pro morsi supporters fired the first spots and the first person to die was a policeman.said that the police bore some responsibility saying the death toll could have been much lower if their response had been more targeted. we welcome a spokesman for the wing of the muslim brotherhood, you thank you for coming in. what is your response to the findings of the report? >> in this kind of report, it's a copy from the previous one y , which has been issued from the human rights council. and they ignore a lot of things such as the 37 people, who have been killed inside the police truck. it said nothing about. and also even the massacre of about 12 or 14 massacred. they never charged any person from the police or army who killed these people. they also never mentioned the army. >> in the bit that they talk about, do you acknowledge that they say that the sit-ins caused the officers to lose their focus, and the first person shot was a policeman. >> no, i was there. myself, i was there. there were a lot of snipers, and then they started killing. they started with the tearing gas,

out attacks -- they have carried out attacks in the ousting of president mohamed morsi last year. there is a growing appeal to the group. >> sinai-based militants have carried out a string of attacks targeting egyptian soldiers and police last year trying to assassinate the interior minister with a car bomb. it is the most significant allegiance to the islamic state group today. >> announced our pledge of allegiance -- we announced our pledge of allegiance, to listen and obey in all circumstances. >> their sworn enemy, the president, who led the overthrow of mohamed morsi. the militants want to implement islamic law. jihadist groups -- for jihadist groups, there is a big difference between expressing support and pledging allegiance. >> when the group pledges allegiance, they become under the rule of the islamic state. anyone can support. for jihadist groups, either they are al qaeda or not. >> amongst a few others who have pledged allegiance, including the algerian group time the beheading of french hostage herve godel. the move is influential. >> it allows islamic state to hit in

it says pro-morsi supporters fired the first shot, and the first person to die was a police officermanman. they also said the death toll could have been much lower if the assault was more targeted. >> there has been a previous report by the national council for human rights in egypt about the incidents, which pretty much came up with the same conclusion as this finding -- this fact-finding commission has come up with. in both cases, i would have to say, and from the preliminary readings of the findings of today's report, i would -- i would need to emphasize that again, this commission has looked and -- and has basically overstated the so-called violence by protesters who are joining the attempts. the report conclusions today illustrate a picture as if there was a one violent element in these incidents, which is the protesters themselves. this report really in its recommendations lack tremendously, unfortunately, a call for accountability. it's called on training and raising awareness, police officers who were involved in shooting, but it never asks for, you know, bringing those who --

the government is retaliating against them for protesting in support of deposed president mohamed morsi. they say in june the government also cracked down on the village for proafting and joining what they called a terrorist group. the people who al jazeera spoke othe say dispiet the police crack down they won't be shut do. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >>> tensions between two of asia's largest economies. theirs was just one of many conversations taking place at the asia partial economic conference. >> came from a meeting on the summit's sidelines. a handshake two years in the making. china's president xi jinping and japan's prime minister shinzo abe met. >> no real efforts have been made by either side over the last several years to patch up, to find mode us april ra modus d exchange a few words. >> impact outside the asia pacific region. what would be thought to be a relief for japan's ally, united states. cordial relationship with its huge trading partner, china. the summit is being held here in a sprawling complex north of beijing, built for the olympics. more geopolitical discussio

anti-government protesters took to the streets voicing their support for former president mohammed morsi>>> and al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its journalists. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed are falsely accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their prison sentences. >>> a new report accuses high-ranking officers in myanmar's army of war crimes against an ethnic minority. they looked at the offense tween rebels between 2005 and 2008. this comes a week before the country host's summit that u.s. president barack obama is attending. >> reporter: now top commanders face allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity. the evidence is detailed from a report from the human right's group at harvard law school. it investigated how a large-scale army offensive against armed ethnic fighters fighting for autonomy was carried out. many civilians were killed, 10s of thousands were displaced. the government clals the report is one-sided, and distinguishing civilian and military targets is difficult. the president's

human rights groups say thiazines morsi was removed, 190 people have died inside of the prisons because of poor conditionconditions and if conds don't change, that number could grow. >> and aljazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have been inside of egypt for 230 days. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. and they are appealing their convictions. >> police in india have arrested a controversial guru after a stand off and an operation involving thousands of officers. five bodies have been found inside of the compound. they tried to stop the police from gaining access to the compound. >>> joining us from the outskirts of new delhi with more, first of all, how did this arrest finally come about after 12 days? >> well, it came rather unceremonyiously. for days, as you mentioned there, supporters had surrounded the compound, not allowing the police to come in, and when the police and supporters did finally meet, there were clashes and violence, and five people were found dead. those five bodies, we're not sure how they died, or w

human rights groups estimate that since morsi was removed at least 91 people have died inside egyptian prisons because of torture or negligence. if those things don't change the number could very well grow. >> libya's renegade general haftar saying that air, land and sea offensive will stop for three hours. it will allow humanitarian aid into the besieged city. >>> still to come in this half hour, not so secret any more, we'll show you video of the swearing-in ceremony for an italian mafia syndicate. and how regular mexicans are turning into forensic experts to help find missing people. on >> friday, legendary photographer annie leibovitz. >> of course it wasn't as easy as you think to take that picture. >> the world renowned artist joins al jazeera america for an exclusive interview. >> i look back at my work, i can't pick a favorite picture. >> primetime news. friday. 8:00 and 11:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello again. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the taliban has launched a suicide attack on a complex housing foreign contractors in the afghan capi

the report says that pro-morsi supporters fired the first shot.said the death toll could have been much lower if the response was more targeted. >> this report really in its recommendations not tremendously, unfortunately, called for accountability. it calls on training and raising awareness to police officers who were involved in shooting, but it never asked for, you know, bringing those who are responsible, even for -- what do they say they or what do they refer to as minimal casualties. they have called for any level of accountability. >>> egypt's president has begun a two-day visit to france. they are set to discuss security issues and the crisis in libya and syria. france is the second stop on sisi's trip to europe. >>> the egyptian government is saying that it will open the rafa crossing on the gaza strip for the first time in month. it will be open only to those entering gaza. the crossing has been killed since 30 soldiers were killed last month. >>> journalists from around the world have united in support of al jazeera's staff jailed in eg

they say the government is retaliating against them for protesting in support of mohamed morsi. they say in june the government cracked down on the village for protesting without permission and join what it called a terrorist group. despite the police crackdown they say they will not be silenced and they'll continue to protest. >> and al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of our journalist, who has been detained in egypt for 317 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their prison sentence. >> south african police have launched an investigation into accusations the president used tax-pair money for personal purposes. $23million were spent on upgrades to his home but he said he had no knowledge of the work which included a construction of a swimming pool, visitor center and amphitheater. >> now there has been tense scenes as a joint news conference in belgrade. the two men disagreed publicly over the status of kosovo. monday's meeting was the first time that an a

operative in the middle east last year who said he had morsi, o a guy who said the president morsi, had tried to contract through him to have general al-sisi murdered. i asked our embassy personnel if they had heard of anything like that, they said they had not. and our meeting with general al-sisi, i asked him directly, did you have evidence when you arrested president morsi that he was trying to hire someone to kill you, he beat around the bush twice and ultimately answered yes, we did. and yet we even had republicans go back to cairo and said, put back the muslim brothers. and i met the brilliant gentlemen, muslim, seemed to be a very fine man that was put in charge of the committee to draft a new constitution because the constitution the united states helped and this administration helped egypt to get that led to the muslim brotherhood control of the country had no provision for impeachment. so as muslim brother president morsi began to usurp power, kind of in the same vain as noriega and other dictators who get elected and then start grabbing power, he was doing it in egypt. there

support of president mohamed morsi. protesting without permission and allegedly joining what it calls a terrorist group. the people al jazeera spoke to say despite the police crack down they won't be silenced and they'll continue to protest. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >> monday is the deadline for registering, the government has tightened its squeeze with a number of offices being raided and workers being put on trial. organizations, they also say the law raises concerns that the government of president abdel fattah al-sisi is rolling back freedoms in the 2001 uprising that ou ousted the president. >> handing over their independence or facing prosecution and seeing their organization shuttered. we fear that our community which has spent 30 years championing human rights may be shut down virtually overnight. i think in the last week we saw several leading egyptian human rights organizations boycotting for fear of reprisals. i think the fear is the damage has already been done. no matter what happens today egypt has alr

the anti-government protesters also expressed they support for the ousted president morsi. >>> al jazeeratinues to demand the release of three journalists who have been jailed for 313 days. they >>> now people in a town in southern iraq are slowly returning to their homes after fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant were driven out. it was recaptured by an alliance of iraqi soldiers, shia militias, and iranian advisors. imran khan reports. >> reporter: 72-hour long battle this town has been cleared of isil fighters. now phase two of the operation begins. that means sweeping through the town as well as villages in the area to check for improvised explosive devices and booby trapped buildings. >> translator: this is the main entrance. you can see clearly the destroyed vehicle that isil used for their offensive on the town. they used humvees and other army vehicles, but we have swept them from the other side and managed to clear the main road that was entirely booby trapped. >> reporter: this was an depreciation carried out without coalition air strikes. instead a number of shia

