's troops will battling the armed group in conjunction with the iraqi government. defense secretary ash his honour carter says that over time the forces will be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture islamic state leaders. obama has stressed that the ground troop will be carried alongside diplomatic efforts. >> reporter: the united states is intensifying the war in iraq

and syria in the hope it will lead to talks of peace. next, we're deploying a specialized expedition force to put even more pressure on i.s.i.l. these special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture i.s.i.l. leaders. that creates a shall virtuos cycle which targets more targets and mow memorandum tom. >> reporter: the females will go into syria to get him and get out adding even more special forces will be sent into the region as they find local forces capable of fighting and more military hardware is moving into the syrian conflict and will of many flags.

reconnaissance planes and ships of up to 1200 troops with the hope that they won't be use for combat. a plan to be worked on to send into syria for bombing missions from u.k. the u.s. president obama described how he sees this conflict ending in the summit. it begins with all of the parties including russian agreeing on opposition fighters and a cease fire between those groups and forces loyal to bashar al-assad. it is possible, given the existing accord that the parties have already agreed to that we start seeing at least pockets of cease fires in an around syria. that may mean, then, that certain opposition groups no longer find themselves subject to either syrian or russian bombing. they are then in a conversation about politics.

>> reporter: but there's a problem with that conversation. the u.s. coalition says it has to end with bashar al-assad out of power. russia doesn't want that. president obama thinks that could change in the coming months, and that could be especially true if the be that as it may of power shifts on the ground in syria mark hemmett is the former assistant secretary for military affairs and he says that ground troops are necessary if the west is series about defeating i.s.i.l. i think the real difference is going to be the frequency of operations and the pace of operations. up to this point in the last couple of years, special forces have been used for single hits on single high value targets as intelligence comes in. what the secretary carter today referred to is the cycle where more raids means more intelligence which leads to more raids and leads to more

intelligence. that was something that was done in the 04 to 06 period and characterised by the operations that were run with the joint special operations command. our air forces have run out of targets. with this type of-- what this type of operation does it gets more intelligence which leads you to more targets and can cause a quicker collapse of i.s.i.l. as was seen in al-qaeda. most expenses believe that what we put into iraq is insufficient to the task at hand and what we put into syria, quite frankly, is no more than a token force. if we are serious about defeating i.s.i.l. in both iraq and syria, and quite frankly, it metastises beyond syria, we can't rely on air strikes alone

to counter the threat days after a possible limited truce in syria, the government and rebel forces have agreed to a cease fire in the city of homs. this is applying to the only district by homs. it could last two months, but the rebels are denying reports that they have agreed to leave the neighborhood. the truce was mediated by u.n. delegation to syria. >> reporter: this visit is to implement the plan after the vienna talks to find a solution and to reach a truce in a certain area and to stop the fighting and shelling across syria the people of homs were among the first to rule up against the rule of bashar al-assad in 2011. the city was once known as the capital of the revolution. the executive director of the

arab center of washington and he says this homs cease fire was about desperation on the side of the rebels. this has nothing to do with the conversation that took place in vienna, talking about the need for all the parties to get together and reach a national cease fire. this is a very limited cease fire. we have seen one just like that about a year ago, may actually, may 2014, and it didn't last very long. these tend to be very limited in scope, very limited in time, duration and necessity do not pass. you have to keep in mind the uniqueness of this particular location, the rebels are in a weakened state in that area, particularly since the last cease fire. they only controlled the small portion. necessity were under-- they were under siege by the government. that's why the government announced this cease fire and

it's so excited about it because it serves the interests of the bashar al-assad government nato will deploy patrol aircraft and missile to strengthen turkey's defenses. they say the measures are likely to include more nato ships in the eastern mediterranean. planes and also batterys. it comes a week after a turkey shot down a russian jet. syrian president bashar al-assad says turkey is threatened by russia's involvement in the civil war. it has shown the presentation of erdogan who, let's say, lost his nerve just because russian intervention has changed the battle on the ground. so the failure of his territory

groups means his demise. he wants to do anything in order to put obstacles in front of any success hundreds have rallied in the u.k. ahead of a parliamentary votes against strikes against i.s.i.l. a special debate was called for on wednesday. it is part of a coalition targeting i.s.i.l. only in iraq. >> reporter: an emergency demonstration calling for mps to vote no to joining air strikes against i.s.i.l. in syria. though passionate, they're unlikely to sway the decision. prime minister cameron said he wouldn't call a vote unless it was many. we will be acting with our allies. we will be carefully and responsible as we do so, in my view it is right to do this to keep our country safe. the action we are taking is part

of a broader strategy, a political and diplomatic and humanitarian strategy. >> reporter: the debate is dividing the nation and the opposition labor party. the leader has made the action his life's work that military action is going to kill civilians in raqqa, it is going to create maybe some mar drecks rs as a result of this-- martyrs as a result of it. >> reporter: coalition of forces have dropped thousands of bombs. i.s.i.l. targets are being bombed in iraq and could make a difference in syria. it's aircraft can deliver highly accurate missiles that other allies don't have. but if the aim is to remove i.s.i.l., air strikes alone won't achieve that. only ground troops can. prime minister cameron says there are many fighters who can

retake territory but the norms are disputed. britain has been here before in 2003 when mps approved military action in iraq. this time protestors are demanding to be heard don't make the mistake that you've made so many times before and take us into another bombing campaign which will only make the situation worse and which will lead to the death of civilians. it may well make the situation here more dangerous. >> reporter: people here fear they have a strategy on the table for defeating i.s.i.l. they believe that britain's energy would be better challenged to solving the civil with regard in syria. two years ago david cameron urged mps to authorize attacks against bashar al-assad's regime in syria. that was defeated. this time the target has changed and it is expected to pass and the bombing started within days sometime to come on the

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agreed have agreed to a truce bring the quain is currently part of a coalition conducting air strikes against i.s.i.l. in iraq. lebanon has welcomed home 16 soldiers held captive by syria-based rebels from the al-nusra front in a deal. prisoner were freed including the former wife of the i.s.i.l. leader >> reporter: back in the arms of their families, 16 lebanese soldiers freed by al-nusra

front, the result of a prisoner exchange which took a year to negotiate. they were captured in the northern city after fierce fighting broke out in august last year. >> translation: we thank all those who helped our are elease and we call on the company to release the others. >> reporter: 13 associates with al-nusra front have now been released by the lebanese government. not only al-nusra who had taken hostages. in all 30 lebanese security personnel was captured in the summer of 2014. four were executed, one subsequently died of injuries. nine others remain in captivist. they're being held by i.s.i.l., a group which is at war with al-nusra. the lebanese government is doing all it can they say to release the remaining. >> translation: we have a big

target that is a really challenge. i mean the military personnel being captive by i.s.i.l. and we need to free them and liberate them for the sake of lebanon, for the sake of our nation. >> reporter: among those released was the former wife of i.s.i.l. leader. she insists, though, she had nothing to do with them. >> translation: they said i am the wife of i.s.i.l. leader. i was divorced for seven years. he was not leader at that time. i will go to turkey when i get my passport issues. i will go in beirut and then i will go. >> reporter: meanwhile, the families of those released, some of whom have been camped in central beirut for months, spoke to al jazeera about their release. >> translation: i can't contain my happiness. thanks to god for their safe return.

we hope we will see them soon. >> translation: their return was a dream for us and thank god it happened. we thank everyone who worked to secure their release. >> reporter: tuesday's release will ease pressure on lebanese government which has come under increased criticism since the soldiers and police men were captured. it may also boost the standing of the al-nusra front, a group that governments could potentially strike deals with the united nations said i.s.i.l. considers libya as the best opportunity to expand its so-called islamic state. a report by experts monitoring sanctions against i.s.i.l. says the group poses a short and long-term threat in the country. now, it says the group has up to 3000 fighters in libya. pilot error and a faulty computer are being blamed for the crash of an air asia plane last year. 162 passengers and crew were

killed when the flight to singapore stalled over the sea. reporting if from jakarta. >> reporter: more than 11 pas after the crash the investigators have revealed the final minutes of the flight, when alarms kept going off over the computer system, the pilots took the unconventional system to turn off the automated protection system. this forced the pilots to fly the plane manually without computer protection which is where it all went wrong. the air bus started rolling sharply left and right and almost flew vertically. the co pilot who was flying the plane, together with the captain failed to take control during the system failure and so-called upset condition. we issue a recommendation to the air bus for, for all pilots to be trained. the second recommendation to

provide a method, basically to prevent the pilot improceed advise something-- improvise. >> reporter: a very serious message from investigators of the national transport condition, pilots to get condition on flying their-- training on flying. the message to this pilot is clear. it took rescuers more than two months to recover only 106 of the 162 bodies from the remains of the jet at the bottom of the sea. this lady lost her 24-year-old son who worked as an air asia flight attendant. his body was recovered five days after the crash. to her the outcome of the investigation doesn't make any

difference. >> translation: i cannot blame anyone. no human being would dlinlt make in-- deliberately make this mistake. >> reporter: following the accident, air bus has included recovery training for pilots in their manuals, awe also the technical failure that caused the alarms to sound during the fight has been solved. investigators are sin cysting the way its aircraft are maintained. -- insisting france has promised to give african countries 8.5 billion dollars over the next five years to invest in renewable energy and access to electricity. at a meeting on the sidelines at the xhiment change conference, francois hollande said although africa is not responsible for emitting greenhouse gasses, it is suffering the consequences. the leaders want nations to put

more money into the fund the u.s. president has met with leaders at the paris summit, speaking alongside the leader of various countries, obama said the very existence of some island nations is at risk. he says actions on climate change is an economic imperative if we let the world keep warming as fast as it is and sea levels rising as fast as they are, an weather patterns keep shifting in various ways, we will have to devote more and more of our economic and military resources not to growing opportunity for our people, but to adapting to the various consequences of a changing planet chicago police chief has been fired after public protest over the shooting of a plaque teenager by a white police

officer. the mayor says the superintendent had lost the public's tuft t 17-year-old was shot 16 times in october last year. -- public's trust the use of torture could return to the united states if former government officials are not prosecuted. that is the warning from human rights watch. the group wants the white house to hold officials from the george w bush administration accountable for their actions in iraq. lisa stark reports. >> reporter: this is too serious a crime to ignore. too grave to ignore. she is the chief author of the human watch rights report and it is cheer where she stands on the techniquess that were put in place after the 911 tacks. the state sanked global program whereby men were abducted from all over the world, put in secret detention and tortured >> reporter: the practices

detailed in a heavily ed ted report, sproesh to extreme temperatures and others it was far more brutal than people were led to believe >> reporter: california senator fought to make the report public. it shows that the c.i.a.'s actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. >> reporter: human rights watch says no-one has been held accountable. it wants a criminal investigation into nearly two dozen informer bush administration officials, including presidential bush, vice president chainy, cid director george tenant, john ash croft and condalisa write. a special prosecutor was to be appointed, so the u.s. is

wrongdoing, apologise to victims and offer compensation. in a statement, the c.i.a. toldless al jazeera it has acknowledged the program had shortcomings and mistakes were made. the justice department previously investigated and decided not to initiate criminal charges. president obama as one of his first actions in office banned these interrogation techniques, but some of the 2016 g.o.p. candidates have defended the practices and even embraced them. would i approve water power pouring? you bet your arse. in a heart beat. in a heart beak. >> reporter: that concerns human rights watch which says accountability is critical to send a message to other countries and future u.s.

presidents. without clear signal that what would happen, there is a danger this could happen again something new to lookout for in new york's fast food chains and restaurants. from now on, a salt shaker sim bottom will appear next to any money eau opening to any item 2300 million grains of sodium. new york is the first city in the u.s. to take the step in an effort to combat cardiovascular disease. not just salt, too much sugar is killing us too. research as shown that it can lead to diabetes, heart attacks as well as cancer. in a new report, public health specialists say the amount of sugar in packaged food and drinks is part of a growing health crisis. caroline miller has the story. >> reporter: soft drinks, sweets and deserts all have sugar, how about tinned

vegetables and saverry south australias? some have 30 grams of sugar about the same as in an mars bar. a new report say 74% of packaged food and drinks in the u.s. have added sweeteners. the added sugar in our food supply is merely one kind of a negative, adverse way that the global food companies are hurting our health. the sugar in our food supply is very huge. they use hundreds of different names for if and we're not aware of it >> reporter: glucose syrup, nectar, whatever it is called, we should be eating it. people should cap their sugar intake to 5% of their diets, not clueing sugars found in fruit vegetables or milk. people consume far more than that than in other items, such

as in drinks. governments don't take the issue on board which is happening in lots of regions of the world. we're going to keep seeing this large rapid increase in diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular death and subsequently in a number of cancers. 13 of the topics see cancers related to obesity and the world cancer research federation also listed this as one of their top 10 prevention actions. number two after tobacco, cutting soft drinks and suingry pefrages out of our diets. >> reporter: a sugar tax of 20% or month could have a noticeable effect on decrease in drinks. that has already having a positive affect in places like

finland, france, hungry and mexico. >> reporter: while diabetes is increasing, it was decreased. >> reporter: the role of die bees has been described as a full-blown epidemic around the world. the latest statistics indicates that the disease may have reached a turning point here in the u.s. from 1991 to 2008 new adult cases jumped from over half a million to more than 1.7 million, but since then there has an a year-by-year to about 1.4 million last year. researchers can't say whether the disease has simply peaked or that the credit goes to healthier eating and drinking. we're drinking less sugary drinks and obesity rates driven by type 2 diabetes are stable. more than one in every 10 adult americans are diagnosed as diabetic and that's twice the

rate as in the early 1990s. while fewer whites are contracting the disease, significant progress has not been seen among black and hispanic americans you can always get the latest news and analysis all on our website. the address is on your screen at aljazeera.com on america informant what is the beef with climate change? at home on the free range the surprising risks to our environment posed by politically correct beef. are you telling me i'm contributing to more greenhouse gas than if i had gone and bought industrial meat raised in a factory somewhere?