decenting into violence, abdul fatah al-sisi was given more powers. he holds the higher post of field marshal, given to him by his own appointee, interim president adly mansour. abdul fatah al-sisi says he's running for president as it's the will of the people. egypt is run by a society those that want them to return to the mohamed morsi's rule, and those that think stability under a military ruler should be a priority over democracy. >> the egyptian government hasn't set a date for elections. the egyptian sighted a paper by the president saying the polling will end by mid july. >> why a growing number of female veterans are finding themselves homeless. >> and federal labour officials threatening to unionize, how that could affect college sports. >> the college athletes players' association led by former north western quarterback cain colter won a decision by the national labour relations board which qualifies football players as employees, opening the way for them to unionize. returning to the players that argue that college football relies on labour

sisi is the widely popular general who ousted mohamed morsi from power. almost my month later, sisi is promising to rid the country of terrorism. the right-hand man to x president -- was at the international criminal court in the hague. counts of facing four crimes against amenity linked to the postelection violence for years ago. in the man thought to be the world's longest-serving inmate a death row is granted retrial in japan over multiple murders committed nearly 50 years ago. you're watching "france 24." let's start in rome where barack obama is due to make pope francis. he just arrived there not long ago. that first meeting ever between the two leaders will focus on narrowing the gap between rich and poor. u.s. president also hoping that meeting will help most his support with catholics back at home. we will get a bit more analysis on the u.s. president's visit with pope francis. i want to bring in douglas herb. likes it looks like they want to start with the catholic issue, getting the support of catholics by cohost up let's just remember barack ob

mohamed morsi supporters say there'll be no stability under abdul fatah al-sisi. a representative for the muslim brotherhood said: >> but abdul fatah al-sisi has the support of millions of other egyptians, not least in the capital district where he grew up. >>. >> translation: i'm happy he is running. it's his right to be president and be in charge of the nation. he worked hard. he moved egypt at the right stage. we support abdul fatah al-sisi. >> many are weary of the political uncertainty since the uprising of a military leader of hosni mubarak in 2011. >> i think he should remain defence minister and support someone else. otherwise they'll say it's a coup. if he runs for the presidency, we expect trouble. >> abdul fatah al-sisi says he's running for president because it's the will of the people. egypt is a deeply decided society. pallarized between those that want to return to democracy, and those that think stability should be a priority. >> three al jazeera journalists have been held in a cairo prison for 85 days. they are due to make their fourth appearance

sisi to retire from his military show. >> sisi is running the whole show.e is the one who meets foreign delegates, and does everything. and all of the rest are just part of the fitting decor to try to convince the west that there is a -- a civilian government there. >> reporter: earlier this week, comments by the former prime minister under the mubarak government were leaked by a pro-brotherhood group. he is heard criticizing sisi's expected presidential bid. he says the way the army backed sisi's candidacy showed a strange lack of experience. he goes on to say the presidential vote would be in farcical. he now says his comments were taken out of context. numerous members of the muslim brotherhood have been arrested. the interim prime minister says egypt can expect a new president by june. charles strat ford, al jazeera. >>> the already massive search area for the missing malaysian airline jet has been expanded again. now 57 ships and 48 aircraft are involved in the search which already covers the south china sea. now the search areas are now being expanded

first up, a food channel... >> sisi, sisi... >> simon: then a fashion channel.atured jeans, signed by sisi. he couldn't do it. every channel he turned to had nothing on it but sisi. bassem had had enough, he cut to a commercial. the brand of this cooking oil? sisi. ( laughter ) as a last resort, he tried a foreign channel, but that didn't work either. >> ♪ oh, see see-see rider...♪ >> simon: while bassem was ready to pull the trigger, people across egypt were killing themselves laughing. but will there be an encore? the punch line of your next joke could be jail. >> youssef: why? why are you being so gloomy? just expect the best, man. i will be okay. >> simon: for the second week in a row, bassem's broadcast signal has been jammed mysteriously. right after the show was knocked off the air this past friday, bassem told us: "this has never been done in the history of tv here. we don't know who is doing it and we frankly don't know what to do." >> what does america's jon stewart think of egypt's jon stewart? go to 60minutesovertime.com to find out. >> safer: it may

critics say sisi would bring back authoritarian politics. they accuse the interim government on cracking down on freedom of expression and assembly. >>> workers at the fukushima daiichi plant have been testing a water treatment system that can remove most radioactive substances from wastewater, but they've run into yet another problem with the equipment. workers noticed that the contaminated water they were pumping into the main filtering component was cloudy. so they shut down one of the three waterlines. they're trying to find out if anything is wrong with the equipment. officials with the plant's operator tokyo electric power company plan to use the filtering system to reduce the amount of contaminated water stored at the plant. about 400 tons of groundwater each day flows into damaged reactor buildings and becomes contaminated, but the filtering system has been hit by a series of troubles. workers had just resumed operation of two lines on tuesday after leaks and a filter malfunction. >>> most people around the world know little about ho

abdul fatah al-sisi declared his candidacy after resigning as army chief and minister of defence. caroline malone reports. >> after briefing a council in cairo, chaired by president adly mansour, sabdul fatah al-sisi made the announcement. he went into the meeting as defense minister and head of the armed forces. >> i have spent all my life as a soldier for the sake of my country and will continue in this role. it's an important moment. the first time i put on my military uniform i was 15 years old and i was wearing it for 45 years. it's my honour to have this uniform. i announce my will to run for egyptian presidency, and i will be honoured to have your is support. >> after the announcement opposition demonstrations were supported in other cities. abdul fatah al-sisi played a leading role in the july 2013 overthrow of the president, who won egypt's first democratic election. mohamed morsi supporters say there'll be no stability in egypt. a representative for the brotherhood said: >> abdul fatah al-sisi has the support of millions of other egyptians, not least of which in the dist

one politician said he'd stand against abdul fatah al-sisi in the election. the date has not been set. some candidates said running agains the former military chief will be futile in a rigged race. >> three al jazeera journalists have been detained for 91 days in a prison in cairo. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr, and peter greste are accused of having links with a terrorism organization and spreading false news. abdullah al-shami from al jazeera ara bike channel -- arabic channel has been in custody since august. al jazeera relates commands and demands their release. >> one of osama bin laden's sons apologised from prison. saadi faces charges for upholding corruption. >> i extend my apologies to the libyan people and the government, disturbing the stability in the past. i say it was wrong, i should not have tup it. i -- done it. i call on all people to drop their guns. the government should hold weapons, people should work for reckon sill ration. >> the the lack of process to reach people by the syrian government has been criticised. >> last month the u.n

as the nation descended into violence al sisi was given more powers.ear and a half after morsi gave him the rank of corner general he now holds the higher post of field marshal given to him by his own appointee interim president. al sisi said he's running for president because it's the will of the people. but egypt remains divided society polarized by the january 25th revolution, and those who think stability even under a military ruler should remain the priority over democracy. >> falling asleep at the wheel seems to be the cause of a chicago train crash this week. do you remember the train ended up on the escalator. maria ines has more for us. >> reporter: the rater of a chicago train that crashed at o'hare airport said she fell asleep at the controls. the admission came as officials from the national transportation safety board investigated the crash. it left 32 injured. the operator said she dozed off once before passing a station in february. and a piece of equipment may have malfunctioned prior to the crash. >>> in texas a heart-stopping rescue o

then we see the army nominates him and holds a meeting showing abdul fatah al-sisi. it shows a lock of experience, and it's a disaster. the military council reiterated the same thing. i took myself oust of the loop because the election will be a farce. whether other candidates withdraw depends on the nomination of abdul fatah al-sisi. if he runs, i will not run. i will get my papers ready. if he is going to run, i will not submit them. they'll fix the ballot bombs, everything for them. this will be a comedy show. if someone didn't run, it doesn't mean he likes him, it means the election process will not be fair. >> let's look at who he is. he was a powerful player in the military and other circles for 40 years. he was a fighter pilot in the 1960s. and rose to become commander in 1996. he was a member of civil aviation by hosni mubarak. he was made prime minister, but resigned a month later. he lost out in the 2012 elections. he left after arrest warrants were issued for him. staying with egypt and three al jazeera journalists have been held in prison. mohamed fadel f

al-sisi a new version of hosni mubarak. >> no, he's a different person. i don't think egypt will be the same ever again after 20 is -- 2011. when mohamed morsi won, they turned the power over to mohamed morsi, and didn't fight him on that. what happened was the mohamed morsi government did not implement good policies, and alienated a large section of the population and the military responded to that. >> the trial, 429 people sentenced to death for the death of one policeman. how can anyone accept that as justice, when the hearings took two hours. >> two days. any of us in the west don't fully support the type of justice system that occurred. we would not have a trial with 529 people, of whom 400 were not there. that would never happen in the west. the reason the death sentences were handed down is if you are tried and not there and found guilty, the maximum sentence has to be imposed. i don't believe anybody, or few believe that the executions will take place. there's a long system through the court system through the court system. i don't believe it will

