qatar has long been a sport of the muslim brotherhood backing the outed liter mohamed morsi.h the help of saudi arabia, qatar and egypt are negotiating a sort of truce. >> translator: egypt means a lot for us, a strong, capable and healthy egypt say support for arabs. >> last week al jazerra suspended its satellite broadcasts focused on egypt. that decision came after an envoy from qatar met with president sisi to free the jailed al jazerra journalists, sisi could issue a presidential pardon but said he will not interfere with the judicial process. the appeals process continues hearing. slated to examine how the law was applied in this case. ♪ ♪ >>> in troubled countries around the world, journalists are shot, disappeared, beaten, exiled. al jazerra has not escaped this assault on press freed and freedom and the right to know. facing many more years in prison our colleagues are being punished for activity that conforms to every idea of what journalism is for. to look at the freed up. press, a changing egypt and the country's relationship internationally we welcome lena, direc

and kuwait, giving $20 billion to egypt since mohamed morsi was deposed. let's cross over to the united states and speak to an associate professor of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. four years after that revolution that we saw in egypt how would you describe relations between the united states where you are and egypt? >> right now relations between the united states and egypt are back to business, as usual. that hasn't also been the case throughout these four years. as your report mentioned as you stated it's been a tumultuous four years. at the beginning of the uprising against mr. mubarak the united states continued to support mr. pub wreck. hillary clinton was secretary of state at the time and in the first several days she emphasized and articulated the u.s. belief that it was a stable regime. the u.s. was caught off guard. it's also debatable whether the u.s. helped push mr. mubarak or encouraged him to leave at the end of those 18 days or not. in any case, the relationship has been tumultuous. the united states made peace with the

. >> the ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi criticized the government while producing his own defense at a trial. he accused yabd yeapped yeap. >> al jazeera is continuing to dhanddemand the release of our journalists peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. who have been imprisoned for over one year. >>> consumers in thailand are playing less for their fuel. but rather wad if news for neighboring malaysia. cordscott heidler now reports. >> run their light their homes. big savings for thai governmental. and that will trickle down to the people here who are living in a stagnant economy. analysts say with less dollars going abroad to pay for oil imports more will be staying in thailand. >> it will be a big boost to consumer confidence. people can go shopping, spend money on items that are produced here. spend more money on food on clothes and so forth rather than spending moing on filling money on filling their tank. >> focus on cheap oil should be on savoring the untapped oil thailand still has. >> if you don't use the indigenous resource. then it will prolong its use. >> reporte

calling for the deposing of mohamed morsi. >>> fighting of armed groups in the north and south of benghazi. one is based in tripoli and the other in the east in tow to toab tobruk. the return journey to earth will be most monitored. rob reynolds explains. >> one, engine ignited. >> reporter: the plan requires pinpoint precision meticulous planning and unbelievable precision. its first stage will break away and begin falling to earth. thruster engines are supposed to direct it, to a landing platform that measures just 30 by 90 meters. controllers will try to bring the vehicle in to a safe landing. reusable rockets. elon musk explained last year. >> if we had rockets that were fully usable and get to a decent flight rate, the intention is to low the cost of space transport. >> since the beginning every launch has required a new rocket. imagine if commercial jet liners were used once and then discarded? hardly anyone would be able to afford a flight. but reusable rockets could revolutionize space travel. so tricky even musk gives it a 50-50 chance of success. but he says his engineers will ke

qatar was a major supporter of the muslim brotherhood back when mohamed morsi was the president. his ouster created tension between the countries. the conviction of the journalists has soured relations further. the station said it just and justice should hold a new trial as quickly as possible. >> it could take 12-18 months. or they can make it quick. they can speed up the process and get these guys out of jail. >> the jailing sparked international outrage and raised concern over egypt's human rights fire relations. the defendants have denied any links with the muslim brotherhood. they did not attend the hearing which lasted only a few minutes. >> and new year's seared stampede -- new year's eve stampede on a chinese waterfront has killed many. 13 people are in critical condition. the new jvc describes the tragedy as a wake-up call for the world's second-largest economy. claire murphy reports. >> shanghai's skyline towers over the stampede. people drawn to the plaza named after the first communist mayor. mourners laid flowers, but they were afforded little privacy as they prayed

hamas and egypt had a close relationship between the ousted president mohamed morsi was in office because of the group's link to the muslim brotherhood. they have responded signaling that they would not accept cairo as an immediate nate mediateor for peace talks with israel. >>> a number of people have died in a series of explosions in and around the iraqi capitol. at least three people were killed in a blast near a car repair shop. five others died in another explosion. this time at a sheep market. two soldiers were also killed when they were targeted in a bomb attack. >>> this comes as iraq's prime minister has been hosting a security summit. haider al abadi address various religious and political factions across the country. it is aimed at reconciling religious groups. the government is hoping to create the united front against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. we have the latest from baghdad. >> reporter: national conference is taking place at a crucial time and on the ground in the fight against isil has been a crucial past few days as well. even when the airstrikes and the m

he script's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi remains in jail charged with inciting violence and spying. for all of the turmoil and death of the last four years, it seems little has changed. simon mcgregor-wood, al jazeera. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our 3 colleagues who have now been imprisoned in egypt for 393 days. mohammed familiari, peter greste and mohammed bohama were accused of helping the out lied muslim brotherhood. a court has ordered a retrial. key political talks between yemen's main political parties and shiia hooth houthi rebels. they have rejected dialogue with the rebels calling instead for renewed protest. the houthis took control the presidential last week. the move has created political crisis in the capital which has caused a power vacuum in the south type of a report from j zinjibar where al-qaeda is active once again. >> the men are on alert. their enemy is elusive and persistent. there are dozens of checkpoints like this all over the city. these fighters are known as the popular ones. >> we want to preserve security to pr

in cairo were demanding egyptian president resign and some protesters held pictures of deposed mohamed morsied two years ago. protests in pakistan against the french newspaper charlie hebdo on wednesday it published a cartoon with mohamed on the front cover and the largest demonstration happened in the pakistani port city of karachi and used rubber bullets to clear protesters outside of the counselor and demonstrations in the capitol islamabad and protesters there were members of the religious party. and we were at the protest in islamabad and sent us this report. >> reporter: there is anger across pakistan on the publication of the cartoons in charlie hebdo magazine the people are deeply conservative and do not take kindly to any insults hurt of the prophet of islam. the measure adjust from the people and islamic parties is this is an act and the house of parliament has already passed a unanimous resolution condemning the publication of the cartoons in the french magazine over the next few days there is likely to be more anger on the streets across pakistan on this particular act committed

the group supports former president mohammed morsi.was ousted in 2013 in a de facto military coup led by sisi. state media say at least 50 people around the country were injured. political turmoil has hurt tourism and weighed on the egyptian committee. some citizens are hoemg for stability but others are concerned over the crack doub on demonstrations. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he hopes nigeria's upcoming presidential election will be peaceful. he made the comment on the same day islamist extremists carried out another deadly attack. kerry met in lagos with president goodluck jonathan who is seeking re-election and the main rival former military leader mohammed dibuhari. earlier suspected boko haram islamist extremists islamist militants carried out an attack in the northeastern state of borno. they killed at least eight people in the state capital maiduguri and they seized another northern town. kerry called on all parties to respect the outcome of the february 14th vote. >> it's absolutely critical these elections b

between proceed sisi elements among the population and those who are still protesting the ousting of mohamed morsithe muslim brotherhood president. i think there is alternates of segments within society that is on neither side of that equation that they are still waiting. >> does it policy arize the country in your opinion? >> pardon me? i am asking how polarized you think the country is? >> it is not just a policyarization ol opposite sides, the proern sisi and the anti-coup alliance. it's that big segment in society that was expecting something entirely different after february 2011 in terms of genuine democratization, respect for human rights and getting the country's economy back on the rails. we are still waiting for a representative of parliament. at present, there is the issue of your own journalists being jailed that will not go away. even the americans have said that a lot of the aid packages are conditional on respect for human rights in egypt. i think the recent events show there is a long way to go in that respect. >> the united states actually never suspended any -- they suspended --

. >>> night demonstrations, military coup that removed former president mohamed morsi from power in 2013. >>> the loils for loyals for the al jazeera journalists peter greste and mohamed fahmy wrongly convicted of broadcasting false news helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood which al jazeera denies. on thursday an appeals court in cairo ordered a retrial which could begin in the next month. al jazeera continues to demand their immediate release. >>> so far more than 8,000 people have died of ebola. the u.n. missed its december target to stop the spread but the outgoing chief remains optimistic. >> it is going to go on for not just weeks but some months more. but i believe we will do it in 2015. i believe we will end ebola in 2015. and we're going to do it 50 working very closely is not just with the governments of the countries but the communities. >> right time for the weather now and some good news richard for australians from the hot weather they've been having. >> right martine. the satellite image particularly across the bite which is moving in. a cold front exactly what is much n

during the mohammed morsi era you see it going down. and then it would go up as overseas investors get used to the new president president sisi. it has hurt the people. infrastructure projects to double the capacity of the suez canal excited investors but some say the army has too much control over such projects and under employment under mubarak was 9% since he was deposed. it has reached almost 13%. at this point let's talk to angus blair. he joins us via skype. we mentioned peopleful feeling better about their standards of living. do they have better standards that they hoped for when they threw mubarak out. >> of course, in any up rising revolution there is uncertainty and that created change in the economy. the economy had felt some damage but interestingly since the beginning of january 2011, there is only one quarter where you saw the debt below zero. the economy has been strong, actually given the relative circumstances, and you mentioned the economy is now growing. it's up roughly at the moment about 3.5% year on year gdp growt

of 100 members of the group as part of anti-coup alliance that held protest since they deposed mohamed morsieste and fahmy and may mohamed wrongly accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood and they ordered a retrial that will begin in a month and they have request to be deported from egypt. suspected boko haram fighters seized a base in northern nigeria by the town by lake chad and joint task force in 1998 to battle cross border crime is based there and mandate expanded to fight boko haram and they fled the area on saturday. residents of northeast have begun returning home and foesed out when boko haram took control of the center and we report how the town is struggling to recover and a warning that some may find images in this report disturbing. >> reporter: harvesting what remains of the family farm and on the outskirts here. and unattended for months when boko haram fighters over ran the town and now lost a substantial amount of produce. >> we were supposed to have two months back but due to this incident we are not up to in this time around and due to incidents i lost my father

some of the protesters held pictures of the former president, mohammed morsi who was removed from powera military coup two years ago. >>> congolese troops and united nations forces say they are about to launch an offensive against the fighters operating in the democratic republic of congo. the group being targeted is known as the fdlr. it's the largest rebel group with around 1400 fighters. the rebels are accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide in rwanda before crossing over the border into the democratic republic of congo. the u.n. has warned the fdlr may be hard to target as its fight verse blended into the civilian population and could use them as human shield but they hope if the fdlr are defeated other groups in the region will disintegrate. malcolm webb has this report. >> reporter: we have to drive through eastern con go's hills twor two days to meet with the rebels. most people living here have more contact with armed groups than with their own government. the fdlr right verse been living in area since 1994. some of the members are accused of genocide back home. and been acc

declared the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group in 2013 after the military ousted president mohammed morsis say the government has been using the group to justify its own violence. >> there's been a significant dialing back of even the limited political and civil liberties that existed in egypt prior to mubarak's overthrow. certainly not the kind of egypt that people hoped for, four years ago when they took to the streets to call for something better. >> reporter: activists tell me the government has underestimated the number of people killed so far, and john, those demonstrations continue today in cairo. >> thank you. >>> coming up next death row controversy, a georgia inmate who many say is developmentally disabled is due to be executed. >>> and the consequences of non-stop war. >>> in less than 24 hours, the state of georgia plans to execute a inmate who many say is mentally disabled. he was convicted in two separate and brutal murders. still his attorneys and advocacy groups are pleading for mercy. robert ray joins us with more. >> reporter: john good evening. the state is set to execu

he script's first democratically elected mohamed morsi remains in jail charged with inciting violencend spying. for all of the turmoil and death of the last four years, it seems little has changed. simon mcgregor-wood, al jazeera. >>> as long as anyone can remember, there have been questions over egypt's record on human rights but some activists say that things are perhaps worse now than ever after morsi was deposed in july, 2013, security forces cracked down on his supporters. one example from cairo is that clear out of a mass sit-in during july and august when at least 800 people were killed. during the political upheaval following the overthrow of morsi, there was a sharp rise in the number of journalists who were prosecuted for allegedly insulting officials tory spreading false information. a new law effectively banning protests and other measures against critical groups has meant that around 22,000 people have been arrested arrest they have been put in prison for their political beliefs. >> that's the number according to human rights watch. phillip luther is director of middle ea

and city mohamed morsi criticized successor and presenting defense at his trial and he is facing chargesused cici of removing him in a coup and killing protesters during 2011 uprising that toppleled mubarak and the trial is adjourned until wednesday. al jazeera demands release of colleagues now in prison in egypt for 38 seven days fahmy and greste and mohamed were falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood and they deny and appealed court in cairo ordered a retrial. we have a lot more to come on the al jazeera news hour including how raw sewage dumped eventually becomes a welcoming oasis for flamingos. no new infection mali declares itself free from e bow. >> andy in guinea and find out why a spannish football pitch has a vital role to play in the africa cup of nations. ♪ turkey president sharing his first cabinet meeting which critics say is another sign of the increasing authority rule and says the president has the right to chair cabinet meetings but the predecessors didn't do it at all. all right, let's talk now to vice president of the international global political coalition

itself the sinai province is retaliating on the crack down of supporters of the former president mohamed morsicar bomb targeted a military base, a police headquarters and a housing complex for army and police officers. the town of rafa on the gaza border also hit. a security officer is said to have been killed by a roadside bomb in the city to the south. earlier we spoke to hillary a professor of u.s. foreign policy at the american university. >> we've seen them continuing and increasing in intensity for the past year and a half since the over throw of president morsi in egypt, this is something historically true in egypt, each time a government in egypt going back to the 1950s has sought to suppress the muslim brotherhood, this nonviolent islam organization and political movement each time a government has sought to suppress it what has happened is not that the muslim brotherhood has become violent but that groups splintered off from muslim brotherhood and eventually al-qaeda to become very violent in order to fight against a government they see as oppressive and in the 1980s they assassinate

. >>> supporters of president mohamed morsi have been demonstrating in cities and marched in all alexandriathers in the nile delta. al jazeera demands the release of journalists in prison 399 days greste and mohamed and fahmy were wrongly accused of colluding with the out lawed muslim brotherhood and al-sisi said he would like to see the case resolved. sunday is 400 days in prison for the journalists and ahead of that peter greste has written a letter saying freedom is a continual fight and on the first they overturnd the convictions an ordered a retrial and no idea when it will begin or how long it will take and we remain strong and do what it takes to clear our names and win our freedom, 400 days still feels far too long to correct an injustice. the government in the philippines and rebels from the islamic liberation front promising to keep working on a roadmap to peace, both sides met in malaysia for a new around of negotiations and signed an agreement that will see fighters from the separatist group disarm, the peace talks were thrown in doubt after 44 policemen were killed in fighting

started in 2011 but it became more active even after the unseating of the islamist president, mohamed morsi, in july 2013. it has carried out a number of attacks on police and military targets in sinai over the past few years, but the largest one before this one was the one, as i said last october, that left 31 dead and this is the second largest or now the largest attack on the egyptian military. this group in last november has pledged allegiance to the islamic state, so we don't have much details about the group other than that. but considering the style of the group and how they carry out attacks, it could be release for this attack. >>> it's time for the business news now. aaron's here. greece, the negotiations begin. >> well, at least the talks. but it's the first face-to-face talks with the new leader of greece. one of the powerhouses of the euro zone. let's talk about the economic powerhouses. germany and china have warned greece against turning their back on reforms, of course, tied to its massive international bailout. the markets still very jittery over fears that athens could def