earlier this month another al jazeera journalist peter greste peter greste was ordered returned to australia. fahmy was told that his only way to freedom was to denounce his egyptian citizenship which he has done. widely condemned by the international community and six other al jazeera journalists were sentenced in absentia, al jazeera calls on egypt to have all it's journalists exonerated. why. >> mill sond hassib's return was celebrated by her family. she was given a hero's welcome. the 14-year-old schoolgirl was arrested by israeli soldiers in december. they accused her of throwing stones and carrying a knife. she was the youngest palestinian the personnel she was pressured into making a confession. people at this small village gather at this and we asked her what she thought it was like in prison. >> i was only so cold, i would be handcuffed and they would always lie at us it was very difficult. >> since then, according the human rights groups after their release, many experienced symptoms of trauma, including homelessness and nightmares. works forp a group. >> one way you can do is it a

. >> the scenes in brisbane were ones peter peter greste hopes will be repeated soon. >> peter greste is back. he'll celebrate with his family after interviews, but his thoughts very much with his colleagues, two al jazeera journalists still unfairly behind bars. al jazeera brisbane. >> peter greste back home in australia. >> the film festival getting attention can be a good thing but attracting the anger of north korea was not part of the plan all because of a mistake on pyongyang's part. we explain all. >> they love a drama at the berlin film fest very many but as this year's gets underway, they've been at the center of their own. sony knows how that feels hacked and humiliated, remember, allegedly by his people, and all because of this, the movie "the interview" mocking north korea's kim i don't think unand the fallout from hollywood to here. this is why. >> "the interview" goes on general release here in berlin thursday, but north korea got the city of berlin and the berlin film festival confused, seeing them at one single entity. it was not happy. it described the showing at terr

is he in gaol for being an egyptian. >> in brisbane they are ones peter greste hopes will be repeated elsewhere soon. >> peter greste is back once he has completed a long list to media interviews and will celebrate with his family. he's very much with his colleague. with two al jazeera journalists behind bars >>> the film festival is getting worldwide attention. for berlin getting under way, attracting the anger of north korea was not part of the plan and all because of a mistake on pyongyang's part. phil lavelle finds all >>> they love a drama at the berlin film festival as this year gets under way, they have been at the center. sony nose how that feels. hacked and humiliated. allegedly by people and all because of this. the movie "the interview," mocking north korea's leader. and the fallout moving from hollywood to here. this is why. "the interview" goes on germ release here in berlin on thursday. north korea and the berlin film festival were conaccused and were not happy, describing the showing as terrorism. there was some damaged limitation from this man, the boss here. he had to race to the korean embassy and

peter greste hopes already repeated elsewhere soon. so peter greste is back once he's completed a long list of media interviews, he will celebrate with his family. but his thoughts still very much with his colleagues who can't two al jazerra journalists still unfairly behind bars, andrew thomas, al jazerra brisbane. >>> the jordanian king has vowed to escalate the assault against the islamic state of iraq and the levant after isil killed an i've force pilot it was holding hostage, king abdullah has been meeting senior military and security officials in the captain amman. on we understand, jordan execute towards iraqi convicts in retaliation for the pilot's murder. rula a mean reports. >> reporter: king' dull a of jordan vow thed a relentless war against isil owe their own territory. the king cut short his trip to the u.s. and in met with his military chiefs. we will hit them in their own ground the king was quoted a day after the islamic state released a video appearing to show a jordanian pilot being burned alive. the killer will not stop jordan from playing an active role in the international row defense against isil. jordan already launching air strikes against isil. now military efforts may be intensified. >> nobody was talking about ground troops, we are talking about helping the iraqi military talking about helping the syrian moderate opposition or the peshmerga troops in order to fight on the ground. but we are talking about a collaborative effort between coalition members in order to intensify our efforts and work to stop extremism and terrorism and to undermine and degrade and eventually finish. >> reporter: jordanians lined up to give condolences to the family. the brutal killing of the jordanian pilot has shifted the pick lick opinion here from pressuring the government to give in to isil demand, pressuring the government to strike against isil and punish it for its crime. the government is trying to mobilize the public against the armed group and use the momentum to rally support for its decision to take part in the international coalition against isil. but some of the jordanian opposition is not aboard. >> our message from the jordanian government to pull out from the international coalition and we should have no involvement with a war led by america in the region. >> reporter: but the rain at the horrifying killing has people more focus on the revenge than politics. rula spares amin. >>> we are much more than to come clawing. >> reporter: i am rob reynolds in los angeles with the latest on an outbreak of measles that began in disneyland. >> the communications breakdown that is hurting the most vulnerable we'll tell you why text messaging has been banned in the drc. black history month coverage on al jazeera america >> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> we're still here every night, just a little bit later. we're still taking a hard look at the most important issues out there to get you the answers you deserve. >> "real money with ali velshi" at its new time. 10:30 eastern. >> we're just doing it a little later every night. ♪ ♪ >>> held going, i am martin dennis and these are the top stories here at al jazerra. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is on his way to ukraine for talks with president poroshenko about the wasserring violence pro-russia separatists continue to battle government forces in the east. >>> investigations are underway in taiwan to find out why a plane crashed shortly after take off kill at least 31 of the 58 people on board. this is the scene live at the river just outside of the capital taipei, where rescue workers are continue to go search for missing people. >>> al jazerra journalist peterste has been spoken to his relief at being released and his joy of returning to his family in australia after spending four hound days in an egyptian jail. he says he will continue to fight for his jailed colleagues bahar mom ham he had mohamed and fahmy. >>> let's get to the situation in eastern ukraine john kerry along with the vice president of the u.s., joe joe biden are going to kiev for talks with president poroshenko. currently the obama administration is considering whether it should provide weapons to ukrainian forces. roslyn jordan has more from the u.s. state deem. >> reporter: the fighting in eastern ukraine shows no sign of ending. and the u.s. and the e.u. blame russia. >> russia knows what it can do need there on be of helpful and we hope they will. >> reporter: in other words stop sending russian tanks guns and soldiers across the border to backup separatist fighters from the south north to donetsk luhansk. it's been a year of turmoil in ukraine, the ball of victor yanu

peter greste's behalf to the susan shaprio government. i -- behalf to the abdul fatah al-sisi government. we had many governments, including in the region make representations on peter greste's behalf. i particularly mention the government of latvia given peter's family background the latvian government was of great assistance. it is about great relief i can confirm peter greste is on the way home. >>> a white house security council released a statement urging egypt to continue with positive progress saying. >>> well joining us in the studio is aiden white, director of the ethical journalism network, promoting ethics and good governance. interesting, strong statement from the u.s. and president obama mentioned the fate of our three journalists. we are not completely happy, one release, two in prison. how important do you think the pressure from the international community was on the release. >> i think it was vital. in the end it was an irresistible force. we are delighted that peter greste is released. all around the world there was a great deal of solidarity and his family and colleagues are happy. but we need to see the release of mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed as soon as possible. this is a start. the job has to be finished. the pre

peter greste,ing mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested in egypt. peter greste writes, in our case case, just is a continual fight. a new trial we don't know how long it will take. so while we remain determined oclear our names and win our freedom, 400 days still feels far too long to correct an injustice. the trial of our colleagues has been condemned worldwide and one of the world's leading human rights lawyers says the west has failed to put enough pressure to free the journalists. >> to stay in touch with a husband and a father. infinitesimal in fact haroon has only seen his dad in jail. because she was pregnant with him when baher was arrested. >> we and our children have been overwhelmed by a sense of insecurity throughout. we have felt nothing else. happiness has gone. we keep praying for freedom of my husband baher who has been unjustly detained for no crime. >> last incumbent couple of weeks have seen hopes rise and fall. it decided on a retrial with no date set. peter greste is trying to get himself deported to australia mohamed, to israel. but no chances exist for baher. >>> why aren't egyptian leaders. >> all those leaders who marched for charlie hebdo and free speech were hypocritical because the success of the egyptian tactic of locking up these journalists with lick spittle judgments who do whatever the government wants and are keeping them in jail is likely to be followed by other autocratic regimes. >> this swedish journalist would agree with that sentiment entirely. he was locked up for trying to report on a rebel group hostile to the government. free speech he believes is absolute and its rights should be defended absolutely. >> well this is possible you can jail two foreign journalists doesn't have any financial diplomatic consequences. you still get respect from the international community and are doing i mean exactly the same thing with fabricated evidence, sentencing journalists as terrorists. >> journalism is not a crime most people w

>> reporter: the scenes in brisbane are ones peter greste hopes will be repeated elsewhere soon. so peter grestece he has completed a long list of media interviews he will celebrate with with physician family but his feelings still very much with his colleagues, two al jazerra journalists still unfairly behind bars, andre thomas, al jazerra brisbane. >>> now to syria where the capital damascus has been hit by heavy shelling. at least three people have been killed and around eight others have been injured. now, the syrian observatory from human rights says the rockets came down from a group known as the army of islam. the leader of the group has said the shelling is in response to government attacks in the east of syria. >>> now, afghan refugees in pakistan are being forced to leave the country in record numbers. the ex-bullses have increased since an attack on a school in december. even afghans with proper documentation are being forced to cross the border with nowhere to go. >> reporter: the border crossing between afghanistan and pakistan always busy. is even busier than usual. in january near

peter greste is out, but he wants all of them to be treated equally. just like peter greste is guilty of nothing, we are guilty of flog. we didn't commit any acts of violence to be charged with terrorism. and he raised the egyptian flag in court and all the people inside applauded. so mohamed fahmy just gave a speech to explain why he decided to denounce his egyptian nationality and he said that the officials talked to him, promised him that he would be out soon but that did not happen. so peter greste is out while both mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are in trial today, waiting for the fate to be decided by the judge. >> and very emotional and dramatic scenes inside that courtroom. and you mentioned peter greste i know he tweeted his support for his colleagues. just remind us exactly what it is that these two men are accused of having done wrong. >> reporter: yes the three of them actually were charged with aiding the now-banned muslim brotherhood group and spreading false news. peter greste's out because of other president sisi. that was applicable to peter greste, but in mohamed fahmy's case, he is still waiting for a presidential approval for him to be deported. now he's a canadian citizen, he is not egyptian anymore, but as he said he had this only option for him to be free. he had no other option to get his freedom back but to denounce his egyptian nationality. >> sally nabil there for us, keeping a close eye on this case in cairo. >>> stay with "bbc world news." still

