. -- did it against morsi.derstand they did not know that. now they woke up and they military regime, they are going to eat all of their partners. they're going to send them to jail or maybe kill them because this is the system. they do not want any opposition. if you are my side, you are my friend. if you are against me, i will kill you or send you to jail. that is the way. >> one of the voices of egypt's 2011 execution and it's aftermath just died in an accident. on tuesday, the essence every took a falloff of a -- bassem falloff --after a fall off of a balcony. you have gotten the chance to interview one of the al jazeera reporters that was jailed. on monday, al jazeera served egypt with a $150 million compensation claim for what it said was damage to its media business inflicted by cairo's military-backed rulers. can you talk about both? >> it was a tragic loss here in egypt, wonderful humanist person, someone who had clear, levelheaded analysis, astute analysis of what was happening in egypt in the most po

. >> mohamed morsi is back in court. mohamed morsi and several other muslim brotherhood members are accused of in sitting the murder of -- inciting the murder. 11 were killed in the protests, triggered when mohamed morsi decreed himself above the law. >> al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 98 days. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr, has been adjourned until 10 april. they are falsely accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a fourth journalist, al jazeera arabic's abdullah al-shami has been detained without trial since last august. after 75 days on hunger strike his health is deteriorating. al jazeera is rejecting all charges against its journalists. >> thousands have been demonstrating in bahrain where the formula 1 was held. the mass rally coincided with the practice session. protesters marched in the capital, demanding political reforms and the release of prisoners. many belonging to the shia musli

they have been accused of supporting mohamed morsi last july. >> relatives in shock. moments after the verdict was announced. heavy security was deployed outside of the court building where the egyptian-presiding judge convicted 683 supporters of the outlawed muslim brotherhood to death. including the group's leader. the muslim brother is a conservative political group to which former presidents mohamed morsi belongs. the defendants sentenced monday are accused of inciting violence, attacking a police station, and killing a policeman in southern egypt. the attack happened last august shortly after egyptian security forces carried out raids on two large anti-military protest sites in cairo. hundreds of people were killed leading to riots in other parts of the country. monday's ruling represents the largest number of people to be sentenced to death by a court in egypt. it also sets a world record. >> it's the scale of lack of due process. we have the trial that was referred to, it was carried out incredibly fast and we have information that the trial day was also conduc

clashes erupted between supporters of ousted mohamed morsi and police, who also fired tear gas.wo journalists were wounded while covering the event. demonstrators were arrested. students regularly have protested at university campus campuses. >>> an egyptian group has named a group in say my as a terrorist organization. and believed to be behind much of the violence in the area. it has expanded operations after president mohamed morsi was overthrown last july. >>> staying in egypt, al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists imprisoned in egypt. they have appeared in court on thursday. the case had been adjourned until later this month. they're falsely accused of providing a platform to the ousted muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 108 days. the fourth al jazeera journalist has been held without trial since august. he has been on hunger strike for the last 80 days. al jazeera denies all charges. >> in discussion here at the convention of international press ipi. hundreds of journalists and media practitioners who are participating have had li

secular group went on to criticize morsi. the youth movement is accused of receiving funds. >>> al jazeera continues to call for the immediate release of its journalists being held in egypt. their trial adjourned until may 3rd. they have now been in jail for 121 days. they are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a fourth al jazeera journalist has been held since last august and has been on hunger strike. >>> to move on to other news, the u.s. and e.u. have opposed fresh sanctions on government officials. sanctions against the official include asset freezed and visa bans. russia condemning the sanctions saying they will not go unanswered. peter sharp with more from moscow. >> this is the third round of sanctions imposed by the west on russia following it's annexation of crimea in february. seven officials, and 17 different russian companies, what they have in common is very close links to vladimir putin. the united states also said in the list that was published a few hours ago that it w

new round of tough sentencing seems the military back to gyptian government's crackdown against pro morsy activists why did. they find out how i'm afeared run the rubbish burning racket is making life a toxic hell for people trapped in southern italy so-called triangle of death. in a very good evening if you just joined us my name is kevin i would this is r.t. international it's ten pm now here in moscow and you're watching a weekly roundup of the big stories of the last seven days from us first what has been happening today in fact a massive pro unity march led by right wing radicals in eastern ukraine is biggest cities ended in violence earlier some seven thousand people took to the streets of kharkov several people were attacked by the mob there was also smashed up cars as you can see a crowd also threw stun grenades and chanted anti russian slogans as it marched through the city and the wave banners to belonging to the right sector a radical ultra right group we've also been getting reports of a massive brawl as well as the marches attacked a group of people wearing victory day ribbon

