award winning investigative documentary series... the disappearing delta only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories. murdered by i.s.i.l. the rebel group killing 21 christians who they were holding hostage in libya. the faa putting out new usage for drones. doesn't mean it's going to be delivering packages any time soon. frigid weather all the way from new england to the deep south. as the lenten season, the

changes pope francis is ushering in. egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi is vowing to avenge the killings of 21 coptic christians. they're identities are confirmed by the coptic church in egypt. for weeks their families have been pleading with president al-sisi for their return. instead he is talking for talks and a week of mourning. sonia gallego reports. >> this took place outside the coptic church. now they and the entire country

are in mourning. >> terrific to see what's happened. and the effect that it's going to have on so many families. these were fathers brothers everyone in the community. >> islamic state of iraq and the levant is massing in numbers in libya. here it's claiming in in cert. but i.s.i.l. says they have completely overrun the city of de arena. now egypt is considering its next move. >> this incident could provide egypt the logic to interfere in libya. >> libyan government in tobruk the community had already

compressed its willingness to help. the italian government has expressed its concern. the island of lampedusa is only 300 kilometers away. the death of the egyptian workers will only add to the pressure to stop i.s.i.l. in libya in its tracks. sonia gallego, al jazeera. a u.s. intelligence official tells al jazeera the group has rallied 10,000 fighters, now haveing workers in other countries. earlier i spoke with al jazeera's international contributor juan cole. >> there is not good evidence of them having any substantial snrengt astrength in a place like afghanistan and pakistan. people have made this

announcement on social media. they have been there blowing things around for a while and now they are saying we're doing it in the name of i.s.i.l. but in libya this is a -- you know a real thing. that is to say people loyal to i.s.i.l. really are asserting themselves in some places like the city of derna. >> so you say there's no real evidence that leadership is recruiting followings in other places? >> i.s.i.l. doesn't have a strong leadership model. it seems to be kind of panned of bands of volunteers who group themselves in the rubric. the leader is badly wounded in air strike and is said to be conpolicing in raqqa. he hasn't been very active, we haven't seen him for a while.

i think what's happening is people are going to fight from syria from places like libya and when they come back they have been radicalized and some have developed this allegiance and they try to assert themselves in home country. >> what do you make of that hundreds of thousands of muslims traveling to libya from syria? >> they are gaining battle training and exposure to radical ideas on the ground but i think its also possible to make too much of it. prime minister david cameron had said that so many had gone off to fight in syria. you can see that's a concern but there are 3.7 million muslims in the u.k. and this is a vanish vanishingly tiny group attracted to i.s.i.l. trd to the potential for booty

and girls and so forth that this kind of activity promises them. >> egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi has vowed to avenge the killings. this is what he said after the i.s.i.l. video. >> translator: egypt reservation the right to respond at the proper time and in the appropriate style. i have called for the national defense coil to follow up on this issue. >> juan, what role do you see egypt following in this conflict conflict. >> egypt general hifter who does have a position, and egyptian planes have bombed in libya. haven't done anything like that since they went into yemen in the 1960s so i think it would be very much out of character.

but there will be a covert operation, special forces operations and the deployment of air power. but above all i think cultivating libyan forces that would be favorable to cairo. >> we'll have to leave it there. al jazeera america's international contributor juan cole appreciate your time juan. two deadly shootings in denmark. this was just moments after gunman opened fire on a crowded cafe hosting a discussion on freedom of expression in copenhagen. hours later, police say that same gunman shot and killed a security guard outside a nearby synagogue. here is the latest ton shootings. the suspect is dead but still unprecedented police action underway across the danish capital. at least five are proffers from gunshot wounds. the suspect was had a lengthy

record. be 96 spicer is on the ground in copenhagen. >> reporter: in this video shot right after the attack a victim of the gunman lies on the ground as people run for help. it's saturday afternoon and he's just shot through the window of a cafe where a debate on free speech is underway. police arrive quickly on scene. the gunman has fled leaving behind shocked and confused survivors, one man died. on sunday, police remained vigilant after what's described as their biggest-ever operation in recent history. the prime minister thanked them and said it was important for them to come together. >> translator: we're not in a fight between islam and the west. it is not a battle between muslims and nonmuslims. >> reporter: the first attack saturday was followed by a