peter greste an australian. and mohamed fadel fahmy were able to apply for deportation. not available to baher mohamed. it was a slow-moving process. peter greste was freed on his 400th day in detention. met by his relieved family peter greste's unconditional release was tinged with sadness and frustration. amidsts the relief i feel a sense of concern and worry. it is appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free it's right for all of them. the freedom was imcomment. as the days dragged on it was clear that he would stand besides fatah, in the hands of the egyptian judiciary. >> i promise you this is by chance. we are staying in egypt. it's not looking further. is that right. >> we have blowy conditions. it's been causing stormy weather across a good part of northern gipt. you can see the cloud, a fair bit of cloud much it has scored disruption over the last couple of days. these pictures are coming out from alexandria. we travelled in the air and also by sea. we have the un settled weather staying with us for another day or so. it's making its way across the sinai pence. -- peninsula. it was cold coming in across the north-east. slowly moving as we go into the weekend. friday - 17, 18 celsius. a chance of a few

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were wrongly accused of colluding. peter greste wrote a letter from prison writing, in our case freedom is a continual fight. january 1st, the court overturned the convictions and ordered a retrial. we have no idea when it might begin. while we remain strong and determined to clear our names and freedom. 400 days is too long to correct an injustice >>> wayne hayes sat with peter greste's parents in the australian city of brisbane and asked how they felt about their son marking 400 days in prison. >> a complete sense of disbelief. here it is as you say. 400 days. it's a very bitter sad reality. >> and you have just come back from spending two months in cairo and visiting peter on several occasions. how is he coping now? >> he's always been a strong person and he very pliable, you could say the word coping with all sorts of situations. you know when you are a foreign correspondent in many ways. this is another won of those. and peter is dealing with it you know as best he can. thinking of all sorts of possibilities of what he might be able to do within the confines of his situation. >> and, i nine he has bad days no doubt about it. he pulls himself up. he was talking to us about it the last time we were there, saying that when he does have a bad day, he knows he's telling himself that the next day will be good and it always is. there are good days coming up. ev

peter greste hopes will be repeated again soon. >> peter greste is back. once completing interviews, he'll celebrate with his family, but his thoughts still very much with his colleagues, two al jazeera journalists still unfairly behind bars. andrew thomas, al jazeera. >> you can find our extended interview with peter on our website, there it is on your screen just head to aljazeera.com. >> boko haram fighters have reportedly killed more than 100 in northern com ruin. the group based in nigeria attacked a town along the border between the two countries. >> an offensive against boko haram, african leaders agreed to send troops to fight the troop. armies from chad, cameroon and nigeria are using ground forces and war planes. boko haram which has been fighting since 2009 has stepped up violence ahead of nigeria's february 14 election. >> the cameroonian minister of communication said cameroon can't defeat boko haram alone. >> what the international community to do is to understand that this problem cannot be tackled by cameroon, we need intelligence we need equipment which will enable us to face this ferocious terrorist group to help us work out a plan that we will put at the disposal of the african union which will increase the security council in order to give us official mandate and other country t

peter greste, as well, who's name is apparently still in the case. peter greste, of course was deported last week under presidential decree that allow as president to deport foreign errs convicted of crimes. during the trial, mohamed fahmy the most poignant parts requested to address the court directly. he came out of the defendant's cage addressed the judge. he said that he was forced to give up his citizenship that a senior state official told him that he would be deported, that national tyree sides not only on a piece of paper but the heart and he did so with a heavy heart, not wanting to give up but did so on the hope that he would be treated equally as peter greste was that he would be deported and they had received news, he said from the canadian embassy and from other officials that he would be deported. he said that his fiancee had bought tickets to leave. they were extremely disappointed upon hearing news of the retrial, yet today, it was a great moment of joy though, when the judge did grant bail, so it was a rare moment of joy in the egyptian courthouse. he granted all the defendants bail. their all released, but mohamed fahmy has to pay 255 egyptian pounds is the only one who has a bail. the court has adjourned to february 23. >> chance are you weren't able to get too much of a look, a real look at bar mohammed. you got to say mohamed fahmy. tell us how they looked to you. mohamed fahmy's arm was in a sling. his arm was fractured from a briar injury what he was arrested and made worsened by the harsh terms of his imprisonment and he did not receive proper medical attention and is permanently disabled despite receiving one surgery.

