mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed now at home with their families, granted bail by an egyptian court on thursday. plus. >> reporter: i am andy gallagher in north carolina, the bodies of the three victims who were shot here on tuesday are laid to rest. we'll bring you reaction from the local community. ♪ ♪ >>> isil forces in iraq are moving closer to a major government base housing hundreds of u.s. troops. fighters attacked the western town the al bagdad and anbar province from two collection on his thursday. it has been we sieges by isil for months now the fighting was a few miles way from the base where u.s. are training iraqis. more of the towns fell under isil control after the group advanced quickly under syrian border last summer. imran kahn is in baghdad trying to find out exactly what is happening down there. what do you know? >> reporter: let me tell what you the official u.s. reaction is. they say they are aware of the reports of isil taking the town of al baghdad-y or trying to take the town. they are aware of skirmishes they say, they are on the outskirts of that town. th

fahmy and bahar mohamed. they have been in prison now for 411 days. accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. >>> well, as i say diplomatic sources say it could be soon we see a peace deal sign today stop the fighting in eastern ukraine. all night talks there. let's talk to our defense analyst and column i joining us now from moscow. what does president putin want out of this, do you think? >> well, right now ceasefire seems imminent. that's everyone's interested right now in a ceasefire. the present rebel offenses began mid january has gone on for almost a month and most likely they have run out of steam. they need to regroup and the time actually for major fighting the wintertime, is running to an end soon there will be a that you. so a ceasefire is in everyone's interest but the under problem is the future of ukraine, as a whole. russia wants to see pro-russian forces and rebels actually, to become institutionalized political force inside ukraine. that would guarantee that ukraine does not join nat

bahar mohammed didn't have to pay bail because he's an egyptian citizen. fahmy gave up his egyptian citizenship to speed up his release. the men were free after 411 days behind bars. bahar went home to his wife and their three children. he had missed the birth of his son while he was in jail. >> i am finally home. the children was different. it was like -- it was something different. as soon as they saw me they saw me on the stairs, they suddenly jump, jump on me, so i took them and i start hugging them and we start -- and i think i start crying, this is the first time my children start telling me stop going to work. don't leave again. you have been -- you spent too much time at work, don't go again, we want you to stay. >> reporter: meanwhile, mohamed fahmy returned home to his family and his fiancÉ. but their ordeal is far from over. the men stand accused the aiding the muslim brotherhood who was declared a terrorist organization four days before they were arrested odd december 29th, 2013. in the months that followed, they stood trial alongside their co

. >> reporter: al jazerra evening ire's cairo bureau chief mohammed fahmy and producer bahar mohamed were arrested december 29, 2013 alongside correspondent pete are greste. initially their detention was believed to be temporary and based on bureaucratic problems with their media accreditation but within daisy i didn't want's top property cuters announced they were being held on terror charges alleging they were aiding the out loud plus lil' brotherhood. the journalist and al jazerra network rejected the charges. so did the global media community. protesters around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the three men. when the trial finally began in february the three pleaded not guilty. the proceedings were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by the prosecution included footage from a different champion, music found on the journalists' laptops and some of peter's work in africa. on june 23rd. the verdict guilty. mohamed and peterson tensed to seven years bahar order today spend a decade behind bars. six other colleagues from al jazerra were sentenced i

mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed have spent 411 days in jail accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. something that al jazerra refutes. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: al jazerra english's cairo bureau chief mohamed fahmy and producer bahar mohamed were arrested december 29, 2013 a long with correspondent peter crester. initially their detention was thought to be temporary. but within daisy i didn't want's top prosecutor announced they were being held on terror aiding charges alleged they were aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the journalist and al jazerra network rejected the charges. so did the global media community. protesters around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the three men. when the trial finally began in february the three pleaded not guilty. the proceedings were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by the prosecution included footage from a different channel. music found on the journalists' laptops and some of peter's work in africa. on june 23rd. verdict guilty mom ham he had and peter sentenced to seven year

familiar me, bahar mohamed. if it's fight rite for me to be free it's right to all of us. >> reporter: peter left the airport for his first night in australia well over a year, a freeman and home. on thursday at a more formal press conference and surrounded by his family, peter 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 closed my eyes and let my mind drift to where it wanted to go. almost invariably, it went to the beach. to the coast, to the sea in some form. we me, andrew, mike and my sisters we all went sailing on sundays in 2013, and i always went back to those days. on the boat. >> reporter: in cairo, it was also fellow prisoners who helped. >> and i all want to pay credit to my colleagues in there. we would support one another very very directly. we knew that people had their ups stuff -- excuse me, their updates and down days and we were very careful at helping one another out. li