second at this synagogue where police say the same man opened fire killing a watchman and injuring two police officers. it all ended here with a shoot out which killed a man police wanted to question about the acts. police said the same man was behind both of them. a 22-year-old known for gang activity and weapons possession. but they did not release his name. denmark's intelligence chief says the attacker may have been motivated by the charlie hebdo killings in paris in january. in the french capital the french president lent his voice to those expressing solidarity. >> there is a denmark in france, a link that does not mean a network but simply the same determination from terrorists to strike what we are what we represent, the values, the values of liberty values of law, values of protection. >> reporter: people left flowers at the synagogue in the

morning. the leaders of the community say they are shocked and worried. there is a calm and somber presence at the synagogue where people have come to pay their rment and where the police presence is strong. many can't believe what has happened. >> we're actually very shocked about it. we actually spent our nights in the streets here so when we found it happened only one hour after we were here it was really personal for us. >> i'm very sad very sad and i hope it won't ruin daily life here. >> leaders in denmark's denmark's muslim community expressed their concern as well condemning the attack. ceremony to help people move on if and however they can. nick spicer, al jazeera copenhagen. >> a bold proposal in the wake of the attacks. >> translator: we are preparing for mass immigration from europe and i would like to

tell all european jews and all jews wherever they are israel is the home of every jew. >> netanyahu has submitted a $46 million plan to encourage european jews to relocate to israel. former israel prime minister ariel sharnel sharon angered. when he suggested europeans move to israel. stormed the offices of satirical newspaper charlie hebdo killing 12 people. the next day five people were killed at a kosher supermarket nearby. >> i think it's very important that not only in france not only in denmark not only in england

not known the places where antisemitism has flourished. where jihadists are trying to threat democracy. >> the united nations security council has unanimously agreed on a resolution demanding houthi rebels immediately cede control of the government. gabrielle elizondo has more from new york. >> it's really remarkable that the security council would call this meeting on a sunday, the day that they're usually closed. the sense that is in yemen. this is a copy of the draft of the resolution that was adopted unanimously. it's three pages prints out as three pages but has 15 separate points and three key ones. number one the resolution says

that the houthis should step down quote immediately and unconditionally and also, withdraw all of their forces from any government offices including the presidential palace. number 2 another key point is that it says that the houthis should release all government officials that are currently under house arrest, that includes the president hadi and prime minister baha and cabinet members as well. and the third key point out of this resolution i think also is that it urges the houthis to engage in peace negotiations, in good faith manner, primarily through the u.n. brokered peace talks as well as the gulf cooperation council talks the gcc talks as well. so those are really three key points that come out of the emergency meeting. >> gabriel elizondo at the u.n. pressing for military force against the houthis illegal

seizure of power. the most dangerous branch of al qaeda based in yemen could use terror as their weapon. >> more than a week to power protests again them continue across the country. the houthis may be in control of the capital sanaa but there are many places that remain out of their reach. among them aden, where political leaders met to discuss the takeover. together with parliamentarians and dproafns agreed to a 16 point plan which affairs of the areas which are not under the houthis' control. welcoming calls by the gulf cooperation council for u.n. to allow for military are

intervention and sanctions against the coup leaders and change yemen's capital from sanaa to the gulf city of aden. evenaden. protests on sunday against politicians. they say they don't want the problems of the north brought here. they're not interested in what happens in sanaa they say and want to form their own state. >> translator: we confirm we will make significant decision regarding transferring the capital of sea nah to south community, we call on others to support this move. >> the meeting was due to take place forcing it to be delayed for several hours. elsewhere, tribal leaders in the

eastern province of shebwa from what appears to be an imminent houthi advance. yet another sign of how volatile the security situation is. the aden declaration is the most significant step taken so far by yemeni politicians acknowledge opposing the coup. that's why the type ever resolution adopted by the u.n. security council is so important, the struggle is not just an internal one. jamal el shayal acknowledge al jazeera, yemen. >> the country sits in key routes for the production of oil. the yemeni army controls a large swath of central and western yemen, as well as the southern city of aden.

u.s. security officials say the al qaeda the greatest group to threaten the security of the u.s. arabian peninsula oil must travel out of the arabian gulf. the narrow entrance to the red sea and finally the suez canal. many through yemeni waters. some say they're leaving shelves bare and leaving the locals high and dry. soon more drones in the air we'll have concerns and the privacy straight ahead. can one man really change centuries of tradition? that's the topic of sour regular sunday segment the week lady,

11:30 eastern 8:30 pacific. rebecca joining us. >> getting colder, add in a little bit of wind it feels how much colder. i'm show you how far below zero we're going to be coming up. ing up.

