>> this is al jazeera. >> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. this is the newshour. i'm jane dutton. coming up in the next 60 minutes, egypt launches a second round of air strikes on i.s.i.l. targets inside libya. deadlock in ukraine. why both sides in the conflict are refusing to pull back from the front line. no deal for now. greece rejects an opening eu offer. branding it absurd.

and why costume characteristics are cracked down in one of its iconic neighborhoods. but first to libya where egyptian jets have carried out air strikes hitting positions held by fighters allied to i.s.i.l. it's in response to the group's beheading of 21 egyptian hostages on a beach shown in a grizzly video released online. egypt's strikes which as you can see have caused devastation on the ground come at a time of deep crisis in libya. oftenon this news hour we'll look at how egypt's situation and spread of i.s.i.l.'s ideology with its slictly slickly produced videos fastly becoming a brand more and more groups are pledging allegiance to.

and then there is france, who just sealed a deal to sell rafael fighter jets. warning, viewers pay find some of the images in caroline malone's report distressing. >> the military says it was aiming at i.s.i.l. targets but the attack also killed civilians including a number of children. as well as damaging buildings in a residential area. fighters aligned with the general packed by the government in begish and cert. >> if there were any terrorist groups on the egyptian side and we were able to hit them we wouldn't hesitate to fight them. same applies for egypt. for groups commit such crimes, borders aren't going to be an

issue. >> the rival government has denounced the attacks. >> translator: this horrible assault on this terrorism that is been conducted by the egyptian military represents a violation of sovereignty in libya and is a clear breach of international law and the u.n. charter. >> the first air campaign happened just hours after egypt's leader warned it would respond to the killing of 21 egyptians in libya. the group of coptic christians had traveled to libya looking for work. a video was posted online showing this. deteriorated this, libya threatening egypt to the west as well. in one of its latest videos i.s.i.l. made a direct threat against italy only separated by

a narrow strip of the mediterranean sea. calling for actions by the united nations. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> jim walsh joins me from watertown near boston, massachusetts. welcome jim walsh. the fact that egypt went in so quickly. what is suggested by what is known about i.s.i.l. and the way it operates in libya possibly in that country for a long time but under another name? >> i think what you have in libya is sort of a fm conflict fundamental conflict that's been there a while and the government has faded away. this is going to continue to go on and whether the islamists affiliate with al qaeda today and i.s.i.l. tomorrow i don't think is that important.

i think the egyptian strikes strike me as cosmetic at best. they drop some bombs and look like they're fighting back. but i don't think that's going to change the game in libya and it sounds like it killed a bunch of civilians. >> you say i.s.i.l. is here to stay. is that because of, you just touched on it briefly because of the governments many of them corrupt, many of them weak? >> yes, this is a perfect example of that. libya's government is virtually nonexistent. i.s.i.l. can take advantage of that kind of power vacuum. we see at a in all these countries -- that in all these countries where the government is nonexistent or failing. the government is ten feet tall because of the beheadings but the fact of the matter is, they are not that strong not that cost but fighting against

governments that are oppressive and crups and corrupt and unpopular. if these governments had the support of their own residents. >> talk about brand i.s.i.l, who is positioning it and who is funding it, who is into it? >> well, i think i.s.i.l. benefits from the fact that right now it is the dominant party at the top of the pyramid among islamic extremists. , al qaeda once held that position now it's i.s.i.l. if you are an extremist who are you going to join up with? the most notorious and seemingly most effective.

i.s.i.l. is benefiting from that the group with reputation now i think they're benefiting unfortunately from the fact that these conflicts in the region increasingly seem sectarian. i that is to say putting -- >> i'm going to ask you if that's played into their hands if that provides them with many people who came to join them. >> absolutely. and i would say two different things. one, it leads to recruits but two and maybe more importantly jane, sunni tribes in all of these countries they are not necessarily enthusiastically pro-i.s.i.l. but if the government is so bad and if the government oppresses them they're going to be willing to look the other way or sort of stand and be silent in the face of i.s.i.l. taking territory. so part of it is sort of the extremists who join but i think the bigger problem is there's a big silence majority of sunnies and what they find is they would

welcome a foreign extremist more than they would their own government and that's a huge problem. >> good getting your thoughts, jim welsh, thank you very much. just hours after egypt sent air stieks to strike to libya they agreed to buy more war planes from france. nadim baba, what do we know about the deal? >> jane it's been signed the last few hours by the french foreign minister and his egyptian counterpart. include 24 rafael fighter jets state-of-the-art military planes. but they've had some difficulty in finding contracts overseas. in fact this is the first

foreign sales of rafaelless. the deal includes some missiles and a naval frigate. i think the deal the french have been trying for years to sell them to india and currently in talks with qatar and the united arab emirates. francois hollande is keen to stress that this would be boosting the defense industry in france protecting jobs which rely on the industry which is a very large industry but at the same time for egypt it's a very welcome move for egypt's military at a time when it's trying to seek new partnerships, from russia's president vladimir putin was in cairo last week for talks believed to be including possible new trade deals with cairo. egypt is coming under increasing criticism from washington, and

it's very aware of how reliant it is on the united states for its military aid. so i think this could be a sign that there are other people willing to do business with cairo. >> and the diplomatic push by egypt and france? >> well, interestingly just hours before that deal was signed, francois hollande the french president spoke to president sisi of egypt on the phone. it was quite an involved conversation, in which francois hollande expresses sympathy for the killing of those egyptian hostages in libya but also, it ended with both leaders issuing a call on the u.n. security council to meet urgently to talk about syria possibly over international military action there. francois hollande was very, very active in pushing this u.s. led coalition against i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria. now he seems to be wanting to do

the same in conjunction with egypt which has already start ed its own bombings over libya. there are concerns in europe, he is aware that there is a growing concern about returning jihadis wanting to start conflict here. >> thank you nadim. is. the government has rejected a proposal for pro-russian rebels to create a corridor outside of debaltseve. reporting from donetsk. charles stratford. >> around the town of debaltseve the shelling has continued. this ukrainian army checkpoint guards the main road into the town where several thousands ukrainian troops are encircled by separatists. >> the shelling does not stop and although putin says there is

a ceasefire it doesn't make any sense. you can see it for yourself, this position we're securing. they say a group of tanks is coming, have to run not much time left. >> reporter: at a separatist checkpoint, few miles away, they say they will keep shelling until they take the town. a strategic prize due to the railway station. >> you can hear for for yourself there is no ceasefire. all for the sake of the television cameras. in fact there's none. you can hear the fighting going on and the snipers working in the instance. >> reporter: the fighting in debaltseve is putting real pressure on the ceasefire. the ukrainian government says it will not withdraw the heavy weapons until it stops. that is meant to stop on tuesday. also rejecta separatist proposal for a separatist consider dor corridor

for a safe withdrawal. admitted fighting was a great concern. >> it was always clear that much remains to be done and i have always said there are no guarantees that what we are trying to do will succeed. it was an extremely difficult path. >> reporter: in russia, president putin met with his security cabinet. during his negotiations he made it clear he wanted debaltseve in separatist hands and urged ukrainians to lay down their arms. in some minds the fighting will continue until that happens. charles stratford ukrainian. >> more to come in the newshour. outrage in turkey over the brutal murder of a young woman treated days of protests. walking into a mine field how people in senegal are paying the price for decades of conflict. and we've really had our first upset at the contradict world

cup. the west indies have been humbled. greece's new government has rejected a draft bailout offer from the meeting in brussels. they must reach a new deal for funding by the end of the month. or greece will fall into default. greece wants to renegotiate the repayment terms of $275 billion loan. john siropolous what happened? >> reporter: hello jane. we just heard from the greek government a short while ago. it issued a terse statement saying some parties insistence on the greek government memorandum of austerity reforms that the previous governments

have agreed to but this leftist government has elected to change is unreasonable, unacceptable. the memorandum was taken off the table, following emergency meeting in brussels, those are calling it waste of their time. basically, both side are still sticking to their guns. wolfgang sheubler said he hadn't any grounds for optimism, hadn't seen any movement on the greek side. the french president francois hollande today also failing to deny a report that he apparently said a greek exit from the euro zone is something that europe is prepared for. the greek vice president saying, we are determined not to be treated as a debt colony.

the lines we presented as red will not be crossed. all sides came to the meeting today sticking to their guns, apparently not ready for a compromise. this is where we still are jane. >> right, clearly so much at stake. talk us through what you think is going to happen next. >> well, at the moment, as you know the greek government isn't allowed to sell more debt on the market. it's not allowed to issue more government bonds. its funding has been suspended because the greek side has said it no longer wants to cooperate with its bailout program. so the funding program is over. the greek government only has tax revenues, in order to live off, at the moment. and sooner or later, those will not be sufficient for it. both to sustain public sector salaries shoring up the pension system at home and also servicing the debt to creditors overseas. there is a financial siege at

its expense. the greek banking system at the moment is kept liquid by the ecb, the european central bank but the european central bank will review later this week how much the ceiling on the liquidity it is willing to provide to the greek bank. if the ecb will decide to lower that ceiling that will be more pressure levied on the greek government. we still don't know whether there will be another emergency euro group meeting another opportunity for the two sides to come together and try to find common ground. >> john for now greece's new government has rejected that draft bailout offer. fighters loyal to yemen after hadi's loyalists fight

with security officers. meanwhile the u.n. security council has passed a u.n. resolution calling on houthi rebels to give up power. they gave up power in september. all 15 security council members called for an immediate houthi withdrawal from sanaa but the resolution didn't allow for the use of force. something governments and anti-coup leaders have been calling for. first on yemen since the takeover. let's stay a detailed look now. it's calling for the houthi withdrawal along with weapons seized from the government, cautioncalls for the release of hadi and other members of the government under house arrest. the text warns of further steps if the resolution is ignored.

from aden. >> opposed to the houthis their view about the u.n. security council resolution. they say it was very weak, the fact that it doesn't even have the word coup in it is something very i disappointing as far as they're concerned. the main issue is the u.n. resolution doesn't provide any source of consequential action. if they don't relinquish power and therefore, it is nothing more than verbal condemnation of the paragraph. add to this that many of them have already expressed negative sentiment towards the u.n.'s attempt to try and get all sides on some sort of power sharing deal. they've already said they are losing trust quickly with jamal al bena, since the houthis have been getting more and more powerful, not only from a

territorial perspective but from a fire power way. there have been clashes between what are known as local popular forces that were set up by president hadi prior to him having to resign to defend the southern regions from any possible houthi advance and members of the security services who it is understood are loyal to the houthis. aden so far has been the safest of the local cities but that could change if the situation deteriorates further. the measured murder of a young woman 20-year-old found stab to debt in the city of messin. bernard smith reports from the city of 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 rape her before beating her to death with a crowbar. the brutality of the attack shocked many people in this country. the daughters of turkey's president visited her mother to offer their support. >> she sacrificed herself to protect her honor. i want them to be sentenced with the heaviest penalty. my daughter didn't deserve this. >> reporter: the mini bus driver who police say has confessed bears the scars of her resistance. with the help of his father they cut off her hands burned her and dumped her in a riverbed in southern turkey. as details spread over the

country in the weekend women protested in more than 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 her case there is no excuse. >> the hashtag osgujan has been tweeted thousands of times. turkey's vice president sis the government will do more to protect the rights of women. this country's sliding down the word economic forum's measure of women's equality with men. turkey is now 125 out of a list of 142 countries. her coffin was carried by women and 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. at least five people have been injured after two explosions in the bangladesh capital. dozens of of people have been killed in unrest since january. many activists have been arrested an others are in hiding. boko haram has issued new threats to countries bordering nigeria. the group warned it is ready to carry out more attacks on niger and chad including suicide bombings. earlier six central african heads of state met in cameroon for security tacks on boko haram. they are hoping for better strategies to fight the armed group. suspected al shabaab fighters have marooned a convoy, including a number of ethiopiaian troops. carried out revenge attacks on

civilians in nearby villages. the number of new cases of ebola in west africa has risen. rise in guinea has been rather sharp. only three new cases in liberia. >> many months it was closed during the ebola outbreak. but as of monday it is now open. many health precautions have been put in place. but some students remain wary. the number of new ebola infections in liberia has slowed markedly. just last week president barack obama told an audience he

believed the fight against ebola had moved into a different face. >> we're also here to mark a transition in our fight against this disease. not to declare mission accomplished but to mark a transition. thanks to the hard work of our nearly 3,000 troops who deployed to west africa, loijts have been set up, ebola treatment units have been set up. health workers have been trained. if but the world health organization says the number of new cases has risen for the second week running. in guinea the number grew from 39 to 65. transmission of the virus is also still 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 ebola outbreak has you now killed more than 9,000 people and infected nearly 23,000. and while things have improved in some places, the outbreak is far from over. dominic kane, al jazeera. stray with us on the newshour. still to come: armed smugglers threaten italy's coast guard with kalashnikov. kalashnikovs. and africa's population crisis. and robin will be here with the sports action later this hour. hour.