president a new round of tough sentencing sees the military back to gyptian government's crackdown against morsy activists why don't. we find out how a mafia run a rubbish burning racket is making life a toxic hell for people trapped in southern italy so-called triangle of death. is four pm last year what you don't hear national of the arena josh. america's chief diplomat says this week accuse moscow of using r t as a told to store the reality of what is happening in ukraine soon after his russian counterpart explained why it is he things has got john kerry cell upset. russia today network has deployed to promote president putin's fantasy about what is playing out on the ground and they cues us of deploying putin's propaganda bullhorn as john kerry said but i can understand why he said it how is he off a serious competition to c.n.n. the b.b.c. etc. so how deserved were the state department's allegations and what could actually be behind them my call huish evolve and these are now we took a look at this earlier. first of all i do think it's a compliment i think it's a sign of how far reaching ou

close to 700 people get a recommended death sentence in egypt over support of ousted president mohamed morsi. the muslim brotherhood leader is among those sentenced. the u.s. and the year new sanctions against russia over ukraine ass in pro-russian militants are holding a team of international observers hostage for a third day. the algerian president is sworn in for a fourth term. he makes his inaugural address from a wheelchair following the sick to he was too participate in. also coming up, the scandal rocking the nba. withers players protest black socks and armbands after the owner allegedly made racist comments telling a woman not to bring african-americans to the games. work is underway for what is meant to be the tallest building in the world. that is the kingdom tower in saudi arabia. it should end up at an epic one kilometer high. this hour in egypt where 700 people, including the leader of the muslim brotherhood, have been sentenced to death over support of ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi. the court that handed down the verdict also changed 500 other death sentences given la

they were convicted for their alleged role and violence after mohamed morsi last july and we report.porter: egyptian judge makes headlines once again. he has convicted 683 supporters of the muslim brotherhood to death including leader and this is a political conservative group which president mohamed morsi belonged and they sentenced monday of inciting violence, attacking a police station and killing a policeman in southern egypt. the attack happened last august, shortly after egyptian security forces carried out raids on two large antimilitary protest sides in cairo. hundreds of people were killed, leading to riots in other parts of the country. monday's ruling will present the largest number of people to be sentenced to death by a court in egypt and also sets a world record. and also sentenced 528 supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi to death in less than two hours. most of the defendants were not present in court. they were accused of killing one police officer, seizing government weapons and damaging property when a police station south of cairo was attacked last aug

of unrest and they jepson capital where clashes between students supporting the deposed president morsi and police flare up on a weekly basis and the institution has had by taken some nine hundred students off its courses for taking part in the brush as a bell true report says just one of the measures being eased by they were eating when the true regime to keep young people afraid a protest turns into fierce street battles with security forces a common sight in cairo but now the weekly rallies in support of toppled president mohamed morsi are being led by students the military installed government has bans demonstrations saying it is fighting a spike in terror attacks undergraduate was held after an exam in january he says the police are using too much violence. the officers came in three hours after the clashes and took students from inside the university those that were taken with george were inside the police station where we're keeping them and the toilets and and he believes man would be there mark it was like a ritual. rights defenders say the crackdown is a tactic of intimidation

a new round of top sentencing sees the military backed gyptian government's crackdown against pro morsy activists widen. and we find out how a mafia run a rubbish burning racket is making life a toxic hell for people trapped in southern italy so-called triangle of death. the seven pm a mosque you're watching r.t. international with miriam and josh america's chief diplomat is this week accused moscow of using r.t.s. told to store their reality of what is happening in the ukraine soon after his russian counterpart explained what it is he thinks is god john kerry so upset russia today network has deployed to promote president putin's fantasy about what is playing out on the ground they cues us of deploying putin's propaganda as john kerry said but i can understand what he said it is serious competition to see it in the b.b.c. it is said of the most books that with truth so how deserved were the state department allegations and walk could actually be behind my colleagues you list above all enemies now we took a look at this earlier. first of all i do think it's a compliment i think it's a s

