. >> egypt launches airstrikes on isil targets inside libya. international urges to take action. headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton. deadlock in ukraine. why they're refusing to pull back from the front line. >> in turkey a brutal murder of a young woman triggers days of protest by rights activists. and why new york wants to

crackdown on costume characters on one of its iconic neighborhoods. >> egyptian warplanes have carried out airstrikes in libya targeting positions against the islamic state in iraq and the levant in response to isil's beheading of 21 egyptian hostages on a beach. warning that some may find some image notice report distressing. >> reporter: the operation in libya visible for miles away the military says it was going after targets affiliated with isil, but these strikes damaged several buildings in a residential area. civilians were killed, including children. the air campaign took just hours after egypt's president warned

it would respond to the killing of 52 egyptians in libya. >> egyptian is not only defend itself but the whole region. egypt will react in the right time. >> egyptian fighter jet taking off before dawn. the operation was carried out in coordination with its air force. but in tripcally it is denouncing the attacks. >> we strongly condemn the egyptian offensive and deem it an offensive on the libyan sovereignty. we call on libyans to unite and end this critical situation. >> egypt's military has been running the campaign.

other nations are also concerned concerned. isil made a direct threat to italy in its latest video the country separated by a narrow strip of the mediterranean evacuation evacuated its embassy there. >> libya has been descending into chaos since the overthrow of muammar qaddafi two rival governments are compete forgive tour. there is the elected and internationally recognized government based in tibruk. it moved there by libyan fighters. general haftar is leading a fight against the libya dawn

militia. both libya dawn fighters and pro haftar forces are fighting for control of oil refineries in their bid to consolidate power. >> this may bring temporary relief in a way that the airstrikes on isis last week. but in a real sense airstrikes are not going to do much in the longer scheme of things. in affect, the problem of isis has been generating for a few decades, and the airstrikes over a few days is not going to bring strategy over the irrational enemy. it's in an interesting nexus point where you have local issues against factions. such as isis, and migrant flows from the libyan coast line and the european fear of isis.

in that respect it's a very dangerous time each side has its eyes on two very different targets on one hand, how to consolidate and get more power in libya. and on the other hand, how to stem the flow of security powers in europe. it can be seen from very different lights. on one hand libya dawn is seen as the old regime. on the other hand, operation dignity was much of the same. all the terrorists working together and it often distorts the image. at this stage isis is not on anybody's side. it's very much on its own side. if you look at the messaging it has. it's very apocalyptic and end of times. they want to look at this as islam versus the west and that's what we've been seeing over the last two decades. >> egypt and france are calling on the security double to come

up with new measures against isil. they are also talking about a new security field. let's talk about this with nadim barber. tell us the details. >> well, jane, first of all the security deal you're referring to egypt--france has agreed to sell egypt 24 fighter jets with missiles and freighter. this has been on the cards now. the manufacturer has been trying for many years to get a deal for sell. dozens of rafael fighter jets to india. that seems to have fallen apart. they've also been in talks

trying to sell planes to them. but this is a very big break through for the industry here. it is very important to egypt not only in terms of its industry but that it does not only rely on military support but it has been talking with russia's vladimir putin about strengthening trade deals between the two countries. it's looking for more partners, and i think this is very very good news in terms of president el-sisi who has been criticized outside and in france as well for his human rights record. he can say look at france, the country that cares about democracy and ruin rights etc. is willing to do a deal at this specific time with us. >> talk us through the phone call between hollande and sisi.

>> well, earlier the two presidents had this phone conversation with not only françois hollande expressed sympathy over the killing of egyptian hostages in libya but the two leaders called jointly for a meeting of the united nations security council an urgent meeting to discuss what the international community could be doing in libya in terms of further military action. egypt has acted already in the last few hours. france would like to see that built into some court of solis. remember france was so quick to call for a coalition in isil and syria. we'll see if those calls will be heeded. >> thank you nadim barber. >> in ukraine troops say they

will not pull back until a full cease-fire is implemented. the next cease-fire is for heavy weaponry and troops to be remove from the front line starting from midnight on monday. shelling and mortar fire in the key railway hub of debaltseve. we have more from donetsk. >> the ukraine army rejecting an offer by the separatests for soldiers to be given a safe corridor out of the embattled town of debaltseve. they have said that the debaltseve was not included in the minsk agreements. they aggravated they had every right to continue shelling there. this is something that was disputed by the ukrainian government. now saying that debaltseve is theirs. they said they were not in a position to start withdrawing heavy repry. today is the day that it's supposed to have started and completed within 14 days. the withdraw of heavy weaponry by the straightists and

ukrainian military. we see again the embattled town of debaltseve causing all sorts of problems and being the emcement of the latest attempt as a truce. >> fighters loyal to yemen's yemen take over government buildings. they come after they support hadi and say they were basing themselves in a move that the separatests rejected. they have parted all 15 security council members call for an made houthi withdraw from sanaa. its did not allow for the use of force. something that gulf countries and anti-coup leaders have been pushing for. the meeting on sunday was the first on yemen since the takeover. let's take a look at it in

detail. prime minister baha and members of the cabinet who are under house arrests. no angels will be applied but-- >> extremely disappointing that's what several of the political parties oppose the coup opposed to, when we asked them about their view about the u.n. security council. they say it was very week and weak and that fact that it does not have the words coup in it is disappointing as far as they're concerned. their main concern is that it does not provide any sort of consequential action if the houthis don't adhere to it, if they don't relinquish power. and then they say its nothing more than verbal condemnation to

the power grab. add to this that many have expressed negative sentiments towards the u.n. attempt to get all sides to agree on some power-sharing deal. they're losing trust quickly. the only thing that has been consistent throughout the u.n. talks is the fact that the houthies have been getting more and more powerful. not only from a territorial perspective but from a firepower point of view. clashes between local popular forces that were set up by president hadi, prior to him being forced to resign to defend the southern regions from possible houthi advance and members of the security services who it's understood are loyal to the houthies. angers den has been the safest of the cities but that may

change. >> more protests are expected after the murder of a young woman who allegedly resisted a bus drivers' attempt to rape her. the 20-year-old was found stabbed to death. the protests are not just in opposition to her murder but against the reports of rise in violence against women in the country. bernard smith reports from istanbul. >> she fought back against her attacker and that cost her life. police say the 20-year-old woman was the last passenger on a mini bus when the driver tried to raper before beater her to death with a crowbar. the brutality of the attacker shocked many people in the country. [ sobbing ] >> the daughters of turkey's president visited her mother to offer their support. >> she sacrificed herself to protect her honor.

i want him to be sentence with the heaviest penalty. my daughter did not deserve this. >> the mini bus driver, who the police say have confessed bears the scars of her resistence. with the help of his father and a friend, they cut off her hands, burned her corpse, and dumped it in a river bank in southern turkey. [ protests ] >> reporter: as details of the case spread over the country protests over 30 cities. >> the murder was the last straw. in other cases there have been excuses like she laughed on the phone or something. but in this case there is no excuse. >> the hashtag has been tweeted almost 3 million times since her murder on friday. the level of public engagement the government can't ignore. turkey's prime minister says the government will do more to protect the rights of women. this country's sliding down the

world economy forum's measure of women's equality with men. turkey is now 125th out of a list of 142 countries. her coffin was carried by women a notable break with custom. but on this day at this funeral with emotions raw there was no appetite for keeping traditions. bernard smith al jazeera, istanbul. >> two al jazeera journalists are bail after 411 days in bail in egypt. but their fight for justice is not over. they're still charged with can lewding with the banned muslim brotherhood. their retrial is set for february 23rd. peter greste was also charged but was released to australia. we have much more to come on the

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>> the top stories, egyptian warplanes have carried out airstrikes hitting positions held by fighters loyal to isil in libya. it is in response to the group's beheading of 21 egyptian hostages on the beach shown in a grizzly video released online. ukrainian spokesman says the

government rejects safe corridor out of debaltseve. fighters loyal to president hadi have taken over buildings in aden. three people have been killed in fights with security forces. the number of cases of ebola in west africa have risen. healthworks say the rise in guinea have been shot. liberia there have been three new cases and some schools have not reopen: >> this is the high school in the liberian capitol of monrovia. for many months it was closed but now it is now open. many health precautions have been put in place. but some students remain wary.

>> the number of infections in liberia have slowed markedly. president obama told an u.s. audience he believed the fight against ebola has moved to a different phase. >> we're here to mark a transition in our fight against this disease. not to declare mission accomplished but to mark a new transition. thanks to the hard work of our nearly 3,000 troops who deployed to west africa. logistics have been set up. ebola treatment centers have been built and 1500 health workers have been trained. >> the "world health organization" say the number of new cases have risen for the second week running. in guinea the number grew from 39 to 65. transmission of the virus is

widespread in sierra leone which had 75 new cases. health officials say many people are still not taking the proper precautions. >> unsafe burials are one of a number of practices that are probably still driving the problem. that is probably the most difficult one to address without a doubt. >> the west africa outbreak has infected nearly 23,000. and while things have improved in some places the outbreak is far from over. dominic kane, al jazeera. >> suspected al-shabab fighters have ambushed an africa union convoy in somalia. ten people died in the attack, including a number of ethiopian trips.

six central african heads of states have met to discuss boko haram. they are discussing strategies to fighting the armed group. they have spread beyond nigerian's borders into cameroon and chad. >> to denmark where the memorial is due to be held. nick spicer has more. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of the cafe cultural center where the remembrance will take place in the presence of the danish and swedish prime ministers. flags are flying at half mass across denmark today. they provided details about the alleged killer saying he was probably a loan wolf, and that

he had a back ground in gangs and had a violent past. the danish immediate are identified him as this man. he is said to have done some time in jail after knifing a man on a commuter train. he came out of jail two weeks ago. two men they say have assisted the suspect and they will be questioning these men about any possible links in a wider network. >> greece's government and its creditors are in talks in brussels. they must reach a deal on more funding by the end of the month

or greece will run out of money and face default on its death. prime minister stipras wants to renegotiate the loans. european creditors are insisting insisting that athens stick to earlier agreements and continue economic performance. japan pulled its way out of a recession late last year, but the pace of growth missed expectation. that has raised concerns about the third largest economy. the attempts to boost growth started badly after the increase of sales tax sending the economy into recession. at least five people have been injured after two explosion notice bangladeshi capitol of dakka. it was called by the opposition in a dispute over last year's elections. dozens of people have been killed in unrest since january. many activists have been arrested and others are in

hiding. we have more from dhaka. >> meet the man with more than 100 criminal cases filed against him. he is a senior organizing why the bankly dish nationalist party, or the bnp. his job is to protest for new elections in what has been an often violent campaign. with the charges piling up, jasin and many others like him have gone into hiding. almost none of our works. >> it's become hard for them to coordinate their campaign. they're afraid their phones may be tapped. instead, they rely on internet communication services. for most of 2014 yasin nali was

a constant presence at this court answering charges or calling for extensions of bail. now that he has gone into hiding he no longer comes here but there are a number of bnp activist who is are brought here every day. >> they are insisting thats bnp is engaging in violent activities. >> they say they're playing politics when they are harassing them. they're confessing and admitting that the leaders are also involved. >> but a lawyer for the opposition says that even his colleagues are targets now. >> many bnp lawyers get threatening phone calls or told not to take certain cases.

so even we lawyers do not feel safe now. >> now it's time for yasin to move for another safe house. it's all he can do to stay out of jail and keep fighting for the report to he pose the government. >> hundreds of flights have been canceled as a winter storm hit parts hit eastern part of united states. freezing temperatures and strong winds caused road blouse. boston is especially hard hit after it's fourth major snowstorm in two weeks. new york's time square is one of the world's most popular tourist' traction, tourist attraction. it was in an area once so seedy. >> it's known as the cross worlds of the world. it's not hard to understand why. on a bus which day almost half a million people pass through

times square. >> it's iconic. i love it here. i'm going to make everyone jealous at home. >> i want to experience what new york is all about. what better place than to see where the city never sleeps. >> all of this foot traffic is great for retailers. they have spent top dollar to have billboards and stores in the area. but not so much for others who live and work here. one in four were dissatisfied with the overcrowding and the presence of costume characters. a lot of people don't know how to walk. don't know that walking is a mode of transportation for all of us here in new york. so i find myself walking on the street whenever possible. >> some streets have been closed to traffic. but the move designed to make more room for pedestrians seems only to have attracted more of them. >> oh, yes definitely. ever since they finished construction and made it more

pedestrian-friendly it's gotten more crowded and more costume characters. >> the city now wants to regulate people who dress up as cartoon characters and take pictures with tourists. even sow, it's still more family friendly than it was in the 1970s and 80s. then the area was known for porn shops and drug dealers. it took effort to clean up the area and fill the sky scrapers with tenants. the challenge is to hold onto them with major tenants like publishing moving not. >> we have real challenges that grow out of our success, which is so many more people here that it gets very crowd: like any other popular tourist destination we have to make sure we stay fresh and keep taking care of the customer. >> it looks like the tourists are here to stay, and as long as

they don't block the sidewalks it's hoped that the business also remain, too. >> it is, indeed, an exciting place. that's the end of this bulletin. more news in half an hour's time. the headlines are coming up. china's one child policy has quoted controversy, from accusations of the state confiscating children, to forced abortions. today it is being blamed for a declining fertility rate and a major ge