egypt as president defends air strikes on isil targets in libya. and calls for a joint arab force to tackle the threat of armed groups. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome come to al jazerra. live from our head quarters in doha. the also ahead. >> my government will never underestimate the terror threat. >> australia's prime minister unveils a new range of national security measures. the retrial of two al jazerra journalists is scheduled to resume in cairo in the next few hours.

and oscar fever. we'll take you live to the academy awards as hollywood celebrates its biggest night of the year. ♪ ♪ >> we begin in egypt where press abdel fattah el-sisi has revised calls for setting up a joint arab military force to fight groups like isil. sisi defended his decision to launch air strikes in neighboring libya after an isil-linked group claimed responsibility for killing 21 egyptian coptic christians last week. in an address broadcast on state television, sisi said the operation was planned ma tick meticulously to avoid civilian casualties. he also thanked gulf neighbors saul saudi arabia, bahrain and yeah wait and end that innocent young people may be in egyptians jails a matter that he urged the

interior ministry to look in to. here a respect. >> reporter: president abdul fatah el-sisi insists egypt doesn't want to invade or attack other countries. but he says, he will use his armed forces to defend his nation. trash we launched an offensive against 13 targets, these targets were subject today strict and accurate fair lent, intelligence information was gathered in absolute secrecy and accuracy. >> reporter: hey jump launched a strikes last week after 21 christians were killed there. although sisi says great care was taken about the accuracy of the strikes. people in the eastern city say civilians were also killed. >> translator: there was no militant presence here. just families lived here. the family the mother and their children were all killed. it was a gentlemen who was called killed. there were about eight killed in the neighborhood. in addition to four who are

still seriously injured. >> reporter: sisi auld talk about the need for a joint arab military force to tackle the threat of groups like isil. and he praised the leaders of some gulf states who offered to sporty i didn't want. >> our friends in the gulf region should understand we have all respect, appreciation and love for them. >> reporter: egyptian president also spoke about dissent in his own country. since the overthrow of former president mohamed morsi in july 2013, egypt has launched a massive crack down on the muslim brotherhood and its supporters. many have been students. train number of young people have been detained for expressing their views. i told them i don't deny that some of them were innocent in a few days time we will relies the first batch of detainees. >> reporter: president sisi's highly stage managed address white sox designed to show after seven months on on the job he's very much in control. critics say he was quick to folked onfocus on his government's

achievements but failed to mention the many challenges facing his country. assistants professor of political science at long island university. she says president sisi is trying to establish himself in the international community. >> the military action was real not really heralded as an achievement by the u.s. or western forces. who really wanted egypt to pursue more diplomatic channels. egypt needed to reassert itself in its new pact that he has with saudi arabia, uae kuwait waite for this new military pact that they have come together to fight what they see as these foreign forces coming in to the libyan region. in doing so, ultimately what sisi wants to do is reassert himself and egypt as a global power player in this region. and also to make sure that the political situation in libya vis-a-vis who will be coming in

to power next is part and parcel of the military and strategic pact that benefits egyptian's interest. we see they are forging with this military pact with its gulf allies if we think about the greater implications of all of this and what it means to regional stability. we also saw egypt looking to arms purchases from places like fans and looking to establish themselves and these very highly publicized visit with the russian president last week. and so we are seeing that president sisi is actually putting himself on the world stage as a military leader. libya fighters loyal to isil have claimed responsibility for two attacks on sunday. one targeted the iranian ambassador's home in the capital of tripoli. two bombs went off at the gate no one was hurt the building was empty. the other was a rocket strike on the eastern airport. iran and the united states have held the highest level meeting in more than 30 years to discuss teheran's nuclear

program. the foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state john kerry met on the sidelines of a geneva summit they were joined by senior government officials. john kerry said significant gaps still remain ahead of a march deadline for ideal. iranian president hassan rouhani said he's determined to reach an agreement. >> translator: it is not possible for a country to develop in isolation. no one can isolate us, but with that insight. we are likely to isolate ourselves. if we are united and move ahead wisely no, power in the world can isolate us. we are our position in the world. victims in a boat capsized in bangladesh the number have respite tone 65. the ferry capsized after colliding with a tug boat. nearly 50 people have been saved. but rescuers are still searching for survivors. it's thought around 140 passengers were on board.

australian prime minister tony abbott has unveiled a range of new national security measures abbott says it's part of a strategy to count air he long-term era of terrorism. after last year's reported attack on a cafe in sydney include revoking citizenship and strengthening immigration laws, andrew thomas september this update from sydney. >> reporter: in his speech tony abbott said the threat to australia of a terrorist attack had never been greater. he said that there are 400 high-priority cases being looked in to right knew and that that is double the number of poe then hal threats that were just a year ago. he said there are 90 australians that have traveled to fight with isil. they could pose a threat were they to come back. he said that there have been two so-called terrorist attacks in australia since september last year. one an attack on policemen in

penn melbourne and the siege of the cafe. benefit of the doubt is being given to individuals who might seek to due australians harm and the balance needed to shift away from personal freedom perhaps and towards the safety of the community as a whole. with that in mind he will announce a raft of new members. the stripping of australian sit then ship to people who have dual citizenship if they are thought to pose a threat it australians. he said as well he's looking to ban group that his don't condemn attacks elsewhere. perhaps encourage, in his words attacks elsewhere. a group which while not encouraging attacks haven't been seen to condemn them enough and tony abbott says those sorts of groups can be bans. he also called on muslim leaders to do more to condemn radicalism radicalism. >> i have often heard western leaders describe islam as a religion of peace, i wish more muslim leaders would say that more often and mean it.

everybody, including muslim community leaders needs to speak up clearly because no matter what the grievance violence against innocence must surely be a blasphemy against all religion. >> reporter: those comments are already proving controversial. muslim leaders say they do condemn all kind of violent attacks and to suggest they don't tars the muslim community as a whole. the retrial of two al jazerra journalists will resume in cairo on monday. bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges they dee night. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: a rare moment of good news. that i de los one of the retrial and the judge freed the men on bail order today pay a security bond of just over $33,000. bahar mohammed didn't have to pay bail because he's an egyptian citizen. fahmy gave up his egyptian citizenship to speed up his

release. the men were free after 411 days behind bars. bahar went home to his wife and their three children. he had missed the birth of his son while he was in jail. >> i am finally home. the children was different. it was like -- it was something different. as soon as they saw me they saw me on the stairs, they suddenly jump, jump on me, so i took them and i start hugging them and we start -- and i think i start crying, this is the first time my children start telling me stop going to work. don't leave again. you have been -- you spent too much time at work, don't go again, we want you to stay. >> reporter: meanwhile, mohamed fahmy returned home to his family and his fiancé. but their ordeal is far from over. the men stand accused the aiding the muslim brotherhood who was declared a terrorist organization four days before they were arrested odd december 29th, 2013. in the months that followed, they stood trial alongside their

colleague, peter greste. in what legal experts called a as far as. on june 23rd. they were found guilt and i sentence today between seven and 10 years in prison. six other al jazerra colleagues were sentenced in absentia to a decade each behind bars. the global journalist community demanded their immediate release in a string of protests around the world. 2015 brought new hope on january the one this isst the court of cass action threw out their convictions and ordered a retile. meanwhile diplomatic effort to deport australian peter greste paid off. on february 1st. he was sent home. he more than anyone aware that the campaign to free our two remaining colleagues must be louder than ever before. >> we have a platform. people have identified us with the cause very strongly. and you know i think it would be an ab games of our responsibility to walkway from

that. it's an important thing it's worth discussing. >> reporter: effort to his demote fahmy to canada have proved unsuccessful so far and for now his fate and that of bahar mohamed lies once again in the hands of the egyptian judiciary. victoria gatenby, al jazerra this still to come on al jazerra jazerra. we take to you one the world's largest military shows. plus. >> reporter: i am fez jamil in an indian village that has free public why why and other amenities, coming up we'll look at how this village set itself apart.

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it's good to have you with us, i am elizabeth in doha. these are the top stories on al jazerra. egyptian president has defended his decision to launch air strikes in libya. the attacks targeted isil-linked fighters. he said the operation was planned ma meticulously to avoid civilian casualty says. australian prime minister tony abbott has unveiled new national security measures, strengthening immigration laws and a pointing a counter terrorism coordinate. he. the retrial of two al jazerra journalists will resume in court on monday. they are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they denied. a court in kuwait has sentenced a former opposition leads tore two years in prison. he was found guilty of insulting the country's ruler.

his lawyer says he will appeal the ruling to the supreme court. he was charged over a speech he gave in 2012. where he told kuwait's leader not to drag the country in to a dark abyss. ukraine's military says it's withdrawing its heavy weapons from the front line as part i've peace deal signed with separatists last week. both sides have to pull back their large guns and rockets from 25 to 70-kilometers from the conflict line. they have also been a prisoner swap. separatist official says 130 ukrainian troops and 52 rebels were exchanged. meanwhile, two people have been killed in an explosion at a peace rally in the eastern city of kharkiv. the blast occurred thousands in kiev took part in a march to commemorate protests last year in which more than 100 people were killed. from the ukrainian capital jonah hull reports. >> reporter: inin the eastern city

kharkiv. people gapping erred for a peace march. then a bomb blast more lives lost. the authorities are treating it as an act of terrorism they say instructed by russia. some will fear that the war in the east may spread further in to the country. in kiev, another march remembering the street protests a year ago and their victims. president poroshenko was joined at the head of the march by some european leaders and other lower-level guests. it wasn't the turn out he may have hoped for after promising the crowds on friday that presidents and prime ministers would attends. that the doors of the european union remain wide open to ukraine. and that there will be victory in the east. president poroshenko is under immense pressure, domestically the state of the economy and huge losses in the east demand a response internationally he's

expected to hold the line in a shaky ceasefire despite repeated transgression buys the other side. for now many believe the president is doing all he can. >> i think he does his best. and, of course, there are different ideas what he could do better. but i wish him good luck because it's very difficult situation. and it's somebody -- if somebody knows what else do it, let them do it themselves. >> something more could be done, but he's done his best in the circumstances in which our country is. under different circumstances you can do this, you can do that, and history has no if. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador agreed that there is no real idea what will happen if the ceasefire fails. >> floss reason russia should feel threatened by a ukraine which is moving towards europe, which is developing higher standards of democracy. transparency and govern's.

>> reporter: there is talk in your currently of possibly arm is against russia. >> it's the russian government which has been engaged in this extraordinary campaign of aggression. >> reporter: the president showed his guests the captured armor and artillery that the government says is material evidence of russian aggression on ukrainian soil. what he cannot show the international community or his own people is a way out of ukraine's problems. jonah hull, al jazerra kiev. to nigeria now where witness to his a suicide bomb say the bomber could have been as young as seven. 19 people injured and several killed. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. syrian activists say government air strikes have killed three people in the southern countryside. eight others wounded. activists say residential buildings were targeted and several children were injured after the army she would a

village in the damascus countryside. to iraq now where u.s. led coalition air strikes have reportedly killed 63 isil fighters east of mosul. isil has controlled the city since june of last year when it made large gain as cross northern iraq, kurdish forces backed by u.s. air strikes are planning an offensive to are you take me suggest which is iraq's second largest city. well iraq's defense minister says his forces are a taking all measures to avoid civilian casualties. >> the fight in mosul fallujah and ramadi will be a battle in cities and there are civilians and therefore accuracy and patience in laying down plans and preparing prerequisites of the battle is very important. we are working now with the utmost accuracy in military operations you cannot set the zero hour until all preparations have been completed. abu dab is a hosting one of the world's biggest defense

exhibit. spanning air lands and ski sea stefanie dekker reports it's also an opportunity for the world's top military brass to network. >> reporter: nets are uncertain times in the middle east and even though this is make believe, part of the opening ceremony of the conference, there are very real fears here. >> syria basically in a civil war, libya being pretty much in civil war as well at the moment. insurgency in the sinai the houthi take over in yemen these things have really happened since the last one. so arguably people will be looking at much more conventional military capabilities. >> reporter: the threat of the islamic state of the iraq and levant is a concern not just in syria but the danger of their cross-border reach. top military men from all over the world secretaries of defense, chiefs of staff and

generals rub shoulders, this is also a chance to network. the deals signed here have been work odd for a long time and this is an opportunity to look to the future. defense is a multi billion dollar industry and we are talking about weapons of war which is also why countries are so secretive when it comes to the details. we have been chasing military delegations throughout the day and no one will speak to us. the middle east is big on defense, with saudi arabia, turkey and the united arab emirates making the top 15 global spenders and despite the falling oil prices, no one here seems too concerned that defense budgets would be cut. weapons are, of course, hugely controversial and fueling war and often falling in the wrong hands some suppliers were keen to stress they take great care in knowing who they are selling to. >> export legislation is one of the most ridge it's in rigid in the world. at a german company we probably have kind of a disadvantage in international competition due to german law.

but on the other hand, we are fine with that because no one wants to look a german soldier in to the barrel of german armorment anywhere in the world. >> reporter: the reality is war is a dirty business and these weapons killed. not just who is perceived as the enemy but many civilians as well. all traditions to welcome the world's military might with newer ways to control and more effective ways to kill. it's all in the name of national security. but some would argue these weapons cause the exact opposite opposite. stephanie deck, al jazerra abu dhabi. now, it's the u.s. film industry's biggest night year, the oscars have just wrapped up in hollywood with "birdman" taking the top award for best picture. eddie redmayne the best actor award for his depiction of physicist steven hawking in "the

theory of everything." and julianne moore best actress. for more on all of this. let's go to our correspondent phil lavelle joining us live from los angeles. "birdman" winning best film and director for alejandro gonzales. >> reporter: yeah. when that best director was announced, it was about announced about three or four awards before the best film announcement was made when we saw he had won that that was kind of an invitation, the two of them go hand in hands it was always going to be "birdman" or "boyhood." it's no surprise that "birdman" won. it's taken all of the guild awards, best picture at the spirit awards yesterday. you could tell that he was very, very happy to have taken both of those prize are prizes. as for eddie redmayne, yes, he was best actor. michael keaton or him it was one of those two.

he stood a very strong chance, he had taken the bafta already loads of other awards for this film. and he's been getting so much praise for that performance of professor steven hawking. his speech on the stage was something to behold. it was slightly clumsy, slightly awkward. you could tell he is a guy that is new to this whole business really. he's been in acting for i a why but new to the oscars and the big stage, went on on for five minutes, talked about how grateful he was. he said the award belonged to the hawking family and said he held it up to his wife and said we have a new guy coming to live if our apartment with he is. get use to the it. no surprise that julianne moore won. he was up against other good women. but julianne moore has been swing them up for "still alice." she took the best actress award at the spirit awards, and at the baftas and many, many more, it

wasn't a surprise. in fact, there weren't very many surprises here tonight to be honest we have. >> the oscars are never without surprises. but also without criticism or controversy either. and one criticism this year, as in past years in fact, has been the lack of diversity in the nominees. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. there has been a real argument over the movie "selma." the story of the black civil rights movement. the martin luther king march. now this was a movie that it was felt should have perhaps been given more nods best actor and actress it, had a nomination for best picture when it didn't win but it took awards, the one for the best song for glory. and every time selma was mentioned during the ceremony the placey represented. you could tell people were behind the fill. oprah winfrey was a financier of the film she was on the front or the second row. as soon as glory won that best song she sprung to her feet. and they were all really happy.

so there has been some controversy, but i think there is also a lot of happiness that films like "selma" didn't do too badly didn't get best picture but didn't do badly at all. >> thank you phil, that's phil alla srel joining us from los angeles. now, it's a small indian village that's undergone a massive transformation over the past eight years it has fully paved roads water purifying plants and even why identify and largely down it a local engineer who says the village is setting an example for the rest of the country. fez jamil went there to find out more. >> reporter: at first glance it looks like any other village in india. but that changes if you look and listen closely. an engineer responsible for the high-tech amenities including 24 security cameras and free public wifi. growing up in this village he remembers wading through mud to

get to school. today it's very different. >> 100 percent. >> translator: we have paved roads, sewage and water supply. as well as high-tech amenities and even apps so parents can watch their kids' activities in school. >> reporter: the changes here are focused on helping people. the free public wifi has been popular with villagers who surf the web and can now get work done with a few tabs of the screen. >> translator: why identify has made a real difference. i don't have to travel all the way to the city to fill out government forms doing it sitting here. >> reporter: the process has been extra teaming i'm starting with building proper roads then this water purification plant. it sales 20 liters of the water for 6 cents. and a public address system which firefighters people of local news and public announcements. aside from high-tech investments such as free public why identify and cctv cameras this mobile

library helps people here educate themselves. villagers say it's the utilization of the existing government funding and the foresight to use it which separates this village from most address in the country. that contrast is clear. this sub distribute official says other villages are learning. it credits the forward think to go its leaders. >> translator: the villages nearby on are headed buyer men. who aren't as aware. these guys are i didn't think being active, will to take advice, no wonder they have progresses. >> reporter: the next step is to continue its development with plans to improve the look of the village and build public parks. demonstrating the journey of one vim little as it blends the traditional with the modern.

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