only on al jazeera america. sxwrrnlings police release more details about the gunman shot dead after the copenhagen attacks. they are still unclear about his motive. i am fell is it barr. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up shooting practice during ukraine's cease-fire, but there has been real shelling around debalseve. >> meeting in aden calling for u.n. security action. plus: >> reporter: i am nick clark reporting from the far east of russia. find out why we are following this tiger that just made its

way through the snow here hello. danish police say the man responsible for attacks on two targets in copenhagen was a danish born 22-year-old with a background in criminal gangs. he was shoot dead early on sunday morning after he opened fire on them. earlier, he had shot dead a guard outside a synagogue. >> followed a manhunt followed by saturday's attempt in which one person was killed and several police officers injured in from copenhagen nick spicer reports. >> police remain vigilant after what's being described as their biggest ever operation in recent history. the prime minister thanked them on sunday morning and said it was time for the country to come together. >> we are not in a fight between it'slam and the west. this is not a battle between

muss let mes and non-muss let melimnon-muslims. it is an idea based upon ideas of freedom and a dark ideology. >> it started here on saturday afternoon at a cafe holding a discussion on free speech a caricaturist who de the prophet mohammed in 5 was a main guest. the scathes ended when a gunman fired 40 bullets killing one man before driving away. hours later, the attack continued at this singon where police say the same man opened fire killing a security guard and injuring two police officers. it all ended here, some 14 hours after it began with a shoot-out which killed a man police wanted to question about the attacks. police said the man was behind both attacks. they said he was a 22-year-old known for gang activities and weapons possession. definitely mark's intelligence

chief said the stacker may have been motivated by the charlie hebdo killings in paris in january. >> the emphasis it is a person who is known to us so, yes he was a person known to intelligence. >> in the french capital on sunday the french president added his voice to those of other foreign leaders expressing solidarity. >> there is in denmark and france a link that does not mean a network but simply the same determination from terrorists to strike where we are. what we represent, the values the values of liberty, the values of law, values of protection. >> people left flowers at the synagogue in the morning. the jewish community leaders say they are shocked and worried. >> there is a calm and somber presence here at the synagogue where people have come to pay their respects and where the police presence is still strong. many here simply can't believe what has happened. >> we were actually really shocked about it.

we actually spent our nights in the streets here happened only like one hour we were here. it was really personal for us. i am very sad, very sad, and i hope that it won't influence our daily life here. >> denmark's of the muttslim community expressed grief condemning attacks. there will be a ceremony of rememberens to try to help people move on in of if and however thing. nick spicers joins us from outside the police headquarters in copenhagen. what more do we know about the gunmen right now? >> a point nearby to those incidents. >> not much more than we just is in that report a 22-year-old dane born and raised in denmark with a violent past, gang membership, weapons position. there is a name throughoutfloating out there in cyberspace. the danish media thinks it has

put its hands on the actual identity of the man bindehind the killings. we have called police repeatedly. they are not confirming the real points are his age, his violent past weapons possession. these are things that the police have confirmed. the head of the danish intelligence saying that he has not gone abroad for any kind of foreign training but that he was on their radar screen in the security services. >> one can imagine a sense of relief across denmark at the moment that the police appear to have got their man. is it fair to say, though that danes have been expecting some sort of an attack like this for years? >> they have been expecting an attack of this kind for almost a decade. it was in september 2005 that the danish newspaper set off an

international firestorm with people attacking danish embassies and boycotting danish goods because the newspaper published caricatures of the muslim prophet mohammed and that offense did not go away. there were death threats leveled against some of the caricaturists, plots to murder them solved by the police. the attempted murders did not take place. the free speech discussion which took place on saturday was precisely on the subject of caricatures and free speech and the limits of blas fem neand so on and one of the artists who had drawn -- made a drawing of the prophet was actually in attendance. so this is something that has been part of a national conversation for a while. whether or not there would be some payback, if you will for that publication and for the resentment that has been caused

