Hands out long sentences to more than 150 citizens for illegal logging. Im Andrew Simmonds at the home of Barack Obamas grandmother, and shes been telling me about his first president ial visit to kenya first, u. S. Defense secretary ash carter made an unannounced trip to iraq, meeting u. S. Commanders and the Prime Minister. M imran khan has more from baghdad. Its been a bloody week. I. S. I. L. Taking responsibility for several car bomb attacks. The defense secretary will beet with Haider Alabadi and senior generals, but not leaders of the Popular Mobilization forces and shia militias. One of the things theyll discuss with the Prime Minister and senior generals is the delivery of the f16 aircraft that the iraqis are using to great effect. I have four of the f16s making a total consign. Of 36. It may be a schedule for the rest of these to be discussed, looking at regional powers. The one thing that will not be discussed is syria, theres a lot of people that have begun to criticise the
To kenya. First, the u. S. Defence secretary ash carter made an unannounced visit to iraq, meeting u. S. Commanders and the iraqi Prime Minister Haider Alabadi. Hes been it israel, jordan and saudi arabia. And his visit coming as i. S. I. L. Claims responsibility for a suicide car bombs, one of many attacks in shia neighbourhoods on wednesday. This is one attack on mainly shia areas. 17 others died in those explosions targetting marketplaces. Well talk to imran khan who is in baghdad. The defense secretary comes to down after a bloody week i. S. I. L. Claiming victory for several car bomb attacks in the capital and anbar provincement the defence minister will meet with Haider Alabadi and generals. But not leaders of the Popular Mobilization forces, the shia militias one thing theyll discuss is the delivery of the f16 aircraft that are used to great effect. They have four at the moment. Total consignment is 26. It may be a schedule to be discussed and look at regional influences and pow
Trying to survive death valley runners in the bad water ultra marathon face soaring temperatures. Egyptian Security Officers say the verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists has been postponed until august the 8th. An official announcement is yet to come. The defenders lawyers and network were not previously notified that the verdict would be delayeded. Mohamed fadel fahmy, Mohammed Badr and peter greste were accused of colludeing with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Charges they deny. We spoke with peter greste and he told us the impact the delayed verdict is having on fair lives. I thought that this was definitely this was going to be the day. I think all of us did. Its not unheard of but it is unusual for the courts to delay verdicts. We have seen so many unexpected twists and turns in this trial, that ive given up trying to say anything for certain, so i guess we should look forward to the august the 8th as the verdict day, but not expect that it will absolutely happ
Ashes blasted into space. We report on japans booming funeral industry. The verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been postponed until august the 2nd. Mohamed fadel fahmy, Mohammed Badr and peter greste were accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Charges they and al jazeera deny. We have more. Al jazeera english journalists say justice has been delayed again. Mohammed badr and Mohamed Fadel fahmy arrived at a cairo court hoping to hear a verdict reflecting the truth that they are not guilty. Instead, they were told that the case has been postponed for a week. Its disappointing what happened. Which were specting a verdict today. Reporter their colleague peter greste, who has been tried in absentia says they victim come to expect delays. Che allowed themselves to hope there would be closure and a positive outcome at last. The only thing that defines us is the verdict. Reporter Mohamed Fadel fahmy and peter greste, and Mohammed Badrs troub
Now radioactive unions, now helping to rebuild it the iraqi Prime Minister is seeking to abolish the post of Vice President and deputy Prime Minister. Haider alabadis proposal needs to be approved by the cabinet and the parliament, but could upset the sectarian balance. We have more details from the iraqi cap fall in baghdad the iraqi Prime Ministers decision to rid the government of the positions of Vice President and deputy Prime Minister sent shock waves throughout the government establishment, its not surprising considering how much pressure the Prime Minister has been under because of mounting protests growing in cities throughout the countries, activists calling on the government to end rampant corruption. The people have been coming out. All that we have spoken with, saying they are apolitical in nature. They want a return to basic services. They want electricity, airconditioning at a time when iraq is experiencing a blazingly hot record heatwave. They want clean Drinking Water,