but are muslim men in copenhagen signing onto this? because if they're not... only two islamic communities in denmark and we are one of them who give the women the right to divorce in the marriage contract and this is what we want to change. we want to standardise the practice where male imams implement the right to divorce in the contract, and it is really crucial because today there are women all over the world who are trapped in violent marriages and they cannot even get the islamic divorce because the husband refuses. so we have to implement that right. you keep telling me we have to do this, we need to do that, and i understand and ifeel your passion, but the truth is it isn't gonna happen unless you can take the bulk of the muslim community with you, and before we get to the outside world, let's stick with denmark. i mean there are, i think, roughly around 300,000 muslims in denmark, roughly 5% of the population. yes. you in your mariam mosque, which has garnered a huge amount of publicity, but it hasn't actually collected a huge number of members and fol

in copenhagen i'm now going to speak to a representative from a community who wants in the band that's not just from the european union but from denmark itself i'm going to speak to mark. from the field. magni out how would you assess the developments in danish politics with the election upcoming and how might that benefit the fade away alliance which you represent here in copenhagen i think it's moving forward like a close race between the existing government and the blue wing in the parliament as we call it and the opposition and the red thing if it develops in the way as it's it looks it could happen that it will be a hung parliament and in that case the fairly members and even the greenlandic members may come into a very central position in appointing the new status minister or the presidency and i might be and all your family has a long history of this there is parliament because your great grandfather built the staircase but you are a business person coming into politics and given now i'm pretty sure you've got your list of objectives already drawn up just in case you're left in

famously rejected the maastricht treaty and refused to join the euro however and wonderful wonderful copenhagen alex find little or no enthusiasm for the decks it it seems that however see us does not quite much brick city or expectations welcome to the excitement show from christian book where the parliament has been based for a hundred years from the year of course to many of them are the views of bargain is here but the davis parliament discusses all aspects of the day this route but one of the things top of the agenda at the present moment is bricks that the implications for the u.k. and the implications for denmark i want some of the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us that's where rabi bourbons had to say and today we're going to find out what denmark has to say about bret's. that care hope welcome the exam and show you firmly been a fixture of social democratic politics and denmark for many generations how do you assess the situation with the elections to not coming. actually i think we're going to do when the election and get back into government the opinion polls are quit

she came to copenhagen and they became climate women. so that's one side of it. the other, in order to address that issue of injustice we must make sure the benefits of clean energy get to all and nobody is left behind. we prioritize the furthest behind first. and we leak that agenda with the paris of climate agenda. and to work for 1.5 degrees. i finished by saying, i have been in california for the california summit, is in new york for the last week most of it was climate week. i hope the third time in five days -- of the project on planetary boundaries listening to him, he scares the living daylights out of me. he really does. he so on top of it. he's quiet, he's swedish and he just sets it out. were not even trying hard enough. we put such a urgency. i know who will be affected first and foremost. all the people in the book and so many more. >> mary, this book is about bridging. let's go back to constance. there is a time we were working on realizing rights they were trying very hard to make sure family planning in women's issues were part of climate negotiat

copenhagen was a complete revelation to oleg gordievsky. he was and is a man high cultured, great classical music a fiction auto, extraordinarily broad reader and he found in denmark that he was able to read and listen to whatever he wanted to. this was not the case in the soviet union and it was a complete eye-opener. he fell in love with denmark overnight and had the most extraordinary time there. no question yet of oleg gordievsky turning against the kgb though he began to have doubts political moment came in 1968 when the great reform movement known as the progress spring, liberalizing movement which many young soviet citizens including oleg gordievsky and many of his friends believed would assure in a new kind of communism, socialism with a human face. in august 1961, the soviet tanks rolled into czechoslovakia to crush the progress spring. this is a photograph of a loan protector in central square. the image reminds me of that single protector in tianmen square against the tanks. oleg was absolutely furious. he took it as a personal a

seeing the lifestyle of, like, copenhagen, seeing -- and i will say this, too.s really interesting -- and even in scandinavian countries -- they don't blur the lines. they don't have the same divisions in some respects that we have racially or religiously. it's very interesting to see. >> and that's why when i ask you these question, i come from a slightly different perspective than in the united states. >> yeah, absolutely. >> you just said, you know, you like the hang. i assume you mean hanging out. >> yes. >> is that the hang? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> right. and -- >> i like to throw that slang around. >> and i got to try to pick it up. >> it i like to hang when i'm gigging. >> [ laughs ] >> is it the same in journalism? do you like each other? >> yes, we like to hang. yes, especially on the road. especially on the road. that's really -- that's a little bit like what you do, but with bullets and bombs and things flying. >> right, and you talk about, you know, your perspective on working on a story about this or -- >> yeah, we really like it. it's the camarader

thousands of protesters turn out copenhagen, angry over a movenment plan to immigrants to a remote, uninhabited island. more, coming up next. in under four months, the u.k. is meant to leave the european union. the brexit situation is getting more chaotic. on monday, theresa may postponed a parliament vote as she knew she didn't have the votes to pass it. the prime minister will bring the deal back for a vote before january 21. she is holding emergency talks with the german chancellor. she is trying to see if she can help put pressure on the eu to change the deal, something the eu says it will not do. >> there is no room for renegotiation. enough to give her the clarification and further interpretatitions without alterg the agreement. this will not happen. click small reaction from the european union. let's go live to brussels. the eu has been categorical. they're not letting the u.k. renegotiate brexit. russell'sy will be in later. what does she think she is going to get? a busy day.ng to be for something the eu canan give h her that she can take t to the britishh parliamet to g get them to pa

cancel our tourfrom sweden to copenhagen because we have a connecting flight from copenhagen to rome, for us. there is ten of us here. ron has been waiting since wednesday night for a flight to antigua to join his family. he will now have to fly on christmas day. very frustrating that i will not be spending christmas with the family which is sad, but again, it is all out of my control so i'm afraid there's nothing ican do about it, and unfortunately, there is no flights to antigua everyday so it's not like i canjust say, oh, i'll go tomorrow. well, today is one of the biggest days of the year for people to be travelling, the final weekend before christmas, and the airport has said that the disruption caused by this incident will continue throughout the weekend. could this be the cause of the disruption? this device was spotted near the airfield yesterday. police are yet to find the device or the operator behind it. what has changed is there is a number of mitigating measures in place, provided by a number of government agencies and the military to ensure that i have the confidence to

copenhagen to rome.liday really went wrong for us. and there are ten of us here. ron has been waiting since wednesday night for a flight to antigua to join his family. he'll now have fly on christmas day. very frustrating. i won't be spending christmas with the family which is, you know, sad, but again, it's all out of my control so there is very little i can do about it. unfortunately, there's no flights to antigua every day so it's not like i canjust say, "i will go tomorrow." today is one of the busiest days of the year for people to be travelling, the final weekend before christmas. and the airport has said that the disruption caused by this incident will continue throughout the weekend. it's coming over your head! could this be the cause of the disruption? this device was spotted near the airfield yesterday. police are yet to find the device or the operator behind it. what has changed is there are a number of mitigating measures place provided by a number of government agencies and the military to e

of the happiness research institute in copenhagen he says that the danes unique kind of do towards life plays a major role in their sense of wellbeing. and we've been curious about why denmark does well in the happiness rankings and we've looked at the political system and that's a big part of the explanation you know high level of trust your social security and as well. care but that also explains why the other nordic countries do well so we wanted to understand why does denmark do better than than sweden from then iceland and and and now we. are spending quality time with family and friends or enjoying homemade cinnamon buns that's. the danes really love christmas time the traditional apple charts are on sale at christmas markets throughout copenhagen . so is brooke or danish mulled wine. particularly amusement park is decked out with a sea of lights my cooking says winter is the peak season for good. while it is practiced throughout the year i think for the winter period it becomes almost a survival strategy it's a way of getting the best out of the time of year which is doc and cold

of the happiness research institute in copenhagen he says that the danes unique attitude towards life plays a major role in their sense of wellbeing. we've been curious about why did mark does well in the happiness rankings and we've looked at the political system and that's a big part of the explanation you know high level of trust your social security and will health care but that also explains why the other nordic countries do well so we wanted to understand why does denmark do better then than sweden finland iceland and and. and now we are spending quality time with family and friends or enjoying homemade cinnamon buns that's. the danes really love christmas time the traditional apple tarts are on sale at christmas markets throughout copenhagen . so it's brooke or danish mulled wine. particularly amusement park is decked out with a sea of lights mike thinking says winter is the peak season for good. while it is practiced throughout the year i think for the winter period it becomes almost a survival strategy it's a way of getting the best out of the time of year which is doc and co

fair always people stick together as one of the arms that my husband and i would first meet in copenhagen of all places what a coincidence or two fair always natives in denmark so that must mean something it must be our affair always roots that. the people of the pharaoh islands are optimistic about the future things are picking up quickly thanks in large part to salmon farming and tourism. while the pharaoh islands and the rest of us here in europe will have to wait and see how the ups and downs of bragg's that play out over the coming weeks. now poland is a predominantly catholic country more than ninety percent are baptized catholics and the church holds great power and authority but in recent months it has also come under growing pressure over the sexual abuse of children committed by priests despite the pope's zero tolerance policy on abuse reports reveal the church in poland has not gone nearly far enough to address cases among its clergy a growing number of victims are demanding justice like mark levinsky now he was abused as a child and now he's speaking out for victims across the

i think the only people who think it's right is this university of copenhagen school of business because everybody here is outraged about this political correct this question i mean the minister of justice has said he wrote on twitter immediately this is a joke this is lunacy and then in the parliament they actually sang the song to protest against what the university it so i mean on social media there has been a lot of commentators a lot of people here who have been just been joking about it because nobody really takes it seriously so i think the only one who really takes it seriously seriously is this head of the school and the song is about is a kind of love declaration for the internet and it is a metaphor i mean when we talk about a young blonde being his girl it's a metaphor because there's nothing as beautiful as a girl in summer dress here in denmark with her long run hair blowing in the wind and this is what it's all about it's a metaphor it's not that everybody here has to be a blond girl to be accepted as a person or to be a citizen in the society it is a metaphor and i think

copenhagen was a complete revelation to oleg. oleg is a man, was and is a man of high culture, great classical music aficionado, extraordinarily broads reader and he found in denmark that he was able to read and listen to whatever he wanted to. this was not the case, need loss to say in the soviet union and he wait as eye opener and he fell in love with dep miracle and had an extraordinary time there. there was no question yet of oleg actually turning against the kgb, all the hey had begun to have doubts be this krill cal moment came in august 1968 when the great reform movement in czech show vac czechoslovakia, gusherring in a new communism, socialism with a human face. in august set 61, the soviet tanks rolled into check slovenia to crush the prague spring. this is a lone protecter in the square. their image reminds be therefore the single protecter in ten men square, standing up against the tank. it didn't work and olegal wag scandalized, absolutely furious. actually took it as a personal affront this had taken place and he di

copenhagen calling on the government to back down from the plan. to the democratic republic of congo and we have reports that the electoral commission has summoned all twenty one presidential candidates to parliament has been talk the vote could be delayed for another week catherine reports on the growing tensions around the campaign. a stage all. charged opposition supporters dancing singing and exuding confidence that this will be a fact but the ground will be fully packed by the time the leader. only the presidential candidate could not get here. the. police blocked the road his convoy and support his who had accompanied him while using. family fires in protest but it was no getting through the police cordon. all the while at the rally venue people remained hopeful. that the money. would maybe i'm told not very high in. the morning when both. fair elections were going to hurt. and i think everything there cannot be held responsible. they were always. there what does. come this all happened after. suspended political rallies in the city because o

building it seem determined to continue no matter how the politics play out here announced al-jazeera copenhagen denmark. has backed down on his demand for five billion dollars to build the wall along the border with mexico the u.s. for as event has been threatening to shut down the u.s. government if his demands weren't met failure to agree on a budget could see eight hundred thousand government workers sent home without pay before christmas funding for several agencies expires on friday. the stand has a rich history of music and storytelling dating back a thousand years in the latest in a series of reports from the central asian country charles stratford went to a music school in the capital the shah find out how tajik musicians are keeping their traditions alive. the name of this ancient times folk song is. legend has it that it was first song by a mother whose daughter married a man in a village on the other side of a river but there was no bridge to cross. the mother would stand on the bank and sing it in the hope her daughter would reply. means i miss you. know my mom but. this is a gift f

copenhagen to rome. went wrong for us. and there are ten of us here. ron has been waiting since wednesday night for a flight to antigua to join his family. he'll now have fly on christmas day. very frustrating. i won't be spending christmas with the family which is, you know, sad, but again, it's all out of my control so there is very little i can do about it. unfortunately, there's no flights to antigua every day so it's not like i canjust say, "i will go tomorrow." today is one of the busiest days of the year for people to be travelling, the final weekend before christmas. and the airport has said that the disruption caused by this incident will continue throughout the weekend. it's coming over your head! could this be the cause of the disruption? this device was spotted near the airfield yesterday. police are yet to find the device or the operator behind it. what has changed is there are a number of mitigating measures in place provided by a number of government agencies and the military to ensure tha

and this is just the latest step rasmussen not chris joining us from copenhagen he's from the alternative party there and mike thank you for your time thing. just a quick update now on the protests in france and students have joined anti-government demonstrations sweeping the country and he was blocked about one hundred high schools by students who are upset about a new university application system on tuesday the government agreed to suspend its controversial fuel tax increase trying to appease thousands of protesters who've rallied across france in the past three weeks david chatted with more he is at a university in central paris. these changes demonstrations by groups of students are now breaking out in paris moving from history channel to rise and waving and worthless to go by getting support from washing vans and even ambulances so this is now what. pressure macro is facing the protest is spreading one way or the confessional she is already given and the pressure on him and he's a bit astray she is only growing. just before we go to the break elizabeth watching on facebook live than

and copenhagen he wanted an album with a harmonious concept.when it comes to making a single singers the record company management team you get tons of feedback and everyone's thinking ok which single could be released next which is the right song but with an album i can just do what i like most. games career began with classical music he learned to play violin at the age of six by the time he was eighteen he was deejaying in london clubs his international breakthrough came at the age of twenty with his version of cheerleader a song by jamaican singer. steadily conquered the planet topping the charts in the u.s. and twenty other countries the original was less successful. than the song. this song was already a hit in jamaica but pretty are known in the rest of the world even after i remakes the release to no one really listened to it for about six months but somehow it just reached the consumers it got to number one on spotify in sweden without any marketing campaign or record company people just decided they liked it and put it on their playli

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and copenhagen he wanted an album with a harmonious concept. people have their say when it comes to making a single the record company management team you get tons of feedback and everyone's thinking ok which single could be released next which is the right song but with an album i can just do what i like. felix gives career began with classical music you learn to play violin at the age of six by the time he was eighteen he was deejaying in london clubs his international breakthrough came at the age of twenty with his version of cheerleader a song by jamaican singer. was a. remake steadily conquered the planet topping the charts in the u.s. and twenty other countries the original was less successful. than the song. i think this song was already in jamaica but pretty and known in the rest of the world even after i remakes they released it but no one really listened to it for about six months but somehow it just reached the consumers it got to number one on spotify in sweden without any marketing campaign or record company people just decided the

products but now demarcus considering laws which would require such disclosures for reports now from copenhagen. in this supermarket the label on the potatoes or sausages that you're about to buy will soon be able to tell you exactly how much damage it's done to the planet's. in an attempt to reduce its government emissions and slow down climate change the danish government wants to introduce a new rating label for food products consumers are very. concerned about the climate change and if you if you look at this. with the climate labeling on will we consume or get information ok and they want to make it change one to do something. and then they can say ok i'll buy this product because it's. when it comes to our carbon footprints not all products are made the same some require a lot of land and water resources well other products had to be transported for hundreds of kilometers by plains or in order to get here adding to pollution. agriculture is one of the major contributors to the level of carbon emissions that's driving climate change worldwide denmark is building wind farms promoting energy

this is the 10th climate summit we have reported from beginning and copenhagen. as we broadcast, hundreds of climate justice advocates -- activists are staging a protest right behind these u.n. talks. the convention center is modeled after a coal mine. we turn now to our first segment. "we are not prepared to die." those are the words mohamed nasheed, thehe former presidentf the low lying island state of maldives, delivered here at the u.n. climate summit. on thursday, nasheed delivered an impassioneded plea fofor nats to overcome theieir differences and take decisive action to tackle climate change. >> we are not prepared to die. in the maldives has no intention of dying. they are not going to become the first victims of the climate crisis.. instead, we are going to do everything in ouour power to kep our heads above the water. we are not winning the battle. half of the problem is that we are still taking the leaders to stop polluting on ethical grounds. but they are not listening to us. they never were. so instead, rather than asking for cuts, perhaps we should

copenhagen denmark all right still ahead when we come back. at the world trade organization. again don has a rich history of music and storytelling going back a founding years and i like his report in our series from the central asian country charles stratford went to a music school in the capital the shan day to find out how musicians are keeping their traditions alive. the name of this ancient times folk song is dollar killick. legend has it that it was first song by a mother whose daughter married a man in a village on the other side of a river but there was no bridge to cross. the mother would stand on the bank can sing it in the hope her daughter would reply. means like this you. know month month. month this is a gift from god to me and i'm thankful to god for this and so through my fingers i share this with everyone this is not just for me. shelf comedy shows me around the go to means museum a music school in. the capital city of tajikistan. the school was opened by go to mange zulkey because of a movie star and musician who became famous in the one nine hundred forty s

it seem determined to continue no matter how the politics play out here announced by al-jazeera copenhagen denmark. now with one hundred days to go before britain is due to leave the european union and the countdown to breaks it is getting increasingly chaotic prime minister theresa may has tried and failed to persuade e.u. leaders to sweeten the agreement to leave on march the twenty ninth especially on the irish borders so-called backstop the u. e.u. says renegotiation is not an option and may says her deal is the best available many m.p.'s from all parties still say it is a disaster a third of her conservative party m.p.'s voted against her in a confidence vote last week but she survived that she's delayed the final parliamentary vote by m.p.'s to accept or reject the deal until the middle of next month or the government now says it is ramping up emergency preparations for no deal at all and the barber joins me live now from london for more than a son a dream how united is the cabinet at the moment on what happens next. not very united at all has him on tuesday there was a cabinet meeti

pipeline can be completed but opinion there is the vi that for laos flecked reports now through copenhagen. a new pipeline which could double the amount of gas russia delivers directly to germany has kept world leaders busy arguing if europe might become too dependent on russia so about thirty thousand pipes here in carson but in this harbor down in sweden near the danish border where departure stuart the economic benefits of the pipeline construction outweigh the concerns i have a course on the people here in karl's home think it's a great idea they're happy with it it creates a lot of jobs but in the rest of sweden they're afraid and they said if you let the russians into your harbor the pipeline is divided europe and its allies into those who are for and those against in september u.s. president donald trump criticize germany over the plan and germany will become totally dependent. on russian energy if it does not immediately change course the twelve hundred kilometer route runs under the baltic sea the pipeline will be able to supply to european markets giving russian alternative to by