. >>> al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have now spent 406 days hyped bars in egypt. 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 dis

after 411 days behind bars bail for al jazeera's mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed in cairo. and news that takes its time. we look at the journalism movement including a writer taking seven years to tell a story >>> at 9:00pm g.m.t. sunday february 8th a news story broke on multiple news outlets, going online at that moment because that was the deal. the time that journalists from 45 countries agreed to simultaneously publish their reports on what have come to be known as the swiss leaks. the story about tax evasion, and the journalistic effort that exposed it occurred on a global scale. the process got a start six years ago in january 2009. when an employee turned whistleblower at hs b.c. handed obvious a trove of financial data to the authorities in france. it showed that hs b.c. the second biggest bank helped thousands of client hide money in secret acts held by banks in switzerland. the french newspaper got its hand on the data along with a second leak. editors brought in the icij. international consortium of journalists. news organization don't like to share their scoops

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. baher mohamed says he is standing up for journalists around the world. >> i'm very proud for every single moment i spent in priz prison. i'm very proud of it. if time goes back, i would choose the same experience. >> their colleague peter greste was freed last month and deported to his home australia. >>> measure prohibits cities and towns from creating legal protections for members of the lgbt community. the bill sponsors said, the bill ensuring lgbt people will not get free treatment that's not afforded to heterosexuals. clear act of discrimination. >>> meanwhile alabama's fight against gay marriage looks like it's ending. most counties in the state are issue being same sex marriage licenses. the judge said counties are not forced to comply with that order but they seem to be doing so. >>> president signed an executive order make it easier for businesses and the government to exchange data. >> there's only one way to defend america from these cyber thieves, for government and indust

. >> he baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have spent 406 days in jail. peter greste is back home in australia, after spending 400 daze in prison. baher and mohamed are still in jail. al jazeera demands their re. release. a tanker has leaked more than 560,000 liters of oil. in the easy galapagos islands. people living around the fuego volcano guatemala city. >>> botched treatment by an unregistered doctor. rob mcbride has more. >> in the village of racca people are scared. the deputy village chief was one of the first to test positive for hiv along with his wife and two of their children. >> translator: after it was confirmed we had hiv the rest of the villages were very afraid. they got tested too. one after another more cases were confirmed. >> reporter: the local medical center now finds itself treating more than 200 sufferers with still more being diagnosed. >> we really got worried when more and more people began testing positive. we know the impact this will all have on the community. >> reporter: investigators quickly identified dirty needles from

. >> al jazeera journalists baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have now spent 406 days behind bars. accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste has been released and arrived home earlier this week but baher and mohamed have not. (e) showed dead in the capital nairobi, masked gunmen reportedly approached his government and opened fire. muchai entered parliament two years ago. >>> a ban on doctor-sthift-assisted suicide has been overturned. >>> the fbi has been investigating what could have been the largest cyber-hacking records of 80 million customers waswere stolen from anthem. >> trust in anthem has plummeted since the company announced as early as last december, hackers had stolen its personal financial and economic data. china has long been considered the likeliest suspect for such a massive cyberbreach. china's cyber espionage continued unabated in 2013. china's incentives for continuing this activity are immense and unlikely to be altered by small u.s. actions. prosecutions for five members of a military unit for hacking into companies and a labor union

. >> 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 wh

after 411 days behind bars, bail for al jazeera's mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed in cairo. and news that takes its time. we look at the journalism movement, including a writer taking seven years to tell a story >>> at 9:00pm g.m.t. sunday, february 8th, a news story broke on multiple news outlets, going online at that moment because that was the deal. the time that journalists from 45 countries agreed to simultaneously publish their reports on what have come to be known as the swiss leaks. the story about tax evasion, and the journalistic effort that exposed it occurred on a global scale. the process got a start six years ago in january 2009. when an employee turned whistleblower at hs b.c. handed obvious a trove of financial data to the authorities in france. it showed that hs b.c., the second biggest bank helped thousands of client hide money in secret acts held by banks in switzerland. the french newspaper got its hand on the data, along with a second leak. editors brought in the icij. international consortium of journalists. news organization don't like to share their s