bahar mohammed and mohamed fahmy are still charged with colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood their previous conviction was thrown out and their retrial is set for the 23rd of february. peter greste was auld charge but is back this australia after being released. bahar mohamed has been speak big being apart from his family as well as his hopes for the future. >> it's hard to describe that moment. you can see it, you can feel it. but to describe those moments with words, i think it's -- i can't. it's -- it's finally i am home. the children was different. it was like -- it was something different. as soon as they saw me they saw knee on the stairs they suddenly jump and we -- so i took them and start hugging them and i think i start crying, that's the first time. my children start telling me, stop going to work. don't leave again. you spend too much time at work so don't go again, we want you to stay. there is nothing to worry. in the case there are no evidence against us, nothing against us at awfully am sure that have. we didn't do anything wrong. so i am -- let's wait and see

al jazerra producers mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed have been granted bail at the start of their retile. it comes important a huge relief for their families. >> translator: i am going immediately to tell the kids that their father is coming home today. and that life will be beautiful. i'll wait to welcome him back. life has changed today. >> reporter: fahmy was asked by the judge to pay a security bond of around $33,000. >> we will play by the law and follow everything, abide by everything in the egyptian law and i am sure he's been vindicated by this and completely vindicated laid ore in this case. >> reporter: the judicial fight will continue until the charges have dropped. bahar was initially sentenced to 10 year old and fahmy seven years in prison that, decision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution. saying the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: earlier this month another al jazerra journalist peter greste was deport today australia after 400 days in detentio

bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy are still charged with co colluding with the band muslim brother hood their previous conviction has been society out and the pretrial is set for november 23rd. bahar mohamed spoke to al jazerra about being reunited with his family. >> it's hard to describe that moment. you can see it, you can feel it, but to describe those moments with words i think it's -- i can't. but it's -- it's finally i am home. the children was different. it was like it was something different. as soon as they saw me, they saw me on the stairs and they suddenly jump on me. i took them and start hugging them and we start playing and i think i start crying, this is the first time it & why thin start telling me stop going to work. don't leave again. you have been -- you spent too much hype thyme on work being so don go again, we want you to stay. >> nigeria-based boko haram as warned nyjer chad and cameroon there been more attacks. they say they will carry out bombings in the countries sending troops to fight them of the threat thr*et comes at ring that would leaders meet to device

mohammed fahmy bahar mohamed. if it's right for me to be free it's right for you would after us. >> reporter: peter left the airport for his first night in australia in well over a year, a freeman and home. on thursday, at a more formal press conference, and surrounded by his family, peter 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 closed my eyes and just let my mind drift to where it wanted to go and almost invariably it went to the beach. to the coast to the sea in some form. we me and andrew, mike, and my sisters in law and -- we all went sailing on sundays in 2013, and i always went back to those days on the boat. >> reporter: in cairo, it was also fellow prisoners who helped. >> and i also want to pay credit to my colleagues in there, we would support one another very, very directly. we knew that people had their ups and -- seduce me, their updates and down days, and we were very car

bahar and mohamed however are still in prison. and al jazerra demands their immediate release. >>> many young people in southern tunisia are leaving their villages and heading to capital tunis or to europe in search of jobs and a better life. but it is feared that the change is damning many close-knit traditional communities. in the second part of our series on global depopulation, we travel. >> reporter: almost all of her children's life, she has been a mother scare father figure. her tunisian husband stayed in france even after they married. they facebook and skies but only see him once a year. she doesn't want to educate her children in france. so her family will continue living separate lives. >> translator: he wishes he could find work here, if there were jobs here and a good salary because are needs have increased and of course it would be better for all of us if he could come back. >> reporter: this is why there is no work here. this desert region of southern tunisia has a harsh drive climate. there is a lack of without and

bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy have now spent 409 days behind bars. charges they and al jazeera deny. the disgraced former head of the international fund says he was unaware that women who participated in is ex-parties were prostituted ohe has glymph his first testimony where he and 13 co defends are accused of aggravating pitching. in the the -- he denies any wrongdoing. two families whose daughters were swapped at birth have won more than 2 million-dollars in compensation both mothers had raised doubts about the babies when a nurse handed them over more than 20 years ago. >> biology may not bind them, but love and history certainly do. and the case involving this mother and her daughter who were swapped at birth, have gripped france. she was treated for jaundice along with another baby girl. after being placed in the same incubator the girls were handed back to the wrong mothers. the error wasn't realize until the children were ten. a court in france has ruled that the clinic involved must pay for it's mistake. >> we have to have this fight because

all tempered by the fact that the fight to free our colleagues still goes on. >>> bahar mohamed's wife said the deportation law that allowed peter to be released excludes her husband because he's egyptian and fears he will remain behind bars. >> translator: i don't know why he's still in prison. i really don't know. his colleagues are being released. they were declared innocent. the new law was only made to set the foreigners free. to give them an opportunity to leave jail. but for him being in an egyptian is the price he has to pay. if he's still in jail for being an egyptian? sear request isyria a rebel group called the army of islam has called the capital of damascus their zone. victoria gatens by reports. >> reporter: most of damascus is still under government control but opposition fighters regularly fire rockets in the to capital from bases in the surrounding countryside. an armed opposition group has declared the city a a military zone warning people to say away from cars checkpoints and military bases in a statement the group said: >> reporter: this is what's left of the city o

bahar and mohamed however are still in prison. >>> u.s. president and program and the dahle los angeles dalai lama: it was being closely watched by beijing, china ab ox to his foreign leaders meeting the dahle los angelesdahledalai lama because they seem him as a separatist. >>> more than 1.5 million are he behind bars in united states. and statistics say three-quarters of them will land in jail again but as kristen saloomey reports a new program is aiming to reverse that trend. >> reporter: at first glance it looks like any college english class. >> are you ready we will read just that quote again. >> reporter: but the manned standing guard and the barbed wire outside the windows are a constant reminders. this lesson on shakespeare's macbeth is taking place inside a correctional facility. and most of the students are inmates. 34 year olds matthew wilson is near the end of a 13-year sentence of armed robbery. he joined the class for one reason. >> change. i knew i had to change. and edge indications a part of that. education opens up doors

bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy are still charged with colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood. their previous conviction was thrown out. but their retrial is set for the 23rd of february. al jazerra is calling on the court to dismiss the absurd case and release them unconditionally. >>> still ahead on al jazerra. >> reporter: i am rory challands deep in the russian arctic. inside each of these doors though, is a ukrainian family. keep watching to find out what they are doing here and what the future holds for them. >>> and when man meets machine. how a new type of surgery is helping people who have lost limb to his get row bat i can replacements. ♪ ♪ heart breaking desperation >> we're all following stories of people that have died in the desert. >> and the importance... >> experiencing it, has changed me completely... >> of the lives that were lost in the desert >> this is the most dangerous part of your trip... >> an emotional finale you can't miss... >> we got be here to tell the story. >> the final journey borderland only on al jazeera america >> every monday night, al

mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed now at home with their families, granted bail by an egyptian court on thursday. plus. >> reporter: i am andy gallagher in north carolina, the bodies of the three victims who were shot here on tuesday are laid to rest. we'll bring you reaction from the local

. >> al jazeera producer bahar mohammed enjoys his new found freedom, a day to celebrate with his wife and three children. >> i am very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. i am really proud about it. as time goes back i would choose the same experience. i know that those still there, i will continue fighting for the freedom of expression and i will not back off. >> baher and his colleague, mohammed fahmy were granted bail on thursday. it has come as a huge relief. they have been imprisoned since december 2013. but the judicial fight will continue until the charges are dropped. baher was initially centsed to 10 years and fahmy to 7 years in prison. >> decision was recently overturned. he script's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution prosecution. it says proceedings were flawed. it ordered a retrial. >> earlier this month, another al jazeera journalist peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy was told by the authorities that his way to freedom was to renounce hi

fahmy and bahar mohamed. greste accepted the award on behalf the fahmy and mohamed who are still fighting the egyptian courts for their freedom. barnaby phillips reports. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: from an egyptian prison for a gala dinner in london. for peter greste it's been a whirlwind two and a half weeks. [applause] >> reporter: how different to the courtroom and prison where he spent all of last year. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: peter is enjoying his release tempered by the knowledge that his colleagues are still fighting their case in an egyptian court. >> it weigh on his my enormously. you gotta he 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, leave affect it mile brothers the people that i lived so closely with for the past 400 days was very, very difficult. >>

bahar mohamed didn't have to pay bail because he's an egypt citizen. fahmy gave up his egyptian citizenship to speed up his release. the men were free after 411 days behind bars. bahar went home to his wife and their three children. he had missed the birth of his son while he was in jail. >> it's finally i am home. the children was different. it was like -- it was something different. as soon as they saw me they saw me on the stairs. they suddenly jump and we -- so i took them and start had you gone hugging them and we start praying and i think i start crying. and this is the first time and my children start telling me, stop going to work. don't leave again. you spent too much time at work, so don't go again, we want you to stay. >> reporter: meanwhile, mohamed fahmy returned home to his family and his fiancÉ. but their ordeal is far from over. the men stand accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood who was declared a terrorist organization just four days before they were arrested on december 29th. , 2013. in the months that followed, they stood trial

and for now his fate and that of bahar mohamed lies once again in the hands of the egyptian judiciary. victoria gatens gatenby al jazerra. >>> australian prime minister has unveiled a range of new national security measures, tony abbott said they are part of a strategy to count are a long-term era of terrorism, his words. the measures which follow report in to last year's attack on a cafe? sydney including strengthening the laws and revoking the citizenship of suspected fighters be andrew thomas has this update from sydney. >> reporter: the threat to australia tony abbott said or of a terrorist attack had never been great. he said there are 400 high priority cases being looked in to right now and that is double the number of poe fen shall threats that this were a year ago. he said there are 90 australians who have traveled to the middle east to fight alongside islamic state fighters. those people could pose a threat where they could come back. and he also said there huh have been two focal attacks on australian soil one in melbourne on policeman and the siege in the cafe in the i hada

bahar mohammed he had and mohammed fahmy are still charged with colluding with the band of muslim brotherhood. their previously convictions were thrown out and a retrial is set for february 23rd peter greste was also charged but has arrived back home in all stall australia of a being released. bahar mo halt he had has spoken after being released. >> it's hard to describe the home moment. you can see it, feel it, but to describe those moments with words, i think it's -- i can't. it's -- it's finally i am home. the children was different. it was like -- it was something different, as soon as they saw me they saw me on the stairs being they suddenly jump on me and i took them and was hugging them ask we start playing and i think i start crying this is the first time. my children tell me stop going to work, don't leave again you spends too much time at work, so don't go again, we want to you stay. there is nothing to worry. in the case there are no evidence against us, there is nothing against us at all. and i am sure of that. we didn't do anything wrong. so i am -- let's wait and see. this is wh

bahar mohamed and mohamed far my are still charged with colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood. their retrial is set for the 23rd of february. peter greste has also charged but has arrived back in australia after being released. >>> the trial of mohamed morsi has been adjourned until the 28th of february. he appeared at a court in cairo on sunday. he ishe accused of endangering national security and leaking state secrets to qatar. the former president once removed to power in a military coup in july 2013. during his hearing he ejected the charges against him. >> translator: i am the legitimate president and this trial is a as far as. this court does not represent anything to me. what happened on july 3rd was a military coup and its leader is the one that should be behind bars. >>> sri lanka's new president is in india on his first official overseas trip. he is facing rolling international pressure to speed up post-civil war reconciliation efforts at home. he's expected to bring up the issue you of thousands of sri lanka tamal refugees living in india after fleeing the country's

and mohammed their freedom which has been denied to them for more than 400 days. >> million sources say five have been killed in cairo. it happened outside the air defense stadium after a fan group calling themselves the ultra white knighted tried to attend a match. a ban on crowds at league matches in place since 2012 had been partially lifted allowing fans to return to the stands. did the diplomatic push to end at a time crisis in east crain france. have been a peace plan. leaders of the >> rory challands has more now. >> hopes that it's meeting in minsk seem to be rising the russian foreign ministry says it expects serious and significant decisions to be made there. however, the russians aren't fully signing up yet. we can listen now to some comments that vladimir putin made in sochi earlier on sunday. >> let us go. conversations with colleagues from kiev berlin and paris in the so-called normandy format has just ended. we agreed that we will try to organize a meeting in the same format between heads of state and governments in minsk. we hope to meet on wednesday. if by then we h

the solidarity the support demonstrated on behalf of peter, bahar and mohammed has been i am mention from politicians, from the media right around the globe, from hundreds of thousands of people who care about is their 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. >> 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 end. we are immensely relieved today. >> let's move on to other news now. the mynigerian army has driven out fighters from borno state but fighting is underway around the town of mafa. the attack on maiduguri comes two with weeks before national elections and after the african if union said it will send in a force to fight the armed group. let's go to at a time capital, abuja. tell us about the fighting that's been going on today and the successes by the army. >> well the fighting started around 2:00 o'clock gmt, and the military in collaboration with vigilantes and what is significant in

al jazerra demands mohamed and bahar's immediate release. >>> coming up this news hour. nigeria's election commission considered whether to postpone next saturday's vote to allow a multinational force to secure areas over one by boko haram. >>> venezuela's government takes over a large supermarket chinas it grapples with food shortages. >>> and in sport find out why the president of african football is accusing the media of exaggerating. that and the latest results later in the program. >>> now to the cries let ukraine which has dominated discussions of the major security summit in the german city of munich. ukraine's president pushed for a fast ceasefire as presented what heed was more proof that russia is helping eastern separatists. a report now from munich. >> reporter: in the heart of bavaria they are trying to find a way to end the diplomatic dead clock. the conflict say near three hour flight are from here and our up feels threatened. ukraine's president took center stage with this that matic display. >> the passport and military i.d. of russian soldiers, russian