sisi's crack down has been fierce.officials interior ministry estimated early this year more than 16,000 egyptians had been arrested for political reasons. qatar has long been a sport of the muslim brotherhood backing the outed liter mohamed morsi. now with the help of saudi arabia, qatar and egypt are negotiating a sort of truce. >> translator: egypt means a lot for us, a strong, capable and healthy egypt say support for arabs. >> last week al jazerra suspended its satellite broadcasts focused on egypt. that decision came after an envoy from qatar met with president sisi to free the jailed al jazerra journalists, sisi could issue a presidential pardon but said he will not interfere with the judicial process. the appeals process continues hearing. slated to examine how the law was applied in this case. ♪ ♪ >>> in troubled countries around the world, journalists are shot, disappeared, beaten, exiled. al jazerra has not escaped this assault on press freed and freedom and the right to know. facing many more years in priso

it comes after confirm president sisi has said that this will not be stopped easily. this is long-term and it's a very dangerous struggle, and he said that he warned many times--actually the attacks attacks--these attacks up to now, we don't know if there is any that were killed or injured in these attacks or not but still it's very early. this actually means that there may be as many the only security-police solutions is in the enough to end this war or latest struggles. as you may know the egyptian political parties and the the big writers are calling for a political process to end this struggle but as we follow thee groups say this is very dangerous. there are no negotiations with these groups. he didn't end it, but he mentioned to a group that everybody who knows what we can say the political groups he wanted to talk about. >> let's talk a little bit more in more detail about president al sisi' strategy. we heard from an egyptian court that they banned the armed wing of hamas. that could be a coincidence but reading between the lines what do you think is the egypt

president sisi said he would like to see the case resolved. monday they will have been in prison for 400 days. for that peter greste has written a letter: >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour. in sport we find out if world's number one rory mcilroy has retained his lead. >> in argentina there is a key discoverry that they hope could help them understand how ancient mammals evolved into dinosaurs. we have reports from the western argentine province of san juan on the 213 million-year-old fine. >> this is the valley of the moon haunting, secretive anding i number tick. several dinosaur remains have been found here. this millions of years ago was the bed of a huge fresh-water lake. the cradle of life. it has revealed in fossil form some of its secrets, but it holds many more. now the same paleontologist who found the raptor found 12 previously unknown species. they're much smaller not more than five centimeters long but no less important than the important dinosaur finds. >> they are all unknown species they don't have names. we know that

. ♪ hello, egypt's president sisi is cutting short his trip to ethiopia for the african union summit,l with a string of deadly attacks in egypt's sinai peninsula and egypt army say it killed 26 people and most soldiers but some reports put that figure more than 40 and we have details. >> reporter: the force of the explosion can be seen from far away. fighters from an armed group called sinai providence say they are responsible for thursday attack and pledged allegiance to iraq or isil and used rockets and a car bomb in the capital of sinai and nearby town in four separate attacks and told al jazeera why the military base may have been chosen for a target. >> translator: what we learned is many injured and many in the battalion were injured and it's not only a military base but detention centers for what the army describes as extremists. >> reporter: it's unclear whether the attack was designed to set free prisoners but it has been taken very seriously by the government, president al-sisi cut short a trip to ethiopia and returned to cairo and this attacks is the worst since october whe

abdul fatah al-sisi was at the wheel. familiar to many but a necessity for others including the western allies and conservative gulf countries who favoured a strong hand over the inconvenient outcomes of democracy. president mohamed mursi supporters refused to give in. they organised mass sit-ins to demand their man's return to power. the scene was set for confrontation, and it came on august 14th. police and security moved in shooting any who resisted and many who tried to get away. our own team covering the event was caught in the crossfire. >> we are pinned down and are being shot at. we cannot move from the location we are at the moment. it was clear police did not want this to be covered. over 800 people were killed that quay. day. the world -- that day. the world protested but stopped short of taking action against those responsible. in may, abdul fatah al-sisi, a former field marshall won the presidential election and swapped his uniform for a presidential shoot, like hosni mubarak before him. in november charges.

. >> and therefore the ball falls in the court of president sisi because if the politics of the timehich he has distanced himself personal from, if they are the factor that led to the imprison think of our three journalists now surely the politics can turn it around. >> absolutely. again this is a case which has emerge million dollars a political context. basically now with the debate about reintroducing the sisi i would say political system now to the world trying to reconciliate with qatar and other countries. this is the country -- i think the government of egypt find themselves in a situation that they have to consider all of those elements today in the court. >> it this has been a very, very damaging case hasn't it for the reputation not only of egypt as a judges are country as a new young democracy but also of president sisi. >> absolutely. there was a lot of criticism from the states, the european nations and i think we remember the statement of obama when he speaks that the journalists should be released immediately. there was strong criticism to it the system, the political

. ♪ egypt's president sisi is cutting short his trip from ethopia to deal with a string of deadly attacksegypt's see that peninsula and says the attacks killed 26 people and most of them soldiers but some reports put that figure at more than 40 a group that pledges to the islamic state say they carried out the bomb ings and the group that calls itself the sinai province is retaliating on the crack down of supporters of the former president mohamed morsi. a car bomb targeted a military base, a police headquarters and a housing complex for army and police officers. the town of rafa on the gaza border also hit. a security officer is said to have been killed by a roadside bomb in the city to the south. earlier we spoke to hillary a professor of u.s. foreign policy at the american university. >> we've seen them continuing and increasing in intensity for the past year and a half since the over throw of president morsi in egypt, this is something historically true in egypt, each time a government in egypt going back to the 1950s has sought to suppress the muslim brotherhood, this nonviolent isla

board with what everyone from general al sisi have radically described as radical islam. they have their own heads up their own collective ass that

>> in fact, what el sisi did was really quite courageous to make a public statement that islam neededution. he gave it at the university which is the center for islamic scholarship in cairo, and he coupled that with something i think is equally significant on the christmas eve service, he went to the main cathedral in cairo and wished the worshippers merry christmas. >> right. >> said we're all egyptians together. so like anwar sadaat going to jerusalem, it's a very, very amazing couple of things that el sisi has done and puts him in jeopardy. what we should hope is that other muslim leaders, particularly in the middle east, do follow his example, but it's open to question. >> ambassador, how does that put him in jeopardy? >> because he's now engaged in a battle with the muslim brotherhood in egypt to see whether there will be a possibility of a free and open society or whether the brotherhood, as it almost did, will get control and impose its version of sharia law. and, you know, the muslim brotherhood coming back to sadaat after he made peace with israel who assassinated him. >> exa

>> it is not just a policyarization ol opposite sides, the proern sisi and the anti-coup alliance.s that big segment in society that was expecting something entirely different after february 2011 in terms of genuine democratization, respect for human rights and getting the country's economy back on the rails. we are still waiting for a representative of parliament. at present, there is the issue of your own journalists being jailed that will not go away. even the americans have said that a lot of the aid packages are conditional on respect for human rights in egypt. i think the recent events show there is a long way to go in that respect. >> the united states actually never suspended any -- they suspended -- excuse me -- military aid delivering apache helicopters. excuse me. for a few months but military aid was never, in fact suspended. >> no. given the instabilities in the region originalprobably in washington they had little option but it was a signal towards cairo there was more expected in terms of improving its human rights record. i think this is recognized also currently by

well president sisi was attending the african union summit taking place. but he left early because of this security challenge. of course, representatives from 54 countries in all were meeting there to talk issues that confront the continent. top of the agenda, of course, is ongoing threat of boko haram in nigeria. the a.u. has now agreed to send 7500 strong force to combat the group. the african union has joined regional and international organizations so fight south sudan's sanctions if they don't get together and resolve their conflict. another big concern how to deal with the democratic forces for the liberation of rwanda. they're located in the democratic of congo. we're speaking with malcolm web who is in the eastern part of the dlc. but let's go to our correspondent who is at the summit and clearly katherine this is a conference that was slated to deal with the issue of female empowerment gender issues on the continent but that's all fallen away give the security concerns that have overshadowed everything. >> absolutely. they have dominated the summi

