. >> sold out. copies of the survivor's edition of the charlie hebdo magazine. >> this is al jazeera, live from london. also coming up. growing in strength, the shia militia and iraq who are taking on isil. >> in libya ending the fighting there will be a long and difficult process. and almost a million sri lankas

attend mass with pope francis as he again calls for reconciliation. >> hello it printed 3 million copies but that was enough to meet demand as the charlie hebdo magazine. sold out before dawn. it has a cartoon of the prophet muhammad on its cover striking controversy for many muslims. but more copies have been ordered as demands outstrip supply. they're also sending an aircraft carrier to the middle east to be used against the islamic state and al al-qaeda in iraq. there is claim of responsibility for the attacks on charlie hebdo not from the islamic stake but

islamic state but in yemen. >> they were queuing before dawn and celebrating if they managed to get their hands on a copy. >> i'm so happy. i woke up super early and went everywhere. they were all sold out but now we're happy. >> it's not showing the cover but on the inside pages charlie hebdo is as irreverent as ever marking the hypocrisy that it sees between islam. hundreds of copies have gone abroad. where has the demand come from? >> the majority comes from the european and north amercian

regions. we have can requests coming from india, and australia as well, a few. maybe five or six coming from latin americaish those are mostlyamerica. >> in general we're not upset. what is important is that we condemn the attacks. >> it's democracy. it's a newspaper. it's a a newspaper and democracy. we need to have it. >> but even in france there are limited to free teach. the comedian diuedden has been

arrested. he has been accused of condoning terrorism. by ten in the morning charlie hebdo had disappeared from the newsstands across paris sold out. from those that it tried to kill cannot get enough out across paris. >> tell what's françois hollande has had to say today. >> françois hollande address naval military forces on board the aircraft carrier before it's departure to the indian association to aid french operations over iraq. what he did here was try to talk up the positives of what has been a dreadful week for france. he tried to talk forcefully, as well about what was being done in france as a result of last

week's attacks. this is a president with historically low popularity ratings. this was an opportunity for him to make the most of a situation in which his reaction has generally been viewed as positive in france. he dramad up the domestic response. 10,000 soldiers protecting sensitive sites, churches, mosques, synagogues, transports, but he also smoke up up the defensive--of which he said there are many, some of which has an influence on last week's vane. he talk about the assistance in mali, front line forces, what he called islamic fighters in syria. he also made the point that it had been french initiative after

allegations of the use of chemical weapons by the assad regime an initiative that was eventually voted down in the british parliament. but the point being made had that gone ahead well, it might have forestalled the emergence of the islamic state all together. >> thank you very much indeed. live from paris. al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula said that it ordered planned, and financed the terrorist attack. we take a look at the man behind the message. >> his name is a name that does not come up so often in the media. but the man appears to be one of the most syrian members of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in this video he says his group

is responsible for the attacks on the office of the french magazine charlie hebdo. >> aqap leaders chose the target, laid out the plan and financed the operation and assigned an the operator of the attack. >> reporter: in yemen they say that the u.s. cleric reader who died in a drone attack in 2011 was part of the attacks. the new al-qaeda video is seen by some as nothing more than propaganda. this analysts says he has a hard time believing al-qaeda's statements. >> it wouldn't have taken this long to organize this particular attack. this is one of the reasons why

i'm skeptical. i'm also skeptical because these two brothers coordinated their actions or were certainly in touch with their coconspirator amedi coulibaly who then claims that he's being sponsored or he's dedicated in his actions against the islamic state. islamic state and alqaida are rivals. >> but the cia has always considered all quite's branch in yemen. it's led by this man it's top military commander. this is a man in the spotlight now. he is seen in this video issuing edicts. he is in bosnia and then kashmir before joining osama bin laden.

them he went back to yemen where he was arrested and released months later. he now emerges as an important figure in an armed group that controls huge areas of yemen. >> shia militias backed by the government are growing bigger and stronger by the day. many have recently merged under a banner of the popular mobilization forces. the growing power is now creating controversy. >> reporter: this training camp is the first stop for all new recruits. it's here that they receive their military training before being sent to the front lines to fight along side the struggling army.

>> most are shia militias. they've seen the effective fighting force helping the army break sieges and take back patrol of territory from isil. >> there is a wonderful chapteric that the iraqi army does not have, that's is a strong religious doctrine, enthusiasm and determination. all of these factors help in opposing isil. isil has its own corrupt doctrine, but we have what it takes to take it back. >> there are concerns about the shia militias becoming hard to

control. there are human rights violations in the killing of sunni civilians. but it's iran's support for the militias that is of immediate concern for the united states and its allies. over the past year iran is beside to have sold billions of dollars worth of hardware to america. hundreds of military advisers would exist the shia militias. and it believes that iran, not the united states, is it's biggest fight against isil. >> the general said a program to train 5,000 kurdish forces in iraq will help win back territory. >> we expect that we'll see the

effectiveness of this force improve over time, and ultimately that they'll be able to take back the population centers and municipalities. it's important that it be done in the right measures. it's important that we have all of the pieces in place when that time comes. it's important that it's done in a deliberate manner so the planning is, in fact accomplished in the kinds of detail necessary and done in conjunction with the support that we have from the coalition. >> still ahead on al jazeera, libertarian pioneer or cyber critical. the founder of the silk road online marketplace goes on trial in new york. >> and why russia's transgender citizens face being banned from driving.

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>> we'll remind you of the top stories here on al jazeera. 5million copies of the special edition of charlie hebdo will go on sale a week after 12 people died after an attack on its officers. president françois hollande has used the visit to an aircraft carrier to tell the country that it must show determination in taking al-qaeda and isil head on. >> two rival governments in labia are vying for power. we have reports from geneva

where the talks are taking place. >> these people represent several of libya's warring factions. they have agreed to talk to each other in what the u.n. says may be the last chance for peace. but it is not clear how they'll agree on an unity government when some factions chose to stay away from the talks in geneva. one of libya's two parliaments a few days ago it did say it was open to dialogue but expressed reservations on the mechanism pus in placemechanism put in place. >> because libyans are one. they're one people, and they have to agree to reach an agreement to bring them together. there is no different between eastern libya western northern or southern. >> you but for the special envoy

talk is not enough. >> people who want war and not peace, i think it has to be very clear that after some time making a huge effort to bring many people from many different realms to the table their time is finished. and the international community and i'm in touch with the most important international regional actors and in touch with the representatives of the security council and international community for those who want war will have no more patience. this is very clear. >> libya now has rival parliaments, two armies, and scores of militias. each faction says it is the legitimate rulers. the envoy said that the process would be long an difficult but they made clear there is no option apart of libya ascending

into further chaos. the question is whether thighs talks will be meaningful if they are not involved, including the armed groups whose backing is needed to avoid growing violence. >> many are concerned about the growing situation in libya. the country is at the door steps of europe,. >> egypt ace foreign minister has been confronted by members of an attorney course upon sent in east africa who held a demonstration in support of three al jazeera journalists. on a visit to nairobi while peter greste was based in al jazeerathere before his arrest. they were wrongly accused of

broadcasting false news and aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they deny. french prosecutors have been ordered to crackdown on hate speech anti-semitism and glorified terrorism. to explore the subject of freedom of speech an what it means we're joined by a lawyer who specializes in free speech. we talked about earlier how the comedian dieuddine was arrested. >> he wasn't arrested specifically under freedom of speech legislation. it was under other legislation. explain what the difference is. >> yes yes. he's accused of committing an offense which we call a special

crime in the fresh law. >> within the legislation for freedom of speech, though, is there anything that covers that area of incitement to violence or that sort of thing or does it have to be under separate legislation that these make these arrests? >> yes this exists in the french law. such restriction does not exist in the french law for the crime of blasphemy which does not exist in our country now to 2 hup years. >> give us an sense of the reaction there as being to the fact that dieudonne has been

oared. does anyone feel that there is a degree of hypocrisy. you can say some things in freedom of speech, but for others-- >> yes, it's quite violent. especially two days after the events in paris everybody was in the streets for the freedom of speech. but in fact, we consider that we are in a time of war. we can't accept that somebody makes such an apologize for a terrorist pact. we don't want to provoke another terrorist attack. dieudonne has a lot of followers on the internet, they would stop

it as soon as possible. >> thank you for your views on that story. thank you. >> man behind the silk road is facing trial in new york. >> the friend you call when your car breaks down or when you need help moving or when you just need help. >> that's ross ulbricht described by family and friend. but to the u.s. government he is the dread pirate roberts mastermind of a criminal marketplace known as the silk road. reporter andy greenberg was the first to interview the dread pirate roberts. >> he had this libertarian

anarchyist philosophy. he saw sulk road not as a money-making scheme but a new epic in the history of mankind. >> it allowed buyers and sellers to deal why illegal wares primarily drugs. bitcoin and software were used to protect the anonymity of users. ulbricht attorneys say that government tracted him. >> it's going to have implications for criminals and criminal gangs. >> ulbricht supporters say that the case has implications not just for criminals but activists, not to mention anyone

who cares about the constitution which prohibit illegal search and seizure. >> this is very concerning. that concern fuels my energy because--i'm fighting for my son, of course, but it is bigger than ross. >> such lofty issues are not expected to be a big part of his defense as he faces conspiracy charges for drug dealing computer hacking and money laundering. during the trial's opening argentinas government prosecutors reasserted their claim that ross ulbricht is the dread pirate roberts. ulbricht said he built the silk road but had handed over control of the site. he said he was lured back in after government investigation was under way to take control of a conspiracy that he had little involvement with. >> in russia human rights activists have condemned a new

law that bans transgender people from driving. it was the biggest move. from moscow here is peter shah. >> lawyer and human rights activist she was important born a man but under went surgery to welcome abecome a woman. she said she suddenly found herself in the front line. >> when i first read about this law i didn't think it would effect me, but then three or four days later i understood that it may affect me. people are afraid in their certain stereotypes. people don't want to fight for their rights and fight the government because it would a make them take out their argue on us. >> and for good reason, she has found hors in growing threat.

protesters arrests and new anti-gay legislation introduced. the russian government declined on wednesday saying that it was not a pre-condition for disqualification but human rights laws say that the law is badly grappled and has nothing to do with safe driving. >> you see certain categories that are very included that appear to have nothing to do with road safety whatsoever. say gamblers, for example what does gambling have to do with road safety. or voyeurism what does it have to do with road safety--nothing. >> man must co-invitesmany must co-invites were unaware of the new law.

>> of course they should be able to drive. they have the same rights that should not be inbringed infringed. >> this is ridiculous. this has little to do with reality. >> but the ban is not just about transsexuals. those vertically challenged individuals shorter than 4 9'" or 170 september 170-centimeters step in the back this is part of the return government solution to safer driving. al jazeera in moscow. >> the head of the catholic church has prepared preached forgiveness to hundreds of of

people. >> more than half a million sri lankans joined in prayer with pope francis. many camped overnight with extended families for what they described as the biggest day of their lives. >> i've never had a chance like this and it is a privilege to be here. >> the mass drew worshipers from further afield like this couple from india. >> hundreds of thousands of people who attended mass here in colombo, it was a chance of a lifetime to see the head of the catholic church and be blessed by him. pope francis is here to canonize a 17th century catholic missionary joseph voss. he was persecuted by the dutch

colonizers. over 1,700 priests took part in the mass. the 78-year-old pontiff dubbed the people's pope said that reconciliation is important for a country struggling to come to terms in the end of 30 years of civil war. >> respect for the dignity and freedom of others and commitment to the welfare of all. >> catholics are a minority in sri lanka. they hope that good will be created by the first papal visit in 30 years to unite people of all faiths in what is a deeply

divided country. >> there is more news on all the toys we're covering on our website at www.aljazeera.com. you can also watch us by watching live icon. that's al jazeera. the ghosts of men and women fill the wards of government hospitals across india. they stare silently - suspended in limbo between the living and the dead. these patients are the infected - victims of a contagion so lethal it kills almost one and a