and there was a revolution once again by the army of the protesters then toppled morsi and started to prosecutor his allies in the museum brotherhood and that sparked even more unrest elections for a new president us to a long way off and egypt has already lost two thousand lives in the latest way your clashes. take a look at other stories making headlines around the world and the arrest warrant has been issued for the captain only ferry the son called the coast of south korea and you could face up to five years behind bars amidst reports he was wild the first to abandon his trip once and began sinking rescue teams are still searching for hundreds of passengers and accounted for twenty eight people have so far been officially confirmed dead. in malaysia a muslim x. rays have first had three games to visit by brought the bomb outside the u.s. embassy they carried on to american banners and banned and cleaned out leaflets layby labeling the president a terrorist bomb was a week long asia always said to take place next week it will be the first visit by a serving us president in malaysia

with 683 people sentenced to death for their roles in the violence following the ousting of mohamed morsi last july. one of the 683 is the muslim brotherhood leader, mohamed bahdi, who says he quill continue his course. however commuted several other death sentences passed in march. al jazeera reports. >> relatives in shock. moments after the verdict was announced. heavy security was deployed outside the court building, where egyptian presiding judge said youssef subjected members of the muslim brotherhood to death. including the group's leader, a political group to which former egyptian president mohamed morsi belongs. the defendants sentenced on monday are accused of insighting violence, killing a policeman in southern egypt. the attack happened last august. shortly after egyptian security forces carried out raids on two large antimilitary protest sites in cairo. hundreds of people were killed, leading to riots in other parts of the country. monday's ruling represents the largest number of people to be sentenced to death by a court in egypt. it also sets a world record. >> it's the scal

well after mohamed morsi was himself booted out in july. twenty thirteen the new military backed government shocked the world with its five hundred death sentences in one ruling egyptian journalists are your amin believes its recent history shows it just didn't work for the west tried to instill its principles of democracy in the country if you talk about western style democracy. i'm afraid that we've seen the west. you know apply double standards. when it comes to the arab spring. to mubarak for thirty years and were hesitant to lend their support to the revolutionaries intact risk where they also supported the military coup that toppled egypt's first democratically elected president so don't talk to me about western democracy dictated by corporate interests i think the democracy that we hope to see here in egypt will be a homegrown democracy with the activists continuing to push for reforms and for constitutional rule in this country. now what was intended as an image boosting twitter campaign for the new york police department added up a

round of tough sentencing sees the military back to gyptian the government's crackdown against probe morsi activists wife and. the founder of a mafia run rubbish burning rackets making life a toxic hell for people trapped in southern italy so-called triangle of death. if you just joined us for a good morning for me kevin owen here in r t h q to small to get moscow where it's just after one in the morning this is the weekly roundup of the big stories of the last seven days and we're starting with one that was happening in fact over the last twenty four hours intensifying even a massive pro unity march led by right wing radicals in the east and ukraine city of harkov ended in violence early last evening some seven thousand people took to the streets there several bystanders were attacked by the mob which also ended up smashing cars the crowd then threw stun grenades and chanted anti russian slogans as they marched through the city. they waved banners to belonging to the right sector or rather called ultra right group and also were getting reports last evening to have a massive brawl as the m

is put in his place but it didn't end there many egyptians didn't like the decisions morsi took and there was another revolution this one backed by the military the protestors toppled morsi and started to prosecute his allies in the muslim brotherhood party which sparked even more unrest elections for a new president still a long way off in egypt was already lost two thousand lives in less than a year the manager of the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan admits that all efforts to contain radiation leaking have failed this despite claims by the country's prime minister eight months ago that the issue had been resolved dr robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute explains what the situation is at fukushima at the moment levels at the plant in the levels in the area around it are somewhat stabilized it's too high for people to live it's too high for people to return to but the amount of entering the sea these once ongoing that's ongoing every day tons of water enter contaminated water enters the sea so that's not changing the amount of radiation that's near by in the lan

protests by those who support the muslim brotherhood and the overthrown islamist president mohamed morsi . with polls just two months away, presumably we will see tension rise even further? >> absolutely. if you talk to government officials over the past two months or so, as the whole country was waiting for defense minister, the warmer defense declare his presidency, security officials said they were concerned supporters of former resident morsi were basically waiting for the announcement, waiting for the official beginning of presidential election season to launch a new wave of attacks. things work relatively quiet in the past month to six weeks. it is possible this is the front end of a wave that will go in tandem with the elect role season and -- electoral season and probably peaked as the elections approach. >> thank you very much from cairo, indeed. the prime minister manuel valls spent two hours negotiating with francois hollande. it was a task made all the harder by franÇois's -- francois hollande's need to speak both to the right and to the left. and yet with only two new entrie

