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Hello and thank you for joining us. The ukrainian president says theres been an agreement to allow full access for international monitors into wartorn eastern ukraine. In a phone conversation with the leaders of france germany, and russia, president poroshenko also demanded the release of all ukrainians taken prisoner by prorussian rebels. The rebel advance into the strategic town of debaltseve came in spite of the Peace Agreement that was signed in minsk last week. Lets take a look at some drawing footage of the town of debaltseve. It shows the devastation there after days of fighting. Ukraine says that over 2,000 of its soldiers withdrew on wednesday and called for the deployment of u. N. Peacekeepers while a rebel leader has just said that they would not object to that. Translator with regard to peacekeepers, at the very beginning when this whole conflict started, we offered at that time to the Russian Federation and all the u. N. Security Council Member states to look into this issue and send peacekeepers here. We were told no at that time. So if they want to send peacekeepers, we are not against it. Let them send them. Well in a separate development, the British Defense secretary, Michael Fallon has said that russia represents a danger to the Baltic States. Latvia estonia, and lithuania, all of them have russianspeaking minorities. And mr. Fallon said that it would be likely that russia could use covert tactics, such as undercover forces deployed in crimea against one of those three countries. Well, international monitors from the osc have been barred from debaltseve but they witnessed the shelling from the addition. Alexander hook described the overall state of the ceasefire. Reporter i have just returned from a town to the north of debaltseve late last night where me and my team have tried to access the city of debaltseve. Despite the fact we have not been able to access the town we have monitored from a distance the shelling of the town by unidentified forces. We have not been able to access the town but we can attest that the city has been under fire. Does the situation in bedalt bebattle sieve, the fact of the ukrainian withdrawal does that not make a mockery of the ceasefire that your organization is meant to be monitoring . The osc special monitoring has been prevented by accessing the town by the rebel forces who says we have not the required security guarantees to enter the town. That in effect has led up to a test that both sides have failed to jointly enforce the ceasefire, to which they have agreed last week in minsk and this should be enforced. Lets discuss this further with the bbcs ukraine analyst, olexy sole eventco. The rebels say they dont have a problem with peacekeepers going into eastern ukraine. Are we talking about the same thing . I think not. What the rebels wanted from the start was to have russian peacekeepers on the border and the separation line. What the ukrainian president wants is clearly the u. N. Peacekeepers and European Union peacekeepers. Theyre talking about different things. And one crucial element of difference is also that ukrainian president wanted peacekeepers also to patrol the border between the separatist regions of the Russian Federation. And this is something that the rebels dont agree to. And Russian Ambassador to the united stateses also said that this is very very suspicious that this may undermine the agreement, no matter how bad it is, the minsk agreement is still there, and russia thinks it might be implemented rather than sending peacekeepers that could exacerbate the situation, according to the russian position. Well, president poroshenko isnt giving up. He got on the phone with Angela Merkel Francois Hollande and president putin today. They also just spoke. And he said lets not pretend what happened in debaltseve was any part of the minsk agreement. Hes not giving up is he . But it feels as though his position has been extremely weakened. His position is very, very difficult. Because a year after the process that resulted in him coming to power, he has to deliver. And he has to deliver on many fronts. And one of the key fronts is the confrontation with the rebels. Ukraine was winning until the interjection by russia, direct some observers say, russia simply denies it was direct but theres evidence on the ground that russia had been present, even during the recent fighting in debaltseve. So its very, very difficult for him to withstand that kind of pressure from the rebels supported very heavily by the russians. There is rumbling in the ranks. For instance, one of the commanders of the voluntary commanders, announced today that they want to set up parallel general headquarters because they dont believe the Ukrainian Army general staff. Its all very very messy, as a result of the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed forces in debaltseve. Whether this will result in some kind of push for peace, he wants it, he needs it his people expect him to deliver. And i think the pressure will mount on president poroshenko in the coming days. Olexy, well watch that and i know youll help us analyze that. Greece has formerly ousted the yaurEuropean Union for a loan extension after weeks of disagreement about its 270 billion international bailout. Greece is likely to run out of money by the end of the month unless a compromise is reached. Lets catch up with mark allowlowen, our correspondent in athens. They want an extension, but an end to austerity as well. Can you explain . Reporter a lot of it comes down to semantics. Theyve asked for the master Financial Assistance facility agreement. Doesnt quite roll off the tongue, does it . Its a formal term for greeces International