coming up, highlights from my interview with egypt's new president president el-sisi.nalists jailed in cairo. from davos switzerland, this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ >> good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." or two days away from greek elections. this will be a vote on whether or not the past five years of austerity has been worth it. the party has been maintaining its lead ahead of the vote. great to see you on the ground in greece. tell us what the mood is there. >> obviously, there's a lot of excitement and tension ahead of this sunday's election. the widespread expectation is that seriessyriza will win the election. what happens then? will he be able to get a better deal from the rest of europe for greek spell out -- greece's bailout? >> you have looked at what it will demand if it wins and what people are willing to accept. is there hope that they a negotiation might work out? >> there is some hope that a negotiation will work out. at this point, everybody is sticking to a hard-line. germany and the rest of europe is adamant that greece has to live u

people like el sisi needs to be supported. obama should have been on the phone with el sisi thanking him for his stand and pledging support for el sisi to help him get his message across. we need world leaders to stand with him and support him. and right now, the west is too coward to stand with freedom fighters like him and basically they are just standing on the sideline. >> well, let's home more western leaders are going to come together, particularly in light of what we just are witnessing in paris. it's a huge wake-up call for europe. great to see you thank you for your insight. >> thank you for having me on the show. >>> we have to continue to work closer together. the international community. as well as the united states government. to combat this threat. and we are. we take it seriously. no one has taken their eye off the ball when it comes to the threats posed by these groups to western targets. to include here in the united states. >> the pentagon spokesperson admiral john kirby acknowledging the terror attacks in pa

well the egyptian president el sisi took a good step.a foreign language ] [ applause ] >> joining me now the co-host of "the five" bob beckel judith, miller. bob, you always say where are their voices. >> i only wish you audience had a chance to see those words bigger because this is the most -- speech taken place in that region. this is equivalent to martin luther king jr. i had a dream speech. hoe said to imam being hijacked and the world is turning against us. 1.6 billion muslims going to defeat 7 billion people in this world? no. and you, he pointed right to the imam, said your responsibility before allah is to do this. now, that is courage beyond courage beyond courage. i'm just so excited about it i can't tell you. >> absolutely true. and you know what's amazing? you probably heard it on fox news. because the mainstream media did not cover this speech. nor did they cover another first, president sisi's visit to a coptic church where he celebrated mass on january 7th which is the date in which they -- >> said similar things. >> he s

so like anwar sadaat going to jerusalem, it's a very, very amazing couple of things that el sisi has him in jeopardy. what we should hope is that other muslim leaders, particularly in the middle east, do follow his example, but it's open to question. >> ambassador, how does that put him in jeopardy? >> because he's now engaged in a battle with the muslim brotherhood in egypt to see whether there will be a possibility of a free and open society or whether the brotherhood, as it almost did, will get control and impose its version of sharia law. and, you know, the muslim brotherhood coming back to sadaat after he made peace with israel who assassinated him. >> exactly. ambassador, i want you to listen to the difference between our president and british prime minister discussing extremism and what happened in paris. >> we're also going to keep working together on strategies to counter violent extremism. >> we do face a very serious islamist extremist terrorist threat in europe, in america, across the world. >> what do you think? >> well, i think the president has rejected the idea that t

many hoping egyptian presidentcy presidency -- president sisi will use his powers but sisi has maintained he will not interfere with the judicial process. egypt's government could also make use of the new law which would have the australian deported but the two others who hold egyptian citizenship are unlikely to get any relief. >>> israel's high court rejected the petition to ban the demolition of homes on those that attacked israelis. it includes homes who killed five israelis in a synagogue in september. they also froze the order to demolish another home. >>> now, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu won the support of his party which will lead the right wing party in general elections this march. we look at the part and its nearly 40-year legacy. >> reporter: this was the moment benjamin netanyahu knew he would be prime minister for a second time, although it wasn't until months later that he would form his coalition government. there was little doubt he would lead israel but whether snap elections were called for ma 17th less than two years later, his political future looks now

and then it would go up as overseas investors get used to the new president president sisi. it has hurt the people. infrastructure projects to double the capacity of the suez canal excited investors but some say the army has too much control over such projects and under employment under mubarak was 9% since he was deposed. it has reached almost 13%. at this point let's talk to angus blair. he joins us via skype. we mentioned peopleful feeling better about their standards of living. do they have better standards that they hoped for when they threw mubarak out. >> of course, in any up rising revolution there is uncertainty and that created change in the economy. the economy had felt some damage but interestingly since the beginning of january 2011, there is only one quarter where you saw the debt below zero. the economy has been strong, actually given the relative circumstances, and you mentioned the economy is now growing. it's up roughly at the moment about 3.5% year on year gdp growth, which is pretty good going. but i think the main strength is liquidity in the economy and

. >> so look at sisi in europe. you had a restoration with sisi in egypt. a lot of iranian citizens regret which direction they went in $79 with the shah. >> jon: you think they regret the theocracy. >> yes. there were great demonstrations in '79 in iran against the republic which is what the people had chosen instead of the shah. the point is once stuff gets this violent, all bets are off. i'm not saying boko haram is the better choice than the government. what i'm saying is people are driven to extremes and you get security crises. >> jon: if you can control some of the corruption, you take a little bit of the energy out of these extremist movements. we'll stick around and talk more. "thieves of state," on the shelves now. sarah chayse. we'll be back now. throw it up on the web. ♪ ♪you better pledge your allegiance♪ ♪you're not the only one♪ ♪listen up forefathers♪ ♪let them have some fun♪ ♪some fun♪ ♪some fun.♪ here's an idea. first person to check their texts has to buy the next round. does that sound good to you? ...keep it up here. coughequence #5. th

sisi i think is the real hope for egypt -- >> but not fairly democratically elected. >> i would say he is fairly democratically elected. >> there are opposition parties that are illegal. >> there are areas in al jazeera where probably i would disagree. >> we would be very happy if our three guys are let out of jail. >> i hope they are, by the way. i would say though, about my own view, is that the muslim brotherhood were a disaster for egypt and i think it actually is important that egypt get some stability going forward. in relationship to kazakhstan, it is important that people be people who are christians jeuz jews muslims, the leadership of kazakhstan has increased about 15 times after leaving the soviet union, i think you need a thriving financial sector and i'm a great, supporter of jamie dimon. after a time you do develop not a thick skin by the way, you would always be sensitive to the criticisms but you at least develop the ability to say well this is what i really think and if i really like it, i've got the right to say it. >> there's more about ali's interview. >> in my view

iffattah al sisi says that egypt is facing terrorism. at least ten people have died in a series of explosions in and around the iraqi capitol. a blast killed three people and five others died in another explosion at a sheep's market. two soldiers were also killed after their patrol was startinged in a bomb attack north of the capitol. >> in iraqi hired al abadi address leaders from across the country. they hope to create an united front against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. now to the african union summit, which is taking on boko haram during it's summit, they have agreed to send forces to combat the problem. they say that boko haram is not a problem just for nigeria but for internationally as well. >> they've been around since 1992. they have attacked cameroon, it's definitely not a nigeria-only problem. it is about time. i'm glad that the african union is focusing on it. they're saying, look, we give help. we're the big guys. but the institution of boko haram are different because the attacks have been different the army ha

but sisi and his interim wichita falls went unpunished. in may, 2014, he, like mubarak all of those years before him became president. the charges of complicity to murder against murbarak were dropped in november. there were no significant protests. he script's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi remains in jail charged with inciting violence and spying. for all of the turmoil and death of the last four years, it seems little has changed. simon mcgregor-wood, al jazeera. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our 3 colleagues who have now been imprisoned in egypt for 393 days. mohammed familiari, peter greste and mohammed bohama were accused of helping the out lied muslim brotherhood. a court has ordered a retrial. key political talks between yemen's main political parties and shiia hooth houthi rebels. they have rejected dialogue with the rebels calling instead for renewed protest. the houthis took control the presidential last week. the move has created political crisis in the capital which has caused a power v

