as lawrence lee found out the revolution is green. denmark's revolution is achieved without fanfare. woodchips not goal hit the area. it provided steam of this driving hot water and wint driven electricity. >> we are wary of the environment. we have to deliver greener power for heating. cost-effective to heating, and independent of other countries to a large extent. >> not for denmark over whether turbines are ugly. there's barely a country in europe that doesn't have challenges working out where the energy will come from in the future. nuclear is expensive. that as a huge defense and foreign policy ramifications. denmark is set to be self sufficient in a few hours and is driven by the thirst for energy. >> if you are green if you don't rely on russian gas, you do not feet threatened. >> if the day game where rusha stopped the gas, we'd have to deliver sacrifices for our neighbours. if all the european states do it. they would be in a different situation. >> reporter: keeping the lights on is entangled with european policies. the argu

won't be known for certain and his parents don't believe it's him but that is understandable, lawrence leendon. >>> a man described by prosecutors as one after al-qaeda early leaders convicted of conspiracy by a court in new york with involved in the u.s. embassy bomb ings in kenya in 1998 which killed 224 people and prosecutors saying the saudi arabia was one of bin laden closest age, 13 people arrested on charges and the suspect including four women were involved in a killing of four policemen near the algerian border and estimated 100 people arrested in the last three days as part of government's antiterror initiative. duma the rebel held suburb east of the capitol damascus under siege for two years, almost 300 civilians died because of food and medical shortages during this time. and in the first week of february alone more than 100 lost their lives in what is the heaviest air attacks by the government and zana reports. >> reporter: she was just over a-year-old and died of malnutrition and not the first victim in duma the rebel held capitol of damascus under siege by government forces

lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: by the time the reporters turned up at the family home in west onthey were gone. the police had already been around. reports had emerged that arison was a murderer. you can understand why they didn't want to be there. >> you have proudly donated 100 million to kill our women and children to destroy the home of the muslims 67 it's some weeks says the security services go ahead their voice recognition software had helped identify jihadi john, a slightly ridiculous name given that this this was a man involved in bedding cap taoufred aid workers and journalists. he became the narrater of the also of an organization that tore through eye wrapping and syria as much the world look odds in disbelief. >> reporter: the question is already being raised as for what, if anything, the british secure tiff services knew of him, but neither they nor the police would comments. but this organization, which routinely hears complaints from muslims about britain did know him. he had told them that he had been repeatedly harassed by the security services who even blocked

lawrence lee, al jazeera brussels. >> talks on the trade agreement have been going on for 18 months. >> three top officials from the u.s. are heading to europe tomorrow to determine the flex move in ukraine. >> an issue of whether kiev should be lend to better army its military. >> and a different kind of battle, why many of them are fighting to get back to america after being deported. crif >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. coming up this half hour of international news our al jazeera colleague, peter greste has just trowrnd returned to australia. >> a look at the plight of u.s. veterans being deported. separated from their families unable to collect military benefits. >> at least 31 people are dead after an horrific plane crash in taiwan. captured by the dash cams of several cars in the area. the airplane had just taken off from the airport of taipei when the pilot radioed mayday and 15 survivors were pulled from the wreck. three passengers were still unaccounted for. we are joined by al jazeera apples salail rothman. what do we know

lawrence lee reports from copen haggen. equipment driven electricity for 1.5 million more. copenhagen will still be the word's first carbon neutral cab toll city. >> we are relying on offshore wind and sustainable bio mask. and the virtues of that is we are going to deliver a green power, and district heating cost effective power leading and independent of our countries. >> effecting it's european neighbors. >> there's barely a country in europe that doesn't have enormous challenges working out where it's energy is going to come from in the future. nuclear is expensive frac ago is deeply unpopular, get your gas from russia, well, that has huge defense ramifications. denmark is set to be completely self-sufficient in just a few years it's been driven by simple and renewable forms of energy. so as a time when the cold war feels like it is being reborn, the own policies aren't compromised by energy dend mas. the advice is simple, if you go green like us, if you lose the reliance on russian gas you can stop feeling threatens. >> if russia cuts all supplies we would have to deli

lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: the rolling hills of the west of england one of many places where energy companies would like to frack for gas. people like louise fear the trade deal called ttip would render opposition to fracking completely powerless. >> if, for example a local community decided they didn't want to have fracking within their location, and they turned down an application the companies could see if they felt their profits were going to be damaged. >> this week the campaign headed to brussels, the home of the european commission people who say the deal is being imposed on europe. cooperate giants wielding huge power over workers rights. >> from cigarettes companies health companies mining and drilling companies pharmaceuticals, food agriculture, everything is affected by ttip. it's that important. >> 20,000 lobbyists spend millions a year persuading politicians of their case. this description of the european project says something else completely but it's primary function is to defend the interests of global interest. supporters of ttip deny that it will eroads work

lawrence lee, al jazeera london. >> new forces will be joining the fight against boko haram in nigeria. >> happily we have agreed now to deploy an international force to deal with boko haram. >> the african union today agreed to send 7500 soldiers from five west africa nations to aid nigeria's struggle against boko haram. in addition both the united states and iran are offering assistance. thousands of people have been killed since the group began its attacks five years ago. >>> success for two daring adventurers. coming up on al jazeera america a 7,000 mile journey come to an end in mexico. and yet another snow storm making its way across the country. we'll have your forecast, straight ahead. ahead. >> an amazing adventure came to an end this morning after the coast of mexico. two balloonists completed a 7,000 mile journey. they began the flight in japan last sunday. good thing they didn't fly in parts of the midwest or northeast. i tell you it would have been a tough journey rebecca stevenson. >> starting with the day tomorrow chicago in the winter time is not always the best place t

as lawrence lee reports. by the time the report is turned up, they were long gone. the police had already been rounds reports had emerged that their son was a murderer. easy to understand why they didn't want to be there p we have proudly donated $100 million. >> some weeks since the security services said their voice recognition software had helped them identify the man a slightly ridiculously sounded man, glymph this was a man involved in beheading several captives. aid workers and journalists people who could not defend themselves, and who had not gone to fight. which tore through iraq, as much of the world looked on in disbelieve. neither they nor the police would comment. but this organization which routinely hears complaints from muslims about their lives in britain did know him. he had told them he had been repeatedly harassed by the security services and we have blocked him from returning to kuwait where he was born. the man who knew him describes him as a beautiful person, enraged at his treatments by the british authorities. >> this is the problem that we

lawrence lee, al jazeera london. >>> at least 197 people are now confirmed to have died in the afghanistan avalanche. homes, schools and mosques were buried in the northeastern province of pancha. nicole johnston reports. >> villages that they simply cannot contact at the moment there's estimates that some 200 families are unaccounted for at the moment. pafng authorities haveafghan security forces entering into pangier today 1,000 troops in the area trying to clear the main road. there's there's only one road into pangea which is part of the problem. afghan security forces are hampered by the fact they don't have the necessary equipment or expertise. afghanistan's president ashraf ghani will be visiting the area, are getting supplies to people who desperately need it. pangea is where the political elite in kabul come from and that's putting additional pressure on to the government. >>> many have sought refuge abroad but according to u.n. estimates there majority have been internally displaced more than 7.6 patrol. james bays has the latest from the united nations. >> reporter: almost exact

as lawrence lee reports, the revolution is green. denmark's energy is achieved without fanfare. significance is huge. woodchips, not goal heat the burners in this, the biggest power plant in the country, providing steam-driven hot water in 2,000 homes, and wind-driven electricity. copenhagen will be the world's first carbon neutral city. we are making offshore winds and biomass. we'll deliver a green pour and cost-effective and be independent of other countries, not for denmark is the debate whether turbines are ugly. clean lasting supplies is the only choice. >> there's barely a country in europe that doesn't have enormous changes. nuclear is expensive and complicated fracking is unpopular. defracking in russia has huge defense and foreign obligations. denmark is set to be self-sufficient in a few years. it's driven primarily by simple and renewable forms of energy. at the time when the cold war is being reboorn. there's no compromises by energy demand. if you are green, you can stop feeling threatened. >> if the day came when russia stopped gas, we'd have to deliver sacrifices

lawrence lee, al jazeera london. >> we'll get a weather update next then blaming each other for the collapse of peace talks. live in hong kong where pro- pro-democracy protesters are back on the streets for the first time in two months. months. that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an >> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera. japan says the likelihood that the video shows the death of kenji goto is authentic. calling it a heinous act of terrorism. >>> at least seven have been injured in an attack in sinai. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our colleagues, baher mohamed, peter greste and mohamed fahmy. jailed in egypt now for 400 days. they are falsely accused of concluding with the outlaw group the muslim brotherhood. >>> pro-russian separatists and ukraine are blaming each other for failed ceasefire. >> quickly ran into deep trouble. each side blaming the other for making impossible demands. a plan for an immediate ceasefire looks as far away as ever. the negotiator for rebels say kiev forces must halt their fire first. >> the shelling of all pop

lawrence lee, al jazeera in london. >>> new details tonight about three men from new york facing federalharges accused of supporting i.s.i.l. 24 year old gerald and 19-year-old siad who were about to travel to syria and join i.s.i.l. a third suspect is accused of bank rolling the operation, defense attorney adam told al jazeera his client is being set up by a confidential government informant. >> the public has seen it and we seen it today from comments from people from all over the world that they know how the fbi goes around with their confidential informants basically manufacturing these cases. and that is really where the heart of the case is going to lie for us is this another example, for example of like the newburg case in the southern district of new york where that is what happened and ultimately the men were convicted but the question is the public finally really ready to stand up and say this is not the way to fight the war on terror by manufacturing cases like this. >> reporter: investigators say the suspects threatened to target police officers and f.b.i. agents and ready to

lawrence lee,le a al jazeera, in london. >> isil fighters have destroyed priceless antic witties from ancient syrian era. the director that this isil video is genuine. some of the statutes that fighters are taking hammers hammers and drilled but four of the items are real. isil has recently destroyed several shrines in order to eliminate what they view they are all made of stone. mostly -- on what they call mosul. >> how does it make you feel. >> i can't believe it. sometimes i wish it is a nightmare, and i wake up, and it is not true. >> i can't believe it. this is what it is. it is unbelievable, i mean, this one is brought -- was the captor of the world. and the empire of the syrians was even bigger than the egyptians which everybody is talking about. to think that is it is -- i prefer them really destroying them, because destroying them, that's gone. looting, maybe, 60 seth years stunts somebody you know try and sell them again. avenue a case that's split public opinion in argentina the president has finally been cleared of serious allegations in a federal court. the president had

lawrence lee reports. >> by the time the reporters turned up. they were long gone. police were around, and reports emerged that their son was a murderer easy to understand why they didn't want to be there. >> you have probably donated 100 million. it's weeks since the american security services said their recognition software helped them identify the man called jihadi john slightly ridiculous seeing he was involved in beheading captives aid workers and journalists, people who could not defend themselves and had not gone to fight. he was the narrator of an organization tearing through iraq and syria as much of the world looked on in disbelief. the question is raised as to what if anything, the british security services knew. neither they nor the police would comment. the organization which hears complaints from muslims about their lives in britain knew him, he told him he had been harassed by the security services and they blocked him returning to kuwait. >> the man who knew him was described as a beautiful person. enraged at his treatment. this is the problem, creat

european farmers could put the livelihoods of many producers in the developing world at risk as lawrence lee. >> reporter: if you could take the idea of triumph over diversity and put it in a bottle then this would be it olive oil produced by farmers in the west bank. the organization which has made this trade possible is promoting the oil with the farmers who grew the trees. for all of them fair trade has acted as a badge of honor, opening huge markets as well as being a mark of palestinian nationhood. >> translator: the products is being exported to 24 countries around the world is a sign that we exist as a land. >> it has doubled at least the market for -- for palestinian product, and at least it has made it also -- while we were operating in an area where it was basically preaching to the converted who wanted to support palestinian farmers, now it has gone out to people who now buy it based on its excellent quality. >> reporter: yet as much as fair trade has been proven to work it now appears that millions of farmers who produce sugar cane are at huge risk by the policies of the european

. >>> i'm lawrence lee in copenhagen which is set to become the world's first carbon neutral capitol.>> we are focusing on the ukrainian town of debaltseve this hour which has seen weeks of intense fighting, but has now fallen to pro-russian separatists. that has been condemned by the international community, which says the separatists have violated the minsk agreement. the ukrainian troops started leaving earlier on wednesday. separatists said they pushed the soldiers out. ukraine's president described the withdrawal as having been done in a planned and paeszful way. >> translator: we have taken new defensive line and drawn my talks with the leaders of the united states of america, and european union, we demanded a hard response to the activities of russia. and we be prepare organized and coordinated actions. now i'm going to the front line to meet those two left and i have a high honor to shake their hands and to thank ukrainian heros. >> that's poroshenko putting the most positive spin he can on it. but the fall of debaltseve is a big loss. it's at an intersection between two highw

it's supporters say it will herald in a new free trade from brussels here is lawrence lee. >> the rolling heels hills of lawrence lawrence, england. a place that many would like to frack for gas. >> if, for example a local community and local planning officer decided that they didn't want to have fracking within their location, and they turn down an application the companies could sue if they thought their profits would be damaged. >> dozens like louise took the train to brussels. many say that t tip is a game changing deal. >> from cigarette companies to health companies and all the way through to mining and drilling companies, pharmaceuticals, bombing, food, agriculture, business, everything is affected by t tip. it's that important. . >> their host in brussels offers a guided tour, 20,000 lobbyists spend more than $1 billion a year persuading politicians of their employers' case. supporters of the you're even union very often say that it depends workers' interests and guarantee basic freedoms yet this description of the european project says something else completely but it's primary f

lawrence lee al jazeera bruce else. >> a french comedian is in france in court accused of terrorism. dienonne's remarks has got him in trouble with the law,. >> to the fans he's a comedian. to critics he is demigod. now he he is accuse of terrorism. it started with a comment made on january 11th. a day when millions of people took part of unity rallies under the slogan je suis charlie. he wrote a reference to gunmen who killed four people at a kosher super market. dieudonne's said that the comment did not amount to terrorism. >> he only expressed a very unique feeling that he feels like the state thinks it is a terrorist but he's only a humor humorist like charlie hebdo. >> dieudonne is no stranger to this court. he has faced charges of slander hatred language and condoning terrorism. he denies the charges. >> his lawyer said that the comedian is simply exercising his right to freedom of speech. but some legal experts do in the agree. >> he was a true comedian ten years ago. today he has been convicted ten times for this. even if he makes team laugh and say i also have the right to l

on russian border, lawrence lee reports. >> if there is a new cold war then this could be the place where the spy movie is set orb this side of the weather, it is astoria and the other side is russia, and that would be stop evading the army for very long. astoria is nearly 400 times smaller than russia. educational has a navy of two ships and an air force of two transporter planes. it is entirely russian speaking only a nato believer of their rights could justify russian military action here. >> is so astone yo has become a fast response base, the soldiers being trained and fighter jets at the air base. the government says there was no alternative. he rushes to feel it his strength and unity he will be deterred. >> but nato's justification has produced some very high profile critics among them, reign, the astonian who as aid to mikkel gosh cover given that place in modern history he is criticism of nato is highly significant. i don't think it is provocation, but it does. increase the security. certainly. because it is not in russia's interest. >> what about all those russians, do they see

lawrence lee, al jazeera, london. >>> the man who oversees britain's ill tell -- intelligence servicerced to step down. he is one of david cameron's most senior lawmakers. he says he will step down and leave politics. >>> more now on al jazeera's spy cable investigation, leaked documents reveal how the british spy agency tried to make inroads into north korea's intelligence service, and as will jordan reports, they wanted it at whatever cost. ♪ >>> this modest west london house is north korea's embassy in britain. it's small because there's not much diplomacy going on between the two countries. but a few miles away at britain's mi6 there's plenty of espionage. this secret document is from britain's mi6. it reveals a plan to recruit a north korean spy. the target was traveling through a south african airport. >> reporter: this was the second british approach and this time they needed the south africans. >> reporter: the spy cable says a year earlier mi6 offered the target a quote long term clandestine relationship in return for payment. they got no response. so they offered again, pres

