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

mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy were present. australian journalist peter greste has not returned for the trial. they were arrested in december 2013, and originally sentenced between 7 and 10 years in prison. peter greste was released and deported on 1 february. 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 in

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

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

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

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

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