what are the possible implications in libya? >> first of all, this is going to exacerbate the security offices in libya, and this is going to the civil war in libya, and is even more vicious. it is believed largely that egyptian government was taking part in supporting one party, in particularly general khalifa haftar's party against libya. who were treated as the islamist party of the civil war. egypt denied in the past it was involved. but they are acknowledging now that they are taking part and bombing a number of places in libya. it's interesting that the place where they bombed in the city of durna, which is one of the most vicious battle that is taking place between general khalifa haftar, and south sharia and libya. >> one would be termed to perhaps say that this is convenient perhaps, for general khalifa haftar these strikes. >> that's why, thank you, this will exacerbate them. it's going to fuel actually the civil war in libya, which is going to be serious and significant help now for general khalifa haftar for one part

resolution to launch a global coalition to intervene in libya. >> what is going on in libya could change this country to a breeding ground that will threaten the whole region, not only egypt. egypt, the mediterranean basin in europe has to do with this problem of the mission and a cobbler's was unfinished by our european friends. we abandoned the libyan people as prisoners to extremist militias. >> the u.s.-led coalition meanwhile, launched 15 air strikes against isis in iraq and syria on sunday and monday. in pakistan, at least seven people have been killed in the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in the eastern city of lahore. a taliban splinter group claimed responsibility, calling the attack revenge for pakistan's execution of its colleagues. in breaking news from eastern ukraine, russian backed separatist claim to have seized control of the key city of -- fierce fighting has raged in the area despite a cease-fire agreement. talks between greece and its european creditors have collapsed amid disagreement over the future of german-backed austerity. the greek syriza party was el

>>> for most of my life, libya was a word with bad associations. libya meant gadhafi. libya meant terrorism. >> pan am flight 103 went down in a blazing fireball. >> libya meant a bad place where a comical, megalomaniacal dictator was the absolute power. nobody in libya, however, was laughing. >> reports of explosions. >> clashes between rioters and security forces. >> in 2011, what was previously unthinkable happened. the libyan people rose up and fought for their freedom. >> heavy battles raging around the libyan capital. >> they fought like hell. >> the rebels are about to force gadhafi's complete departure. >> and they recorded the whole thing on their cell phones. >> libya! ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ >>> it's amazing arriving here after all you see on tv these days that libya is, in fact, functioning at all. but it is. the fountains across fro

intervention in libya. is separated from libya by a narrow strip of the mediterranean sea trying to reach it by boat and we have more from rome. >>> nato led military campaign backed by italy to stop i.s.i.l. in the country after they feel they were directly threatened by the fighters. now in a video posted on sunday by i.s.i.l. in which they showed the beheading of 21 coptic christians from egypt i.s.i.l. fighters said they were just south of rome something that italy says it's a direct threat to them. interior minister said there is no time to waste and should intervene in the country. now the fear is that i.s.i.l. will continue to advance all the way to the coast of libya where they could take control of the human trafficking business there and infiltrate i.s.i.l. fighters among the hundreds of thousands of migrants that reach the coast of italy every year and interior minister said until now it was under control but there was an episode on sunday that showed the escalation there is growing as well and r

mission in libya. there's been a lot of after action thinking about its mandate, the capacity early on. the u.n. was quite frank in acknowledging they focused too much on the elections early on. they were so geared on having the elections. they neglected the security sector. while they were happening, you had the rise of militias. you had the deterioration of security in benghazi, the rise of extremism. you know i think moving forward, when i talked to people in senior level policy positions now, there's this sense that if there is some sort of peace deal. if there's a unity government in libya, the u.s. approach going forward is going to be more forceful. they're not going to be waiting for the libyans to ask. there's going to be -- you get the sense that washington is taking this problem very seriously. unfortunately, and this goes back to barber's point, it's the isis thing. so my danger is we're going to view this problem again through a counterterrorism lens. there was an effort early on to try to

libya is facing calls to bring citizens home from libya.s not just egypt that is concerned about the unravelling security in libya. the european union is planning to hold talks with the united states and egypt on how to deal with groups in libya, linked to isil also referred to as daesh. >> it is a complex, very dangerous situation. so far it has been mainly for the migration routes. now obviously there is another dimension that should push all of the sides inside libya to realize that daesh is a threat to the entire country, to all of the libyans, that would require a joint action to face the threats. >> reporter: france and italy with also campaigning for a coordinated international response. warning that if left unchecked, the group could be at libya's doorstep. >>> stay with us here still to come in the program how traders in senegal are getting ready to get back to work. we'll be back in a moment. only on al jazeera america. ♪ >>> you are watching the al jazeera. reminder of our top stories. in nigeria there have been several ex-motion