Loan that was agreed with the euro zone but ift document does not mention the word memorandum of understanding, which is linked to the bailout, because the bailout contains all the harsh conditions of austerity. But this Loan Agreement also contains conditions. So what theyve done, the greeks is to basically prepare a document that helps them save face. Saying, we want to continue with our funding, but we want some flexibility in discussing exactly which conditions well fulfill in the next few weeks. What the euro zone has said they will now call an extraordinary meeting of euro zone finance ministers tomorrow friday at 1,500 brussels times 1400 gmt, in which they will basically rubber stamp the agreement. It looks like at the moment greece has been called back from the brink. Mark how does the leftwing government, which pledged an end to austerity, now fulfill that to its voters its electorate . Reporter they must sell it to the voters but i think their voters are also fully aware that they have tried pretty hard to push up against brussels and berlin. But this is a mini coup,oper pushing up against a tenton bus. And ultimately the euro zone has pushed back and said youve got to fall in line. I dont think theres backlash at this stage. I think there would be some disappointment possibly if they rode back considerably. But i think that maybe hes got the facesaving measures he kneads in this document in terms of the wording to try to sell it to his voters and please the euro zone. Well find out tomorrow at that meeting in brussels. Mark thank you very much. We are going to watch that closely here on bbc world. Lets get a bit of analysis on this with aaron whos there for us. Aaron, the way mark said it that this is maybe enough of a facesaving measure for the greek government. What do you think that means . I think this also suggests weve been waiting. Weve been waiting. The euro group gave athens, the new government to this friday tomorrow, to put an extension on to ask a formal request. But i think this suggests greece blinked first. We may have some watered down austerity, but its still going to have to come with something. Because both sides have something to lose. And its all in the statement that well see being released get released or released after this Euro Group Meeting tomorrow. Because athens alexis tsipras, the greek Prime Minister hes to save face as you were mentioning, to the voters. And of course for the euro group, europe didnt want to set a precedent. It couldnt afford to give greece too much slack, because you have antiausterity parties building in spain, portugal even in france. Very interesting to see what happens tomorrow. Interesting to see the wording as well aaron. The wording is absolute key. And that is what thats what they struggle on agreeing just the wording, let alone the deal itself. But well keep across that indeed. Hello, there. Also in the news Frances National assembly is expected to hold a confidence vote called by opposition lawmakers. Its after the french Prime Minister, manuel valls, had decreed to basically ran his economic reform bill through parliament. But they may use the occasion to throw rebel back benchers out of the party if they vote against him. The big question is will this bruising battle put the government off any further attempts to reform . Were going to have more on that throughout the rest of the day, keeping our eye on that vote indeed. How about this . From the rolling stoneroll ging stones and the beatles to sam smith and adele, britain is famous for its popular music. Nearly 1 in 8 albums sold around the world are by british artists and nearly 25 of all music consumed in europe last year is from the uk. Now theyre backing British Museums to boost their music around the world. 13 acts have been given grants of up to 30,000 pounds by whats called the music export growth scheme, part of the uk trade and investment to help boost their careers overseas. So were going to have a lot more on that oh, we are going to do the markets. This is a rare treat when i didnt bring my clicker. The markets have been expecteding, i should say, we havent seen any big falls on the markets, certainly over the course of this week because they were expecting a deal. Last minute or not, they were expecting a deal to be reached between, of course athens and the euro group. The markets will be certainly watching tomorrows meeting and as i was saying to daniellea, the statement that comes out of that meeting. Lots going on follow me on twitter, tweet me ill get you right back. That is it with the business. For now, more on gmt in just over an hours time. With david good old david. Thanks aaron. The Italian Government has warned that it cant cope with the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa. Some italian officials are worried jihadists could be hiding among those who set off from libya. Only 66,000 of the 170,000 migrants who arrived in italy last year have been registered by silence centers. Emma jane kirby went to sicily to investigate. Reporter rescued at sea and waiting for a new life to begin. These migrants have all registered asylum claims in italy. But others want to live elsewhere in europe. You wont see their faces in this Reception Center because theyve already checked out. Most of them disappear, most of them the majority. Reporter this isnt the prison, the migrants here at this Reception Center are free to come and go as they please. The problem is, many of them do just go. Reporter and every day brings fresh arrivals. The exhausted staff have no time to police whos coming and whos going. Its not our duty, no. Our duty isnt to give them the support, recover them and give them food a warm bed, Something Like that. And try to help them