bodies beheaded. i want to get the latest from cnn's ian lee live from cairo. this is exactly what officials feared that that town anybody who was loyal to iraqi military or anyone who resisted isis or deemed by isis to be an enemy would be killed. >> reporter: that's right, christine. that goes with what we have seen all over syria and iraq. isis militants going door-to-door searching every house for people who sympathized or helped with the government and taking them out. most times, executing them right there on the spot. we are hearing numbers anywhere from 90 to well into the hundreds of people who have been executed. now we haven't been able to independently verify these executions or the number but we know this is the sort of thing that takes place once isis takes an area. we are also hearing that roughly 600 people have been arrested. these are people that isis accuses of being part of the regime also there. if the past is any indication they will likely be executed as well. really shows the humanitarian crisis that evolves once isis takes an area. we know that 11,000 peopl

, thank you. >> a judge in cairo has upheld hosni mubarak's three-year prison sentence for corruption. however, he's allowing the former egyptian president ting home because he has served time in detention and a military hospital. and the judge reduced the president of the former president's two sons. they've been given three years instead of four. the judge has allowed them to go free since they, too have already served the full term in detention. >>> in iraq isil is claiming responsibility for jail breaks in diyalabreaksbreaks inbreaks inbreaks in diyala province. more than 50 prisoners and 12 policemen killed. in syria international inspectors have found chemical weapons. hezbollah and option fighters have been battlinging for control near damascus. if it falls to the opposition, president bashar al-assad's northwestern stronghold will be cut off from the capital. >>> well anti-government groups in syria have increasingly gained the upper hand in the last few weeks with the capture of key towns further north in idlib province. bernard smith has more from the turkish-syrian border.

, our kneel is to save these people. >>> a judge in cairo upheld hosni mubarak's 3-year prison sentence for corruption. he is allowing the former egyptian president to go home. that's because he served time in detention and in a military hospital. the judge also reduced the sentences of his two sons. they have been given three years instead of four. the judge is allowing them to go free, since they too, have served full-term in suspension. signs 2011 the former ruler faced a string of trials the most serious, the trial of the century, when he was charged with ordering the killing of protesters. he was sentenceded to 25 years gaol but was acquitted in a retrial. that verdict is being appealed and a final decision next case. the second is corruption. hoe he was accused of squandering public funds to retrial his residence. he was found guilty sentenced to three years, he served that time he can walk free. he was charged with two other corruption cases. he was cleared in one. and the other never made it to court. an egyptian journalist said charges against hosni mubarak and his second were

goal is to save these people. >> a judge in cairo has upheld hosni mubarak's three year prison sentence of corruption. but he's allowing the egyptian president to go home because he has already served time in detention and in a military hospital. the judge also reduced the sentences of the former president's two sons. they've now been given three years instead of four. the judge is also allowing them theming to flee sips they have served the full term in detention. hosni mubarak was ousted in 2011, the former ruler has face adjunct of trials added with a string of trials. initially he was sentenced to 25 years in jail, but he was acquitted in a retrial. that verdict is being appealed and a final decision will be made early next month. the second case was one of corruption. mubarak was a accused of scan dering funds and the court found guilty and sentenced him to three years in jill. he has already served that time and he'll be allowed to walk free. an egyptian journalist in exile says that all the charges against mubarak and his sons were selected strategically. >> anybody can

-- israel wasn't even on the arab maps. didn't talk about it. and flew from cairo and the egyptians didn't know what to think. they weren't sure it wasn't a terrorist. >> right, a prank. the plane full of explosives and the airport ringed with snipers just in case and the israeli national orchestra didn't have sheet music for the egyptian national anthem and had 0 tune in to learn how to play it and out of the blue couldn't this is airport airplane and it was unheard of. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and sadat descends in -- you know, then he goes to address the conessa and tells them they have to give up the occupied territories and we're not going make a separate peace. menachem begin is only in office for a year, when this happens, his election was the greatest surprise in israel's his. he was -- the prime minister, first prime minister of israel called him a little hitler, he was a face fascist, a racist and they were embarrassed and summed he's elected the prime ministe it's called the great reversal in israel. he was an obstructionist and his goal was to expand the country of israel

crime. >> reporter: the detaining of three al jazeera staff in cairo on december 29th, 2013 was assumed to be a short-term mix up over accreditations. as time passed it was clear that the egyptian authorities under the new government seemed to have other intentions. peter greste is a veteran correspondent based in kenya at the time of his arrest, and by his own arrest knew little about egypt, and was shocked by the idea that he was linked to what the government in cairo described as terrorists. the same could be said for the rest of the team mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr. by mid january much of the international media demanded the release of the three journalists. the hashtag free aj staff went viral. in the u.s. and u.k. respected journalists came out in support. the trial failed to come up with anything against the three men, that could vaguely have been said to incriminate them. a video of sheep herding, work in kenya, and footage of a different channel was shown through the trial as evidence. adjournment after adjournment followed. in june and to the fury of the worl

people >>> a jub in cairo upheld hosni mubarak assist sentence for corruption and has allowed the president to go home as he served time in detention and in a military hospital. the judge reduced his two son said from four to three years, and is allowing them to go home since they have served time in detention as well. hosni mubarak has beaten a range of other charms a key change remarnings on june 4th a court will decide if it was right to acquit him in his trial for the murder of protesters during the 2011 revolution. we speak to an assistant professor at long island university and a member of the egyptian rule of law association. thank you for talking to us at al jazeera. what is your assessment of the situation with regard to the next legal round in june for the former president? >> well, the next legal round is indicative of what has been happening in egypt for the past couple of years. what we are seeing is a highly politicized judiciary, trying to apiece the public and move the country forward in certain directions. if you look at what is happening, had hosni mubarak been c

involved. washington post reporter erin cunningham joins me via skype from cairo. so there has been a handful of other ins ghents the saudi kingdom over the past six months how have the authorities connected the dots? >> well, they think that you have a number of saudis that have gone to iraq and syria to participate in the insurgencies there and i think this is how the islamic state works. they recruit people inside the various countries, and either to carry out attacks or to come back to iraq and syria and join them where they are fighting so i think the saudis were able to see this, that these people who carried out these attacks over the past six months have had contact with the islamic state and that's how they are going to identify them. >> sreenivasan: put this in perspective for us. this comes in the context of sunni shy a. shia attention that already exists in saudi arabia. >> yes there sashi a minority in eastern saudi arabia that long said they suffer from neglect from the government and also sort of sectarian insightment from the clergy inside saudi arabia so there is alre

think about the words of president obama from a speech in cairo in 2009. this is what he said. "recognizing our common humanity is only the beginning of our task. words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. these needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared. our failure to meet them will hurt us all, for we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. when a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. when one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the threat of -- nuclear attack rises for all nations. when violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountain people are endangered across an ocean. when innocents in bosnia and dark darfur are slaughtered that is a stain on our collective conscience. " let me say to you i have great , confidence that you will act boldly. that you are more capable than any other generation before you to lead us into the future and share the world in the 21st century. you, your children and gran

. they are meeting in cairo to find a resolution to the tribal infighting that is tearing libya apart. inside the country, the u.n. recognized prime minister says that he has escaped an assassination attempt. erika wood reports. >> reporter: libya's under-backed prime minister says he managed to escape this ambush on his car as he was heading to the airport. it followed another tashg on his government's headquarters when gunmen are said to have stormed the building and demand he stand down. his spokesman blames rival tribal leaders for backing the attacks. their government was forced to move east to tobruk last august. and another government was installed in tripoli. each of the governments has their own militias backing them. they have been fighting for political supremacy, since the war that ended gadhafi's rule four years ago. cairo is hosting a meeting aimed at finding peace, but the leaders say that cannot happen, until other countries stop interfering. >> translator: there are countries that aspire to seize libya's wealth. some arab and regional countries should be standing by l

the latest on this, let's connect with ian lee joins us now live from cairo. and ian, the comments from defense secretary ash carter seem to have taken the prime minister by surprise, right. he said iraqi forces lack the will to fight isis. but points to lack of confidence in iraqi forces by the u.s. you do wonder though, why make -- a statement like that in such a public way at such a sensitive time for the country? >> well seems like the comments from the defense secretary, errol, are more of a frustration. the united states has been providing weapons and training, yet still we have not been able to see the iraqi military go on the offensive. be a force that can stand up next to isis. although, you know, the question of will has been one raised many times. we heard from arwa dadamon's reporting, she talked to a soldier, not that they lacked the will. they have the will. they didn't have the structure, command, weapons to hold on and continue the fight. so there is a lot of questions surrounding why, first of all, iraqi troops pulled out of ramadi. and a lot of fingers being point

ian lee, he joins us live from cairo. so, ian, this is of course i huge victory for isis. clearly a massive set back for iraq. and the united states. we saw there iraqi forces retreating. they were elite forces in some instance as we heard. talk to us about how isis was able to take control of ramadi. >> rosemary the battle has been taking place since last june. unlike mosul where we saw iraqi security forces melt away. ramadi has been a constant battle between iraqi security forces and isis fighters. but this latest offensive by isis fighters saw suicide car bombs, followed by heavy push by troops, and we see in this video, in this video, this heavy fighting taking place. these bulldozers, armored bulldozers, packed with explosives, hitting the front lines. iraqi officials have said, almost nearly impossible to stop once you see these coming at you. and that's the advantage that isis has. they have been able to push out the iraqi security forces. we're hearing there are still pockets of resistance. within the city. but these people are fighting for their lives now. we know isis doe

army officers were killed north of cairo. meanwhile, the u.s. said that it is concerned about the death sentence on the deposed president mohamed mursi. a court in cairo made the ruling rights groups expressed resignation about their legitimacy >>> egypt's first-elected president mohamed mursi is found guilty of breaking out of gaol and sentenced to death. the muslim brotherhood, banned by egypt calls the court's decision politically motivated and says executing mohamed mursi would be murder and the international community should stop it. the response around the world is mixed. some countries say action should be taken. >> translation: european union, western countries, haven't you banned the death penalty. since you banned it, don't you have sanctions against carrying out the death penalty. why do you stand still, why be silent? impose the sanctions. it's for your benefit, why not impose sanctions on egypt >>> mohamed mursi was the president a few days after egyptians began a movement to overthrow president hosni mubarak. in 2012 mohamed mursi became the first elected president.

ramadi since isis captured the city. we want to bring in cnn's ian lee he joins us live from cairo with details. ian, we are hearing isis militants are bringing reinforcements into ramadi in preparation for the counter attack from iraqi forces. and of course, these, these shiite militias. this will likely be a tough fight for iraqi forces. will they be able to force isis out of the city given what happened last week. and have they, the will to do this? that is the big question here. >> you are exactly right, rosemary. that is the big question. really when we look at the battle for ramadi we have to look at past battles where we have seen this kind of force engage isis. we saw that in tikrit. we heard the prime minister say "this battle for ramadi will take days." the battle for tikrit they said the same thing. it ended up taking weeks upon weeks. when isis takes ground they know huh how to dig in. they've know how to reinforce their hold. we have seen improvised explosive devices. bobbytraps, ieds. and slows any advancements. when it cam to tikrit, it took u.s. air strikes to loosen the

, ian lee, following developments live from cairo. ian, iraqi authorities say they have reclaimed territory from isis and have advanced. what details do we have on that effort to move in and ultimately reclaim ramadi? >> well, as we have been hearing from the government, 30 soldiers were killed in a bombing. what we are seeing is a very slow go effort to try to encircle, try to take area, without real direct confrontation so far. they're on the outskirts of ramadi. three different side. western part is still open. isis can get supplies and fighters in. taking this quite slow. making sure that they, they minimize casualties. also, minimize as we heard in nick's piece, damage to infrastructure. we are hearing from sunni tribal leaders that the anbar university. this is on the southern part of ramadi has been taken by government forces. but unlike what the prime minister said, that he expects us to be over in days. said that a few days age it is looking like it will take weeks. >> and ian, a lot of people are focusing on -- on the shia militia, sunni tribesmen and the iraqi forces. w

washington. rewe turn to cnn's ian lee. he is in cairo. there are so many advances on so many fronts, it is difficult to keep up, sadly. ian? >> reporter: that's right, natalie. let's start with palmyra, first. the importance of that city. first of all, you have to look at civilian population. we are hering that there are tens of thousands of people still there. have you isis taking control of that, hearing that at least 17 people have been executed, some beheaded. isis militants going door to door looking for anyone they might see as a threat. so first have you that. also, pamyra is at a crossroads. than let's talk about the antiquities. first off, have you this deep rich history that dates back thousands of years. and isis is now in control of that. and they are -- as we have seen in other parts of sir wyria andq are more willing to destroy that and selling it off. this is one of the key sources of income that isis has. i was at an antiquities conference where they talked about how much money isis gets from this. take a listen. >> one of the major sources of income for isis in iraq and

cairo. ian we have been talking about the huge victory for isis. clearly a massive set back for iraq and the u.s. we have seen the retreating iraqi forces there. but talk to us about how isis was able to take control of ramadi. >> well, rosemary, the battle for ramadi has been taking place for quite some time. since last june, actually. and it has been some very fierce fighting as we have seen. 500 people have been killed during the last clashes. and so, it was a very difficult battle. we know from iraqi government officials, that they used armored bulldozers packed with explosives to hit the front lines. exploding, really putting the iraqi security forces on their heels. they exploited that area. and they were able to make the final offensive to push them out. i should draw the contrast to mosul. iraqi security forces melt away in the presence. they were able to hold on for quite some time. hearing there are pockets of resistance still inside, ramadi, iraqi security forces fighting till the last man. we know isis doesn't treat their captives very well. what they left behind is

cairo. navment internationalamnesty international says the men did not get a fair trial. >>> death sentence on mohamed morsi. human rights groups have expressed reservation about its ligamentlegitimacy. rob matheson has the story. >> the muslim brotherhood now banned by jeecht calls egypt calls the court's decision illegitimate. the international community should stop it. the response around the world is mixed but some countries say actions should be taken. >> translator: european union, western countries haven't you banned the death penalty? since you banned the death penalty don't you have sanction he to carry out the death penalty? why do you standstill? why do you stand silent? why don't you impose sanctions on egypt? >> morsi is imprison wednesday other muslim brotherhood prisoners in 2012, morsi becomes the country's first elected president. almost immediately he begins a series of controversial decisions expanding his own presidential powers. in january 2013 hundreds of thousands demonstrating in cairo's square against morsi fighting rupts and sparks months of protest demand

offensive. ian lee following developments from cairo, egypt. he joins us now live. ia ncht -- ian, a very busy day. iraqi forces, cutting the supply lines. the backbone of the territory, isis controls from iraq to syria. as far as we understand. no fighting reported just yet. is that still accurate? >> reporter: no heavy fight. nothing that would indicate that the operation to retake the city of ramadi has commenced. but, they are -- moving around and open terrain, cutting off supply lines. we know they have at least according to the shiite militias, surrounded the city of ramadi. and we are just waiting, really, it seems like they're trying to get all of the pieces into place. before they begin this attack. you have the iraqi military, the police force. shiite militias as well as sunni tribal members. numbering roughly, 4,000. that's going to be a crucial element to this operation as well. as they are entering sunni territory. and it will be a real test to see how the government is able to retake the area we have seen in the past instances where the shiite militias have allegedly co

ian lee, outside the courthouse in cairo. ian, you have just heard the verdict coming in. tell us, what was said? >> reporter: the judge started mohamed morsi on the death sentence procedures. he and dozens of other defendants have been sentenced to death. it is not confirmed right away. this ruling will go to egypt's grand mufti, the highest legal authority of islam here in egypt. he will have his say on the verdict as well and then on june 2nd that is when we will hear whether or not this actual death sentence is confirmed but this is the harshest sentence that mohamed morsi could receive in these procedures for the jailbreak which the prosecution accused him of helping free roughly 20,000 inmates during the chaos in the 2011 uprising. the judge handing down these very harsh verdict, condemnation from the muslim brotherhood, who will have no surprise called this a farce, called it a kangaroo court but for others they show that as justice being served. morsi has already had, already has been given a 20-year sentence for the death of protesters outside the presidential palace, but

with the saudi arch enemy in iran. let's go to ian lee live in cairo with the latest. good day to you. we have seen these images. what can you tell us about these claims? >> reporter: good morning, george. as you and i have been talking this morning, the first reports were this was a saudi f-16. we know that saudi arabia does not fly f-16s. we are hearing now from houthi officials that it was an f-15. that is a plane the saudi's do fly. we cannot ind pendantly verify. we have seen pictures. we cannot verify that. the saudi arabia military is not commenting on it right now. looking at the pictures being released, you can see on a piece of metal, it says it saudi arabia air force. there are also missiles from that. if they did shoot down an airplane, the question then goes to the fate of the pilot. what happened to them if this plane was shot down? the reason we may not be hearing from saudi arabia, they may be looking for their pilot. george? >> at the same time, as the fighting continues, there is dramatic, humanitarian situation for many people there. hard time to get water. diff

last june. >> cnn's ian lee is joining us from cairo. he is falling these details of these developments. we are finding out about -- first, let's talk about this mass grave, ian. 500 bodies, former military cadets. what more do you know about that and how these men might have been killed. >> what we are hearing, natalie, is that they were executed about year ago last june. dumped into mass graves. and what we are hearing from authorities is that this could be just one of many more mass graves yet to uncover military cadets that were killed by isis. their bodies have been taken to baghdad where there is forensic experts going over them, trying to identify their remains beforehanding them over to the families. but really this just underscores the brutality of isis, when they take control of a city and territory. >> yes. one can understand why many of the iraqi troops are dropping their weapons and running when isis moves in. what more can you tell us about the bombings that happened in these two popular hotels in baghdad? >> it is a thursday night in and for the middle east,