abdul fatah al-sisi said he would have preferred the journalists be deported giving many hope that that may happen now that a retrial has been announced. [ chanting ] >> reporter: protests have gone global demanding the release of the three, and many other media organizations stood firm saying the detention is an attack on press freedom. all three insist they have done nothing wrong. evidence presented at the trial included sheep herding videos and examples of peter greste's works from kenya >>> and just time to remind you you can find out more on the website. the address to click on to is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com to get the latest news and sport from around the world. >> today on "talk to al jazeera" jazeera," norman lear , political activist and war veteran. >> who knows, god could be a woman, a president who would help us look in the mirror and see ourselves honestly. >> he is the man behind the iconic is it sit-coms

he was ousted in 2013 in a de facto military coup led by sisi.te media say at least 50 people around the country were injured. political turmoil has hurt tourism and weighed on the egyptian committee. some citizens are hoemg for stability but others are concerned over the crack doub on demonstrations. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he hopes nigeria's upcoming presidential election will be peaceful. he made the comment on the same day islamist extremists carried out another deadly attack. kerry met in lagos with president goodluck jonathan who is seeking re-election and the main rival former military leader mohammed dibuhari. earlier suspected boko haram islamist extremists islamist militants carried out an attack in the northeastern state of borno. they killed at least eight people in the state capital maiduguri and they seized another northern town. kerry called on all parties to respect the outcome of the february 14th vote. >> it's absolutely critical these elections be conducted peacefully. that they are credible, transparent, ac

and until president sisi decides that there is actually a political advantage to be gained by such ann, i think the line of least political cost will remain that of using the judicial process through to its conclusion. >>> nigeria's military has repeatedly ignored warnings of impending boko haram attacks in northeastern nigeria, according to amnesty international. thousands of people have fled a town since the armed group reportedly killed hundreds of people earlier this month. amnesty says the military failed to respond to requests to sends reinforcement to baga. >>> in greece, there has been initial negative reaction to the new government's proposed changes to the country austerity poll i didn't. shares in greece's four big banks suffered their largest ever fall amid fierce to access to emergency funding will dry up. john reports. >> reporter: they have camped on the street outside the finance ministry in protest for a year. but on wednesday were in shock. greeters new finance minister made it his first task to rehire some 600 cleaning ladies, his department dismissed 18 months ago

. >> you know, when you listen to what el sisi has said in egypt. >> yes. >> where he talks about howutraged he is about the destructive nature of what's going on in the name of islam and he calls it out very clearly, i was also watching the mayor of rotter dam in the netherlands and he used very strong language to talk about if you're not happy with freedom, then you need to find another country. he is very outraged. and they're so clear in how they're looking at it and what they're saying to people who are of the muslim faith who are peaceful. they need to react. and that they need to respond. you know, what's your take on that? >> i'm so glad that you've brought that up. and i think president sisi's invocation was to extract this ideology that has contaminated islam but does originate and get legitimized by clerics all over the world. and he was appealing to their authority to separate it. i've written about this in tomorrow morning spectator in an article called let there be light. it's time we examined the relationship of this ideology to islam. and that examination is something

. >> and didn't -- >> because sisi took out the muslim brotherhood.'s when obama withdrew millions, maybe it was a billion dollars in aid we were giving egypt. when they're standing up to terrorist fanatics who had been encouraged by the obama administration. >> isn't this exactly what we need world leaders especially in muslim nations to be doing? i mean the western media didn't cover it because it happened on new year's day, but wouldn't it be helpful if our president, if hollande, other western leaders came out and said what that guy said, this is the way. >> yes. and isn't that i've heard a lot of people say that usually the obama administration won't call any islamic terrorism islamic, but of course they had to here because it was so obvious. no, that's not why obama admitted it was islamic terrorism. the socialist president of france admitted it. >> he did admit it anne he said it was terrorism. but he wouldn't say islamic terrorism. >> if i haven't heard that 8 billion times already. i needed to hear it 8 billion plus one. >> let me set it up.