as well we can. Reporter where the migrants end up isnt the only concern. The authorities are concerned about where theyre from. Some set off from libya. There are fears that jihadists could be hidden among the migrants. Many a slight minority could be involved in criminal activities or maybe in terrorist. We have to take them on board and we have to consider that as a potentially a current or future threat. Reporter the migrants are supposed to have their names and fingerprints taken as soon as they disembark. But many just race here to the train station, where they buy tickets to head north. The eus passport free zone means no one stops them at borders. Local politicians fear that could be asking for trouble and want the system overhauled. Translator its a real danger, because this illegal immigration is uncontrolled. We dont know who could be hidden in the boats. No ones registered. So its very dangerous to have these unidentified migrants wandering freely through italy and europe. Reporter slipping out for a walk or slipping out of the system, would anyone notice if they didnt come back . Emma jane kirby, bbc news sicily. Do stay with us here on bbc world news. Still to come. We have a special report from myanmar, as Ethnic Violence follows the return of the rebel leader from exile. You pay your Auto Insurance premium every month on the dot. Youre like the poster child for paying on time. And then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. No big deal. Until your Insurance Company jacks up your rates. You freak out. What good is having insurance if you get punished for using it . Hey insurance companies, news flash. Nobodys perfect. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. See Car Insurance in a whole new light. 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On the way through the mountains, we catch our first glimpse of damage from the fighting. Hit by a bullet . Reporter the truck was passed by convoy and shot at as it tried to evacuate migrant workers. Its not clear whos responsible. As we move on we have to talk our way through several military checkpoints, before reaching the border town. So were now known in whats known as the special region. Theres a state of emergency in place here which basically means the military is in charge. Jonah. In the last week of fighting the army has lost nearly 50 men, with dozens of rebels and civilians killed. The reason the return of this man, the rebel leader from five years of exile in china. Apart from the soldiers this is now a ghost town. A normally vibrant community, emptied overnight. Then we spot a small group moving towards the border. She says she hasnt felt safe since soldiers arrived in town. Ethnically chinese, but recognized as a burmese group, in the last week 30,000 are thought to have fled into china. Just behind those houses over there is the chinese border. Now, the chinese have an awkward problem at the moment. The three most active burmese rebel groups are all operating along this frontier. Beijing is stressing that it wants peace and stability, but there are certainly officials and businessmen in china who are profiting from the wars here. Some of the displaced who dont have chinese heritage have headed to the burmese town where a large monoastery has opened its doors. This womans husband was killed in a rebel outburst last week. I tell my daughter that her father was killed in a battle but she doesnt understand. She still thinks hes alive somewhere. Six months ago, a nationwide ceasefire appeared close. Now, its a distant dream. As more burmese flee the fighting its the role that chinas playing thats under scrutiny. Jonah fisher bbc news. The man who was pushed off a metro train in paris by a group of chelsea football fans who were chanting about being racist says they must be found and punished. The man of maurtanian instruction said he intended to complain to the police. A video on tuesday prompted widespread condemnation including from chelsea football club, french and british antiracism groups and the games body world fifa. David hicks, a 39yearold australian, who attended al qaeda Training Camps in afghanistan and spent more than five years in Guantanamo Bay prison has had his terrorism conviction overturned because of a technicality on the grounds the charge was not a war crime and should not have been heard at a military court. Hicks has not asked for a formal apology, but has requested compensation. I do think, however, that someone should be responsible for my medical expenses. Im in a lot of trouble at the moment physically. Its even affecting my ability to do my day job, which is my only income. Im in need of operation on my leg and back and my teeth getting pulled because i couldnt brush them for 5 1 2 years. Its becoming an expensive exercise to fix myself from years of torture. That was david hicks. Tony abbott says although his conviction has been overturned he does not deserve an apology for the time he spent in Guantanamo Bay. He was up the to no good on his own admission, and, look im not in the business of apologizing for the actions that australian governments take to protect their country. Not now, not ever. Hundreds of thousands of people in tarnlgargentina have marched through buenos aires to demand answers over the death of a state prosecutor. Months ago, alberto nils death. Despite this appalling weather, there are still tens of thousands of people marching the through the streets of buenos aires. Tonight, some in silent protest, many in anger, because its exactly a month now since the death of the special prosecutor alberto nisman. Nisman had been investigating the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center here in buenos aires, in which 85 people were