after the passing of the prophet mohammed. that's what caliph means. it's a political leader who takes charge after the passing of the prophet mohammed: it started off as an election process. but then within 40 years it became a kingdom for all intents and purposes. he's saying he is the political leader. the religious leader for everybody. he's officially representing islam as the state's religion. and so he's wielding political power for the masses. >> he didn't win election or process. they didn't go out behind locked doors where one of them came out the winner of a ballot. when you declare yourself a caliph, the people around you, do they recognize it? are they bound to follow him or can they say no, i don't think you are one. >> this is something that is a little bit different. he didn't declare himself as caliph. there is a group of senior people around him. they're respected and looked up to as heads of group. they're looked to be the most knowledgeable, wise and experienced, and this group of people around him would ha

mohammed is responsible for uplifting his in harlem, new york. mark lamont hill has more. >> he's a new director of the new york public library for research and plaque culture in harlem new york. >> i want the center to be as aggressive and as well positioned as possible to be a resource to anyone who has questions about the kind of country we live in and the kind of country that we can live in. and he's the great grandson of elija mohammed, founder of the nation of islam given that i was not yet 3 years old when he passeded and i would never try to claim a connection to him than my biographical connection. as it turns out, mohammed took office during the same time the shamburg featured a special from his permanent connection. malcolm x. >> my great-grandfather and malcolm x helped to create a space in this country necessary for the real change that took place in the 1960s. >> keeping history like that alive for generations to come is only one of his goals. >> what's special and perhaps unique about mohammed is that he's not only a brilliant scho

. >> an shan prosecutor has targeed mohamed mursi -- charged mohamed mursi with leaking state secrets to qatar, qatar offered financial support during mohamed mursi's president. he wag -- was toppled in a coup by abdul fatah al-sisi. who is now the president. al jazeera is calling for the release of journalists who have been in kust for 261 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed received long sentences after a trial by many called politically motivated. the u.n. secretary-general raised the case with the egyptian president. >>> qatar's government confirmed its security services are detaining two human rights researchers who wept missing seven days ago while researching living conditions. qatar says they are accused of breaking the law, but gave few other details. they've been criticized for the treatment of construction workers during the 2022 world cup. the military of foreign affairs released a statement saying: >>> still ahead on al jazeera... ..seeds of discontent. guatemalans vow to declare their plants from multinational dramas. plus... >> the pigeon sat on a

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 275 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste from sentenced to seven years, badr got an extra fully for having a spent bullet in his possession, picked up at a protest. they are appealing. >>> human rights in gaza say many have gone missing sings the end of the bombardment by israel. they are believed to have used people smugglers using tunnels into egypt. charles stratford has more. >> reporter: a shout to find missing family members. some people at the protest knew their relatives would risk their lives, risking taking the smuggling tunnels into egypt before catching a boat to europe. there was little they could do to stop them. >> translation: i haven't heard anything for 12 days, i don't know if they drowned at sea or where they were. >> reporter: it's believed around 60 palestinians drowned trying to get to europe on boats in recent weeks. >> mohammed could have been one of them. he wants us to hide his entitied. he and

. >>> i want to tell you that in egypt the prosecutor there has charged the ousted president mohamed mursi with passing state secrets to qatar. mohamed mursi, on trial, but now charged, according to authorities there, by the egyptian prosecutor, with passing state secrets to qatar. >>> now to yemen - 50 have been killed in fighting in the past few days between yemen by troops and shia rebels in the north of sanaa, the capital. hutus are not letting up in demands for the governments resignation. let's go live, we were going live, i hoped to go there. we'll try to get them back but hear what they say in the report. >> reporter: government loyalists on the streets of

peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have been retained for 268 days, accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. fahmy got an additional three years having a spent bullet that he picked up from a protest. the three are appealing their convictions. >>> still to come: some of iraq's best musicians put on a special performance to play for peace. and the european ryder cup team gets their preparations underway for friday's showdown. rest of sport in just a moment. moment. >> a tribe in northern ecuador has been forced to live with an oil company for decades. in the last pristine areas of the national park, the tribal members are worried. david mercer has more from coca. >> umerto carves are, in the two decades since oil companies first arrived here, they have seen their way of life transformed. >> translator: the oil companies talk about helping us but it's a lie. here there's more sickness. they damage and pollute the land. every day, vehicles drive down the roads and there are fewer animals. >> reporter: now the tribe are afraid things will get worse. ecuador remai

qatar offered egypt financial support during mohamed mursi's tenure as president. he was toppled in a coup led by abdul fatah al-sisi, who has become egypt's president. mohamed mursi was gaoled and faces other charges. >> while egypt's president called for patients, a crisis has led to blackouts, disrupting banking, transportation and led to protests in several cities. >> reporter: it's one of egypt's worse power crisis, and has struck a nerve in cairo's metropolitan life. it carries more than 3 million. thousands jumped from the windows when doors failed to open. it came after authorities described glitches in the main power station. it has been going on for some time. several cities across egypt. people live in the dark. bakeries can't supply bread. services are disrupted and egyptian said are outraged. thousands took to the streets across the country to demand on explanation. enough trouble to warrant an address by the president who tries not to speak much. >> translation: this problem will not be solved soon. we are facing many challenges, and no government or

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have received long sentences after a trial seen by moan observers as politically motivated. they are appealing their convictions, and the u.n. secretary-general raced the case with the egyptian president. qatar's government confirmed its security services detained two british human rights researchers. they went missing seven days ago while researching living conditions for nepalese workers. they are accused of breaking the law. qatar is criticized for its treatment of the construction workers for the 2022 football world cup. the foreign military released a statement saying: >>> al-shabab named its new leader, after the former leader ahmed abdi godane was killed in an air strike on monday. he will be replaced. >>> aid workers say a 3-day lockdown in sierra leone trying to contain the ebola outbreak will make the situation work. doctors without borders warns that the lockdown could help spread the disease, because new cases will go unattended. the shutdown will make is easier to chase suspected cases. >> they may be right in what they a

mohammed could have been one of them. he wants us to hide his identity. he said he and three others paid smugglers 2,500 each to get to egypt and beyond. >> the situation in gaza is very difficult. the dangers are worth taking. i gave our passport to the smuggler, he told us he'd get the necessary stamp and give us a call. he said he'd get a passage to egypt. >> while he and the other men were blow the egypt gaza border, the earth shook, and they were forced to turn back. >> we heard a massive explosion in a tunnel close by. we were terrified and realised the dangers we were facing. >> al jazeera filmed this tunnel before the war. the israeli military destroyed many tunnels close to the borders. bombed out buildings line the road to the egyptian border, despite the effort to destroy all the tunnels, people tell us there are many under the farms and villages. behind me is the crossing with egypt. it was close to hear that mohammed climbed into a tunnel risking his life for a better future abroad. the only way for plainians to go to e -- palestinians to go

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 268 days, falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy 7 yearns and mohammed an additional three for having a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at a protest. they are appealing their convictions. >>> a 3-day lockdown to industry to limit the spread of ebola in sierra leone has come to an end. thousands wept door to door to educate people about the disease. 20 new cases were discovered. >> a spanish priest diagnosed with the virus has been flown to madrid for treatment, the second spanish missionary to catch ebola. >>> more than 300,000 people marched through the streets of new york city in what may have been the largest climate change protest history. among them u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon, former u.s. vice president al gore and actor lienon ardo dicaprio. kristen saloomey reports. >> this is a movement led by those on the front lines of change christopher gibson. coastal communities losing their neighbourhoods to rising sea levels and

is that of nineteen year old mohammed al had their life current he's also a u.s. citizen he was born in baltimore however he is yet to be released from your perspective why has his release been much more difficult to secure than tarik the reason really has been much more difficult to secure or is because of the lack of the media pressure i think the reason we were able to get tariq out so quickly is because there was a video that exposed to the world the absolute brutal treatment tariq received at the hands of the police and that was able to generate a lot of media pressure that really helped us leaders in the u.s. politicians take action to pressure israel to release tarek so quickly and unfortunately or you know we don't have that same sort of evidence available right now with. how much could there although we know he was mistreated we know he's being held wrongfully without any charges but because that video isn't there and that high level of pressure isn't there you know there's really covers moving a lot less fast in the case and has been in response israel h

. >> an egyptian prosecutor has charged th the deposed president mohammed most mohamed morsi omohamed morsi with leaking secrets. morsi was jailed shortly after he was deposed and faces several other charges. >> well, president al sisi has called for patience amid a power crisis that has led to bloc black outside across the country. >> it's one of egypt's worst power crisis in decades, and it has struck a vital nerve in cairo's metropolitan life. trains have stopped on its tracks on friday. people jumped from windows when doors failed to open. it was described as mechanical glitches outside of cairo. but the crisis has been going on for some time across egypt. people work in the dark. egyptians are outraged. >> thousands took to the streets across the country to demand an explanation. enough trouble that it warranted a tv address. >> this is a problem that won't be solved soon. we are facing many challenges, and no government or president will be able to overcome them alone. >> but people say they have heard words like these before, especially from new leaders. they say it's not just

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed, what do you know about their condition right now? >> well, they are staying in one of the prisons in tora district kind of southwest cairo. and they are leaving as far as i know because i have not been in direct contact with them, i have sent them personal letters but i haven't you know been in contact with them. conditions in prisons are generally not good. we see lack of medical care, we see lack of clean water or clean food. there is no kind of ventilation or human rights respect. so i believe that the condition in which they are now, which you know very first thing is they are lacking their own freedom, things that were you know, not good at all. >> you wrote another letter to your mother 160 days in jail. i do not belong to any group or ideology. i belong to my conscience and my humanity and i do not take interest in what has been said in the local media about me or my colleagues. history doesn't forget. our freedom will prevail for my colleagues and myself. it prevailed for you. but there's still your colleagues in jail. >> yea

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are imprisoned for 270 days, peter and mohamed have been sentenced to seven years, baher was sentenced to another three years for having a spent but in his possession. >>> charles gooday, is accused of committing crimes against humanity. as nicholas hack reports, from ivory coast's main city abujan, many victims. >> torn between foreverness and revenge. ishat was three months pregnant when a group of men gang raped her and killed her family. >> those who dit were my neighbors. the men were nighted by charles gooday, he now needs to pay for his crime. >> reporter: known as the general of the streets, he is a youth leader and also an ally of the former president, who is facing charges at the international criminal court in the hague. legooday is charged with violence from 2010. 600 bodies have been exhumed. giving some comfort to the victims' families and allow for reconciliation. >> translator: let's not forget that 3,000 people died. there needs to be repentance in order for reconciliation to happen. >> reporter: the opposition denounces wh

mohammed and peter were sentenced to seven years in jail. bader mohammed was convicted for another three years for a bullet casing picked up at a protest. >> more strikes against isil targets in kobane. syria sends its troops to the border. hello again i'm martine in doha. also to come on the program tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters occupy hong kong's business district. signing in as afghanistan as new president, ashraf gandhi and abdullah a

three al jazeera journalists remain behind bars, peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were arrested in december, all falsely accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june peter greste and mohammed fahmy were sentenced to seven years in prison. baher mohamed was sentenced to ten years. >> translator: the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. we have been treated as if we were terrorists. a rapist or murder has a television and has four hours of outdoor time. we are locked up all day. >> reporter: al jazeera strongly rejects all charges and calls for their immediate release. >> abdel la joins us in our studio in new york. welcome. >> thank you. >> first of all, why are you here for the united nations? >> i have actually come here, you know, at this time of the year, trying, you know, with all possible means to lobby for our colleagues in egypt, peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed, and at the same time, give a message through to the american media to radio stations or newspapers or -- or tv stations to tell the world that, well, while obama is

fahmy and baher mohamed are sentenced to years in prison. (f) have been deployed to car none has brought lasting stability, 6500 african union troops have been in car since july of last year, but struggled to stop the violence. over fears of a genocide. 2000 french soldiers will work alongside the new u.n. force. under the u.n. mission almost 2,000 peace keepers and military police will be deployed by the end of next year. nazmin bashiri is there. >> 10,500 soldiers in all have contributed to this mission and also there will be a force of military police of 1800 with special powers to arrest those who have committed human rights abuses. at the same time this peace keeping mission will be heading out to strategic locations in the country but there are still armed groups roaming and terrifying local civilian populations. also there are very little infrastructure in this country. roads hospitals or schools. and a political system that needs to be overhauled. there's been only one president elect in this country and many, many coups here. what t

mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have now been behind bars for 275 days. falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they were given seven years and bader mohammed was given an extra tree for having a spent bullet casing in his possession. >>> officials describe the i want as one of the worst in environmental disasters in the country. >> these miners have been on strike for the last seven years. protesting against toxic mines. >> there are consequences. we know there are several accidents, and this is a district result. --direct result. >> they continue to cover the entrances to the mines. the stretch of the polluted river is relied on for drinking water and to water their crops. they have water trucked in daily from different parts of the state. it's estimated some 22,000 people in the region were affected by the toxic spill. but there is little word on what the outcome of the contamination could be on one of the most important rivers. >> the cost to the local economy could surpass $150 million. local mayors say the economic issue needs to

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been imprisoned 275 days, they are wrongly accused of are favoring the outlaw muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fahmy got seven years, baher mohamed got an additional three years for a spent bullet in his possession. >>> ashraf ghani believes, corrupt officials be removed. if the people want a government without corruption. jennifer glasse reports. >> protecting the people of afghanistan. ashraf ghani is sworn in. ghani swore in his first and second vice presidents then signed a decree creating a new job, chief executive. to be filled by his former rival, abdalla abdalla. the two have been locked in a dispute, that have delayed the inauguration for more than three months. now they must work together for a unity government. >> based on the agreement of national unity government we are in the government of the sake of reforms in all political and social sectors we are together. afghanistan today needs national unity security and prosperity based on the agreement for national unity, economic development and administrative refo

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 265 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood, and are appealing against their conviction. >> still to come - about to strike it rich. the chinese e-commerce giant getting ready for a launch. dangers increased since the ceasefire last month. more on that, stay with us. >>>. >> welcome back, a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. voters in scotland rejected independence and have chosen to stay with the u.k. scotland's first minister alex salmond accepted defeat but called on the parties to deliver on promises of greater powers to scotland. u.k. prime minister david cameron promised to honour the commitment made during the campaign, calling it a clear win. he said it was time to move forward together. let's bring the latest pictures coming in here to us. the final declaration from the highlands in scotland who again voted clearly in favour of rejecting independence. the latest pictures in scotland, voting in favour of staying with the union. >>> for more on the scottis

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 274 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were sentenced to seven years in prison. badr mohammed got three years. they are appealing convictions. >> houthi rebels in yemen signed a deal with the government, restoring power to the state. there's little evidence that houthi fighters are willing to withdraw from large parts of the capital. this report from sanaa. >> reporter: it's an agreement supposed to end the conflict in yemen. the houthi fighters were to withdraw from sanaa and other areas, and hand over their weapons to the central government. >> translation: we were not intending to have the appendix signed, it's an integral part of the document that you have signed. it's to allay confusion. >> reporter: minutes before the signing they were stormy and full of controversy. party leaders were angry that the representative took the trouble to attend the ceremony. they signed away from the media, and only in the appearance

is and that of nineteen year old mohammed al fayed there. is also a u.s. citizen he was born in baltimore however he is yet to be released from your perspective why has his release been much more difficult to secure than torics the reason his release is a much more difficult to secure is because of the lack of media pressure i think the reason we were able to get tariq out so quickly is because there was a video that exposed to the world the absolute brutal treatment tarik received at the hands of the israeli police and that was able to generate a lot of media pressure that really helped us meters in the u.s. politicians take action to pressure israel to release quickly and unfortunately or you know we don't have that same sort of evidence available right now with. how much could there although we know he was mistreated we know he's being held wrongfully without any charges but because that video isn't there and that high level of media pressure isn't there you know there's really a difference moving a lot less fast and we didn't. and he said in response i

mohamed val. al jazeera. >>> our correspond mohamed val joins us on the line. seeing plenty of fireworks being let off there in the capital. describe for us what it's like. >> reporter: yes, that's true. it's an amazing fight in the capital tonight. if we judge by the number of fireworks and the place they rise up into the high, the number of husis in sunna, i look around me every direction and i see fireworks almost widening over every household and every province. i have break news that the first of what could be described as the first reaction against the husis, there is an am bus that happened in saudi arabia, scores of husis have been killed. no information on who killed those people and who was behind that ambush. laura there's a lot of tension in yemen and particularly here in suna, there is apprehension, yes, the husis are celebrating but there are millions of other yemenis who are not celebrating and there is also another piece of information from today, about two, about 200 bodies have been extracted from the site of the fighting, for the last three d

