for peter greste, which will be a relief for peter and his family. >> it seems quite clear that the egyptian president, the egyptian government is trying to resolve our situation. which is very encouraging to me. we've been fighting to have our name cleared. and it is great to know or get that reassurance. >> now to the story of traditional fab rigs used to address the people of jerusalem for decades. but are fast disappearing from the shelves of a popular american aftenlt once an in -- product. stephanie dekker explains why. >> reporter: in the middle of jerusalem's old city. politics stays at the door. this man's family has been selling fabric for generations. >> sometimes, you know, they do it. he shows us fabric provided by pope ben ticket the 16th. and addressed a prominent person in israel. >> i like people to come to my store. they make a friend in my store. >> we see that when we meet a longs-time client. >> i'm a client, more than a client i'm a friend. all of us are coming here, jews muslims, christians. prettiest face of the whole city. every time i come, i'm here. >> the

you heard about them extensively over the 400 days that peter greste was in jail and a bit more than at for baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy, who have just been pardoned and released from jail by the president of egypt. i was wondering, peter, if you would go back to that day, to december 29, and you been in egypt for two weeks? >> i was only in the bureau covering -- i am not in egypt expert. i had not worked in the country before. i was in kenya covering used africa. that is my patch. they needed someone to work over the christmas-new year period, so i agreed to go in and fill in the bureau. honestly, one of the things that continually frustrated me in a way was that we were arrested for what turns out to be some pretty monday reporting. we were not doing anything particular radical. i was just china make sure the basic story was covered. it was very routine journalism, no for investigation. we certainly were not pushing the boundaries. i was absolutely staggered, to be honest, when the secret service agents -- the special service agents burst into our ram and started picking up all

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were arrested in december, along with peter greste, on charges including aiding the muslim brotherhood, which egypt calls a terrorist organization. the three spent 400 days in prison. and were freed temporarily. peter greste was deported back to native australia before a retrial last month saw mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr sentenced to three years in gaol. al jazeera welcomed the pardon, as did peter greste, who learnt of the news on the set of a game show in sydney. peter greste is not on the pardon list, and metres are the names of 6 other al jazeera employees, 18 other egyptian prisoners are in custody including: it comes on the eve of the president's departure, and may be part of a charm offensive. abdul fatah al-sisi is to speak at the general assembly. the news for secular bloggers is not getting better. a hit list has been published. targetting not only those writing in the country, but those outside of it. a group has been linked to the murders of four conservative bloggers. they are calling to strip the writers of citizenship. th

before we leave a final word from peter greste.e'll see you next time here at "the listening post". . >> i think the war on terror is an absolutely atrocious term. it means everything and nothing, whatever anyone that uses it wants it to mean. anyone who is deemed to be challenging the government, any alternative view can be interpreted as a form of terrorism. in that context, it is difficult for journalists to work with integrity, balance, fairness and without fear. we shouldn't have to work with fear, whether it comes from extremists or right wingers, or governments anywhere. we need to stand up to a powerful campaign, to support the aj staff in egypt. it's the way that there was an extraordinary scrent of purpose and unity everywhere. so in that regard, i think we need to take a lesson, and that is that as a community, an industry, we need to hold together and support one another, fighting to defend the freedom of the press. i'm ali velshi. target tonight. inheriting debt from your parents, if you think it can't happen in americ

but none of the journalist who is were sentenced in abstentia were pardoned, including peter greste, who spent 13 months in an egyptian jail before being deported in february ahead of his retrial. >> freedom at last for al jazeera producer baher mohamed and freelance producer mohamed fahmy. >> what are we going to do? travel the world, celebrate, party. we just really hope that our families have suffered so much since the beginning of this trial, and we're very happy that president sisi took this action. >> the whole nightmare is over. we can live like normal people, go home and enjoy my life. that's it. >> the pardon by president el-sisi is the end of a long ordeal which began in 2013 when they were arrested along with peter greste. he was appearing on an australian tv show. mohamed fahmy was pardoned. >> if he was pardoned, i hope that means that baher is out, too. sorry, i'm feeling-- >> no, no. >> i mean, we've been fighting--fighting for the past eight months for this. >> the three journalists faced charges including aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. in june of last year

. >> al jazeera america journalist peter greste, could be closer to getting a complete partnered, greste's colleagues, boa baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy were pardoned last week. >> i have met with prime minister sisi and spoken with peter greste, and passed on the news that egypt is considering a formal pardon. >> it's very encouraging to me. we have been fighting to have our names cleared for the past two years almost now. and it is great to know, or to get that kind of reassurance. >> now the story of traditionally fabrics used to clothe people for decades. disappearing from the shelves of one popular merchant. stefanie dekker explains why. >> in the area of old jerusalem city, selling fabric for generations. >> and also, the christians which is the people's shops and sometimes we do a gift for pope. >> he shows us fabric provided for the prevention pope, benedict xvi. >> you find a friend, they make friends in my store. >> reporter: we see that when we meet ronnie. >> i've been here for more than 18 years. all of us are coming here, jews muslims christians, this is jerusalem for me. a

in february peter greste was deported to his native australia. mohammed and fahmy were released on bail later that month. they were unable to leave egypt, and th said with their lives on hold they were still serving a kind of sentence. last month the court returned mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed back to prison. the retrial was supposed to give them a second opportunity to clear their names. instead justice was denied yet again. the arrest and detention of mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste damaged egypt's image ray broad. there are, though, other al jazeera staff who were convicted in abstentia at the original trial. at the moment we're not hearing that there is a pardon for the reof us, but it is an egyptian holiday today. we're wondering whether the paperwork just has not been released. if that's not the case, and we're not actually going to be getting a pardon, then we'll be lobbying at the u.n. general assembly to anyone who will listen, to shout out we were just journalists doing our jobs in cairo and this pardon is long overdue.

. >> peter greste peter, one of three al jazeera journalists sensed to court, but he said he does not blame egypt for what has happened. mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been ordered to serve three years behind bars. peter greste was sunsed after being we torted in february. >> i'm notville of all oi'm not blaming all the egypt for this. this ring reminds me that egypt didn't do. it's the judges that did it, the institution did it. i do these forums to remind egypt why it matters. >> the japanese comic books known as manga have become part of the pulling industry. now their popularity is spreading to some of the most unlikely places. we have reports from a library in dakar, senegal. >> the 11-year-old girl is hooked on this japanese manga series. it depicts the adventures of a japanese girl living in hiroshima in the 1930s befor before atomic bomb was dropped. >> i really like this book because of the adventure and the drawing, and sometimes i see myself in the character. it's just fun. >> finding manga in africa let alone senegal is near impossible. >> i put a message up on facebook

but peter greste was deported in february. >> i'm not critical of all of egypt.is is an egyptian ring. i wear it to remind myself that it's not egypt that put me in prison. it's a couple of judges who did it. it's their institutional flaws that did it. i'm trying to use these forums to remind egypt why these things matter. >> the indian government said it will implement an yell pension scheme for its armed forces. nearly three million ex-service men will get the same pension as south africa men of the same rank who are retiring now. veterans have been protesting for 80 days, many have been on hunger strike demanding that narendra modi fulfill a key promise of his election campai campaign. >>> a passion for japanese comics continue to grow. their popularity are spreading across the world to some of the most unlikely places. we go to a comics store in senegal. >> the series features the fictional adventures of a young japanese girl living in hiroshima in the 19 30's before the bomb was dropped. >> i really like this book because of the adventure and drawings, and s

peter greste was tried to absentia after being deported. al jazeera says they were doing there were jobs as journalists. their conviction for operating without a licence is inconsistent with international human rights law. >> members of australia national press club in canberra held up crimes to express solidarity with al jazeera journalist. the club president said there was a message for the egyptian government, free aj staff. al jazeera is demanding their relief >>> investigators in the state of texas examine videos appearing to show police shooting and killing a man with his hands up. a series of fatal shootings sparked protest and scrutiny of police tactics. >> u.s. law enforcement had a very bad year. and this latest video could be inflammatory. gilbert puts his hand up, and is shot. we won't show the moment of his death, which was filmed by a passerby in a car. what we don't see is everything else that happened before that moment. >> two deputies attempted to arrest the individuals, and he resisted. they tried to use nonlethal weapons

peter greste, an australian, was deported in february and tried if absentia. mohammed received an ya six months for having a used bullet casing. al jazeera says they were doing their jobs as journalists. 12,000 troops are preparing to march through beijing on thursd thursday. while it is an event of the past china's maybes are likely to see it as a look at the future. the government can still rely on the military to do as it is told. most of the soldiers are there for pomp and ceremony. pressed into service for the first military parade since xi jinping came to power. soldiers selected for us to interview were on message. careful to play down the tensions today with the country many chinese still regard as the enemy. >> to remember, it is not to keep passing on the hate red. it's to learn the lessons to create a better future. troops from 12 countries, including russia will participate. and have been rehearsing that the capital. this parade is about more than the pasts. it will show case an expanding military taking an assertive stance over the dispute waters

alongs with correspondent peter greste. al jazeera media says according to human rights watch, egypt arrested, charged and sentenced at least 41,000 people between july 2013 and july 2014, extending treatment to international tv journalists shocked the world. a report from the committee to protect journalists in june said egypt has the highest number of journalists behind bars since they began keeping record. in june, a cairo court sentenced the al jazeera team toll seven to 10 years in prison. last january, the court of cassation threw out their convictions, and ordered a retrial. in february, after a year in gaol, egypt allowed peter greste to be deported to his native australian. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released later that month. they were unable to leave egypt. they said with lives on hold they were serving a kind of sentence. their plight inspiring a global campaign of support from grassroots to heads of government. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt, we have been clear publicly and

peter greste spoke just moments a ago. >> if it's concerned we are pardoned and this is really only aartial step but justice needs to be served and anybody who was caught up in this case including all of us who are still convicted in absent must have their names cleared and president sisi has taken a very important step in restoring confidence in the system but it is only a partial step. >> reporter: despite his reservations greste added he is thrilled mohamed and fahmy and their families are together and will be together again soon. now back to our continuing coverage of pope francis' visit to the u.s. and this angle the roman catholic church paid a steep cost for the presex scandal to the coffers and credibility and praised and criticized of the handling of the church sex scandal and acknowledged the severity saying this, sins of clerical sexual abuse against minors have a toxic effect on faith and hope in god. back in 2014 he did meet with a group of abused victims and also created a vatican commission to investigate claims of sex abuse. erica pitsy reports on the pope's actions. >

john terrett, al jazeera, toronto. >>> peter greste, seen celebrating at the end of that report was one jazeera journalists convicted in absentia, now he was deported from egypt earlier this year. after spending 400 days in prison and he's now in australia. well, peter doesn't yet know if he, too, will be pardoned al jazeera's andrew thomas has been speaking to him. >> the great news, not just the good news but the fantastic news is that fahmy and bahar are out of pretzel broughting the freedom that we should never have been denied almost two years ago. and the problem is that we just don't know what the situation is for myself or my six colleagues who were convicted in absentia. it's been wonderful to get this far and, you know, we are very grateful to press sisi for releasing my two colleagues, but this won't be over until everybody who was convicted not just in prison, and sent to prison but also convicted in absentia has their names cleared. until we know exactly what the situation; we really won't be able to celebrate completely. this is an absolutely wonderful day. mind, okay, nev

we saw a final picture of the report from peter greste very happy.or him and another six journalist who his have been tried in absentia, their charges and sentence still remain. what can be done about that, do you snow? >> we need to continue to apply pressure to the egypt government in this case. it's important to know this was a positive development for two of the journalists being finally released from prison again, many other journal assists are affected as your correspondent needed they are subject to a de facto travel ban to any country that may have an extradition treaty t to egypt. it's not just this case but other cases some 18 to other 20 journalists are behind bars in egypt. international attention needs to remain focused on this country. which is suffering from a very repress i have press freedom climb eight right now. >> why is that? just listening to the figures from the report. egypt has the highest number of journalists in the world behind bars. why this sudden change in the way they treat the press? >> well, it's unclear to me exactl

