it was a year ago today that al jazeera'saljazeera's peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. andrew simmons has more. >> al jazeera's doha headquarters parking an anniversary we find hard to absorb. reporting arrests of three of the network's journalists in cairo. then 12 months behind bars for just doing their job!

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for exactly a year. all surviving passengers have been successfully lifted from a ferry that caught fire near the italian coast on sunday. eight people are now known to have died. and the head of an indonesian search team session a missing yaishedairasia plane is likely at the bottom of the java sea flight qz8501 was on way from surabaya to singapore with 161 on board. >>> suicide bomb blast in iraq couple attack happened in the taiji area. northwest of baghdad. providing food and drings to drinks to samararra. samarra-bound knowledge pilgrims. >> body taken to home town of havaz in southwestern iran where he will be buried on tuesday. ba you rein's main knowledge opposition party clashes between security forces and oips groups, sheik saman acknowledge head of the sunni party in the gulf kingdom. >>> the israeli military says a palestinian man has been shot dead during ooh confrontation in the west bank. soldiers fired warning shots in the air to discourage a group of palestinians throwing stones at them

and the plane disappeared after takeoff on sunday. >>> three al jazeera joucialists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed -- journalists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for a whole years, they were falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and damaging egypt's reputation abroad. >>> officials on the ferry is under control say officials. the rescue operation is continuing for the 183 people still on board >>> a new intelligence sharing pact between south korea, the u.s. and japan comes into effect on monday. it will allow seoul and tokyo to share military secrets on north korea through the united states. harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> any kind of military pact between japan, south korea's former colonial ruler is viewed with a good deal of suspicions by politicians and members of the public at large. that is why it was announced on friday, that it would be signed on monday the 29th of december. indeed it's emerged it was signed on the same day it was announced and goes in effect on monday. a good deal of managing of the proc

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. the outcry will this move them? >> i think the egyptian regime wants to stabilize the country now, pull it more into their hands. so they would more possibly release our journalists in reward of getting more international support for the regime itself and they would use that as a way to let's say you know convince the outside world that there is a freedom of press in the country and that journalists can walk free. >> you've spent a lot of time behind bars. without charge. for ten months. describe to us your experience, and you know, what peter, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy might be going through what you went through, what was it like for you? >> i think it's, if i might use that expression, a one-of-a-kind experience. you get to be kind of totally denied from your basic human rights. you don't get to see your relatives except once in a week. and in my colleagues' case, just once every two weeks. of course there is not any kind of medical care, not any kind of, you know, free time for them to, you know, go around

. >> three al jazeera journalists have been jailed, our colleagues peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. andrew simmons reports. >> iforts one yearit's one year since aan al jazeera team was arrested, for just doing their jobs. peter greste, bureau chief mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed . they spent time in jeeght egypt getting to see their son. >> it's amazing he's inspiring us all to go on. because as we all know this has been a very, very lon struggle. long struggle. >> it's been a year that's seen protests spread around the world. the hashtag freeajstaff, gone viral around the world. >> we agree publicly and privately that they should be released. >> al jazeera has maintained the media campaign. >> we work in so many different places and we should be taken as a professional media institution not as a part of any political or ideologic or any other establishment. >> egypt's president abdel fatah al-sisi insisted it was a matter for the courts. president sisi has suggested that he would have preferred to have the journalists deported, perhaps a sign that he was aware of the dam

operation is ongoing for the 188 people left on board >>> and three al jazeera journalists, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, have now been in prison for a whole year. they were falsely accused and sentenced for aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood and damaged egypt's reputation abroad >>> we are staying on the story of our detained colleagues. al jazeera's kristen saloomey spoke to richard stenningle, the u.s. under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, and he told her the continued detention of our colleagues is worrying for the u.s. administration. >> yes, we are very concerned about it. myself, as a former journalist it's something that i feel passionately about. the fact that the al jazeera three were detained for committing journalism is state government that goes against everything we believe in. we believe in a robust free speech environment and that is something that is important for egypt too, going forward for their economy, foreign investment. we constantly urge people all around the world, and the leadership in egypt to preserve and protect the free spa

