the trial of mohamed morsi has to january 8. his trial at the high-security police complex outside cairo was suspended minutes after it began. morsi is the country's first ever democratically elected leader. he has been charged for inciting to the death led of protesters during his time in office. thomas waterhouse reports. >> day one of the morsi trial, and just hours after the hearing began, it is already adjourned. telling the court, "i am the president of the republic," morsi refused to don the customary white prison suit. he then succeeded in disrupting proceedings further by singing in court. leading the judge to push back the trial to january. >> sorry about that, we seem to be having technical difficulties. our correspondent catherine stably is at the courthouse in cairo. she gives us more details on what happened there this morning. mohamed morsi has refused to recognize the judge at the trial. he says it does not have any legitimacy. he has been taken away by helicopter. we saw him fly overhead and he is being taking t

supporters of mohamed morsi are calling to and to what they say is military rule in egypt. we live the way god wanted us to or we die with our heads held high. when the government is part of the people not forced on the people. it should represent the will of the people. >> that goal may be some time away. egypt's military-backed government says it will hold fresh elections in february or march of 2014. low point in relations between indonesia and australia over alleged spying. indonesia has frozen all intelligence cooperation following reports australia tried to eavesdrop on phone conversations apparently with the indonesian president's wife. there has been no comment from australia so far. it willed states says not apologize to afghanistan for "mistakes made during the 12- year war." that contradicts earlier reports that a mea culpa was being -- asd as hard of talks part of talks. deal or no deal, last-minute efforts to finalize the security pact between the united states and afghanistan appear to hinge on whether president barack obama agrees to write a letter acknowledg

some egyptiansn credit for the overthrow of mohamed morsi last july. has becomeief azizi a cult figure since the ousting of the president. his image is omnipresent across the country. now there are growing calls for him to stand in next year's presidential elections. >> it may look like just any other sweet shop, but here the face of the army chief is immortalized in chocolate. >> the idea first came to me after the revolution. we formed a group to show the world this is not a coup. it is actually a popular uprising. merchandise is big business here. badges, posters, t-shirts are selling fast. his image is everywhere you look. he appears in posters around the country can -- around the country. he has become the muse for songs and poems. deem army chief be the next president? he will be if these people have their way. they are gathering signatures from all over egypt to get him to stand. . we are trying to pressure him to run in the next elections so we are guaranteed a strong president. i think it is not his decision anymore. he will run in the electio

ever since mohamed morsi was ousted, his backers have been holding demonstrations. at least 60 people were arrested today. officials say more than half dozen people were injured. a new report by the un's refugee agency is shedding fresh light on the corners of the one million syrian children after fleeing their war-torn country. the report says psychological distress is widespread among the children. many have been deprived of schooling and separated from their parents. we are going to go to southern lebanon to see how some of these refugees have been coping. students gather for classes at the first full-time school for children in lebanon. syrian teachers were recorded and the school was renovated to be ready in time. >> the start was encouraging. the students came in big numbers. they are happy. the most important thing is we stop them from staying on the streets and preventing their education. >> they are the lucky ones. a new report reveals that many of the 1.1 million syrian child refugees, and millions more have beenin syria, deprived of education. >> many of

wherego now to egypt backers of mohamed morsi have 17 years ined to prison for taking part in a violent student led product -- process and not sober. a work use of attacking the headquarters of their university. they were arrested after protesters tried to storm the office, which supported the army's overthrow of president morsi. over 1000 people, mostly morsi supporters, have been killed since he was removed from office four months ago. many are going to trial, including morsi himself. that comes as russia's foreign and defense ministers had talks with their egyptian counterparts in cairo today. it comes after a falling out between the u.s. and egypt. washington suspended some of its military aid over morsi's ouster. the discussion could include talks on the sale of weapons to egypt. egypt did have close ties -- this seemstil like an attempt to revise that. this is the highest level russian delegation since the collapse of the soviet union. relations between the u.s. and egypt took a downturn after morsi was ouster. u.s. president barack obama slashed military aid with the aim of pushi

to egypt now where there have been precious clashes over the ousted president mohamed morsi and edition security forces. at least one person was killed in the violence at cairo university. police used tear gas and water cannons to this purse protesters. this was in defiance of unusual strength registrations. prison sentences were headed -- handed down to female members of the muslim brotherhood. moving to a show of military force in asia now. china has sent warplanes to the area it declaims that it declares an air defense zone earlier this week. rezoning includes territory claimed by both south korea and japan and they along with the u.s. have been flying a military aircraft through the area over the past 24 hours. >> china on a charm offensive. controversial new air defense against -- attempting to assure neighbors. >> the establishment of an air defense edification zone does not mean we are expanding the existing territorial airspace. it merely insurers more effective protection of our country's airspace. >> however, despite this, they are not prepared to u-turn on the issues. he cont

motel at ashmore protests in cairo over the trial of deposed president mohamed morsi. he is said to still be the will -- legitimate ruler. he's accused of being responsible for the deaths of protesters when he was president. will beolice officers on duty when the trial begins tomorrow. pakistan has summoned the u.s. ambassador due to recent protests over drone strikes. the leader of the pakistani taliban and was killed in waziristan on friday, and pakistan accuses the u.s. of sabotaging their attempts to start peace negotiations with the taliban. mehsud was one of the world's most wanted men, and had a $5 million bounty on his head. he was accused of being behind an attack that killed seven americans working for the cia years ago, and is said to be responsible for a failed attempt to bomb it time square in new york and is responsible for thousands of deaths. he was killed in north waziristan. close to the afghan border. to discuss the government's offer of peace talks. pakistan,minister of bring, was elected to peace through negotiation instead of military action. the

he made his first visit there since the army removed president mohamed morsi from power in july. kerry is trying to repair relations hurt by a partial freeze of u.s. aid. he met with the foreign minister in cairo. kerry said he believes democracy is crucial for stability and growth. >> we support you in this tremendous transformation that you are undergoing. >> they met a day before former president morsi goes on trial. last year morsi became egypt's first democratically elected president. now he faces charges of inciting violence and complicity in the deaths of prisoners. his supporters in the muslim brotherhood say they're planning to protest when the court proceedings get going later on monday. kerry called on the leaders of the group and security forces to exercise restraint. >>> kerry is heading to israel to try to push the middle east peace process forward. israeli leaders have made his work more difficult even before he arrives. they have approved plans to build more homes for jewish settlers in occupied palestinian territory. the israelis issued tenders for the constructi

. >> monday also saw the start of the trial of mohammed morsi in egypt. he stands accused of incitement for murder. the charges relate to events last december while he was still president. clashes outside the presidential palace left several people dead. prosecutors accused morsi of coording the groups behind the attack -- coordinating the roups behind the attack. the judge postponed the trial until january. one of his attorneys described is statement to the court. >> the president said he rejects the military coup and he rejects the legitimacy of the prosecutor general. >> it's not just morsi's supporters who have doubts about the legality of his own. the international community has expressed concern that the army is using the upsurge in violence as a pretext to turn egypt back into a police state. observers hope the postponement of the trial will bring an element of calm to egyptian society. >> the european union wants to see a drop in the number of shopping bags. to use a process nonbiodegradable bags. experience has shown that it gets quick results. >