by denmark's part it'spation in the american-led war in iraq and part it'spation in military operations in afghanistan. so the intelligence services have been looking out for this kind of thing. they have been expecting it, and the hope is that this will be a one-off kind of attack but many dane did here will tell you that they are fearful for the future. >> nick spicer life with the latest there from police headquarters in copenhagen. thanks, nick. a cease-fire between government forces and pro-russian separatists appears to be holding in parts of eastern ukraine. there has been continuous shelling reported in the contested town of debalseve, more in from eastern ukraine. >> separatist fighters guard their positions close to the front line. the fighting has been intense

here in recent weeks. the situation may be calmer in other areas of this region since the cease-fire was called but the shelling continues not far from here. >> the separatist controlled town of oglegorsk, one of the closest towns to debaltseve truce. >> the military say the separatits started the shelling after the truce began.

a few kilometers back from the front line around debaltseve, these men aren't fighting for the first time in weeks. they use the opportunity to train. many of these volunteers had never used weapons like this until recently. they tell us to crouch down behind their makeshift glass wall before they throw their grenades. the tanks aim at target did in a distant field. there is a deep distrust that the ukrainian army here. >> we are training because it's a cease-fire not a truce. there have been many cease-fires before. we don't believe in them anymore. the ukrainians have already broken them many times. most civilians have either been evacuated or left towns close to debalseve. the fighting in this area isn't over yet.

charles stratford, al jazeera, gulegorst, eastern ukraine. >> the united nations security counsel is to hold an emergency session to discuss the crisis in yemen. it's likely to call for houthi to withdraw. in aden opponents have met to call for international action. jamil lehal reports. >> reporter: more than a week after they took power in a coup protests continue across the country. the houthis may be in control of the capital, sanaa, but there are many cities that remain out of their reach. among them is aden in the south where a number of political figures met on sunday to discuss ways toium their efforts against the houthis. members of the government that was forced to resign after the houthi turnover together with parliamentarians and governs

agreed a 16-point plan which includes setting up a joint body to governor the add miles per hour strative political affairs the areas which are not under the houthis control. welcoming calls by the gulf corporation counsel for the u.n. to allow for military intervention and sanctions against the coup leaders and changing yemen's capital from sanaa to aden until the houthis withdraw their militia did. but en though aden has so far been the safest of yements major cities action there are those who do not welcome this initiativeive supporters staged protests on sunday against the presence of these politicians. they say they don't want the problems of the north brought here they are not interested in what happens in sanaa, they say and want to form their own state. >> we confirmed we will make significant decisions regarding transferring the capital sanaa temporarily to the province of

aden until we end this coup. we call on the international community to support this move. >> earlier on sunday explosives were found at the original vennew where this meeting was due to take plates forcing it to be delayed for several hours. elsewhere, tribal leaders in the southeastern province also met on sunday to agree on a strategy to defend the province from what appears to be an imminent houthi advance. yet another sign of how volatile the security situation is. >> declaration is the most significant step taken so far by yemeni politicians opposed to the coup. it's success depends upon how much support it receives from the international community. >> that's why the type of resolution adopted by the u.n. security counsel is so important because many say the struggle for pour in yemen is not just an internal one. jamil, al jazeera, aden. >> still to come on the program, confronting isil an exclusive report from the front lines in iraq has a new result is

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arch. a cease-fire between government forces and pro-russian separatists appear to be holding but there has been continues us shelling reported in the contested town of debaltseve. the u.s. security council set to demand iranian backed houthi militia withdraw from government institutions. opponents are calling for international action. the u.n. has warmed yemen is collapsing. shi militia have made gains in the south and northwest from the islamic state of iraq in the levan. some have been accused killing sunni civilians. al jazeera has been given exclusive access to one prove incident as it prepares for an assault on the isil stronghold of tick rit. our correspondent, imran khan reports. >> reporter: 35 kilometers is

tikrit city and surrounding areas mainly under the control of the islamic state of iraq in the levant this is zirga, the front line marked by a trib u terri of the ueuphrates river. it's mission is to keep the area clear of isil fighters and to prepare for an assault on tikrit. they are backed by iran and made up of civilians, not professional soldiers. some have been accused revenge attacks in the areas they have taken from isil. an allegation this commander denies. >> i am a civil engineer and i have answered the holy call from the grand ayatollah ali sistani, part of the mobilization forces. i am a witness for everything that has taken place here. i can tell you that hasn't happened. >> now this malitia wonder what they will face when they eventually attack. tikrit has long been a stronghold of anti-government

sunni rebels. isil say they control the town, itself, in fullactual fact, it's the army until control. they are a group of saddam hussein loyalists. salad am hussein was born in that town. they don't necessarily share the same goals as isil in establishing the is lallic caliphate but they want regime change here. >> reporter: when isil and the sumni rebels were in this town it became the focal point of the fighting. it took three months to break the siege and of an evidence of how tough a fight it was is everywhere. >> the siege lasted around 90 days. isil made two offensives. the last one was the fiercest. they tried to attack a holy shrine in the town tough battle. isil are well equipped but we fought back with the help of god, we fought into our last bullet. we succeeded, thanks to god. >> these militia fighters regular afighting exercises.

they are confident they will prevail. they say they don't need any international help. >> despite that, isil controls huge swaths much territory and are proving difficult to push back. >> i want to bring you some breaking news we just received on the wire because it's reported that the islamic state of iraq in the levan has released a video that has said to show the killing of 21 egyptian christians in libya. you might remember 21 christian copts were kidnapped back in december and the latest we are hearing something that isil has purported lee released a video showing the kill of those 21 egyptian christians. we will bring you more on that breaking news just as soon as we get it. just over a week until the retrial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt.

they were released on bail last week after 411 days in jail. their previous conviction was was thrown out. they are charged with coludding with the banned muslim brother. al jazeera is calling on the court to release the case and release them unconditionally. a court in jordan has jailed the deputy's head of the muslim brotherhood for criticizing the united arab emirates. one of the hiett profile figures to be imprisoned was arrested in november after criticizing. uae's decision to brand the brotherhood a terrorist group. it is jordan's largest opposition party and has substantial grassroots support. >> ten people have been killed and more than 30 injured in a bomb blast in northeast nigeria. witnesses say a female suicide bomber detonated the device in a crowded bus station. police say the target was a military convoy. the armed group boko haram has been actingve in that area. p. >> more than 30 people suspected

of having links with boko haram have been arrested in southern nigh engineer. ther. on friday fighters attacked and burned the village in neighboring chad killing seven people. the u.n. is access for access to help thousands displaced by boko haram violence. >> with the violence spilling over into niger, cameroon and chad calling foaccess to provide urgently needed assistance. for many refugees for local did, for aid workers, too, the situation is now becoming increasingly terrifying. >> thousands have rallied in athens. the scene outside parliament earlier, people are backing the government's regression of eu commands for continued economic reform. greets has left the leadership

and the the $270 billion bail-out program. this sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie or the t.v. series the $6 million man because helping people who have lost an arm or leg to get robotic replacements but patients can actually feel their phantom limb. this report from sydney. >> reporter: 1998, jet christie lost his leg when pipes collapsed on him at a building site. after 17 years struggling with a prosthetic limb he traveled from the u.k. to australia for pioneering surgery to give him one of the world's first integrated mechanical legs. >> even just putting the leg on traditionally would take 10 or 15 minutes to put on probably where this would be clip it on and off you go. >> parts of christiets new robotic leg having been surgically implanted into his body. it works with residual muscle and nerves to give him feeling.

>> if i tap as simple as this. >> i can feel it. >> he can feel it. so they regain their ability to feel the ground. >> the surgery involves drilling into the bone above where a limb has been removed and inserting a rod in the cavity. having grown up in war-torn iraq and seeing how people struggled but it was hollywood that inspired him. >> in 1984, i watched the terminator movie, and i was fascinated about how a human being can be part machine, part human, and i always had that dream, and now this dream is becoming true. >> when sunons were ordered to remain soldier's ears as punishment for disersion, he fled by boat to australia, a world leading osteointegration surgeon. last year fallon fell off her

bet. she broke her leg so badly after complication, it had to be removed. watched by a british army soldier, he has given her the implant for her to clip on a new leg. >> this sort of surgery is still very new. there are fewer than 10 surgeons in the world carried it out and fewer than 400 patients who have soo received the implant to allow them to attach robotic limbs. >> six weeks after surgery, gallon is get can used to her new leg with crutches for now she is walking again. >> i haven't used a wheelchair since i came out of hospital. after i have had my shower i just comfortable putting my leg on. it's part of getting dressed. >> most of gallon's surgery was covered by her health insurance. cleaning upon the complexity surgery and limbs can cost between one and 500,$000. prices will fall as robolimbs become more common. al jazeera, sidney.

>> a staggering billion strong awed yes, sir of critic fans watched india comfortably beat pakistan. passionate supporters watched their fallen heroes doc off a sincing 76 run victory. india has never lost a world cup match to pakistan. >> record wasn't lost on fans in karachi who labeled their team's performance disappointing and pathetic. people living on the outskirts of the indian capitol have been protesting protesting. they say women and children were beaten when police demolished their makeshift homes. kadrewel took saturday. he promised not to knock down the illegal shanty towns. a sri lakean president touched down down his first foreign visit.

he is in india to strengthen ties with the south aidsian giant joint. relations had soured under previous government. the indian prime minister modi is expected to visit sri lanka, himself, in early march. >> let's give you some more detail now on that breaking news story we brought to you a few moments ago that isil says it has executed 21 coptic christian hostages in libya. they were rosteredly capped toured around new year's dave. the egyptian news is believed to be reliable and the same sources show what they describe as the it'slamic state carrying outs the execution in the province of tripoli. five men wearing the not orous orange jump suit and knowing while hooded men with knives stand behind them. >> now more than 60 pilot whales have been refloated and returned to sea after slanding themselves on a beach in new

zealand. racers say almost 200 whales have beached themselves on the south island on friday. they said it was the largest in the last 15 years. the world's tiger population appears to be slowly recovering but it's critically endangered. there are as few as 3,200 tigers in the world spread across 13 countries. they have all but disappeared from southeast aids i can't as nick clark reports. >> in the russian far east with north korea and flanked by china is the port city of vladavostok closed to the outside world. always here, the tiger has been revered. there are monuments to this rarest of beasts around the city. four hours out of town deaf in the province, teams are briefed. it's part after mobilization of trackers conveying tiger habitat

three times the size of the netherlands. the trackers panelling out. they have to be alert. every now and then humans are attacked and killed and they know tigers are nearby. the snow apparently is an open book that you can read if you know how. >> the tiger's age and gender can be identified from their paw cubs. suddenly there is an urgent

callout. we race into the forest. we find awardin visibly shaken. he said he surprised a tiger that just made a kill. he says he heard the tiger crash out through the under growth and he fired his gun into the air. sure enough there is evidence all around. the paw prints and the tileger's prey a wild boar. he has seen many kills and quickly deduces what has happened. >> she ate around 15% of it and then went up the hill to rest and that's when sasha spooked it. >> later that night, nearby remote camerasgy us a rare glimpse of what is probably the tiger, itself. it is the same animal seen in recent days and almost certainly responsible for the kill. then more footage of the tiger in daylight a powerful and wild presence demonstrating why so much effort is spent trying to save it. certainly the team here can

reflect the tiger in this part of the forest is thriving. nick clark, al jazeera, kremorsky prove incident russia. >> much more over on our website. aljazeera.com. ♪ nation - japan is dancing with a demographic disaster. people are living longer and birthrates are falling fast. no other country has a greater percentage of old people. the government has responded by raising taxes and th