forces a common sight in cairo but now the weekly rallies in support of talk of president mohamed morsi are being led by students the military installed government has bans demonstrations saying it is fighting a spike in terror attacks undergraduate a semi was held after an exam in january he says the police are using too much violence. to the officers came in three hours after the clashes and took students from inside the university those that were taken were charged inside the police station there were keeping them in the toilets and and he believes men want to big their mark it was like original. rights defenders say the crackdown is a tactic of intimidation by the authorities they have surrounded the country's main universities with armed offices. last october more than one thousand students were arrested some of them received long term sentences and the fear that has gripped universe to us means a halt to the educational process here at cairo university are many fatal clashes between prime morsy students and security forces just last monday an undergraduate mohammad adult was shot

they were convicted for their alleged role in violent protests after the over throwing of mohamed morsijuly and we report. >> reporter: relatives in shock, moments after the verdict was announced. heavy security was deployed outside the court building where egyptian presiding judge convicted 683 supporters of the outlawed muslim brotherhood to death including the group's leader. the muslim brotherhood is a conservative political group to which former president mohamed morsi belongs. the defendants sentenced on monday are accused of insighting violence and killing a policeman in southern egypt. the attack happened last august, shortly after egyptian security forces carried out raids on two large antimilitary protests sites in cairo. hundreds of people were killed leading to riots in other parts of the country. and sentenced 528 supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi to death in less than two hours. most of the defendants were not present in court. they were accused of killing one police officer, seizing government weapons and damagingly property when a police station south of

. >> protest at cairo university, happened by supporters of ousted president are mohamed morsi. student backers of morsi have readily proteston are campuses. >>> terrorist organization: believed to be behind much of the violence in the area. it's been active since the revolution of 2011 and it expanded operations after president mohamed morsi was overthrown last july and skins then the army has been cracking down on fighters in sinai. >>> al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists credit, imprisoned, peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy appeared in court. are accused of can performing a platform for the muslim brotherhood. abdalla al shami has been held without trial since last august. he has been on a hunger strike for the last 84 days. al jazeera rejects all the accusations. >>> journalists attending a press conference in south africa have taken a position of solidarity with the imprisoned al jazeera journalists. >> 2014 convention of the international press institute ipi. but hundreds of journalists and media practitioners who are are participat

the army overthrew the morsi >> they were odds with us, the fact that we called it a coup before other news organizations did. >> the white house and congress angive egypt money every year, o they are away in a different situation. but our three journalists have been reporting. what they've been doing is reporting false news. that's the way they phrase it, false news. they accuse them of having links with the maui under the new administration in cairo has been named a terrorist organization. the al jazeera media organization say the allegations are simply absurd. so now you have a situation where this is threatening the freedom of speech and the work that journalists do, good honest journalists in countries like egypt. journalists around the world have joined in sol dare eight with us today in a little protest to keep this on the international news agenda ahead of the reopening of the trial which is going to be on thursday. i would like to take to you london, pictures that we have coming in from the bbc. now this just speaks to how important journalists around the world feel this story

he took power last year from mohamed morsi who's now on trial along with other members of the egyptian brotherhood political party. they call it a dictatorship, but supporters say the change reflects the will of the egyptian people and are calling on more help from the obama administration in the face of the continuing attacks. >> i would like washington to support the egyptian people, egyptian army in getting rid of the terrorists from sinai and they should do this immediately. washington and the united states were always fighting terrorists, all over the world, so this is one of the american principles and they should stick to it. >> secretary of state john kerry has said he will decide in the coming weeks whether to completely restore washington's $1.5 billion military aid package that was partly suspended to protest morsi's ouster. >>> secretary of defense chuck hagel is offering harsh words for china today. during his visit to japan, why he says china must show better respect to its neighbors. >>> and the search teams are working overtime. they're trying to determine the fate of m

group has been active since the revolution in 2011 and expanded operations since president mohamed morsi over thrown in july. al jazeera is demanding immediate release of the journalists in egypt and peter greste and fahmy and baher were in court and thursday and falsely accused of providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood and behind bars for 108 days and the fourth journalist in detention has been held without trial since last august. he has been on hunger strike for 85 days and al jazeera rejects all the accusations. opposition fighters in syria have fired mortars into christian districts at the capitol according to syria and state media reports and they exploded in the area and one child killed and 41 others injured in the attack. lots more still to come here on the program including farmers in kenya getting over their cash shortage by dialling up a quick loan until pay day. >> dictionary every year because every year they have new words. >> and one long running puzzle for this lady. ♪ >> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... >> are you tellin