jasser knows and he speaks so eloquently about this as does president el sisi.ter is when we don't clearly identify who these bad guys are, we give the opportunity for all muslims to be painted with the same brush. it's simply not so. the bad guys are the islamists, the fundamentalists terrorists, radicals, whatever we call them, they have to relish the fact we clearly don't identify exactly who they are. >> general maddis and general keane testified on capitol hill yesterday and they used a map actually showing the expansion of radicalism in africa, the middle east and i think a pretty strong argument can be made that pretty much every continent now is being impacted by radical islam. there's the map there. and the spread of islam. radical islamists, obviously that includes isis in iraq and syria. and here's what the generals had to say specifically about that threat of radical islam. >> violent jihadist terrorists cannot be permitted to take refuge behind false religious garb and leave us unwilling to define this threat with the clarity it deserves. >> radical

islam needs a reboot, and that's the word from egypt's president, al-sisi. has called for a revolution in islam. >> terry: al-sisi was speaking at the world economic forum in switzerland, where her warned western leaders about the danger of terrorism. >> reporter: al-sisi continued his campaign to change the image of islam. he says muslims must seek change from within. several weeks earlier, he addressed islam's most influential university and called for a revolution in islam. >> it has reached the point this

the convictions were set aside providing hope that the president of judgment and and al sisi could reach a decree. it was encouraging for gr este and mohammed fahmy who holds a dual egyptian-canadian citizenship. >> there was talk around the possibility of the guys being pardoned. as of yet there has been no news of that, and egypt is going to a seven-day period of mourning for the saudi king. that announcement, we understand is going to be put on hold. peter grestes's parents returned home. >> it was not his best, it wasn't his worst. he had a few grim days but everybody does. but he's holding up okay, and you know, he does everything he possibly can to maintain his--i was going to say energy. >> this was mother media conference with a family who was unable to deliver any good news. they hope the next one will be different. >> saudi arabia has postponed the nothing of an internet blogger who was convicted of insulting islam. he has been subjected to one of his 50 nothings involving 50 thrashings. it's not clear why this was postponed. and some have appealed for the sentence to be suspen

lou: you know we should actually do much more with what general al-sisi said, what he wrote.is a call within islam for a profound change in both perspective and acceptance of responsibility here, and we will do so, and i would like to you participate in that discussion, ambassador it's always good to have you with us. we thank you so much. ambassador john bolton. >> thank you, lou. lou: much more later in the broadcast on the threats of radical islamist terrorism right here in the united states. a frightening report from the organization the clarion group. we'll have details later in the broadcast. we'll be talking with one of the authors of that report. we're coming right back. stay with us. >>> governor mitt romney making his case for 2016 telling republicans why they should support what would be a third run. steve forbes is here next on romney running for . lou: arizona becomes the first state in the union to require stents to pass the u.s. citizenship exam if they want to graduate from high school. man! i've just got to take my hat off to the entire state of arizona. unde

later in the day abdul fatah al-sisi will address the forum. let's join adrian fip garrig who is -- finighan who is live for us. another packed day for the delegates. >> it is indeed. a busy day. the focus of talk in the back rooms of the forum is about the story you were coughing. quantitative easing a decision made away from here by the european central bank on measures to kick start the mora bund eurozone economy. i imagine a lot watching will wonder what on earth it means. it's double dutch. let's ask a friendly economist. with us chief economist. you have to explain what the e.c.b. is likely to do. and why the economy needs the injection. what the us open economy needs is liquidity, more money in the banking system so the banks cleaned, economy can grow. what we have seen in the past in the u.s. and u.k. and canada is the quantitative easing to help them grow fast. this will be a huge boost. >> what does the european central bank expect. no one knows for certain. >> they'll announce a plan whereby each will have bonds, covered or governmen

that is what people yearn for and was behind abdul fatah al-sisi's victory in the elections last may. all of which those how far we have come from january 5th, 2011, where everything is possible of. >> muslim brotherhood is banned. demonstrations are fewer than they were. to what extent do you think the activists and protesters have given up the fight, and who are prepared to go out on the streets? >> well i think that there's two groups that are still prepared to fight, although what they are fighting for is very different. on the one hand of course you have the partisans of the ousted president mohamed mursi and supporters of the muslim brotherhood, who, as you noted, are being cracked down on and who have been periodically engaged in protests against what they see as a military coup conducted in july of 2013. on the other hand the - you see activists, generally leftist activists, from the revolutionary socialists who have never really given up protesting ever since hosni mubarak's overthrow. they are at the forefront of these protests which are commemorating the fourth anniversary,