. >>> libya, a place where the dictator had the absolute power. however, nobody in libya was loud. in 2011, what was previously unthinkable happened. the libyan people rose up and fought for their freechdom. >> heavy battle in the libyan capital. >> they fought like hell. and they recorded the whole thing on their cell phones. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ >>> it's amazing arriving here after all you see on tv these days that libya is, in fact, functioning at all. but it is. the fountains across from the corniche are operating. traffic works, kind of. at the radisson, club sandwiches arrive on time in the lobby. the occasional flash of camo and a security scanner are really the only discordant notes. >> you don't want to take the video. >> oh, you don't, okay. inside the old part of the city men slaughter a camel while a girl records it with her ipad. >> no? oka

we haven't been thinking about libya.oo recently in terms of the news discussion or in terms of the administration. the administration wants the world to think things are going okay. we don't need to rethink our policies. the trouble you are expecting is about what you can expect from circumstances like this. blood on the front page of 23 christians is the sort of thing to say whoa whoa. this is not succeeding. >> let me u.s. is. >> writers of the "new york times" are saying we don't want to put a big story on the front page. >> let me -- another winter blast getting ready to slanel the northeast. live team coverage coming up. you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty

targets inside libya. deadlock in ukraine. why both sides in the conflict are refusing to pull back from the front line. >>> no deal for now. greece rejects an opening eu offer. branding it absurd. >>> and why costume characteristics are cracked down in one of its iconic neighborhoods. but first to libya where egyptian jets have carried out air strikes hitting positions held by fighters allied to i.s.i.l. it's in response to the group's beheading of 21 egyptian hostages on a beach shown in a grizzly video released online. egypt's strikes which as you can see have caused devastation on the ground come at a time of deep crisis in libya. oftenon this news hour we'll look at how egypt's situation and spread of i.s.i.l.'s ideology with its slictly slickly produced videos fastly becoming a brand more and more groups are pledging allegiance to. >>> and then there is france, who just sealed a deal to sell rafael fighter jets. >>> warning, viewers pay find some of the images in caroline malone's report distressing. >> the military says

egypt taking aim against the islamic state in libya. hours after mill taps released a video show the beheadings of 21 christian egyptians men who were simply traveling to libya for work and ended up dead. egyptian war planes launched two waves of strikes in eastern libya, this is video from egypt shack television. officials called the strike retribution for the murders. they targeted weapon supplies and training camps. egypt now calling for an international response in libya where extremists have taken over several cities. now to at the beheading video. it's said to be five minutes long and a title, quote a message to the blood with the -- the militants marched the men on to what they say is a beach in libya all knew for isis. the militants forced the men to lie face down#yw7[ç before cabbing off their head. one militant speaks in we were english, mentions osama bin laden and then says the group plans to conquer rome. pope francis condemned the killing the white house called the murders despicable and said it shows there's a need for po

let's get analysis of what is happening this libya from the formal ambassador to libya.t seems that arab nations are now really weighing in on libya. we now have a diplomatic spat between egypt and qatar over foreign intervention in libya. explain the regional interest in libya. >> well i don't think the regional interest is all that great. libya has never had a tremendous importance in the eyes of its neighboring countries. it is a country that has tended to take the lead from them. the main problem at the moment is the huge amount of arms which gaudify left behind in libya. there are huge quantities of arms, some may be unusable but they have been sold off, and passed hand to hand and affected the security of the whole region. >> yesterday we were talking to one of the editors of qatar's local newspaper who said to me that egypt has an interest in libya's oil and this is why egypt may want foreign intervention in order to secure this oil. would you support this view? >> no i think that's rather imaginative. of course egypt is is a [ inaudible ] country in terms of fina

