australian captain michael clark calls it a day. >> mohamed morsi complained that his food in prison had been tampered with. we now can talk with his son. he'll speak to us through a translator. thank you again for coming through to us, mr. morsi. can you tell us about your father's condition? >> >> i start by thanking you and thanking al jazeera. my father, president mohamed morsi today, he said there were certain measures were extra judicial measures. when it comes to health care, bad health care he receives, also the type of food they offer him in jail. the contents of that food could represent a threat to his life. >> do you mean, sorry to interrupt here -- >> security measures, unjustified security measures. >> could you tell us more about the food, does your father believe that somebody is adding substances to the food that would do him harm? >> yes. personally, i can only talk about what the president himself said today in the courtroom. we are not allowed to visit him, completely, we are not loud to since november, 2013. >> he said and i'm quoting him, he sort of stopped eatin

. >> former egyptian president mohamed morsi deposed in a coup in 2013 has complained he's being given food in prison he suspects may have been tampered with. he made the comments in court in cairo where he and 10 others appeared on charges of espionage and leaking classified documents. he shouted at the judge from his prison cage saying there were five incidents in prison that he says were life threatening. he said he stopped eating prison food and suffers from gu glycem. his son said his father stopped eating over fears of the prison food. >> my father, president mohamed morsi says there are certain extra judicial measures with regard to the bad health care and bad food he receives in jail that could constitute a threat in his life. we have not been allowed to visit him since 2013 so have to rely on what he says in court. he is not allowed to have food sent in and only eats the food prepared for him by the egyptian prison authority. my father suffers from diabetes, a condition which requires continuous medical care, which is not available in the prison. >> still ahead on the program,

in iraq and we are facing a very organized criminal organization, >> former egyptian president mohamed morsi deposed in a military coup in 2013 complained he is being given food he suspects may have been tampered with. he made the comments in a court in cairo where he and 10 others appeared an charges of espionage and leaking qualified documents. he said there were five attempts that were life threatening. his son spoke through a translator and said his father has stopped eating because of fears over the prison food. >> my father, president mohamed morsi said there are certain extra judicial measures with regard to the bad health care and food he receives in jail. the contents of that food could represent a threat to his life. we have not been allowed to visit him since november, 2013, so are reliant and what he said in court. he's not allowed to have food sent in and only eating food prepared by the egyptian authority. my father suffers from diabetes, a condition which requires continual medical care which is not available in the prison. >> more migrants have been brought to italy. the 800

. >>> form he egyptian president mohamed morsi who was depose ed in a military coup in 2013 has complained's been given food in prison that he suspects may have been tampered with. morsi made the comments in court in cairo where he and 10 others have appeared on charges of espionage and leaking classified documents. he shouted at the judge from his cage saying there were five incidents that he said were life threatening. he said he has stopped eating prison food and is suffering from hypo glee seem i can't. earlier his son spoke to us through a translator. he said his father has stopped eating because of his fears of the prison food. >> translator: my father president mohamed morsi says there are certain extra judicial efforts with regards to the bad healthcare and food he receives in jail. the contents of that food could represent a threat to his life. we have not been allowed to visit him since november 2013 so we are reliant on what he says in court. today he said that he thought of stopped eating. he's not allowed to have food sent in and is only eating the food that is prepared for hi

policemen over the deaths of 37 people who had been protesting in support of ousted president mohamed morsiy will serve eight years between them and rob looks back at the details of the case. >> reporter: august 2013 and death has become a regular occurrence in the chaotic streets of cairo, it's a month since the first democratically elected president mohamed morsi has been toppled by the military and struggle to find out who the people are with security forces and some look for names of family members of 37 gassed to death inside a van carrying them to jail. most of those killed in the van are later identified as morsi supporters rounded up when a promorsi camp was cleared and some were passersby and arrested by mistake and jammed in the over crowded space and crowds gather at a nearby morgue and prisoners rioted and tear gas fired in the van to try to free a captured and beaten policeman and the van is sealed, the prisoners suffocate and die. the officer-in-charge of the convoy is the captain faruk. >> my brother was transferred to the prison. the prison was attacked and we don't know wha