what general sisi said was calling for a revolution.'s calling for a revolution in islam. >> he may die for those comments, saying you've got to change. >> your president obama did not -- >> not my president. >> he backed the muslim brotherhood. he backed the opposition to this man that's speaking frankly and candidly about islam. >> sean, this spring has bigger issue. for fail to go police itself, we need to look at that. >> david? >> there is a very important point to come off what carl said. we can fight this problem. we can kill terrorism. we should kill as many as possible at every opportunity. but it's up to muslims around the world to police and solve their problem. >> good point. >> frankly, this will be a violent solution. muslims will have to kill muslims by the tens of thousands. by the millions -- >> yeah, i think what the general was talking about is really a failure of our understanding geopolitically. in 2001 it was unfathomable that you could see an establishment of a caliphate across africa and the middle east. today it

abdul fatah al-sisi would have preferred the journalist to be deported giving hope that that may happen now that a retrial has been announced. [ chants ] >> reporter: protests have gone global demanding the release of the three, and many other media organizations stood firm saying the detention is an attack on press freedoms. all three insist they have done nothing wrong, and the original trial has been unfair. >>> a bollywood movie is setting regards in india, and angering far right hindu groups. protesters accused film-makers of insulting their religion. we have more from new delhi. >> reporter: the film stars a bollywood superstar and is about an ail yep on earth unable to return home. there's action comedy musicical numbers. offscreen it crossed more than $100 million. a record. the film critics says the success is a result of marketing. >> i find the film a little simplistic. it's fun, raising questions relevant to the way things are in india now. >> reporter: the film looks at the practice of religion in india and pokes fun of clergy and spiritual leaders. less than four weeks, it

egyptian president be abdel fatah al-sisi has said he would like to see them released. >>> andrew thomas reports from sydney. >> in sydney warehouse actors are rehearsing rehearsing a very important me. life is so bleak three fantasize about imaginative near near imaginary lives. for heroin smuggling they have been given live appeals. indonesia has executed two other others last week, they could be next. >> we -- i'm an actor that's all i can do. so i'm trying to do the best because i care about my friends you know? >> their play aims to add awareness. this play was first performed back in 2008, there was still hope for the real life counterparts. that hope is still all but dashed families have gone on television to plea. >> they're good kids. everybody make mistakes, they did something stupid. they don't deserve to die they don't. >> if the gain of prison has been to reform, i think both the boys have done that. >> similar calls from the brazillian and dutch governments were ignored two weeks ago and australian government. president owner strong measures against an initiative because of

sisi, i think is real hope for egypt -- >> but not fairly democratically elected?well, i would say he is fairly democratically elected -- there are issues around for example al jazeera where probably i would disagree. okay. >> right. but we would be very happy if our three guys are let out of jail. >> and i hope they are, by the way. i would say though about -- my own view is the muslim brotherhood were a disaster for egypt, and i think it is important that egypt gets some stability going forward. in kazakhstan i have constantly said to people there are very important reasons for the west to be allies with kazakhstan. people are free to worship, and the leadership has increased the income of their country by about 15 times since leaving the soviet union. and i'm a great admirerer of jamie diamonds. in the end i make up my own mind about these things now. because if you end up following whatever prevailing wind there is you find yourself in many dish places and a lot of them places you don't believe in. you should also be sensitive to the criticisms but you at least

. >> egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi said he's considering using his power to release the journalist. he said the legal process has to run its course >>> andrew gresta brother of peter greste joins us via skype. how did the family react learning that a new trial was ordered for your brother? >> we were a little surprised at the speed of yesterday's decision, but over all we are - we think it's a step in the right direction to seeking justice for peter. it's a move that acknowledges that the first trial was flawed and we see it as an opportunity now for president abdul fatah al-sisi to step in and we'll make application for it to have peter deported upped the presidential decree that was announced in november. >> there has been a lot of take about the presidential decree that the president said he wished the president was deported instead of imprisoned. is that something you hope will happen, do you think there's a lot of hope there, that the journalist may be released soon? >> that's right. we think now it's a window of opportunity for that to happen. the president has made numerous