peter greste was sentenced in absentia after being deported in february. >> i'm not critical of egypt. this is an egyptian ring and i wear it to remind myself that it's not egypt that put me in prison, it's a couple of judges. i'm trying to use the rings it remind egypt of why the issues matter. journalistics freedom is written into the constitution >>> after more than a year, the trial of venezuela opposition leader leopold could be drawing to a close. he is charged with inciting a movement. and could face 10 years in prison. this report from caracas. >> reporter: the controversial and delayed trial of a leading opposition figure could be coming to an end. there is no proof that the leading critic of nicolas maduro's government was the prime mover behind violence that rocked venezuela, and left 43 people dead. >> translation: this trial is how to violate due process, and the evidence shows lopez's sentence. >> reporter: accused of instigating violence, and destruction, the evidence hinges on speeches and two deaths that occurred on a day he rollied prorock rallied protesters to march

. >> peter greste seen celebrating was one of the al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia. he was deported back to australia, peter doesn't yet know if he has too been pardoned. >> the great news not just the good news but the fantastic news are that fahmy and baher were pardoned. we don't know what the situation was for myself or my six colleagues who were convicted in absenan senabsentia. until we know exactly what the situation is, we really won't be able to celebrate completely. this is an absolutely wonderful day. i mean okay never mind that there are still some serious question marks over the status of the seven of us who were convicted in absen an absentia. but that is a joy i feel for my colleagues fahmy and baher who are at least celebrating the freedom they really deserve. >> a failed coup in burkina faso. and police in indonesia get ready to clamp down on uber, causing protests around the world. more on that, stay with us. >> what do you want american's to understand? >> there's so much injustice. >> workers are being injured constantly. >> welcome back. a recap o

peter greste, an australian, was deported in february and tried in absentia. mohammed received an extra six months for having an extra bullet casing. there's a simple message for the egyptian government - free a j-staff. al jazeera is demanding their release >>> 12,000 troops are marching through central beijing on thursday. china commemorating 20 years. the event is about the past. china's neighbours are likely to see it as a message for the future. the government may struggle to control the economy. it can rely on the military to do as its told. most of the soldiers are there for the pomp and ceremony, bresed into service for the first military parade since xi jinping came to power three years ago. it will be the first time china marked the surrender with a display of force. soldiers were on message, careful to play down tension was a country many regards the enemy. remember, it is not to keep passing. it is to learn and create a better future. >> troops from 12 countries, including russia and the asian republics will participate and have been rehearsing the

mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr were sentenced to three years in prison after a retrial found them guilty of reporting false news. >> the u.s. pat president obama visited a melting glacier to highlight the impact of global warming. obama noted how much the glacier shrunk in the past century. the u.s. national park said exit glacier has been receding by 30 meters a year. it is his most high profile campaign on climate change yet. >> now, in parts of alaska, coastal erosion is claiming homes and distrubilitying livelihoods within the community. this is a village of 400 people that is falling into the sea. libby casey visited the small hunting region. >> make sure they don't suffer. >> eskimo larry relies on the see and hand for food and his way of life. hunting most of what he eats. it's unpredictable because of the ice. and it's not safe no more. it's scary. it's real scary. >> alaska may be the last front tear, the arctic coast is the front line of climate change. it's harder for hunters, but the village is in danger. >> there's no safe place to go in western alaska. tho

peter greste was deported in egypt. >> this ring, i wear a ring here. this is an egyptian ring, and i water it to remind myself that it's not egypt to put me in prison, it's a couple of judges that did it. their institutional flaws did it. i'm trying to use these forums to remind egypt of why these issues matter. journalists freedom is written into egypt's own constitution. >> waiting for a ticket out of iraq. we'll meet the african refugees desperate to reach europe. >> violent protests in nepal over proposed changes to the constitution. >> coming up in sport, what this australian golfer needs to do to reach the number one spot. that story is coming up a little later. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks

abdel fatah al-sisi marking their long ordeal when they were arrested in december 2013 along with peter greste, al jazeera media said, we're delighted for their release it's hard to celebrate because this shouldn't have happened in the first place. egypt sentenced or charged at least 41,000 people between july 2013 and july 2014, a report from the committee to protect journalists in june says egyptian haegypthas the largestd bars since keeping record. sentenced the team to seven to 10 years, then last january the court of castation threw out their convictions and ordered a new trial. egypt allowed for greste to be deported to his native australia. but the other two were unable to leave genera egypt, they were sl serving a kind of sentence. their plight inspired a huge round of support. >> we have agreed publicly and privately that they should be released. >> last month, the court ordered them back to prison, justice denied. arrest of mohammed, fahmy and greste damaged egypt's reputation abroad. now, he has beens been able to close the case. just before president sisi was mend to address the un

the canadian and injection reporters -- and egyptian reporters, along with australian peter greste, were sent since -- month.entenced last they were convicted in june, 201 4. the case attracted global criticism and a campaign to free the journalists. human rights are groups have accused the egyptian authorities of widespread violations. despite technology the damage the trial has done to egypt's reputation, president sisi insisted on letting the judiciary do its work. the release of the two and the others comes one day before the president plans ahead to the annual u.n. summit and on the eve of eid al-adha. joins: turkey's president the russian president to open a new mosque in moscow. 'the building is the citys biggest -- the building is the mosque of its -- the biggest of its kind. reporter: a capacity of 10,000 -- moscow's newest and largest mosque, a building that cost about 150 million euros. russian president led the grand opening with -- the russian president led the grand opening with mahmoud abbas attending. for vladimir putin, the goal was to ease relations with the muslim comm

the 3-year prison sentence handed down to mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr, and another six al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia. it was another twist. repeated postponements, charges

the end of a long ordeal which began when they armed in 2013 along with al jazeera correspondent peter grestehe was appearing on an australian tv show when he heard the news. >> they have been pardoned. if this means, i hope it means that baher is out, too. i'm feeling very emotional. i mean, we've been fightin fighting--fighting for the past eight months for this. >> the three journalists face charges including aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. last year they were sentenced to to prison and then there was an order of a retrial. in february greste was deported to his native australia. mohammed and fahmy were released later that month but said they were still serving a kind of sentence. there was campaigns and support from grassroots to heads of government. >> we've been clear publicly and privately that they should be released. >> last month the court in egypt the court returned them to prison. the trial was to give them a second opportunity to clear thionase but it was denied. president sisi's pardon has allowed them to close this case without threatening the independence of egyptian

in february, after a year in gaol, egypt allowed peter greste to bet deported to his native australian. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released. they were unable to leave egypt. they said with lives on hold they were serving a kind of sentence. their plight inspiring a global campaign much support from grassroots to heads of government. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists, we have been clear publicly and privately that they should be released. >> reporter: last month a court returned mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr to finish. a retrial supposed to give them a second opportunity to clear their names. >> the arrest and detention damaged egist's reputation abroad. the pardon allowed him to close the case without threatening the independence. >> mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were pardoned before abdul fatah al-sisi is due to address the united nations in new york next week. it may take mohamed fadel fahmy who is canadian, a while to get to toronto. it's the start of the holiday eid, and that could slow his progress down. there are other al jazeera staff con

on saturday fahmy along with baher mohamed, and peter greste were given a three-year jail term for quoteding false news. human rights lawyer says she has had support from canadians on the ground, but she believes the government can do more to help. >>> well human rights including the freedom of expression are under attack in gambia. amnesty international saying the situation is getting worst after the government refused to address recommendations put forward by the u.n. back in march. our correspondent has the story from senegal. >> reporter: it's a song gambian radios won't put on air. ♪ >> reporter: and yet it's going viral, spreading online throughout the country. it denounces gambia's freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and rampant corruption. >> after being fed up and seeing my people not being able to speak out against police brutality, against corruption, against people going missing for no reason, not being able to speak out against the level of hardship in this country, i really believe in the voice of the people, and it's on me to speak out against what is going on. >> repor

reporter: lawyer called for the prime minister to intervene in his case and fahmy with mohamed and peter gresteven a prison sentence a charge they and al jazeera rejects and human rights lawyer says she has had support from canadians on the ground but says the government can do more to help. two british journalists and their iraqi producer working for vice news charged by a turkish judge with being members of i.s.i.l. and they were arrested on the 29th and have been filming fighting between security forces and east member of the pro-kurdish pkk and all three will stand trial and kept in jail until then. the united nations has confirmed i.s.i.l. has destroyed another significant ruin in the ancient city of palmyra. now this is what the temple of bell looked like earlier in the week but the u.n. has now released these satellite images taken on monday showing what is left. earlier in august i.s.i.l. bombed this temple on the site. a second ukrainian policeman died from injuries he suffered during fighting outside parliament on monday. the pictures show a suspect hurling a grenade that killed a man

australian peter greste who was depart ed in february was tried in absent shape that. the u.n.'d kay described their convention for operating without a license as inter consistent with international human rights law. the clubs president says there is one simple message for the egyptian government, free al jazerra staff. al jazerra is demanding their meet release. >>> former congolese rebel leader is on trial at the hague for war crimes. the charges against him include murder, rape, and recruiting child soldiers, barnaby phillips is life for us at the hague. barnaby, tell us more about him and what he has allegedly done in the past. >> reporter: he had a checkered career in the awful chaos that has blighted eastern congo for almost 20 years now. he participated in the original rah bell i don't knows against the former president and he was a warlord in the early 2,000s, the charges against him pertain particularly to the period two noun two, 2003, in the eastern province of. [ inaudible ] but he carried out in a very active military role long after that. at one point he was actual

the 3-year prison sentence facili pa handed down to mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badrand another six al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia. it was another twist. repeated postponements, charges that defy ef

australian peter greste was deport ed in february and was ride in absentia.zerra says they were simply doing their jobs as journalists of the u.n. david kay describe their conviction for trait prating without a license is inconsistent with international human rights law. >>> members of australia's national press club have held a rally to express solidary with the al jazerra journalists. the club's president says there is one simple message, free aj staff. al jazerra is demanding their immediate release. >>> investigators in the u.s. state of texas are examining videos that appear to show police shooting and killing a man with his hands up. a series of fatal police shootings in the last year sparked protests and increased scrutiny of police tactics. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement has had a very bad year. and this latest video could be inning flam torre. gilbert flores puts his happen up and is shot. we won't show the moment of his death which was filmed by a passerby in a car. but what we don't see is everything else that happened before that moment. >> two

case that mohamed and fahmy walked free last week and two more work for al jazeera arabic and peter grestek cane work for al jazeera english at the time of their convictions and three are egyptian and cannot return for fear of arrest to their country and they and al jazeera deny all allegations against them. >> we are very grateful to president sisi in pardon ending our colleagues. this is the thing that has been really worrying us all up until this point and fantastic to see them as free men. this was in pardon ending these guys, president sisi and his i think acknowledged there was an error, there was a mistake that was made here and that he has moved towards readdressing that but this is just a step. what he has to do from here on is to pardon the rest of us as he has promised and what i wanted to say to you today is i have formally began that application process by writing to president sisi by submitting our application and lodging our application in through the court. >> reporter: the head of a u.s. family planning organization has been facing tough questions from a congressional comm

president abdel fatah al-sisi is th the end of a long ordeal, whether they were arrested along with peter greste. he was appearing on a australian tv show. >> if he's got a pardon i hope that baher is out too. it's hard to imagine couple i'm feeling really -- >> exactly. we know. >> we have been fighting for past eight months for this. >> the three journalists face charges including aiding the now band muslim brotherhood. in june of this year a court sentenced them to seven to ten years in prison. then last january the court of castation threw out theirics requests and added ordered a nw trial. greste was deported to his native australia but mohammed and fahmy were held in egypt. are. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt we were clear publicly and privately that they should be released. >> last year the court returned mohammed and fahmy to prison. the retrial was supposed to grant them release but yet, that was denied. president sisi's pardon has allowed him to close this case without threatening the independence of egypt's judiciary. there are, though, other al jazeera staff who

. >> members of the press sof for al jazeera mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste were givenhree years sentence. al jazeera is demanding for their immediate release. >>> already, still to come on the program. >> how hollywood may have softened the blow when it comes to concussion. one of the biggest issues in american theater. >> hello again. let's go to sport now with rob robin. >> felicity. good to see you. thank you very much. we'll go to flushing meadows where serena williams to reach the third round of the u.s. open. it was a tougher than expected assignment for the 33-year-old. a dutch opponent making her work for her first set win. five more victories and she'll achieve a calendar year grand slam. >>> the south africa's rugby club spring springboks has given permission to pack its bag. it was claimed that it was not fulfilling its obligation under the government transsignificance policies. >> there may have been the feeling among white people that rugby is the last institution in our society where they can express themselves it is definitely a jealous guarding of rugby

president abdel fatah al-sisi marking the end to their ordeal, when they were arrested along with peter greste. al jazeera media says, we are delighted, but this whoap episode shouldn't have happened in the first place. , egypt arrested and sentenced at least 41,000 people between july 2013 and july 2014, extending this to international tv journalists shocked the world. egypt has the highest number of journalists behind bars since the group began keeping records. in june of last year a cairo court sentenced the team to 17 years in prison. last july the court of castation threw the cases out of court. they were unable to leave egypt they said with their lives on hold they were still serving a kind of sentence. their plight inspired a global campaign of support from grass roots to heads of government >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt, we have been clear in public and privately that they should be released. >> the retrial was supposed to give them and greste a second opportunity to clear their names. instead justice was denied. the arrest of mohammed, fahmy and greste, sisi was

their colleague peter greste was also sentenced to three years. al jazeera rejects the charges against all the journalists and demands the release of fahmy and mohammed. >>> in drug producing nations including peru the battle begins at the source. are mariana sanchez takes us into the jungles of that country. >> after a tip, special police marched across rivers and marshes. commander carlos sanchez led the team as they set out to find a coca lab. the shots are fired to warn the producers. most people are involved in the drug trade. just as we were arriving the traffickers fled. they left behind their bread, they left behind boots. these sacks of coca leaves the police say were about to be thrown into the pool to make the coca paste from which cocaine is made. authorities say this lab is big enough to produce $50,000 worth of coca paste each day. >> translator: the size and location of the lab tells us they were professionals. >> reporter: the stench of comic chemicals such as acid and gasoline is everywhere. the residue is thrown away contaminatin

. >> several current and former aljazeera journalists have pealed to the egyptian president peter greste was released and deported from egypt after 400 days in jail. >> we're grateful for president presidencpresident sisi, and i think that he has acknowledged that there was a mistake that was made. and he has moved toward addressing that. but this is just a step. what he has to do from here on is to pardon the rest of us, which he has promised. and what i want to say to you today, i have formally begun by bringing to president sisi, in through the court. >> three of the journalists are egyptian, and they won't return home for fer of arrest. the judicial lifts and aljazeera deny the allegations against them. >>> afghan troops are now battling the taliban for the control of the northern city of kun izu. this morning, the u.s. launched an airstrike to protect. and a large-scale effort will be required to reclaim that city. >> there are no government troops left here. the call ban fighters are controlling large parts of kunduz city. and here they are raising the flag in the square. the afgha

yesterday we were joined on the show by one of the three al jazeera journalists, peter greste, who haseen held for 400 days and not part by the government for being a reporter in egypt. s record in sisi' killings, the u.s. selling millions of dollars, to say the least, actually supporting egypt to the tune of billions of dollars, and yet you have hundreds of people praying in the street who were gunned down, the egyptian government just finishing a massive military operation in northern sinai saying they killed "500 terrorists." >> well, you know, hypocrisy is not something that is restricted to one theater of the world or the other. at the same time as all this is going on, the united states has been resupplying saudi arabia as it has bombed the yemen and very much the same way the united states resupply's israel in its bombing of gaza. there is no question of responsibility to protect civilians either in yemen or in gaza or indeed in egypt. it is very clear morality in foreign policy is selectively applied. in his u.n. speech, vladimir putin said people accuse russia of having ambiti