it's the first time since the ousting of president mohamed morsi they faced trial over the deaths ofonstrators. outside the court violence breaks out. three months later in june captain faruk's sentence is quashed on appeal. this latest verdict is from egypt's highest court. it is final and cannot be appealed. rob matherson, al jazeera. >>> five people arrested over attack in bahrain last month and july 28th bombing targeted a bus carrying policemen near a school south of the capitol and two officers were killed and six others wounded and the chief of police says investigators have connected the suspect to iran's revolutionary guard as well as the iran funded hezbollah group. aleppo has access to water again after being cutoff for three weeks and u.n. children's fun known as unicef restored supplies to the city and they were cutoff in july after al-qaeda's nusra front closed the station and they were forced to drink untreated water from wells and unicef says half a million people are struggling to receive enough water to survive. still ahead prediction ebola could be defeated by year

the people who were killed were supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi. we have this report. >> august, 2013, and death has become a regular occurrence in the chaotic streets of cairo. it's a month since the first democratically elected president mohamed morsi has been toppled by the military. families struggled to identify bodies of protestors killed in fight, security forces. some look for the names of family members among the 37 prisoners gassed to death inside a van carrying them to jail. most of those killed in the van are later identified as morsi supporters, rounded up when a pro morsi camp was cleared, but some are just passers by, arrested by mistake, jammed into the overcrowded space. caused gathered at a nearby morgue. police say the prisoners rioted, the tear gas was fired into the van to rescue a policeman. the van is sealed. the prisoners suffer and died. >> my brother was transferred to the prison. the prison was attacked and we don't know what happened to him. we were planning to visit him but were told many were killed. we came here to th

. >> mohamed morsi deposed in a military coup in 2014 complained he has been given food that he suspects may have been tampered with. he made the comments in court in cairo where he and 10 others have appeared on charges of ehe is espinage. he said there were five in prison that he said were life-threatening. earlier, morsi's son spoke through a translator. he said his father stopped eating because of fears over the prison food. >> my father says there are certain extra judicial meyers according to the food he receives in jail. it could represent a threat to his life. we have not been allowed to visit him since november 2013. so we are reliant on what he says in court. today, he said that he sought to have stopped eating. he is not allowed to have food sent in, only eating food that is prepared for him by the egyptian prison authority. my father is not suffering from any serious disease. he is only suffering from diabetes, a condition which requires continuouos medical care which is not available in the prison. >> 15 anti-rebel fighters have been killed after a car bomb exploded at a mil

suspended military aid after the overthrow of mohamed morsi but relations, as ross cylinder jordan explains. >> this is the symbol the egyptians have been seekingalind jordan explains. >> this is the symbol the egyptians have been seeking. f-16s delivered by the u.s. two years ago, the obama administration suspended defense aid after the egyptian military kicked president mohamed morsi out of. the u.s.'s decision was surprising because of the long and close ties with egypt. officials were angered by what they considered a violation of political freedom. every year since 1987, washington has given cairo $13,000,000,000 in military aid. that will money pays for american-made fighter jets helicopters, tanks, ammunition and training. every other year egyptian and u.s. forces would hold a training exer size called bright star, but that hasn't happened since the arab spring erupted in 2011. when sisi attended the united nations assembly he met with u.s. president barack obama who said they had reason to work together. >> everything from the israeli situation in gaza to libya to the issues of isil

my father, president mohamed morsi today, he said there were certain measures were extra judicial measures. when it comes to health care bad health care he receives, also the type of food they offer him in jail. the contents of that food could represent a threat to his life. my near is not suffering from any serious disease. he's only suffering from diabetes. >> there was an explosion in sanna late friday, the same day pro government forces retook the last military base in the country's south held by the houthis. elsewhere in yemen, three soldiers were killed while taking part in the saudi-led campaign. >> haitians will begin voting on sunday in the first election for four years. it's happening at a difficult time for the caribbean countries. tens of thousands of haitian have been returning from the neighboring dominican republic which recently started cracking down on immigrants. more than five years after the did he have safetying earthquake, 60,000 people are still living in camps. security is still a concern but the size of the u.n. peacekeeping force is expected to be reduced next yea

