libya's u.n. recognized government asks the security council to lift an arms embargo to help it fight isil. ♪ ♪ you are watching al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up. thousands of argentinians brave the rain to demand justice one month after the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman. journalists or blackmailers? reporters in cambodia accused of demanding bribes to cover up crimes. plus. >> reporter: this is for you guys in cairo. [cheering and applause]

>> britain's royal television society honors the three al jazerra journalists who journalists who were jailed in egypt. ♪ ♪ hello. libya's u.n. recognized government has asked the security council to lift an arms embargo to fight against isil and other armed groups. diplomats from egypt and libya address the u.n. during an emergency session with proposals to stop the decent in to chaos. the arms embargo was imposed by the u.n. in 2011 to protect civilians from libya's former leader muammar qaddafi. libya's for minnesotaster has appealed to international help to rebuild the arm. and libya is asking for blockades to step weapons shipment from the fighters. but the councilmembers seem cautious about army libya our diplomatic editor james bays

explains. >> reporter: egyptian foreign minister came to the united nations spend to go two days to to lobby diplomats on the country's initiative. at first try to persuade them on president sisi's idea that there should be a military intervention in libya. led by egypt backed by the united nations. he later watered down that plan, told the security council he wanted an arms embargo on all but one of the government's in libya, the government in at that brook he also wanted authorization for support by countries for that government. by that, he meant authorization for egypt's ongoing air strikes. it doesn't look like the security council will support any of those ideas but the foreign minister denied his mission had not been a success. >> it is not our success that is on the table here. it is the success of the security council and the international community. to address this threat. we believe that it is necessary we are considering that we are

the last line of defense against the more violent activity that has already start today reach european shores. so i think success is a matter to be determined by how effective the security council and the international community are to irradicate the terrorists. >> reporter: the security council also heard from the u.n. special representative from libya. he said that he needed more time for negotiations between the two rival governments. the security council looks likely to give him that time, one diplomat said this was not the moment to send more arms to libya. the u.n. emergency session on libya comes days after egypt carried out air strikes in response to the beheadings of 21 egyptian christians. now it's alleged that those strikes killed civilians as well. but egypt as president denies this. abdel reports.

>> reporter: it was a visits of support by the president. he said -- >> translator: i asked one of the pilots who carried out the air strike, i asked him was there any mistake? the pilot told me not at all we didn't hit any civilian targets we were aware of these targets for months. we had strong intelligence. we are 100 percent certain of what we were targeting. >> reporter: in the libyan city it was a different story. witnesses said two children were among the civilians killed this the strikes. there has been suggestion that his egypt has been involved for some time already in the battle between rival militias. >> translator: we will never forget egypt as huge favor and how they supported us. our am anyones came fry gyp. 400 crates came from there. the egyptians understand our situation. >> reporter: egypt carried out air strikes on targets in labia after the beheading the 21

coptic christiano gypses held in libya by eye group linked to isil. what other actions taken may be decided in the coming days or weeks. al jazerra. well cathar meanwhile has recalled its ambassador from egypt for consultation after these air strikes in libya. and there are reports of a row at an arab league meeting where an egyptian delegate accused qatar of backing terrorism. qatar says that all arab league members should have been consulted before any military action on a fellow member. the united states has identified a thousand 200 serial rebels at moderate fight terse can train to take on isil. it's part of a u.s. military led program that's expected to begin next month. turkey, saudi rape i can't and qatar have offered to host the training. meanwhile, fierce fighting continues in and around the syrian city of a hleb owe with at least 70 pro government fighters and more than 80 rebels killed since tuesday. both sides trying to expand

their areas of control in the divided city. while the u.n. is trying to broker a ceasefire. paul reports. >> reporter: once a thriving tourist destination this part of aleppo is now a battlefield. the old city they fight street by street. and snipers watch for targets. >> translator: we are here to fight on the front to prevent the regime from moving toward our. [ inaudible ] village. this area is important on because it is the regime's lifeline. >> reporter: on the outskirts of the ski in the south every sort of weapon is used on both sides. the most serious fighting on the road that leads to the western parts of the city, which are controlled by regime forces. >> translator: our main duty here is to monitor the movements of the assad forces and how they mobilemobilize their forces, where they launch attacks our

submission to liberate the area of the 80th brigade so we can move towards the industrial compound. >> reporter: the fighting in a aleppo isn't just on these front it's a deadly battle on 40 different front. and while each of the battling sides tries to make gains the u.n.-backed ceasefire plan looks unlikely. paul, al jazerra. the u.s. president barack obama says his country is note at war with islam but with those that have distorted the religion he's been speaking at a three-day sum out extremism in the white house patty culhane reports. >> reporter: this shipments was supposed to happen last year, postponed without explanation. but the obamaed administration says the attacks in canada, australia, paris and copenhagen gave the issue you new urgency. as u.s. press barack obama took the stage went to great lengths to insure the muslim leaders in the room that his fight was not

with their religion. >> we are not at war with islam. [applause] >> we are at war with people who have perverted islam. >> reporter: with that in mind official have his been careful to not use the words islamic extremism but the a general day is solely focused on working with muslim communities and that has some activists concerned. >> we are concerned about the effects and potential backlash this will have especially in light of the recent clash the spur of hate creeps that we have zeina cross the nation. >> reporter: the white house is trying to avoid muslim communities feeling like they have been singled out because they believe that when people feel excluded from society. they are much more likely to have sympathy for extremists. but the aggressive government and police surveillance of muslim communities in the years after the 9/11 attacks has strained the relationship. a fact openly admitted here. >> we reinforce the false narrative that america is at war with islam. when we appear to say light our

own requirements of the constitution regarding surveillance when we mix surveillance and out reach, this is a very short sided thing to do. and i encourage members of law enforcement to not do it. >> reporter: u.s. officials say isil is actively recruiting american muslims through social media and they acknowledge if they have any hope of figuring out who might be susceptible to the message convinced to launch attacks in the u.s. or travel overseas to fight they'll needs the help of muslim community to his find them they are hoping a personal appeal from the president will help bridge the current deep divide. patty culhane, al jazerra washington. thousands of argentinians have braved the rains to stage a silents mass protest. demanding answers over the my steer yeah shooting death of the prosecutor last month. alberto nisman was investigating whether president christina kirschner covered up eye ryne vinnie involvement in the bomb being i've jewish certainty 21 years ago.

lucia newman has more from the capital. >> reporter: not even relentless rain kept 10s of thousands of argentines for marking one month since the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman. many of his colleagues, fellow prosecutors, led the march. angry that the government had refused to honor nisman. the sign says god may forgive them. but not the nation. >> translator: for once argentina wants to know the truth. there is too much political interference in the justice system. on the other hand, it is very suspicious that a prosecutor who precisely was investigating the president end up dead and no one knows what happened. >> reporter: the president has ridiculed suggestion that his she may have played a part in the prowse cuter's untimely death. this is what nisman's office used to be. the government's handling of his death has been clumsy at best. in fact, referring to the

president's chief of staff and spobgz man accused the organizers and media of plotting a judicial coup and trying to destabilize the government. further em flaming political passions and divisions in this country. still while organizers insist this march wasn't political. the presence of every major opposition leader and presidential hopeful indicated the contrary. elections or eight months way and while the death may not be qualified by then if ever the practice is cute has become a symbol and martyr for the grueling opine -- ruling party's opponents. thailand's former minister has been charged with negligent over a rice subsidy scheme. they will decide next month whether they will stand trial. she denies i don't think doing but does face up to 10 years in prison if convicted. a u.s. appeals court has

overturned a conviction against an australian who spend five years in guantanmo bay. he pleaded guilty to providing material support for terror niche 2007. but later said it was part of ideal to get out of the u.s. military prison. hicks alleges that he was tortured in guantanamo bay. you are with al jazerra. here is what's coming up on the program. the largest buyer of israeli military equipment will have more on the first public visit to india by an israeli defense minister. that's coming up in just a moment. plus fists of fury, a brawl in the turkish parliament over a new security bill.

♪ ♪ hello again the top stories on al jazerra. egypt's foreign minister has called to stop weapons getting for militias. libya's foreign minister asked the u.n. security council meet to go lift an arms embargo so his government can deal with ice i go. the u.s. has 51,200 syrian rebels at moderate fighters it can train to take on isil. it's part i've u.s. military led program that's expect today begin next month. hundreds of thousands of people have come out in argentina's capital for a silent protest. demanding answers over the mysterious death i've pros doubter last month. his body was found with a bull he had wound today head. the ukrainian president petro poroshenko has called for a u.n. peacekeeping force to help sustain a fragile ceasefire in eastern ukraine the proposal