libya in the end?ll i think that is unlikely and personally i don't think it's likely to help no. you mentioned france and italy but the security council immediately reacted to the killing of these people by calling for strengthening the political process which is being led by the u.n. represent tiff who has been bringing together the various factions in libya for political discussions about the future of libya. that is the process we ought to be supporting and that is the process the security council said we are supporting. >> thank you so much for your insight, former british ambassador to libya. >> thank you. >>> now european finance ministers are meeting in brussels and talking about greece's financial bail out for a second day, the creditors have an ultimatum saying greece must extend the current bailout program and the new greek finance minister says the plan is obabsurd but he is confident a solution will be found. >> in europe we behave in such a way to create a solution honorable solution out

they are not in libya for tourism.se people want to libya to work and earn some money. >> libya has long attracted egyptian workers, but following the country's civil war, militant groups of overrun key cities like benghazi and tripoli. last february, several christian egyptians were shot dead on a beach in eastern libya. >> the ukrainian army says at least four soldiers have been killed in attacks by pro-russian separatists despite a new cease-fire put in place this weekend. both the ukrainian government and russian backed rebels are accusing each other of violating the truce. while it does seem to be holding in parts of the region, luke brown tells us that many think it will never last. >> a rare calm in eastern ukraine. by and large, the cease-fire is holding. around the region of debaltseve the guns of not quite fallen silent. separatist artillery still targeting government positions with mortar fire, a provocation for the ukrainian soldiers. >> a cease-fire has been signed and we have orders to respect it. did you

libya appears to be unstable and dangerous. for more on the situation in libya, i spoke to the founder and director of research into governance. a tripoli based think tank. we began with the ousting of dictator muammar gaddafi >>> optimism rained after the n.a.t.o.-led campaign helped to get rid of muammar gaddafi. how did we get to the chaos. is part of the problem that the coalition bombed and didn't get involved and left. >> the majority of the problem, the first question that the international community asked is do we agree we need to get rid of muammar gaddafi. it was a resounding yes. the squoften what would you like in libya, how would you line the country to progress. it requires more effort than just bombing to the solution. >> the challenge is worse, two governments, i.s.i.l. claiming to have a growing affiliate and horrible murders over the weekend. murders of christian can'tics from egypt. president abdul fatah al-sisi is calling, talking for coalition's, to deal with what is happening. is that a good idea. first of

libya is a vast country. there are many active groups operating in libya.these groups are indigenous groups. they're part of the lib yawn society. they are groups that participated in the revolution against qadaffi. they have wide representation within the public of, within the lib yawn public so they're not isolated groups. probably like al qaeda or aqap in yemen. that is not linked to the public. look at tripoli the different regions have wide representation within tripoli or in other parts of libya. so any solution in libya, if we're thinking of this type of somalia intervention or troops that they're going to intervene and stop the strife as we've seen in by the egyptian government, i think this will make the situation much worse. the hope will have to be given or, the effort will have to be on the peace negotiations, if you can bring the parties together and i think there is a grounds for this because the mere commitment for the past weeks for the negotiations short some willingness from the parties together and i think that is where efforts must be do

in libya. >>> another 2,000 migrants making the dangerous journey from libya. deadlock in brussels with greece rejecting the eu's opening bailout offer as unacceptable and absurd. and the battle rg continues around debaltseve. >>> and two of the rarest predators get a national park to help protect tell. them. egypt has launched two rounds of air strikes against positions held by fighters allied to the islamic state of iraq and the levant in libya. four egyptian military jets launched attacks in response to the killing of 21 egyptian coptic christians by the group. the strikes were coordinated with the libyan air force which is loyal to the u.n. recognized government based in the port city of tobruk. meanwhile, the rival government calls them a breach of immunity. military intrerchtion intrefns intervention of libya. >> egypt has launched air attacks for the second time in a day. killing a number of children and damaging residential buildings. the self proclaimed defense minister says they have bombed partly of the eastern city of benghazi and cert. >> a if we w

coming up, the turmoil in libya continues. multiple car bombings killed dozens in the east of the country as islamic extremism takes root. >> and a week after a video was released showing the beheading of 21 coptic christians, we travel to the egyptian village where many of the victims came from. we're back after a short break. please stay with us. >> welcome back. in libya, a series of car bombings have struck in eastern city. at least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded. militants claiming loyalty to islamic state have claimed responsibility for the attack. >> libya has been plagued by violence since overthrowing the market off the four years ago. the instability has allowed islamist militant groups to take root and carveout huge trunks of territory area >> the country passed to rival governments are locked in a war making it impossible to tackle the country's many problems. >> a libyan coast guard boat leaves the port. skipper tells us it's one of eight vessels in the fleet far too few to patrol coast line that st