cut off military aid in protest to the overthrow of democratically elected president mohamed morsi. >> this is the symbol of power and prestige the egyptians have been seeking. new f-16s like these have just been delivered by the u.s. two years ago the obama administration suspended defense aid after the egyptian military led by then general el-sisi kicked mohamed morsi out of office. it was surprising because of the u.s.' long and close ties with egypt, but it felt it was a violation of political freedom. every year since 1987 washington has given cairo $1.3 billion in military aid. that money pays for american made fighter jets, helicopter, tanks, ammunition and training. every other year they would hold a training exercise called bright star, but that has not happened since the arab stringy erupted in 2011. when sisi now president attended the united nations assembly, he met with u.s. president barack obama and said they had reason to work together. >> everything from the palestinian situation in gaza, libya, to the issues of isil, iraq, and syria. >> even so, it wasn't until the e

suspended aid after then military led by el-sisi kicked out mohamed morsi.ut officials were angered by what they considered a violation of political freedom. >> every year since 1987, washington has given cairo $1.3 billion in military aid. that money pays for american made fighter jets, helicopters tanks, ammunition and training. and every other year egyptian and u.s. forces would hold a training exercise called bright star but that has not happened since the acre spring erupted in in 2011. el-sisi, now president attended the a meeting with president obama and said they had a reason to work together. >> everything from the situation in gaza to libya to the issues of isil, iraq, and syria. >> even so, it wasn't until the end of march that the white house decided to resume most of the aid for what it calls national security reasons. including egypt's efforts to deal with isil fighters who have been attacking it's troops in the sinai peninsula. but the u.s. now comes with conditions. washington decides what cairo can had a "v." analysts say this is how the u.s

were initially arrested as part of a crackdown on al jazeera following the ouster of president mohamed morsi in 2013. fahmy and mohamed were led away to begin their sentences after saturday's verdict. greste was tried in absentia. the sentencing came as egypt announced it will hold long-awaited parliamentary elections in october. we'll go to egypt to speak with democracy now! correspondent sharif abdel kouddous later in the broadcast. in syria, the self-proclaimed islamic state has reportedly destroyed part of the most important temple in the ancient city of palmyra. it remains unclear how much of the 2000-year-old temple of bel was destroyed by a large explosion reported in the area. isil has occupied palmyra since may and recently destroyed another ancient building, the temple of baalshamin. the news came after turkish warplanes joined the u.s.-led coalition against isil for the first time friday, carrying out strikes in syria. in japan, as many as 120,000 people took to the streets of tokyo to protest new legislation to let japanese troops fight abroad for the first time since world war i

hundreds were killed in 2013 where supporters of ousted mohammed morsi had gathered. >>> three peoplebeen killed in fighting in southeastern turkey. the military were attacked bip outlawed occurred stan workers s party or pkk. opposition chromed institutions in syria answer lea syria's alee started to use turkish currency. zeina khodr has the story. >> they hope the syrian economy will collapse. >> the islamic court welcomed the decision and the people welcomed being paid in turkish lira. >> when the civil war began in march 2011, one u.s. dollar could be exchanged for 47 pounds. the rate now is at least 190 powptdz. tharepounds. the decision will help people because of the lira stability against u.s. dollar. but there are others that think it may be part of turkey's plan to create a safe haven. >> what you might call a de facto zone, we might say the opposition's decision might be in advance getting ready to governance in this area somehow. >> reporter: the turkish government hopes the military campaign to get rid of, it has been years since the government lost control of much of nor

and there is continued resistance against the followers of the mohamed morsi. also, if they want to, to crack down across the country. we will have to see how things will come to the forefront in the next few days. it is not just concerning for journalists only, but for anyone concerned about the government. the german chancellor, angela merkel, says the influx could be a bigger challenge for the eu than the current debt crisis. germany receives more refugees than any other country in europe. just this year alone, 600,000 migrants are expected to reach germany. our correspondent explains. crammedands of people into centers like this one on the border between austria and germany. it is well overcapacity. during july, some 80,000 migrants arrived, the country's largest intake of newcomers headed for the european union. >> the question is how to manage the issue of refugee, how to manage relations with african neighbors, the question of whether we will be able to find a diplomatic solution to these civil wars. all of these -- determined to reach central and northe

