. >> hours before a u.n. emergency meeting egypt launches a diplomatic offensive for a joint coalition against i.s.i.l. welcome to al jazeera, i'm live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, hope for peace in syria. the government offers to suspend air strikes on aleppo a ceasefire rages on in eastern ukraine for the control of rail hub debaltseve and muslim backlash after

the copenhagen shooting western powers are calling for a political solution to the spiralling violence in libya as u.n. seeks a u.n.-backed commission. the u.n. security council will meet on wednesday to discuss a proposal for an international coalition to fight the islamic state of iraq and levant in libya. fighters allied to the legally installed tripoli government say they are heading from misrata to the city aiming to tackle groups affiliated to i.s.i.l. and rejected calls for intervention. egypt wants to strike further in retaliation for the killing of coptic christians, its air force has bombed targets. the foreign minister was the the u.n. headquarters lobbying for

support and spoke to james bays diplomatic editor. >> the foreign minister of egypt, with ban ki-moon, hours after his boss hinted at the u.n. backed military intervention led by his country. after a meeting with his ambassadors, which including samantha power. they clarified what they wanted limiting it to support for the government. >> is there possibility for international troops on the ground, should that be under consideration. >> i think all measures should be under scrutiny to decide what is the best course of action. i will not prejudge or jump to conclusions. it is up to us to forge a collective understanding and

commitment that should not exclude any form of support for the legitimate government it's thought the u.n. security council will meet to here a presentation by foreign minister on wednesday. other ambassadors, including those fighting i.s.i.l. say the egyptian proposal is worth examine, but national law must be followed. >> it's not an issue of egypt alone. it's more than egypt, it requires a security process. >> for now egypt is going down the u.n. route, but the national law is something that president abdul fatah al-sisi ignored in the past. he ordered bombings in libya on a number of occasions included in recent days with no u.n. authorisation at all egypt says the air strikes

hit camps of i.s.i.l. affiliated groups. these are pictures showing the aftermath at a hospital there. eight civilians were killed including three children. >> translation: there was no military preps, just families a mother and her children were killed. a gentleman was killed. about eight were killed in the neighbourhood. four were injured. a u.n. envoy to syria assess the syrian government is prepare to suspend bombardments to aleppo. it was between the east and the west. the move has been described as a glimmer of hope towards ending the conflict. >> the government of syria indicated to me its willingness to halt all aerial bombing.

all aerial bombing. all sorts, all types of aerial bombing. and artillery shelling for a period of six weeks. all over the city of aleppo. from a date which we will be announcing from damascus. i plan therefore, to proceed to both damascus and hopefully to aleppo as soon as possible. >> the u.s. is accusing russia of violating the minsk agreement last week on a ceasefire in eastern ukraine, and the council as endorsed a draft resolution calling for both troops and government to stop the fighting. the fighting conditions in and around the town of debaltseve. paul brennan reports. >> reporter: near debaltseve there's no truce. as the fighting continues, stray shells is a constant threat.

this is what happens. a spectacular explosion that injured the camera crew. tuesday was supposed to see the start of withdrawal of such artillery and heavy weaponry both sides say until the ceasefire takes hold the big guns remain at the front line. on the outskirts, separatist artillery use the firing area to target troops. now that battle is over it's not clear whether the grab launches and artillery mooved back or elsewhere. outside the town of debaltseve, there's a unit of separatist artillery. this is within the withdrawal lines agreed at minsk. the separatists insist ukranian troops would never be allowed to keep the towns for themselves. >> translation: when the ceasefire was announced it was clear the debaltseve instrument would not be lifted. it was clear we'd push until the

end. once you start a big operation like this, you should finish it. >> both sides threw everything they can in a battle to win it. these were in a village, 10 minutes from town. they insist the road was unblocked. tuesday russian television aired footage of dozens of captured soldiers amid claim and counterclaim both accepting that it is a close quarters street-by-street battle. what price the withdrawal of artillery in these circumstances. >> these guns aimed at the town are not pulling back soon. they've received no orders to do so and the soldiers are reluctant to do so. unless they do the peace in east ukraine stands no chance at all at the united nations, u.s. and russian ambassadors blamed

each other for the continued fighting despite the ceasefire. >> we have gotten used to living in an upside down world with respect to ukraine. russia speaks of peace, and fuels conflict. russia signs agreements and does everything within its power to undermine them. russia champions the sovereignty of nations and acts as if the neighbour's borders do not exist. for those of us growing accustomed to living in an upside down world. there's a resolution tabled calling for peaceful solution is ironic to say the least. >> translation: a statement i couldn't help - talking of the upside down world, it stuck out. she accused russia of starting the crisis did we dople the illegally elected president.

a year ago, russia called for a bloodless political solution. the leader of boko haram is vowing to disrupt the presidential election in nigeria. the announcement follows a fatal attack on an opposition rally in the southern town in the river state. the election was supposed to take place last week but was postponed following more boko haram attacks. >> a united nations report from afghanistan found a number of civilians killed last year has risen by a fourth compared to 2014. a report states that it many were killed last year and 6, 849 civilians were injured. ground engagements is a major factor and was the biggest killer of afghan women and children last year. the u.n. observed an increase in human rights violations, and said that the traitors largely

operated with impunity. let's cross to nicole johnson. explain to us why has there been an increase in the number of civilian casualties last year. >> there's a few different reasons. one reason is there's an increase in the number of high explosive weapons used in combat. we are talking about mortars, rockets and grenades. their u.n. report also found that there'd been an increased use of i.e.d.s, improvised devices, cheap, locally made weapons, but as you said in the introduction the main reason for the increase of civilian casualties has been this widening. ground offensive. the u.n. puts that down to the withdrawal of foreign forces from afghanistan. that meant that afghan security forces don't have the air cover

that they had in the past so that the ground combat has expanded across a wider area and is going on for m longer and has been carried out for major centers, and that's why civilians have been caught up in the fighting. some other statistics that came out of the support - the number of casualties for women increased in 12 months by about 40%, and for children it's over 20%. >> nicole that being the case what is the level of optimism that afghan forces will be able to thwart taliban attacks this year. >> speaking to people in the streets in afghanistan and in the hospital we visited in kabul, there's not a lot of optimism, and the main reason for that is the foreign forces withdrawal in 2014. there were about 130,000 foreign troops here by the end of this year it will be down to 10,000

most will be confined to bases. that leaves the afghan security forces to confront the taliban largely on their own. we are hearing about attacks by the taliban every day. tuesday, a bold attack by the taliban in logar province 20 police men were killed. when four attackers entered the headquarters, shows how emboldened the afghanistanis are. a campaign has started in helmand province and kandahar. earlier than the spring offensive once the winter is over. seems the government is trying to get the jump on the taliban. fighting has started down there. there's not a great deal of optimism that the situation will be better. most people we poke to said they expect, if anything that it

will be worse still to come on the programme, the european capital where vladimir putin gets a warm welcome. we'll have more on the new-found friendship with hungary. bringing in the year of the street. we cross to where millions of chinese celebrate the new year.

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egyptian proposal for an international coalition to fight i.s.i.l. in libya. they have been attacking targets in libya. the attacks killed civilians, including children in douma the u.n. envoy to syria says the syrian government is willing to suspend aerial bombardment over aleppo part of a proposed plan. the city is divided between the rebel controlled east and the government-held west there has been a 25% increase in the numbers of civilians killed in violence in afghanistan, compared to 2013. the taliban and other armed groups are believed to have ramped up attacks in the lead up to withdrawal of combat troops at the end of last year a 3-day summit is underway in washington d.c. to stop young people being recruited. it's designed to prevent young

u.s. citizens joining i.s.i.l. in syria and iraq. >> reporter: what this woman fled somalia, her only goal was to raise her family away from conflict. she worries that her children are being targeted by i.s.i.l. recruitment videos. >> we as a community are vulnerable because we have enemy, and i don't recall anything other than enemy waiting for the kids. >> reporter: the fear that children in the community would leave is real. that's because since july 7th people have left and travelled to syria and been charged with crimes related to their involvement with i.s.i.l. the obama administration launched a pilot programme here and in boston and los angeles. it's to stop the recruitment of at-risk youth.

the u.s. attorney for minnesota said it will address high unemployment poverty that made young people feel isolated and vulnerable. >> there's a feeling of identity crisis. am i somali minnesotan, american. there's a sense of isolation. the community wants to address it. we are there it help. >> reporter: the programme has critics, feeling it will lead to mass surveillances in the past. teenagers in 2008 were recruited. but a government programme designed to help them was used to gather intel. >> they were initiating what appeared to be community outreach from the outside, but in their internal documents they made clear that a purpose of this outreach was to collect in fact about the community. >> after holding dozens of meetings andy said this programme is different.

>> we do have a problem. we want to solve it the community wants to solve it we're going to do it together. >> community members say they are optimistic but skeptical. >> it makes me sad to share the label, where the bad guys do what they want to do and get away and we are the ones that will get there. the label sticks. >> and she says as long as there's stigma there'll be suspicion about government-run programs. even one leaders claim are meant to project young people like her children the shootings in copenhagen on saturday led to denmark questioning their place in the country, danish media identified a gunmen who killed two people. the attacks exposed fractures in

the relationship denmark has with its community. nick spicer reports. >> on tuesday, a minute of silence in parliament. on monday - 30,000 dans gathered at the -- danes gathered at the site of the first attack. the absence of muslim leaders had some in the crowd asking questions. imran hussain is a community member and activist. >> somehow we are not part of the ceremony. that's not unification of the population. >> the attacks have muslims asking more questions. a lot of friends discussed should we send children to school. do they have to defend anything. how will people react to all of this? >> the big area in copenhagen brings together muslims. this man from a moroccan institute says the muslim community condemns the attacks,

but they are a test. >> translation: we need to focus on cooperation between the society and the community. we need to be more proactive, but there are political parties not doing this. >> reporter: in this shocked nation there's a rally around the leader that some commentators say the government might exploit by calling early elections, if she does that it could benefit her party, and the danish people. decorum dictates politician not for now. they face a new challenge. >> it's difficult, you have persons included in gang activities being terrorists. this cocktail is very - it's a very big problem for society. it means that they have access to weapons, for example. >> the police investigation into the killers suggest that he was

a lone wolf. many of denmark's muslims feel he's treated as if he is not the only one to bear blame. >> russia's president has been show showing a new found friend. vladimir putin signed economic deals in hungary. we have this report. >> reporter: vladimir putin is not welcome at some european capitals. in budapest he was treated like an old friend. the prime minister hailed the visit as a success for hungry. the two reached agreement on gas and other deals. vladimir putin hinted if only hungary was willing, more cheap gas could come their way. we can use the agreement to join hungary with serbia and other

partners. >> this visit is not unnoticed. there are critical voices saying that victor is talking to the young guy. vladimir putin had more officials sanctioned by the e.u. over ukraine. the argument goes that he is trying to tie countries like hungary into dependency, energy dependency, it's a strategy to divide europe. to make that point, 2,000 people protested on the eve of the visit to show solidarity with ukraine. hungary's disrupted gas supplied to its neighbour. they were unhappy about orban's domestic policies. >> becoming friends with vladimir putin, taking on his idea vladimir putin shows that why the u.n. is looking for a

unified front, he's still having allies in europe and hungary's government says it's doing what it wants to hungary greece's prime minister alexis tsipras declared that his government will not succumb to blackmail in its dispute with the eurozone. european ministers have given them to the end of the week or risk being forced out of the euro. the prime minister of greece said he will not be forced to a bad deal. >> napsie pelosi is leading a group for talks, hoping progress will be made on restoring diplomatic ties. >> the president announced plans to normal its relations two months ago.

>> two al jazeera journalists sat on bail after spending 211 days of gaol in egypt. the fight for justice is not over. mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still charged with colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood. a previous conviction was thrown out and a retrial set for february the third. they called on the court. bangladesh's war crimes tribunal sentenced another person from a party to death. previous rulings led to clashes. we are joined from dhaka. there has been goings in bangladesh. is it fuelling unrest? >> not many people in the international community have sentenced men yesterday. he played an important role in

making it a big islamic party. and in the past the death sentences handed out. we have seen a lot of violence across the country. whether that would be the case today, it's the intensity of opposition protests they have gone down compared to 2013, and compared to recent weeks as well. that's because, partly because a lot of supporters of jemaah islamiyah is in gaol many dead. there's a lot of - tuesday, two supporters were killed in shoot outs with the security forces and jemaah says there are extrajudicial killings of activists. the government says that police are trying to apprehend them back to the engagement and end

up acting in self-defence. either way, a large number of supporters are dead. >> international groups accused the court of not being independent. is this a group shared by other bangladeshis as well? >> there's quite a big divide in the country in terms of the fairness of the tribunal. a report recently came out by jeffrey robinson the british lawyer, criticizing the tribunal along the grounds of preparation time given to the opposition council, in terms of the number of - restrictions on the number of witnesses they are able to call. in terms of political meddling with the judge's verdict. and these are views shared by a large portion of the bangladeshi government. however, a big number of people

do support the war crimes trial, and they do see - they question whether - how independent the support can be. given that it was commissioned by lobbyists. >> thank you. speaking to us from dhaka chinese around the world are preparing to usher in the year of sheep. some 3 billion are expected to leave the capital to make the trip home. adrian brown reports on the exodus. >> you need to be patient when you travel in china, especially at this time of year when it becomes a country in motion. it's part of the world's annual migration. it will take 25 million workers happy to see their children for the first time in a year. for many it is tinged with uncertainty, factory workers worry that the slowdown in the economy is far from over. some are not returning.

>> translation: i will never come back to the city to work in my life. it's meaningless. we come far away trying to earn a higher salary everything is expense i. nothing is left. >> the shinees place importance on the zodiac calendar. there's a debate whether it's sheep at all. since they use the same word for sheep and goat. of all the signs, this is recorded as the least desirable. the coat and sheep are seen as meet creatures, followers and not leaders, not a good year in which to be born which is why hospitals are expecting fewer birth this year. >> probably about 20% drop. if i see women talking to them they say they are going to skip the year of sheep and have their baby the year after. >> whether he's superstation or not.

there's no denying the celebration. skis are clear and blew. for many that's the best knew year's gift of all. >> a reminder you can keep up to date with the latest on the website at aljazeera.com. on "america tonight" - detention. >> what was your role in september 11th. >> i didn't participate in september 11th. >> a public reading of "the guantanamo diary." and how sharif is one of 119 detainees told in a senate report. much of the harsh treatment