of president mohamed morsi to prison terms ranging from five to eighty eight as they were accused of writing in public disorder during protests against an army crackdown on in the military coup in july last year in march five hundred muslim brotherhood activists were sentenced to death by the same court and as artie's beltran reports the decision is only part of a widening crept up on the supporters of mohamed morsi and the deepening chaos in egypt ahead of maine's presidential elections. this comes as part of the myriads of different court cases against the islamist group leaders who are being called terrorists here in egypt by the government but this week this comes as the crackdown by the governments who are fighting a rising insurgency in north sinai i'm definitely a spike in terror attacks across the country the most of brotherhood and supporters however maintain that they have always been peaceful but these are politicized trials that have been mass death penalty verdicts which have sparked international criticism so we're seeing this in the background of politicized verdicts a

more than five hundred morsi supporters wait for an egyptian court's final decision on their death sentences as international condemnation fails to prevent yet another round of tough verdicts. and brazil adopts a bill of rights for internet users while urging other world powers to defend online privacy we look at a step that could challenge u.s. domination of the internet. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t now a massive approach unity march led by right wing radicals in eastern ukraine city of hot coffee has ended in violence a crowd of around seven thousand took to the streets of the country's major stronghold of anti-government resistance. several people were injured as clashes erupted between the marchers and those demanding autonomy from kiev videos posted online that showed the mobs smashing up cars and attacking anti-government activists the crowd also threw stun grenades and a chanted anti russian slogans as it marched through the city they also waved banners belonging to the right sector a role of

accused of defending morsi and condoning his overthrow. but the fill your to take a position has been no panacea, either. one recent poll the -- show the u.s. has a 4% approval rating in egypt. within the margin of error. which makes it possible that we have offended literally every man, woman, and child in the country. removal of a dictator in 2011 to be on the right side of history. but what we've seen is that history is not static. when push came to shove, we cast our lot with another military strongman, rather than an elected leader. i'm not saying that is a great choice. but this was a lesson that we thought we learned in the aftermath of 9/11, and we still have to relearn. the key question is, to what extent public diplomacy or the public dimension of diplomacy factored into the decision to maintain the military dimension of the relationship? every indication is the answer was, public diplomacy played a marginal role at best. again, which underscores the ongoing challenge of integration of public diplomacy within the inner workings o

on the porch of the president mohamed morsi have that sound more. good leverage or. to build a most sophisticated. group doesn't sound anything turns mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only. for the. sun technology innovation. developments around russia. the future covered. your friend post a photo from a vacation you can't afford college to different. your boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. your ex-girlfriend still plans tear jerking poetry keep john norris. we post only what really matters. to your facebook u. street. watching origins of national with me with thing and egyptian court has sentenced nearly seven hundred muslim brotherhood members to death and here in the target just hours to conclude they were accused of organizing while in protests in support of the also president mohamed morsi only a preliminary ruling and the verdict will be reviewed by the country's highest religious authorities meanwhile the sixth of april youth movement was outlawed today on suspicion of being behind in t

the demonstrations are in support of deposed mohamed morsi, who has appeared back in court. he's facing three other cases which include accusations of murdering prison officers and conspiring with foreign organizations. morsi describes the trials as absurd and illegitimate. >>> al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists who now have been imprisoned in egypt for 98 days. the trial of peter gresta, mohammed fami, and bererfahamy have been set to april. al jazeera rejects all the charges against its journalists. in syria the government appears to be stepping up in an offensive in several towns outside of damascus. air raids and shelling continues in surrounding towns. activists say dozens of people have been killed since wednesday. and in the northern part, activists have posted this video showing the aftermath of the shelling by the government. the syrian government says it completely secured western part of the province last month. protests against president obama's immigration policy are expected in 40 cities across the united states. it's estimated tha

they were accused of causing the violence that followed the ousting of mohammed morsi. >>> the politicallimate in egypt is the subject of a lawsuit by our parent company. al jazeera media network is filing suit against the government of egypt. the network says the government has inflicted huge financial losses on the network, threw what is described as a sustained campaign against al jazeera and its journalists. >> reporter: the al jazeera media network has invested millions of dollars in egypt since 2001. but now it is estimating losses of more than $150 million, and it's blaming it on any actions of the military-backed interim government since the ousting of mohammed morsi. after the military coup al jazeera has been subjected to a sustained campaign of harassment and jamming of its air mission. they have raided their offices, shut it down, and confiscated equipment. a number of the journalists have been detained all remain in customer. now al jazeera said the 1999 treaty between qatar and egypt could compensate for their losses. >>> up next, path of destruction, tornados rip through a