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 269 days falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy received seven year sentences. mohammed got an additional three for having a spent bullet in his pocket. the three are appealing their convictions. the u.k.'s foreign secretary phillip hammond spoke to al jazeera about our detained colleagues. >> on the question of the al jazeera journalists, i raised the issue with president abdul fatah al-sisi, every time i see the foreign minister. the counter situation is that the journalists have, as i understand it, appealed their convictions. and that means this remains at the present time a judicial process. we have to respect the separation of judicial power. once it is complete, if the sentences stand, we would look to the executive to intervene to ensure they are released. >>> the world health organisation says the west africa ebola outbreak could infect 20,000 by november. that is unless rigorous control measures are implemented. a country that limited the outbrea

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 274 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were sentenced to seven years. badr mohammed got on extra three years for having a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. >> this israeli assault on the gaza strip killed over 2,000 palestinians, mostly civilians, many were wounded. among them children. a charity arranged for some to receive specialised medical care in germany. nick spicer reports. >> a bad infection squirrels the bone inside hamad's fractured leg. here there's a risk of amputation. there's a better chance that he'll keep his leg now he's out of gaza. he is one of 42 palestinian children brought over by a german charity in september. killed. open fractures, wounds, wound infections, and amputations - loss of legs, arms and most of them critically ill children. >> it was a tough journey to europe, two children died on the way into and through egypt in part because of delays. it's difficult f

fahmy and baher mohamed. what do you know about their conditions there? >> in tora district southwest cairo many they are living as far as i know because i haven't been in direct contact with them, i've sent them personal letters but i haven't been in contact with them. conditions in prison generally are not good. we see lack of medical care, we see lack of incline water or clean foot. there accountant any kind of ventilation or human rights respect. so i believe that the conditions in which they are now, which the very first thing is they are lacking their own freedom, things that were not good at all. >> you wrote another letter to your mother 160 days in jail. i do not belong to any group or ideology. i belong to my conscience and my humanity and i do not take interest in what's been said in the local media for me and my completion. freedom will prevail for my colleagues and myself. it prevailed for you but there's still your colleagues in jail. what do you write to them now? you don't know whether those l

mohammed fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste have now been detained in egypt for 272 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and as world leaders gather in new york, al jazeera repeats its call for their release. >> reporter: the international campaign for the release of al jazeera english journalists, mohammed fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste arrives in time square new york. the message is being displayed here and on the back page of the "new york times" as part of al jazeera's campaign to free our journalists who's only crime was to do their jobs. as the u.n. meets here in new york, the principle is clear, the freedom of the press must not be violated. peter greste's parents expressed the hope the australian prime minister would raise the issue with the egyptian prime minister. >> i think he has settled to the fact that he is going to be in prison until this process is over and that he's -- he's doing his utmost in all sorts of ways to make the best of it. >> reporter: the egyptian president is sticking to a well-rehearsed line. >>

fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. what do you know about their condition right now? >> this thing, in one of the prisons in the tour de france districts, south-west cairo, they are leaving, as far as i know, because i haven't been in direct contact. i sent them personal letters but i have not been in contact. conditions generally are not good. we see a lack of medical care or clean water and food. there's no ventilation or human rights. things that were, you know, not good at all. >> you spent 10 months in prison. can you describe what this was like? >> it was a lifetime experience for me. it was like hell, if i could use that expression, because there was always that constant fear of spending the rest of your life there. i remember the first day when we were moved to prison and the guards locked the doors of the cell, i thought i think this is it, i'll stay here for a lift, 25-30 years of my life. it was pain full to have that thought. every now and then, of course, hope arose that a miracle could happen, and you see

mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have now been detained for 273 days. they're wrongly accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their convictions. >>> a doctor said that the outbreak of a killer disease in venezuela could be the mosquito-born . >> the symptoms are joint pains and high fever. but until now they did not tell me what killed my baby. the authorities should alert us. at least nine people could have died from the virus in the hospital. some experts believe more than 50,000 might have contracted it nationwide while the government says there have been less than a thousand cases. doctors fear that the government is hiding the crisis . >> i don't understand why they don't want to recognize the epidemic. it makes no sense from a health point of view. the doctor said that the virus is moving fast but they are unable to deal with it. >> we keep seeing people come in with fever, and pharmacies don't have enough medicines that can help treat the symptoms. people are taking anything they can find even if it's not indi

