when mohamed morsi won, they turned the power over to mohamed morsi, and didn't fight him on that. what happened was the mohamed morsi government did not implement good policies, and alienated a large section of the population and the military responded to that. >> the trial, 429 people sentenced to death for the death of one policeman. how can anyone accept that as justice, when the hearings took two hours. >> two days. any of us in the west don't fully support the type of justice system that occurred. we would not have a trial with 529 people, of whom 400 were not there. that would never happen in the west. the reason the death sentences were handed down is if you are tried and not there and found guilty, the maximum sentence has to be imposed. i don't believe anybody, or few believe that the executions will take place. there's a long system through the court system through the court system. i don't believe it will happen. >> it seems people think the verdict will be overturned. a lot of people in egypt. dr graham benerman appreciate you joining us. >> turning to venezuela, where

morsi's old job. defence minister field marshall abdul fatah al-sisi went on state-run tv to tell egyptians he'd run for the presidency. one person was killed when student protesters marched in cairo and other cities, against the court ruling seeing 479 sentenced to death for a police officer's movement. it has been condemned - the history. >> implementation of verdict imposition the death penalty would be unconsonable. i'm joined by a former state department analyst and senate foreign relations committee member. abdul fatah al-sisi is popular in egypt, becoming almost a cult figure among egyptians since deposing mohamed morsi, because they want a strong leader. talking about instability, egypt's economy is a basket case, protests continued. terror attacks have been faced. why is he popular? >> it's challenging for the next president of egypt. the last three years have been disturbing to most egyptians. they had great hopes, it's not lived up to that. now they realise that stability must come first, b

sisi is the widely popular general who ousted mohamed morsi from power. almost my month later, sisi is promising to rid the country of terrorism. the right-hand man to x president -- was at the international criminal court in the hague. counts of facing four crimes against amenity linked to the postelection violence for years ago. in the man thought to be the world's longest-serving inmate a death row is granted retrial in japan over multiple murders committed nearly 50 years ago. you're watching "france 24." let's start in rome where barack obama is due to make pope francis. he just arrived there not long ago. that first meeting ever between the two leaders will focus on narrowing the gap between rich and poor. u.s. president also hoping that meeting will help most his support with catholics back at home. we will get a bit more analysis on the u.s. president's visit with pope francis. i want to bring in douglas herb. likes it looks like they want to start with the catholic issue, getting the support of catholics by cohost up let's just remember barack ob

we have seen ongoing protests since morsi's ouster back in july.but really, in 2014, a second wave of repression and crackdown has been significantly increasing. many hundreds, thousands of people have been imprisoned by at least -- at least 16,000 people are in jail, have been in prison since morsi's ouster in july. the harrah counter that put it at 24,000 in prison. up to 2500 people have been killed. we have seen some of the worst violence, some of the worst repression and egypt's modern history take place. and rulings like this only serve to feed the flames of tension in egypt. >> can use a little bit about how the regime has responded, if at all, to the condemnation from the eu, the international community, the u.s., and human rights organizations in egypt to this verdict? well, officials in egypt typically cited the independence of the judiciary and do not comment on justice cases. heard them defend the ruling or say he could not comment on it. typically, this has been a typical response of the egyptian regime to these kinds of cases. there a

then we had it with morsi and morsi was using our partnership to create an islamist state so now we need to do it from people-to-people. trying to divert some of this aid from the actual sector of civil society in egypt and we may not have to do it on the u.s. government to people but from the egyptian people and there are multiple ways to do that. congress should do a lot of pre-calibrating for aid going to egypt. the egyptian should also do a lot in my advice to egyptians and it's not very clear in the book because it's mostly addressed to american readers, they'd send me to send to america english speakers. they're comedians and ardor should be here. this is the egypt that america does not know. our hollywood does not know what their hollywood is in terms of public policy but even the cops should visit our own churches here. that is 12% of our population so i am for a strong engagement between america and egypt to regain egypt that for stables who want to be stable and move forward. egypt now seems to be emerging as a leader for a larger block of -- saudi bahrain and jordan going in t