for them, in a democracy, for example, morsi was the one who declared the constitutional declaration after the people had already voted for a constitution. so he was the one who shouted the democracy in egypt. he was the very first one. so how do you think about in this? and for the ideology i don't think that they are talking in an ideological way, you see. they are not talking for islam. they are talking politics. they are just seeking their own interests. even when they did established a political party, still they are looking for the own group, not looking for politics, you see. for mr. hasan come you said about the muslim brotherhood is just like a tribe. so how do you think about their future? again, i see it like an umbrella. you see the muslim brotherhood as an umbrella for the whole region your so how do you think about this umbrella in the future? is a going to be shattered and everybody going -- each country will have its own muslim brotherhood from the own point of view? >> okay, we've got two questions, one for michele and one for hassan. >> what the questioner said was

the pro-morsi council also alliance also condemned the explosions, as such as the government before maybe prime minister also condemned the explosions, and we have a meeting maybe after half an hour with the three ministers, defense, interior, and the justice, and with the leaders of army intelligence, public intelligence, and national securities to discuss the situation. that explosion -- that development has come, you know, one day only before the demonstrations expected next friday that alliance already announcing about it. so very complicated political situation, but no political solution, only police pollution, which increase the problem. >> we're going to have to leave it there. thank you very much for talking us through that. >> thank you. >>> a garment factory in bangladesh has been forced to close after a team of inspectors declared it unsafe. as reported, the factory workers say the closures are affecting them badly. >> reporter: this woman and her husband started working at the same -- garment factory over ten years ago. then they worked in a shack. last week the factory was de

security forces killed hundreds of supporters of morsi. he cannot walk. his death sentence was commuted to life in jail today, along with 500 others. his wife says that their three young sons keep asking when he is coming home. our life is pointless without them, she says. since he is gone, the children do not want to do anything. not even play. back at the court, if other cries out to god. the international community will be watching closely and critics may wonder where egypt is heading. >> how far is the egyptian government planning to go? you are watching bbc world news america. by theist comments made owner of a basketball team mak es a firestorm of controversy. a powerful tornado has carved a path of instruction through arkansas. 16 people are confirmed dead after the storm swept through the surrounding area. david willis reports on the storm and its aftermath. likes it in the car. >> you can see from this why they call them twisters. >> a malevolent force of nature. it barrels across the horizon, tearing up everything in its path. this is what happe

were stationed outside cairo university ahead of a planned protest of students supporting mohamed morsi. >>> within the past hour the french prime minister unveiled his new government bringing in the former partner of president francois hollande who also ran for president. she'll be the new environment minister in a major shakeup after the governing party suffered heavy losses. in the new cabinet, eight of the 16 ministers are women. so across the table with her former partner and father of her four sons. >> reporter: that's a lot of attention. the two had fallen out big time. there's been a reconciliation, probably linked to the fact that francois hollande left valerie tree whiler. so she comes back into the cabinet in this ecology stroke energy role which is interesting. she's filling a place there which the greens could have had but couldn't have. the greens who were a coalition partner in the government which was there up until two days ago, the greens have worked out, saying they can't work with the new prime minister because he's too right wig. that's left the space for sig lynd r

since mohamed morsi was wrong from power, students have been making themselves heard all the more since the heavy crackdown on his supporters. several thousand are now being detained. hundreds have been killed in the last few months. -- here in france it is a roadmap that will mean going further and faster. that was a pledge made today by the new prime minister, manuel valls. today he officially took over from the darling of the right, he was appointed yesterday the francois hollande after the local elections. the on his look ahead, manuel valls took the opportunity to have a look back at the track record of the man he was to replace. be your very proud to interior minister and we worked well together. i am proud and honored to be your successor. because it is a case of carrying on and building on the fantastic work you have already done. >> for more on the story we will andk to a senior consultant a pollster here in france. thank you very much indeed for joining us. whobig question now is manuel valls is going to a point. we will hear some announcement of ministers tomorrow. so far, we

this comes with the near daily protests by students, over the ousted islamist president mohamed morsiand exchanges between the head of nato and russia -- the secretary-general says that russia could cause conflict with a potential incursion into the ukraine, in just 3-5 days. andrew rasmussen has called this the gravest -- the incursion into the crimean region the greatest incursion into europe in a generation. nato foreign ministers have vowed to spend -- suspend all cooperation with russia and offer defense to alliance members who feel under threat. russia has accused nato of reverting to the language of the cold war, saying that neither side would gain from the move. a major earthquake has hit the northern coast of chile. hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated. that earthquake triggered a small tsunami. waves 2 meters high battered the coast, but this anomaly alert has since been canceled. miraculously, just five people have been reported that so far. here is william hildebrand. >> the northern coast was struck by a powerful 8.2 earthquake. followed by more than 10 aftersho

general sisi has learned from the mistakes of mubarak and morsi, he is going to show us that everybodyas an equal fair of state television. >> the whitewash is all the way the media is in egypt. >> either they're making a promise that they're going to play to center and this is how they intend to proceed going forward or they're just getting this out of the way to neutralize complaints and they'll go back to marginalizing and giving the lion's share to sisi and they'll always point to what they did on that first night. >> our interview was done by skype, because for aljazeera, operating in egypt these days presents challenges. this past monday, three aljazeera journalists made another court appearance where their request for bail was denied. so they will remain behind bars at least until their next hearing, april 10. they are charged with colluding with what the interim government calls a terrorist group, the muslim brotherhood, a party of egyptians. the presiding judges were told the idea that i have a connection with the muslim brotherhood is pranky, preposterous. >> why are they bei

it has humbled morsi, brought down governments across the middle east but it did not get me.ere to apologize, please welcome the founder of twitter, biz stone. (cheers and applause) biz, first of all, i want to thank you for just dropping everything and flying in from san francisco to apologize to me. >> actually, i'm not here to apologize. >> stephen: i accept (laughter) >> but we will get a chance the talk about my new book. >> stephen: we'll get to that. okay. here's the thing -- when you founded twitter, did you do it just to attack me? (laughter) i mean, did you know there would be this kind of hashtag activism? was this part of the dream? >> um, the dream was to create a platform for, you know, global free speech. >> stephen: okay. >> but, you know, actually, when someone first proposed using hashtags, i said, that's the nerdiest thing i've ever heard. no one will ever do that. >> stephen: mm-hmm. you were wrong. >> i was wrong (laughter) >> stephen: but it has become an incredibly powerful thing. it's taken down dictators across the world, but did not take down me. am

we need to help them eliminate all the weaponization that morsi encouraged and allowed, it turns out, in the sinai, as egypt stands up against radical islam. so i really want to thank the obama administration for supplying hrough and the apay -- apache helicopters that were supposed to be supplied. the general who stepped down as general of the military and who will likely be elected president , as he said previously do, you not understand, we use the apaches to keep the suez canal open. we're using the apaches to clear out the radical islamists in the sinai. why wouldn't you want to help us do that? why would you rather help radical islam? i know that in in body a majority would stand with our president and we would be proud of him if he would protect us and protect israel. stop the nuclear proliferation in its tracks. not by promising to release murderers, not by talking israel into releasing more murderers, not into giving iran billions and billions of more money, not to eliminating any more of the buttions against iran iran, just take -- against iran, but just take out the nuclear

. >>> also in cairo, criminal courts postponed the trial of ousted president morsi. and 35 others.e accused also of carrying out violence by coordinating with armed groups. the trial has been adjourned until next week. more than 100 bodies have now been recovered from a south korean ferry that sank last year. but they are still searching for nearly 200 passengers, most of them children. parents are struggling to cope. >> reporter: they just want to take their children home to give them a funeral, but still they have to wait and watch as each newly discovered booed sdi matched up on the white board, description, clothing, distinguishing features. at sea this huge operation goes on. diving crews having to feel their way through the ship to get to areas where most of the trapped passengers are thought to remain. this has thrown up questions about safety standards and regulation and enforcement across south korea's shipping industry. they said if necessary, inspectors would turn up anonymously and unannounced. but as a company officially classified as excellent, this company merely nee

there are daily protests by those who continue to support ousted president mohammed morsi. >>> and whatay have been a bomb left over fromward killing seven people in thailand. police say construction workers found it buried undera building site, they were trying to take the bomb apart when it exploded. >>> south korean confirming an unmanned drone came down on its border. a similar drone was found last week. hairy faucet has our story. >> reporter: this was what was found on sunday, a camera equipped drone apparently monitoring south korea. >> translator: the relevant departments of the south korean government have confirmed that north korea is responsible for it. >> reporter: north korea has been advertising its prowess in unmanned drones, but analysts in south korea call them antiques. but this week's discovery came just days after a similar craft complete with on-board camera came down on the southern side of the land border. the camera continues images including the president's blue house. we are standing a few hundred meters away from the blue house, police haven't even allowed us