, mohammed morsi. it didn't take a cairo court long to hand down the sentence. the case stems from a 2011 jail break with chaos gripped the country during the revolution. prosecutors accused morsi and 128 others of conspireing to free 20,000 inmates across the country. over 11100 would receive the death sentence, including the muslim brotherhood supreme guide mow ham he had badia. the judge ruled on a case involving espionage. he sentenced 16 leaders of the brotherhood to death. the lawyer defending the muslim brotherhood refused to answer directly if he thought the trial was fair, only saying -- dr. morsi specifically said in more than one session and throughout the trials that he does not recognize these trials. amnes amnesty international denounced the verdict and trial saying this shows a complete disregard for human rights. these trials are nothing but a sher raid based on null and void procedures. morsi won't be heading to the gal lows anytime soon, though. he has two chances for appeal. the case now goes to the highest authority of islamic lethal interpretation in the country

lee, following developments live from cairo. we are learning about the recaptured territory from isis. but at this point, no iraqi forcings have entered ramadi. what do you know about what is happening on the battlefield right now? >> oh, rosemary they're trying to contain isis from what we are seeing as we heard in nick's report. trying to -- move slowly because of these improvised explosive devices that can cause quite a few casualties. also trying to preserve infrastructure. in ramadi we are hearing that from some suni tribal leadersment they were able to retake the university of anbar on the southern part of ra maddma -- ramadi. trying to cut off supply lines for isis. they cannot be reinforced. we are hearing though that some reinforcement, supplies are still able to get in from the western part of the city. but -- if we use tikrit as an example it will be a very long fight. it will be very slow. because of isis' ability to dig in and hold territory which makes it very dangerous for iraqi forces. >> and, ian, we have been talking about the iraqi troops fighting along side suni tr

according to syria tv. let's get the latest from cnn's ian lee from cairo. ian ian, this is the worst fears coming to fruition. >> reporter: that's right, christine. when we see isis advance, we see the flood of people leaving the area. 11,000 people from palmyra. and ramadi several thousand people were fleeing. when isis takes over the city the reign of terror begins. they go door-to-door and they take them out and execute them. we are hearing reports anywhere from 90 into the hundreds from different groups and agencyies. we know this happens all over iraq and syria. we are hearing at least 11 children were also executed by isis and they have roughly 600 people taken prisoner. people that we are hearing worked for the former regime. as we have seen elsewhere in iraq and syria, the likelihood that they will remain captives is unlikely as we know they execute these people regularly. >> just brutal methods. no question. what about plans to try to retake palmyra? what is the syrian regime saying about that? >> reporter: what we are hearing from reports is that they are amassing a force outside

correspondent ian lee, live in cairo with more on this story. ian, good day to you. what more can you tell us about these images that have been released showing how isis has stepped in and taken over in palmyra? >> reporter: we've seen their flag raised over the castle there. one of the iconic sights. really, isis showing off their gains, what they've captured. and the world's attention has been on the battle for palmyra. and so, isis is now showing that they are firmly in control, after some heavy fighting. and as we heard in nic robertson's report, a lot of concerns about the future of those sights, as well as the antiquities there. i talked to one -- one person from the state department about antiquity sales. they told me if they can't move them, whether they're too well-known or can't sell them on the black market, isis usually destroys them. but if they are small, they will go to funding the organization. so isis just really rubbing salt into the wound by releasing these pictures, george. >> ian, what more are you tell us about these isis advances? and we're seeing so many people flee by

developments from cairo, egypt. he joins us now live. ian, iraqi officials claim isis fighters are surrounded in ramadi. now if that is the case, this happened very quickly. what are you hearing about that? >> that's right. they're moving pieces into position. we haven't heard of any major fighting taking place yet. but it does appear that -- every piece of this operation is being moved into position. before the real push to retake ramadi commences. we have seen that they have cut off the supply routes from one province to ramadi. as we heard as well that they have surrounded the city. but they are positioning with multiple forces. you have the iraqi military. you have the shiite militias. iraqi police, you also have roughly 4,000 local sunni tribal fighters. this is a broad coalition. a lot of different pieces to get together before -- what we're seeing. this final battle for ra maddy maddy -- ramadi to take place. we know iraqi forces, shiite militias and fighters are trying to work together to crush isis. but there has been criticism from the u.s. as we reported. regarding the w

syria. i want to bring in ian lee for more on this story. he is joining us live from cairo, egypt. ian, good to see you. now, it seems isis has captured some serious momentum over the last week. what's the latest on the movements advances, ian? they're talking about retaking ramadi. really they have to stop isis advances to begin with. they are pushing outside of ramadi. they have taken the city of husaba, and they're fighting where there is a sunni tribe that has been royal to the iraqi government, putting up stiff resistance there. then if they are able to take that, then it is off to the region where the shiite militias are forming up, the iraqi security forces have pulled back to there as well. really trying to make a last stand. if isis is able to take that area, it creates a corridor between the two isis controlled cities of ramadi and falluja, from there it is only, 35 kilometers in a straight line from falluja to the airport of baghdad. so this is, we're not talking about a very vast area. these are less than 100 kilometers, isis will be if successful connecting ramadi and

cairo court of appeals upheld a three-year sentence against mubarak on corruption charges but credited him for the time already served. mubarak has also been slapped with a fine for embezzlement. a live report coming up just ahead. >>> freddie gray's case took a twist. >> they're calling for prosecutor marilyn mosby to step down from the case immediately. a motion filed last night spelled out what the defense sees as five conflicts of interest. cnn's tear i sidner has the latest. >> new details coming out that the attorneys for the six officers charged in the case are saying that marilyn mosby should recuse herself or the office recuse itself from this case because they accused her of having too many conflicts of interest. they name about five conflicts including that her husband is a councilman in the district where freddie gray was killed and that he would get political gain from her charging this case and winning this case if she does that. also, that she has a relationship, she and her husband both a friendship really with the attorney that is representing freddie gray's family. an

taking to the streets of cairo and giza to rally against its removal. supporters want him reinstated as the country's leader. >>> the italian cost guard has coordinated the rescue of migrants from the mediterranean on friday. it also found others. the coordination center dispatched the navy ship to the aid of others on a sinking boat. myanmar's navy has rescued a boat just days after finding another boat full of 200 migrants. it says it is full of bengallys a term they use to describe rohingyas that they say are not citizens. we have this report. >> thailand planned this meeting weeks ago just after the migrant boats were discovered adrift in the sea. packed with desperate rohingya from bangladeshi migrants. many are still out there. nation's directly involved and indirectly came together to coordinate the crisis. regional countries agreed to set up an anti-trafficking task force. thailand and malaysia agreed to use air bases in the search and rescue operation. but there was disagreement behind the mass migration. myanmar accused of inaccurately placing blame. >> of a lega

casablanca algiers, tunis, cairo, jericho, ramallah. one thing the diverse players have in common is there are so many young when that have nothing to do too little to do or too much to do for two little money. badly won or corrupt states rose from the end of colonialism and the state never delivered. too much of the modest resources of a country ending up in too few hands and a state valued with keeping up order. too many came to adulthood dissatisfied. hardly able to support a family unable to see a way their circumstances would improve. if the map is redrawn, the raw material, the recruits that kill on demand will be easy enough to define if they remain places to don't commute with the common people. >>> to serve their interests and enrich themselves >>> the growing scandal surrounding world football. f.i.f.a.'s president says he welcomes the investigation into corruption. >>>welcome to al jazeera, i'm louis jordon here in doha -- are daredon -- i'm darren jordan. 20 people may have been exposed to anthrax after a batch was accidentally

rebels agree to end the fighting >>> a judge in cairo upheld hosni mubarak's 3-year sentence but is allowing the president to go home as he already served his time and more recently he spent time in a military hospital >>> russia is marking 70 years since it defeated the nazis in world war ii. several world leaders watched the military parade in moscow. most were absent in protest at the ongoing crisis in ukraine. >> now to syria, where international inspectors found traces of sarin gas in research sites used by the regime after activists reported chlorine attacks in idlib in the north. fighting in the area close to damascus continued between hezbollah, and opposition fighter for control of the strategic area. we have more. >> reporter: it's thought to be a battle of survival. if in the opposition hands, damascus would be next and would cut off bashar al-assad's stronghold. they are gaining the upper hand with few losses on the battlefield. the syrian says 40 hezbollah fighters were killed. hezbollah fighters were killed, and they announced a strategic withdrawal. and damascus inspe

refocused the attention on the political track earlier. there was also a youthful meeting in cairo. last week, they fully expressed to me, family, that the attempt to politically try to resolve the conflict should be made even if all of the success are indeed low. the only way is to test the willingness of the parties to narrow the gap and if they are ready to narrow the gap. given the fanfare that greeted at his news conference here in geneva, and the media presence that was there, he was rather modest in setting out the aims for the next four or five weeks. he described this not as geneva three but consultations. he said they would be closed not as a run off meeting but low key consultations. his same is to try to find out what the situation currently is in syria. he described the talks as a reality check was another phrase he used, what he wants to try to find out is whether there is any room at all for compromise and negotiation in a meaningful sense. he will speak to at least 40 different groups. he will also speak to 20 international and regional stake holders and that including th

two. there was also a useful meeting in chi -- cairo, and the security council announced to me last week that another attempt should be made even if even if odds of success are, indeed low. the only way is to test the willingness of the parties to narrow the gaps and if they are ready to narrow the gaps. >>> burr rendy's constitutional court has cleared the way for the president pierre nkurunziza to run for a third term. protesters have been demanding he back down. critics say his plan to stand in the elections defies the constitution. rights groups say a dozen people have been killed and more than 30,000 have fled to neighboring states. >> reporter: this man says he is terrified by what is written in these letters. he says they have been pushed under the doors of people in his neighborhood at night by members of the youth wing. he belongs to the ethnic tutsi minority and the letters say tutsi, men, women, boys and girls will be killed if the president does not run for a third term. >> translator: they come at night chanting songs that threaten us saying that will smash anyone who s

stranded. since the ousting of mohamed morsi in 2013, cairo has kept it closed, giving the territory run by how thomas. -- by hamas. jason rezaian accused of espionage, began today behind closed doors. it was adjourned a few hours later with no word on the start date of the next session. the united states and the washington post have condemned to the trial and are calling for rezaian's immediate release. let's talk to douglas, the foreign editor of the paper. have you had any contact with jason? douglas: no, not for 10 months since he was arrested when authorities burst into his apartment. very few people have been able to speak with jason. we've had indirect communication. annette: what have they produced to support to their claim? douglas: the answer is very little. we don't know exactly what charges they are bringing and what evidence. the trouble with the secret trial is iran, everything is secret. so his lawyer can't really tell us what is in the proceedings. she can say there is no basis for the charges and we can certainly say the idea jason was acting as a spy is absurd and ludic

were killed north of cairo. amnesty international says the men did not get a fair trial. meanwhile, the u.s. says its deep deeply concerned about the delta death sentence imposed on mohammed more see. a ruling was made on friday. rights groups have expressed reservations about the legitimacy as rob mathison now reports. >> egypt's first elected president is found guilty of breaking out of jail and sentenced to death. >> mohamed morsi. >> the muslim brotherhood now banned by egypt calls the court's decision politically motivated. it says executing morsi would be murder. the international community should stop it. the response around the world is mixed, but some countries say action should be taken. >> translator: european unions haven't you banned the death penalty. since you have banned the death penalty, don't you have sanctions against this to carry out the death penalty? why do you stand still? request why do you ring silent? imposed sanctions on them. you impose sanctions on others for your benefit. why don't you impose sanctions upon egypt. >> morsi is imprisoned with other mu

cairo. and last week, the security council fully expressed to me unanimously that another attempt to politically try to resolve the conflict should be made even if, even if, odds of success are indeed low. the only way is to test the willingness of the parties to narrow the gaps and if they are ready to narrow the gaps. >> al jazeera correspondent sent this update from geneva. >> given the fanfare, that greeted stefan at his news conference here in geneva, on tuesday morning and the pead yeah presence that was there he was actually rather modest in setting out the aims for the next four or five weeks the work that he had ahead of him, he described this not as geneva e. that, but as consultations. he said there would be closed one to one he described it as not a one off meeting but low key consultations. he described the talks as a situation report a reality check was another phrase that he used. what he wants to find out if there's any room at all for compromise and negotiation. he will speak to at least 40 different syrian groups. he is also going to speak to 20 regional and inte

security outside of cairo court where morsi is expected to hear verdicts in two trials which could carry the death penalty, the court is expected to rule whether he was spying for other countries and collaborating with hamas. peace has returned to the country after a failed attempt to over throw him and ziza decision to seek a third term in office sparked two weeks of protest and says life the back to normal and urged the international community to show support for his government. >> translator: we ask to be friends of burundi because if they stop supporting it will be like opening doors to trouble and seize power by force and brings power that is not democratic and refuse to acknowledge the voice of the people and bring war, poverty and other atrocities we have seen in the country. >>> u.n. says 100,000 people fled burundi since april and many of them are staying near the border with rowandi and harry spoke to some of them. >> reporter: the ration of beans is made to feed one family for a week and many more refugees from burundi wait for their share and thousands come to neighbori

available, the ne >>> i've spent time in casablanca, algiers, tunis, cairo, jericho, ramallah. one thing the diverse players have in common, is there are so many young when that have nothing to do, too little to do or too much to do for two little money. badly won or corrupt states rose from the end of colonialism and the state never delivered. too much of the modest resources of a country ending up in too few hands and a state valued with keeping up order. too many came to adulthood dissatisfied. hardly able to support a family, unable to see a way their circumstances would improve. if the map is redrawn, the raw material, the recruits that kill on demand will be easy enough to define if they remain places to don't commute with the common people.

, and a useful meeting in cairo. and last week the security council fully expressed to me unanimously that another attempt to political try to resolve the conflict should be made even if -- even if odds of success are indeed low. the only way is to test the willingness of the parties to narrow the gaps and if they are ready to narrow the gaps. >> more now from paul brennan in geneva. >> reporter: given the fanfare that greeted him at his news conference here in geneva on tuesday morning, and the media presence he was actually rather modest in sets out the aims he has ahead of him. he said the consultations will be closed one to one. low-key consultations. and his aim essentially is to try to find out what the situation currently is in syria. he described the talk as a stress test a reality check was another phrase that he used. what he wants to try to find out is whether there is any room at all for compromise in a meaningful sense. he is going to speak to at least 40 different syrian groups 20 regional and international stake holders, including the syrian government itsel

belonging to i.s.i.l, an attack in which two army officers were killed in the area north of cairo. amnesty international said the men did not get a fair trial. >>> sentence imposed death on former president of egypt mohamed morsi. rob matheson reports. >> egypt's first elected president mohamed morsi is found guilty of breaking out of jail and sentenced to death. the muslim brotherhood now banned by egypt calls the court's decision politically motivated. it says executing morsi would be murder and the international community should stop it. the response around the world is mixed but some countries say action he should be taken. >> translator: european union, western countries haven't you banned the death penalty? since you've banned the death penalty don't you have sanction he to carry out the death penalty? why do you standstill? why do you stand silent? impose sanction he on them. why don't you impose sanctions on egypt? >> reporter: morsi is imprisoned with other muslim brotherhood leaders days after a movement that overthrew hosni mubarak in 2011. then morsi becomes the first nationall

the network: he was the cairo's she have along with peter greste and mohammed badr. they were convicted of spreading false news. peter greste has been deported. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are awaiting retrial. the network said: >>> in bangladesh another blogger has been murdered, the third killing in three months. on may 11th he was hacked to death by a gang in the east. authorities are yet to confirm the motive. but the 33-year-old was threatened over a pro-secular blog post. religious groups pushed for tougher anti-blasphemy laws to keep religions out of politics. his bloggings was based on anated yist blog are who was killed. and another was killed for anti-islamic writing. >>> from the u.s. based committee to protect journalists it was said: >>> macedonia is a small country of 2 million people. the government has a big media story. three months ago the leader of the main opposition party accused of the government of an ilsurveillance programme, the phone tapping of 20,000 poem, including 100 journalists over a 4-year period. the prime minister denied the allegat

to what happened in cairo >>> republican outrage grow a staffer emailed clinton saying: in addition to tracking the political fall out and claims that she was misleading many emails are routine exchanges, such as reactions to news stories. still others are heavily redacted. many of those are labelled sbu, sensitive but unclassified. on friday the fbi blocked the release of an email saying the contents now are classified. >> it doesn't change the fact that all of the information in the emails was handled appropriately. >> but it was a private server do you have concern it was on a prit server? >> no. >> a reason clinton may not be concerned is right now that's as so far as the criticism of her may go. the emails do not contradict previous statements about benghazi or undercut the state department's handling of the attacks. republicans point out all the clinton emails were vetted in advance by clinton's own attorneys: earlier this week after clinton said she was looking forward to the state department releasing emails... >> reporter: do you regret deleting 30,000 emails. >> reporter:

outlawed freedom and justice party is pressuring cairo to get rid of the death penalty. he is making submissions to the african commission on human rights and be said egypt needs to improve its right record. >> the submissions are not just about the death penalty. the wide acts of repression by the egyptian government, the detention of 40,000 people, the torture systemic in the prison system this is what the complaint be is about obviously we've been presenting this argument for over a year to the egyptian government through the african commission. the egyptian government has been responding engaging with the process, sending reply. >> the burundi president hasn't gone to summit focusing on the crisis in his country. they are trying to find a solution to end weeks of silent anti-government protests. the demonstrations were triggered after he said he would seek a third term in office. we have more from the capitol. >> the president didn't attend the summit he said because he is preparing for elections. last time he went to such a summit there was an attempted coup. perhaps he doesn't

words of president obama from a speech in cairo in 2009. "recognizing our common humanity is only the beginning of our task. words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. these needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared. our failure to meet them will hurt us all for we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is heard everywhere -- prosperity is hurt everywhere. when a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. when one nation can -- persists a nuclear weapon, the threat of -- when violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountain, people are endangered across an ocean. when innocence in bosnia and r four are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience -- in darfur are slaughtered, it is a stain on our collective conscience. ." i have great confidence that you will act boldly. that you are more capable than any other generation before you to lead us into the future and share the world in the 21st century. eu, your children a

1 and moscow 2. there was a useful meeting na cairo. and last week the security council fully expressed to me unanimously that another attempt to politically try to resolve the conflict should be made even if - even if odds of success are, indeed low. the only way is to test the willingness of the parties to narrow the gaps, and if they are ready to narrow the gaps >>> our correspondent paul brennan is in geneva and sent us this update. >> given the fanfare that greeted stefan at his news conference in geneva on tuesday morning, and the media presence there, he was modest in setting out the aims for the next four or five weeks, the works that he has ahead of him. he describes it not as geneva three, but consultations, saying they'll be closed, one to one, not a one-off meeting, but low key consultations and his aim essentially, is to find out what the situation currently is in syria. he described the talks as a situation report a stress test. he wants to find out whether there's room for compromise and negotiation in a meaningful sense and will speak to 40 different groups and