source as the supreme council has entered the name for al sisi's replacement.saying that the president has promoted him. if al sisi is formerly accepted, it will lay the way for him to run for president in elections. the army deposed mohamed morsi last year after mass protest against his rule. >>> the other headlines now, the u.s. president said the ukraine crisis has highlighted the need for europe to increase it's spending on defense, speaking at a meeting in brussels. barack obama said some n.a.t.o. members aren't pulling their weight. >>> osama bin laden's son-in-law has been convicted and condemned to life in prison for his part in terrorism. >>> the military has deployed to some areas in case of trouble. the first time in 20 years that teachers unions, students, and farm workers are all gathering to protest against the government, against the specifically the president who took power back in august. now many of the people you see here are farmers, and their principle crop is soy. para guy are large producers of soy. and these farmers feel that the governm

he said very firmly that he will not run if general sisi decides to run. this was perceived as if he considered sisi as the most capable man to run the country for the next -- for the next presidential election, but now, that really reflects severely casting doubt about the whole election. >> what he's saying is, what he says in that leaked report is i know very well they will fix the ballot boxes. is that a view that's widely held in egypt? >> yes. as a matter of fact, there are a feeling that these elections will not be transparent enough, with him not really be proper, and there will not be viewed at civil society from outside egypt. that's why -- and we have to connect a growing discussion about the presidential -- about the election law because the decisions of the election committee will be immune, so nobody will be able to challenge the results, and this is a matter of debate for right now. >> so given that, is it appropriate if generallal sisi does plan to run. it is appropriate that he should stand in he's these elections? >> i think the decision

this goes all the way back to the coup where sisi positioned him.n the meantime the opposition continues to be there, and i think now it remains to be seen whether he'll deliver on the promises of security, and that hasn't happened so far, especially given the violence and wave of oppression. >> thank you very much. >>> al jazeera has obtained a leaked document of intelligence. it was published last may 2nd months before the coup that deposed president mohammed morsi, and he is now on trial on charges of conspiring with hamas. >> before the -- the -- even 30 june hamas has had contact with intelligence, and we had many meetings with them, and we discussed different issues regarding the security and the borders. and really, we never claimed that hamas has made mistakes in cairo, and sometimes they request our help and support, so we never feel that -- that intelligence have nothing -- something against hamas, and all the time they listen to us, and we have good cooperation with them, because of the [ inaudible ] attempt to join that everything change

only one politician has said he will standing against sisi in the election.e potential candidates says running against the former chief will be futile in what they say will be a rigged race. >>> we can talk life now to the editor of a online newspaper who employed the journal list. thank you for joining us. what is your understanding of today's events. >> today she was responsible for to cover this story -- the story about the demonstration, and she was working there [ inaudible ] the people related with [ inaudible ] also, and she's working as a professional journalist, she went to [ inaudible ] before that in during the day, so after -- after that a lot of -- lot of gang -- full of journalists, and a lot of demonstrat demonstrators. suddenly the journalists and the demonstrators fell between the police, the crowd and the gangs, which what they called [ inaudible ] in egypt now. so they any police should -- shot a lot of the fired -- shooted -- fired at the demonstrators, and one of them came to [ inaudible ] -- she killed her and a few demonstrators they ki

but even the people who believed them, the people who rallied to sisi and created the sisi cult and so they were being promised security, stability, and food and work and so on. ,hey have an energy crisis which they're going to solve with coal, which is going to create an environmental health crisis. is in collapse. education is in collapse. care is in collapse. education is in collapse. very dependent on our currency and the plan is just to borrow a lot of money. that's not going to last. and when they collapse, it is going to be scary. when wardak collapsed, it was beautiful. there were months when the regime was so -- they never lost complete control. revolution was so strong in the regime was so weak that at least in public space and so on, .eople were liberated they could imagine a completely different world. it,ss we do something about the sense that will prevail will be a sense of fear. that is when we get the worst reactions out of people. we saw that in morsi's collapse. duringouple of months august, there was civilian violence. i think about 200 civilians were a protest that

however, many egyptians are waiting to see what field marshal abdul fatah al-sisi will do. there was speculation he would resign as defence minister and run for president. turns out he is staying on as minister of defence and leader of the armed forces - for now at