fahmy and baher mohamed. but he hopes they will soon join him in freedom. >> the wife of baher mohamed is speaking out demanding that her husband be freed as well. but baher is egyptian and she knows that makes his situation different. >> i still don't know why he's in a egyptian prison, whether his colleagues are being released. there is nothing called deportation, it is a term used just because one is not an egyptian. i cannot describe my situation. i am living a tragedy. i'm raising three kids and why circulate they suffer for had? >> mohamed was sentenced to 10 years in prison while each of his nonegyptian colleagues got seven years. >>> have cristina fernandez de kirchner 1994 bombing of a jewish center in buenos aires. the matter has not stopped kirchner from other matters. david schwindler reports. >> china gave the argentina tien aguer are argentine president, a welcome. the south american country's trade with china in 2013 was worth $17.5 billion. >> translator: chinese interests in investing in arge

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >>> canada's supreme court has turned over a ban on doctor-assisted suicide. it will only apply to those with terminal illness. >> her mother kay suffered in als. in 2010 she traveled to a clinic income switzerland where she ended her life. >> today her journey is complete with the supreme court of canada decision grant be canadians the right that she was denied. >> this is a case about real people with serious illnesses who with change in a law can find peace and comfort knowing they have a choice. >> on friday canada's supreme court gave people that choice, striking down a 22-year-old ban on doctor-assisted suicide. the nine justs have giveen a year to craft a new law. >> you this is a momentum days, an historic day. a day that i think we as canadians can celebrate. >> but as oppose the ruling, including so-called dieing with dignity bills that have passed in parliament. one doctor telling al jazeera last year it's her job to save lives, n

also coming up al jazeera journalist baher mohamed -- mohamed fadel fahmy out of custody on bail baher mohamed likely to be released within hours. >>> the bodies of three victims shot in carolina on tuesday - we'll bring you reaction from the l

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are awaiting retrial. they were convicted of aiding an outlawed muslim brotherhood. that was thrown out. al jazeera denies the accusations. laurence lee reports. >> reporter: for four days this woman and three children are reduced to prison visits. the youngest only saw his dad in gaol. she was pregnant when baher mohamed was arrested. a sense of injustice has grown and grown. >> translation: i feel sadness, we and our children have nothing else. happiness has gone. we pray for the freedom of my husband, detained for no crime. >> the last few weeks sees a rise and fall. and it was hoped that a hearing would set them free. it is on a retrial instead. peter greste is trying to be deported to australia, and mohamed fadel fahmy to canada. it has not happened. it will not happen to baher mohamed, no option exists. at the same time as these developments, world attention is focussed on the issue of free speech in paris with the killings of "charlie hebdo". so the question is raised - are west leaders exercising m

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 still at war. however, the people of baghdad should live their life. life should go on. >> because of the curfew the biggest in

fahmy baher mohammed. >> he is a free man and at home. on thursday at a more formal press conference surrounded by his family, he talked about how his family's support and knowledge of the global campaign to free him and his colleagues helped get him through. >> you always have the dark days. i often closed my eyes and let my mind drift to where it wand to go and almost in variably, it went to the beach and to the coast of the sea in some form. we andrew mike and my sisters in law we all went sailing in 2013 on sundays and i always went back to those days on the boat. >> in cairo, it was fellow prisoners to helped. >> i want to pay credit to my colleagues. we would support one another very very directly. we knew that people would have their ups and -- excuse me, their up days and down days and we are very careful at helping one another out, listening to one another talking to one another, supporting one another and giving space when we needed it. we've all grown very close as a result of this process as a result of this experience. >> the

fahmy, baher mohammed had any links to the muslim brotherhood. it failed to prove that an act of terror occurred, and the case did not clarify what illegal equipment that mohammed fahmy is accused of carrying. >>> workers in nine states are striking up talks with the shell oil company broke down. they're negotiating a national contracts for workers for other countries. the united steal workers one of the workers on the bit line. >> the main thing we want people to understand is that this is not about financial--this is not a financial strike. this is about safety and going home to our wives and our children. which live in the communities that these refineryies were built in. some of our biggest concerns are the fatigue standards where people have worked long hours and a lot of days in a row. we had agreement for fatigue policy but it's being--not followed or implemented properly. when i first started out in this industry 35 years ago i went to a four-year apprenticeship school where we see people coming out to work that we don't feel are qualifie