weeks of bloodshed followed mohamed morsi's ousting. when hundreds of the president's men were killed, thousands protested. an interim government backed by abdul fatah al-sisi and the military kept mohamed morsi in gaol, banning the brotherhood, declaring it a terrorist organization. decenting into violence, abdul fatah al-sisi was given more powers. he holds the higher post of field marshal, given to him by his own appointee, interim president adly mansour. abdul fatah al-sisi says he's running for president as it's the will of the people. egypt is run by a society those that want them to return to the mohamed morsi's rule, and those that think stability under a military ruler should be a priority over democracy. >> the egyptian government hasn't set a date for elections. the egyptian sighted a paper by the president saying the polling will end by mid july. >> why a growing number of female veterans are finding themselves homeless. >> and federal labour officials threatening to unionize, how that could affect college sports. >> the col

, but morsi was in real trouble.egime was a disaster, the economy was in shambles, and his islamist agenda was angering people across egypt. after months of protests, the military stepped in and deposed him. some held bassem partly responsible for demolishing morsi's reputation. did you help destabilize morsi? >> youssef: of... well, it's like helping-- what i did is i did a political satire show. if his regime was destabilized because of a show that comes one hour a week, that is a very weak regime. so it's... maybe it's not about my strength, and maybe it's about their weakness. >> simon: but laughter is a very powerful instrument. you know that better than anyone. >> youssef: i just want to have fun, dude. i mean, what are you getting me into? >> simon: with the generals now in charge, egypt became a military dictatorship. field marshall abdel fattah el sisi, the new leader, was lionized for having overthrown morsi. but he was slamming the door on dissent. since last summer, over 1,000 protestors have been massacr

morsi was always skeptical of the army. he sacked one of the top generals and scrapped the interim declaration. this is the man appointed by morsi as the new defense minister, but the army's power was never undermined. in july 2013, the general deposed president morsi and suspended the constitution. the army was back in power. today it is as if egypt has returned to square one after the fall of mubarak. a top general is practically in control and is expected to run for the highest office. anti-military youths are back in the streets, and once again, the future of egypt is far from certain. >>> it could be another setback for the affordable care act. some of the country's best cancer hospitals could be out of reach. some of those centers aren't included in state insurance exchanges. now there's concern that some patients won't get the most advanced treatment. cost is a major factor and some insurers say they're trying to keep down costs and limited the number of hospitals and doctors in those plans. >>> no big rally on wall

egypt clashes that followed the overthrow of president mohamed morsi in a military coup. meanwhile ukraine's interim prime minister skips a nuclear nonproliferation summit to chase. lawmakers call to rebuild atomic. power outages in crimea. we take a look at russia's plans to lessen the peninsula's dependency on ukraine. for the. say he's been subjected to. torture. the u.s. military and president obama taking the battle against torture at the facility to a federal court for the first time. to international coming to you live from moscow it is a three pm here in the russian capital. more than five hundred members of the muslim brotherhood have been sentenced to death by courts in egypt all of them are supporters of the former president mohamed morsi who was democratically elected in two thousand and twelve but opposing a military coup just a year later is in cairo with the details. this is one of the largest death penalty verdicts i think in gyptian history of course five hundred twenty nine defendants have been sentenced to death in many of which isn't often or egypt now

members as sentenced to death in egypt over clashes that followed the overthrow of president mohamed morsi and a military coup. ukraine's interim prime minister skips a key nucular security summit to chase an i.m.f. loan and made growing calls from nor make is in kiev to rebuild the country's atomic. butchers for the yemeni man say he's been subjected to a form of medieval water torture. the u.s. military president obama launching a legal battle to end torture widely practiced at the infamous detention center. international we're coming to you live from moscow it is now four pm here in the russian capital. now of the five hundred people who've been sentenced to death in egypt they're all supporters of the former president mohamed morsi did last year in a military coup true as in cairo with the details this is one of the largest death penalty verdicts i think in gyptian history to this case refers to a day of violence following that forced clearings to cairo citizens in the capital we saw a lot of retaliatory violence from supporters of mohamed morsy with people talking churches and police