not just in libya but elsewhere in the islamic world as well. >> reporter: not just in libya but also in egypt's sinai peninsula, yemen, afghanistan and pakistan far from strongholds in syria and iraq. but for the u.s. iraq remains the top priority right now, where still fragile iraqi security forces are struggling to hold on. one iraqi tribal leader telling cnn that isis is gaining ground in anbar province west of baghdad and predicting a collapse there of iraqi army units if tribal forces withdraw. exactly what the white house doesn't want just as it's asking congress for new authority to fight the militants. >> our coalition is on the offensive. isil is on the defensive and isil is going to lose. >> reporter: but even if the u.s. can push isis back out of iraq -- >> the big question mark in my mind is syria and just exactly how long is it going to take us to be able to confront isis in syria, because if they have a safe haven there, they may continue to be trouble for a long time. >> reporter: but there is one very interesting development now, as you mentioned right at the top. egy

>>> libya's u.n. recognized government asks the security council to lift an arms embargo to help it fight isil. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up. thousands of argentinians brave the rain to demand justice one month after the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman. journalists or blackmailers? reporters in cambodia accused of demanding bribes to cover up crimes. plus. >> reporter: this is for you guys in cairo. [cheering and applause] >> britain's royal television society honors the three al jazerra journalists who journalists who were jailed in egypt. ♪ ♪ >>> hello. libya's u.n. recognized government has asked the security council to lift an arms embargo to fight against isil and other armed groups. diplomats from egypt and libya address the u.n. during an emergency session with proposals to stop the decent in to chaos. the arms embargo was imposed by the u.n. in 2011 to protect civilians from libya's former leader muammar qaddafi. libya's f

libya is on europe's doorstep. it is going to be very concerning for the european union, for the governments in europe if isis can control libya. and elizabeth right now is a -- and libya right now is a political vacuum since the 2011 uprising that overthrew muammar gadhafi, an uprising backed by the west. with instability in the country, isis has been able to exploit that gain control. there are other factions inside libya that are fighting isis. but they are fractured right now. if they hope to defeat isis, they're going to have to unite. something that we have not seen yet. >> all right. we'll watch closely to see what happens next from egypt there. cnn's ian lee reporting. many thanks to you. >>> we turn now to what was terror that unfolded in copenhagen just past 9:00 in the morning there now. police are maintaining a heavy presence in the danish capital for this weekend's deadly shootings. >> police killed the man they say was responsible for the murders of two people at a synagogue on sunday morning and a ca

libya spirals out of control. word surfacing that another shadowy group inside that country may be in control of warplanes. welcome to "happening now." i'm jon scott. jenna: and a lot of news to get to. mr. obama speaking in just a few hours at the summit on countering violent extremism. this is ahead of the gathering the president writing an op ad in the los angeles times saying this. quote, in the face of this challenge, we must stand united internationally and here at home. we know that military force alone cannot solve this problem nor can we take out terrorists who take out ter extremists. we take out enablers who may not engage in terrorist acts themselves but who radicalize recruits and entice others to do so. in the meantime italy calling libya a ticking time bomb asking the u.n. to take action. just a few hundred miles from libya, italy said immigrants crossing the sea could be extremists and now reports of another extremist group carrying out an air strike in libya marking the first time extremists have

in libya? >> well, i'm afraid that he felt he had to do it, similar to king abdullah of jordan and similar to president obama. because as leaders they need to appear to be protecting their people and to punish those who do harm to the citizens. the problem as your setup piece really well pointed out they are welcomed to some in libya and not by others. >> what is the significance of today's deal between egypt and france to buy military jets? >> france has been looking to export its military hardware for some time and they have had difficulties doing so in the gulf because the united states primarily and great britain secondarily had that market. and france was pushing to sell its hardware in libya. now that there is a meeting of minds between the governments of france and president -- former general sisi in egypt they both see extremist radicals in their own citizens as the number 1 threat. and so i think they have come closer together to cooperate. >> and what of i.s.i.l.'s tactics and the arm

special representative from libya. he said he needed more time for negotiations between two rival governments. the security council looks likely to give him that time, one diplomat said this is not the moment to send more arms to libya. >> we go to our correspondent covering libya extensively live from the too nearby i can't libya border on the tunisia side. we'll get on to the actual facts are where you are and what's happening in a moment. for the benefit of those people who haven't followed the kayoutic developments since muammar gaddafi was deposed let me put it this way. you have two governments, one u.n. recognized, one recognized by the libyan courts. they are opposed but are they joined in their fight and the way of doing it against isil in libya? >> well, this is not clear at the moment. i think that's where the concern is for the international community, and especially when the west says more weapons could pour basically more oil on the fire. these two governments are opposed to each other. they are backed by

libya is breaking up. it will engage not just egypt, but tunisia with its large libyan population as well. the question we have to ask ourselves is other than military tools, what do we have at our disposal to alter this trajectory? we don't have much. >> great question. hard question. thank you very much. >>> after the break, a winter storm is blanketing in the plains in the ohio valley with snow right now and it is headed to the northeast tonight. we'll look at the tomorrow that is threatingeningening 20 million people next on "now." are you sure you're not ignoring them in your body? even if you're treating your crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. and if you ignore the signs, the more debilitating your symptoms could become. learn more about the role damaging inflammation may be playing in your symptoms with the expert advice tool at crohnsandcolitis.com. and then speak with your gastroenterologist. ♪ know your financial plan won't keep you u

libya. libya here. this horrific scene here in the orange jumpsuits. 21 egyptian christians are forced to kneel and beheaded. egypt retaliating to the sickening murder of its citizens. an egyptian fighter jet en route to neighboring libya. these are the first strikes by egypt against isis at least the first that they will publicly admit to. the primary target here is in derna. egypt's military saying avenging egypt blood is our right and duty. joining me now from jordan is jomana karadsheh. who were these

diplomas from egypt and libya. foreign minister asked the security council to lift an arms embar go, and international help in building up the libyan army. egypt's minister asked for a blockade to stop arms exchange in libya. james bays has this report. >> egyptian foreign minister tried to lobby u.n. at a there should be a military intervention in libya. he later watered down that plan. he told the council that he wanted an arms embargo for all but one government in libya the government in tobruk. and support for companies authorization for egypt's ongoing air strikes. it doesn't look like the u.n. will support any of those ideas. >> it is not our success that is on the table here. it is success of the security council and the international community to address this threat. we believe that it is necessary. we are considering that we are the last line of defense against the more violent activity that has already started to reach european shores. so i think success is a matter to be determined by how effective the s

now, the terrorism expanding from libya and coming from libya after the fall of gadhafi in libya, a lot of weapons were seized from the libyan army storage dumps and sold off, smuggled across the border into egypt and before that brought lots of weapons into egypt, including automatic guns. >> so much to ask, but thanks very much indeed. thanks. >>> now, danish police say two men have been charged with aiding a man suspected of killing two people in attacks on an arts cafe and a synagogue in copenhagen over the weekend. officers have identified the suspected attacker as a 22-year-old with a history of violence. he was shot dead by police on sunday. sarah corker reports. >> reporter: a show of solidarity and grief on the streets of copenhagen. a nation terrorized after attacks that left two dead and several police officers injured. >> because i live here and i think it's come closer to us. i don't have words for it. >> we're terrified. and it was like no this is not happening. it can want be real. >> reporter: this is where the man came from. forensic officers collect evidence around the

-- in libya's oil rich economy than they can in egypt. there was a lot of mou rning. they were holding vigils for those who were killed. despite what happened, many of the locals said they would still go to libya to look for work. it was very shocking that survivors who evaded capture last month they were talking about how these men were specifically targeted for being christians. they spoke about how the militants went from house to house, searching for coptic christian men and leaving the muslims. we saw the statement in the video of the beheadings, where the militants -- the comments are entirely sectarian in nature. some shockwaves through the coptic community and the egyptian people as a whole. >> and what is the military strategy here, sharif? the egyptian air force carried out bombings in libya today. it is also fighting an insurgency in the sinai peninsula. is it stressed fighting on two fronts noww? >> egypt has not been a neutral actor in a conflict in libya. it has been one of the biggest backers in the government -- of the gov

>> well, in that respect libya libya--especially with the international crisis--it's an interesting nexuspoints with local issues and international issues such as isis and the european fear of isis, and in that respect it's a very dangerous time because each side had its eyes on very different targets. on one hand, how to consolidate and get more power in libya. on the other handle, suspending the flow of measures in europe. they can be seen very difficult. on one hand, libya dawn seeing very much the same, and they want to view it as the old regime. on the other hand, operation dignity wants to view this as much of the same as all terrorists working together. it often distorts the image. a this stage isis is not on anybody's side it's very much on its own side. if you look at the messaging it has, it's very defined at the. they don't want to look at libya as civil war but as this is their land. >> you mentioned general hafar. he told libya media that he's in favor of libyan intervention, saying that it's necessary. >> if there were any terrorist groups on the egyptian side and you were a

but they've done and created the scales in libya and it was headed by they turned libya upside down, and they have a moral obligation to help the situation. how could they do that? it's a very difficult issue. >> it was interesting also to hear from the foreign minister of libya and he echoed the exact same sentiment that you had, it was the international community that removeed gaddafi and now it must help arm and restructure the country. we all know that the libyan people made a choice to put some people in power, and they moved away from the political arm of islam, nevertheless that's the will being imposed on them currently. >> yes, but who are the strongest groups on the ground? is it the government? is it the army. >> does anyone know? >> we've seen how prime minister was abducted. we've seen our some people who were assassinated and slaughtered by extremist groups. this is the situation that you have when you don't preserve the army preserve the state. when i speak about this, i always remember the iraqi state. when the united states occupied iraq and dissolved the army, gover

on one hand libya dawn is seen as the old regime. on the other hand, operation dignity was much of the same. all the terrorists working together and it often distorts the image. at this stage isis is not on anybody's side. it's very much on its own side. if you look at the messaging it has. it's very apocalyptic and end of times. they want to look at this as islam versus the west and that's what we've been seeing over the last two decades. >> egypt and france are calling on the security double to come up with new measures against isil. they are also talking about a new security field. let's talk about this with nadim barber. tell us the details. >> well, jane, first of all the security deal you're referring to egypt--france has agreed to sell egypt 24 fighter jets with missiles and freighter. this has been on the cards now. the manufacturer has been trying for many years to get a deal for sell. dozens of rafael fighter jets to india. that seems to have fallen apart. they've also been in talks trying to sell planes to them. but this i

reach europe through libya. sunday, 2,000 were rescued many end up on the tiny italian island of lampedusa. >> italy has called for a nato led military campaign to stop the advance of isil in the country, after they feel they were directly threatened by the fighters. in a video posted sunday on isil in which they showed the beheading of 21 catholic christians from egypt isil fighters said they were just south of rome, something that italy saw as a direct threat to them. the interior minister said that there was no time to waste and nato with the backing of italy should intervene militarily in the country. the fear that is isil will continue to advance all the way to the coast of libya where they could take control of the human trafficking business there by -- and then infiltrate isil fighters among the hundreds of thousands of migrants that reach the coast of italy every year. the interior minister said until now, the situation is under control, but there was an episode on sunday that showed the escalation there

security council rejected libya's call to lift an arms embargo british foreign secretary said libya needsional unity government first, libya u.n. recognized government made the appeal on wednesday during emergency section and the neighbors have warned against foreign military intervention saying that it will further escalate the fighting between rival malitias. just to let you know later on the program we will be joined by the former british ambassador to libya richard northern and get all his thoughts on the situation and what is happening in the country but you are with the al jazeera news hour and coming up, next bail out talks on the cards after germany reject greece's plea for more time. plus how the mental hospital that gave us the word betz is transforming lives for the better. >>> this will show how public perceptions have changed surrounding mental health but those who have experience of any kind of mental illness would say there is still much much further to go. >> reporter: and in sport new zealand makes new england suffer at the cricket world cup. ♪ but first one of the bigges

it's not the first time they were involved with libya.year there were reports of them sending special ops team across the bored. they're with the dignity faction against the islamists, they have been providing it with intelligence and logistical support. so news a visible expression they have been doing for quite some time. we know from history air power alone is not decisive in rooting out these sorts of groups. >> ifill: let me go back to michael later on too, because i wonder if the degree of response will create after greater response? are we now seeing the islamic state being a hydra headhead organization that can spray terror wherever it wants or is there some sort of goal? >> i think unfortunately, it really has gwen. what we were so fearful about only two or three years ago as we saw the conflict in iraq and syria grow was regional instability, and we are seeing that. we are seeing that with more vee vie vehemece and fight on the jordanian side but also into syria in a more problematic way and it will be difficult for the syrians

i think islamic state is looking for footholds in libya not all me it can operate in libya, but so that it can operate across tunisia, algeria, and a large part of the region. >> isn't that the one success? >> that is why it is so important we do everything we can to contain this problem right now. if tunisia goes, i don't know that we have much to say positive about the arab spring as a whole. >> what role does the u.s. have to play their? >> there are a lot of things on the table right now that are not good ideas or not peaceful. one is another large-scale military intervention. that would be too costly right now. another would be to back the factions on the ground. egypt is doing that. they are backing the house of representatives, which is the internationally-backed fashion. the prospects for that to work and in force military piece on libya are very low and it would be a bloody route. we are trying to contain it the problem in hopes of a negotiated settlement. even to contain the program, a lot more needs to be done to eventually conduct counterterrorism operations. >> when you loo

. >>> libya's u.n. recognized government asks the security council to lift an arms embargo to help it fight isil. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra live from our head quarters in dough happen. also coming up. >> reporter: i am in christine newman in pain he is. >>> and covering up crime for a price. al jazerra investigates the massive scale of rogue reporting in cambodia. plus former australian guantanmo bay detainee welcomes a report striking down his terrorism conviction. ♪ >>> libya's u.n. recognized government has asked the security council to lift an arms embargo to fight against isil as well as other armed group. >> reporter: diplomats address the u.n. during an emergency session. the arms embargo was imposeed by nun in 2011 to protect civilians from libya's former leader muammar qaddafi. libya's foreign minister has appealed for international help to rebuild the army. and egypt is supporting libya's request. it's also asking for a navel blockade to stop weapons shipments to fighters. but the co

more now on our top story in egypt's air strikes in libya, one of libya's two governments condemned theried out jointly between its rival and egypt, tripoli based general national congress says egypt did not coordinate with it and fighting terrorism should be done through the government and said we denounce the decapitation of 21 egyptians by i.s.i.l. and form a force to secure the city of fit and announce the attack on it today and say it's an attack on libyan sovereignty. now sierra government says it has made gains against the opposition fighters in the south and said it has taken several towns from the al-qaeda linked al-nusra front and had a wide scale event for the group hezbollah and activists and monitors saying dozens of people have been dilleyed. free syrian army says it's being ignored by the international community and believes is focused only combatting i.s.i.l. fighters, at a meeting in istanbul they called for greater unity and dominick has more. >> reporter: the area just bombed by syrian government forces n the chaos people try to rescue the wounded, before the civil wa

libya's tripoli based government condemns egypt's air strikes on i.s.i.l. targets. >>> i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. greece rejects the eu's opening bailout offer as disappointing and absurd. >>> ceasefire continues to be broken in the railway town of debaltseve. >>> cd responds to top tourist attraction. >> egypt has launched two rounds of air strike to areas islamic state of iraq and the levant. in response to the killing of 21 egyptian coptic christians by the group. the strikes were coordinated with the libyan affairs ws loyal to the u.n. government force in tobruk. condemned the strikes as calling them against the egyptian sovereignty. prompting growing support in italy for military intervention. new measures against i.s.i.l. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: egypt has hit the libyan city of durna aiming at i.s.i.l. targets. the attack also killed receivables as well as a number of children. fighters aligned with general halifa hafta says they have already bombed portions of benghazi and cert. >> we wouldn'

to join him in attacking the islamic state group in libya. abdel fattah al sisi launched air strikes there after militants announced they killed 21 christian egyptian captives. nhk world's craig dale is tracking developments for us. >>> president sisi promised retaliation. now egypt has waded into the chaotic situation in libya, where there are two rival governments, and a tangled web of militia groups including islamist extremists. egyptian fighter jets carried out the airstrikes on monday. military officials say they destroyed training camps and arms depots for the islamic state group. dozens of militants reportedly died. the strikes happened near the city of dparna militants affiliated with the group have a presence there. they also have a present in sirte close to where the egyptians were kidnapped. and they have a foothold in tripoli, too. now keep in mind here egypt has also been trying to stop an islamic insurgency at home on the sinai peninsula. president sisi has called the militants to carried out the killings murderers and criminal

resolution for intervention in libya. the military campaign happened after the apparent beheading of 21 egyptian christians captured in libya. the strikes were carried out with the support of the u.n. recognized the government in tibruk. >> if there were any terrorist groups on the egyptian side and we were ail to hit them, we wouldn't hesitate to fight them. it's the same thing that applies for egypt. for groups who commit such crimes borders aren't going to be an issue. >> libya's leadership is from toward and legally installed government in tripoli criticized the egyptian airstrikes. >> this horrible assault on this terrorism has been conducted by the egyptian military represents a violation of sovereignty in libya and is a clear breach of international law and the u.n. charter. >> the attacks draw egypt openly into the internal conflict across its western border. it's beefed up security at home, deploying forces to guard towns and major highways and its facing calls to bring its citizens home from libya. there are con

all of that does not exist in libya. there is a meeting scheduled to be held next monday in morocco. that comes at the back of two other u.n.-sponsored meet thanks happened in geneva and inside libya. now this time, i spoke to some of the politicians in both tripoli and in tobruk and they said they will hunker down until there is unity. both governments realize they have the backing of a coalition of strong militias, but a lot of libyans are alienated from both sides. >> while we talk about the political ma entrepreneurings, fighting is taking place in so many parts of linea. it's difficult to pick at one and say this is important. close to where the egyptian christians were murdered by members of isil, which some people believe was the reason why the egyptians then bombed that area, there's a battle taking place there that's crucial for what reason? june it's crucial because isil wants to keep its group. just now, a convoy of 182 egyptianses who actually were deported, so to speak from libya has arrived here at the airp

>> it's significant he started talking about libya and the airstrikes in libya. it was clear he was talking both for the domestic consumption and international consumption. he started saying nat populist way that he had to carry out these airstrikes that had -- it had to happen. he had to take revenge for the blood spilled of these 21 coptic christians who were beheaded here in libya. otherwise, he could not face going and giving his condolences in the cathedral or with the families of those who were killed here in libya. for the international consumption, and he repeated that several times, he said that the egyptian army does not carry out offensive attacks. we are just defending our land. we are not invaders. he says that the targets have been studied very cable, that she had solid intelligence 13 targets had been hit and made sure very cable that there was no civilian casualties in that even though we have seen pictures of at least seven civilian casualties in the eastern city of derna. i think that it was mainly to the international community. there was conce

libya. libya here. this all began with this horrific scene here in the orange jumpsuits. 21 egyptian christians are forced to kneel and beheaded. egypt retaliating to the sickening murder of its citizens. an egyptian fighter jet en route to neighboring libya. these are the first strikes by egypt against isis at least the first that they will publicly admit to. the primary target here is in derna. egypt's military saying avenging egypt blood is our right and duty. joining me now from jordan is jomana karadsheh. who were these egyptians that were killed? >> there were 21 of them kidnapped in december and january south of the libyan capital of tripoli and they were taken by militants there. there has been some extremist militant activity. this is the birthplace of the former leader moammar gadhafi and we've seen that for some time now. these egyptians come from i am pof verki am pofimpovershed towns. we've seen so many attacks in the past on egyptian christians and with the fall of the gadhafi regime but n

also operating in libya.also asking for political and material support from the international community. and this is a growing threat to egypt. isis in this latest video is making a statement that they are firmly established in libya and that they are expanding their territorial gains taking advantage of that security and political vacuum that has occurred since the 2011 uprising. egyptian officials very worried about having isis now on their western border as they are fighting them in sanaa right now. >>> the startleing price tag of snow removal next. ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. major: here's our new trainer ensure active heart health. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium and phytosterols which may help lower cholesterol. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body so you stay active and strong. ensure, take life in. star

libya iraq and afghanistan. it is one thing to overthrow a government, another thing to decide what you're going to put in place. this was a u.n. authorized operation. nato conducted it so i think it's up to those international bodies now to step in like they did in kosovo and put some troops on the ground. maybe even get the arab league to do it to get stability there so that the people in libya can choose their own form of government. >> a lot of experts say that i.s.i.l. will only be defeated from within, that local population vess have to republican against it pnl. putting combat troops to fight can the world afford to wait, carrying out attacks from denmark to australia not just in the middle east. >> well, i think you have no choice. you want to degrade them mill trailer,militarily which is what we're doing with our allies. you have to demonstrate to the arab world that this is not the future, not type of operation that they want to support. because until you do that, they can keep getting fighters. i mean