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in retaliation to 21 egyptians being beheaded, video online. >> troops out of debaltseve. the town has been the focus of heavy fighting despite a ceasefire deal. talks between greece and its creditors have ended early. after rejection of the deal. greece will run out of money and face default on its debts unless an agreement is found. returning to our top story and the emergence of i.s.i.l. backed fighters. at the root of a turmoil is a political crisis in which two rival governments are vying for power. mohamed al sala takes a look.

>> reporter: different ideologies and they are backed by competing government. self declared libyan national army since may last year he waged a war on what he said were terrorists from the wider council in eastern libya. he is backed by powerful militia and accused of being infill trade by members of the former regime led by moammar gadhafi. replacing the general national congress which had been elected two years earlier. after weeks of infighting the gnc refused to disband and accused haftar of staging a coup. fighters known as the shield of libya loyal to the gnc forced the new parliament out of the capital. elected politicians then relocated to the eastern city of

tobruk and formed a cabinet there. dawn of libya force he, made up of thousands of well armed former rebels. those forces became loyal to the gnc and its own government.in november the supreme constitution called the annulment of the new parliament in tobruk. pushing for a power-sharing deal to end the crisis. now groups claiming allegiance with i.s.i.l. are stepping up into an already clouded battle ground. and the wider regional clash of interests and the proxy wars are only making that mess worse. the internal and regional clash is likely to go on for some time and libya four years after colonel moammar gadhafi was forced out of office and killed is nowhere stable and clear.

al jazeera. tripply based institute a think tank institute focusing on libya issues. he says things aren't likely to change much on the ground. >> this may provide temporary relief but in a real sense a few air strikes is not going to do much in the longest scheme of things and in effect the problem of i.s.i.s. has been generated over decades and the problem of air strikes will not provide much of a relief or strategy against an irrational enemy. libya is at a very interesting kind of nexus point where you have issues, and international uses migrant flows from the libyan coastline plus the european union fear of i.s.i.s and very very different targets, on the one hand how do i consolidate power or get more

power in libya, on the other hand how about how do i get the power that is there and they wants to view it as it's the old regime. on the other hand, operation dignity wants to view this as much of the same all the terrorists working together. and it really obfuscates and distorts the image. it's very, very much on its own side and very apop lip tick. end of times. they don't want to be looking at libya at the end of times but class civilizations. >> the grain crisis in libya is threatening to push thousands of more migrants into boats to escape to europe. in the latest incident the italian coast guard was

threatened near the land of lampedusa where more than 2,000 migrants have been taken. claudio levanga reports. >> perilous journey through stormy seas. many from subsaharan africa left libya on ten boats on sunday. a group of men armed with kalashnikovs threatened. warned them to leave the boat but remain behind. make rants attempts to make the journey to europe, on rickety boats during the difficult winter season. 5,000 have now been rescued since the start of the year, hundreds more have lost their lives trying. italian authorities have warned this as many of 200,000 migrants

are in libya ready to set sail for europe. four fold increase on previous years. with this new wave of violence in libya there are fears that even more people will attempt to escape and that fighters will try to reach italy and europe disguised as migrants. something italian authorities say they need wider european help to prevent claudio levanga acknowledge al jazeera rome. prime ministers of denmark and sweden are expected to take part, nick spicer has more from copenhagen. >> i'm standing in front of the cafe and cultural center where in a few hours a ceremony will take place danish and swedish prime ministers flags are flying half-mast across denmark today. details about the alleged killer

saying he was probably a lone wolf and that he had a background in gangs and had a violent past. the danish media isn't identifying him as this man omar abdel hamid hugh saip, hussein a 22-year-old born in denmark done time in jail after knifing a man on a commuter train. he came out of hiding two weeks ago, two men they say have assisted the suspect by sheltering him between two attacks, the second having taken place on a synagogue, an attack which killed the second man and they will be questioning these men for more details about any possible links in a wider network. >> in france five teenagers have been detained in connection with the desecration of more than 200 graves at a jewish cemetery. the cemetery is located in the

northeastern town of sare union. aged 15 to 17 years. took them into custody after one of the boys turned themselves in. don't have criminal backgrounds and denying antisemitism was part of their motive. government and rebels accuse each other of planning land mine estimated to cover a thousand kilometers of land. neither side wants to remove them. >> too afraid to step onto his own land. charles was farming these fields when he stepped on a land mine and lost his leg. ten years after it happened he's still in shock. >> translator: i feel inferior and less of a man. i can't support my family. i'm useless to others and we're

hungry. >> he no longer tends to these fields nor does anyone, in fear ever mines. neither side will admit to using land mines so no one knows how many there are. until 2012 a group called handicap international was working to clear then but since the peace negotiations stalled no one is funding them, and no one is clearing mines anymore. >> translator: international funders have turned their back on this problem. the demining can't take place. >> since then others have died or lost limbs. >> there is no real peace until we can safely access and work on our lands. >> the senegalese government

says a region is mined much of it is agricultural land. people here grow vegetables, peanuts and rice. it is a precious fertile land in a country that has so little of it and struggles to feed its own people. last year the president announced plans to grow enough rice by 2017. >> the senegal region around the river is crucial for us to meet our genome to be self-sufficient in rice because we have the potential to double our production. >> reporter: that's given people like him hope. he sees rice paddies ready to be sown. >> population aging and last year birth rates dropped to their lowest level on record. that's prompted the government

to offer special incentives to families. >> 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. >> all my daughters in laws are working so if i go to their place it becomes bothersome to all of us. so it's better for all of us. >> kim says the youngsters cook dinner every day. the men eat in a separate room. they share comradeship but a sense that their village is in a

case of terminal decline. >> translator: my kids have a nice house in the city. why would they want to come here and visit a shabby house. >> even in the more urban areas the quarter of the population is above 65. this is the fastest aging place in south korea. the local government provides social care for those living alone bit at budget-fraying cost. >> it is a problem. age is catching up in the cities as well as the rural areas. >> the government has increased its baby bonus to more than $900 this year with educational assistance on top. the local officials admit it's more of a symbolic issue than a realistic cure. >> there is recognition here of the toll of raising children in

this competitive competitive society. >> it's both physical and economically difficult that's why there's such a low birth rate. >> south korea amounts birth rate is among the world's lowest. this county may seem like a relic of south korea's past but it may also offer a window on its future. harry fawcett, al jazeera. south korea. >> stay with us in sports. 24 hours after a ski jump record is set we'll tell you how it was broken again. again.

>> the tiger and leopard are of the most under threat from poachers but a new national park has been created to help protect them. nick clark reports from flad vladivostok in russia. >> you wouldn't think cold like this could sustain a forest where tigers live but it does. forester bri millikofski tells me why. >> this is what they are after. korean pine cones. full of oil and nuts that they

will live on all winter. >> the korean pine is taken care of too. the siberian tiger numbers have drastically increased from near extinction numbers to more than 500 today but there are still problems. assisted in the confiscation of more than 100 tiger pelts worth $50,000 each. >> here one man was responsible for eight tiger skins. this one was a cub clubbed to death, just terrible. >> it's been a big problem for police and it's not just tiger skins. these are the paws of bears killed in russian forests all heading to markets in southeast asia particularly china. and then in another part of the province there is the far eastern leopard. hunterred to near extinction, the world's rarest big cat.

there are now 50 in the wild and that is an improvement. a park has now been designated for them, the so-called land of the leopard. they share their space with about ten amil tigers. every death has to be investigated. investigating the remains of a leopard, unfortunately caused by a leopard. >> it is a rare case, it's such a rare animal but you can't influence nature. >> in clear view of the metropolis of vladivostok. what's descroord to extraordinary to think what they're looking at is the area of the most rare animals in

the world. nick clark vladivostok russian. >> lance armstrong has lost a lawsuit against a promotions firm ordered to pay $10 million. he was paid $7.5 million from sca promotions company by winning the tour de france ten times. >> what lance armstrong has suffered for his cycling career and his reputation, what is going to happen with the finances? what kind of money he's going to need to pay back over the next few months and years how much that total will be, where it will all end up for lance armstrong. this is significant. $10 million from sca promotions.

we have constantly heard lance armstrong going on the attack effectively bullied companies that he was up against financially. that's what he was able to do initially, a decade ago managed to win a legal case against him. but what was subsequent shown is that he had lied in court under oath. he said when being asked about drug use in his tour de france victories seven between 1997 and 2005, i raced the bike straight up fair and square. that was of course shown to be untrue. he's been given a lifetime ban by the united states antidoping association, and that's what sca did to come back and demand their money back. they are trying oget more money back against him others too. he ising defending himself in a

lawsuit that could cost him $100 million. still so much turbulence for arrangements. co-host new zealand are getting ready to play scotland. already registered to win scotland confident their young and relatively inexperienced squad are up to the challenge however. >> we've had a great buildup. we've been lucky enough to be afforded a number of training opportunities to be prepared for this world cup. it is a skilled side. i know the black cats are playing well and they are an outstanding fielding team themselves. we have quality players on this team. >> and first shock of the tournament the west indies, the challenging winning by four

wickets. >> two time champions the which is indies. irishmen made early inroads. won out for a duck. star player chris gail could only manage 36 in the match. he was called out by kevin o'brien. west indies did recover. highest score by a number 7 batsman in a world cup. he put on a 154 run stand with lendel simmons. a century as the indies scored 304 to 7. in reply ed joyce hits 84 for ireland. man of the match paul sterling struck three 6s, throwing eighth short of a tong.

win by four wickets. >> upsets anything, i don't think it's, i don't see anything why a team has to be an associate or full member. like it's not that. >> it's tough you know, we've not been playing the brunt of cricket that allows us to win matches. >> it is the fifth successful trace of over 300 runs in history and three of them have been by ireland. >> it's the fourth time ireland had beat a test-playing nation in the world cup. made their first appearance in 2012, st. patrick's day talk about the luck of the irish. 74 runs in barbados, highest run

chase in world cup by scoring 379 to 7 in india this time defeating the west indies in new zealand. lebron james last surpassed, plain for eastern conference this time against the west on sunday, 263rd career point, 17 behind kobe bryant on that list. james effort unrewarded, western conference to 163 to 158 win. >> you never want to take no gains for granted especially an all-star game. to enjoy your talents. i'm blessed to fight a game i love and definitely happy we got to win. >> don't get no better, to be able to represent my team and remit this league at the highest

level, it means everything. >> the ski jumping world record has been broken for a second day in a row. now less than 24 hours after peter clevits became the first person to jump 220 meters, norway's candidate broke it, his jump of 251.5 meters stunned his home crowd. incredibly enough for him to win the event. a poor second jump saw him finish second behind severund fruud. just how far 250 meters is in terms of a ski jump. to give you a sense of the distance it's the equivalent to of jumping the length of two and a half football pitches that's quite far actually.

imagine falling over four boeing 787 dreamliners and landing safely on the odor side. for those who live in london and have been to the city will know it's hard to imagine as you never get those many buses on a london street at any given time. that is all. i'll leave you from sports. >> some 50 million visitors a year new york's times square is the most popular once so seedy even new yorkers avoided it. bust as kristin saloomey reports. >> it's iconic. i love it here. i want to make everyone jealous

back home. >> experience what new york is all about. what about the city that never never sleeps. >> not so much for those who live and work here. a reernt survey recent survey found that one in four were disappointed by overcrowding. >> 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 only seems to have attracted more of them. >> oh yeah, definitely. ever since they finished construction and making it more pedestrian-friendly it's gotten more crowded and more costume

characters. >> the city wants to regulate those who pose in cost costumes. in the a.m. 70s and '80s the area was known for porn shops pursuits and drug dealers. it took concerted efforts by city officials to clean up the area and fill new skyscrapers with tenants. the challenge now is to hold onto them can major tenants like conde nast publishing moving out. >> like any popular tourist destination we need to make sure we stay fresh and we keep taking care of the customer. >> it looks like the tourist is here to stay and as long as they don't block the sidewalk it's hoped that the businesses twiel.

kristin saloomey. new york. circulate. >> that's it for us. thank you very much for watching.

libya's tripoli based government condemns egypt's air strikes on i.s.i.l. targets. i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. greece rejects the eu's opening bailout offer as disappointing and absurd. ceasefire continues to be broken in the railway town of debaltseve. cd responds to top tourist attraction.