>> welcome back. once again, new england is in the throws of another winter storm, the fourth in less than a month here. in fact boston got another foot of snow on top of the six feet they have low pressure been dealing with. on top of biting winds. the mayor is telling people just to stay inside. all that snow led to a collapse of a roof in a shopping center in nfer. new hampshire. all that snow stretches right down south. this is dangerous cold.

rebecca stevenson. >> boston, that's a new record, 13 inches of snow. let's talk about the snow on the ground. that's with clear skies it lets your low temperatures or the temperatures overnight get even colder than they just would normally be on an evening that had some clouds or even one with no snow on the grounds. here are the temperatures now philadelphia sitting at 11, but you head to montreal, six° below zero. wind gusts blowing anywhere from 20 to 40. these wind gusts so strong will take temperatures down even lower. there are wind chill warnings meaning do not go outside for any period of time longer than say ten minutes because in some prarts of this area you see highlighted -- parts of this area you see highlighted in orange ten minutes is enough to get frost bite, temperatures are

plummeting. feels like 24 degrees below zero in manhattan. you would see a city would be warmer but they are losing heat, heavy snow causing significant damage on roofs roofs collapsing, on the coast powerful wind caused some flooding and a lot of road closures around parts of massachusetts because the seawall had already been breached from prior storms. so a lot of problems that storm brought us. it's moving out but here is the new one we have to be worried about crossing st. louis missouri five to eight inches of snow, arkansas, new jersey, further north there is snow coming down and in between icy roads from little rock to charlotte, early afternoon snow

above that and washington, d.c. is going to get six to 12 inches of snow across the city. including snow drifts. >> lot of problems we'll be following had one rebecca stevenson thank you. >> the faa today proposed the highly anticipated rules for drones. officials believe it could take up to 18 months or more to finalize them. the agency's proposal would allow is drones bofer above 55 pounds. users would also have to pass a tsa screening. today the president also ordered federal agencies to publish policies on how they plan to use those drones. al jazeera america's todd curtis joined us earlier.

>> there are rules and regulations, and although there are not looking over everyone's shoulder when they fly their private aircraft, violations if they are noted would be put to the system. and they will get sanction. i hesitate to say these rules are about commercial use of drones. they say nothing about the private use of drones which at this point is largely u.n. largely unrestricted. >> is a drone crashed into the white house last month. how do you police the skies in a situation where you have just people that can go by it at the store and rent a drone whatever they want. >> that's right not only could anyone do it at any store but the prices are to the point where anyone who could fly one well above 500 feet and put other people at risk.

if they want to be reckless all they need is a credit card. >> a new protest in hong kong against corruption. shortage of goods to locals because much of it is being smuggled to china. al jazeera's sarah clark explains. >> they come over the border to this district in northern hong kong. they arrive with suitcases and bags. baby formula used to be the main purchase. these days shoppers come to buy anything from snacks to medicines. >> i come here to get food for example chocolate and milk powder. >> the good salt her often better quality. avoiding import taxes. >> because it's cheaper and more variety. >> business may be booming but not everyone is happy with the influx of day trippers.

smuggling goods back to china a scheme known as parallel trading. >> 80 to 90% of them are parallel traders not a real tourist. >> custom dictates as many as 20,000 arrive here some days it's putting pressure on public transport and pushing up retail ranks. the owner can't afford to stay and is moving elsewhere. >> translator: these shops used to sell everyday stuff but now they've all changed to pharmacies. there are more pharmacies than convenience stores. >> last weekend the issue came to a head. with angry proarvets targeting main -- protesters targeting shoppers. there are more rallies planned in coming weeks. >> hong kong government they have done nothing to stop the

issue. to release the pressure. and it seems it's unlikely to do anything. >> the issue of parallel trading is not new. it has been happening here for around a decade but the number of shoppers arriving from china is growing and feeding the antimainland sentiment held by groups here in hong kong. the hong kong government has put some limits but it says the increasing day trippers is good for the economy. it's threatening to become yet another case of there deepening hong kong-china divide. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >> still ahead in our sunday segment the week ahead. pope francis has quickly gained a reputation for remaking the catholic church. is it a true change, or a change in tone? bp

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we're following right now.

egypt's president is vowing revenge, i.s.i.l. released a video in which they appear to have killed 21 coptic christians they were holding in libya. abdel fattah al-sisi is speaking to his national defense council. shootings of a man in denmark. he had weapons and gang related charges. one man was killed when a suspect opened fire, another man died following an attack at a synagogue a few hours later. fighting continues in ukraine despite a ceasefire that took place today. heavy shelling around the town of debaltseve. however truce is mostly being respected. it is sunday night and time for our regular look at the week ahead. the pontiff is trying to spread the reach from the church, we

start with some background. here's john henry smith. ftc. >> pope francis urged his cardinals on thursday to help form vatican bureaucracy. >> the goal we aim to reach is always to achieve more harmony in the work of the various vac can offices. >> the proposals drew drastic changes that merge offices and reduce waste. on saturday the pope went beyond the traditional catholic strongholds and chose 20 new cardinals, some as far away from the vatican as tonga and myanmar, places from around the world that have rarely been on the vatican radar. >> never had moves like that. >> moves like that show the pope as a charismatic leader.

pope francis became head of the roman catholic church. catholics and noncatholics quickly noted that francis practices what he preaches. he spoke out on global inequality and echoed those sentiments by turning down the palatial vatican apartments. he's often turned down the papal vehicle for more humble once, and one of the first acts as pope was to kiss the feet of inmates. >> he is in a better position to understand us, you know, when we talk to him he can usually connect with us. you know? so it's like he's with us. >> greeted by huge crowds around the world it wasn't long before the pope took on a sort of rock star status.

last year, francis graced the cover of rolling stone and in 2013 time named him person of the year, stating what makes this pope so important is the speed with which he has captured the imaginations of millions who had given up on hoping for the church at all. the pope's message is having a positive impact on his one year anniversary as pope in march of 2014 a pew poll found 85% of catholics have a favorable view of him. 71% also said francis presents a major change of direction for the church. a majority feel the same way. francis has moved the church away from the abuse scandal that devastated the church a few years ago but instead to social and political issues, showing more compassion to the

challenges they face in a dploablgglobalworld. he will become the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress. critics say while pope francis has taken lead on changing the church's tone it is little he has done on homosexuality and priests marrying. time may be on the church's side voluntary donations are up and many catholics say the changes are small but significant changes in the right direction. john henry smith, al jazeera. >> when pope francis addresses a joint meeting of congress this september, they expenditure him to focus on global equality. interfaith relationships between

islam and christianityity and proposing a climb of peace they include climate change, the sex abuse scandal and addressing cronyism within the vatican. all of those represent changes in the church. i'd like to welcome father thomas reese the senior analyst at the national catholic journal and sister mary, great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> father thomas for the first time there are more european cardinals in the electoral body. how do you think that will reshape the catholic church? >> this is very significant. only 46% of the college of cardinals is european now. this is the lowest it's ever been in its history. it ought to go lower. but this is a move in the right direction. what we have seen the pope do is

increase the number and the percentage of the cardinals from the developing world. we have places in africa, asia, in oceana. this is getting a new voice into the college of cardinals which ultimately will have an impact on the church. >> some of the places we haven't seen before, sister, when we look at the regions of these cardinals there seems to be a global political shift from europe. is it clear that poafer pope francis wants those in the global center of life? >> i certainly see it thomas. my hunch is women religious around the world and eager to continue the work they have done for decades. >> has he impressas you a sister as a catholic? >> i would say i was quite

pleased. i was unsure a bit in the beginning, because of some difficulties he had in argentina. as he said when he was maybe younger than he should have been to take an office. however, i continue to be pleased with the direction. it will take a long time. and i love his efforts at structural transformation and spiritual transformation. >> father thomas, perhaps too early to tell, outside europe have vastly different values from those of europe or north america? >> well i think that the new cardinals that the pope is dhoosing both in urine and outside of europe are the values of the pope. these are people that work well with other bishops who are

pastoral in their approach to people, who are concerned about the poor and the marginalized in their die dioceses, the reimagining of the church that he's trying to do, i think these cardinals are going to be on board to help him to do that and that's extremely important. >> as we mentioned of the 20 new cardinals elevated by pope pope francis, 15 are actively serving, five from spain portugal and one elevated from vatican, three are from meen myanmar and thield, two thailand, and for the second time pope francis picked no new cardinals from the u.s. or canada. does that make a difference at all sister mary? >> i personally think it will. as father tom said, the pope is