the question i have for general al-sisi, soon to be president sisi, is: do you hear the sounds in thetreet? it's the same sound, i would argue, in 2011, calling for democracy, the same sound last summer when they toppled morsi, the democratically elected president. it's the sound of people saying, we want democracy. we want a new egypt. i am not sure general asisi hear them. >> are you sure it is the sound from e zipt. a lot of people say is we want the economy to improve and for stability and that they may not be so concerned with democratic reforms. >> i think that's a great point. i think you are right, that within those calls for democracy is a demand for a better egypt. people are saying: we want stability. we want security. we want business to thrive again. we want tourism back. 10% of the economy at least. so, i think, yes, you are right. it's about business, but i do think there is something going on egypt and it's writhing right now. it's hard to predict. we have to try to hope that general al sisi will actually here those calls, whether it's for business, for stability, for

abdul fatah al-sisi substance down. supporters and critics - what they are saying about the candidacy. >> chinese adults who say they lived a life of loneliness talk about the restrictions allowing them to give siblings brother and sisters. >> highlight of a match later. >> live at the vatican where president obama has been meeting with pope francis for the last hour. >> welcome back. i'm stephanie sy, and these are the top stories at this hour. >> president obama wrapped up his first meeting with pope francis at the vaticanment it's day four of president obama's tour. it's the second visit by president obama to the vatican, me met with pope benedict 16 in 2009. >> the search for survivors of the mud slide is in its sixth day. the number of missing is lowered to 90. 140 have been located. the status of 35 people is uncertain. bad weather suspending the search for missing malaysian airlines flight mh370 as new satellite images out of thailand spotted as many as three objects in the indian ocean. investigations as to whet

abdul al sisi has announced his bid for presidency. am applications were first revealed in this tape recording in which he spoke of decades of nightly dreams of being president. >> in one dream a voice told me we will give you what we have not given to anyone else, and in another dream i was with the president, and he said to me, i'm sure you will be president of the hubble. then i replied, i also have always been sure that i would be president of the republic. >>> during a recent trip to russia president vladimir putin endorsed his bid even before it was publicly announced. >> i know that you, respected mr. defense minister, have plans to run for president. >> al sisi has his supporters at home, too. relatives that rose from obscurity to prominence, the coup followed a wave of protest manically by the muslim brotherhood. in what is described as a revolution of june 30th. weeks of bloodshed followed with morsi's ousting, and thousands more arrested for protesting against the military takeover. the military kept morsi in jail and banned

. >>> demonstrators blame abdel fatah al sisi. sisi supporters held rallies around the country. >>> a chineseship is due to travel to a new spot on saturday to pick up debris spotted. >>> governor chris christie insists he did not know about the lane closing. the report was conducted by christie's own lawyers. two more investigations are under way. more trouble for general motors with an order to stop selling models of chevy cruze models with 1.4 leader turbo engines. gm is not giving a reason and not calling in a recall. headline stories is next on al jazeera america. >> the president is in saudi arabia meeting with the king at a time of strained relations and different conclusion of what to do in world trouble spots. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the american president and the king of sau

abdul fatah al-sisi is the defence minister and plans to run in elections.amentary elections are planned for the summer. >>> the crisis in ukraine and events unfolding. russian troops are in control of the south-eastern region. moscow's movements were met with international condemnation. the security council held an emergency session. washington wants to see u.n. observers on the ground. president obama called the russian president to expression concerns. the two leaders spoke for 90 minutes. vladimir putin says russia is concerned about the safety of its citizens and asked lawmakers to give him the green light to protect him. we have more on that. >> reporter: foreign military involvement can be approved. barely three hours after vladimir putin requested parliamentary consent he got it unanimously. 90 senators were present for this extraordinary session. all said yes. >> translation: we have to protect crimea. we have to protect those people who are patriotic, who have a normal viewpoint. under no circumstances should we abandon crimea. didn't we realise if

general abdul fatah al-sisi is defence minister, and he is expected to run for president. parliamentary elections should happen by the summer. >> to the story that's captured headlines. after 13 years of outsmarting authorities, western police now how joaquin guzman escaped. police are investigating the home of the drug lord and found tunnels connecting many houses in middle class neighbourhoods. the the interaps entrances were hidden under bath tubs. david mercer went to one of the homes. >> we have seep strong reactions over the past week since the arrest of el chapo. there's a demonstration, a march that has been organised by a group called sina lowans for peace. they want to show not everyone is in favour of the work that el chapo has been doing. this is in direct response to a march that happened a few days ago on wednesday, where thousands of people showed up in support of elshapo. there were people who carried signs saying el chapo give me a baby. saying how much security he had brought to the region, and how much economic benefit he brought to people here. thousand

with 20 ministers from the old government, including field marshal abdul fatah al-sisi who is expected to run for president. >> in a couple of hours fans and stars will arrive at the dowl by theatre for the biggest night. ellen degeneres is hosting, and the favourites are "american hustler," "gravity," and "12 years a slave." >> i'm jonathan betz, back in an hour with more news, "america tonight" weekend starts now. for updates go to aljazeera.com. capture of one of america's most wanted man. joaquin guzman. el chapo. running running a multibillion dollar operation.