follows a major defeat for his forces. pro rub a separatists are now in the rail hub of debaltseve. from where paul brennan reports. >> reporter: they are beaten and in retreat. ukrainian soldiers finally gave up the defense of their positions in debaltseve on wednesday. pushed out by a relentless bombardment in artillery and ground assault bicep test fightersing all this happened four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. the ukrainian wounded were taken away and spoke of running a gauntlet of fire. >> translator: there are no words to describe it. along the entire way, we were blanketed with shots. they fired at us with machine guns and grenade launchers they used everything. we left debaltseve around 5:00 a.m. and until this morning, we were constantly under targeted fire. >> reporter: the bombardment which broke ukrainian resistence was carried out bicep test unit like this, one southwest of debaltseve. we found the fighters here confident and bullish. there was no shortage of tanks

and armor. many of the fighters believe the ukrainians should now be forced to withdraw from the whole donetsk region. >> translator: in my opinion our first task is to push the enemy back to the borders of donetsk and luhansk regions as they are drawn on the map. after that we will see. >> reporter: and there was a thinly veiled threat aimed at any ukrainian stragglers. >> translator: in the near future i think what happened will happen here. i can't imagine what will happen after that. time will tell. >> reporter: the loss of the town of debaltseve for the ukrainians is a bitter blow. they had up invested much capital, both human and military any trying to defends it. but the smoke that hangs over the town now appears to be little more than a cleaning up operation by the pro-russian forces. the main ukrainian soldiers it appears, have withdrawn. the separatists are adamant that debaltseve was encircled well before the minute evening ceasefire was agreed and

therefore was part of separatist territory. but ukraine insists the russian-backed forces have cynically flighted the terms of the peace department. but with debaltseve lot to the ukrainians the fate of one of the last main disputed towns has now been settled. and that gives some small hope that the two sides can now begin to disengage across the whole length of the frontline. ball brennan, al jazerra near debaltseve. five turkish politicians have been injured after a fight broke out in parliament. that brawl happened during a debate over controversial security bill which would boost police powers at protests. the government says the legislation would prevent violence and protect social order. but critics are saying it's a bid to block mass demonstrations. at least two m.p.s had to be taken to hospital.

al jazerra has discovered that many journalists in cambodia are resort to go blackmail. an investigation has revealed that some rogue reporters are unearthing evidence of crime and then demanding bribe to his cover it up. from our "101 east" team we have the story. >> reporter: often in cambodia, what doesn't make the news has become more important than what does. many journalists search the country for stories only to demand cash to bury evidence of crime and corruption. charlie and his team of free-lance reporters in rural cambodia. offense blackmail illegal loggers. he receives at least $500 a month from bribes. six times the average wage in cambodia. occasionally, he files a story. >> translator: to be honest, we are all the same in this country. but there are different ways of giving and receiving bribes. some times if they are discreet,

they put the money in an envelope. everyone benefits from illegal business. >> reporter: do you think there is anything wrong at all with the way you operate? >> translator: we don't bother people who are not involved in illegal business. it's simple, we only come in when people break the law. >> reporter: increasingly his team faces violent retaliation from angry loggers. >> sometimes journalists ask for money for food. i give them what i can. if they want more i can't afford it. i can only fight them. >> reporter: last october a journalist was shot dead while investigating a logging company. he was accused of extortion. they used to work together, tonight he is with another colleague whose car has been smashed by illegal loggers. >> they got angry because i filmed them loading wood. i caught them in the act. >> reporter: cambodia's ministry

acknowledges it's easy to obtain press pass to his work as a journalist. >> journalism has become a business our laws don't restrict media freed up. anyone can be a journalist. if you want qualified journalists you need training courses. if you apply that condition there will be very few of them left. >> reporter: but the lack of professionalism creates a americamurkynews city where many cross the line between journal i feel and blackmail. al jazerra, cam bode cambodia this you can watch the full ma'am on "one off one east." cambodia's news blackmailers on thursday at 2230 hours gmt. israel's defense minister is in india to promote military ties with the world's largest defense importer. new dully is is now the largest buyer of military equipment. but the increasingly warm relations between the two countries are not just about arms as fez jamil reports.

>> reporter: israel's defense minister is in india visiting country aviation exhibition. it's the first time an israel defense minister has visited the country and comes as india has been on a buying spree to modernize its ailing military equipment. but india is also taking israel's help in places like this. this farm wasn't very profitable in the past. but thanks to israeli agricultural expertise and technology the yields and income have grown. >> translator: i can grow more in a smaller plot of lands. the monthly income is good and i use less water so i save money there too. it's a good market value. >> reporter: a few kilometer as way, indian crops are grown with the help of israeli technology and experience on a joint indian-israeli research farm. israel i expertise is being used in 10 indian states with plans to expand to more. since relations were established

in 1992, trade between india and israel has grown from the hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. especially in military equipment. india now one of israel's largest customers for military equipment. cooperating in defense projects and counter terrorism inning wellintelligence. >> israel's ambassador says only a few high level visits in the past the countries' relationship remains strong. >> besides having similar values of democracy and. [ inaudible ] and diversity israel and india also confront similar challenges like terrorism. >> reporter: analysts say india's relationship with israel has always been in good standing. and previous indian governments being publically critical of israel were done so for political reasons. >> there are some position to the israel defense relationship, from political parties which are opposed to the israeli policies

domestically so that played a part during the previous government the's's type our. >> reporter: both governments are looking to openly increase trade to further strengthen a more public relationship. fais jahlil. at least four palestinian children in the gaza strip have died of hypothermia in recent months. the region is experiencing one of the worst winters in years. those who lost their homes during israel's 50-day bombardment last year say they are now struggling to heat their makeshift shelters. from gaza, we have this report. >> reporter: he and his family make their way back home from yet another visit to the hospital. their daughter has had a chronic chest infection for weeks. and doesn't seem to be getting any better. their worry for her is also mixed with grief in january their two month old daughter died of hypothermia.

doctors say the cold weather and a lack of heating in the tents they live in. are to blame. >> translator: look at us. we lived through the war. but we are dieing of cold. it's agonizing. this is the awful irony of our life in gaza. all we want is somewhere proper to live. >> reporter: nearly 100,000 palestinian families lost their homes during the fighting with israel. many now live in what's left of their damaged houses, or in tends like this family. with the blockaded strip's electricity grid still badly damaged by the conflict and little fuel available for heating. several infants have died of hypothermia in recent months. gaza is experiencing one of the harshest went nurse recent memories and with so many families living in conditions likeconditionslike this, aid agencies say more children could guy from exposure. she is with ube seven she uncief and

tells me the situation is only getting worse. >> children and family as cross gaza are really living on the edge right now. we have survived a devastating war, it's now been several months of quite cold temperatures and indeed, we have got four cases of children who are -- who have died of hypothermia. >> reporter: last month the u.n.'s refugees agency suspended its programs aimed at helping people in gaza repair or rebuild their homes damaged during the fighting. officials say they needed at least $720 million to help those without adequate shelter. but that only 135 million has been received from donors. with weather conditions only expected to worsen, so too are the lives of the thousands of vulnerable families who don't have anywhere warm to stay. al jazerra gaza. thousands took to the streets in the ghanaian capital

carrying their prefridge rater sewing machines and even tvs on their head, they are fed up with lengthy power cuts some lasting 24 hours or everybody longer the main opposition led the rally and say the power cuts are hurting business, the power minutester claims low water level and equipment breakdowns for the price crisis. the royal television society in london has honored freed al jazerra journalist peter greste as el as mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed. greste accepted the award on behalf the fahmy and mohamed who are still fighting the egyptian courts for their freedom. barnaby phillips reports. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: from an egyptian prison for a gala dinner in london. for peter greste it's been a whirlwind two and a half weeks. [applause] >> reporter: how different to the courtroom and prison where

he spent all of last year. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: peter is enjoying his release tempered by the knowledge that his colleagues are still fighting their case in an egyptian court. >> it weigh on his my enormously. you gotta he remember that i left them behind in prison. that was a very difficult moment for me. we always knew it was a possibility. we discussed it at the time. and we all acknowledged that this would be the right thing to do. but still to leave them behind, leave them, you know, leave affect it mile brothers the people that i lived so closely with for the past 400 days was very, very difficult. >> reporter: journalists in britain as in so many other countries across the world have campaigns for the release of the al jazerra three. >> we believe that we must be allowed to do what we do. to and questions to hold people to account. to tell the stories about issues that matter.

the hashtag that went around the world, journalist is not a crime. we must not stop saying it. >> it could have been any one of us and i think it's the principle that journalists are not terrorists. >> reporter: we are there to tell a story. and we do it as honestly as we can. and when something like this happens, everybody whatever organization they are from, whether they are, you know, british orie or egyptian or south african come together, to defends a principle. >> reporter: 2015 will no doubt about another challenging year for journalists in many countries. but if anything positive has come out of this case, it's this sense of solidarity between those who report the news who seek to explain our troubled world. barnaby phillips, al jazerra london. china has rung in the lunar new year. the celebrations began in beijing at the stroke of

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