city they are also part of the copenhagen way of living so hopefully when they leave copenhagen they would also be finished or copenhagen or ambassadors to tell what a wonderful city it is to live in so that's an example of division foods worldwide to the terms of advancing the cause of women for if the market in terms of representation at city level and representation in the national parliament to a woman finding equality in the political process i think of the city council right now it's almost fifty fifty and we have a majority of female leaders of the parties in the city council and some of the bigger parties also in the parliament the second largest party has a woman in front we have the head of the parliament is also a woman so i think that actually in politics the women find it more attractive to east year maybe two to be be in top position but of course a serious bore good. woman. prime minister of denmark but tell me there's politics is interesting because you would have got the impression of what an avid follower of as a bit i was born is fantastic and bolton is a is a good

as move of cultural closure of human copenhagen how important is the cultural aspect to the vibrancy of a great city like this well i think the cultural life in copenhagen is one of the reasons why we have been ranked as one of the best cities in the world of course you need daycare centers you need great infrastructure and all that but it's the cultural life is the lesser life it's all the fun things that are important to a city the size of copenhagen at least maybe the sort of the world cup in the skyline a much of the the traditional architecture of the time. difficult thing to do well it was actually one of my first political decisions when i became mayor of cultural lesher back in two thousand and eight and a former lord mayor she didn't want to keep the skyline she wanted to make it possible if the right project came that we could just put up a big building right in the center of the city but a majority of parties decided that no way we want to keep the skyline we want to keep what disparity important and very special to copenhagen but we also wanted to make sure that of course

welcome to the excitement show from copenhagen and the daily sparkman they make the big decisions in the politics of the kingdom of denmark service tell us this is the most contented society on earth and this program we try and get to grips with the secret of the daily show of happiness it's a fascinating time in danish politics p. alice levy is copenhagen's former maid of coach and leisure and former mayor of church and yes she says culture and leisure is a vital part of the city's long term planning i she is convinced it's a big reason why the city ranks as one of the happiest places in the world. obviously work with alex i will show thank you so much though you spoke. of culture of leisure of human copenhagen how important is a cultural aspect to the vibrancy of a great city like this well i think the cultural life in copenhagen is one of the reasons why we have been ranked as one of the best cities in the world of course you need daycare centers you need great infrastructure and all that but it's the cultural life is the lesser life it's all the fun things that are important to a

headlee and his back has now set their sights on europe targeting the danish capital copenhagen. head he traveled there several times he made videos and took photos of potential soft targets the main train station the luxury hotel down to ten copenhagen's main synagogue and the office of the newspaper. which had published the mohammed caricature. this photo was found on hadley cell phone. what they envision is an attack mumbai style the they will get gunmen will storm the newspaper building in the heart of copenhagen take hostages make sure that the media is there the capital of the hostages and throw their heads out the windows and it will happen in the most peaceful unimaginable place possible which is copenhagen. at least recording a detailed plan for the attack which was given the code name mickey mouse project. his preparations took him back to germany where he supports his unhampered. elliott spent time in hamburg and knew about it and spent time in germany when he was involved in drug trafficking and he thought that that was a place where we could find guns or people to a

undercover spies in copenhagen.copenhagen was a complete revelation to oleg. oleg is a man, was and is a net of high culture. he's a great classic music aficionado, a broad reader. he found in that he was able to read and listen to whatever he wanted to pick this is not the case is assisting in the soviet union. and for oleg it was a complete eye-opener. he fell in love with denmark overnight, and had the most extra great time there. there was no question really yet of oleg turning against the kgb, although giving a trip began to have doubts that the critical moment came in august 1968 when the great reform movement in czechoslovakia known as the prague spring, the liberalizing movement under alexander which many young soviet citizens including oleg and his young friends would usher in a new kind of communism, socialism with a human face. in august 1961 the soviet tanks rolled into czechoslovakia to crush the prague spring. this is a photograph of a loan protester in the central square in prague. the image reminds m

paul reese al-jazeera copenhagen good luck to them well that's all the sport for now peter will have more for you later. thanks. and finally for the first time we're able to see what the far side of the moon looks like china has released a panoramic treasure graph taken from its chunky four new approach that's the first in the history of space exploration to make a soft landing them now this image was created by merging eighty pictures taken by a camera mounted on the probe. and that's it from me nickelback back in just a moment with more of the day's news. carcinogen. resort is one of nigeria's top tourist destinations but in the shadow of the mountain some nigerians continue an ancient tradition which child protection workers say condemns young girls to a life of slavery and sexual exploitation five year old miracle was buried for money just a few weeks ago joan leaves with some missionaries who says she's proved many marriages happen i couldn't reach it is a missionary who rescues goals the money goes to buy outrightly. i need one big truck to gil before she's born there what if i