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lawrence lee reports anotherrive oil produced by farmers under occupation in the west bank, whose trees are under constant threat of israeli settlement expansion. the organization that had made this trade possible is promoting the oil with the farmers that grew the dres for all of them, fair trade is a badge of honor opening huge markets the fact that our product our palestinian oil is being exported to 24 countries around the world that's a sign that we exist as a land. >> at least it is made it also widely operates in an area where it was basically preaching to those that wanted to support palestinian farmers now it is people that now buy it based on it's excellent quality. >> yet as much as fair trade has been prove to work, it now ayer poos manyings of farmer whose produce sugar cane, are at huge risk not by anything like settlement, but by the policies of the european union, the long term downturn in the euro zone has led europe to lift trade quote teas to protect european farmers at the experience of these people. fair trade says it's a complete double standard. >> it smacks of co

then it's out right suspicion and not clear if the presence will make things better or worse, lawrence lee jazeera on as tonyaastonia russian border. >> joins in 2004. >>> i.s.i.l. and iraq. >> coming up, on al jazeera america what the u.s. is saying about the size and scope of troops needed to recapture a key city. >>> and we will take you inside a u.s. state department program designed to counter i.s.i.l. propaganda online. ♪ welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. >> antonia and coming up, in the half hour of international news state department team tasked with fighting i.s.i.l. through social media, a tool that i.s.i.l. used effectively to recruit supporters. >> beat them at their own game and reducing waste by giving businesses, places markets and people to bring a left over food and one website says it's a step to solving the world's hunger program. >> we have developments in the fight against i.s.i.l. iraqi preparing for offensive to retake the city of mosul which i.s.i.l. captured last june and as david reports from the pentagon the u.s. is saying more about when the

known for certain and his parents apparently don't believe it's him but that is understandable, lawrence leeazeera in london. >>> a man described by prosecutors as one of al-qaeda early leaders convicted of conspiracy by a court in new york. and he faces life in prison for involvement in the u.s. embassy bomb ings in kenya in 1998 which killed 224 people prosecutors say the saudi arabia was one of bin laiden's closest aids. the rebel held suburb east of the capitol has been under siege for almost two years, 300 civilians died because of food and medical shortages during this time and in the first week of february more than 100 lost their lives in what has been described as one of the heaviest air attacks by the government and dana reports. >> reporter: over a-year-old she died of malnutrition and wasn't the first victim in duma the rebel held suburb of damascus has been under siege by government forces for almost two years and activists say 264 civilians died 188 of them children. >> translator: we couldn't find medicine. we couldn't find milk and when you do it is very expensive and we cann

paranoia then it's suspicion and isnot clear if nato presence will make things better or worse, lawrence leeeera on the astonia, russia border. >>> fighter jets after long-range bombers off the u.s. coastline and didn't enter british air space but prime minister david cameron thinks moscow is trying to spend a political message and lee barker reports. >> reporter: skirting uk territory, the type of russian war planes royal fighter jets intercepted off the british coast. aircraft have bombers otherwise known as bears built to carry nuclear cruise and missiles. two skrets were scrambled from the raf base here and escorted the russian planes for several hundred kilometers and prime minister david cameron believes moscow is sending london a message. >> when this happened at no time did the russian military aircraft cross into uk sovereign air space. i think what then demonstrates is we have the fast jets and pilots in place to protect the united kingdom and suspect the russians are trying to make some sort of a point and i don't think we should dignify it with too much of a response. >> reporter

lee. she's been close to your family over the years. what can you tell us about how she decided to do this? >> you know lawrenceink the manuscript had been lost. in those days there was only one type manuscript. she had kept track of it through several moves but lost it around 1980. it was just discovered in a secure place where she had actually hidden it along with her original manuscript of "to kill a mocking bird." so she had to decide what to publish it or not. i think it's exciting that we're going to get to read this book. >> among the many documentaries you've now done is my personal favorite called "a conversation with gregory peck." i want to show a piece of that where your dad is telling us about how he used the watch in "to kill a mocking bird." harper lee's father being a lawyer and how harper lee talked about her father. let's listen to this. >> i had visited monroeville, and i had gotten acquainted with him. and i borrowed a mannerism. he did have a habit of fiddling with that watch, which he had strung across from one vest pocket to the other. through the button hole in the middle. and he did it