♪ egypt says the strikes and libya and say it's a violation of libyan sovereignty. ♪ you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha and also on the program, the u.n. security council votes against the houthi court in yemen and tells the rebels to hand over power immediately. crisis in ukraine and army and separatists say they won't pull back until a full ceasefire is implemented. plus sri lanka new president is

in india on the first official overseas trip after taking office last month. ♪ egypt says it carried out air strikes in libya as part of a coordinated effort with the libyan airforce and both say they were targeting fighters affiliated with the islamic state and lavonte and attacked positions killing seven civilians and the strikes happened after i.s.i.l. released a video showing the killing of 21 egyptian coptic christians and in a moment we will have reaction from tripoli based leadership but first gerald tan has this report. >> reporter: a predawn operation, egyptian war planes take off for libya to strike what the government says are targets of islamic state of iraq and the lavonte, this was the

retaliation promised by the president of the killing of 21 egyptians in libya. >> translator: egypt is not only defend itself but the whole region and will react in the right time. >> reporter: the aftermath of the air strike is visible in durna 300 kilometers from the border we egypt, the egypt sun military saying it's going after i.s.i.l. related positions, we have reports of civilian casualties and says the operation was carried out in coordination with its airforce and i.s.i.l.-affiliated fighters along with cert where the christians were captured and al jazeera does not show the footage of the groups but they were all the distinct traits of i.s.i.l. egypt military running a campaign in the sinai peninsula

since 2014 and tackling advance of i.s.i.l. on both sides of its border. >> egypt is coordinating with other countries like italy and france and also the united states and for the past few months there is talk of an intervention in libya in order to fill the gaps of governability that i.s.i.l. is filling therefore we are going to have a war with i.s.i.l. in north africa and in the lavonte. >> reporter: other nations are also concerned. i.s.i.l. made a direct threat to italy in the latest video, the country separated from libya by a narrow strip of the mediterranean has now closed its embassy there and calling for u.s. intervention. gerald tan, al jazeera. while a tripoli based general national congress one of libya's two governments not

recommend z nice-- recognized they say it's a breach of libya sovereignty. >> translator: we strongly condemn the egyptian offensive on indemnity and deem it offensive against the libyan sovereignty, we are sending our condolence to the family of the victims and we call all libyans to discuss the situation. >> reporter: egypt and france are calling on the u.n. security council to come up with new measures against i.s.i.l. italy has also been calling for u.n. intervention in libya. italy is separated from libya by a narrow strip of the mediterranean sea trying to reach it by boat and we have more from rome. nato led military campaign backed by italy to stop i.s.i.l. in the country after they feel they were directly threatened by

the fighters. now in a video posted on sunday by i.s.i.l. in which they showed the beheading of 21 coptic christians from egypt i.s.i.l. fighters said they were just south of rome something that italy says it's a direct threat to them. interior minister said there is no time to waste and should intervene in the country. now the fear is that i.s.i.l. will continue to advance all the way to the coast of libya where they could take control of the human trafficking business there and infiltrate i.s.i.l. fighters among the hundreds of thousands of migrants that reach the coast of italy every year and interior minister said until now it was under control but there was an episode on sunday that showed the escalation there is growing as well and raising as well. one of the boats carrying migrants was cited by a speed boat where men armed told the

coast guard to take the migrants but leave the boat behind an escalation of violence in the human trafficking business as well that is pushing italy to call out for military intervention led by nato as soon as possible. for more on this let's speak to charlie winter who is a security analyst with the foundation, a think tank and charlie is live in london and thank you very much for speaking with us and let's talk about the air strikes launched by libya and this is the first time they acknowledge taking military action in libya, what do you think the intention is will we see them push further into libya? >> i think the egyptian state has taken this to embroil itself in conflict and it's difficult to know what the situation will be moving forward and i think air strikes and they may have

measured success the largest stronghold in libya and air strikes are not the way to solve this it's a very complicated issue and i worry that just labeling one side of islaming state and for getting the rest of dynamics with the libya conflict now will just complicate matters and it's important to know islamic state anticipated this and why they released the video and wanted intervention from them and others. >> you say this plays in the hands of the state and acknowledging being involved in libya? >> exactly, yes, i mean it's difficult to understand if you are not within the jahad mindset but they have done this deliberately to embroil others in the region and the objective is to thrust the entire middle east region into as much chaos as possible because doing so

presents a breeding ground and why it's doing it and it's important states within and without the region to acknowledge the wider range is to cause their involvement and to provoke. >> coming back to egypt it is having to fight i.s.i.l.-affiliated groups on two fronts now on the ground in libya rather egypt itself and carried out several operations in sinai and do you see this as a long drawn out conflict the egypt army will have to deal with on several fronts and not just the home soil? >> islamic state is trying to engage as many different states as possible in what inevitably will be a long drawn out conflict and the way to solve this very difficult crisis is through political change and obviously it's very easy to say physical change but the changes that are necessary are large

structural issues and i do think military is necessary to be taken against islamic state but be aware islamic state is anticipating this and we need to nuisances the policies in that respect. >> speaking of policies and strategies we have also now seen and heard i.s.i.l. make a direct threat against italy which has closed its embassy in tripoli, do you think this is going to be a game changer now that i.s.i.s. is directly threatening european nations, do you think we will see a more forceful response from the west? >> well i think this is just the latest in a great many threats that islamic threats has made to the west and not the first time it threatened italy and making clear threats in november when it showed a map of expansion and rome is one of the cities it wanted to expand to. this is another threat that came on the back of a horrific act of

brutality but there have been other threats to other western european nations and i think this will add to the momentum behind european states and the fight against islamic state but i don't think it's necessarily going to be a game changer. >> charlie, very good to get your insight on this charlie winter with the foundation live from london. now to ukraine where government troops and separatists both say they won't pull back until a full ceasefire is implemented, the next step in the peace plan is for heavy weaponry and troops to be removed from the front line add midnight on monday. but shelling and mortar fire have been heard in the rail way hub and the government says five soldiers have been killed in the last 48 hours. >> translator: we would like to stress our military open fire

only in response. the enemy continues to conduct active aerials during the last 24 hours, 6 drones were register ed ed. >> reporter: al jazeera's charlie stratford is in donetsk and charles good to have you with us. this was going to be a very difficult plan to implement in the first place, a very fragile ceasefire ceasefire. >> reporter: that's right, yes. ukrainian military spokesperson saying it was impossible to envision this stage ukrainian military calling back the troops as this ongoing fighting continues. it's important however to say that the majority of this fighting is around the strategic town as we have been reporting, this town that the separatists would take full control of it it

would give them a district rail link to russia. we were down there yesterday and certainly saw the rebels basically digging in and preparing for along the fight. we also heard incoming and outgoing shelling and spoke to separatists there who basically say they had though trust newinnewin ukraine army and blame ukrainians for breaking them. ukrainian military actually saying that five soldiers have been killed in the last 24 hours, another 12 wounded. the pull back of these weapons is obviously very important, it was supposed to start today and heavy weaponry was supposed to be pulled back to a maximum of 140 kilometers pending on the range and caliber of the weapons and it seems as if that is not going to happen now. now, if that doesn't happen it has huge implications for

maintaining this truce though it seems to be holding at the moment and set for around the town mainly but has implications for holding that truce and much bigger implications in terms of the wider peace process and some of the points that the very important points that we are going to try and bring peace, a long-term peace to this region. >> reporter: charles thank you very much that is charles stratford live for us in donetsk. still ahead on the program danish police arrest a man regarding a suspect shooting in copenhagen. and rio de janeiro switches on its party mode as carnival gets underway. ♪ >> america's first climate refugees >> this is probably a hurricane away from it being gone. >> who's to blame? >> 36% of land lost was caused

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♪ welcome back you are watching al jazeera live from doha reminder of top stories, egypt carried out air strikes in libya as part of a coordinated effort with libyan airforce both say they were targeting fighters affiliated with islamic state of iraq and lavonte, on sunday i.s.i.l. released a video showing the killing of 21 egyptian coptic christian but tripoli congress one of libya's two rival governments condemned air strikes and called them a breach of libya's sovereignty. and in ukraine both government troops and separatists say they won't pull back until a full ceasefire is implemented, shelling and martyr fire has

been heard and government says five soldiers have been killed in the last 48 hours. well the ceasefire in the east of ukraine has not stopped the eu from imposing new sanctions against people it says are undermining, ukraine's independence russia says it will respond adequately to new sanctions that target russian nationals and ukrainian separatists and rory has more from moscow. >> reporter: this is a list the eu has been working on a while now and announced it will be expanding the number of individuals and entities on the black list on february the 9th in response to the shelling of maripol at the beginning of the year which was considered to be a dangerous thing and needed a response and we have names on the people on the list and have to russian deputy defense ministers and we have two state duma members, a former singer who is known as the russian

frank sinatra and valarie and much of the cabinets that the self proclaims of luhansk republic and military entities and militia fighting the eastern and have names like somalia battalion and death battalion and a movement. the list has been greeted with a certain amount of consternation by people in the russian government saying it's not helpful to the implementation of the minsk peace agreement but also at least one person raskin decided this is a badge of honor and says he is quite proud to be on this new eu list. now to yemen and anti-coup leaders expressed disappointment at a u.n. resolution calling

them to hand back power, 15 members of security council demand houthis immediately withdraw from the capitol sanaa and did not allow for use of force something the countries in the gulf region have been pushing for and it's the first since the take over and called for houthi withdraw as well as return of weapons seized from the government and release of baha and under house arrests and further steps if the resolution is ignored. the resolution also calls for national dialog to resume but violence has broken out in the south of yemen, at least three people have been killed in the city of aiden. >> reporter: extremely disappointing is what several of the political parties opposed to the coup opposed to the houthis told us when we asked them their view about the u.n. security council resolution and say it

was very weak they say the fact it doesn't have the word coup in it is something that is very disappointing as far as their concern. their main issue is the u.n. resolution doesn't provide any sort of consequential action if the houthis don't adhere to it if they do not relinquish power and say it's nothing more than condemnation of the paragraph and add to this many of them have already expressed negative sentiment to u.n. to get all sides to agree on some power sharing and said they are losing trust quickly because the only thing that has been consistent throughout the u.n.-sponsored talks are the fact the houthis have been getting more and more powerful not only from a territory perspective but other ways and there has been clashes what are known as local popular

forces that were set up by president hadi prior to him being forced to resign to defend the southern regions from any possible houthi advance and members of the security services who it's understood are loyal to the houthis. so far it's the safest of the main cities but that could change if the situation here deteriorates further. >> reporter: denmark police say they arrested two people in connection with the shootings in koeb koeb -- copenhagen and shot and killed by police had a criminal record and nick spicer reports from copenhagen. >> reporter: the 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 has just shot through the window of a cafe where a debate on free speech is underway and police arrive quickly on the scene, the

gunman has fled leaving behind shocked and confused survivor one man died. on sunday police remained vigilant after what is described as their biggest operation in recents history, the prime minister thanked them that morning, saying it was time for the country to come together. >> translator: we are not in a fight between islam and the west this is not a battle between muslims and non-muslims it's based on freedom and a dark ideology. >> 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 attacks. 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 capitol the french president aided a voice to other foreign leaders expressing solidarity. >> translator: there is a denmark in 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. >> reporter: 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 at the synagogue where people have come to pay respects and the police presence is still strong and many here simply can't believe what has happened. >> really shocked about it and spent all night in the streets here and when we found out it happened like one hour after we

were here it was really personal for us. >> i'm very sad. very sad. and i hope that it won't influence us. >> reporter: leaders of denmark's muslim community expressed their grief as well condemning the attacks. there will be a ceremony of remembrance on monday to mark what happened to try to help people to move on if and however they can, nick spicer al jazeera copenhagen. sri lanka new president on the first official overseas trip to india and met indian prime minister modi and signed a pact on nuclear cooperation, both leaders spoke about boosting trade and resolving the longstanding issue of refugees living in india and left sri lanka during the 25-year sifl -- civil war and new deli is hoping the new sri lanka leader will

move closer to india and away from china and the predecessor, china provided more than $4 million to sri lanka mostly in the form of soft loans. this raised eyebrows in new deli which is nervous about beijing influence over neighbors, in march modi will be the first indian prime minister to make an official visit to sri lanka in more than 25 years and hoping to convince the country that its future lies with deli and not beijing. and we have more now on the sri lanka president visit from new deli. >> reporter: in many respects a visit from the president to india is all about china on the one hand they are saying india you are still an important part of our foreign policy and relationships in the region and will work with you as well as china and india is saying to sri lanka at the moment we would like to play a greater role and we would like you to come closer to the india as opposed to

moving to china and e have more in common with culture and religion as well as the trade and economic reasons to be closer to each other. both leaders from sri lanka and india agreed on a number of things from the nuclear deal to talk more about the fishing dispute, however, one things that seems to have been held way back from agenda is what to do with tens of thousands of refugees sri lanka refugees that currently live away and there is a new government in sri lanka and both sides looking at the future for refugees and many want to go home but say until uncertainty is resolved and what they going back to the situation is difficult for them and we have not heard much from city center and prime minister modi on the visit they hope for more concrete plans going forward when he visits columbo next

month. dancers and party goers taken to the streets of rio de janeiro marking the first day of the carnival parade as our latin america journalist reports. >> reporter: a view that took their breath away the moment they set eyes on rio de janeiro, although a lot has changed since the tropical sea side city was first founded 450 years ago, in the 1920s cococabana looked like this, today it's one of the world east most cosmopolitan beaches with luxury hotels and millions of visitors especially this year. coinciding with carnival rio de janeiro has begun celebrating the 450th birthday what is dubbed the marvelous city. >> 450th year has a reflection

about our history, and city and chance to revisit our culture and genuine traditions. >> reporter: although the first carnival dates back to the 1700s by the early 20th century samba and ball room parties were the rage. a far cry from today's outdoor parades that bring 2 million people on to the streets. the 450th birthday of rio de janeiro is the theme of carnival this year a time where people don't go to work and party and forget troubles and 4 1/2 centuries this party has grown in size and also problems and it was plagued by drug gangs, high murder rates and over crowding and public services and all this as it prepares to host the olympic games next year but they believe the games will help

transform the city. >> it was a landmark and city that became global after the games, rio wants to do the same. >> reporter: construction is underway every where you look to build a new metro and rapid bus system to the renewal of rio's once run down colonial port area improvements are causing major traffic congestion and inconveniences a sacrifice many welcome. >> translator: everything that helps to lift rio image is to be applauded and had a bad image for many years but it is improving. >> reporter: with authorities expecting nearly a million visitors in the next four days rio earned reputation as a city for mega events. but as it celebrates its birthday rio challenge is to overcome complex obstacles towards development without losing its unique flavor.

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