bringing the voices of those who have often been silenced, or invisible. he's bringing them to the table he's bringing them to the public eye. and hopefully they will be pass pastoral people capable of representing our entire world. >> he is make the entire world or is rebranding a better definition? >> i think it's both. he's not changing church doctrine because he's going pack to the gospel of jesus the gospel of compassion, the gospel of love. he's emphasized that the first words of eadvantage evangelization

should be loving the poor and caring for them. so his emphasis on the poor, on concern for peace around the world, for interreligious dialogue and improved relations between religious bodies, and his concern about the environment. these are all emphases that he is making in the church that i think are really important. >> and the pope talks about listening to women's voices in the catholic church. sister mary do you see women having a greater voice in the church? >> i think there's a promise of greater voice. i think all and other women religious maybe around the world even again are hoping that the pope will act. the pope and those with whom he works will act to allow women to appoint women to appropriate

places within the vatican which up until now have been held by bishops, archbishops cardinals. i think there's hope and i love his call to religious to wake up the church. that's a call for all of us. >> father thomas, i see you shaking your head. would you like to see women take on a greater leadership role? >> oh, absolutely. i think this is trellis important. inextremelyimportant. in the united states, women play an extremely important role. they create the church in the united states, basically. >> exactly. >> the catholic hospital association run by women super-women who are just incredibly competent very giving very pastoral.

i think we see in these women the women religious who have built the church in the united states, built these hospitals built these schools we see the great gifts they have and we should value them and continue to use them and use them more. >> i want to talk more about some of the pressing issues. sister mary has the church under pope francis done a good job for atoning for past sins, pedophilia, sexual abuse? >> i think that's a job bigger than pope. i believe the pope's efforts at creating the commission to address pedestrian owe feel pedophilia, seems to be what's coming from it from what i've read looks good. that's an issue that probably needs response at every single human level. the individual, the perpetrator diocese, the vatican.

so again the the -- maybe for me the best news is the door is not yet croafd closed because there is still work to be done and pope francis recognizes that. >> father, what about your look at holding priests accountable? >> that's very important. the role of zero tolerance any priest who is ever involved in abuse is removed from the priest hood and can never again act as a priest, period. that rule, we have to make sure is enforced. when the bishops don't enforce that rule i think they ought to be kicked out. they got to be removed they ought to be told they should resign. we have to see that. that is necessary to restore credibility of the church, in handling this crisis.

i think that's very important. and then finally we just have to reach out and continually apologize. to the people who have been armed. the families. the children. the victims of abuse. and do whatever we can to help them in their healing. >> certainly more work needs to be done. pope francis has launched as you know father thomas an ambitious housecleaning in the vatican how do you see the pope is handling this situation? >> well, i mean the financial scandals in the church are a disgrace. i mean this isn't rocket science. it isn't even theology. it's just good simple business practices that we have to put into place. and we need good competent lay people. they don't teach -- bishops don't have mbas. we need good lay people involved and i think that's what this pope has done at the vatican. he's brought really competent

people good management companies to look at it. i mean they have spent hours doing forensic audits of the vatican bank, looking at every account and you know, they're bringing in outside people to look at the vatican and this was never done in the past. i think this is an area that is getting under control. and we're always going to have a few scandals. but let's catch them and then let's deal with these people, make sure they're prosecuted and dealt with that way. >> more transparency. sister mary can the church change attitudes on contraception, premarital sex and will it be clear on these issues. >> i'm not sure he's been clear on these issues. the senate from its meeting a few months back, what will come

in just about another year from now, i personally believe some of that can change. i will be curious how the pope, how the pope listens to catholic faithful to married couples to gay and straight people, again i'm holding out hope. i see steps in a direction of compassion and understanding and we all need that. >> when the pope talked about homosexuality he said, father thomas are today's conservatives apprehensive about pope francis? >> i think some conservatives are. when we look at the polling data people who self-identify as conservative, they like the pope. it tends to be talking heads

the elite conservative blogosphere are very concerned and worried about these things. many feel what the pope is trying to do is just be compass at to people. the church has a lot of rules and regulations but what he says is we have to be pastoral to people, to deal with people in the concrete, to deal with people where they live and to deal with people with compassion and love. and this, anybody with any common sense thinks this is the way to go and that this is -- this is a good thing and this is the way jesus dealt with everybody. jesus welcomed the sinner. he didn't ball them out he didn't wag his finger at them. he welcomed them and told them that god loved them. >> certainly not too early to say what his lasting legacy will be. be the pope urging the vatican to be more open sister mary.

