let's get the latest from cnn's ian lee in cairo. the worst fears in palmyra are playing out. >> reporter: that's right, christine. really when we watch isis advance anywhere in iraq and syria, we wait for the brutality to follow and we have seen thousands of people leave in front of their expansion. 11,000 people fled palmyra ahead of isis advance. now they are going door-to-door looking for people who worked with the regime or sympathetic with the regime and killing people. anyone they find they deem as a threat. that does also include children. we are hearing of at least 11 children who have been executed by isis as well. we're hearing reports and all of this we cannot independently verify. we are hearing it from different agencies. that 600 people have been taken prisoner by isis but if their past is any inclination of what will happen these people will probably be executed as we have seen in other parts of iraq and syria. the reign of brutality expanding. >> what are the plans of retaking palmyra? what is the regime saying? >> r

. >> 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 see that the charges hav

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. >

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. not contract it. >> the i

. >>> 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 selected. >> any

our goal is to save the 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

andrew greste spent four months in and out of cairo visiting his brother. speaking from his farm in australia he spoke about what it meant for peter. >> he's determined it will not break him. he doesn't want to come out a bitter and twisted man. it has taken a lot of effort self-determination and focus for him to remain mentally together and look after himself physically. >>> world leaders, including president obama denounced the conviction. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalist. we have been cleared publicly and prifly that they should -- privately that they should be released. >> the government defended the ruling saying it was up to the appeals process to determine what should happen next. al jazeera denies allegations that the staff had links to political groups. >> we work in so many different places and we should be taken as a professional media institution, not as a part of any political or ideological or any other establishment. al jazeera maintained support for the journalist. behind the scenes is less clear. abdul fatah al-sisi would have pref

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 ara

ian lee for us out of cairo. thank you, ian. george? >> natalie, when it comes to the destruction of these antiquities. sir yn authorities are pleading with the international community. hoping to save palmyra's ancient treasures. it is listed as a world heritage site and contains priceless temples and monuments. mixing greeking with persian influences. >> i ask all of the community about it and it is schedule, it is for the -- how with can stop the groups do not destroy for mausoleum. >> to talk more about the destruction of the artifacts in palmyra, let's bring in erin from john jay justice. we have seen it in many different cities, in aleppo, basra, we are seeing it in palmyra. what is the focus on these artifacts? >> first, isis is releasing recruitment videos, propaganda videos of the destruction claiming they are destroying polly theistic works. in forwarding of their vision of religion. but they also hypocritically sell and profit from an tick its from that he don't destroy. so if they he can smash a few large antiquities that the

ian lee many thanks to you reporting live from cairo. >> now even more people have died in the horrendous heat wave in india. we'll tell you why one official says those deaths could have been prevented. >>> u.s. officials are looking into how live samples of anthrax were accidentally shipped to an air base on the other side of the globe. we'll take a look at that. stay with us. >>> the death toll in india's relentless heat wave now tops 1400 people. these new images into cnn show how the millions of homeless there are trying to stay cool. >> an official in the hard hit indian state says many of the deaths could be avoided if victims had taken "a little more care." and he explain that means wearing light colored clothes and using an umbrella to block the sun. the small differences really can make a difference. and cnn's reporter visited within of the areas hardest hit by the heat wave. >> we travel just outside the city and more than 70 people have died from the heat here. one of them, 38-year-old. his father, malea says his son had gone out to get medicines. he was on his way home and col

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 falluja, just outside

in january 2013 hundreds of thousands demonstrating in cairo's square against morsi fighting rupts and sparks months of protest demands for morsi to step down. in july just a year after his inauguration is overthrown by abdel fatah al-sisi. now the president. saturday's mass death extents has been referred to egypt's grand mufti. handed down a week after former leader hosni mubarak was sentenced but freed because he's already served time. egyptians saw one leader sentenced to death another who imposed sentences upon them is now a free man. rob matheson, al jazeera. >>> burundi's president pierre nkurunziza made no statement. haru mutasa has the story. >> instead of talking about that critics of pierre nkurunziza says he purposely deflected attention from the political crisis. >> we're very preoccupied by al al shabaab's well-known attack. you know that somalia contributed to sending troops to burundi, and somalia both are targets of al shabaab attacks are a security risk to the citizens of burundi. >> reporter: there was no mention about the political unrest or his determination to run

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. difficult to get food. any efforts t

i urge you to 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, y

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ian lee, live in cairo. ian, thank you so much for your reporting and insight there. >>> a federal police officers and dozens of suspected gang members are dead after violent clashes in mexico. it happened in a state in western mexico boarding the state of jalisco where a powerful drug cartel is known to be based. officials say the firefight lasts three hours with three standoffs in a very large area. it was the sage region where a mayoral candidate was assassinated just last week. >> translator: our country isn't in flames. our country isn't burning. i think it is clear that we are all working towards generating better development. generating better opportunities and with it reducing violence. nevertheless, in all regions, all over our country, we'll be working for it. >> three gunmen were also arrested after the shoot jute. >>> the u.s. capitol, prosecutors say the man charged in a quadruple murder could not have acted alone. daron wint faced a judge for the first time on friday. he's accused torturing and

ian lee live in cairo this morning. thank you. >> of the capture of ramadi was quickly followed by the fall of palmyra in syria one week ago. syria's antiquities chief says for now the ancient city's artifacts are still intact according to staff members in palmyra. >> the unesco site is home to greek, roman, persian ruins, the kind isis has a record of destroying. isis spared the city, has not, i should say, spared the city's people reportedly murdering hundred since seizing control. we will stay on top of the story. coming up next for you here on "cnn newsroom." searing heat wave kills hundreds in india. temperatures there showing no signs of dropping. we'll bring you details on the people who are most vulnerable next. >> unrelenting barrage of storms claims lives and leaves destruction in the u.s. and mexico. the latest on the devastation. that's after this short break. stay with us. >>> very little relief expected over the next few days in india as the brutal heat wave there just drags on. >> more than 1,100 people h

the charges relate to an incident in which two 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

let's turn to ian lee he joins us live from 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

. >> 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, many countries

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i urge you to think about the 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 w

watching this, monitoring from cairo. many thanks to you. >> all right. i want to turn now to the deadly storms in the south central united states. five people have died. many communities are trying to recover right now. record-setting rains caused rivers and creeks to overflow their banks causing flash floods. though the storms half eased up, the national weather service predicts more storms this week. and that could mean more flooding, of course. cnn's ed levendera gifves us th latest from the banks of the river in central texas. >>. >> reporter: it was described as a wall of water rushing downstream here in the blanco river. this a refrigerator from a home upstairs. it was really a lot of these trees. massive trees. kind of hard to really describe to give you a since of how large the trees were that were swept away. washed out several bridges along the way. but there is also a great deal of concern about more rainfall in the coming days. what that will mean for the flooding situation. the blanco river crested more than 40 feet over its usual levels her

ian lee in cairo. thanks. >> in an exclusive interview with cnn's arwa damon, an iraqi soldier among the last to retreat from ramadi described the city's fall. >> we have to give you a warning. arwa's report contains graphic individually you may find disturbing. >> the chaotic final moments skap churd captured on a cell phone. this one of the last fire fights with isis before ramadi fell. a bed ody is seen in the dirt behind one of the berms used for cover. the man who gave us the video was one of the soldiers there, wounded in the final battle. >> translator: there were three i.e.d.s that took out two humvees and killed five. then they came at us with two bulldozers rigged with explosives, he remembers. his contingent he says numbered around 140 spread out in smaller units. along the vast terrain west of ramadi. the soldier was in this armored personnel carrier reloading ammunition. one soldier calls for a heavier weapon. a warning that isis is approaching from another direction as well. then they cam

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 li

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 interpre

hundreds of supporters in egypt's deposed president mohamed morsi once again 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.

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

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 ludicrous. a

we want to turn to cnn's 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 t

ian lee following 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

i want to bring in ian lee who has been following this story from cairo. ian, has the iraqi government or have the iraqi army, at least, changed their strategy or stepped up their game after defense secretary ashton carter's comments this weekend? >> there was that ward of words and a lot of finger pointing about who was at fault for the withdraw from ramadi. we've seen some reports, some of the fighters were blaming the upper command, the higher issue lons for not giving them the support they needed, also the weapons they needed to keep the fighting going. there have been sunni tribes who complained about not getting resources, as well. but when you look at the way the isis was advancing, the iraqi forces needed to do something fairley quickly. isis forces were trying to create a corridor that connected ramadi to falluja and from falluja, you're roughly 40 kilometers from the outskirts of baghdad. that's something that would just be unacceptable for them. so there was an urgency for them to confront size quickly, to stop their advances. we're seeing that

he said 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 t

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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 includi

we would like to go i believe live to 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

a group 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

and what my analyst said was probably they watched what happened in cairo and wanted to do the same thing in benghazi. so it was a mimic attack. >> all right. well, here's what your book says at page 206 and i should note that our analyst never said the video was a factor in the benghazi attack. so who came up with it because your analyst never said it and they are the ones looking at it? >> so, greta probably six months ago i think it was nine months ago we learned that there was not only the cia talking points which we have been talking about ever since that day but there were also white house talking points. and those white house talking points, which were actually prepared for susan rice to go on the show, referenced the video. actually told her to blame the attack on the video. not on a failure of policy. >> all right. when you heard that, or heard that she did that on that first sunday, and your cia analysts are saying that the video, they never said the video was attack. i would have thought that somebody would have gone to susan rice and would have headed president obama off at th

truce that could come into effect on tuesday if the 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 announ

. >> now 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.

only on al jazeera america >>> 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. >>> 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 accident

. >> what this began was a spontaneous, not a premedicated taited response 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

the charges related to an attack in which two army officers 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'

there is also a youthful meeting in 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 spea

attention on the political track earlier this year through moscow one and two, 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 internat

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