more than 500 supporters of mohamed morsi are sentenced to death for attacking police. their relatives protest outside court. >>> victims of nye jeer kwraft nigerian insurgency speak out about the brutality. >>>. >>> it vanished from radar screens 16 days ago with 239 people on board. the australian prime minister tony abbott told parliament that search crew have spotted two objects in the southern indian ocean. one is circular and one is rectangular. objects were also in the australian search area. it's not clear whether or not they are the same. these follow the release of satellite objects. all of this in an area up to 25 kilometers off the coast of perth. >> for the growing international air fleet in the southern ocean, another grueling day of searching and another tantalizing report. >> a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him that an australian seven aircraft located two objects in the australian search area, one circular and one rectangular. it is possible that the objects could be received within

he led the overthrow president mohammed morsi last summer. since then, some 2500 people have been killed and only 16,000 people arrested. in our global broadcast exclusive today, we spend the hour with one of egypt's most prominent dissidents, alaa abd el-fattah, speaking in his first extended interview since his release from prison after nearly four months behind bars. an open internet and political activist, alaa has been at the forefront of the struggle for change in egypt for many years and has the distinction of having been actively persecuted by the past four successive rulers in egypt. in 2006, under the mubarak regime, he was detained at a protest calling for independence of the judiciary and was jailed for 45 days. in 2011, he emerged as a leading phase of the revolution that forced mubarak out of office. later that year under the rule of the military council that replaced mubarak, he was jailed again, this time for 56 days. his son, khaled, was born while he was behind bars. then during the rule of him mohamed morsi, alaa was issued

classes that followed the overthrow of president mohamed morsy in a military coup.four years for the. yemeni man say he's been subjected to a form of medieval water torture a one ton of inmates to use the u.s. military and president obama launching a legal battle to end while the practice of the infamous detention center. has just gone cost eleven pm here in the russian capital you live with us on our chief international you're with me. recording of a conversation has emerged on you tube allegedly between ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko and another former ukrainian official in it mrs tema shanker says that russia must be destroyed for reclaiming crimea. earlier share the details of that conversation with me. just this evening a telephone conversation between the former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko and a one of the former and one of the former officials from the country's national security was posted on you tube and we're talking about a leaked conversation now allegedly that conversation took place on the eighteenth of march this is the

but mohammed morsi did not last. the muslim brotherhood was ousted by the military after another public up rising just a year later. >> then bashar al-assad used chemical weapons against his own people. the saudis opened that president obama would back up his statement that the syrians should not cross the red line. nuclear negotiations saw modest breakthroughs and the u.s. eased sanctions on iran for the first time in decades. then the king saw an internal danger, public di dissent crept through the cracks of social media. next came riffs between saudi arabia and it's gulf partner qatar. they pulled their embassies out of doha earlier this month saying that they won't stand with anyone supporting regional destabilization. the president's visit comes during a different era in saudi american relations. for decades saudi arabia and the u.s. have been close. the king even visited president george? bush at his texas ranch in 2005. but now things have changed. the aging king's long-time bargaining chip oil resources has l

since neither the military nor the following president mohamed morsi ordered as many executions until now as the army steps up efforts to end an arrest in the wake of morsi being removed from power last summer when he was overthrown new authorities started to started targeting the ousted leaders muslim brotherhood party after being met with resistance the military escalated the crackdown and more than six hundred lives lost during raids on august fourteenth alone the next month the brotherhood was bad as a group and public protests severely curtailed the group declared a terrorist organization and a constitutional referendum held across egypt which brings us to this wednesday when that same general sisi ordered mohamed morsi declared that he would run for president which he's expected to win egypt one of the first countries to be engulfed by the arab spring but now appears to be back where it was before the uprising artie's out of stocks which are going to take a look. uprisings abroad getting equated with the promise of a better future and hailed as true democracy the democratic mess

thousands call for the reinstatement of ousted president mohammed morsi. >>> a french court considered its verdict on a rwandan accused of genocide and war crimes. and with three months to go until the world cup. one of fifa's top men tells us there is no plan be. >> does it mean that all will be perfect? that's not the point. ♪ >>> six hours of talks have failed to find a compromise on the crisis in ukraine. russian's foreign minister has been meeting the u.s. secretary of state in london. john kerry says the west will not recognize the referendum on crimea becoming parts of russia. sergei lavrov said crimea is more important to russia than the faulkland islands are to britain. simon really no surprise that there's no compromise between kerry and lavrov? >> no, you wouldn't have found many optimists in london going into these talks on friday, but john kerry as he said after they broke up, they lasted six hours, they were frank and candid. both dug in to each other's narratives about good ways of defusing, de-escalating it, but it became very clear getting the russians to cancel sunday

has been met with mass protests and international condemnation the supporters of ousted president morsi were found guilty last monday of burning a police station killing one officer and disrupting public order over six hundred others are still awaiting to go on trial which is set for april now the number of that death sentences recently handed down in egypt has now topped that of hosni mubarak during the last years of his rule the former egyptian president was arrested during the revolution of two thousand and eleven in the three years that followed me there the military nor the next president mohamed morsi ordered as many executions until now as the army steps up its efforts to end on rest in the wake of the morsi being removed from power now last summer when he was overthrown the new authorities began targeting the ousted leaders muslim brotherhood party after being met with fierce resistance the military escalated the clampdown with more than six hundred lives lost during raids on aug fourteenth alone the following month of the muslim brotherhood was banned and public protests severe

morsi's supporters clashed with the interim government security forces. sisi is seen as the election front-runner, popular among egyptians. critics say sisi would bring back authoritarian politics. they accuse the interim government on cracking down on freedom of expression and assembly. >>> workers at the fukushima daiichi plant have been testing a water treatment system that can remove most radioactive substances from wastewater, but they've run into yet another problem with the equipment. workers noticed that the contaminated water they were pumping into the main filtering component was cloudy. so they shut down one of the three waterlines. they're trying to find out if anything is wrong with the equipment. officials with the plant's operator tokyo electric power company plan to use the filtering system to reduce the amount of contaminated water stored at the plant. about 400 tons of groundwater each day flows into damaged reactor buildings and becomes contaminated, but the filtering system has been hit by a series of troubles. workers had just resumed

steps up efforts to end on arrest in the wake of morsi being stepped out of power last summer when he was overthrown new authorities started targeting the ousted leader's muslim brotherhood party after being met with fierce resistance the military escalated the crackdown with more than six hundred lives lost during raids on august fourteenth the following month the brotherhood was banned in public protests severely restricted the group declared a terror organization and a constitutional referendum held across the country which brings us to this wednesday when the same general sisi that ousted mohamed morsi declared he would run for president which he's expected to win easily one of the first countries to be engulfed by the arab spring but now it seems that it was back to where it was before the uprising or he's honest churkin it takes a look. uprisings abroad getting equated with the promise of a better future and hailed as true democracy the democratic message that swept across the middle east so called arab spring so determination through coups and regime change often hailed by wash

questionable in egypt swept by a revolution and almost five hundred thirty supporters of the ousted morsi regime get sentenced to death as the military takes over the staggering numbers on this and of medieval times with. oh it's a nice days you know there are not even mountains there in the state right mr few would argue that the voice of the people is essential to a legitimate democratic process but the same applies to an officially elected government whose are arguably becoming increasingly accepted as a way to quickly impose change may bring about a swift air of reform in the short term without building a stable government system that can create a strong and truly democratic future which can eventually backfire and r.t. washington d.c. well a spokeswoman for for british for democracy says the west keep his eyes wide shot deliberately. the west has applied a wait and see policy with the entire arab spring movement that took place over the past three years. what they are doing is basically to see where their interests lies to see who is going to last till the end of the short term game

the problem was not going to the streets during morsi. the problem was the military intervention kidnapping the president, number one. canceling the constitution. canceling the parliament. killing thousands of egyptians in the streets, and arresting over 23,000. the human rights situation is moving from ugly to uglier. >> abdul, i have to stop you there. thank you very much, indeed, for taking the time to speak to us here at al jazeera. >> thank you, thank you for having me. >> now we got a lot more to come here on al jazeera. including osama bin laden son-in-law. he gives surprising testimony in a new york court. we'll get a live update. >> the conduct was shameful showing blatant disregard for systems and laws designed to look after safety of consumers. >> toyota misleading drivers about their faulty cars. >>> coming up in sport we'll be inside old trafford as man united plans to lift the pressure off their manager. >> the relatives of passengers on missing malaysian airliner have lashed out. some were removed during a briefing where th

supporters of the ousted president morsi asked for their release. the incidents allegedly happened in southern egypt last august shortly after the army moved in to remove morsi. in total 1200 people are going on trial although many are said to be in hiding. one of those in court on saturday, the movement rejected the overthrows of cue and said that the leaders arrested last summer political prisoners. >> those arrested are not political prisoners. they have been tried according to the law and sentences will be meted out to them, but nobody is buying that. i fear that egypt is going to deteriorate and maybe even there could be disintegration. >> also on saturday former president hosni mubarak was back in court with his two sons and several of his former aids. they're accused of come polic os to mubarak's regime. the street protests show no sign of ending. >>> three al jazeera journalists have been held in a cairo prison for 84 days. they are accused of having links with an terrorist organization and spreading false news. they will appear in court aga

. >>> the trial of mohamed morsi has been carried to monday. >> a four day of protest. protesters demanding mohamed morsi's release. in total 1200 people are on trial. many in absentia. charged with. attacking individuals and damaging public and private property. it happened last august after forces broke up two protest camps in cairo. hundreds of civilians were killed in subsequent fighting. one of those in court was the supreme guide of the now banned muslim brotherhood. although millions of egyptians marched against morsi last summer, the brotherhood call this overthrow a coup. >> let's remember, they're waging all of our poor against the muslim brotherhood in order to weaken the brotherhood and force it to accept the road map. what's happening in egypt is really tragic. very sad because egypt remains deeply polarized, deeply divide, more than nine months after the jouster oouster mohamed morsi. >> hasy mubarak was back in court with his two sons. they're accused of killing to pesters. many of the protesters accuse the government of using similar tactics as mubarak's

a week half after morsi gave him rank of field general he become general.pt remains deeply divided society polarized between those who want to return to civilian rule to maintain the january 25th revolution is hijacked by the military and those who think that stability even under a military ruler should remain priority over a democracy. >> falling asleep at the wheel seems to be the cause of a chicago train crash this week. maria ines has more on that story. that's where the train ended up on the escalator. >> reporter: that's right, and the operator of that train that crashed at o'hare airport said she fell asleep at the controls. in this video released by the "chicago sun times" monday's crash left 32 people injured. the operator told investigators she had dozed off once before passing by a station stop in february. also a piece of emergency equipment may have malfunctioned prior to the crash. >>> in texas the rescue of a construction worker captured on video from a building across the street. the worker found himself trapped as the building was engulfed

but there are many others against his rule, weeks of bloodshed followed morsi's ousting, and hundredspresident supporters were killed, and thousands arrested for protesting against the military takeover. an interim government backed by al sisi and the military kept morsi in jail and banned the muslim brotherhood, eventually declaring it a terrorist organization. as the nation descended into violence al sisi was given more powers. a year and a half after morsi gave him the rank of corner general he now holds the higher post of field marshal given to him by his own appointee interim president. al sisi said he's running for president because it's the will of the people. but egypt remains divided society polarized by the january 25th revolution, and those who think stability even under a military ruler should remain the priority over democracy. >> falling asleep at the wheel seems to be the cause of a chicago train crash this week. do you remember the train ended up on the escalator. maria ines has more for us. >> reporter: the rater of a chicago train that crashed at o'hare airport said

supporters of the mohamed morsi demanded his release. a trial began in the south. 1200 people are on trial. many in absentia. the charges include storming a police station, attacking individuals and damaging private property. the incidents happened in southern egypt after security forces broke up protest camps in cairo. >> one in court on saturday was a supreme guide of the muslim brotherhood. millions of egyptians marched against mohamed morsi, the brotherhood and some separatists called his overthrow a coup. >> the military is imposing all-out war against the brotherhood. what is happening in egypt is tragic, very sad, because egypt is deeply polarized, divided and more than nine months after the ouster of the brotherhood, mohamed morsi. >> also on saturday, hosni mubarak was in court with his two sons and former aids. they are accused of complicity of the killing of protesters. many accused the government of being backers of that regime. >> translation: by pr, not only in neary, the egyptian judiciary recruited large numbers of those