city in copenhagen is an interesting idea yes it is and i'm glad you enjoyed watching the show about it neal and finally lens they said come on scotland we're a small country with huge not to resources we have more than dead white cast off our independence thank you lindsey but in the commons last tuesday the high sorted first to avoid leaving it without a deal and then forty four to deal which was not even on the european table this is how the two main protagonists try to explain to the country what exactly has transpired last night the house did vote to reject no deal but it also voted to do what the european union has consistently passed this house to do since it rejected the withdrawal agreement which was to say what it was that the u.k. wanted to see changed last night a majority in this house voted to could maintain the commitment to no harcourt or to northern ireland an island to leave the european union.

pull race al-jazeera copenhagen. before i go. at an elite football match in australia the pitch invader going on and i make stick to flight but rest assured it landed safely gets off the pitch to get an update on the teaching down hard to teach you to want to be a good bloke and i was up to bat and when you're around your neck. and that's all the sport we have another update coming up again later. don't go anywhere i'll be back in just a moment or two with much more of the day's news lots of analysis as well stay with us here at our visit. to. the carter center. it's the fust day of school in bob an elementary school in mosul. this school is a military base firing rocket propelled grenades on multis of nearby and out that falsus. most helpful gauteng what it is like to be in school up to three years old war. six year old saw it as house of survived an ass like his home and almost wiped out his entire family he now lives in the popular destroyed house with his father and grandfather. solace for the purpose his son for the first da

pull race al-jazeera copenhagen before i go. out in a spot of bother at an eighty football match in australia and give us the pitch invader going on an unexpected flight the grace to should have landed safely continue as the teacher gets off the pitch you cannot don't teach him down how to teach you want to be good blood and i was up and down in the morning around our neck. i will leave a most for him to three all right peter thank you very much and thanks for watching the news hour more news on al jazeera and just a moment. it's very difficult as a chef or restaurant or to buy shrimp with the confidence that what you're serving is going to be good seafood by nature is a hybrid model sometimes trump is raised using production drugs. that are not approved for use in the u.s. the f.d.a. simply isn't testing enough on be imported market to really find all of these violent of bread to feed take no one else does either. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much

pull reese al-jazeera copenhagen. before i go that good in a spot of bother a league football match in australia the spit should invade going on an unexpected flight but rest assured it landed safely and it just gets off to teach you to not die don't teach you don't have to teach it want to be a good bloke it's up to you down and when you're a new name. the methyl this fall back to merriman london thanks very much peter on now finally china has released the first ever photograph taken on the far side of the moon this panorama was created by joining together eighty pitches taken from a camera mounted on the change efore luna probe it's the first manmade object to land on the side of the moon it's always facing away from earth and. also shows the jade rabbit rover exploring the previously on terror that wraps up the news hour but i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with more of the day's news for you stay with us. headlines warned the streets of melbourne australia are by. its citizens under threat by an african ga

pull race al-jazeera copenhagen. ok most forward with. during news we had in the fifteen hundred g.m.t. on but that's all i have to say for now ok we'll be back after that they went back . and you can find much more on our website they address al-jazeera dot com that's it for the news and i will be back and just a moment another full of these for you. in the next episode of science in a golden age i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval islamic period in the field of mathematics. the term algebra can be traced back to the arabic word algebra we're going to the limits of modern technology forty percent falls to the speed of sound they gave us the final building block find they discovered it many people taunt is a story science from a golden age with. al-jazeera al-jazeera as their what a story breaks but also to see what happens next iteration on the wired budget where mobile. barricaded all seven streets that lead to here the middle east now is what about change people have gone hostile here the area the m

pull race al-jazeera copenhagen. before i go that got in a spot of bother at an elite football match in australia this pitch invader going on an unexpected flight but rest assured it landed safely just gets off the pitch to get an update on did you know how to get to the top want to be good blood and he's up and down in the morning randomly. and that's all the sport we have another update coming up again later and that's peter so for me for this al-jazeera news out don't go away adrian will be in the chair in just a moment. how much more are we going to invest in the elusive notion that militaries guarantee on national security and poverty destitution and the sense of fun and this have actually been at the heart of virtually every civil conflict in the last twenty years of him stein a head of the u.n. development program to al-jazeera. much is saying has now been held in pretrial detention for two years what is his crime. why hasn't he been tried yet why hasn't justice been applied in this case is he detained because

today denmark started building a fence along its border with germany copenhagen hopes the seventy kilometer metal construction will help the spread of african swine fever which is transmitted by wild boar the construction has attracted controversy for environmentalists and political reasons. venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president one boy though has called for fresh anti-government protests this week he has also offered the military.

sets all over the world on planes in taxis and recording studios in london plus angeles 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 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. was a. remake steadily conquered the planet topping the charts in the u.s. and twenty other countries the original was less successful. than his song i think this song was already a hit in jamaica but pretty on 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 campai

have been killed in the accident on the bridge across the great belt street a key traffic west of copenhagen officials believe falling cargo from a freight train calls the accident it's not clear why the train was allowed onto the bridge as it was closed for cars because of. its. well two thousand and nineteen is off to a rocky start if you're netflix the streaming giant has come under fire for withdrawing an episode of the popular comedy show patriot act in saudi arabia perhaps understandably the solti are not understandably this all the ground prince was not amused at a joke about the killing of journalist jamal to show our announcement is you know the tell us more about this happy new year carla. so what is the problem with the crown prince why is he so offended now was that just a joke right i mean isn't this show was hosted by us comedian. gets political and one of his first episodes that focused. soley on saudi arabia particularly the crown prince mohammed bin samana and his alleged involvement in killing we actually have a clip from the episode if you haven't seen it take a look just

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a train was going from the city to copenhagen. a spokesperson says that the freight train carrying beer cause the accident. >>> recovering in the hospital this morning after being hit by a car while out riding his bike. the crash happened on salt lake dry near the east foothills. we spoke with a neighbor who rushed to the mayor's aid. >> anything that we said or did, he kept saying, thank you. thank you. you guys are great. >> reporter: she was in her home what you heard someone yelping in pain outside. she's a man on the sidewalk, bruised and banged up and rushed to help. >> i did not recognize him at first because he had his sunglasses on. he said he is cold so we grabbed the blanket for him. >> reporter: it turns out that it was the san jose mayor who was enjoying a bike ride as he jose. he was hit by an suv on the passenger tale and ending up in the middle of the street. >> his left forearm and elbow was bleeding pretty bad. and scraped up pretty bad. if you do not have a helmet on, i don't know how he would look. >> reporter:

the bridge has now been shut. objects from a cargo train hit a passenger train en route to copenhagen1 o'clock local time. the bridge is ten miles long, and 1.6 of the miles is a hanging bridge. there is ten million cars using the bridge every year. it is connecting the east and the west of the country. it would be like a bridge connecting ireland with england, crossing the isle of man. it is a really important bridge here. there is a four—track motorway on the top. and then there is the train underneath. at 7:35am, the cover of the carlsberg lorry fell off. debris hit the train and basically caused the accident. now traffic is slowly moving again. there are 1 million wagons crossing the bridge every year. they are slowly getting the traffic moving again but still there was a lot of confusion and there is a terrible accident. the police are still getting hold of the families. there is a rescue number that they can call in for the 16 people that are having their families calling in. it is a big thing. we are seeing pictures of the tarpaulin on the side of those trains transporting carl

central danish islands of zealand and finn the passenger train was heading towards the capital copenhagen when it was hit by the roof of a cargo train which itself has been blown off by strong winds somalia's government has ordered the united nations envoy to leave the country it's accusing nicolas aisam of interfering in somalia's internal affairs hasen had raised concerns about the role of un backed security forces in the arrest of a former leader of the group al-shabaab as well as about the government crackdown during recent protests japan's emperor akihito has given his final new year's speech ahead of his abdication in april eighty five year old as he said was joined by his wife and eldest son as he wished the japanese people peace and happiness. those are the headlines the crusades an arab perspective is next. in the history of conflicts between east and west some. of. the mightiest battle between cristiana this land. a holy war in the name of religion. for the first time. the story of the crusades. from an arab perspective. love. love. love. the beginning of the eleventh century. a

the train was travelling between odense and copenhagen.ndolences about that. he says these were ordinary danes on their way to work all home from christmas holidays. they had their lives broken. here is gavin lee with more. images of the aftermath of this morning's rush—hour crash on denmark's great belt bridge. police say the commuter train with around 100 people on board was hit by objects from a passing freight train and was forced to make an emergency stop. one of the passengers, heidi langberg, says she narrowly escaped. translation: it felt as if we were pushed forward, and then all of a sudden, there was a loud bang, and then the windows shattered over our heads and we fell to the ground. and then the train stopped. we are shocked. we were very lucky due to where we were seated. the passengers sitting in the next wagon weren't that lucky. the great belt bridge is one of the busiest commuter routes in the country, connecting the central islands and linking denmark and sweden to germany. the morning train had been on its way from the

copenhagen hopes the 70 kilometer construction will halt the spread of african swine fever, which is transmitted by wild boars. it has attracted a lot of controversy for environmental and political reasons. our reporter, there he is, joins me in studio doing some muckraking on the story, i assume. why is denmark so concerned? >> first and foremost, denmark exports around 4 billion euros of pork products. and half of those are two non-european union countries. that export would be immediately halted if this swine fever spread into denmark. what happens to the pig if they get it? it leads to their death. so, it's obviously a very serious illness that denmark is keen not to have in their country. germany does not have it but they want to prevent it from spreading there. but they have also introduced a number of round the clock checks for wild boar and also fines have been hiked for improperly cleaned or disinfected animal transport vehicles. >> what are environmental groups saying about this fence? will it really be effective in terms of stopping the disease? >> it is incredibly controv

today denmark started building a fence along its border with germany copenhagen hopes that the seventy kilometer long metal construction will halt the spread of african swine fever specifically the wild boars which transmit the virus and it's a trying to some considerable controversy for environmental and also political reasons. has been doing some muckraking i guess on this story and joins me now so what exactly is denmark trying to accomplish with this fence and why are they so worried about this virus well first and foremost denmark exports over four billion euros in pork products every year and in fact if this disease actually reached denmark half of those exports so almost two billion euros worth to their economy would be essentially wiped out practically immediately now this disease. leads to the death of pigs it's not dangerous for humans but still of the it's very dangerous for their pork industry and they've also actually introduced around the clock checks for wild boar and the control of wild boar on public and private land and also pretty hefty fines for improper detained or

are started building a fence today along its border with germany copenhagen hopes the seventy kilometer metal structure i will help spread very well holds a spread the spread of african swine fever which is transmitted by wild boar is attracting lots of controversy for environmental and indeed for political reasons. i d w. s can tell us. why is denmark so concerned about african swine fever well first and foremost. mark exports four billion euros worth of pork each year if this winds ever did reach denmark it would immediately hold old non european exports which make almost four billion euros so obviously they're very concerned about denmark is also the only e.u. country where pigs number of people so they have a very large number of pigs there and a big industry and the border is seventy kilometers long as we're seeing in the map there and it's one and a half meters high and it runs along the border it's about goes as well in the ground about fifty centimeters and six spec to be finished later this year in the autumn at a cost of four point one billion euro now apart from this the dani

the morning train had been on its way from the southern city of odense to the capital, copenhagen.s, beer crates and tarpaulin from this damaged freight train were among the objects to strike the train's windows and sides. six people died, 16 were injured and evacuation efforts were hampered by stormy weather conditions. translation: it is a very, very tragic way to start 2019. six have been killed, it's very hard to take. right now we can only send our best thoughts. the rescue operation to free those trapped on board took more than five hours. danish police are now investigating the exact cause of the accident. gavin lee, bbc news. a 10 year old boy in south africa is causing a stir in the world of maths. sibahle zwane has an extraordinary ability to work out huge sums in his head. now his mental arithmetic is turning him into something of a social media sensation. pumza fihlani has been to meet him. welcome to maths. class is in session. at this farm school the pupils are hard at work perfecting their maths skills. but there's one who stands out. meet sibahle zwan, called the hu

the driver to break suddenly the train was traveling from the city of odin to the danish capital copenhagen. the great bridge links denmark's to main islands and consists of a road suspension bridge and a railway it seized by tens of thousands of vehicles every day the bridge had been closed to cars overnight because of the stormy weather but trains were still allowed to use it police are now trying to piece together exactly what happened here leave barca al-jazeera. all right still ahead on the program china introduces a new call most slow to clean up the country's reputation as the world's biggest producer of faint goods. and cloned polo ponies are scientists riding roughshod over ethical considerations. hello again it's good to have you back we are watching some very heavy rain that we've seen here across parts of vietnam continuing along the coastal areas over the next few days so we could be seeing some mostly cloudy to cloudy conditions affecting most of that central region but for her noise it is going to be mostly cloudy the rain to the south of you with the tempter there eighteen d