state media rap these pictures of a pro-abdul fatah al-sisi rally. he has considerable support, but the event drew smaller crowds. one politician said he'd stand against abdul fatah al-sisi in the election. the date has not been set. running against the former military chief will be futile in what they say will be a rigged leadership race. >> al jazeera journalists are held in the egyptian capital of cairo. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr, and peter greste are accused of spreading false news and belonging to a terror group. al jazeera rejects the charges and call for their release. their trial was adjourned this week and will pick up on monday. >> gm expanded its recall to ib clued 2.5 million weeks, connected to faulty ignition switches. gm is facing a growing number of lawsuits. a coninternational inquiry is -- congressional inquiry is expect. they have stopped sales of some of its modless of chevy crews, because of a front axel crashing and blacking. >> chris christie runs a defencive play, ending up on the defence instead. >> i have nothing to

there are new ministers but abdul fatah al-sisi is still a minister. he's expected to run for president. >> an appeal from president obama to vladimir putin, but his plea to pull back troops fell on deaf ears. russia is appearing to get ready for a military intervention. the country's acting president, moments ago, closed ukrainian air space to non-civilian aircraft. more from moscow. >> tas waiting game -- it is a waiting game. vladimir putin has a mandate from the upper house of parliament to use military support if he so doors. will he use that mandate or does he feel that the threat of military force is enough for russia to reassert its influence in ukraine. overnight the phone lines were absolutely humming here with high level conversations. vladimir putin spoke to barack obama, he spoke to bangui moop, the secretary-general of the united nations and spoke to the french president francis hollan hollande. in all the conversations he made the same points that russia was prepared to protect its citizens, fellow russians and the plaque sea fleet if vi

the gulf state was one of abdul fatah al-sisi's staunchest supporters. the u.a.e. has given egypt $5 million since mohamed morsi was ousted from presidency in july. >> three al jazeera journalists have been held in an egyptian prison for 74 days. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr, and peter greste are accused of having links with a terror organization and spreading false news. al jazeera rejects charges against their staff of the the next appearance is 24 march. >> cairo's court has given abdullah al-shami another 45 days in prison. he's been detained for six months and been on a hunger strike since 23 january. >> thursday marks one year since pope francis became the leader of the catholic church. nigeria, home to africa's largest catholic occupation, initials say it has reflected positively on their congregations. rapidly growing evangelical churches oppose a big change your. >> it's the annual conference. the catholic bishops preside over the largest population, and officials say a year into the leadership of pope francis, they have seen the following grow. >> p

protests began on friday, with anger focussed on former army chief abdul fatah al-sisi, who is running for president. >> three al jazeera english journalists have been dise tained for 91 days in a prison in cairo. mohamed fadel fahmy, bard r and peter greste are accused of having -- mohammed badr, and peter greste are accused of having links with a terrorist organization and spreading false news. abdullah al-shami has been in custody for more than seven months. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. >> one of the muammar gaddafi's sons has been shown on television apologising. saadi faces charges linked to his role in trying to suppress the uprising in 2011. he fled but was returned to libya this month. >> translation: i extend my apology to the libyan people and the government, because of what i have done, durk stability. i say it was wrong. i should not have done it. i call on all people to drop their guns, people should work for reconciliation. a. >> this is al jazeera, more ahead when we come back. another body recovered from the rubble of the u.s. disaster. the

many of them saw sisi as their savior. in the historic cairo district and advertiseup, for a strong leader, a new pharaoh who can bring stability -- they have advertised for a strong leader, a new pharaoh who can bring stability. his cousin shows me the craftwork he learned as a boy. he says the family has mixed feelings about the field marshal's next battle. happy," heh we are told me, "we realize he is facing a big burden. the nation has gone through tough times. he has to correct that. happy as we are, we also pity him here cope -- we also pity him." egyptians have swept away to presidents in the past re-years. if he has tackled the economic and security problems here, he could lose support. some already hated by because of the crackdown he has unleashed. more than 1000 protesters have been killed -- mostly islamist -- and thousands more are behind bars. he will not have much competition. this moderate islamist who came fourth in the last presidential vote is not standing this time. he insists the election will be a far