>> as father tom was talking and during this discussion, i'm thinking we celebrated 50 years of vatican two the opening of vatican two we celebrated that a couple of years ago where john xxiii was recognized as opening the windows of change. and i really feel like this pope is opening doors and windows of change at the vatican and calling for change beyond the vatican. and again for me, that is just something that is very hopeful. it invites gospel response. >> thank you,ster mary and father thomas, we are glad to have you both with us on the week ahead. >> thank you. >> before we go let's take a look at some other events coming up in the week ahead. monday african leaders gather

in cameroon, expected to discuss joining forces to fight the boko haram rebel group. monday social justice efforts to eradicate global indifference and poverty. the osks are coming up next week. the 2022 winter olympic venue is still up in the air. kazakhstan feels it should host the games. what people are doing as an incentive to have children. fat tuesday in brazil that means carnivale time. we head to rio to check out the party right after the break. break.

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them to a port in sicily. most of the migrants are africans. italian officials say they were. >> the government is now trying to reverse that trend in fact one rural county is now offering parents a $900 bonus to have a third child. but so far as harry fawcett reports there hasn't been many takers. >> the county looks like much of rural korea. this quiet place is on the forefront of an issue stalking this nation: aging. this community of elderly farmers has made close bonds because they need to. so many of their children have moved away, lifelong friendships

have become ever more important. >> translator: all my daughters in laws are working so if i go to their place it becomes partisan for all of us. it's better for us to live separately. when i die i guess my sons will go and take me with them. >> men eat in a separate room they share comradeship but also a sense that their village is in terminal decline. >> our kids have nice houses in the city. why would they want to come here and live in a chevy house in the rural area. being in the rural is being tough. once my life is at the it's the end. >> more urban areas a quarter of the population is above 65. this is the fastest aging place in south korea. the government provides means

for those living. >> it's a national problem the age issue is catching up in the cities as well as the rural areas. >> as a sign of this country's demographic slide the baby bonus of $900, more of a symbolic gesture rather than a realistic cure. there's recognition here of the toll of raising children in the expensive competitive society. >> it's both fully and economically difficult. that's why there's a low birth rate. >> among the world's lowest. by 2030 the population is expected to start shrinking. it may offer a look onto the

future. harry fawcett. al jazeera, south korea. despite the high cost, many are hopeful the city will be selected. >> diane wants to be an loimple olympic champion. the 18-year-old's not giving up. she's hoping to compete here in her home city al marti in 2022. >> translator: people will say somewhere in this area kazakhstan. >> also in with a chance. it boasts a lot of preexisting infrastructure all close to the city. and the cost, a mere $5 billion organizers estimate just a fraction of the sochi games. the only competition is beijing.

which has ample resources but unlike here, lacks sticky snow. these are the games that nosh wanted. all the european cities that were thinking of hosting have withdrawn their bids because the games were going to simply be too expensive and unpopular with their publics. not true here of kazakhstan, rich in oil and so-called managed democracy any criticism can be carefully managed. there are laws that ban unsanctioned protests. so these environmentalists chose a conspicuous area to protest, this is a snow leopard which is endangered. >> these games will not be financially profitable and will destroy the potential of

development of ecoterrorism. >> but he insists these games will be green. >> we need to just up the olympic requirements, to fulfill olympic requirements than just to build new housing that fits. for us, it is a showcase for the economy and for city. >> survey suggests kazakhstanis. robert walker, al jazeera el marti. >> it's the time of year when many celebrate from surgeon up to sundown. however. it's carn vale. today is the first day of the parades, more than 3 million are expected to take to the streets. of course a major downpour

happened drenching everywhere but it certainly didn't stop the party. there you go. that's going to do it. stay tuned more news is headed your way. have a safe night. night.

egyptians will not be allowed to go to libya and we'll do our best to evacuate egyptians living there. there. egypt's president announces seven days of mourning after a group loyal to isil says it killed 21 egyptian christians. ♪ ♪ welcome to al jazerra, i am elizabeth live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead. the u.n. security council votes in favor i've new resolution demanding houthi rebels give up control of yemen's government.