it is month since mohammed morsi has been toppled by the military.amilies struggle to identify the bodies killed. and some look for the names of family members among the 37 prisoners gassed to death inside a van carrying them to jail. most of those killed in the van are later identified as morsi supporters, rounded up when a pro-morsi camp was cleared, but some are just passers by, arrested by mistake. crowds gather at a nearby morgue. police see the prisoners rioted, but tear gas was fired into the van, the van was sealed. the prisoners suffocate and die. >> translator: my brother was transferred to the prison. the prison was attacked, and we don't know what happened to him. we were told that prisoners were killed and we were planning to visit him. we came here to the morgue to check for him. >> reporter: in march 2014, this captain is sentenced to ten years in jail for the manslaughter of the prisoner ises. three other officers get suspended sentences. it's the first time that security forces members have faced trial over the death of demonstrators

it is the result of the crackdown following the removal of mohammed morsi.his latest bomb attack comes just days after the president ratified a law further expanding police powers. >>> the head of the international atomic energy agency says an associated press report detailing an alleged secret agreement with iran, quote, misrepresents, unquote, the agency's work. the iaea's director general said: the ap has reported under the agreement iran will be allowed to select its own samples for analysis at a site where it has been accused of working to develop nuclear weapons. >>> tensions are high? st. louis after another deadly police shooting. angry protesters confronted office herbs shortly after officers killed a man who allegedly pulled a gun son them. john henry smith has more on the story. >> reporter: st. louis police released this dramatic video of an angry crowd over 100 strong confronting them in the streets. protests and looting erupted in st. louis wednesday after police shot and killed an 18 year old. police say he pointed a gun at him as he ran. afte

running trial stemmed from a recording during the 2013 military ouster of islamist president ma mohamed morsithey were alleged to be biased. it sparked riots. >> this is a nation. your president has said from the beginning of this case that he wishes the [ indiscernible ] had never been brought and that he would intervene at the end of the judicial process to grand a pardon if they were convicted. >> there was no substantial evidence that can incrime nature us in any way and we hope that today's outcome is positive as i said and if not, we -- >> the managing director of the qatar based al-jazeera was shocked by the verdict and says they plan to appeal. >>> people in parts of florida spent today getting ready for the remnants of tropical storm erika. they filled sandbags and moved from low-lying areas in advance of the expected rain. the national weather service says storm winds have dropped to 35 miles an hour. that's below the threshold of a tropical storm. even so, forecasters say rainfall amounts of three to five inches are possible across central and southern florida starting late tomorro

to deliver eight f-16 aircrafts suspended indefinitely after the overthrow of former president mohamed morsi. secretary kerry delivered the good news, but was notably absent today. while the presence of so many leaders from the gulf comes as no surprise given the major monetary commitments over the last few years just to keep the country in the black. president hollande and russian prime minister do have a growing cooperation that's translating into new economic and military deals. when you speak to egyptian officials, they do say this is all about maintaining economic stability over the long term, but they also speculate this is as much as about realignment as it is about financial opportunity. for "nightly business report," i'm hadley gamble on the banks of the suez canal. >>> hershey's sales are flat for the first time in years and that's where we begin. the maker of reese's peanut butter cups saw volumes slip in north america because of price b increases and weak demand from china. the company also cut its sales forecast for 2015. shares fell more than 2.5% to $89.73. saw its profits and

egypt's been battling a growing insurgency since the ousting of mohammed morsi. >>> forces killed in ramadi, in anbar province, three car bombs attacked a convoy of iraqi soldiers killing 18 people. >>> strong resistance to i.s.i.l, leading that fight, shia fighters have been kept away from the front line. zeina khodr will tell us. >> reporter: a newly formed force made up of thousands of iraqi soldiers and sunni volunteers has been trying to advance into the i.s.i.l.-controlled city of ramadi. many of them received u.s. strange. the defense minister was in a die phi ant mood but the reality on the ground -- defiant mood but the reality on the ground is different. dozens have been killed in recent days. it is proving to be a difficult fight. this battle is an important test for the government whose army and police units abandoned their positions when i.s.i.l. entered anbar's provincial capital in may. washington has apparently asked haider al-abadi not to use shia militias. those militias who are more than as the popular mobilization forces, now, one of the commanders of the forces f