al-sisi is popular among egyptians, but hated by muslim brotherhood. >>> two more bodies have been pulledrom the mud in washington state on tuesday. abby gibbs in arlington, in washington state. does rain look like it will be a factor for you today? >> reporter: it absolutely will, del, we did have a heavy amount of rain and wind yesterday, a little bit this morning. it will continue again this afternoon and really for the rest of the week, and that's making it very tough, because there's one very small and rural road that leads into this search area, and the heavy rain has now turned into mud and ice as well. there are 200 people already on the ground. they left at sunrise this morning, all of them still hoping that they will find someone alive. as every hour passes, the hope for survivors in this square-mile site dwindles. >> it's very devastating. we knew a lot of the people down there, and with no sign of them, it's very frustrating. >> reporter: everyone here knows someone that is missing. >> this is transition into recovery for my sister versus -- versus a rescue. but regardless we

. >>> today's announcement comes days after army chef general general al sisi resigned and announceds candidacy. if no one gets more than 50% of these first-round votes, then a second round will be held in mid-june. >>> meanwhile, turkey's prime minister faces corruption allegations the country's voters head to the poll. even though those elections are local, prime minister erdogan said that the vote will affirm his legitimacy. we have reports from istanbul. >> reporter: a constant stream of voters eager to make their voice count. for them this is more than local politics, and people are bitte bitterly divided. 85 years old, he believes turkey needs a new political direction. >> thpeople are waiting patient. and for some it's a duty to support the government. >> there are internal and external forces that are trying to effect us. it is our duty to vote. >> a million voters registered in istanbul, but these elections are overshadowed by allegations and the fighting that has left turkey's society deeply polarized in. it's the first vote since the anti-government protests last summer, a

. >>> egypt's chief al-sisi has announced he will resign as defense minister in order to pun for president>>> some limited cautious optimism in that search for a missing malaysian airliner, satellites spots debris that could be from flight 370. randall why are these objects getting so much attention? >> reporter: well, the picture of these objects were taken sunday by a french satellite. these objects were spread over 150-square mile area. we can see that the approximately 1500 miles southwest of perth, australia. the reason they are getting such attention is because they are located in the same grid where there have been other stat light sightings of debris. and all of that debris is in an area where search teams have been looking for the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. unfortunately so far none of the debris has been retrieved so we really don't know whether it is connected. >> it has been almost three weeks now, what are authorities saying about their failure to come up with anything conclusive? >> well, the authorities are saying that they are proceeding as best they can, given

says hershall al-sisi cannot turn his back when the majority are asking them to stand as a candidate.0 months since egypt's first democratically elected president was ousted in a military coup. in the second day of the pistorius trial, a witness broke down in tears, describing the screen she heard coming from the house the night his girlfriend was killed. outside the courtroom, a bruising day. witnesses ready to challenge his version of the events the night she died. they heard a woman screaming before the gunshots. evidence of a row perhaps. she did not want to be filled, and broke down. >> this is very difficult for me. i heard shots. 's lawyer said she was mistaken. they live about 200 meters from his home. a really have heard her shout into the bathroom window? ore they really gunshots, the sounds of the athlete smashing the bathroom door. >> facing the direction of your house, was open, and was screened. >> the pressure seem to be taking its toll on pistorius. how his lawyer described she had been shot in the head, he wiped his eyes. a comforting message from an unlikely source,

al sisi is still in charge of the government. >>> more protests in venezuela, hundreds marched in theeets of valencia the third largest city. demonstrators accused the government of human rights abuses in its previous crack down of protesters. 18 people killed in student-led protests since february 12ing. frosts are angry over 56% inflation, food shortages and runaway violent crime. >>> still ahead on al jazerra america, what's at strike in ukraine think we'll tell you why russia is determined to control crimea. >> reporter: and i am stephanie stanton no again doerr, a california where heavy rains are put this is neighborhood under a constant threat of mudslides. >>> and the nba cracks down on the masks man. lebron james has to change his costume. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazerra america, here say look at your top stories this half hour. ukraine's army is shia letter after russia seized control of the crimean peninsula, ukrainian is warning russia any military intervention will lead to conflict of the u.n. security council held a special meeting to discuss the crisis. up observed ha

first round of egypt's presidential election is set in may, the announcement coming days afterral sisi resigned. if no one gets more than 50% in this first round of votes, a second round will be held in mid june. >> it's 92 days a aljazeera journalists have been held by the egyptian government. they are all accused of spreading false news and of belonging to a terrorist group. aljazeera rejects the charges and calls for their immediate release. their trial was adjourned last week and will pick back up tomorrow. >> protestors across the middle east today are marking land day. that's commemorating israel's seizure of arab land in 1976. the anniversary comes as israel misses a prisoner release deadline, putting the u.s. brokered peace talks in limbo. aljazeera's nick shiffrin looks at the issue through the eyes of two families affected by that conflict. >> in the face of a man he never met, he sees himself. he is 32 and that's the man he was named for, his uncle, an israel soldier kidnapped and killed in 1980. >> i was born a year to the day after his murder. i bear his name. i live under

sunday and this new lineup has 20 ministers from the gold government including the defense minuter al sisi to run for president in year, parliamentary elections planned for summer. >>> more than 10 men all armed with knives up leashed a bloody scene of terror in china. they slashed 29 victims at a train situation in china killing them all. four attackers were killed and 143 were wound is state nidia says it was from the country's west a warn to go our viewers the following report by rob mcbride does contain some graphic material. >> reporter: as police continue looking for anyone else connected with the attack, people in china have been coming to terms with the scale and horror of the assault. according to eyewitnesses, the gang started attacking passengers at random with knives, sending crowds fleeing in panic. thousands of internet users have been expressing their outrage on social media, and up loading images of security around the station in the aftermath of at at thathetack. authorities promise aid swift response with the country's president saying those responsible will be brought to

the new lineup has 20 ministers from the old cabinet, including defense minister' del sisi he's widelyd to run for president this years a live look at preparations for the 86th annual academy a wards in los angeles. in just a couple of hours fans and stars will be arriving there for hollywood's biggest night. talk show hold ellen degeneres is hosting. favorites including american hustle, graph reu and 12 years a slave. those are the headlines think i am jonathan betz i will be back in an hour with more news, but up next the documentary toughest place taxi driver starts now for updates all day go to al jazerra doll come. have a good day. taxi driver to join the taxi wallahs in the indian megacity of mumbai. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. big bus, big bus, big bus. what have i got myself into here, eh? >> he'll have to come to grips with some unusual driving conditions... >> jesus. >> too much problem if you are

however, many egyptians are waiting to see what field marshall al sisi will do.lation that he would resign permanently as defense minister and then run for president. turns out he's staying on as both minutester of defense and leader of the armed forces, for now at least. the position of interior minister also hasn't changed, despite pressure by some political parties to remove muhammad eastbound eastboun. >> reporter: it's not only the political scene that's shaky, security is unstable. this was obvious on friday. in cairo one person was killed and more than a dozen injured when police cracked down on protests. >> translator: we are not going to stop even one day. this is for the sake of our brothers who have been under torture. >> reporter: there was trouble in alexandria as well. a 17-year-old boy was shot dead. others were wounded in violence between security forces and demonstrators. >> translator: he lost his life for the sake of his country and for the sake of his religion. the current rulers inky just a e to be blamed. >> reporter: this have been strikes

. >>> sixth time since 2011, general abdul fattah al-sisi, stormed into the station and slashed commuters at ram done. state media said the attack was carried out by separatist group. >>> watch as these mudslides slip down the hills of los angeles county. after months of drought, the rain is finally here, but the mud shrinemudslides happened bey couldn't hold all the water. stay tuned, "consider this" is up next. >> hello and welcome to a special edition of "consider this." for the past month we have been the only tv show to give you in depth looks at all oscar nominated documentaries. feature length and short subjects. a country genocidal past to the organized cameramen in egypt and yemen. back up singers who fought tr

however, many egyptians are waiting to see what field marshal abdul fatah al-sisi will do. there was speculation he would resign as defence minister and run for president. turns out he is staying on as minister of defence and leader of the armed forces - for now at least. the position of interior minister has not changed, despite pressure by some political parties to remove ma ammed ibrahim. security is also unstable. it was obvious on friday. in cairo, one was killed and a dozen injured. >> we are not going to stop one day for the sake of our brothers who have been under torture. >> there was trouble in alexandria as well. a 17-year-old boy was shot dead. others were wounded in violence between security forces and demonstrators. >> he lost his life for the sake of his country and religion. the current rulers in egypt are to be blamed. >> over the last few weeks there has been strikes and protests by workers who want to be paid more. keeping a lid on these will be a challenge for the new cabinet. it has not got much time to do anything. in the next few months presidential a