. >> al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed have spent 405 days behind bars in egypt. they were accused of reporting false news and supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges that they and al jazeera deny. peter greste is back home in australia after released sunday. al jazeera demands mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed's immediate release. >> investigators in taiwan are beginning to unravel why a plane crashed in a river. they say one engine appears to have failed before the second was manually shut down. >> they searched the waters of the river for the missing from the flight. more bodies were brought to shore. two young boys were found, 11 and 12, still strapped into their seats. the cause of the crash started to emerge. investigators announced what the black botches revealed. engine two appeared to malfunction, tilts its propellor placed to no longer give thrust but engine one was shut down after a discussion by the pilots picked up by the cockpit voice recorder. >> essentially you're saying the pilots made a decision to shut down the one engine that was sti

baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy are accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. a new court date has been set for march eight. >> it was a familiar scenario inside an egyptian courtroom for mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed. the judge postponed their retrial until march 8. >> again, the same inefficiencies, witnesses don't show up, the evidence -- that's the responsibility of the court, so i don't get it. >> fahmy and mohamed were freed on bail earlier this month but still bear the weight of criminal charges and a retrial. the men are accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. it was declared a terrorist organization just four days before they were arrested on december 29, 2013. fahmy mohamed and peter greste spent more than a year behind bars. greste was deported to his native australia a few weeks ago. fahmy relinquished his egyptian citizenship in the hopes deportation would follow. instead, he remains egypt. he and mohamed are required to check in with police each day. >> i wait and see, but i'm happy that i was returned back. i will not stay in prison. i'm hap

along with producer baher -- mohammed fahmy. canadian officials raised the case of baher mohamed 15 times in the last nine days. we continue to call for mohammed fahmy immediate release. they are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. a third al jazeera journalist peter has been released and is now back home in australia. >>> still ahead on the news hour aid for the victims of syria's war, the u.n. chief talks to us about efforts to raise money. >>> celebrations in delhi, as an anti corruption party wins state elections in a huge setback for the prime minister. more on that. stay with us. ♪ >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> welcome back. a reminder of the headlines here on al jazeera. u.s. president has confirmed the death of american aid worker kayla jean mueller. obama has vowed to find and bring to justice those responsible for h

. >>> an egyptian court has granted bail to two al jazeera journalists, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed have been detained for 411 days in a cairo prison. they are accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they as well as al jazeera deny. their colleague, australian peter greste was freed and deported on february 1st. their trial will resume on february 23rdrd. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: this could be the beginning of the end of an ordeal that lasted for more than 400 days. al jazeera's bureau chief, baher mohamed, and producer mohammed fahmy have been granted bail at the start of their retrial. fahmy was asked to pay a security bond of around $33,000. >> we'll abide by everything in the egyptian law, and i'm sure he is being vindicated by this and vindicated later on when the whole case falls apart completely. we wanted to keep ourselves not too excited or -- and just expect -- wanted to expect the worst, but we got something, so . . . >> reporter: but the judicial might for the two will continue until the charges are dropped. fahmy was initially s

. >> mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are freed on bail. >> art's president cristina kirchner is being investigated of a cover updating back 20 years. president kirchner had been accused of covering up the bombing in exchange for oil. this man decide mysterious last month on the eve of the hearing of the case. they have accused church nery and her foreign minister. let's get more from buenos aires. have they advanced investigation into the bombing? >> so many cases in argentina politics decides on which side of the political fence you're on. they certainly believe they have advanced the case substantially. that they can now be formerly investigated in those accusations being made against them. the government are saying this amounts to very little. that it's a politically motivated case. there are elections later this year in october of argentina. they're saying very much it's a political case. all of this will come to an ahead next wednesday exactly a month after the prosecutor died when a march is being planned by some of his former colleagues, and people are either joining that march or very much

it doesn't apply to baher mohamed. if you look at the nature of the charges, they are aiding and assisting a terrorist organization. these are allegations coming under the terror. law. law. -- terrorism law. >>> we know the first trial was marred with evidence nothing to do with the allegation. if they said the trial was marred with inconsistencies, and we thought it would begin this month, and there's no evidence it would happen second. pending a trial they are held in limbo. the interesting thing about the situation is technically this has nothing to do with the three al jazeera journalists, and has more to do with domestic policies in egypt, and the duel for strategic relationships. if we look at the domestic level, the judiciary was deceived as an independent. the president can appoint the court of cessation. the three journalists are held in a political limbo between the regime and the preserve seized judiciary. >> sorry, i want to jump in there. given the limbo that we are in at the moment what is your sense, loo