2013, when police raided the camps a lot two city squares where supporters of the post president mohammed morsi gathered. >>> turk irwin army says at least three soldiers have been killed in fighting in southeastern turkey. the military says the troops were attacked by fighters from the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or pkk. the turkey launched an operation against the pkk and isil last month. migrants mostly from the middle east and africa are continuing to board rafts from turkey hoping to get to greece. some fought for a place on a dingy leaving a beach on the peninsula at night. the greek island of kos where the raft is the attempted to reach an entry way to europe. >> that's why greece is planning for more migrants. jonah hull reports. >> reporter: more than half of all my grant to the european union travel the short distance from turkey to greece, arriving on the aegean islands. a passenger ferries the area with full crew and facilities aboard has been deployed to act as a floating reception center. it's the latest desperate measure by greek authorities struggling to cope with the infl

reaffirmed a commitment to redeliver 8 aircraft suspended indefinitely after the overthrow of mohammed morsi. secretary kerry delivered the good news but was notably absent today. though the presence comes as no surprise given the major monetary commitments to keep the country in the black. they do reflect a widening of the net. a growing coroboration that's translating into new deals. >> this is all about maintaining economic stability for the long-term but for many privately they speculate this is as much about geo strategic alignment as it is for financial opportunity. >> and hadley joins us on the phone now. hadley, earlier we spoke about whether this would prove to be a good investment for egypt. i wanted to move the debate on now and touch on something you put in your package there about what this means for where egypt is now seeking investment going forward and who they want that investment to come from and will that put pressure on their existing relationships? particularly with the u.s.? >> certainly the egyptians would argue that what happened in the days following the first egypti

egypt has been battling a growing insurgency since the ousting of mohamed morsi in 2013. >>> now police in nepal said that eight people including a child have been killed in anti-government protests. it happened in the wist o--west of the country. let's go to kathmandu, tell us what happened? >> well, the story is still developing, and earlier there were reports that 20 people have died. but now it's gone down to eight. as many as 40 people have been injured after a group of protesters attacked the policemen who were trying to stop the attack. for the past few weeks they have been demanding. the constitution is being written, and they have come up with within the region. they have been demanding the state which would give them more of a political power, and these clashes have been going on for a while. but this violence today was rather unprecedented. >> and how far along is the process of taking public opinion into account in terms of drawing up this new constitution? >> well there was a process a few days of public confrontation, but there have been complaints that confrontations have

the on going crack down on dissent following the removal of president mohamed morsi more than two years ago is cited as reasons for the protest. protests began against police brutality. this comes days after the president al sisi ratified a law further expanding police powers. al jazeera. >> still to come on this al jazeera news hour. find out about the millions being given away every year to ghost pensioners in pakistan. >> how thousands have lost their jobs in one brazilian town, following corruption scandals involving the president. in sport, he can't save athletics from doping on his own. the head of the world championships in beijing. >> to burundi now, where the president has been sworn in for a controversial third term. the ceremony comes as a surprise, because it was originally planned for next week. his decision to run for a third term in april triggered weeks of violent protest. catherine is our correspondent. she's reported extensively on the situation in burundi. she sent us this update from nairobi. >> the president was sworn in with a ceremony witnessed by members of the s

egypt has been battling a growing in surgeons since president mohamed morsi was ousted in 2013. >> 20 people have been killed in anti-government protests in nepal. it happened in the west of the country. 17 police officers are among the dead, and the home minister is saying that one of them was set on fire. the protestors are upset about demarcation of federal boundaries. let's go live to our correspondent in the nepalese capital kathmandu. tell us more about these violent demonstrations. >> the news is still sketchy and still coming out. we do understand that at least 20 people, including 17 policemen have died. there are reports that around 10,000 demonstrators came out with household implements and even burned police, a police officer. one of the police officers who died is a senior police, high ranking official and that has not happened before. the problem has been that the past few weeks, the government has decided to come out with a constitution and fed rate nepal and the demarcation of particular states have been a problem, an issue with a lot of communities. there have been tw