the driver to brake suddenly the train was traveling from the city of odin to the danish capital copenhagen. the great bridge links denmark's two main islands and consists of a road suspension bridge and the railway it seized by tens of thousands of vehicles every day the bridge had been closed to cars overnight because of the stormy weather but trains were still allowed to use it police are now trying to piece together exactly what happened here. beav barkha zero u.s. president says he's ready to negotiate an end to the partial government shutdown which has been in place for nearly two weeks donald trump's invited political leaders from both parties to the white house on thursday democrats take over as the majority party in the house of representatives president trump has been refusing to sign up for new spending unless it includes billions of dollars for his new border war let's go live now to washington d.c. and speak to heidi jocasta heidi what can we expect from today's meeting there. martine so trump has indicated that he wants to make a deal with the big question is whether he's will

people are dead after a railroad accident on the bridge across the great belt straight west of copenhagen reports suggest that objects from a freight train flew into a passenger train the bridge was subject to strong winds at the time. chinese president xi jinping says it is inevitable that the self ruling island of taiwan will be reunited with china she delivered a speech marking the forty years since the start of improving ties and call for peaceful reunification but he warns beijing reserved the right to use force if necessary. japan's emperor akihito has extended your screenings for the last time before he abdicates the eighty five year old appeared before tens of thousands of well wishers at the imperial palace in tokyo akihito has occupied the credit chrysanthemum ground since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine he's planning to abdicate in april which would make him the first emperor to do so in more than two hundred years. and celebrated sixty years of revolution amid economic crisis and political reforms the commemoration ceremonies took place in santiago de cuba at the foot of

island's one hundred thirty one passengers were on board a train that was heading towards the capital copenhagen when it hit the train or french president emanuel mccrone faced the serious challenges in two thousand and eighteen many saw as a government as out of touch enjoying the ongoing yellow vest protests two years after mccrone him self shook up french politics this year's european parliament elections could see new political forces emerging as part of our series looking ahead to two thousand and nineteen burnet smith reports from paris. they have no leader no manifesto no political party and no candidate yet five months before election day for the european parliament france's main political parties a nervous about what they call the yellow vest effect was the. there's no political party that can decide on the out of the people we had a french people that fought for the land and we continue the struggle no political party is above the french people should. not honestly i'm not going to fight because i don't want to fight with people who look down on us who talk to us disrespectfully who de

the morning train had been on its way from the southern city of odense to the capital, copenhagen.al poles, beer crates and tarpaulin from this damaged freight train were among the objects to strike the train's windows and sides. six people died, 16 were injured and evacuation efforts were hampered by stormy weather conditions. translation: it is a very, very tragic way to start 2019. six have been killed. it's very hard to take. right now, we can only send our best thoughts. the rescue operation to free those trapped on board took more than five hours. danish police are now investigating the exact cause of the accident. gavin lee, bbc news. a ten—year—old boy in south africa is causing a stir in the world of maths. it has an extraordinary ability to work out huge sums in impaired. mentalarithmetic ability to work out huge sums in impaired. mental arithmetic is turning him into a social media sensation. class is in session. at this school, pupils are hard at work perfecting their maths skills. there is one who stands out. he is called the human calculator and he is just stands out.

wagon onto the oncoming tracks the train was traveling from the city of odin to the danish capital copenhagen. the great bridge links denmark's two main islands and consists of a road suspension bridge and the railway it seized by tens of thousands of vehicles every day. the bridge had been closed to cars overnight because of the stormy weather but trains were still allowed to use it police are now trying to piece together exactly what happened here leave barca al-jazeera and nasa spacecraft sent back its first close up picture of all too much too late the most distant celestial object ever explored a new high resolution images shows it's shaped like a snowman consisting of two fused together spheres the new horizon spacecraft swept past. years they are six point five billion kilometers for. barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. democratic congressional leaders have called on president trump to end the partial shutdown that's frozen funding for eight government departments met with leaders from both parties to try to break the impasse he says he wants to avert a

central danish islands of zealand and finn the passenger train was heading towards the capital copenhagen when it was hit by the roof of a cargo train blown off by strong winds. chinese president xi jinping is not ruling out using military force against importers of independence in taiwan in his first major speech addressing the cell for the island she said to taiwan's reunification with china is inevitable taiwan's leader rejected the statement is that beijing must face the reality in stores of jabari with the latest . and you your speech with a familiar message. chinese president xi jinping has urged the people of taiwan to accept that it must and will be reunited with china in a speech on the fortieth anniversary of a key policy statement he reiterated beijing's call for peaceful unification. well . we are firmly against any plots to create two china or one china one taiwan or taiwan independence we've achieved a major victory in the fight against taiwan independence or separatist activities nobody and no party can change the historical and legal fact the taiwan is part of china and bo