. >> new details from cairo, an investigation to the protest after president morsi was overthrown last year. his supporters were found to be the first to open fire at one demonstration in august. a police officer was killed. a dozen morsi supporters are now serving prison sentences related to those protests. >> our friends and colleagues currently held in prison in egypt were honored last night during the international press freedom awards. a moment of silence was held, today marking 333 days since they were detained. we are keeping our fingers crossed that they maybe released by christmas. >> in hong kong, police arresting protestors including two student leaders at the heart of the pro democracy movement. >> police tore down barricades and pulled down tents. we have the latest from hong kong. >> to many protestors, a rude awakening by bayless declaring this was the day they had to move out or face arrests. even ruder, a confrontation with student leaders who have complained of excessive police force. >> a few minutes later, he was under arrest again, grabbed as police started clearin

we also have the former president mohamed morsi on trial as well on an array of charges. egypt has been following this. but the mubarak trial has been dragging out. we've seen the interest wane a bit from the public. there's also a lot of tension wondering what would happen if he was left free, if tlub massive demonstrations. security forces are definitely prepared for any protests in the street. they said protests wouldn't be tolerated and they would be cracked down on quickly. >> let's reset for our viewers who are joining us. leanne lee, please stand by. for viewers around the world, you're looking at pictures in cairo, egypt. hosni mubarak has been acquitted of all charges. this case stems back some three years ago. he was the president of egypt until a revolution ousted him. he has spent time behind bars awaiting this court case. ian lee joins us on the phone. ian, if you could recap for viewers the latest of what you saw there and the reaction of the former president. >> reporter: well, the president was definitely pleased with the verdict where the court said they

you also have the former president mohamed morsi standing trial on three charges, escaping prison, and a murder trial as well. so the country has had a bit of fatigue when it comes to these sorts of trials just waiting for the verdicts. >> and ian, if he is acquitted, then what for hosni mubarak? does he go back to just living freely in egypt? >> well, he was found guilty on corruption charges and is serving a three-year prison sentence. he has months left in that. if he's found innocent and acquitted today, then he would have roughly a few months left in his other sentence. then he could technically walk free. although, the prosecution could appeal this verdict which would send us, then again, back to the whole retrial of this, and that would be the final verdict, which could be a couple years away still. >> all right, ian lee, watching the developments there in cairo for us. when there's more, we'll come back to you. thank you. >>> now on to nigeria, where the death toll is expected to rise, after a brazen terror attack. at least 120 people died and some 300 were injured after two su

dozens of people demonstrated in the capitol cairo and supporters of the opposed president mohamed morsie was removed in 2014. al jazeera demands the release of journalists detained in egypt for 311 days and greste and fahmy and mohamed are accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood and are appealing. they are talking about the death of mohamed's grandson and this is a scene in iraq where huge crowds have paying homage to a man killed in battle 1300 years ago and crowds turned out in large numbers in lebanon following a call from the leader of hezbollah and there was a day of mourning and here is more from beirut. >> reporter: this shoot out has the tightest security ever and thousands turned up here to commemorate the death of a man who is the grandson of the prophet mohamed and this is an area controlled by hezbollah with security checkpoints every couple of meters and you have men on the rooftops taking care that nothing is happening here and translates to tensions here in lebanon and the spill over of the war in syria has infighting and people as well as fighting in syria on

the first attempt in months to hold large protests since the military's ousting of president mohamed morsi last year. sally, can i ask first about the shooting? what more do we know? >> yes. in addition to the shooting that happened this morning and killed an army officer and wounded two other army soldiers, another army soldier was killed after he was shot by unknown gunmen, northern egypt. and we have also more than 100 people arrested by police forces. this morning, they have been charged with inciting violence and chaos. this rally that was called the uprising of the muslim youth was called for by small ultra conservative group. the original plan was to organize huge rallies in different parts of the country, especially after friday prayers that ended just about half an hour ago. but due to the beefed up security measures taken by police and army forces all over the country, especially places like tahrir square, the ministry of defense, close to the mosques, they were very ready. and what we got from the facebook page is that this rally will last only for 30 minutes and it will not las