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have spent 247 address in an egyptian prison. all three received long sentences. after a trial many see as politically motivated, convictions are being appealed. ban ki-moon emphasised the importance of freedom of speech and the security of journalism. >>> world health organisation needs help to contain the ebola virus. a person from guinea tested positive in dhaka. there's concern of a backlash among the country's ghanaian population. >> reporter: for 40 years that man has sold fruit and vegetables in this market. he's never been so worried. his regular customers are not coming to shop. >> translation: they won't say it to my face, but they are scared of ebola. we are givenians, most of what -- guineans, and most of what we sell we bring in guinea. >> senegal sealed off the border, hoping to the prevent the virus entering the company. on friday the health minister announced ebola. the victim is a 20-year-old guinean. doctors at the hospital are treating him in isolation. 20 others, and family members and health workers are under

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed and peter greste -- mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste refused 7 years, and badr an extra three years for having a spent bullet. >>> in an area known as the pakistan bread basket, crops are under water. and food prices are rising. we have this report from southern punjab. >> reporter: it's a terrible year to own a cotton factory. first, the rain - heavy and out of season. it knocked the plants around, damaging the quality of the cotton. then the floods hit, washing away a third of the crop, taking with it 40% of the businesses profit. >> translation: because of the damage we are getting less raw material. the flood is costing a fortune. the factory is barely running 12 hours a day, because we don't have enough cotton. >> from the air you see the extent of the damage. farms, villages flooded when the government diverted water from rural areas. >> around 7,000 square kilometres of agricultural land is underwater - everything from fruit and vegetables to rice and sugar. food prices are going up. the worry is there won't be enough basi

cops says he's 27-year-old mohammed whitaker. this is his profile picture on facebook. cell phone in one hand, energy drink in the other. could he also be carrying a .38? >> his high school classmates didn't notice anything unusual. >> he seems to be a friendly kind of guy. >> reporter: as the profilers predicted, the suspect is a male in his 20s, but he has no violent criminal past. he has a job doing medical billing and collections. according to family members he's never even fired a gun, much less owned one. >> normal kid, no problems. just like all kids, he wanted a car and his dad bought him a car. >> reporter: but this "normal kid" is proving to be a bit of a chameleon. he likes to be called pedro, he signed up for cell phone service using the name "mo mo" and by the time cops come up with mohammed whitaker's address, he's already moved out. yes, dodge seems to be taking on a whole new meaning as whitaker continues to elude police. but authorities now realize they'll find their man when they can find that car. >> when they got that license plate from the witness f

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained for 268 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy received a 7-year sentence. mohammed got an additional three for having a spent bullet in his picture, which he picked up at a protest. the three are appeal their convictions. >>> military commanders in ukraine are accusing pro-russian separatists and russian troops of firing at government forces. officials in kiev say they will not set up a buffer zone until all sides abide by the terms of a peace plan. >> iraq was once a sophisticated center for arts and learning. but more recently it's become recognised for political instability and fighting. on sunday, some of the best musicians tried to tran cent the violence with bows and strings. we have this report from the capital baghdad. >>> this may be the least likely weapon iraq has deployed against i.s.i.l. this is the iraqi national symphony in collaboration with the baghdad youth orchestra. they begin with the national anthem, and

peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has raised the issue with the egyptian president. you can see freeajstaff website. >>> petro poroshenko is visiting mariupul in the east. government is sending reenforcements to defend the port city. mariupul saw heavy fighting over the weekend, from the government and the are pro-russian separatists. 1200 ar prisoners were returned over the weekend. >>> oil sectors including units of gazprom rasnef and transneft. they will also tighten nurse imposed in july, targeting more individuals with trabl bans and asset-freezes. russia has already banned knowledge food imports from u.s. canada and norway. >>> air space to western carriers. al jazeera's peter sharp is in moscow with more of that. >> there is no doubt that russia will retaliate proportionally to any sanctions imposed by the eu on monday and tuesday. prime minister medvedev. said as much on monday. in response to that the eu goes ahead and hits them with more sanctions. i think people here feel it's

mohamed staying with us to the opening bell. what the affordable care act doesn't need, a hack attack. ♪ >> breaking news out moments ago. ukraine cost government -- ukraine's government and pro-russian rebels have signed a cease-fire agreement. we will stay on this story and bring you all of those details as soon as they come across. in the meantime, here's the top tec storiesh from our "bloomberg west" radar. elon musk is closer to his goal of building a mass-market electric car. he has selected nevada as the site of a giant factory to make lithium ion batteries. hackers have attacked the obamacare website, but the government says no personal data appears to have been taken. the attack exploited a cap server that was never intended to be connected to the internet. it had only a default password. quick programming note in the dissipated ipo has the potential to be the latest offering in history. bloomberg television will bring you the story of how alibaba became the world's first global internet company. that will air monday,

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, were given long sentences after a trial seen by observers as politically motivated. there's an appeal against their convictions right now. the case has been raised by the u.s. secretary-general in a conversation with the egyptian president. you can join the campaign to get al jazeera journalists free by using the hashtag free aj's staff, and find out more by going to the website aljazeera.com, special pages on the subject and the day's news. aljazeera.com. >>> syrian rebels and government forces resumed fighting in the golan heights. fighting has taken place in the syrian controlled side of the territory, mostly under israeli occupation. last month rebel fighters kidnapped 45 united nations peacekeepers in the area. >>> sierra leone's president ordered that the country go into lockdown for four days to try to contain the ebola virus. people will not be allowed to leave their homes between september 18th and the 21st. the world health organisation says almost 4,000 people have been infected across west africa since the start of the

mohammed, tell us about the mechanics, the signing of this document which was causing so much alarm just a few days ago when the other parts of the deal was signed. >> yes, i just attended that ceremony. they simply said, look, we're watching violations upon violations every minute in sanaa, so what are the guarantees that the houthies are going to adhere to this, when we see them violating it every minute in front of the gate of the government itself in sanaa. there was a moment when i thought they would refuse to sign, and they said we'll do this only to save yemen, but to have a lot of lack of trust of what the houthies might do next. they are still in the streets, and there are no guarantees. >> and mohammed, just remind us, if you will, what exactly is in this so-called security annex? what exactly have the houthies agreed to do now that they didn't do four or five days ago? oh, i think the line has given up on us, so we'll have to give up on that. sad to say, but hopefully we'll get back to mohammed with more details on what is going on in the yemeni capitol later on. but we have a

grabbing you, mohammed. thank you.

and it goes back to why mohammed killed them. muslims make peace with the jews and not consider them pigs and enemies of allah like mohammed stated in the koran, if they, eventually, finally admit they're human beings, by the way. oh, my god, they're human beings, they're not apes and pigs and enemies of allah, then if we admit that, then our prophet was a murderer when he killed them. it an problem for islam. so the hate education of jews has to continue and islam doesn't have the confidence in itself to stop the hate. actually, islam, they were discussing in egypt recently the punishment, you know, killing apostates and some young people in egypt were saying, we shouldn't force people to convert to islam. we should leave it optionally. there comes one of the top leaders of islam, and he addressed this, his name is cardeli, he is number one in sunni islam, he said, and the clip is on youtube. if we and the capital punish mane for those who leave islam, islam will end. can you believe this? this is, it is like the pope for christ

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 267 days, falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >>> well in his first interview with foreign media since tak office, the melissa chan presiden had this to say about their confinement. >> translation: i have said this before. na if i had been responsible hat the time, it would not have gone this far. i would have deported them. now the case is in the hands of the judiciary system. >>> the united nations is saying that 70,000 syrian kurds crossed into turkey in 24 hours, forced to run for their lives by the advances made by fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant, i.s.i.l. it took over a number of kurdish villages in northern syria. we have this report. >> walking for miles with only a few possessions they could carry. thousands left their homes since turkey opened their borders on friday, fleeing an offensive by the islamic state of iraq and levant in nearby syria. men, women and children struggled to make the journey to safety. >> tran

grabbing you, mohammed. thank you. i am opening for don rickles, and when they say "opening," what it is is, he and i split the money, and years ago when we started, i said, "well, i'll open, 'cause that means i get out earlier," and he's still pissed about it. [laughs] theater is wonderful here. it's a vegas-sized theater. it's, what, 1,800 or 2,000? jocelyn: no, it's 4,000, yeah. it's a 4,000-person theater. i'm nervous. [laughter] but i go way back with joan, when she was in vegas and she was a struggling comedian and we got to know each other. she's done an outstanding job with her career. i mean that. she has outstanding timing, and she takes her work very seriously, and if i didn't marry my barbara, i would have married joan, and with that remark... ack! ack! god! oh, god, i was kidding around! ah, god, why? joan: don rickles is in his late 80s and he is still hilarious. he's like george burns, who was amazing until he was in his late 90s. and phyllis diller, till she was 92, she just laid it down. and i'd like t

mohammed mosi was deposed last year. in egypt, six crew have been killed when their military surveillance aircraft crashed. am near fayoum. the army is naming technical failure for the accident. >>> unable report flu inside egypt because our journalists have been jailed. they have been detained for 267 days. they are accused of aiding the outlawed muslim borrowerhood n our first interview with foreign media since taking office, the egyptian president had this to say about -- talked about their continued imprisonment. a massive mopping up operation is underways across pakistan. floods killed hundreds of pakistanis and forced tens of thousands from their homes. the city of multan in the punjab prove incident. food prices are rising because crops are under water. >> first came the rain heavy and out of season, it knocked the plants around and damaged the quality of the cotton. then the floods hit watching away a third of the crop and taking with it 40% of this business's profits. >> because of the damage, we are getting les

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed received long sentences after a trial seen by many observers as politically motivated. their convictions are being appealed. the case is raised by the u.n. secretary-general in a conversation with the egyptian president. you can join the campaign to get al jazeera's journalists freed by using the hashtag free av staff on twitter. find out more by going to the special page on the website. it's all on aljazeera.com. >>> now, president obama appears to have gone back on a promise to reform the u.s. immigration system. it's estimated about is 1 million undocumented immigrants live in the united states. in july of last year the republicans blocked a bill to ease the log jam of citizenship applications. in june, president obama said he'd legislate, and before the end of summer. it looks to be delayed. kimberley howe cat is in washington d.c. tell us why. what is the problem? >> the problem, the president says, and this has been articulated by a white house official. is that there is concern that the republicans will politicize this form, an

, and mohammed fahmy have now been detained for 270 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. greste and a fewmy each received a seven year sentence. and baher mohamed received an additional three years for having a spent bullet casing in his procession, which he picked up at a protest. >>> india has become the first country to put a satellite in orbit after its first attempt. the mission was monitored from bangalore. >> history has been created today. we have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near-impossible. [ inaudible ] as well as all of my fellow indians on this historic occasion. [ applause ] >>> we report now on how the success of india's space program has inspired the country's next generation to reach for the stars. >> reporter: up close and personal with science. he is helping these children to understand what is going on in outer space. by seeing rockets in action here, they are learning about india's mars orbiter mission unfolding millions of miles away. >> when i was a kid

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 268 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy received a 7-year sentence. mohammad had an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his pocket, picked up from a protest. >> military commanders in ukraine are accusing pro-russian separatists and russian troops from firing on their forces. they say they will not set up a buffer zone until all abide the peace plan. >>> after a journey across 700km, n.a.s.a.'s maven spacecraft is now orbiting mars. it is expected to orbit for a year, as part of a $670 million mission to learn about the red planet and the atmosphere that surrounds it. jacob ward has more. >> reporter: mars is a scary and desolate place, stripped of life by the sun, which roasted away the conditions needed for life on the surface. how desolate is mars - that's what we have sent the maven satellite to measure. there are many complications, not the least the incredible amount of time to get there. what is di