twenty eleven in the three years that followed neither the military nor the next president mohammed morsi ordered as many executions until now as the army is steps up its efforts to end unrest in the wake of morsi being removed from power last summer when he was overthrown the new authorities began targeting the answered leaders muslim brotherhood party after being met with fierce resistance the military escalated the climbdown with more than six hundred lives lost during raids on august the fourteenth alone the following months the muslim brotherhood was banned and public protests severely restricted big group was declared a terrorist organization and a constitutional referendum was held across the country which all brings us to this wednesday when the same general that al sadr mohammed morsi declared he would run for president which is expected to win easily egypt was one of the first countries to be engulfed by the arab spring but now appears to be back where it was before the uprising is an associate of the full circle. uprisings abroad getting equated with the promise of a better fut

violence stems from last year's ousting of egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsy since then the country's leadership has been at the helm of. see the head of egypt's military and the lead player and morsi is out of steam a crackdown on opposition to military rule has resulted in the arrests of over sixteen thousand people and recently commented and the death sentences of over five hundred individuals with egypt's elections just around the corner i'm joined now by our correspondent rima dia to help me break it down thank you so much for coming on rima really shocking news here what exactly prompted the government to sentence over five hundred individuals and how unprecedented is this kind of ruling i talk to many people given the fact that i'm not egyptian i don't know much about what's going on in egypt and latest few months they talk to many egyptians who are following the news out of egypt closely and then of the people i talked to whether they are from left or right or center you name it said that this is an ok sentence a lot of them said this is a politically

a candidate, mohamed morsi, was egypt's first democratically elected president. the freedom and justice party won almost half of the seats in the 2011 parliamentary elections becoming the biggest political party. it was short-lived. thousands of egyptians voiced their protests. then the army stepped in. the muslim brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization after a string of attacks and suicide bombings targetting security forces. the group denies links to those attacks. international riot groups expressed concerns over human rights violations in egypt. thousands of supporters are in gaol. hundreds were killed when security forces raided two camps last august. >> lots more ahead - including the fight for justice continues. almost four decades after arge tina's dirty war. we have the details. >> have you ever wondered who is in charge of the internet? a meeting is taking place to discuss just >> welcome back. let's recap the headlines on al jazeera. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov arrived in the netherlands for a nuclear security summit. it's expec

egypt has been in turmoil since the army ousted mohamed morsi last july. meanwhile morsi's political party the muslim brotherhood, has been ruled a terrorist group. anyone who joins the group could face up to 30 years in prison. they have been labeled an extreme u.s. group and the group said that they are surprised by saudi arabia's decision. >>> three al jazeera journalists are detained in egypt while their trial has been pushed back to march 27th. they have been in prison for 70 days. they're accused of having links with a terrorist organization although al jazeera denies those allegations. >>> japan's prime minister finished the fukushima nuclear power plant. we have reports japan's leader said he'll begin taking steps to revive an area that is still devastated by disaster. >> reporter: a journey into the heart of japan's nuclear disaster has become an almost daily routine. the once thriving town that adjoins the nuclear power plain. >> just because we're retired does not mean that it's not our business any more. we need to do all we can to keep this pl

across the country and that brings us to this wednesday when the very general that ousted mohamed morsi declared that he would run for the presidency which is expected to win easily sees an associate reports now on how the country which was among the first to being gulf by the arab spring has now been abandoned by its allies. uprisings abroad getting equated with the promise of a better future and hailed as true democracy the democratic message that swept across the middle east show called arab spring so determination through coups and regime change often hailed by washington as an honest way to move forward for the united states supporting democratic transitions is not a matter of idealism it is a strategic necessity redefining the word democracy to a democracy is a government that we like that she porch our house and if it doesn't well let us not an artist and you can overthrow it in egypt swept by revolution and coup almost five hundred thirty supporters of the ousted morsi regime get sentenced to death as the military takes over the staggering numbers reminiscent of medieval times t

mohamed morsi supporters say there'll be no stability under abdul fatah al-sisi. a representative for the muslim brotherhood said: >> but abdul fatah al-sisi has the support of millions of other egyptians, not least in the capital district where he grew up. >>. >> translation: i'm happy he is running. it's his right to be president and be in charge of the nation. he worked hard. he moved egypt at the right stage. we support abdul fatah al-sisi. >> many are weary of the political uncertainty since the uprising of a military leader of hosni mubarak in 2011. >> i think he should remain defence minister and support someone else. otherwise they'll say it's a coup. if he runs for the presidency, we expect trouble. >> abdul fatah al-sisi says he's running for president because it's the will of the people. egypt is a deeply decided society. pallarized between those that want to return to democracy, and those that think stability should be a priority. >> three al jazeera journalists have been held in a cairo prison for 85 days. they are due to make their fourth appearance

the islamists but that is not the full success of democracy because it was done against mubarak and morsi. but now to channel what has happened with the case in tunisia but to reorganize democracy to allow all to function. >> let's talk about egypt i was struck by what you said. one of those you say something to the effect the era of spring is back on track but finally we have it. egypt is in the fact on the path to democracy. of lots of other people including egyptians said what is happening the military is back in power. that democracy has been put on the back burner. your take seems to be very different. >> it is. when we were on facebook with the debate all the early waves in 2011. they but say their early reformers are the muslim brotherhood so we need to calibrate. >> women and other minorities? >> with the perspective they are the minority that is not true. so egypt now has the majority that does not want any more to lead to an -- tell -- totalitarian regime and i am contending that with all the military tried to do maybe general cc will be elected but not with the uniform there is

in july, 2013, general asisi deposed morsi and suspended the constitution. army was back in power. today, it is as if egypt has returned to square one after the fall of mubarak. a top general is practically in control and is expected to run for the highest. military use are back in the streets and once again, the future of egypt is far from certain. mohammed vaughn, al jazeera. >> these protests in cairo, i am joined on the line from cairo by yussef hasin. as i understand it, you have actually been taking part in these protests. just tell us why are these protests taking place now. >> because the government has condoned and students wanted to prove it's wrong. it's wrong and they are their movement amend peacefannexation they have cleared for the movement and the government and their whole world, and that's what they are calling for. the security forces are crazy. at the university, also -- >> yussef. thank you very much for joining us, and we do apologize, but the line seems to be quite bad there. we will try to get you back on the line on a better line a l

. >>> 500 supporters of morsi are sentenced to death for attacking police. . >>> ukraine ordered withdrawal from armed forces of crimea. >>> victims of nigeria's islamist speak to the bbc about their brutal treatment. >>> within the past half hour, the malaysian government has said australian search planes have found two new objects in the vast search area in the indian ocean, one circular and one rectangular. it's not yet clear of these are the same possible debris spotted earlier by a chinese aircrew. a u.s. navy crew poseidon has been unable to find any of the objects spotted by the chinese crew. it went missing 16 days ago with 239 people on board. >> a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him that an australian search aircraft had located two objects, in the search area, one circular and one rectangular. it is possible the objects could be received within the next few hours or by tomorrow morning at the latest. it includes 20,000 nautical square miles. >> jonathan head is in perth. jonathan, can you just clarify. we have h

in new york well it's a bleak day for supporters of mohamed morsy and upper egypt court has issued the death penalty to five hundred twenty eight supporters of the muslim brotherhood on charges of murder and inciting violence only one hundred fifty three of those sentenced are currently in custody the rest were tried in absentia artie's well true has more from cairo. this is one of the largest death penalty verdicts i think in gyptian history this case refers to a day of violence following the forced clearings of two kyra citizens in the capital we saw lots of retaliatory violence from supporters of mohamed morsy with people talking churches and police stations in this instance the court ruled that these people did kill a police officer and attempted to kill two others and there were sixteen people who were also acquitted in this case but it's a significant escalation in the bar of the authorities against supporters of mohamed morsy they say the brotherhood is a terrorist organization the leadership have incited violence and the protesters have used force against security forces the ve

he said the verdict was worrying because authorities have detained several thousand morsi supporters. u.s. officials also criticized the ruling. they said it would be unconscionable for egyptian authorities to carry out the sentences. >> we call on the government of egypt to retrain from politically motivated detention, charges and trials and to ensure all in egypt are afforded the fair trial safeguards they are guaranteed under international law. >> u.s. officials say the case may cause them to reconsider relations with egypt. >>> well, trade officials from japan and australia have been trying to craft an economic partnership agreement for seven years. but they've hit a roadblock in their latest round of talks over the tariffs that japan levies on beef imports. japanese agriculture minister met australian trade and investment minister in tokyo. he said australia is an important trading partner for japan. he said he hopes the two countries can boost agricultural trade. robb said he wants to make progress before australian prime minister tony abbott visits to japan early next month. ja