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 d

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are still in a cairo prison cell. he's now with his family. they're off to celebrate. it's celebration tempered with the knowledge that they're leaving two of his close colleagues behind. >> u.s. veteran soldiers have a fight on their hands after being deported to mexico. >> pharmaceuticals, bombing food everything. >> and we'll find out who has been taking a train to brussels to try to stop a massive trans-atlantic trade deal. >>> and the sport where the fans have passion but does equatorial guinea have what it takes to win? we'll have more in sport a little bit later. >> the biggest defensive against boko haram in five years. they've been in positions in towns and villages. nine chadian soldiers died in the offensive. they pushed back against towns near the border of cameroon. they launched a court offense of fotokol, and a number of soldiers have been killed. also in cameroon, african union officials are meeting to finalize sending troops to fight boko haram. we have the latest from the nigerian capitol of abuja. >> reporter: they have conf

for baher mohamed, no option exists he is egyptian. the world's attention was in paris at the "charlie hebdo" magazine magazine. the question is raised why aren't western leaders exerting pressure on the egyptian government. >> all the leaders that marched for "charlie hebdo" and freedom of speech are hypocritical much the success of locking up the journalists, and judges that do whatever the government wants, and are keeping them in gaol it is likely to be followed. by the autocratic regime. swedish journalists agree with ta. he was locked up in ethiopia for 438 days for putting force on a rebel group hostile to the government. free speech he believes and his rites should be defended absolutely. >> egypt sneaked a peak at ethiopia saying this is possible. you can gaol two foreign journalists. it doesn't have diplomatic offenses. you still get the military aid and conferences and respect from the international community. the same thing - we have fabricated evidence journalists as terrorists. journalism is not a crime. 400 days in gaol

mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed are still imprisoned. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >> survivors of one of the deadliest bush fires have been awarded settlements. forty people died and 500 homes destroyed in the southern state of victoria in 2009. the lawsuit against energy firm arnett claimed that a break in an electrical conductor on a power play pole sparked the fire. >> small and medium sized businesses forel backbone of thigh land's economy but many say they struggle to compete against a handful of family owned companies. we have the story from bangkok. >> it's the perfect idea for a startup business. a service that helps young professionals deal with laundry in crowded and bustling cities. it's a high tech automated locker system where customers drop off dirty clothes and pick them up clean. all of it can be tracked from on line or a smart phone. >> that idea became a reality two years ago, when this man started wash box 24. there are now over 30 locker locations across bangkok. >> we didn't even know that it was call

of course, we are still very concerned about mohammed fahmy. and baher mohammed. we are hearing there is a good chance fahmy will be released once he revolks his egyptian citizen. we would hope he would not have to do. but the most important is getting him out of jail. >> do you think your government has done enough in pushing for his release? could they have done more do you think? >> that's tough. we fought with our government a lot through this process. it was difficult to get them fully involved. we still have been unable get them to publically call for the release of these journalists. they say that they have been doing things through the back channel. john baird did go over to egypt on a trip and apparently pushed for fahmy's release while he was there. whether that happened what they have been doing in the background, we really don't know. their very secretive about that. >> behind the reluctance that you put forth? >> that's been a complete mystery to us because obviously, the aggressive pushing for peter greste's release by the australian government has l

mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >> more than a million people are behind bars in the united states. three quarters of them will reoffend when released. a new program is trying to reverse that trend and it begins in the classroom. >> at first glance, it looks like any college english class. >> we're going to read just that quote. what is the quote again? >> the man standing guard and the barbed wire are a constant reminder that this is taking place inside the correctional facility and most of the students are inmates. matthew wilson is near the end of a 13-year sentence for armed robbery and joined the class for one reason. >> change. i knew i had to change. education is a part of that. education opens up doors. >> students from the outside also participate in the class. they say they're learning from the inmates, as well as their instructor. >> understanding how much they really care about their education, the time put into it. >> the prison to college pipeline is sponsore

baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy were sentenced to ten years. their colleague, peter greste was recently released and returned to australia. let's talk live now to the bbc's sally nabil. you've been listening to those sentences being read out of the cairo courtroom. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: yes, everybody cheered in court when they announced all the defendants will be out. the case has been adjourned until the 23rd of february. mohamed fahmy will be there 250,000 egyptian. nearly 30,000 brothers. but finally, they will be out, lots of hopes that the judge today is going to respond positively to the request admitted by the lawyers to release the defendants. actually, before the judge announced his verdict, fahmy gave a very emotional speech. he said that he had no other option, but to renounce his egyptian nationality. he said that he didn't ask for it but he received the call from a high-profile official who told him that if he renounced his egyptian nationality, he can be out, because they want this case to be closed. he denies a

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammeds were released on bail. jonathan betz here. >> reporter: this is encouraging. the charges have not been dropped, so these two men could indeed face prison. they face trial of collusion with the banned muslim brotherhood, but their focus is being home. >> after 411 days, after too much time alone in prison, it's like a dream come true. >> al jazeera journalist baher mohammed celebrated the first moments of free with his wife and three children. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. i'm really proud about it. time goes back, i would choose the same experience. i know that the case is still there, i'll continue to fight for the freedom of expression. >> a judge granted bail to mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed on thursday. they were arrested in december of 2013. egypt accused and convicted them of spreading false news and helping the banned muslim brotherhood. charges al jazeera rejects. mohammed was initially sentenced to ten years and fahmy to seven year

. >> the uk has honored peter greste boax and mohamed baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy. greght e-greste are accepted the award for his colleagues, who remain on bail until the next. next. >> we came to understand there was far bigger than the three of us alone. 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 just how extraordinarily broad and unified that sense of purpose turned out to be. this matter is not just because of the impact on us and our case. right now the very idea of a free press free speech conference in denmark to governments trying to limited the scope of our work with descra conan elaboration. what its do, expeant those most fundamental ideas that we are eunted open. whatever happens in here we must not lots that extraordinary are singular voice. >> just a requirement you can always -- just a reminder, you can always keep up to sedate on aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight": >> a rare and cruel condition robbed gail walls of the man her husband once was. >> i miss

greste and two of his al jazeera colleagues, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed, were jailed for spreading false news on behalf of the muslim brotherhood, which the government considers a terrorist group. they were arrested as part of a crackdown on al jazeera after a coup against muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi in 2013. speaking in cyprus, where he was flown following his release, greste described the lead-up to his release. >> i went for a run in the prison warden called me over and told me time to pack your stuff. i said, what do you mean? he said, you're going. i said, to another prison? he said no no, that your stuff and go. and i can't tell you the real mix of emotions that was boiling inside. it was like a sense of relief and excitement, but also real stress of having to say goodbye to my colleagues and friends people who have really become family inside that prison. >> canada's foreign minister meanwhile, has said the release of canadian-egyptian journalist mohamed fahmy is imminent after fahmy agreed to renounce his egyptian citizenship. it could be released within hour

peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy peter and baher were given a seven year term, mohamed a ten year. (f) peter says we still have no idea when the retrial will begin or how long it might take. so while we remain strong and determined to do whatever it takes to clear our names and win our freedom 400 days still feels far too long to correct an injustice. al jazeera's wayne hay sat down with peter greste's parents in australian city brisbane. >> a complete sense of disbelief. a complete sense of disbelief. yet here it is as you say 400 day. it is a very bitter very sad reality. >> and lois you have just come back with spending two months in cairo and visiting peter on several occasions. how does he seem now? >> we've always known he is a strong person, very pliable you could say the word, and coping with all sorts of situations. you know you've got to be when you're a foreign correspondent in many ways. and this is just another one of those. and peter's dealing with it as you know as best he can thinking of all sorts of possibilities of what he might be able to do within the