. >> you got to love that from peter's mom our al jazeera's colleague, peter greste in a news conference in his home of brisbane australia. peter greste is returning home after 400 days in an egyptian prison. we'll always mention our colleagues, mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed, who remain in prison in egypt. it seems that the meditation and studying for a college degree helped peter pass the time. let's get to our top story the confirmation hearing of ashton carter to be the next secretary of defense. lawrence corb, now with us the center of american progress and joins us in washington, d.c. good to talk with you again. look you've been through a confirmation process. what is your job in that moment when you are the nominee? >> well, basically you want to get confirmed. you don't want to annoy anybody on the committee you also don't want to undermine the president who has appointed you because what they're after in the hearing is to try and object or challenge some of the president's policies, particularly when you have a congress control by a party different from the white house. >> yes so with that said, if you wanted, if you're just

they along with peter greste were accused of reporting false news and supporting muslim brotherhood, outlawed. peter greste was released earlier. al jazeera demands the release of mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, who are still imprisoned >>> dozens have been killed in two suicide bombings in the iraqi capital, hours before a curfew was listed. one attack targeted a restaurant in east of baghdad. 23 were killed. more injured. and 13 people were killed in another attack in a commercial area in the center of the city >>> while the lifting of the curfew means for the first time in years people can go out past midnight. jane arraf has more from baghdad. >> for the first time in 12 years baghdad residents don't need to rush home. >> the curfew first put in place by the u.s. military and kept in force by the iraqi government is history. a few months ago there was fear that baghdad could fall to i.s.i.l. that threat diminished. there's still regular bombings the new government is focussed on getting life on track. >> we believe that this is the right time to send the right message to our people. iraq is stil

peter greste. we spoke to the managing director of al jazeera english. here is what he had to say about greste's release. >> we are immensely relieved that peter is out of detention, that peter is currently on his way with his brother home to be reunited with his family. we we need to pay tribute to peter and his family and our colleagues and their families for the strength and resilience demonstrated for this extraordinary amount of time against this extraordinary injustice that was meted out to them. there is an irony today. there is no celebration in the release of an innocent man. peter, a wonderful journalist guilty much nothing about from carrying out the best journalism in the world. yet, has spent 400 days behind bars. so, i am mentionly relieved. but the other thing that we have got to focus on today is that bahar and homed are still behind bars. the same injustice being the world's best journalist among the best world's best journalists. 40 days and they are behind bars and seven much our colleagues sentenced to 10 years in absentia outside of egypt. they are still sentenced today. the solidarity the support demonstrated on behalf of peter, ba. hra and mohammed has

the case was overseen by the judge who tried peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. intermeanwhile our colleague peter greste is back home in australia after 400 days in a egyptian prison. all smiles after getting off that plane in brisbane. greste said the experience was almost like a rebirth for him. >> i've learned a lot about myself. a lot more than i've anticipated. sometimes you have to go through these baths in fire to learn a lot about one self. one of the things i learned about inside, to be honest with you, a lot of people have spoken of the way we've handled this but i sincerely believe that most of us are probably far more capable of coping with this kind of pressure and with difficult situations than we ever appreciate. the problem is that most of us are never confronted with that. most of us are never put in that position where we really have to test ourselves. i was lucky enough in many respects to actually be tested. >> greste said it was tough to leave behind fellow al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. but he hopes they will soon join him in freedom. >> the wife of baher m

the judge called on peter greste, the one aje journalist released and deported two weeks ago. mohamed fadel fahmy asked the judge why peter grestead been freed, and he unfurled a flag saying he was forced by security officials to give up his egyptian citizenship. their retrial reconvenes, they were released on bail. the al jazeera network called the bail ruling a small step in the right direction, but does not consider the case closed until the men are acquitted >>> in the world of news, where the anchor person is king, a person has fallen over a lie that caught up with him. brian williams, host of nightly news has been telling a story about his time in iraq. >> tell us about what you got yourself into >>> initially he reported on an incident in 2003, in which a u.s. military helicopter firing ahead of his was hit by ground fire. changed. >> two of four helicopter were hit by ground fire, including the one i was in. >> in retellings, he said the aircraft hit was his own. it was called out by soldiers that had been with williams during the mission in 2003, and grew into a scandal that dammed his credibility and the -- damaged his

peter greste is back home in australia three days after being freed from an susan shaprioegyptian prison. a smiling peter greste greeted family and girlfriends. -- family and friends. he spend 400 days in prison. he said it was hard to leave mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed behind. >> we knew there was a chance someone would leave and others would have to stay. that doesn't make it any easier. you know we all - having talked it through, we understood what the circumstances where, and, you know they were all very happy for me. you can imagine after 400 days in prison with these guys we are very close. it was very difficult to leave them behind >>> peter greste says he was never abused and was able to keep himself in shape mentally and physically. i'm antonio mora. thank you for joining us. for the latest news head over to aljazeera.com. ^ below psh psh >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. more than 30 million people are insured one way or the other under the affordable care act. but for house republicans coming this far down the road doesn't mean the massive health care law is safely established or that the fight is over. for the 56th time the republican controlled house of representatives votes to repeal obama care. >> the reality i

they along with our colleagues peter greste were accused of spreading false news and supporting the muslim brotherhood. charges that they and the al jazeera deny. peter greste was released earlier this week. mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are still in prison, and al jazeera demands their early release. >>> transasia has cancelled 90 flights after a crash killing 39 pool. the pilots turned off a running engine after the other one failed. following wednesday's crash dozens of pilots are taking efficiency tests. they've also or ordered the airline to conduct fuel and system checks. >>> gang violence has made el salvador a difficult place to live. >> police searching for suspects. they know gangs hide in empty homes. a neighborhood controlled by the 18th street gang. many houses here are completely abandoned. >> officer rodriguez said that the gangs threatened the owner stabbed him and scared him away. >> the owner left. there are still bloodstains on the floor and the house gun to be dismantled. first we saw things missing like shades, windows and doors. >> the police checks who the homes belong to. they mark some as stolen. when they find a suspicious tenant m

peter greste, al jazeera calling for the immediate release of its two staff still in prison. the campaign to free our journalists will not end until all three have been released. peter greste was released after 400 days in detention but baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy remain behind bars. all three have to be exonerated and the convictions against our other journalists tried in absentia also has to be lifted. >>> canada's foreign minister john baird says mohamed fahmy is imminent. no official word from the egyptian government. >>> plenty for still ahead on al jazeera including lebanese fishermen found them entangled in syria's war. that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >> the death toll could be much higher than anyone known. >> posing as a buyer... >> ...people ready then... >> mr. president >> who should answer for those people >> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera. there's a report of an explosion in the egyptian capital. it happened near a busy square in the center of the city. after two bombs were discovered by police. that's according to the reuters news agency. iraqi governmen

peter greste's brothers there. angie ghanem is in cairo. she talked about the chance that peter greste's colleagues being released now as well. >> the prospects for the egyptian mohamed fahmy, is looking good so far. there are some reports that are talking about him being also deported after splitting him from his egyptian nationality, so he would become a canadian national and he could be deported from the country. however the image is not really clear about the third egyptian who is in jail as well baher mohamed. no one is talking about him. there is no talks for him to be freed soon. however, his case is now the talk of the social media in egypt. people are expressing anger, only because he wasn't have a foreign passport he will remain in jail and no one is speaking about any solution to his problems. >> and what is social media saying about this whole case? >> well the social media is very relieved and happy. most are thinking about this case damaging egypt's reputation, and they're expecting -- they're happy about the release of people of course, but they're expressing concern about the other two in jail and also about other journalists who are egyptians that might be behind bars. of course this case has taken a while international coverage. the other journalists are not getting the same. so social media is talking about very good for peter let's talk about the others behind bars. >> well still in egypt, and a court has confirmed death sentences against 183 men convicted of killing 13 police officers in a town near cairo 18 months ago. the killings happened in carvasa, a town known for his sympathies during the upheaval that followed the country's ousting of the infamous president, mohamed morsi. >>> well a court has heard that a former executive at korean air threw like a wild beast over a tantrum over the way her macadamia nuts were served during a flight. he was f she ordered the plane back to the gate when her nuts were served in a bag, not a bowl. >> her defense is she was taking her job far too seriously. she is the daughter of the boss the chairman chief executive of korean air, but she also had her own job. and that was an executive in charge of cabin service. and she's saying in court that she took that job far, far too seriously, and that's why she reacted as she did. >> now, the victim i suppose we can call hi

peter greste, there are two other al jazeera journalists who remain behind bars. since the release of greste is there any indication of two others being released by the statement? >> we welcome the release of peter greste your colleagues of colleague. as greste says he feels a little guilty because if he's released that would be grounds for release of his two colleagues and we agree with that. other than that we have no particular sniegd in insight in what the egyptian government is doing but we would welcome them releasing the other al jazeera journalists. >> is there anything we can do? >> i have been speaking on it, i have been on al jazeera a number of times my boss has talked about a number of times and talked about it to president al-sisi. we would argue as we do always that none of these men should be punished for doing their job that journalism is not a crime and that a free speech space journalism is essentially to a democratic at free society in egypt. >> are you concerned that america continues to provide aid to egypt despite its record on human rights? >> john, egypt is a key ally to the united states in the middle east, our support is not contingent on that yet we are using our power of influence to have the egyptian government release these three now two al jazeera journalists. >> from news organizations and also other cubs has had an impact on the release of peter greste? >> you know, john, i can't say. you know we welcome the influence and the opinions and the support of journalistic organizations for their release and based on the release of peter greste perhaps it did have an influence and a positive effect. as i say we still continue to advocate for the release of the other two al jazeera journalists. >> you were a journalist yourself for many years. on a personal level when you see the rights of journalists being cracked down on in countries like egypt what is your reaction to that? >> you know, one of the things john that we're seeing around the world is, the targeting of journalists. once upon a time when you and i started, journalists weren't targded. we were -- targeted, we were sometimes hurt or wounded in the course of reporting on stories. now all around the world we are seeing the targeting of journalists for doing their job. it is disconcerting, it is something i feel strongly about need to support and the taint needs support and

peter greste said he was truly humbled to accept the award as mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed prepare to fight for their freedom. >> from an egyptian prison to london, for peter greste, it's been a whirlwind two and a half weeks. [ cheers and applause ] >> how different to the courtroom and prison, where he spent all of last year. peter's enjoyed his release, tempered by the fact that his colleagues, mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed must still fight their case in an egyptian court it. >> it weighs on me enormously. you've got to remember that i left them behind in prison. that was a very difficult moment for me. we always knew it was a possibility. we discussed it at the time, and we all acknowledged that this would be the right thing to do but still, to leave them behind, leave them, you know effectively my brothers, the people who i lived so closely with for the past 400 days, was very, very difficult. >> journalists in britain, as in so many other countries across the word have campaigned for the release of the al jazeera three. >> we believe that we must be allowed to do what we do, to ask questions, to hold people to account, to tell the stories about issues that matter. the hash tag that went around the world, journalism is not a crime, we must not stop saying it. >> it could have been any one of us. it's the pri

peter greste al jazeera is calling for the release of its two staff members still in prison. in a statement, the campaign to free our journalists will not end until outline three are released. peter greste was released after 400 days in prison. baher mohamed, mohamed fadel fahmy - the three have to be exxon rated and the conviction against our other journalists tried in absentia >>> meanwhile canada's foreign minister said the release of mohamed fadel fahmy is imminent. efforts to free him, a canadian minister was going well. he did not elaborate as to when it was expected to happen >>> a u.k. oil giant b.p. plans to cut billions to cope with falling fuel prices and a loss of earnings. the company has already slashed hundreds of jobs in the north sea and around the world. b.p. is suffering more than other oil companies as it continues to pay for the 2010 deep water horizon accident in the gulf of mexico >>> u.s. president obama unveiled his proposal to boost government suspending to 4 trillion increasing taxes on the wealthiest task. 9 billion will be spent on the islamic state of iraq and levant. >> reporter: there is very little the president and the republicans who control congress agree on. that is especially true when it comes to money. >> i cannot believe we are here again. >> this pleas is a mess. >> previous cuts shut the government. leading to defaults. it's been ugly and now it should be worse. president obama wants to increase spending by 7%. 75 billion. in these hundreds of pages he calls for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations. before reading a page the republicans said no. they are willing to use the budget again to force the president's hand. they will not fund the department of homeland security past february if the president doesn't change an immigration policy. >> the president said it will allow millions of undocumented immigrants to stay in the u.s. in a trip to the department of homeland security they will take the blame for a fall out. >> as one republican put it if they let your funding run out, it's not the end of the world. that's what they said. until they pass a funding bill it's the end of a pay check for tens of thousands of front line workers who will continue to have to work without getting paid. >> analysts say it is about politics than trying to pass a budget. >> both sides are angling to do or not do things based on what they think the impact on hillary clinton will be or their favourite amongst the republican. and they view that the white house is the big enchill arda because so much power has accumulated. congress only decides subsidiary issues. >> for the most part they decided to fund the government for months at a time. >> in six years president obama funded two likely to mean economic uncertainty for the country until after the next election. >>> breaking news to tell you about, coming out of egypt. reports of an explosion in central cairo. that's according to a witness telling the reuters newsagency. the cause of the blast is not clear. there has been a number of blasts carried out since the army toppled mohamed mursi. that's all the information that we have right now. we will hope to have much more on this as we get more information. back with more after the break. >> a crisis on the border... >> thery're vulnarable... these are refugees... >> migrent kids flooding into the u.s. >> we're gonna go and see josue who's just been deported... >> why are so many children fleeing? >> your children will be a part of my group or killed... >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines no refuge: children at the border only on al jazeera america >>> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, the head of a u.n. inquiry looking into war crimes during the conflict in gaza in 2014 has resigned. william schabas told al jazeera the commission must continue its work to bring justice to the people of gaza. peter greste is calling on the egyptian government to free the journalists still behind bars. in the first interview since his release he spoke about his relief at being free and the concern at the men best behind in the cairo prison. >> more than 40 are dead in syria after the government targeted rebel-held areas. activists say fighter jets struck. women and children among the dead and wounded >>> fighting continues in eastern ukraine as pro-russian separatists try to capture the town. a rebel leader announced the plan to boost to 100,000 men. scores of people have been killed following rocket and artillery attacks. talks on a ceasefire in the belarussian capital. >>> we will mobilize up to 100,000 people to the army. given the situation on the front we will have to mobilize people with weapons. after today's event, it is urgent. it will be a general mobilization. >>> charles stratford has more on the mounting tensions in the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk. >> the two blaming each other

peter greste, our colleague is a free man for the first time in 400 days. the fight is far from over. two others convicted for aiding the muslim brotherhood are still behind bars. peter greste says it was a shock. >> i can't tell you how relieved i am that i'm free. we were settling in for a period of months behind bars for the retrial. to be out today, with a few minutes notice really is extraordinary. what is clear is that this is a massive step forward. it's been a big step. everyone acknowledged that it is an important moment. i hope that egypt keeps going down this path with the others and not just other family but the other four. you don't spend 400 days in a box with someone without getting to know them intimately indeed. over that period i got to know and accept baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy and the others as family. they are my brothers. couldn't be any other way. mohamed fadel fahmy is an extraordinary professional very dedicated journalist and a very passionate strong-willed character. baher mohamed is one of the most amazing family men. if anyone suffered out of all this it is baher mohamed. he has a wife and three children one of whom was born while he was in prison. it was incredibly tough for him as someone so devoted to his family to have to be where he is knowing that he's innocent. knowing that this is a huge mistake. we need to keep the focus on him. we don't quite know what will happen from here on. i still feel a sense of concern, a sense of worry. if it is appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free it's right for all of them to be free. it was a difficult moment walking out of the prison. saying goodbye. not knowing how much longer they would have to put up with this. and then the ride to the airport was a sense of wonder are willering what is happening in the end. we had an awful lot of false starts and alarm, moments when we thought freedom was close, if not imminent. i didn't want to let myself believe it was happening until i got my backside on a seat on the plane with my brother mike and we knew then that for me at least. this is over. >> mohamed fadel fahmy holds egyptian and canadian citizenship. canada's foreign minister said mohamed fadel fahmy's release is imminent but gave no further details. to look at the legality we are joined by jamie. egypt's constitution guarantees free speech. there was a farcical trial where no real evidence was presented against the men. it took a new law for them to be freed. >> i bet a lot watching are amazed to hear that there's a constitution let alone there's freedom of the press, given how many journalists are in prison. there's a new decree and that is the guys underwhich abdul fatah al-sisi freed peter and gives him the authority to repatriate convicted prisoners. >> it does. it gives the authority to send journalists and other prisoners back to their own country. the problem is what about those who are not with dual citizenship, those that are egyptian journalists or others. >> it was fine for peter greste who was an australian he was able to be deported and we hope it will be fine for mohamed fadel fahmy, who has a dual canadian egyptian citizenship. >> sound like it will be. but we have egyptian journalists, our egyptian - we talk about the three al jazeera journalists. there are more than a dozen journalists held in connection with their case and not in connection with their case and that does not take into account six journalist have died in the last two years in egypt alone, that's more than died in the last 10. one journalist in the last 10 years has died. >> do you see hope legally for baher mohamed who is egyptian? >> we have to hope that what led to the release of peter wa

peter greste an australian and a canadian egyptian were eligible to apply for deportation. a path for freedom not available to baher mohamed. diplomatic issues continued along side of the slow-moving process. on february the 1st, peter greste was freed on his 400th day in detention. met by his family in brisbane his unconditional release was tinged with sadness and frustration. >> amidst the relief i feel a sense of concern, a sense of worry, if it is appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free, then it's right for all of them to be free. >> peter's release raised inspection that fahd's freedom was imminent. as the days wore on it became clear that he too, would stand alongside baher mohamed in court. their future in the hands of egyptian judiciary. >> month-long demonstrations left 43 dead. despite seeing many beaten and held in custody >>> february 12th was always a day for students in venezuela to commemorate and a day of united 68 rebellion. last year an occasion that served to demand change became a tragedy when three men were killed marking the beginning of the country's worst political violence in a decade. some students were defiant, planning on hitting the streets. a student leader is inviting classmates to a march, and histone might seem conciliatory but he is calling for political change. >> students will persevere and remain in the streets protesting. we believe change is eminent and are convinced we'll achieve it too. >> last year's clash left a bitter taste and many feel the need for a different approach one calling

peter greste, mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. all three were falsely accused of supporting egypt ace's muslim brotherhood and in prison in cairo for 400 case. peter greste accepted the award on behalf his colleagues, who remain on bail until the next court hearing and they're not allowed to leave egypt. >> we came to understand that this was about something far bigger than the three of us alone. it was about the universal principles of the freedom of expression, about the public's right to know and we knew you were there right with us. but i also know that we really had no idea of how extraordinary broad and unified that sense of purpose turned out to be. now this is nat because of the impact of us and our case. right now the very idea of a free press is increasingly under attack from groups who take the heads off journalists to individuals who shoot up a magazine office in paris. whatever happens from here. we must listen to that singular voice. >> boko haram has forced many to flee northeastern nigeria. but those who stayed behind are struggling to make a living. we go to one of the worst hit areas. >> this is what many streets in maiduguri look like.

peter greste earlier this month was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. mohamed fadel fahmy, an egyptian canadian was told his only way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has done. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were all arrested in december in september 2013 accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. >> they have been complicit with the muslim brotherhood - there's no evidence that they've been involved in terrorism. the trial has been widely condemned by the international community and human rights organizations. protesters around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the detained al jazeera journalists. six other cole eggs from al jazeera were -- col agos from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia. al jazeera calls on all to be exonerated. >> mohamed fadel fahmy is not free. he has been ordered to stay in egypt pending a retrial >>> now to a sombre day in north carolina where a community gathered to lay three muslim students to rest. they were shot and killed in what police say was a dispute over parking. what is not clear is the role their faith played in the murders. paul joins us. >> antonio mora this is community that is trying to mak

peter greste. >> and we'll have an in depth look at press freedom around the world. where journalists are facing death sentences just for doing their job. >> the release of peter greste, he was imprisoned, for 400 days. tonight, greste is in cypress but his colleagues baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are still in prison. >> greste is speaking out about his ordeal. >> i can't tell you how grateful i am, we were settling in for a period of months, to be out today with just a few minutes' notice really is just extraordinary. what is very clear is this is a massive step forward. i think for egypt too it's been a really big step forward. i think everyone has acknowledged that this is an important moment. i just hope that egypt keeps going down this path with the others and releases not just ba baher and fahmy but deals with those other convictions. you don't spend 400 days in a box with someone without getting to know them very intimately indeed and over that period i've got to know and in fact accept both baher and fahmy as my family they're my brothers, it can't be any other way. fahmy is an extraordinary professional very passionate strong willed character. baher is one of the most amazing family men i've ever met. if anyone has suffered out of all of this it is baher he has a wife and three children one of whom was born while he was in prison. i.t. was incredibly -- it was incredibly tough for him as someone so devoted to his family having to be where he is knowing he's innocent knowing that this is a huge mistake. we need to keep the focus on him and we don't quite know what's going to happen from here often in. i still feel -- here on in. i still feel a sense of concern and worry. if it's right for me to be free then it's right for all of them to be free. it was a very difficult moment walking out of that prison saying good-bye to those guys, not knowing how much longer they will have to put up with this. and then the ride to the airport was a sense of really wondering if it really was actually going to come to an end. because we've had an awful lot of false starts with this, and awful lot of false alarms, where we thought freedom was close if not imminent only to have it snatched away. i didn't want myself to believe it really was happening until i got my back side on a seat on the plane with my brother mike and we knew then that for me at least this is over. >> greste's parents of course glad to have their son home but his family says peter will not rest until his colleagues are also free. andrew thomas went to meet his parents in brisbane, australia. >> for months all lois and juris greste have had was bad news. on monday, finally have good news. >> you are feeling differently now. >> ecstatic. it's the most wonderful news. it feels like the cloud has lifted and the nightmare is gone. >> most people will know how exhausting happiness can be. indeed, happy exhaustion. >> how did you get the news? >> it appeared on the laptop screen you know? and we almost couldn't believe it. what he's off to cypress? but of course it was thankfully confirmed by a telephone call from the departure lounge of the cairo airport. >> we had to put on the answering medicine, will all media please refer to hardy our media advisor. >> we were ready to let this one fly until we realized that it was peter's chuckle listening to my message. >> we realized it's peter it's peter. >> he's now how? >> he's got to you know take stock, and work out, you

peter greste has been freed from prison. >> after 400 days locked in an egyptian prison, al jazeera are journalist peter greste is a free man. they reported it late sunday and this morning he is headed home. >> he is safe healthy and very happy to be on his way home. >> there's still a sense of unreality about it all. to me it is yet to quite sink in. >> reporter: jubilation from his family. his brother tweet hard to believe but yste is a free man. his butt has left egyptian air space. gyp yippie. his first call to his boss asking what australian voice to you want to hear and without waiting his response peter. >> we have to get our two guys out who are still in prison. >> reporter: two of the channels journalists remain behind bars. they are still in egypt's infamous prison. ed a vokcy groups are demanding they be set free. all three journalists have consistently said they were just doing their jobs. that journalism is not a crime. al jazeera says they won't rest until they are out of jail. molly hunter, abc news, jerusalem. >>> police in western georgia are searching for a suspect after the discovery of five bodies in a home. they say thomas jay lee killed his wife, her daughter and parents them bodies were found after the employer of one of the victims called 911. the man had not shown up for work in several days. >>> a star of power ranger tv series has been arrested for the murder of a roommate. police in palm dale say i he stabbed his roommate with a sword. he played the red power ranger in 2002 and later played decker on power rangers samari. >>> three hikers rerefer covering in oreg

peter greste in september 2013. they were later convict of aiding the muslim brotherhood, and sentenced to 7 and so years imprison. in january the court granted a new request for a trial. last week peter greste was released and deported to australia. it's unclear why mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were not. al jazeera rejects the charges and calls on the egyptian government to free them >>> this morning at the munich conference john kerry took part in a panel discussion with foreign ministers from france and germany. he later met with the iran minister. they discussed the deadline on iran's nuclear programme. john kerry called further extensions impossible. al jazeera's zeina khodr is there with more on the conference and its pivot towards tehran. >> reporter: on the final day of the munich security conference a temporary shift in focus. from talks about the conflict in ukraine, the delegates address an issue, iran's nuclear programme and the impact in negotiations. the country's foreign minister stressed that it is time to reach a deal but pushed a key demand. >> sanctions are a liability. you need to get rid of them. unless - particularly politicians, until they dom the realisation