. >> reporter: supporters of the president mohamed morsi have taken to the streets a third consecutive people joined the protest early in the morning demanding the return of legitimacy and also in the north of egypt there were demonstrations at shake and people there demanding the return to power of mohamed morsi as the legitimate elected president and in the capitol cairo in the central area of the city hundreds of people are marching to protest against the coup and demonstrations began on wednesday, the third anniversary of are referendum on constitutional amendment. it is now 83 days since 3 al jazeera journalists have been held in a cairo prison and gresta and mohamed and are accused of spreading false news and the next is the 24th of march in court and al jazeera rejects all charges against the staff and continues to demand their immediate release. in southern syria opposition forces say they are closing in on an important villain they captured a dozen military posts in resent weeks but there is fierce fighting going on for the one village still held by government forces and we re

the riots were in response to a crackdown on two pro morsi camps which killed hundreds. attorneys say the sentences were too harsh and could be overturned on appeal. >> russian forces stormed another ukrainian base in crimea and detained dozens of ukrainian servicemen. 80 detained on site. it's unclear how the two service men were hurt or who hurt them. this is video of another military base seized yesterday. ukraine's act president says the country's troops in crimea will be pulled from the region. president obama arrived in the netherlands a few hours ago, he is there to talk about nuclear security. also hopes to rally allies to increase pressure against russian president vladamir putin. he has imposed sanctions on russian officials. now lawmakers say it's time for widespread economic penalties and maybe even a military assistance for ukraine. >> it may come to small arms, i'm not ruling that out. keep it on the table. >> maybe medical supply, radio equipment, things they can use to protect themselves, defensive posture weapons systems. >> it's the president's first st

let's have a look at a bit of background to this last summer when the country's leader mohammed morsi was overthrown the new authorities began tighten the screws on the muslim brotherhood the military met with face resistance and escalated the crackdown with more than six hundred lives lost in raids on or with the fourteenth and then the next month the muslim brotherhood was banned and public protest severely restricted the group was declared a terrorist organization and the constitutional referendum was held across the country however the brotherhood condemned the vote as illegitimate the start of this year also saw deadly unrest but the army has retained its grip on power and its artes and to see it talk in a reports the undemocratic nature of the coup doesn't seem to worry west and powerless. uprisings abroad getting equated with the promise of a better future yeah actions of ordinary citizens spark movements for change because they speak to a longing for freedom and hailed as true democracy a democratic movement that swept across the middle east the so-called arab spring so determ

brotherhood did find an overwhelming majority of egyptians that will tell you we don't want mubarek or morsi. anyone would have to follow the trend and now we are in a transitional democracy. the choice of egyptians had last june was either the islamization as they call it or the state gets the would criticize such individuals. so it would be to separate the process and put pressure on the government to stop these arrests but you cannot stop it and go back to the regime or the muslim brotherhood. >> i certainly share your sense of the alarm that egypt was on and of the grip on egypt but nothing good would happen. and it wouldn't be democratic but right now i guess i'm a little less optimistic than where egypt is going. what makes you -- i'm not convinced that you can create a democracy on the basis that the mass of people would go to the square every time there's a deviation from the democratic court. that will either itself and in exhaustion, people won't keep doing it, or else at some point you just have chaos if it is ruled from the square. so, what decides the ever present threat if the

general al-sissi led the military coup last summer that ousted mohammed morsi. today, morsi supporters fought police in several cities, one student was killed. today, the obama administration extended the deadline for signing up for health insurance online. here's wyatt andrews on whether the extension applies to you. >> reporter: the extension of the obamacare deadline applies to people in line on the healthcare.gov web site, specifically consumers who tried to enroll but did not complete the process by march 31, this monday. just two weeks another health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius, had called march 31 a hard deadline. >> there is no delay beyond march 31. >> reporter: the extension was caused by the last-minute crush of applicants. healthcare.gov, which crashed last october, had 2.3 million visitors in the last two days. and officials are concerned it could fail again. alexis stewart of maryland told us she wanted insurance but waited until the end to save money. >> i felt like i had to pay something immediately, so i didn't feel financial