yet these men, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are the first to acknowledge they are amongthousands who fall victim to silence the messengers. >> as peter so eloquently put it from his prison cell, we no longer report from the front line nowadays we are the front line. >> in no place more bloody than syria where at least ten journalists are killed. al jazeera journalist baran al diri. at least seven dead in ukraine where a new conflict erupted. in many zones of conflict, governments are directly involved. governments that appear to regard journalists as necessary collateral damage in the pursuit of political ends. and the thousands of reporters who have been imprisoned around the world are testament to the fact that in many cases suppression of the media is a matter of law not mere chance. but over the past year the rise of nonnation actors, the militant groups that will use any means to secure an ideologic or religious end chips to barter or to be barbarically disposed of. yet the powers of those who seek to shine lights on events remain undiminished. luke somers burns bri

it was a year ago today that peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. andrew simmons has their story. >> reporter: al jazeera's doha news center marking an anniversary the staff here and in the rest of the world find hard to absorb. it is now one year since a phone call to the news desk reporting the arrest three of the network's journalists in cairo. then 12 months behind bars. for just doing their job. right across the world there were newsroom vigils and protests outside egyptian embassies. a trial in cairo had failed ocome one any evidence to incriminate the staff or associate them with what egypt described as terrorists. all the charges against correspondent peter greste, bureau chief mohamed fahmy and producer baher mohamed were false. baher's wife spiking from her home in egypt impressed her desperation. >> translator: my life is wrecked and so are the lieftion lives of our children. the head of the family has been in prison for a year for no justification or crime. >> peter greste's parents have spent christmas day in egypt getting an hour and

peter greste, mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed were held on false charges of helping the muslim brotherhood, all three are appealing against their convictions. >>> a cuban doctor who contracted ebola while treating patients in sierra leone, has returned home. he spent six days in geneva after receiving experimental treatment. he has now returned home. >>> argentinian forensic officials say they have identified one of mexico's 43 missing students. the body was among the charred remains of those found near a garbage dump in november after gang members in prison gave details of a mass killing and have been nationwide coverage since the students went missing in guerrero state months ago. >> drug gang members killed and burned all of the 43 students soon after they went missing in september. so far morda seen in this picture has been the only student identified. but in the coming days more remains may be confirmed as those of the missing students. the imirming with confirmation s murder. >> it has been confirmed it is him. >> the announcement comes more than two months after the students were at

vigils were held in news rooms across the world against the arrest of peter greste mohammed fahmy, andohamed. baher wife expressed her desperation. >> translator: my life is wrecked, and so are the lives of our children. the head of our family has been in prison for a year for no justification or crime. >> reporter: peter greste's parent has spent christmas day in egypt, getting an hour and a half to visit their son. >> he is truly amazing the way he has been able to draw upon his reserves of resilience and strength and in fact inspire us all to carry on because as we all know this has been a very very long struggle. >> reporter: it's been a year that has seen protests spread around the world, the hashtag free aj staff went viral. world leaders including the u.s. president add their voices. >> we have been clear both publicly and privately that they should be released. >> reporter: al jazeera has maintained its public campaign. >> al jazeera is a media institution, we work in so many different places and we should be taken as a professional media institution, not as a part of political

al jazeera continues to call for the release of their journalists, 365 days imprisoned, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are appealing against their convictions. thousands have attended the funeral of new york police officer rafael ramos he was one of two officers shot and killed while in a patrol car on december 20th. ramos casket was carried out with police giving him a final salute. police commissioner bill bratton have been posthumously been . >> this is finest police department in the united states, they thearnd phrase. >> highlighted their anger towards the mayor nationwide protests officers had also turned their backs on mayor deblasio when they turned their back on him. on. >> young classical musicians from around the world. one of the main reasons is generous public subsidies. nick spicer reports. >> reporter: a mozart aria sung by rachel finland. she has had some success at home but she moved to berlin. >> there's ten classical concerts to see every night of the week. as a performer the education side of that, the learning that i get from seeing these amazing performances eve

peter greste mohamed fadel fahmy, and producer baher mohamed were all convicted in june. it was a trial that had no compelling evidence against them. peter's parents spent christmas day in egypt getting australian hour and a half to visit their son. >> he is truly amazing the way he's been able to draw upon his reserves of resilience and strength and in fact inspire us all to carry on because as we all know this has been a very very long struggle. it's been a year that has seen protests spread around the world. the #free aj staff went viral. it wasn't only journalist, world leaders added their voices. >> we have been publicly and privately that they should be released. >> al jazeera maintained their public campaign. >> we work in so many different places and we should be taken as a professional media institution, not as a part of political or ideological or any other establishment. >> egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi insisted it was an issue for the courts. their appeals process is due to start this week. what has been going on behind the scenes is less clear. the pre

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were held for rrm accusation ever support of the muived. >>> because the u.n. said it can't afford to feed syrian refugees. details coming up. >> hello again, the top stories on al jazeera. somalia based armed group al shabaab has claimed responsibility for an attack on a quarry in kenya's mandera county. the iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi has sacked members of the military ministry. >>> launched by i.s.i.l. on the border crossing. it's been two years since enrique pena nieto became president. but thousands want him to survive. they're angry at his handling of the 43 students who disappeared. >> anger returned to the streets of mexico city on president enrique pena nieto's second anniversary in office. protests destroying things on their way. there is a group of anarchists that are setting themselves on fire. >> it was mayhem. thousands have taken the streets to ask president pena nieto to step down. a so-called mexican awakening with protests for the last two months. >> shame on you. i pay your salary and my taxes are robbed by a co

is that the real cause for the jailing of mo mohamed fahmy, bahar mohamed and peter greste.touched on it briefly before the break. please expand on that idea. is this a way at slapping at qatar without directly doing anything aggressive? >> i think it's slapping at qatar, but also more directly aid at the muslim brotherhood this. over reaction shows a sense of desperation, i think their concern is if the egyptian people have access to information that shows a different perspective. even if that per perspective is allegedly biased but anything that the not pro regime, the egypt people may question his legitimacy. it's not just about qatar. qatar surely is a target because the al jazerra network is a very powerful one and many people watch it on the internet or through satellite television. but more directed at the muslim brotherhood. because they were the only meaningful opposition that proved that it could take over parliament and win a president she. so to the extend al jazerra gives any opposite perspective or different perspective in any other perspective, i think it will

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed, all jailed on charges of helping the outlawed muslimhood. muslim brotherhood. and they have lodged appeals against those convictions. >>> the u.s. president barack obama spoke to the egyptian president specifically about the plight of these three. deputy spokesmen of the u.s. national security counsel say that mr. obama, quote: >>> plans by the israeli government to develop the desert are threatening a way of life of palestinian bedwin. they are being asked to move out. and it's not the first time. andrew similar months reports. >> reporter: in every direction you look in this part of the z dessert, you will see bedwin communities. but they believe the latest development plan the government is working on, once again threatens their ancestral homeland. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this is what happened with the last plan. mass protests, which turned violent. eventually moves to resettle thousands of bedwins in towns were dropped. but now campaigners fear they could be faced with a similar situation again. >> we want to maintain our life. we

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed were jailed on false charges of hous helping oe loud muslimhood and they are appealing their convictions. >>> on saturday china will mark the 77th anniversary of the massacre. more than 300,000 chinese were killed by the japanese army in 1937. decades after the went of world war ii people in a remote corner of china are still falling victim to it the chemical weapons left behind. adrian brown reports. >> reporter: across the frozen landscape of northeast china lies the destructive legacy of another country. it's a bomb. one of 700,000 the japanese government admits to. more than half of them in this province. >> translator: they are everywhere. sometimes we find them when we dig the land. >> reporter: his son was badly under -- he was badly burned after stepping on a shell 10 years ago and can't understand why this one hasn't been removed. >> translator: of course we worry. how can we not. it could kill us if we excellently touch it. >> reporter: nearby, a father of another victim, he tells me his son was playing with friends beside this now f

the release of our three journalists who have now been in prison in egypt for 364 days, peter greste, mohamed fahmyed were falsely accused and convicted of helping the out loud muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> in bahrain, thousands of anti-government protesters have been rally on the ground a highway that links the capital to a northwestern town. opposition leaders and demonstrators marched alongside prominent activist. he was recently released from prison after spending two years behind bars for organizing and taking part in frosts. the demonstrations started three years ago calling for bahrain sunni leaders to implement reforms. >>> two iraq where isil still controls parts of sinjar despite the gains made by peshmerga forces. kurdish troops they are pushing towards the certainty of sinjar but isil still controls many neighborhoods, they took much of the town earlier this year. mean while, peshmerga forces defending erbil, that's the capital of iraq's kurdish region says they need more heavy weapon to his help them in their fight against isil. ma mom he had a d

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the out lawedm brotherhood. peter greste and mohammed fahmy were each sentenced to seven years. baher mohamed was given an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at a protest. >>> the u.s. state of ohio suspended all executions in may after a series of botched executions. now state legislators are trying to pass a measure that would keep what happens in the death chamber a closely guarded secret from the public. >> reporter: it was father lawrence hummer's first execution, but he knew something was going horribly wrong. >> he -- after two minutes began to gag audibly. and literally gag. and you could see his stomach begin to bloat. this was simply monstrous, as far as i was concerned, and it was contemptible. >> reporter: the lethalen injection lasted nearly half an hour. it was ohio's fourth botched execution in recent years. european drug makers now refuse to supply the cocktail used for executions. some doctors have refused to participate. so now t

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on charging of helping the outlawed muslimhood. they have launched appeals against the convictions. >>> politicians in the u.k. are to vote on a law which will force companies to publish what they pay men and women. it is designed to reduce wage inequality. >> reporter: despite over 40 years of equal rights legislation, there are still huge discrepancies in what men and women get paid for doing the same job. in many companies women learn thousands less than men. that outraged a women's magazine editor, who started a petition to change the law. >> one woman wrote in and found out a colleague who was doing exactly the same job as her was paid 9,000 pounds more than her. and to make matters worse, at the end of that year, while he got a 2 thousand pound bonus, she was given a hundred pounds of shopping vouchers. >> reporter: the scale of the so-called pay gap says that on average women earn 23% less than men. it gets even less for women over 40, all of which means if a woman in the u.k. wants to earn as much as her male equivalen

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawedm brotherhood. all three are appealing against their convictionses. >>> sierra leone has imposed a two-week lockdown after healthcare workers discovered a rise in the number of infections. 87 bodies have been buried in the last 11 days, and authorities see ebola statistics in the country underrepresent the situation. ebola has killed more than 6,500 people in west africa. we spoke to a spokes women for the world health organization. and she says people attending funerals are spreading the virus. >> go-- generally infections ar spread two ways, one is by attending unsafe burials. there's some rituals, washing of the body, and there are some rituals with the water which is very dangerous. for these people to come and touch that person and weep and brush away the tiers that's when they introduce the ebola into their bodies. when they wipe away a tear, they can be giving themselves ebola. and then if you are caring for season -- someone who is very sick in your house, it's very easy to cat

port -- peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed being accused of helping the outuslim brotherhood. >>> malala yousafzai, and kailash satyarthi have received the nobel peace prize. the 17-year-old yousafzai is now the youngest winner ever. >> as far as i know, i'm just a committed and even stubborn person who wants to see every child getting quality education, who wants to see women having equal rights, and who wants peace in every corner of the world. >> my only aim in life is that every child is free to be a child. free to grow and to love. free to eat, sleep, and see the light. free to laugh and cry. free to play and learn. free to go to school. and over all, free to dream. >> the zimbabwe president has named two deputies. >>> the u.n. is hosting a climate change conference in peru where 194 countries must reach a draft deal to limit the carbon dioxide they emit. global fisheries are just one of our food forces threatened by rising temperatures and ocean acidificatiom. >> reporter: off of the coast of peru lies one of the most fertile fisheries in the world. she

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhoodl three are appealing against their convictions. >>> russia's strained relationship with the west over the ukraine crisis has meant that it wants to deepen its ties with china. but the two countries will have to put years of mistrust behind them in order to make the most of new commercial opportunities. rory challands reports from russia's far east. >> reporter: the first restaurants he set up in russia is getting a renovation. these days, the chinese business woman commands a local empire of seven eateries, and several construction projects. >> translator: now we feel russia and china have good relations. in the last six months, many people wanted to invest money in russia, but they are being cautious. they are studying the market. i have always told my colleagues there are many opportunities and it's very profitable to invest in russia now. >> reporter: one of the more successful members of a chinese community that's decided this is a place where money can be made. they haven't had t

. >>> al jazeera continues to call for the release of itself journalists peter greste, mohammed fahmybaher mohamed have now been imprisoned in egypt for 361 days. they were falsely accused and convicted of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> a teenage refugee from syria will soon be performing at carnegie hall. >> reporter: to hear him play, you would think he had been doing it for years. ♪ >> reporter: but this 16-year-old from syria only started playing the piano 18 months ago. after he and his family fled to turkey, he came to the academics institute. his teachers were so impressed with him in his first class, they awarded him a scholarship. his skills have quickly brought him to national attention in turkey. thanks to a personal intervention this month from president erdogan, he and his family now have citizenship, allowing him to travel and to enter several musical competitions. >> translator: i represent turkey. i'm quite happy because i live here now, but i'm sad at the same time, because syria does give me such chances. >

peter greste and two egyptian producers. mohammed fahmyand baher mohamed who also holds canadian citizenship. six months later, john kerry let with egypt's new president and protested the journalists' defense. during the talks kerry offered to release u.s. aide to the egyptian government. >> i emphasized our strong support for upholding the rights and freedoms of all egyptians, including free expression. >> that did little to help the jailed journalists. the very next day an egyptian court convicted all three of aiding terrorists and reporting false news. they have always maintained their innocents. the obama administration has released $570 million worth of aid and ten app patchy helicopters to the egyptian military. in december the u.s. congress inserted language into his 2015 spending bill that would make egypt's aid contingent on progress made on free and fair elections and the freedom of expression, but gives the u.s. secretary of state discretion to wave those conditions if doing so is deemed to be in the u.s. national interest. >> w

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were sentenced to three years in prison. baher mohamed to an extra three for having a bullet in his possession, which he picked up at a protest. >> vladimir putin is trying to cope with western sanctions because of the fighting in ukraine. bernard smith reports from istanbul, on the position for expanding their alliance. >> reporter: business is booming at this fruit and vegetable wholesale market. exports to russia are up by 450% this year. thanks to russia's ban on imports from the european union. >> we want turkish leaders to talk about peace with russia and the world to increase trade. russia is a good market for us. they can sell us gas, and we sell them fresh produce. >> reporter: trade between russia and turkey was words $32 billion. both sides want to increase it to $100 billion a year. business doesn't seem to be affected by the significant political differences between the

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawedotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> spanish and moroccan police have arrested seven suspected members of a network which they say was trying to recruit women for islamic state of iraq and the levant. the two suspected heads were based in morocco. four women including one minor were arrested in the spanish enclaves. and another arrest was made in the city of barcelona. >> reporter: in total seven people were detained both here in morocco and across the border in spain. according to a statement issued by the minister of interior, the two cell leaders were arrested in the town of nadic, and more people were arrested in three other towns. most people detained were females. according to the statement their role was to recruit women that would go to join isil in syria, and/or iraq, their role would be either to marry fighters or indeed to carry out suicide attacks on the front line there. now this is not the first time that such cells are dismantles, especially in tw

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed therhood. nay are appealing against their convictions. peter greste and mohammed fahmy were sentenced to seven years. boou bah -- baher mohamed given an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his prosense, which he picked up at a protest. we can talk to kathy a long time journalist with the associated press. congratulations, kathy shot by an afghan policeman in april of this year, joining us live now from toronto. good to see you looking in such fine health, kathy. take us through what happened to you. >> it was -- we were in a a police compound. and we were in a police compound talking to all of the policemen and then we were going to go to the village -- >> kathy, i have to stop you, you'll understand why. i'm going to come back in a minute, because we have john kerry talk about isil. if you don't mind we'll ask you to sit there, and maybe give us some of your thoughts after we listen in to the u.s. secretary of state. >> -- we also acknowledge there is a lot more work l

members the release of our three journalist who have been in prison in egypt for 353 days, peter greste, mohamed fahmyre are mohamed were jailed on false charges. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> well, russia has raised interest rates to 17% to try to stave off a full-blown currency crisis. the ruble has fallen 45% against the dollar this year and that's despite regular support from the central bank. the country's economy has been hit hard by a combination of plunging oil prices and western sanctions against moscow over the situation in eastern ukrai ukraine. >>> shia houthi fighters in yemen has attacked at area north of the capital sanaa. it's part of the rebels' effort to consolidate further control of the country even after ideal earlier this year. randle reports. >> reporter: smoke billowing in the distance a sure sign that houthi shia rebels are still trying to get a foot hold north of the capital. this is our hub, yemen's main opposition party. local reports say their main building was bombed in yes cent days along with six schools and three mosques. several tribal elders and l

today marks the one year anniversary everring peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed sentenced to being irm prisonment. abdullah al shami earlier todaying described the conditions of his captivity. >> if i may use the expression it's like a owsk experience because you get to be totally denied from your basic human rights, you don't get to see your relatives, except once in a week and in my colleagues case, just once every two weeks, of course there's no kind of medical care, there's no any kind of free sometime for them go around or do whatever they could think about and the conditions nsh any prisoner in egypt, that applies to my colleagues as well miserable conditions. the way the cells look like, the hygiene, everything related to normal human conditions, basic human rights, they have been deprived of. >> guide dispietdespite the dangers journalists still go out and do their job. including intimidation from their own governments. roxana saberi has more. ♪ ♪ >> mikel zeber says running an independent tv station isn't easy. he's earned the rath of russian authorities. >> unfor

release of our three journalist who his have now been held in prison in egypt for 348 days, peter greste, mohamed fahmyamed were jailed on charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> the u.s. city detroit is to begin the process of paying off its creditors as it officially exits the largest civic bankruptcy in u.s. history. once of powerhouses of the u.s. motor industry the city ended up nearly $20 billion in debt. >> there is now over a billion dollars that will be set aside to reup zest in better services and better things going on for the sheet of detroit going forward. if you look at the time frame over the last year or so we have seen a major improvement in city services. which was long overdue. and it's exciting to see response times on public safety improving light removal taking place, streetlights going up, trash removal taking place to. sigh this is only the beginning i've stronger foundation that i am confident the mayor and city council are only going to make things better and better. >>> ukrainian and al australian leaders have paid

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed, appealing against their convictions. >>> israel has opened eight investigations into the killing of palestinian civilians during attacks ton gaz onto gaza strip. most the victims were children. human rights groups have accused israel of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. >> reporter: the israeli government says it doesn't trust the u.n. human rights council. that organization is investigating possible war crimes committed by israeli soldiers during the latest assault on the gaza strip. but israel argues the u.n. body is biased against it so it's conducting its own investigation. the israeli army says it's ordered eight more investigations into the possible conduct of its soldiers. this include a single air strike in han unis, of a man carrying a white flag. and an air strike that killed an ambulance driver. four cases in which israeli soldiers are accused of looting. but many palestinians in gaza say the last thing they're waiting for is an operation that killed over 2,000 people and severely destroyed infrastructure. >> translat

these men, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, are the first to acknowledge that they are among thousands around the globe who have fallen victim in an undeclared war to silence the messages. >> as peter eloquently put it from the prison cell we no longer report from the front line nowadays we are the front line. [ explosion ] nowhere in the past year has it been more bloody than in syria, where 10 journalist were killed doing their jobs. the most recent victim was al jazeera can't. as many as nine reporters were killed in iraq. at least seven dead in ukraine, where a new conflict erupted. in many zones of conflict governments are involved governments that regard journalists as necessary collateral damage in the pursuit of political ends. and the thousands of reporters who have been imprisoned around the world - they are testament to the fact that in many cases suppression of the media is a matter of law, not chance. over the past year the rise of non-nation actors the unelected militant groups that secure any means to an ideological end. the power of those that seek t

with three al jazeera journalists who have been jailed in egypt for more than one year peter greste mohammed fahmybaher mohamed are being held behind bars in cairo. they are falsely accused of aiding the out lawed muslim brotherhood, and damaging egypt's reputation abroad. >>> still to come when witness testimony leads to wrongful convictions, find out how u.s. authorities are trying to make identification more reliable. >>> a former korean airlines executive faces more scrutiny over her reaction to a bag of nuts. >>> and barcelona has been banned from signing any new players in 2015. >> i'm joie chen i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> consider this: the news of the day plus so

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. peter and mohammed were sentenced to 7 years. baher mohamed an additional three for having a spent bullet in his possession. >> south africa what he highest number of h.i.v. and aid sufferers in the world. scientist are driving research that could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against the virus. trials are being expanded for a vaccine shown to reduce the rate of infections. in the final part of the series on h.i.v. in south africa. tania page reports from cape town. >> this woman is not a scientist but is at the cutting edge of h.i.v. aids research. she volunteered to test a vac soon that could save millions of lives. the trial is run by the h.i.v. research center, a scientific hub dedicated to fighting the virus in a country with a high prevalence of h.i.v. so far all hor blood tests came back negative for h.i.v. the vaccine cuts. she's helping because two of her uncles dies of age. >> it's better for those two.

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were jailed for supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing their convictions. >>> much more to come on this news hour. a manslaughter charge is not strong enough for an israeli policemen who shot their son. plus. >> emergency education plan is helping bring thousands of children back to class. >> coming up in sports: why the actions of two pskts hockey paks have caused a major rift with india. >>> haiti's prime minister has resigned after months of proafts iprotests in port port a port-a. kim vanel reports. >> one of the demonstrators demands is being met. prime minister leonard lemon has announced he is ready to step down. protesters are angry over what they say is government corruption. and that there hasn't been an election in haiti for three years. the president blames the opposition for delaying the vote. >> this government was supposed to organize the elections, for four years all they did was corruption. they ruined the country. that's why we take to the streets and we will be in the streets every single day. we are

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled or false charges of helping the muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >> 30 people have been killed and five injured in an attack in the democratic republic of congo the overnight attack near beni in the east is believed to have been carried out by a rebel group. in november, at least 50 people were killed by gangs wielding machetes. >>> staying with africa. the ruling zanu pf party confirmed robert mugabe's wife as the new head of the women's league. robert mugabe is the leader. he hasn't decided who his new deputy will be. we have is this report. >> reporter: zimbabwe's first family appears ultimately in control of the party and the country. president robert mugabe's wife, grace, is head of the party's women's league. >> it is a great honour not only for me personally, but also for my family. >> reporter: her husband is reelected leader of the ruling zanu pf party. >> for as long as i have strength in me. i work. for as long as i am still sane and fully bright in mind. i still have a good memo

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against the convictions. peter and mohammed were sentenced to seven years in prison. baher mohamed an additional three on top of the seven for having a spent bullet in his possession, which he said he picked up at a protest >>> nigerian police say gunmen freed more than 200 prisoners in niger state on saturday. police say that they have recaptured at least 10. it's the third such incident in two months. two earlier gaol breaks were on the armed group boko haram. carl leven from the american university in washington says there's a number of reasons where the military is failing to keep nigeria safe. >> what we have seen is the hollowing out of the military, if you will. the budgets have gone up, but the capacity and the will to provide security have gone down. this is an alarming state of affairs, even without boko haram. i think that for a long time, several years after the democratic transition in 1999, i think part of the civilian political strategy h

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were veiled on false charges of helping the outlaweduslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >> reporter: to new york where security has been stepped up in all jewish facilities after an attack on an israeli student. amateur video shows 49-year-old calvin peters launching at police before they shot and killed him. he entered a brooklyn synagogue and stabbed a 22-year-old jewish student while he was studying. he threatened other worshippers. peter had a history of mental illness. >>> 22 members of an elite place squad are to stand trial for stealing more than a million during a drug bust. the money was seized when the head of a drug cartel was arrested. two bundles of cash went missing. at the first time government officials admitted police had stolen money from drug cartels. >>> more than 1 billion people in the world rely on food harvested from the ocean. global fisheries stretched by overfishing are threatened by rising temperatures and ocean acidification. environmental editor reports from the eco-rich waters

the names may be familiar, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. they were gaoled on charms of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they have lodged appeals against their convictions. >>> italian police - a criminal gang sucked hundreds of millions out of italy's near bankrupt capital. this report from rome. >> reporter: romans complain about the poor state of public services. now they have spun to blame. city hall infiltrated by a mafia style syndicate. in recent days the police made dozens of arrests. this is the alleged ringleader. hundreds more are under investigation. the group known as mafia capitale used contacts to steal hundreds of millions from the public purse. utility yits were a favourite and -- utility yits were a favourite and the camps. listen to the words of butsi recorded in a telephonic intercept. we visited one roma camp implicated in the scandal. many of these people are italian citizens, but they live in squalor. >> translation: we have been here for 10 years, we have not had any help. the only thing we see is lies and tri

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhoodealing against their convictions. >>> still ahead for you on al jazerra this hour. we look at how a christmas day football match between british and german troops during world war i is being commemorated 100 years on. ♪ ♪ >>> a mad scramble for cash after an armored van spilled more than 2 million u.s. dollars on the motor way near the city's financial district. police say the driver was obvlious to the fact that the van's backdoor was open. he also appealed for help in tracing the cash and warned anyone who fails to return the money may be committing a crime. >>> christmas came early for some of them. >> i am sure they will be rushing back to return that money as well. >> i oh, yeah, i am sure. >> bit a sport for you now. it's been 100 years since there was an apparent ou outbreak of peace during world war i in 1915. famous his brit and i can german troops layed down their arms to play a game of football in month man's land, lee wellington reports. >> reporter: the moor horror ofe and

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed all three were jailed on false charges of helping theutlawed muslim brotherhood. and they are appealing against their convictions. >>> much more to come on this news hour. we will be live at europe's busiest airport after a technical glitch lead to air space restrictions. >>> and an oil spill in the world's largest mangrove forest. >>> and switzerland introduces new laws targeting corrupt sports behavior. >>> 32 people have been killed in a twin bomb attack in nigeria's northeastern city. there has been no claims of responsibility, but the attack has been blamed on boko haram. it happened on the same day the ruling and opposition parties officially named their candidates for next year's presidential elections. >> reporter: another attack in a crowded city market creates a trail of carnage. the state government says two suicide bombers detonated explosives here tuesday night. targeting packed areas in major cities has been an ongoing trend for boko haram. >> translator: we heard the sound of the blast, not ab minute later, the second bomb

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawedm brotherhood. they have now been held for 356 days. they are appealing against their convictions. the deputy spokesman says in the phone conversation, obama did raise the cases of the al jazeera journalists, and more broadly the issue of the imprisonment of journalists. the nsc spokesmen also told al jazeera: >>> still to come on this news hour, traveling to another country to get an education in your mother tongue. that's what some children have to do every day. >>> plus polyan dri in remote nepal. we'll be meeting the woman who has three husbands. >>> and in sport, barcelona has one of their players back from injury. a look ahead to the weekend in football is coming up. ♪ real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> al jazeera america presents >> somebody's telling lies... >> it looks nothing like him... >> pan am flight 103 explodes december 21st, 19

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on charges. helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> nigerian police say the government freed more than 200 prisoners in niger state on saturday. they say they recaptured about 10 of the inmate. it's the third such incident in two months. carl levin from the american university if washington says there's a number of reasons why the military is failing to keep nigeria safe. >> what we have seen over the last several years is a hollowing out of the military, if you will. the budgets have gone up, the capacity and the will to provide security have gone down. so this is an alarming state of affairs, even without boko haram. i think that for a long time, for several years after the democratic transition in 1999, i think part of the civilian political strategy has been to keep the military happy. since nigeria for many years hasn't had serious external security threat, then that deal seemed to have some sort of appeal. but now that nigeria does face a s

peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawedotherhood. they are appealing against their conviction. >>> still to come here on the news hour, killing the film about killing the north korean heard. sony pictures cancels the release of the controversial comedy movie. >>> and an outbreak of mumps is sweeping through the nhl. we'll have the latest from on and off the ice. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. let's get all of the sport now. >> thank you very much. the fifa president is holding talks with several executive members over the possibility of a report over michael garcia's report should be published in full. garcia has resigned from his position. he cited the lack of leadership at the top of football's governing body. he says he has lost confidence in the independence of its ethics committee. earlier we spoke to lee wellings who says garcia's resignation will dominate the discussion into fifa's executive meeting. >> the timing was quite interesting, because it came on the eve of fifa's executive committee meeting which is taking place in

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed, were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, they're appealing against their convictions. greste and fahmy were sentenced to seven years, mohamed an additional three years for picking up a spent bu bullet fra demonstration. >> what is buzzing in the capital, monteveio? >> the uruguayan capital, montevedeio, more than 50% of the vote, beating his opponent into a distant second place. he doesn't take over until the beginning of march. time to meet the outgoing president, two men from the same party but very different polls of that same -- poles of that same party. talking about the victory of vasquez, returning to power, age 74 years old, doctor, oncologist, a man sort of to the right of the left wing coalition of his party, a man very well-known by the uruguay annan people. from office from 2005 to 2010. the congratulations of neighboring presidents in latin america. those will come in during the course of the day but for now today, the day after the celebrations, the day after the elections, a day for rest, for cont

. >> it was a year ago that mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were imprisoned in egypt. >> doha's news center marking the anniversary that the staff here and the rest of the world find it hard to absorb. it's been one year since the phone call to the newsdesk reporting the arrest of three news work journalist who is were just doing their job. >> all the charges against correspondent mohamed fahmy bader mohammed, and peter greste were false. mahmy's wife speaking in desperation. >> my life is wrecked, and so are the lives of our children. the head of our family has been in prison for a year for no justification or crime. >> peter greste's family has spent christmas day in egypt getting an hour and a half to visit their son. >> he is truly amazing the way he has been able to draw upon his reserves of resilience, strength and, in fact, inspire us all to carry on. as we all know this has been a very very long struggle. >> it's a struggle that will carry on with journalists from other media organizations helping in the campaign. >> i think a lot of journalists and a lot of pe