but then up to the border of kansas and mohamed morsi, w mise that tornado off in the distance and it reportedly turned over a railcar. a lot of damage down in some parts of the midwest and deep south and we're expecting to see the system bringing more severe weather. showing you the maps with what we're dealing with today. the broad area of circulation, we have the warm air mass that is ripe for more storms. we have storm watches for parts of mississippi into indiana until noon. >> the anger and outrage of the clipper's owner's comments. they wore their practice jerseys inside out. we have been following the controversy and the calls for action. we're joined with me. >> reporter: a lot of rage and outrage the la clippers have decided to cancel today's practice. now nba commissioner adam silver is still trying to identify the voice that is been alleged to be donald sterling. after the loss, doc rivers said that his team was not mentally or physically in the game. >> reporter: there was no excuse. that's night fault. i got to do a better job. whatever the distractions, i got to do a be

the vote and his sole rival is sabati, who came in third in the 2000 levin election won by mohamed morsithe muslim brotherhood will not contest the election. they have been blacklisted as a terrorist organization. it is related to sars and saudi arabia has confirmed that three more patients have contracted the deadly middle eastern mrs virus. a total of 79 people have succumbed to the disease in saudi arabia, since it was intensified in 2012. >> a sudden uptick of the disease has killed one third of the people infected. saudi arabia, concerned over this -- these new cases ofmrs, -- these new cases of mrs. number ofgs to a viruses -- a family of viruses including sars, and has taken a hundred lives in just under a decade. the minister of health was quick to reassure and said there was no evidence to justify ordering measures such as travel bans and said that this may be part of a seasonal pattern. idea of wider searches in april and may, we have no idea. >> mrs has no antiviral --atment but it does scientists say it originated in camels, which are in the region. some hope it will simply d

he had been leading this crackdown against supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi since july last year. the scenes it was a targeted attack -- it seems it was a targeted attack. he is the third and their general killed since the start of the year. and this is the fifth attack on police target in cairo within the past week. seems also in alexandria today, a police officer was killed during an anti-terror operation. it seems there was an exchange of fire between the police and the people they were trying to arrest and the police officer was killed, as was one of the alleged terrorists. >> the office of the french president has stated that one of two remaining french hostages being held in mali has most likely been killed his captors. it is believed gilberto rodrigues leal may have died several weeks ago due to mistreatment at the hands of his kidnappers. in 2012,ped in mali authorities had been worried about his state for months. and now it seems the worst has come to pass. in a statement, the jihadist group said french hostage gilberto rodrigues leal was dead. the group says paris

there are daily protests by those who continue to support mohammed morsi. >>> and what may have been bomb left over from world war ii exploded in thailand. construction workers found it buried at a working site. they were trying to take the bomb apart when it detonated. >>> south korea confirming an unmanned aircraft that came down on one of its border island on monday is of north korean origin. as harry faucet reporteds from seoul that has led to concerns over a gap in south korea's air defenses. >> reporter: this was what was found. a camera-equipped drone on the day the two sides traded artillery fire. >> translator: the relevant departments of the south korean government have confirmed that north korea is responsible for it. >> reporter: they have been advertising their prowess in unmanned drones, military analysts call them antiques based on 20th century u.s. designs. but this week's discovery on the western island came days after a similar craft came down on the southern side of the land border. the camera contained images of military installations and the residential quarters

have targeted police and military facilities repeatedly since leaders overthrow president mohamed morsi last july. some egyptians worry they'll see more attacks in the run-up to the presidential election scheduled for next month. >>> viktor yanukovych is expressing regret over how he handled things around the time he was forced out as president of ukraine. he gave an interview calling the annexation of crimea a tragedy and saying he wants to negotiate to get the republic back from russia. more from nhk world's craig dale. >> reporter: this is the first interview viktor yanukovych has given since fleeing ukraine more than a month ago. the ousted president talked to the associated press and russia's ntv and spoke over his regret of the annexation of crimea. >> translator: crimea is a tragedy. it is a great tragedy. my viewpoint is that the objective should be as follows. seek ways to return crimea under any conditions. >> reporter: yanukovych lost his grip on power after month of demonstrations against his move to strengthen ties with russia instead of europe. he says it was a mistake to