killed. And he had accused the government of trying to play a role in the bombing. And these people are protesting mainly because they dont trust their government and its constitutions to solve the bombing from 1994, and also the unexplained death of alberto nisman. Well it may be the last place youd expect to find is a member of the British Royal family, but Prince Charles has visited a sewer in londons east end. He was there to mark the 150th anniversary of the capitals sewers and our correspondent nick him followed him underground. Reporter 75 meters down and they were sweeping the lee tunnel clean this morning. Ironic, when you think what it will be used for. But then the prince of wales was coming to admire a 21st century equivalent of one to have the greatest feats of victorian engineering. The original victorian system was designed very very well at the time when london was 2 Million People he had the foresight to design it to handle 4 Million People. London now is 8 Million People. The system is overwhelmed. Still works well but gets overwhelmed. Reporter the great engineer had designed and built a network of super sewers to stop millions of gallons of raw sewage being dumped into the thames. Hes somewhat of an engineering genius and his genius lies not in the design but the sheer method that he applied. He checked every sort of every segment of cement checked every segment soft sewers personally. He was very rigorous and organized in that sense. Reporter among his achievements, two great pumping stations like that to keep all that muck moving. The owl system is a monument to the scale and ambition of those great victorian engineers. 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Ukraines government says an agreement has been reached allowing international monitors full access to the conflict areas. Greece has requested a sixmonth extension of its bailout loan but its new government still wants an end to austerity. Tlaunl fears that jihadists could be hiding among the thousands of migrants crossing the mediterranean. And with his colleagues about to face a retrial in egypt, we speak to peter greste the al jazeera journalist freed after 400 days in prison. Thank you for joining us. The ukrainian president has said there has been an agreement to allow full access for international monitors into war wartorn eastern ukraine. In a discussion with the leaders of france germany, and russia president poroshenko also demanded the release of all ukrainians taken prisoner by prorussian rebels. The rebel advance into the strategic town of debaltseve came in spite of the peace plan that was signed in minsk last week. Lets have a look at some drone footage of the town of debaltseve. It shows the devastating impact of the last few days of fighting. Ukraine says over 2,000 of its soldiers withdrew from there on wednesday, and of course the deployment of u. N. Peacekeepers. A rebel leader has said they would not object. Translator with regard to peacekeepers, at the very beginning, when this whole conflict started, we offered at that time to the Russian Federation, and all the u. N. Security Council Member states to look into this issue and send peacekeepers here. We were told no at that time. So if they want to send peacekeepers, we are not against it. Let them send them. Well in a separate development, the British Defense secretary, Michael Fallon has said that russia presents a danger to the Baltic States of latvia estonia, and lithuania. All of them have russianspeaking minorities. Mr. Fallon said it was likely that russia would use covert tactics, such as the undercover forces deployed in crimea against one of those three countries. Well international monitors from the osc have been barred from debaltseve but witness the shelling from nearby positions. Alexander hog described the overall state of the ceasefire. I have just returned from a town to the north of debaltseve late last night, where me and my team have tried to access the city of debaltseve despite the fact that we were prevented from accessing the town we have monitored from a distance the shelling of the town by unidentified forces. We have not been able to access the town but we can attest that the city has been under fire. Does the situation in debaltseve the fact that the ukrainian withdrawal does that not make a mockery of the ceasefire that your organization is meant to be monitoring . The osc special monitoring has been prevented by accessing the town by the rebel forces saying that we have not the required security guarantees to enter the town. That in effect has led us to attest that both sides have failed to jointly enforce the ceasefire, to which they have agreed last week in minsk and been enforced sunday. Well the general comments prevailed in the rebelheld city of donetsk has been broke by shelling. Ian is in donetsk and on the line for us now. Describe for us what youve seen and heard. Reporter it was a fairly calm morning. There have been sporadic episodes of shelling throughout the weeklong Peace Agreement, but none of it has been particularly heavy, whereas this morning, for a few hours, and im still hearing some sound of shelling, there has been pretty heavy incoming and outgoing particularly in the north of the city, near the airport, here in the city center you know windows were shaking, people out on the streets are looking anxious, looking up to the sky, trying to work out whether its outgoing or incoming because clearly it makes a substantial difference to them. So you know, there have been a hope that perhaps that would be enough and it would give the Peace Process a chance to settle in. That doesnt appear to be the case right now. And this isnt the only place where we know the ceasefire has been breached. Of course, there was debaltseve in the new york, but also mariupol, the port city down in the south. So it is at best an imperfect Peace Process. Its certainly flawed. The key question is whether its fate will so. Reporter ian, you said its difficult to figure out whether the fire is incoming or outgoing. Would that lead us to figuring out whos firing perhaps . Reporter well, yeah look it certainly would. But ive just spoken to someone whos come from that area and hes adamant that it is incoming and outgoing. Ive just looked at some of the footage that hed recorded and you can hear the shells crashing in. You know its difficult when youre removed from it because in an urban environment, the sound echoes around. But, yet, of course, it does tell you a lot about whats exactly going on there. There were key questions about how Ukrainian Forces will respond to debaltseve. Many of them were deeply unhappy with the way that it was handled by their own military command. They felt some people were critical that they werent getting clear orders. That either they should have been told to attack or to withdraw, but they werent. They were left there in a vulnerable position under incredibly heavy fire by the rebel forces. So you know, how do they respond . Do they have a clear chain of command . And similarly on this side as well, you know, its not a cohesive block, and it would be a mistake to think of it that way. And that makes it much harder to enforce a Peace Agreement if you dont have a clear chain of command. Indeed it does. Ian there in donetsk for us. Thank you very much for updating us on the fact that there has been some shelling there in donetsk, in spite of the ceasefire. Lets move on to greece because it has formally asked the European Union for a loan extension after weeks of disagreement over its 270 billion international bailout. Greece is likely to run out of money by the end of the month, unless a compromise is reached. Well nicolas sarkozy, the former french president , who originally backed austerity measures for greece says he believes the country will have no chance but to reimburse its debt. Translator there is no chance he will succeed. But look where greece stands now, forced to beg because a Prime Minister who talked nonsense to our campaigning is now leading his country to bankruptcy. We have to tell greece which i love for many reasons, including for family reasons, you will have to pay back your debt. Well our correspondent, mark lowen, is in athens and he gave me more details about the Loan Agreement. It comes down to semantics, daniela. What theyve asked for is an extension called the master Financial Assistance agreement. Doesnt quite roll off the tongue, does it . Its a formal term for greeces International Loan that was agreed with the eurozone but the bailout contains all the harsh conditions of austerity. But, this Loan Agreement also contains conditions. So what theyve done the greeks, is to basically prepare a document that helps them save face, to say, we want to continue with our funding, we will continue to fulfill conditions, but we want some flexibility in discussing exactly which conditions well fulfill in the next few weeks. Now, what the eurozone has said theyll now call an extraordinary meeting of eurozone finance ministers tomorrow, friday at 1500 brussels time 1400 gmt, in which they will basically rubber stamp the agreement. It so looks like at the moment greece has been called back from the brink. Mark, how does the leftwing government which pledged an end to austerity now fulfill that to its voters its electorate . Reporter they must sell it to the voters. But i think that both their voters are also fully aware that they have tried pretty hard to push up against brussels and berlin, but this is a mini cooper pushing up against a tenton bus. And that really ultimately, you know, the eurozone has pushed backed and said look youve got to fall in line. So i dont think theres likely to be backlash at this stage. I think theres be some disappointment, possibly if they roll back considerably. But i think maybe hes got the facesaving measures he needs in this document in terms of the wording to try to sell it to his voters and to please the eurozone. Well find out tomorrow at that meeting in brussels. That was mark lowen there for us in athens. Well the Italian Government has warned that it cant cope with the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa. Some italian officials are worried that jihadists could be hiding among the many who set off from libya. Only 66,000 of the 170,000 migrants who arrived in italy last year have been registered by asylum seekers. Emma jane kirby went to sicily to investigate. Reporter rescued at sea and waiting for a new life to begin. These migrants have all registered asylum claims in italy. But others want to live elsewhere in europe. You wont see their faces in this Reception Center because theyve already checked out. Some of them disappear, some of them stay. But most of them disappear. Most of them. The majority. Reporter this isnt a prison. The migrants here at this Reception Center are free to come and go as they please. The only problem is many of them do just go. And every day brings fresh arrivals. The exhausted staff have no time to police whos coming and whos going. Its not our duty no to have control of them. Our duty is to give them support, recover them and give them a warm food warm bed, Something Like that and try to help them as well as we can. Reporter where the migrants end up isnt the only concern. The italian authorities worry about where theyre from. Most set off from libya, a power base of the socalled islamic state. There are fears that jihadists could be hidden among the migrants. Many a slight minority could be involved in criminal activities or maybe in terrorists. We have to take them on board and we have to consider that as a potentially a current or threat. Reporter the migrants are supposed to have their names and fingerprints taken as soon as they disembark, but many just race here of train station, where they buy tickets to head north. The eus passportfree schengen zone means no one stops them at borders. Local politicians fear that could be asking for trouble and want the schengen system overhauled. Translator its a real danger, because this illegal immigration is uncontrolled. We dont know what could be hidden in the boats. No ones registered, so its very dangerous to have these unidentified migrants wandering freely through sicily italy, and europe. Reporter slipping out for a walk or slipping out of the system. Would anyone notice if they didnt come back . Emma jane kirby, bbc news sicily. I do hope you can stay with us here on bbc world news. 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These pictures were filmed in the center of the town on thursday morning, so just a few hours ago. Showing the rebel group moving around freely. They also showed images of a handful of civilians who do appear to be searching for supplies of water. There is no sign of any government forces. But some of the items that they left behind i think they are going to be seeing some of those items shortly, including ukrainian flags being handled by the rebels. These images at least, there is no sign of any fighting or any sound of any shots being fired. There had been reported that number of Ukrainian Government troops were still missing inside of debaltseve but these pictures dont seem to show any trace of them. Two of the al jazeera journalists jailed in egypt more than a year ago are facing a retrial on monday on charges of assisting the Muslim Brotherhood and of spreading false news. Their colleague, peter greste a former bbc correspondent, was released earlier this month, and having gone home to australia, hes now here in london for the First Time Since he was the freed. I caught up with him and we spoke about the last couple of weeks. Peter, thank you very much for coming in. To be honest, im surprised to see you here. I dont think your parents would have let you out of their sight, let alone out of the country. Tell us what brings you here. Look i come for the Television Society awards. We were given a special award last night, which was very very humbling, quite extraordinary, but also taking the opportunity to catch up with a lot of old friends, people here at the bbc, who i used to work with and also to say thank you to everyone who gave us such extraordinary support. One of the reasons i think im here today is because so many of my professional colleagues and old friends all over the world really went the extra mile to support us. Because i think everyone recognized the significance of what we were going through. And i just wanted to say thank you. Tell us an last night. That must have been quite an honor and i think quite emotional having been back to be baher and mohamed as well. Yeah, talking to them as much as to that audience was really quite moving. You know weve been through an awful lot together. 400 days in a cell. You get to know one another pretty closely, pretty intimately. And you know theyre brothers. They always will be now. It was a tough time and im very proud of what we went through, what we achieved together and the way the people have taken to this story. And weve also got a long way to go. The retrial is still continuing theyre out on bail which is a good sign that weve still got to go through that process. And just speaking about that bbc arabic has done an interview with baher mohamed, i want to listen to it and pick up a few points, but well have a listen first. Its not abuse, but the conditions in some prisons were horrible. And the first prison, spent about one month and a half or almost two months in this prison, the conditions there were disgusting. Sleeping on the floor, no food cold water, no bathroom no hot water, insects all over the place. Youre spending 24 hours in your cell youre not allowed to go out. But when we moved, it was different. We were allowed one hour out and 23 hours, the rest of the day, we were spending it inside the prison inside the cell. During your ordeal in prison did you ever give up hope . Nope. No what kept you going . This mass of support growing outside. And knowing that im you knew about everything that was going on . Not everything. I was getting bits and pieces of information. From who . Through my family through peters family. Through others family and also through the newspapers. Sometimes local newspaper gives some small things about whats going on. How optimist you are now that this case will be over soon . I dont want to put any expectations after the previous trial, and you saw what happened in the sentences, but at the same time, im very optimistic. Because of the judgment of the court. They said there are no evidence. Theres nothing so so youre ready for all scenarios, including going back to jail . For freedom of press, yes. Seriously, yes. Im willing. So that was bahers really sort of strong sentiment at the end. And it gives me goose bumps hearing that. I dont know how you felt listening. Yeah, im very very proud, proud of them but baher and fahmy, and what kept us going, as he mentioned in that interview, knowing that this was about something that was bigger than just the three of us alone. The charges were very specifically aimed at the work that we were doing. They accused us personally of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. And we always denied that we always defended that. But we also felt that this was about something much bigger. The fact that so many people around the world followed this and supported us, not only because they recognized that we were innocent but because they recognized that this was a struggle against an erosion or an attack on the freedom of the press. And that gave it meaning. That meant that we had a function we had a purpose, that it wasnt just a personal battle. And, you know, as youve seen from baher there, hes prepared to go back to prison. Thats a remarkable statement. You talk about it and i just want to put that to you. Because this idea the goodwill that was generated for journalism for solidarity is there something you want to do with that . Of course. Look, weve been very solidly connected with freedom of the press. And at a time when the press is being coming under increasing attack, and literal attack as well as judicial attack of course were seeing isis taking the heads off journalists. Weve seen the Charlie Hebdo attack and the attack in copenhagen. A number of governments have been introducing draconian legislation, limiting the scope of what journalists can do in the name of national security. And i think, throughout it all, throughout the last 400 days we have become very closely connected with that issue. A lot of people have come to talk about it, because we were identified with it. And so i want to take that and use that platform. Because i believe that we its a very important cause. We run the risk of damaging social cohesion frankly, if we lose sight of that. If we let the freedom of the press erode. So i want to be an advocate for that. But at the same time, given the perspective youve gained over the past 12 months would there be any story for yourself or a foreigner to say, not worth it too risky. You always make those judgments, constantly. I cant sit here and tell you i wouldnt go to syria. I would think very very seriously about it and i think my mum would have one or two things to say. And i probably think that egypt isnt a place i should go back to in a great hurry. But, you know, we make all of these decisions as journalists working in these areas. Its part of the constant judgments that you make. So i wouldnt sit here and say no theres definitely no place id go back to. So whats next for you . Some advocacy work im not prepared to give up my journalism. I want to keep doing more than that. Theres a book in there somewhere as well but i want to take a little bit of time to just kind of figure it out and make sense of it all and work out what to do next. Peter greste speaking to me just about an hour or so ago on everything thats happened in the past and whats going to happen in his future. Hundreds of thousands of people in tarnlgargentina have marched through buenos aires to demand answers over the death of a state prosecutor. A month ago, Alberto Nismans body was found with a gunshot wound to the head just hours before he was due in congress to present hours against president fernandez dekirchner. Reporter despite this appalling weather, there are still tens of thousands of people marching through the streets of bainesuenos aires tonight. Some in silent protest, many in anger. Its more than a month now since the death of the special prosecutor alberto nisman. He had been investigating the bombing in which 85 people has been killed. And he had accused the government of Cristina Kirchner for playing a role in the bombing. And these people are protesting because they dont support their government to solve the bombing and also the unexplained death of alberto nisman. Countries across asia are beginning their Lunar New Year celebrations to welcome in the year of the sheep. And in china, hundreds of thousands of people traveled what is the greatest migration on the face of our pleasant. Festivities are already underway. Reporter even by chinese standards, its incredibly busy here and theres a fair amount of barging going on. If youre not one for trials this is certainly not the place to be. Traditionally, families gather at temple fairs to mark the start of the new year. An event like this one are happening right across the country. One of the most common wishes is for a prosperous new year. These were once religious events where people would offer prayers for a good harvest. But theres not much of that here. Commercialization has set in and everyone is trying their luck. For some here, a good start to the new year means winning a couple of those. I hope we can pay off our mortgage sooner. Thats the most important thing. I want the country to be prosperous and peaceful. There are fourn generations of my family and i hope everyone remains healthy. I hope and pray i can find a wife this year. Thats my biggest wish. I came here because there are loads of people and its a great atmosphere. For the chinese, the celebrations are the same every year, but theres a debate this year, is this the year of the sheep, the goat, or the ram . The problem is, the chinese character could be all three of them. In china, its not a concern. So its just a case of taking your pick. Martin patience, bbc news beijing. Thats it from me for today. Gmt is coming up next with david eades. Get in touch with me on twitter danielaritorda and ill see you again soon. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. If you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution thats right for you. With easy stepbystep guidance, were here to help you turn your dream into a reality. Start your Business Today with legalzoom. car starting great. This is the last thing i need. Seriously . Lets take this puppy over to midas and get you some of the good ol midas touch. Hey you know what . 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