all protesting egypt said army and the crackdown on dissent, following the removal of president mohamed morsi more than two years ago. >> egypt said revolution began with protests against police brutality. this latest bomb attack comes days after president al sisi ratified a law further expanding police powers. al jazeera. >> washington state today is asking for help from the federal government after three firefighters were killed and another four injured battling a fire. several wildfires have quickly grown in size and intensity, triggering evacuation orders and threatening more homes. >> washington state is asking for help from the federal government, after three firefighters were killed and another four injured battling a wildfire. the flames overtook a vehicle in central washington. the county sheriff describes horrific conditions. >> this was he will in here, as obvious. it was blowing in every damn direction and we lost three. 290,000-acres burned. firefighters are on the ground along with the national guard, trying to help contain the flames and protect homes. >> the past 10 hours, we'

pitcher curt schilling is apologizing for sending out a tweet many offend offensive, containing this mohamed morsi eme with a tweet reading the math is staggering when you get to the true numbers. the tweet was deleted after 10 minutes. espn suspended him from little league world series brought casts. schilling said he accepts his suspension saying bad choices have bad consequences. >> on the tech beat, uber helping to develop new technology that could be used in driverless cars. the company is partnering with the university of arizona to develop special mapping technology. test vehicles will be outfitted with roof top mapping devices. uber has a similar partnership with carnegie melon university. >> seeing more sharks off the california coast. it provides a new opportunity to study the animals and help protect them. >> fish oil or snake oil? a popular supplement may not be as beneficial as you think. >> elderly american's addicted to painkillers prescribed by >> welcome to al jazeera america. taking a look at today's top stories. the state department says anywhere from 5,000 to 8,000 syrian refug

the muslim brotherhood was declared a terrorist group after the army overthrew president mohammed morsif people are already filling the streets. up to 40,000 are expected to march through sunday. all are demanding that the prime minister step down. people are outraged after a report revealed his private bank accounts held millions of dollars many funds allegedly siphoned from a debt-leyden state fund. the prime minister says he did not take money for his own gain. >> we are keeping a close eye on tropical storm erika. on friday huge waves with the coast of the dominican republic, violent winds tore down trees and floeded the streets. wrerl the storm left a path of destruction. at least 20 people were killed there. florida governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency as erika moves in. miami residents aren't taking any chances. you see them lining up by the dozens for gas on friday. our meteorologist derek van dam is here. >> it's actually moving over the open waters between cuba and hate where i at the moment, but it has encountered a lot of topography and it's basically just t

relations soured after the 2011 revolution and grew worse following the overthrow of president mohammed morsi 2013. the state department has heavily criticized egypt's human rights record. for kerry it was a balancing act of pushing for human rights and dealing with security. egypt faces a threat from an isis branch in northern sinai. they have killed hundreds of people including civilians. kerry was keen to show the united states supports them in that fight. the u.s. has delivered two f-16s to egypt. and while the two countries can have differ opinions at times, the fundamental relationship is solid. >>> now to other stories we're following from around the world. this is fantastic news. nigeria's army has rescued 178 hostages held by boko haram militants. a boko haram commander was captured in the mission on sunday. they have been waging a war for the past six years. >>> isis militants have been using social media to recruit but they have fallen for one of the mostest scams in the books. three women expressed interest in joining isis but claimed they couldn't afford to travel. once the recru

reference to the muslim brotherhood, which was outlawed in egypt after the army overthrew president mohamed morsie mass protest against his rule in 2013. those journalists have said they were just doing their jobs, covering all sides of the stories in egypt. >>> the largest wildfire in washington state history has burned 470 square miles in two weeks and it's only 12% contained. firefighters may see tougher conditions over the week wednesday the high winds in the forecast. officials say at least 45 homes have been destroyed along with dozens of other structures. three firefighters have died battling the flames. >>> in a speech a short time ago, donald trump talked about our next guest while bothing about his poll numbers. what did he say and why? that's next. they make little hearts happy and big hearts happy too because as part of a heart healthy diet, those delicious oats in cheerios can help naturally lower cholesterol. how can something so little... help you do something so big. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps