Three jailed journalists have had their appeals accepted by a judge in Egypt - but they'll have to remain in prison until a retrial takes place.

Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were denied bail at the appeal hearing as the court said the case had to go back to the criminal court.

"The Court of Cassation has accepted their appeal and ordered a retrial," Greste's defence lawyer Amr Al-Deeb said after a hearing lasting just 30 minutes.

Defence lawyers said they believed a retrial for the three men would be held within a month.

The Al Jazeera reporters have been in jail for more than a year after they were accused of spreading false news.

Adel Fahmy's brother Mohamed is among them.

He says it's not quite the good news they were hoping for: