Rebels agree to a ceasefire to end fighting. The u. S. Is worried the fragile peace deal could fall apart a labour standoff. West coast shipping ports shut for five days how it could impact all americans and cost the u. S. Economy billions im antonio mora and this is Al Jazeera America. We begin with breaking news from egypt. Mohamed fadel fahmy, our colleague was released from prison on bail. He was held for 412 days along with Baher Mohamed, also expected to be released within hours. The two journalists were granted bail by an egyptian judge. They were being retried on charges that they aided the Muslim Brotherhood. Neave barker reports on their day in court. Reporter this could be the beginning of the end for an ordeal that lasted more than 400 days. Mohamed fadel fahmy, and Baher Mohamed were granted bail at the start of a retrial. Its a huge relief for their families. Im going immediately to tell the kids that their father is going home and life will be beautiful. Ill wait to welc
Victims behind the countrys borders. More than 2. 2 million have fled, scattered among its neighbours. United nations says half are children. Many are not able to go to school. Some are working to support their families. A danger approaches a harsh winter. Zeina khodr reports from a camp near lebanon. We are at a tenth settlement near lebanon. They dot the landscape along the border with syria. People live in miserable conditions. They may be safe, not it facing the violence of syria, but they have the cold. People barely have anything. The ground is mutt, and these plastic sheetings do not provide shelter when the rain starts. Look around just a few weeks ago there was rain and the whole area was flooded. People are worried and are calling on the International Community to help them. The International Community can only do so much. They have to deal with their economic problems. This is how people live sometimes four to five families in one tent. People are talking about their childre
America. Im Morgan Radford live from new york city. The Prime Minister of thailand narrowly escaping attempts by protesters to overthrow her government. Police were firing fear gas. Antigovernment protesters broke into oo compound where the Prime Minister was hiding. She avoided the mob and was tape to an undisclosed location. Two were killed, dozens injured. Wayne hay is covering the event in bangkok. Hopefully i can get a few words in before the next cloud approaches me. They started using weak tear gas, but they have upped the ante, the police. It burns not only your eyes and mouth, but your skin when it comes in contact. At the moment we are seeing sporadic results by the protesters, coming towards the barriers erected outside government house. The police are firing back with tear gas bombs. It pushes the protesters back, but after a lull they come forward, trying to get close to app taggonize the police. They threw things back towards the barriers to where the police are guarding
An estimated 1 million children have been displaced, many growing up in refugee camps without formal education. Those in camps across the border face a differently winter. Zeina khodr begins our cover im in lebanon. We are at a tenth settlement. People here live in miserable conditions. They may be safe. They are warning of the danger to come. That is the cold. In this region temperatures drop to below zero. People barely have anything. The ground is mud, and these plastic sheetings really do not provide any shelter when the rain starts. Just look around. Just a few weeks ago there was rain, and the area was flooded. People here are worried. They are calling on the International Community to help them. The International Community can only do so much. The lebanese government can only do so much. They have to deal with economic problems. This is how people live. Sometimes four to five families in one tent. People are talking about children suffering from respiratory problems, pneumonia a
Just hours ago north korea released a video of an American Veteran confessing to deck aith old war crimes. Eightyfiveyearold mee Merrill Newman has been held by that country for months given his advanced age and Health Conditions we urge you to release in newman so he can return home an reunited with his family. 85yearold Merrill Newman was about to leave north korea after a tenday tour in october we he was arrested. He is now on tv talking about trading guerrillas 60 years ago. They attacked a Communication System and killed three innocent operators and they laid the munition supply and using explosives obtained from attacking the mine and they attacked the kpa and harassing operations of the rear base ten times. The statement that contained oddly constructed statements and grammatical errors saying that newman had met with soldiers that he trained during the war. I asked my guy to help me look for families and relatives living in dp committee and i gave their addresses to the guide i