sisi supporters staged rallies across the country. >> there are fears violence will only get worse as next week's presidential election draws closer. bernard smith has our report. >> reporter: the taliban fighters armed with grenades and assault rifles shot their way into the headquarters of a foreign charity working in afghanistan. one attacker blue himsel blew ho blow a hole in the gate of the building. there is gun battle around the building. the house is i not far from afghanistan's parliament. people were evacuated from neighboring properties. one woman was carrying a child. they were forced to take shelter as the battle conditioned. conditioned--as the battle continued. they're easy targets and are unlikely to have defenses that comcan with stand suicide-bombe. in comparison, government buildings have concrete blast walls and have sealed off streets and 24 hour protection. this is the third attack in kabul. it follows an attack on a hotel and the election commission. all on the taliban's promise to do it's best to disrupt elections on april 5th. >> another reversal in the michig

it comes days after general abdul fatah al-sisi resigns from the army, announcing he'd like to run for president. he was overthrown in july after mass protests. gunshots there, university student in cairo is dead and others hurt after clashes between protesters and police. demonstrators supported students who were arrested or suspended for supporting ousted president mohamed morsi. >> it's 92 days that al jazeera journalist was held. they are accused of spreading false news and belonging to a terrorist group. al jazeera rejects the charges and calls for their release. the trial was adjourned but picks up tomorrow. >> two spanish journalists are free after being held in syria for six months. it was an emotional reunion. a rogue al qaeda group kidnapped them as they tried to leave syria. it's unknown if they escaped or the kidnappers released them. >> millions across the states depend on food stamps. georgia has 2 million people on food stamps and is requiring drug tests for anything using narcotics, florida, utah, missouri have louse in place. in florida 4,000 people took tests 108 fail

sisi says official procedures for his bid on the presidency will begin soon.ly the defense minister, and will have to resign from that post before he can officially announce his candidacy. >>> and al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of their staff being held in egypt. they have now spent 66 days in prison. they are accused of having links with a terrorist organize. al jazeera rejects the charges. another journalist has been held since august. he has been on hunger strike for more than a month now to protest against his imprisonment. turkey ranks number one in the world for jailing journalists, that's according to the committee that protects journalists, which say that prison terms can be long and court procedures slow. anita has more. >> reporter: in 2012, this reporter alerted the world to the large number of journalists behind bars in turkey, when he fonted that he himself was facing an 11-year sentence, he sought asylum in germany. >> translator: the public has the right to access news. to prevent this, the state uses violence, oppression a

> the first round of egypt's presidential election has been set for may, days after abdul fatah al-sisi resigned and announced his candidacy. he led the overthrow of mohamed morsi in july, after mass protest. if no one gets more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second will be held in mid-june. >> it's 92 days that al jazeera journalists have been held by the egyptian government. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr are accused of spreading false news and belonging to a terrorist group. al jazeera rejects the charges and demand their immediate release. their trial continues tomorrow. >> rob reynolds explains gangs in buenos aires were gone before police rolled in. >> the operation began before dawn. 1,000 military police and brazilian marines entered the complex of slums known as maray near the airport. special police units armed with weapons patrolled the narrow allies and rushish-strewn streets. it's a group of shanty towns or fefellas occupied by 130,000 people and is notorious for violent drug gangs. a series of firebomb attacks on posts and other favelas le

sisi resigned at army chief and defense minister to run for the presidency. his replacement is a general sworn in on thursday. interim president administered the oath. three aljazeera journalists are due to make their fourth court appearance on monday. they are accused of having links with a terrorist organization and of spreading false news. >> meanwhile from aljazeera's arabic channel, this journalist has been in custody for more than six months. aljazeera rejects all charges against its staff and continues to demand their immediate release. >> kenya's president said that insecurity in africa and terror threats are morning the biggest challenges facing his country. on wednesday, the government announced a crackdown on refugees, ordering all back into camps. in his annual address to parliament, he said safety is the priority. >> there is a demand we attend to our needs and those of our neighbors especially when the screenty of our neighbors is threatened by internal conflict and terror. that is why our troops are in somalia, helping our troubled neighbor res

general al sisi is expected to run for president. the latest line up was revealed after the previous president resigned on monday. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its staff in egypt. thethey are accused of having ls with a terrorist organization and spreading false al jazeera . al jazeera rejects allegations. >>> and governmenanti-governmend where thousands of people have gathered in the north of the country to sho. >> this is a show of force by the red shirts and the message to the opposition. they made it clear that they support the caretaker prime minister shinawatra, who is under pressure from the opposition to resign. the result is a deepening divide in thailand. it's been several months since opponents took to the streets in bangkok. now the red shirts are mobilizing in their stronghold. >> we want to have the rally. this is the rural part of thailand, and they're the ones who voted shinawatra in power in 2011. now they feel the opposition is trying to prevent them from benefiting from state policies. >> reporter: