morsi has committed any crime.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's predecessor mubarak are now in their second year. morsi has been housed at an undisclosed location where he is still insist that go he is the president and has no case to answer. >> the on. >> glen greenwald who his reported about edward snowden has testified in brazil. he was questioned on his research in to u.s. spying throughout latin america. he told senators that brazil should provide asylum for him. they explained what they found in the documents leaked by the national security agency whistle blower. >> the main purpose of the espionage system is that it's not about terrorism, not about national security, it's about raising the power of the u.s. government. because when a government knows everything that the people think, plan, and communicate, that stages more p

supporters to humiliate human dignity and and basically want to break it we've seen supporters of morsi shooting at people who have had certainly on the street the trying to object to the majority of the egyptian people and i think eventually when you do that if you want to keep your dignity you have to retaliate the question is of course how do you retaliate because bad that you were inspired by democratic ideals you wanted to bring democracy to your country and at this point egypt is not a democracy it's still ruled by a military every shame that is incorrect i disagree with that it is ruled by arguments who are who is the head of the constitutional court this is our interim president and whatever we are experiencing today is much much what you call it more promising than what we experienced during the interim period of. he was in power after. two thousand and eleven revolution and there were twelve thousand civilians who were brought to military courts and today i don't think the situation is similar at all actually it seems like it's going to to unfold. very proper civil government

the army has reportedly find live rounds of supporters of deposed islamist president mohamed morsi in cairo to prevent them from occupying to square let's now get an update on the escalating tensions from our correspondent in cairo bell truth a lot about also what's going on there right now can we expect to see the city engulfed in turmoil once again. you know we really saw today was multiple clashes explodes between supporters of ousted leader mohamed morsy and security forces in multiple locations across the country across the country as well as the city i was down just after the square when the thousands of supporters of morsy essentially attempted to access this main rallying point that had been sealed off by security forces with tanks concrete walls basically barricades made of barbed wire basically the 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 running through the air as well as. volleys of tear gas really making the entirety of downtown as a c

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 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 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 a non democratic way there's no way that it was very democratic revolutions revolutions are a democrat it joyce i mean the people who went to the street there were thirty million people on the street that's far more th

we believe former morsi should be prosecuted.e should be held accountable for crimes that he offered during his one year in office. he did praise the police and .rder them to kill protesters in january, he did allow his supporters to set up effectively a torture camp for his opponents outside the gates of the presidential palace, among many other human rights violations. and we're not talking about governance, we are talking about recognizable criminal offense that he threw commission or omission allowed during his one year in office. the kinds of prosecutions where singh is completely selective and punitive. it makes no sense for any observer to see morsi been prosecuted and about to stand trial as you said on november 1 for having allowed the killing or incited the killing of jim protesters when 1000 protesters were killed on august 14 and there isn't even an investigation into it. about the twosk recently released canadians who spent almost two months in an egyptian prison and have posted a video to thank those who help them g

i said it's not a political party revolution it's a people's revolution and what morsi did he turned it into a religious revolution and a political party revolution and that's why he hit the wall but mr markey the if been the history of the or of pretty much any other country when you try to suppress any particular ideology regardless of its content it becomes more radicalized on the ground so if you think that getting rid of mohamed morsi in in this way is acceptable why would one piece supporters tried to do a similar thing i mean they can turn to the streets next year. they have the right to come and they think they have the right to resort to violence and i wanted to attend to their no no and resorted to violence and no one i mean look in in a proper state those who have the right to hold arms are two entities it's the ministry of interior and the ministry of defense and when you protect when you defend your political movement or quick to go ideology through holding guns and pointing them at our army officers and soldiers and then and policeman then you know you are no longer hav

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

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 sufficient. like i also said earlier, i'm not sure that everybody in the brotherhood is coming to terms of the reality just yet that they -- that this i

on august 14, security forces moved to end the pro-morsi protests. human rights activists, journalists and brotherhood members recount what happened that day. >> the police used excessive lethal force they were firing like nonstop. >> there was fire everywhere, it was very hot, you could feel the heat just swinging by your face. you could see people falling everywhere. >> the brotherhood have a list of over 800 names that they say have died at rabaa alone and i think that the actual overall death toll for the two sit-ins is probably somewhere in that range. >> some of the bodies were moved to iman mosque, about 200 bodies. it was very crowded and all these people were spending their last minutes with the bodies. this family recognized the body and it was him. and there, a woman just collapsed and hugged the body and stayed for a very long time. >> the minister of interior was in charge of the operation itself, but obviously there was also political responsibility for the way the operation was conducted on that day. and that political responsibility c

morsi.ut there is a development that needs to be reported, which is there has been a statement from a leader of the anti-coup alliance. he has issued a statement that doesn't refer to a requirement on behalf of the government to return the deposed president. by that of course they mean mr. morsi. so this could be the first sign perhaps of a more conciliatory approach, both by the muslim brotherhood and the anti-coup alliance, so that is perhaps a significant development today. >> so they are not now asking for the release of morsi? and i should remind our viewers that morsi is being held in an unnamed prison facing charges of murder this. >> reporter: indeed, he is facing charges of incitement of murder, which refers back to an incident where ten people were killed in clashes, and his trial is to start on the 4th of november. i don't think we can say clearly that they are not calling for the release of the deposed president. it's more important to point out they are not calling for the retur

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

supporters of egypt's deposed islamist president mohamed morsi in cairo to prevent them from occupying his square . studio center here in moscow where it's just eight pm this is. the deadly nerve gas attack in the suburbs of the syrian capital in august was orchestrated by an al qaeda linked group backed by saudi arabia and that's according to russian diplomatic sources speaking on condition of anonymity well the interfax news agency reports this middle east correspondent paula has more on this. this is the position that moscow has held all along namely 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

morsi supporters say they'll continue rallying to reinstate him. the opening of his trial threatens to trigger yet more turmoil. >>> the head of the global chemical weapons watchdog says he's sending more inspectors to syria. they'll oversee the destruction of the country's arsenal of chemical weapons. about 30 experts from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and the united nations are already on the ground. dozens more are on their way. the experts plan to inspect all of the country's chemical weapons facilities by the end of the month. they've begun supervising syrian government personnel and disabling production facilities and dismantling rockets. leaders in damascus have agreed to destroy their entire stockpile by the middle of next year. analysts estimate the regime of president bashar al assad has about 1,000 tons of toxic agents. >>> a japanese specialist familiar with the process of destroying chemical weapons is casting doubt on the timeline in syria. he says it may be difficult for the international experts to meet th

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

morsi is facing murder charges. for more on that we turn to our al jazeera correspondent who is in egypt, and for security reasons, we will not reveal his or her name or location. so morsi, the first democratically elected president in egypt, what is he being charged with? >> reporter: well, the charges are incitement to murder. they relate back to the beginning of last december when viewers might remember that the president at the time, mohamed mor morsi, was trying to bring in all sorts of constitutional sweeping changes that gave him much greater powers. those against him staged a large sit-in outside the presidential palace. those for him, pro-morsi and pro-muslim brotherhood supporters went in. according to human rights groups, they started to attack that sit-in and violence ensued. as many as ten were killed and over 300 people injured. now, the court is bringing those charges against morsi saying that he was, indeed, involved in instructuring the incitement of murder as some of these supporters were killed. >

. >>> accused of invitement to murder a date is set for the trial of mohammed morsi. >>> blamed for aeadly outbreak of cholera in haiti. lawyers file a lawsuit against the united nations. [ technical difficulties ] >>> and getting out of their cars and on to their bicycles. ♪ >>> hello, we begin this news hour with the latest developments from syria, and the program to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons. there has been a rare briefing by the director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons at the hague. the opcw is in charge of dismantling the stockpile. let's first take a look at some of the highlights of the briefing. cur recollectly there are 19 weapons inspectors working in damascus and its suburbs. another 12 will be deployed. since beginning their work on sunday the experts have visited one site already and have 20 more to inspect. they have about nine months to carry the work out. and that's not going to be an easy task but one that can certainly be achieved. >> the corporation has been quite constructive, and i will say that the syrian author

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

>> 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

>> three months after morsi's ouster, political dialogue seems impossible. protest in july led to the coup. last month the regime banned the muslim brotherhood and seized its assets. further protest schedule for this weekend. >> for the latest, we go live to our correspondent in cairo. mass protests are continuing. what can we expect to see today? >> well, today, somehow, yesterday there were protests after the friday prayer. big protest announced for tomorrow because tomorrow is the anniversary of the october war, and that is always a day the military icelebrating. and the support of the muslim announced they are planning to spoil the celebration for the military. so we expect them to be demonstrations tomorrow. what arengs stand, the chances egypt will return to constitutional order? >> well, the problem is really that the polarization of the country during the time of president morsi is basically continuing. the muslim brotherhood is still managing to organize the demonstrations every friday, now also for the six october demonstrations. they are able to m

you've spoken to morsi lawyers about this date. what have they told you? >> reporter: they're saying as soon as the trial opens on november 4th they'll ask for his immediate release and for all charges to be dropped because his legal team say these legal charge are false and there is no evidence that, indeed, in any way involved in this incitement to commit murder. as you say, the charges relate to early december when there was a large protest outside of the presidential palace calling for the end of sweeping powers that the president had just brought in. violence ensued leaving ten people dead and 300 injured. the lawyers have told us they have not been given access to their client so far. the public prosecutor has been given access, and he told the morsi legal team the reason they haven't seen him is because morsi didn't, indeed, recognize that he had any case or in fact, still said he was the legal president of egypt. >> yes, i was going to ask you about morsi himself. he has really been seen. he has been detained in a secret location since the overthro

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 economic assistance to egypt.pthe decisin of events including recent violence against protesters. the head of the chemical weapons watchdog has called for temporary cease-fires in syria to meet disarmament deadlines. the first one is november 1. so far officials have been cooperating with international disarmament experts. >> i would say the syrian authorities have been cooperated. they have one ambassador from damascus in town and they have sent two experts who are consulting with our experts, next week also, to put together the initial declaration and preparing the plan. >> and france the government has revealed the names of two more journalists in syria. they were kidnapped in june but their families did not want their plight made public. >> a slip of the tongue and the news was out. into an interview on french radio, the prime minister n

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 crack down against morsi's supporters. and the direct link to do that is to commit this to the forces. so it is a slap on the wrist rather than a major warning. and it's not going ohave much effect on the egypt military. it is waving support, and i think the u.s. in the case of egypt is dammed if it does and damned if it doesn't. i think whatever action obama took was going to be very controversial and. >> thank you. okay plenty more ahead on this news hour including the journalist who broke the story of whistle blower edward snowden is. >> we are all partners and that is great. >> he is not on the forbes rich list but he is one of 100 people acknowledged for enriching lives for another way. >>> details coming up secretary of state john kerry has assured are leaders, he was speaking on the second and final day of the asean senate in brunei. the leaders are discussing the territorial dispute in south china sea. scott, what's the agenda on the final day? >> it's been focused on these territorial disputes. it is not that we e

a country remains highly volatile three months since the ousting of the islam is president mahmoud morsy deadly clashes rocked the capital this week as riot police dispersed brotherhood protesters in cairo killing four people it was part of a government crackdown on the organization which saw its activities banned last week but as belcher reports the pressure only helps build cohesion within the group . egyptian security forces stormed to kyron companies 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 so . i have started to hide my identity every day i shave my beard i have a second phone number that has to be changed so 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 their activist

attacks have increased since president morsi was ousted. >> the crackdown and the ousting of morsi, everything that happened -- >> human rights organization amnesty international says hundreds have been attacked across the country since the army cracked down on pro-morsi supporters in august. >> saudi women's rights activists are making their voices heard online. they posted videos and pictures of themselves driving in defiance of the country's ban. saudi arabia is the only country in the world where women are not allowed behind the wheel. no law explicitly prevents them from driving but authorities refused to issue driving licenses to women. an advisory body recently rejected a move to put the ban up for discussion. activists are not getting up their plan of a nationwide protest on october 26. on to yemen, where activists are pushing for a law banning child brides. the issue is quite common in the country. earls who barely reach puberty are forced to marry much older men, a decision often made by the girl's family to have fewer mouths to feed in the household. >> for she and her two young boy

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

a country remains highly volatile three months since the ousting of the islamist president mohamed morsi deadly clashes rocked the capital this week as riot police dispersed brotherhood protesters in cairo killing four people it was part of a government crackdown on the organization which saw its activities banned last week but as belcher reports the pressure only helps build cohesion within the group . 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 activis

common morsi supporters attempted to march on this very square.t 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 continues to rise. there are a number of people here and at the presidential palace who are celebrating what is continued -- what is considered one of the greatest military victories in egyptian history. they said they are very angry with the muslim brotherhood and their supporters for staging a protest. the brotherhood are saying they are bein

again, the trial of mohamed morsi has been set for the 4th of november. we will, of course, bring you more on this as we get it. >>> let's move on to other news now. they're supposed to set up one of the world's biggest trading areas representing 600 million people. the southeast asian leaders meeting for a summit many brunei are hampered by disputes over islands and natural resources. what's more, china and japan aren't members of asean and are involved in some of the disputes and have been invited as well. >>> japan says it controls a group of uninhabited islands in the east china sea it calls senkaku, but china which calls the same islands diaoyu says they're part of its territory. they're close to strategic shipping lanes and believed to contain natural resources. moving to the south china sea and here it gets complicated, another clikz collection of items known as the spratlies are claimed by several countries including china, the philippines, vietnam, malaysia and brunei. the spratly are believed to contain vast mineral and oil wealth. in a moment w

even a change of parties from brotherhood to a secular party, from morsi to the present president. it's more than that. in two and a half year wes have asked two presidents to leave. we are going through a societal transformation. egyptians are trying to define who they are, politically in the 21st century. that's the debate. how do we drought image of egypt s it my image? it can't be only my image. is it an islamist image. it can't be only that. this is what we are trying to do. it is an important complicated but historic opportunity. which we have a responsibility to pursue to the utmost. >> one of those was democratic elected morsi. >> yeah, sure. but it's not about how are you elected. it's what you do with the mandate. he was elected democratically. he governed exclusively. president obama. >> rose: constitutionally. >> no, exclusively. >> rose: i was asking. >> he actually -- have a constitution. and then he developed one only among islamists. >> rose: rights. >> well, that left me out. i'm a practice muslim. they left me out. i cond find my identity in that. even president o

up to today a rally by islamist supporters of egypt's ousted president mohamed morsi as they gathered in cairo's tahrir square for the first time in over two months meanwhile egypt's military chief has called for a speedy political transition but the muslim brotherhood is accusing the army of an escalating crackdown on their activities saying it will only drive the country into a deeper crisis true has this report from cairo. 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 tepe say they have been driven underground so. i have started to hide my identity every day i shave my beard i have a second phone number that has to be changed to show it's not tracked now i can't live in my apartment 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 f