and three neighbors of alexandria and took to the streets in support of the ousted president mohamed morsial jazeera continues to demand immediate release of journalists in egypt for 314 days greste and fahmy and mohamed are appealing their prison sentences. on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall one european capitol still stands divide and this is a city split by a u.n. controlled buffer zone and put in place a half a century ago for clashes. efforts to reunite the communities are stalled as john reports. >> reporter: how long would it take you to go from your office to your house if this check point were opened? >> three minutes. >> reporter: she is a turkish separate and lives in the north and occasionally crosses buffer zone to peer through the windows of her childhood home in the greek-controlled republican of cyprus and family left in 1958 when a greek neighbor warned her mother that they were not safe. >> he told her, lady, please take your children and go away because somebody, not from our area came here and asked us to point to turkish separate houses and families

been bracing for large-scale anti-government protests by groups loyal to former president mohamed morsiopposed to the current president, al si si. egyptian security officers arrested 107 alleged members of the muslim brotherhood banned in egypt on suspicion of planning attacks to coincide with today's demonstrations. remember, members of the muslim brotherhood have been in prison in egypt since al sissy took office. >> also there's a call for a muslim youth uprising. there are terror concerns. remember, aum of these demonstrations, the protests are coming a little over a month after a terror attack on an egyptian security force checkpoint very close to the israel and gaza border that killed 31 egyptian soldiers and the group responsible for that attack, jon, has aligned itself with isis and has called for other attacks and not only in egypt but israel as well. >> john huddy, live. thank you. >>> the president of mexico has announced a plan to fight corruption. it lets mexican national lawmakers dissolve local governments which drug gangs are suspected of infiltrating. this comes amid ou

and dirty and narrative you make things worse by pushing out mubarak and by trying to get cozy with morsi. you make things worse with cc. you have to have leased reassess that that given the fact ultimately we have to come to terms with is lomb and the demographic resolution in the middle east is done answered by circumstance. >> i want to ask about the urgent points that you talked about with yemen and the takeover with the threat that iran causes in the region. could you please tell us why that is so important and what are you doing about it? >> that is a great question i will try not to talk too long but to mention nine of the author of a forthcoming book this search for middle east allies which goes back to the doctrine of the '50s and '60s and '70s one of the paradoxical aspects we were involved to support what was known as royalists in yemen fighting against a so-called revolution and by the british from road or to a deniable operation. because. >> caller: airdrops of weaponry who were then supported by the saudis iran was not around. that made it much easier to win the six day war.

cracking down hard on protests today arresting more than 100 followers of ousted president mohammed morsio stage nicewide protoasts it to topple the government. >> after today's violence, let me bring you up to speed. at this point so far according to the numbers we're getting, two officer military officers were killed in an attack in cairo, including a brigadier general with egyptian military. security forces shot to death four protesters. those are the latest numbers we're getting. that's the latest number we got during demonstrations east of cairo earlier today. now, egyptian security forces have really been bracing for large scale anti-government protests by groups opposed to president fatal. today 107 alleged members of the muslim brotherhood. again, remember, banned by the government. many of those members imprisoned were arrested on suspicion of planning attacks to coincide with today's demonstrations. another group is called the front has called for a islam youth uprising. while thousands have taken to the streets for these protests, we're hearing again that security forces really

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he's also not being judged against the morsi standard. he's being judged against a little bit less choate but i think slightly more liberal standard than we saw before. will that, in fact, engender change? will the military in egypt give up power? will we see something moving on to political parties and political competition in the near future? i'm afraid not. i wish i could see it, but i don't think it's going to happen. >> okay. >> i think tunisia is a happy example, but even tunisia's got problems. >> okay. i'm still looking to this side for questions. yes, all the way in the back. >> touching back on russia and the potential energy crisis with russia and the eu, there is the idea floating around that the u.s. wants to export more oil and natural gas to the european union in the next few years to maybe counteract russia's share in energy there. is this going to be plausible in the next few years? is this something that's going to be more effective than the current sanctions that we have? or should we be looking at something more multil

he's not also being judged against the hover -- morsi standard. he's being judged against a slightly more liberal standard than we saw before. but will that, in effect, engender change? will the military in egypt give up power? will we see something moving on to political parties and political competition in the near future? many i'm afraid not. i wish i could see it, but i don't think it's going to happen. >> okay. >> i think tunisia's a happy example, but even tunisia's got problems. [laughter] >> okay. i'm still looking to this side for a question. yes, all the way in the back. >> touching back on russia and the potential energy crisis with russia and the e.u., there's the idea floating around that the wants to export more oil and natural gas to the european union in the next few years to maybe counteract russia's share in energy there. is this going to be plausible in the next few years? is this something that's going to be more effective than the current sanctions than we have, or should we be looking at something more multilateral outside of