily demonstrations and marches for they've been a lot smaller but it still has been quite tense because these people are going home in the more determined than ever we've seen a number of their fellow protesters killed they say they will keep going until mohamed morsy is reinstated or until at least the military step away from power meanwhile the liberal forces and the interim go

war with israel turned violent in cairo where fierce clashes between opponents and supporters of mohamed morsi was ousted regime lead scores killed and wounded. the u.s. operation in libya seems a top terror leader seized in a separate raid in somalia proves unsuccessful with special forces unable to capture a wanted al shabaab militants leader. and at least a dozen children are killed in a suicide attack in iraq the targeted an elementary school the most recent assault in a wave of violence that has hit the nation. guessing a lot of direct from our studios in moscow this is our team let's get right to your top stories a big day for russia and the olympic flame arrived in moscow for the final countdown to the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics. a massive convoy of bikers brought it safely to red square and a cheering crowd before president putin sent the torch on its way or does he go to peace going off watching the festivities by the kremlin walls. well it's truly a historic event for the whole nation and possibly even for the history of the olympic games themselves the olympic f

the street there were thirty million people on the street that's far more than whoever elected mohamed morsi and you don't elect a president democratically to come and dismantle democracy you know so i think it's a sign that the egyptian people becoming a lot more politically aware of their choices and their implications but i mean in all honesty you can't really assess accessors the number of people who are in favor or against it you know that's not mohamed morsi also has a lot of supporters and now he's part of his ideology is banned by the constitutional court which is hardly a democratic development this is not something that would happen in their traditionally democratic country in democratic countries these those type of things i decided at the ballot boxes not on the streets no on these ballot boxes are tied to a certain number of tasks and responsibilities thore these and you do not you do not for example you do not come. and open a job for a man that comes to clean the office and you come to morrow morning find him made himself the general manager and if you don't like it because yo

of the leaders that you mansion so far has been elected by by the majority of the people unlike mohamed morsi whom you may disagree with politically but at least he had the legitimacy of the ballot behind his back no no no he did not have the legitimacy to do most of what he's done we had an interim constitution that morsi was elected to serve and the first thing that he's done he actually this respected the law and the constitution so what do you supposed to do we don't vote in a president to come and take over your house for example you yaz a very specific tasks to do and through these elections particular elections he had very limited powers so he could not in any way issue constitutional decrees mr rickett isn't that altimetry a question about the limits of democracy because on one hand of what you are arguing for is that no power should be able to you or use an abused democratic institutions for its benefit but on the other hand how can you argue in a democratic society that you should get rid of that power in a non-democratic way because the way that morsi government was disposed of is

violent in cairo where fierce clashes between opponents and supporters of mohamed morsi. leave scores killed and wounded. u.s. secretary of state says a military force is into the solution in syria while russia's foreign minister urges the opposition to follow the diplomatic way out. of diplomatic talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in bali. and the u.s. operation in libya sees a top terror leader c.u.z. a separate raid in somalia proves successful special forces an able to capture a militant leader. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our sean thomas glad to have you with us a big day for russia the olympic flame arrived in moscow for the final countdown to the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics. a massive convoy of bikers have brought it safely to red square and a cheering crowd before president putin sent the torch on its way going off watch the festivities by the kremlin walls. well it's truly a historic event for the whole nation and possibly even for the history of the olympic games themselves the olympic flame was first deliv

supporters of egypt's deposed president mohamed morsi. to prevent them from occupying tahrir square. this is. the deadly nerve gas attack in the suburbs of the syrian capital in august was orchestrated by a group backed by saudi arabia and that's according to russian diplomatic sources speaking on condition of anonymity to interfax news agency. has more on this. this is the position that moscow has held all along name me that the rebels are provoking the situation as an attempt to see foreign forces and the international community becoming involved in the conflict inside syria both moscow and damascus believe that there is more than enough evidence that points to the opposition being behind this attack and yet despite the huge body of evidence the united states and her allies continue to put the blame for this attack on the shoulders of the syrian president bashar al assad this is also despite the fact that a number of former high ranking members of the american intelligence community have been solved said that there is a lot of evidence

these friday clashes between supporters of ousted leader mohamed morsi and security forces that have rocked the capital have turned deadly we have bloodshed on the streets multiple clashes explodes in multiple locations across the come across the country as well as the city i was down just a square when the thousands of supporters of morsy essentially attempted to access this main running point that had been sealed off by security forces with tanks concrete walls and basically barricades made of barbed wire basically after that there was a cations between security forces which descended into clashes i heard automatic weapon fire can't confirm whether it was live ammunition but it certainly was green through the air as well as varney's of tear gas really making the entirety of downtown almost impossible to bring we have had reports of a possibly a fatality there also running points in giza which is the site of one of these sit ins for mohammed morsi earlier on in august by the dispersed security forces that also there were clashes in additions to thousands gathering at the site of one

thousands gathering at the site of one of the main incumbents in support of our list of leader mohammed morsi in the rubble of the way in nasr city we've also heard of clashes in the northern city of alexandria and in the nile delta and this comes to few days before we expect a mass demonstrations on sunday which is the national armed forces day or the anniversary of the nine hundred three war morsi supporters have vowed to come to his square which they have been forbidden from accessing in addition pro-military protests are expected the same day so we really will see this gearing are as we get this rival protest day in addition we're just hearing every day of more aggressive of various different leaders so really there aren't very many of the missing brotherhood figures still. on the ground they're either in jail or on the run so this is how direct effect on their protests on the ground there has been quite tense because these people aren't going home the most haven't ever they've seen a number of their fellow protesters killed they say they will keep going until mohamed morsy is reinstated

battles erupted between security forces and supporters of the ousted muslim brotherhood leader mohamed morsi on the fortieth anniversary of the one hundred seventy three arab israeli war this and we also had wyvil protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square and some people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of them for their sisi to be president and mohamed morsy supporters and the missing brotherhood had attempted to march on this very square they wanted to hold on to military protests they say they went against necessarily the institution of the army but they were against their generals who they want to see changed as they say they are really leading the country to destruction and targeting them as motherhood and that is calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated at the scene it was very chaotic the battles are spilling over into the side streets of what is essentially a residential middle class neighborhoods and security forces were joined by civilians who are carrying tear gas and also firing these protesters with birdshot but it's and i've had repo

>> the year that mohamed morsi was in power, people experienced a lot of hardships. the level of support he had initially, which was quite marginal anyway, in the elections -- over this year and especially towards the end of his rule, it was not -- it was marked with a lot of opposition. what the brotherhood is doing with the escalation of confrontation, with the authorities helping the transitional process, which they perceive as a legitimate -- it seems to be also hurting the economy, preventing it from moving forward. we are talking about 17 countries over the past week or so that lifted a travel ban on egypt. his business goes as usual, it means the current transitional -- if business goes as usual it means the current transition is moving forward and a chance of the brotherhood of being part of it are being decreased -- and the chance of the brotherhood being part of it are being decreased. going forward and confronting the current regime will only yield more opposition and resentment from the wider population. this is the stalemate that they have to -- they hav

this afternoon between security forces and supporters of the ousted muslim brotherhood leader mohamed morsi on the fortieth anniversary of the nine hundred seventy three arab israeli war this and we also had rival protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square as you can see behind me this time people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of the sisi to be president however just a few kilometers away from where i'm standing here in the giza district and in other locations across the capital there were very bloody scenes and mohamed morsy supporters and the missing brotherhood had attempted to march on this very square that they wanted to hold on to military protests they say they went against necessarily the institution of the army but they were against their generals who they want to see changed as they say they are really leading the country to destruction and targeting the most brotherhood and those calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated at the scene it was very chaotic the battles are spilling over into the science streets of what is essentially a re

david, so it's been a hyundais since the toppling of mohammed morsi. we're hearing the anti-coup alliance may be dropping its demand to have morsi reinstated. are we starting to see a shift in the morsi camp? >> well, it's a little bit early to say there has been a shift. but there is a growing understanding that the military views this crisis as existential, that this is the reality, and the crackdown will continue, and there is an ongoing insurgency in egypt and if the brotherhood continues to persist with this type of behavior, that there's going to be a real problem, they are not going to have any type of participation or representation in the government going forward. >> so where are we now in these talks. given as you say, the crackdown against the organizatioorganiza government is putting morsi on trial. >> not particularly optimistic, because the constitution moving forward is going to contain a provision banning the muslim brotherhood. this is going to force the brotherhood to either change their name -- but i don't think that will be sufficien

add now a trial date for the former president mohamed morsi. urprise for his legal team who weren't never the date and have not met their client or know where he is being held. >> i don't everybody think the judge interrogating morsi knows his location, this is a crime of kidnapping and questioning him which began 15 days after his arrester. >> reporter: morsi and 14 others are charged with insightment to commit murder. the charge relation to violence outside the presidential palace in december last year which, according to human rights groups, protesters staging a sit-in protest against the president's sweeping new powers were attacked by pro morsi supporters. 10 people killed and hundreds were injured. his lawyers say morsi has no connection to the violence. >> there is no evidence that dr. morsi has committed any crime. trials of a political nature and the atmosphere of the coupe are usually and i hope i am wrong, they are never neutral, trans parents or fair. >> reporter: the trial could be a lengthy one, the legal proceedings against morsi'

mohamed morsi saw his fortunes rise and fall. not the most charismatic a location, the group selection made him the first incredibly elected president. his honeymoon was to prove a short one. in november 2012, he gave himself wide-ranging powers, putting the presidency of the the regional courts and dissolved the upper house of parliament. one month later he pushed through a islamist constitution. it was too much for opponents began turning out in protest that spilled over into battles with supporters of the muslim brotherhood that left 10 dead. by june, 22 million egyptians were calling for the president to step down, twr voted him in. on july 3, the military moved in and morsi was arrested. they crashed all signs of dissent in the weeks that followed, leaving more than 1000 dead. morsi now faces exactly the same charges as his predecessor. >> those replaced morsi and his cabinet are said to suffer a financial setback. u.s. officials said the obama administration plans to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in military and econo

. >> clashes in egypt between army security forces and supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi leave dozens dead. >> u.s. special forces grab a suspected terrorist in tripoli. he's on the f.b.i.'s west wanted lift for the u.s. embass bombings in africa. why the libyan government is calling for him to be returned. >> a special report focusing on children working in dangerous and deadly conditions in coal mines a half a world away. >> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. today begins the second full woke of the government shutdown and just 10 days until the dead ceiling deadline when the government faces the possibility of not being able to pay its bills for the first time ever. congress is returning to work today to try to resolve the crisis, but republican leaders won't pass a budget unless president obama is willing to negotiate. erika ferrari has more. >> time is running out. october 17, the united states will reach its borrowing limit and for the first time, the nation will default. as the government shutdown enters day seven and with no compromise in sight, house speak

it comes three months after the military overthrew mohamed morsy. money will be held back, and the u.s. has been providing $1.5 billion in aid each and every year. >> reporter: from the moment the egyptian military threw mohamed morsy out of office, there was a response. but cracking down, military aid until they return to a democratic path. what's frozen in fighter jets, tanks, apache helicopters, missiles, $260 million in cash aid. and $300 million in -- washington has done this before. not giving aid to a key military ally. counter terrorism and boarder security. [ audio difficulties ] and peace-keeping in the sinai. administration officials say they're committed to helping maintain peace in the sinai, peace with israel. they also believe the hold on military aid won't weaken communism destroyed my family. >> they are part of us, and we're part of them. and we need to focus on bridging the gap. >> that's why this year, both daughters went to cuba and convinced their father to come along. for the first time in 43 years, javier breathed the air of

egyptian security forces stormed to cairo incumbents for ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi back in august tents are torn down over six hundred people are killed a month on brotherhood activists like mr. say they have been driven underground. i have started to hide my identity every day i shave my beard i have a second phone number that has to be changed and show it's not tracked now i can live in my apartment i moved from one place to another life has become very difficult for over a month this was the site of one of cairo's main pro morsi citizens after august body dispersal by security forces it's become just a busy street since that day for many missing by their activists like mr furze they say they aren't able to attend rallies and their leaders are in jail or in hiding with last week's court order banning them as a brotherhood many fear this crackdown will just get worse. egyptian human rights organizations say the military led government is being too harsh. all of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. and it's. related to the muslim brotherhood this is a week of c

egyptian security forces stormed to cairo incumbents for ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi back in august tents are torn down over six hundred people are killed a month on brotherhood activists like mr. say they have been driven underground. i have started to hide my identity every day i shave my beard i have a second phone number that has to be changing show it's not tracked now i can live in my apartment if i move from one place to another life has become very difficult for over a month this was the site of one of cairo's main pro morsy sit ins after august body dispersal by security forces it's become just a busy street since that day for many missing but there are activists like mr furze they say they aren't able to attend rallies and their leaders are in jail or in hiding with last week's court order banning them as a brotherhood many fear this crackdown will just get worse. egyptian human rights organizations say the military led government is being too harsh. all of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. and it's. related to the muslim brotherhood this is a week o

of a national holiday there turned to bloodshed opponents and supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi clashed in karo in across the country on sunday meanwhile at least three separate attacks have taken place today has left seven dead troops got the latest from the divided country. the families have gathered in front of cut the capitals main morgues and him to basically pick up the dead after a very bloody night in cairo and across the country leaving dozens dead and hundreds arrested is this all kicked off on sunday afternoon on the anniversary of the fortieth the fortieth anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy three arab israeli war this is largely regarded as an armed forces day a day that people celebrate the military victory. of the interim president had called for egyptians to come to the streets in particular in tahrir square right behind me on the presidential palace to basically congratulate the military what is regarded as one of the most proud moments in egyptian history however supporters of mohamed morsi had other ideas they wanted to protest against the military not

meanwhile the supporters of mohamed morsy refused to back down especially if they've lost so many they wanted to some friends they tended to come back to seats to expect to see the crisis on the horizon ok we're following any developments that happened there with your help bell true in cairo thank you. syria's begun the destruction of its chemical weapons with international inspectors now overseeing the process the elimination of the toxic arsenal comes in accordance with the binding u.n. resolution that was spearheaded by russia u.s. agreement his middle east correspondent paula sleep has the latest now from damascus. united nations has confirmed that the chemical weapons experts inside syria have begun the process of destroying the estimated one thousand chemical weapons stockpile inside this country there is a team of some thirteen international experts who have been inside syria since last tuesday they come from the organization for the purpose of chemical weapons in the hague as well as the united nations and they all overseen the whole purses they role is to verify a report as we

if you thing that getting rid of mohamed morsy in in this way is acceptable why would one peace supporter is try to do a similar thing i mean they can turn into the streets next year they are not they have the right to you do not for example you do not. open a job for him. to clean the office and you come to morrow morning find him made himself the general manager and if you don't like it because you that's not democracy when you defend your political movement or political ideology through holding guns and pointing them. at the army officers and soldiers and policemen then you know you are no longer have a political case you have a criminal case. u.s. military forces have conducted two raids abroad in somalia and libya targeting senior terrorist leaders in the somalia. u.s. navy seals stormed a villa the leader of the al shabaab militant group the terrorist cell was behind the deadly attack on iraq the shopping mall last month that took sixty seven lives the rate appears to have failed as troops withdrew after coming under fire and did not capture their target. and another operation was c

has avoided the automatic suspension of all military aid to egypt by refusing to deem mohamed morsi'suster a coup. in a speech to the united nations in late september, president obama said the united states had avoided choosing sides in egypt after the military's july 3 overthrow of morsi. has been attacked by all sides of this internal conflict. simultaneously accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood and engineering the removal of power. in fact, the u.s. has purposely avoided choosing sides. our overriding interest throughout these past few years has been to encourage a government that legitimately reflects the will of the objection -- egyptian people and recognizes true democracy as a respect for minority rights and the rule of law. freedom of speech and assembly, and a strong civil society. >> egypt has set a date of november for for ousted president mohamed morsi to stand trial for inciting the murder protesters. morsi faces charges surrounding the deaths of at least 10 demonstrators killed in a protest against his government last december. hundreds of morsi supporters have b

students have gathered and are demanding that mohammed morsi be reinstated. we talked with our correspondent in cairo a about the protests. >> reporter: what we can say about this is this week the anti-coup alliance says they intend from today, tuesday, until friday to have increased protests at universities around egypt. in at least three different cities in egypt, we have had students leaving their classes and going out and demonstrating. cairo, a thousand students left their classes and stayed inside the campus, because the military authorities don't have legal permission to go on to the campus to suppress the demonstrations. thousands left their classes and demonstrated and then a small proportion of that thousand left the campus and marched to the square where the sit-in was staged in august and violence was used to break up the sit-ins, and in other cities in egypt, we had protests, and outside of cairo, the university where mohammed morsi, the deposed president went and studied as a student, and therefore groups of students who were pro military and gr

>> more than 50 people are dead in egypt after military supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi clash on sunday. it is the worst violence in more than a month. military captures top al qaeda operative, delta force operatives grabbed anas al-liby over the weekend. john boehner drew a line in the sand. he warned the country is headed for its first ever, process to destroy chemical weapons in syria. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. egypt has seen one of it's bloodiest days since the government seized. most of the fighting was in cairo but there were clashes in other cities as well. supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi, are there were rival protests at the presidential palace in cairo. a report now from cairo and we are not naming our correspondent for security reasons. >> downtown cairo on sunday. a day for celebrating the military. instead it saw gun fire, tear gas and civil unrest. this was ramsey street north of tar tahrir square. , protesters took to the streets. some marched on tahrir square but on the surrounding streets security was tight. in plac

reporter: well, we know pretty much as much as you do that a date has been set for a trial of mohamed morsi for early november. of course, mr. morsi has been held in detention at an undisclosed location since he was arrested by the military here on july 3rd. he's been detained ever since. he's been allowed to speak to his family just once during the detention. katherine ashton has managed to see him as well, but he haven the had much chance to speak to his family members. he's charged with committing encitement to murder and committing murder. it's down to something that happened last december outside of the presidential palace. there was violence and seven people killed. that's what they're putting him on trial for. of course, the rest of the world will be watching to see how this trial is conducted. >> thank you very much for that update. that's our correspondent joining us from cairo. >>> still to come on al jazeera, the united nations, haiti's cholera victims are asking for compensation. >>> they're making progress as they try to break into the indian retail sector. we'll have the lates

after removing mohamed morsi were power. egypt has since been divided between those who support the military and those against the coup. rival rallies have been called for in tahir sqare for sunday. 6 october once again an opportunity to advance political agendas. . >>> and concerning those rallies egypt's interior ministry sent a warning that they will "firmly confront violent demonstrations taking part in tahir sqare today." >> we turn to the sport as youngstersion in okay land. >> it's rookie night. the as got it done with new bys like sonny gray, stephen vogt, and they are in the game for the second-straight year. oat land had to man up against the tigers. the former winners dealt. verlander struck out 11 patters. remember, destroyed tried to take a commanding 2-0 lead. sonny gray was up to the challenge. the 23-year-old rookie - his first post-season game - and the kid sparkled, striking out nine batters, shutting down miguel kav aira. bases loaded for stephen vogt. i need a hero. vogt delivering hiking first post-seaso

weapons watch dog has called for a ceasefire in syria. >>> the trial of egypt's deposed president, mohammed morsiart on november 4th. morsi and 14 other defendants stand accused of the killings of protesters outside of his presidential palace in december last year. >>> the united nations is being sued for infecting haiti's water supplies for cholera. they are seeking composition for the outbreak that has effected hundreds of thousands. >>> conflicting claims over the resource rich south china sea are set to dominate discussions in dubai. leaders have agreed to development a maritime code of conduct for all countries involved. china has been accused of being more aggressive in asserting its claim over the area. japan says it controls a group of islands that it calls [ inaudible ] but china says they are part of its territory. no one lives there, but they are close to vital shipping lanes and are believed to contain large natural resources. moving on to the south china sea another collection of islands are claimed by several countries. the spradlys are expected to contain vast oil wealth. >> report

insofar as the ousted former president mohamed morsi has said, he doesn't recognize the court that's going to try minimum next wednesday, he hasn't been appointed counsel and he doesn't recognize it at all. there will be a team of 25 lawyers who have observed what happened from a defense point of view but they are not an official defense, they don't representative him and that of course will take place on monday. >> the reported problems that one or a number of cairo's universities, is this any different than the protest from those we have seen that tend to support mohamed morsi for the last few weeks or is it something more serious? >> what we understand is that several hundred students from cairo university left their classes, left the campus and marched to nasly square. the authorities fired shots in the air and tear gas. that's a pattern we've seen in recent weeks. we don't have any report of casualties as things stand. and it's difficult to say there's more than the normal we've seen in the last several weeks. >> don nick kane in cairo. >>> the u.s. envoy or the cairo has met in

street battles erupted this afternoon between security forces and the supporters of the ousted mohamed morsin the 40th anniversary of the 1973 arab-israeli war. rival protests with supporters of the military gathering at tire your square. -- at tahrir square. a few kilometers away from where i am standing, and in other locations across the capital, there were very bloody scenes. common morsi supporters attempted to march on this very square. it wanted to hold anti-military protests. they say they were not against the institution of the army, but they were against the generals. they want to see change as they say they are leading the country to destruction and calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated. the battles are spilling over into the side streets. residential and middle-class neighborhoods. civilians were throwing tear gas and firing at these protesters with bird shot bullets. reports of other ammunition, though i cannot confirm that. the interior ministry said at least 200 muslim brotherhood sympathizers have been arrested in mass roundups around the country as the death toll continu

all of this in the context of mohamed morsi's trial due to start. can see this as a furthering of pressure on the muslim brotherhood. the government here - the courts called for the assets of muslim brotherhood to be seized. this is part of what could be seen as ratcheting up the pressure on muslim brotherhood prior to the trial of the ousted former president. >> most of the leadership is behind bars. is there a sense in egypt that the muslim brotherhood is a spent force? >> i don't think you could necessarily say that. certainly the representation of the muslim brotherhood on the streets is down compared to what it was months ago, years ago. they are still a presence on the streets. the anti-coup alliance makes its position known. hundreds of people, thousands of people take to the streets. we see people, students leaving campuses and going out and ticking the streets and protesting. you can say that there's certainly an element of muslim brotherhood presence on the street, but it's not nearly as strong as it was months ago. >> thank you very much.

region that borders israel. >>> an egyptian court set a date for the trial for ousted president mohamed morsi. he's expected in court on november 4th. 14 other members. muslim brother had have been ordered to appear. morsi is facing murder charges for the alleged killings of opponents and protesters in office. we're going to our al jazeera correspondent in cairo. for security reasons, we cannot reveal her name or location. good morning. morsi, as we know, is the first democratically elected president in egypt. what is he being charged with exactly here? >> reporter: well, the charges are murder and encitement of murder. they all relate to an incident that happened back in december when a huge protest descended on the presidential palace after he announced huge new sweeping powers with regard to the constitution and many of the anti-supporting crowd came to demonstrate against that. there was fighting outside the palace, and at least six were killed in fighting and over 300 injured. many people outside there have claimed people were tortured and shot by morsi supporters. apparently in the cair