mansour bahrami and scott fardy are accused of -- mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are accused of helping the banned muslim brotherhood. peter greste has been tried in absentia, even though he was released and spent 400 days behind bars. al jazeera rejects the charges. >>> amnesty international accuses egypt of gaoling young activists in a crackdown of dissent. thousands of young people have been gaoled in the past two years in connection with protests. egypt's foreign minister denies the government is targetting youth activists. >> reporter: burundians voted for a new parliament. the poll boycotted by the opposition and voter tonne out was low. many are against the president's bid for a third term. we have this report from the capital. >>> byrned's president makes an entrance before voting in parliamentary elections. accompanied by his wife and children. he looks shaky on two wheels. he is defiant. he votes in his rural home town. where he is popular. >> i'm satisfied with today. the people are exercising democratic rights to vote. burundi has come along. >> there was a big turno

mansour bahrami and scott fardy, his -- mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy face a retrial. the acting general said in a statement: . >> in 2014, mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court on the charm of torturing a lawyer. mansour denied the charges. interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant. mansour is an outstanding critic. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending its grabbing down on dissent. >> 15 fighters in north sinai were killed. 20 were injured in a helicopter raid. the military says fighters were preparing to launch an attack against security forces in the area >>> french foreign minister laurent fabius urged libya and palestine to resume talks, and urged them to restart a french-led initiative. france wants resumption of dialogue for an international support group consistle of arab states. e.u. >> the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon welcomed a long-awaited peace deal between mali's government and an alliance led by tuareg's rebels. it will be a g