. >>> well, al jazeera journalists, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have now spent 406 days behind bars in egypt. they along with our colleague peter greste were charged with crimes and support of the muslim brotherhood. channels they and we deny. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >>> canada's supreme court has overturned a ban on doctor assisted suicide in a unanimous decision the court said the law impinged on canadians rights. john terret reports. >> for lee carter, the ruling brings some closure. her mother kay suffered from the dedegenerative disease als. she ask somewhat vindicated. >> this is a case of real people with serious illnesses who through change in law can achieve peace and comfort in knowing they have a choice. >> striking down a 22 year ban on doctor assisted suicide. the nine justices have given federal and provincial governments a year to craft a new law responding to the ruling. failing that the ban will stand. canadian are politician stephen fletcher praised the news. >> this is a momentous day a day we as canadians can celebrate. >> others opposed the m

we continue to call for mohamed fahmy's immediate release. >> mohammed and baher mohammed of caused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. we are going back now live to cairo with vladimir putin and president al sisi are going to address the live media so i think we should listen in to them. >> to stress the position of russia in supporting egypt and to stress the development of the races between our two countries since the 30 of june revolution and to add more to what -- to the reserves of my visit to russia last june in supporting the egyptian-russian relations and to take it further. we have reviewed mr. putin and myself the joint conditions and issues between the two countries and we have supported the strategic relations between two countries, and to continue the high levels between two countries and to exchange our viewpoints with joint relations international relations and the cause we both are interested in. >> support to egypt in the most difficult times for our country. we feel an experience respect to the president of the feet reaction and people of russia for this r

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have now spent 406 days behind bars in egypt. they along with our colleague peter greste, were accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood, charges that they and al jazeera deny. peter is back home in australia. mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are still in prison, and al jazeera demands their release. north korea's president kim jong-un watches a missiles testing. >>> u.s. president barack obama facing criticism over his national security policy. now he has unveiled a new strategy to highlight the country's priorities over the next two years. patty colhane has the details. >> when it comes to foreign policy critics have latched on to one comment saying that the president obama jumps from one crisis to another. his security adviser susan rice unveiled the proposal and argued that it's working. >> think for a minute where the world would be today without decisive american leadership. ebola would be spreading across west africa. without us russia would be suffering nolos towards its actions against ukraine. without us there would be

the solidarity the support demonstrated on behalf of peter, baher and mohammed has been i am mention from politicians, from the media right around the globe, and from hundreds of thousands of people who care about their right to be informed, who care about the freedom of speech and they care about the fact that they have a right to be heard that solidarity and support has been i am mention. we are extremely, extremely grateful for it. in a way, we cannot rest until the injustice is brought to an ends. but we are immensely relieved today. >> joining us now is nicholas psesur we human rights group amnesty international. thank you for the joining us here on al jazeera. first of all, your reaction to this release or deportation. you have been fighting the case? >> it's fant austic news for peter greste. we are looking forward to pictures of him being united with his family. we are concerned about his two colleagues languishing in jail and calling on egypt's authorities to bring this as far as to an end. he script today freed peter greste. what it can't give back are the 400 days he has w

egypt has announced a retrial date of the 12th of february for al jazeera journalist baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy now spent 408 days in an egyptian prison. they are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges they and are al jazeera deny. deal made with prosecutors say he gave up his egyptian citizenship so he could be deported to canada. prosecutors haven't yet met their side of the agreement. family says canada should have pushed harder for his release. >>> canada is deeply concerned with the announcement that a retrial date has been set despite assurances that mr. fahmy would be released. foreign minister john baird continues to raise his concern with senior egyptian officials. jim munson is a member of the canadian senate, now that peter greste has been returned home, canada needs to push even harder for mohamed fahmy's freedom. >> i sit here outraged what has happened in cairo with mohamed fahmy. i always thought from the get-go that the prime minister from this country should have intervened right away. we have been told over the last many months that there a

he was receiving it, of course, on behalf of mohamed fahmy baher mohammed with whom he spent so much time in a cairo jail but he was accepting it for the 99% of journalists who were not allowed to step up and receive the award but should receive it oh oh oh for the questions they ask on a daily basis. it's for the men and women in media. the media had a lined up behind them in an extraordinary way. this is al jazeera. you're watching peter greste being awarded a very special award with the royal television society in the united kingdom. we'll have more on that story of course, later in the program. >>> the united nations supreme court council held a special session. libya's foreign minister asked the security council to lift an arms embargo to fight the throwing threat from the armed group. they asked for international help to building up the libyan army and the fallen minister asked to stop armed shipments to non-safe places in libya. james, i got the sense when i was watching the meeting that there were two distinct messages. one was promoting the effort of a political solutionish

fahmy baher mohammed. inthe judge postponed their retrial until march 8th. >> the same inefficiencies. the witnesses don't show up. the evidence, that's the responsibility of the court. i don't get it. >> they were freed on bail earlier this month but they still bear the weight of criminal charges and a a retrial. the men are accused of aid aing the muslim brotherhood. it was declared a terrorist organization just four days before they were arrested on december 29, 2014. peter greste was deported to australia just a few week ago. mohammed fahmy renounced his egyptian citizenship hoping that the same thing would happen to him. baher has been reunited with his people. >> legal experts have called the case against the men a farce. six other al jazeera journalists have been sentenced in abstentia to a decade each hyped bars. journalists across the globe have come to their side in protests. >> the afghan army has launched operations against the taliban and for the first time without the help of nato forces. dom

peter greste was released after 400 days in detention but mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed remain behind bars. all three have to be exonerated and convictions against other our journalists tried in abstentia also have to be lifted. >>> still ahead here on al jazeera. the u.n. rejects claims from serbia and croatia of genocide. >>> floods hit some parts of the kashmir region. >>> and in sport find out why rory mcilroy is heading out in court rather than on the golf course. you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> an america tonight investigation >> somebody could come in and take our home away from us >> it was a law that helped condo developments stay afloat >> we would have to sell and have to leave our unit >> now, this law is being used to take peoples homes >> there's nobody helping us... >> honest people, losing hope... >> i didn't fight viet

al jazeera demands mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed's immediate release. >>> still lots more to come on the al jazeera news hour. including how british spies have been acting unlawfully by chairing electronic information with u.s. counterparts. >> i knew i had to change, and education is part of that. >> werefrom prison to college, a way out. >> and the streets of dubai can be a painful place. sana will have the very latest from the do you dubai tour in sport. >> al jazeera america presents a breakthrough television event. >> borderland long held beliefs... >> im really pissed off at the mexican government... >> give way to compassion... >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. yemen houthies have finalized the power grab. the formation of the presidential council to run the government. >>>

baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >> let's get a weather forecast. the golden state is not looking quite so golden in fact it's looking pretty dusty. here meteorologist richard. >> we think about this part of the world with dust storms but we don't get the strength of wind that they get in the states. looking at the situation here in the west. we have had weather systems moving in from the west. pacific north-west is badly hit, and here is the result of a dust storm. you get an indication of how quickly the visibility disappears. this is outside reno in nevada and winds gust to 200 kph. up in washington state. we had heavy rain over the last 24-48 hours. flooding issues and also elevating the risk of mudslides, a state that experienced mudslides in recent times. if you look at the forecast heavy rain pushes to the pacific north-west. snow on the rockies. we can't discount the area of snow showing across north-eastern areas and across the canadian prayers of the next 24 hours

peter greste said he was humbled to accept the award as mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed prepare to fight for their freedom two. barnaby phillips reports. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: from an egyptian prison to a gala dinner in london. for peter greste it's been a whirl wind 2.5 weeks. different courtroom prison where he spent last year tempered by the knowledge that his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still fighting their case in an egyptian court. >> it weighs on me i left them behind in prison. it was a difficult moment for me. we knew it was a possibility. we discussed it at the time. and we all acknowledged that this would be the right thing to do. still, to leave them behind effectively my brothers the people i lived closely with for the past 400 days was difficult. >> reporter: journalists in britain, as with so many countries around the world campaigned. >> we believe we must be allowed to do what we do ask questions, tell the stories about issues that matter. hashtag that wept around the world, journalism is not a crime. >> it could have be

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. =fplt in the territory of delhi millions show up to vote. it will be the first test of the popularity of president narendra modi's pjb party. we have reports from new delhi. >> reporter: they've been arriving since morning under tight security hundreds of polling stations across the indian capitol have been hope for the region's 13 million voters. they say they want a government that will take care of their basic needs. >> we vote so our roads will be fixed, and we'll get rational cards and creep water. but none of it remains. >> our roads are in bad shape. and there are electric and water problems. these are things that we want the government to fix. >> this ring is where india had a seat of government. and this is where there is an election. >> the action is delivered to the states. since we have a prime minister who is focused on developing the joint, bringing it back on track, being able to do everything in terms of their dreams. >> the b.j.b. hats has brought in a former police o

fahmy for baher mohammed. if it's right for me to be freed, it's right for all of us. >> he left the airport a free man. on thursday at a press conference surrounded by his family he talked about how their support and knowledge of the global campaign to free him and his colleagues helped get him through. >> you always have your dark days and i often close my eyes and let my mind drift to where it wanted to go and almost invariably, it went to the beach, to the coast of the sea in some form. we me and andrew, mike and my sisters in law we all went sailing on sundays in 2013, and i always went back to those days on the boat. >> in cairo, it was fellow prisoners who helped. >> i also want to pay credit to my colleagues. we would support one another very directly. we knew that people would have their up days and their down days and we were very careful at helping one another out listening to one another talking to one another supporting one another and at the same time giving space when we needed it. i think we've

mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are locked up in cairo. two days ago australian report are peter greste was freed under a presidential order to deport foreigners. mohamed fadel fahmy have canadian citizenship. he and baher mohamed have spent 402 days in prison. an egyptian court overturned their convictions last month, ordering a retrial. >> peter greste is heading to australia. his brother has been accompanying him. his family campaigned for his release since his detention in 2013 >>> pope francis confirmed el salvador archbishop oscar romero as a martyr. he championed the poor and renounced violence during the civil war. he was shot dead while saying mass in his church in 1980. a u.n. official found he was killed about a death squad. his beautification was blocked by officials feeling he was left of the. anglicans consider him a martyr lutherans a saint. >> well deserved >>> a new form of invitro fertilisation is closer to becoming legal in brat yin. it let's three people become parents of the same child. >> it could help parents passing

release. >>> while fahmy and baher mohamed have been accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, something they deny. the two-phase retrial this thursday a third al jazeera journalist peter greste has been released unconditionally. >>> the united nations envoy to syria is in town for talks with the government. seeking a truce for the biggest city in the country aleppo. moalem says he plans to push for a freeze in fighting to get aid into the city. at the height of clashes between rebel forces and competing groups. force he made it clear that damascus will not be accepting foreign ground troops in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> i clearly say that we are keen in defending syria's sovereignty. the syrian arab army is carrying out its mission with courage. >> said to have retain areas around mosul which is iraq's second biggest city. the nearby mosul dam controls the water supply for anumber of large towns. the u.s. led coalition has been giving the kurds air support. now i.s.i.s. is running a large social media campaign in iraq. iraqi government fighting back though using comedy and

baher mohamed, and mohammed fahmy are still charged with colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood. their previous conviction was thrown out. and the retrial is set for february 23rdrd. peter greste was also charged, but he is now in australia after being released. >>> drones often used as mill stair operative tools may soon become more common place for commercial use in the u.s. but businesses are raising concerns about security and privacy. libby casey has more from washington. >> reporter: regulators have been working on these proposed rules for years, and businesses and privacy advocates have been waiting just as long. the head of the faa saying we have tried to be flexible in writing these rules. we want to maintain today's outstanding level of aviation safety. the rules would affect commercially operated drones weighing up to 55 pounds. users would have to earn a certificate. the rules would ban flying at night or near airports. they are would have to stay below 5 -- 500 feet. the proposals prose a challenge to companies. >> so for amazon's purposes this isn't good enough for

and baher mohammed. >> i am relieved at being free. i didn't expect that we were settling in for a period of months behind prison and for the retrial, so to be out now today with just a few minutes' notice, really is just extraordinary but i also feel incredible angst about my colleagues, leaving them behind. i know that there is mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed and others convicted alongside us in abstention and others serving prison sentences. i still feel a sense of concern and a real sense of worry because if it's appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free then it's right for all of them to be free and for those who are convicted in absentia to be free of those convictions. >> yesterday the process for you personally, how did the day evolve and how did it feel for you, for example, what was the last thing you said to your colleagues? how did the play play out for you? >> i wasn't expecting it at all. i went up for a workup and thinking very much about the campaign ahead of us and really feeling as though we were going to ha