andrew thomas reports from sydney australia. >> in 1998, jed christy lost his legs after a building collapsed him. christy traveled from the u.k. to australia for pioneering surgery, which gives him an integrated artificial limb. >> off you go. >> part of christy's new robotic leg has been surgically implanted into his body. it works with residual nerves to give him feeling. >> if i tap as lightly as this jed can feel it. >> the procedure involves drilling in above where the surgery occurred. it was hollywood that inspired him. >> i watched terminator the movie. i was fascinated how a human being can be part machine part human. i've always had that dream and now this dream is becoming true. >> saddam hussein's regime ordered humans to have their ears removed. last june, paula gowland fell off her bad so badly she had to have an amputation. amaduras is giving her the surgery to be able to have a clip on leg. fewer than 400 patients have received the implants which allow them to receive artificial limbs. >> now gowland is having surgery, and most of it is covered by healed by health insurance.

we look at violence and ask what makes a young man in libya, denmark, a coffee shop in sydney australiaready to kill strengthers and himself, ready to drop everything and travel around the world to join the fight. i'm joined by a director of research at an institute for social policy and understanding. we have seen young muslims grown up, open fire in that australian breakfast place. after each one of these cases, the police trained their investigative number on the muslim community in the county they happen to be working. do you understand. >> what you are asking is important. a lot of people are wondering. we have to take a step back and look at the context of violent extremism. you mentioned important cases, you mentioned ban ki-moon. a report shows that 98% of terrorist attacks were committed by people that didn't profess the muslim faith. we do focus the vast majority of our attention on muslims behaving this way, it's not the monopoly of muslims, that's one thing we have to keep in mind. should law enforcement focus on political voiption in the name of islam. absolutely not. if we

they've only extended their reach and extremist attacks have targeted sydney, australia and france. >> the three-day summit continues tomorrow at the state department with representatives from 60 countries attending. >>> what is old is new again at the washington national cathedral. they host a news conference marking the completion of the first phase of a $32 million restoration effort. the project was launched after the cathedral was damaged in the 2011 rtdz quake. phase one focussed on interior repairs in the upper most exterior of the building. phase two will concentrate on the rest of the exterior and that project could last more than a decade. >>> a beagle from canada is the big winner at the westminster ken yell club show. miss p seized the spotlight and was awarded best in show at madison square garden. she is the grandniece of the first beagle to win in 2008. >>> for the second time in a week the white house is using unusual video to reach out to young people. >> which is better, ariana grande or eating a carrot. ? >> eating a carrot which is best, a box of frozen corn or --

. >> this cat in sydney australia, took that too seriously. watch here. look at that cat. it's not hanging by its paws. its head is caught see that? cat got its head stuck in the garage door gate fencing type stuff. they say the cat was right at the area where it could activate that garage door. so they think that thing was there for hours and they say that cat could have possibly been going up and down all night. the cat was actually spotted by an ambulance, they called firefighters and here you see them with bolt cutters to get the cat out of there. >> i'm no rescue or animal aid foundation person but maybe a good start to lower the garage door right, so the cat's not still hanging there by its head. >> the cat's saying the same thing, yes, i'm stuck, close the [ bleep ] door! >> lowered itself to the ground because they didn't close the door. had to taken four of this poor cat's lives. >> also crazy, crazy cold this dog rescue. this dog spotted by the coast guard. saw the dog in the bay in michigan so took them 30 minutes to get their outfits on and get him. >> what? >>

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. >>> other stories we're following, two men in sydney australia have been charged with planning a terrora home made isis flag a machete and a knife along with a terror video that reportedly showed one of the men making threats. >>> in italy police have seized a painting attributed to leonardo davinchi. it was found in a bank fault in switzerland after an international investigation. tests will be done to determine if it is painting by davinchi. >>> peyton manning is getting advice from his possible retirement from brett favre. he says manning should avoid asking himself "what if." if he feels like he can play he could. >> from the guy who unretired at least two or three times. >> how anticlimactic is that. >>> a zoo in japan took on an escaped animal kind of. a staff member dressed up as a snow leopard. he was running around in the tokyo zoo, part of an annual drill to train the staff on what to do if a wild animal really escaped. zoo visitors watched the drama unfold. a fake animal knocked over by a staff member guns pulled. he was eventually in the scenario, corn erd and shot with a tr

interesting that it ended up in a paper in sydney australia. front page. website. >> a report in the japan times said that japanese officials warn in additionals in china of possible terror attack in public places as part of the lunar celebrations. a safety alert was sent to japanese citizens after media report about the attacks. the u.s. embassy mentioned this in a safety alert, but have not strengthened claims there was a terror attack but did not target foreigners >>> and a provocative piece by the president of the seoul times looks at kids learning english, the least popular month. students consider learning grammar a waste of time and prefer to be fought conversation. >> there's a lot of pressure to learn english. >> there's a lot of pressure in all subjects. >> it's fat tuesday, mardy agree and new orleans in full swing. >> welcome to new orleans, happy mardi gras. >> the celebration traces back to the 17th century when france claimed louisiana >>> an statement 2 million party goers living it up in brazil home of the famous kearney val -- kearney val

. >>> i am andrew thomas in sydney australia where i have been watching innovative surgery to attachotic limbs turning man in to part machine. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin in denmark where police have shot and killed a man near the site of two earlier gun attacks. two people are dead and five police officers have been wounded in central copenhagen, the police say the man opened fire on officers near a train station in the district. earlier a shooting in the front of the synagog left one person dead. a cultural center around four-kilometers north of the synagogue was the target of the first attack on saturday afternoon. that's where a gunman fired his way not building while an event on freedom of speech was being held. danish police are yet to concern if the incidents are linked but they are treating the shootings as terror attacks. >> it's obvious that from the first incident we decided to investigate as a terror attack. seeing an incidents another shooting shortly after it makes perfect sense for us to try and investigate it down the same route, so, yes, we are. but we don't have the informatio

australia last year. and two months ago, there was that sydney siege, which a crazed gunman who sympathized with isis took of those hostages died. but the terror attack obviously placing australia very much on high alert as the threat is very real. >> do we know with relation to these two men who were just arrested were they allegedly inspired by isis or instructed by isis? >> reporter: we don't have that information at the moment. what we do know however, is they were not known to police. that is what is extremely alarming here. police receiving a tip-off from a member of the public which is what caused them to raid that home in sydney. the prime minister here speaking about it earlier, saying that he's concerned that things are going to get worse before they get better. john? >> anna, thank you. >>> switching gears now. still to come on cnn, they come from two very separate wells, but they've been sharing the headlines the past couple of hours. we'll be telling you about one on a temporary hiatus and the other's permanent farewell. my name is michael. i'm 55 years old... and i have diabetic nerve pain.

the man who opened fire in that cafe in sydney, australia also had been under surveillance, actually was out on bail for allegedly murdering his wife. so in all of these cases we have people who have been tracked and yet somehow manage to slip through the cracks. not very surprising that he came from a middle class or somewhat better than middle class upbringing. people being attracted to isis have to pay their own way. they are not necessarily the poor and destitute who have no jobs. these are people who are idea logically driven to join a cause, to join the caliphate. he went there. he started out as a guard, one of the beatles, garden western hostages, brutalizing them, involved in waterboard and other forms of torture. then with these execution videos, he rose in prominence and became one of the group's most effective recruiters. one of the group's most effective spokesmen and the propaganda arm has been incredibly effective at drawing other people just lime mohammed myoi. and around 3 to 4,000 from western countries, just like the man from london now identified as mohammed emwas

i was born in sydney, australia on the fifth of september, 1984. and i was born to a german mother and on australian father with great heritage. the greatest trial of my life came at just 16 months when i was diagnosed with a very rare and unusual childhood cancer. only one in 100000 children get this. there are only 600 cases a year in america and just 40 in australia. the thing with it is it is an enormously difficult cancer to diagnose. that means that overwhelmingly when it is diagnosed, the tumor will have spread. to other parts of the body. when i was diagnosed with no blastoma i was diagnosed with stage four near blastoma meaning the cancer spread throughout my body. my entire body was riddled with cancer. my mother and father were told that i just a 5% chance of surviving. after almost three years of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and an operation, through the healing hands of our master physician god, i decide the odds and i lived. in it would be a battle that whatever shape who i was and the way i have conducted my life. it explains why i agg

you have seen crimes in sydney australia, and ottawa, canada, in paris, in copenhagen. i think this is now clear to everyone that this is a global fight. a generational fight. it will take all of us together to combat it as a threat. charlie: is it a threat to islam? nasser: it is definitely a threat to islam. every once in a while you get a band of terrorists or extremists who try to hijack the religion who try to distort it central message. islam is a religion of peace moderation, coexistence and has nothing to do with the ideology these people are trying to propagate or the way that they carry out these brutal murders. let me say it is not restricted to islam. there is terrorism and extremism in every religion and culture. in different ways, in different forms and formats. i think that by definition violent extremism is a concept and a sick notion that we all have to combat. nobody is immune. no culture is immune. we are all threatened. charlie: you said if anyone had any doubt this is our war as muslims, that doubt has been removed. nasser: very much so. in line wit

. >>> now police in sydney australia, say they've arrested two men for allegedly planning terror attacksrevenge for incidents overseas. authorities say they seized a machete, a hunting knife, and a homemade isis flag as well as a video of a man talking about carrying out an attack. >> anna coren is following developments and joins us live from cambra. what more are we learning about the alleged terror plot? >> reporter: it's caught everyone by surprise. the only reason that police found out about this plot was due to a tip-off. so just after 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon, counterterrorism forces raided a home in sydney's west, in the suburb of fairfield, arresting these men aged 24 and 25. known to police. they believe they were about to carry out an imminent attack. they are the words, according to deputy police commissioner katherine byrne. as you say, police seized a machete, a hunting knife, and isis flag as well as a video recording. the police obviously very concerned about these developments. take a listen. >> these men were not on our radar. and that is why it is very very import

jon: dozens of students pepper sprayed in sydney, australia as they tried to stage a protest.outing] jon: several required medical care. students were speaking out about proposed cuts to university funding. they were trying to disrupt the education minister during funding talks. jenna: students on hundreds of college campuses around the world want their schools to divest themselves of oil fuel stocks. global divesting day. some economists say the movement lacks some common financial sense. william la jeunesse live from the west coast newsroom with more on what this is all about. hi william. >> reporter: well, jenna get this, students at university of california already voted to divest from nine countries including the united states for drone strikes and jailing too many minorities. it is easy to dismiss their idealism if you own stock, drive a car, have a child or pay taxes today's story could affect you. today is world divestment day on some 85 campuses here in the u.s., students are demanding that the university divest themselves of any company that minds coal, or drills for

sydney australia an tac in a restaurant -- an attack in a restaurant there. it seems, madam president that no matter what the day is, there's another act of terror that we have to be aware of. we have watched with some dismay at the terror that's coming. isis has bragged about they're coming our way. we have our national security agencies including the homeland security agency, which has protected us from attacks to this point. now we are 18 days away from having no money for the department of homeland security. 18 days. but that's a false number because we're out of session for about ten of those 18 days. so really, after this week, we're down to less than a week. -- to protect our homeland. now, madam president, jeh johnson, the secretary of homeland security, was on national tv yesterday warning the american people what we face. he went through what his agency does. what they do to protect our homeland. that agency was established during the presidency of george bush. it happened after 9/11. we consolidated 22 different agencies into something that's more

sydney, australia.king to two girls when he starts to get picked on, just like countless times before. >> he was going, oh, yeah, why are you talking about my mother, or something like that. i went, i wasn't. i didn't want anything to do with it. and then he started hitting me, and then it all happened. >> it's all being recorded on a bystander's cell phone. >> he's a very soft-hearted, heartfelt, very eager to please type of young man. >> casey's mom says the bullying began all the way back in grade school. >> he was never invited to birthday parties, he was always segregated out. >> the bullying gets so bad in high school, casey attempts suicide. >> it feels like -- like the world is going away from you. when you get bullied. i just fell down to a really low place, and i went out the back and tried to hang myself. >> right down there is where it happened. just straight down there. >> at school, casey tries his best to avoid confrontations. >> i was feeling scared. i didn't want to pursue. >> but he's

murdering egyptian christians and libya, isis and al qaeda-inspired attacks in ottawa and canada and sydney australia and paris and most recently in copenhagen. the pakistani taliban massacre of school kids. al shabab's attacks in somalia. boko haram killing and kidnapping people in nigeria and now in neighboring countries. sew starts with this long long litany of essentially the threat. in remarks tonight at the white house at the summit, the president reiterated more of that list. and he said in his remarks tonight bluntly, there will be a military component to this. there are savage cruelties going on out there that have to be stopped. there will be an element of us just stopping them in their tracks with force. but then the president went on to say this -- >> there's been a fair amount of debate in the press and among pundits about the words we use to describe and frame this challenge. so i want to be very clear about how i see it. al qaeda and isil and groups like it are desperate for legitimacy. they try to portray themselves as religious leaders. holy warriors in defense of islam. that's why i

. >> an ill-conceived stunt goes horribly awry in sydney, australia. 39-year-old brian concannon, ann and self-described daredevil, lights himself on fire and rides a bicycle off of this roof onto these mattresses. >> we're about to watch brian concannon do a bit of a stunt, and this is his preparation. that's his landing pad. that's his son over there. >> it's a family event. >> 26th of october. >> the voice you hear is one of his kids, who films and narrates the action. >> so he's going to set himself on fire on just the edge there of the building, cut on a motorbike, jump off that ramp, throw the motorbike off, and land on those pads. >> concannon builds this crude ramp out of milk crates and places it on the roof of a public rest room facility. but don't worry. he's filled a garbage can with water that he'll use to douse the flames. >> i had all the necessary safety clothing. >> the stunt doesn't seem to make much sense, but brian says he's performed several successful fire stunts before. this time he doesn't take all the precautions he needs. >> i wasn't 100% prepared. i didn't

you've seen crimes in sydney australia and ottawa canada copenhagen, branded crimes. this is now clear to anyone in case anyone had any doubt this is a global fight, generational fight as the king told you. and it will take all of us together combating for it to be eradicated as a threat. it's very clear. >> rose: is the threat to islam. >> it is definitely a threat to islam because every once in a while you get a terrorist or extremists who tried to hijack the religion, who tried to distort the image and its central message. islam is moderation, tolerance, coexistence. it has nothing to do with what these people try to propagate or the way they carry out these brutal murders. but let me say it's not restricted to islam. there is terrorism and extremism in every religion and every culture in different ways in different forms and formats and i think that by definition cry length extremism as we were dealing today is concept the motion a sick notion that e all have to combat. nobody's immune no culture's immune, no religion iswe're all threatened, muslims, jews. >> rose

in sydney, australia, police say they broke up a terrorism plot. two men were arrested.ice say they found a video in which one of the men indicated they were planning an attack for yesterday. more fighting in ukraine hours before peace talks are set to get underway. the kremlin says vladimir putin will and this will attend the talks in belarus scheduled to talk -- start a few minutes from now. someone block. how much -- a stumbling block. china's president will make his first formal visit to the u.s. in september. she accepted the invitation from the bomb in a phone call yesterday -- from president obama in a phone call yesterday. stephanie: it has been nine years since by a calm and cbs went their separate ways. the empire controlled split into two. viacom with its hollywood studio and cbs with its broadcast network and radio stations. redstone still chairs both companies and some investors want him to bring the company's back together. one of them is devalued company. brett harris is with us to lay out the case. reunited and you wanted to feel so good. guest: there are

. >>> two suspects facing charges after allegedly plotting a terror attack in sydney australia. police arresting them after raiding a home near the city. police seizing a number of items, including an isis flag and a machete. >>> you're going to say i knew it! but here's what the scientists are telling us you should not worry about eating too much cholesterol after all this is not according to me. it is a draft report that scraps some 40 years of government warnings. it says saturated fats in fatty meats, whole milk butter not the real danger. not foods that are high in cholesterol like eggs that's what you have to worry about. the fatty foods, eggs not so much. you still have to watch out for high levels of bad cholesterol. >> can you repeat that so my father hears you? >> it's one of those things news. and your obvious big fatty foods, the fat steak, the heavy creams are still bad because it's loaded with bad cholesterol. however, the egg, the much-maligned egg is probably getting some false stink on it. >> i knew it. don't worry about the egg so much. that's what the new stud

in there is a cyberattack from sony pictures entertainment and in sydney australia we witnessed a terrorist attack at the end of a 16 hour standoff to innocent people were dead. in paris there is a series of execution-style murders with al qaeda and the arabian peninsula has taken credit for this attack. and serves as a reminder the threats that we face arne evolving quickly. to receive classified information that lets us know the nature of how the federal government is dealing with that. in spite of this the majority continues to make political gains with funding with the department of homeland security. mr. chairman i feel it is meaningless to have a strategy if we're not prepared for the means to achieve them. i hope you make a point houbara holdings of funding as americans look to you terrorists hostages. with the department of homeland security is under the threat of a shutdown and with the continuing resolution. it is important that my republican colleagues stop playing politics and pass the deal just funding bill. without a fully funded department of homeland security, keep the kids

police in australia arrested two men in their 20s on suspicion plotting quote, violent acts in sydney australiaators found a hunting knife, machete and homemade isis flag. one of the suspects seen pledging allegiance to the flag in homemade video. sydney came under attack this summer by an isis-linked cleric. [gunfire] >>> what a frightening day that was. that terror suspect holding 17 people hostage for some 16 hours before s.w.a.t. teams somed in and -- swarmed in and killed him. two of the hostages died in that situation. more details on the newly developing situation in sydney. bill: major story of the morning here. the white house sending over a draft resolution to congress today. the president arguing that isis poses a grave threat. three-year authorization would not impose geographic restrictions but there is a request to ban what is called enduring ground combat operations. that is causing some confusion. here is veteran, arkansas senator tom cotton talking about that with greta last night. >> it is always better though if the congress and the president speak with one voice when it come

in december, in sydney australia, we witnessed a terrorist attack on a cafe where at the end of a 16-hour standoff, two innocent people lay dead. then in january in paris, there was a series of execution-style murders of 12 members "charlie hebdo's" creative team. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has taken credit for this attack. this serves as a reminder that the terrorist threats we face are evolving quickly. this committee's responsibility is to hold hearings, and receive classified information that lets us know the nature of the threats, and how the federal government is dealing with the threat. in spite of this, mr. chairman the republican majority continues to play political games with funding the department of homeland security. mr. chairman, i, too, feel that it is meaningless to have a strategy if the ends are not paired with the means to achieve them. it is my hope that you will make the point to your colleagues and leadership, who are holding the funding for key agency and the federal government that americans look to to detect, deter and respond to a terrorist hostages. u

in december, in sydney, australia, we witnessed a terrorist attack on a cafe where at the end of a 16-hour standoff, two innocent people lay dead. then in january in paris there was a series of execution-style murders of 12 members "charlie hebdo's" creative team. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has taken credit for this attack. this serves as a reminder that the terrorist threats we face are evolving quickly. this committee's responsibility is to hold hearings, and receive classified information that lets us know the nature of the threats, and how the federal government is dealing with the threat. in spite of this mr. chairman, the republican majority continues to play political games with funding the department of homeland security. mr. chairman i, too, feel that it is meaningless to have a strategy if the ends are not paired with the means to achieve them. it is my hope that you will make the point to your colleagues, and leadership, who are holding the funding for key agency and the federal government that americans look to to detect, deter and respond to a terrorist hostages. u

john dollson, bbc news sydney. >> also in australia, the disgraced entertainer ross harris has been strippedonvictions for child sex offenses. he was jailed for six years by a court in the uk last june. harris is originally an australian national that had been given two awards under the country's honor system. he currently still holds the title of cb here in britain. >>> the world's health organization today launches a major initiative aimed at reducing infections caused by dirty syringes. the w.h.o will be backing the use of smart auto-disable syringes, which can't be used again. gary shipman reports from cambodia. >> reporter: i'm in cambodia in a little village of raqqa, a bit of a backwater, until now. this place has become the center of a national crisis because more than 200 people have been infected with hiv. what they all have in common is that they were treated by an unlicensed local doctor operating just behind me here. and the authorities suspect that he was reusing old syringes passing hiv from one person to another. the man behind all of this now faces charges of murder. he's un

. >> still ahead australia gets tougher on immigration following a deadly siege in sydney. >> in pakistan, people are scrambling to register their prepaid mobile phones before they are blocked. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >> a leading figure in egypt's 2011 uprising has been sentenced to five years in jail. prominent blogger and anti mubarak activist was tried for violating egypt's protest law. he and 24 other defendants face charges relating to one protest in 2013. >> kenya high court ruled unconstitutional detaining terror suspects for a year without charge. refugees won't be expelled from kenya under this new law. >> as nigeria's president goodluck jonathan said he underestimated the threat of boko haram. he made the comment from an interview. boko haram controls an air as big as belgium. >> australia's prime minister has anno

sydney. >> reporter: the threat to australia tony abbott said or of a terrorist attack had never been great there are 400 high priority cases being looked in to right now and that is double the number of poe fen shall threats that this were a year ago. he said there are 90 australians who have traveled to the middle east to fight alongside islamic state fighters. those people could pose a threat where they could come back. and he also said there huh have been two focal attacks on australian soil one in melbourne on policeman and the siege in the cafe in the i hadal of sydney. he said too often the benefit of the doubt has been given to individual that might seek to do harm the balance needed to shift away from personal freedom and board the safety of the community as a whole. with that in mind he's going to announce a rash of new mesh us, for example the stripping of australian sit sin shep to team with dual nationality, two pass poured if they are thought to pies threat to australians and he also said as well, that he's looking to ban group that his don't condemn attacks elsewhere. that pe

. >> he lis in sydney and is studying to be an accountant. australia government held him for a year in prison-like detention centers. he was 14 years old and alone. he came by boat. he coped in detention, but saw others that didn't. >> i saw kids who are cutting and it's not something i could forget. we are damaging. we are damaging. physically. >> the yusufi's experience is similar to many details. our findings are shocking. he found that all medical evidence confirmed that mental health disorders amongst children. >> more than a third of children detained have psychiatric report. there are allegations against children. in canberra, from the immigration department. they confirmed a 16-year-old girl in detention threw herself off a building last year. >> this is a shocking report. only australia, it says automatically locks up immigrant children. serious damage is being done to those it does. shocking too has been the government's reaction to the report. this it says is that travesty. more children were in detention under the previous government than t

in december, in sydney australia, we witnessed a terrorist attack on a cafe where at the end of a 16-hour standoff, two innocent people lay dead. then in january in paris, there was a series of execution-style murders of 12 members "charlie hebdo's" creative team. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has taken credit for this attack. this serves as a reminder that the terrorist threats we face are evolving quickly. this committee's responsibility is to hold hearings, and receive classified information that lets us know the nature of the threats, and how the federal government is dealing with the threat. in spite of this, mr. chairman the republican majority continues to play political games with funding the department of homeland security. mr. chairman, i, too, feel that it is meaningless to have a strategy if the ends are not paired with the means to achieve them. it is my hope that you will make the point to your colleagues and leadership, who are holding the funding for key agency and the federal government that americans look to to detect, deter and respond to a terrorist hostages. u

opportunity, we've seen what happened in paris and copenhagen, on parliament hill in ottawa and sydney, australia've seen it in this country too. we haven't had examples of workplace violence. we've had terrorist attacks at ft. hood. [ applause ] we've had the boston marathon. ladies and gentlemen, nobody wants to be at war. we didn't start this war. the terrorists did. and ignoring it doesn't mean it will go away. >> one last question. the visit that's coming up very soon by prime minister netanyahu. let's talk about the president's relationship with israel. the on and off relationship with israel and its effect on the negotiations in iran. >> president obama has the worst relationship with israel since the state of israel was created in 1948. he views israel as an extension of the west into the middle east. as an intrusion, as the problem. we've had six years of threats from the middle east and what has barack obama focused on along with hillary clinton? that the single bravest threat to peace and security in the region according to the obama clinton view is israel building apartments in east j

rainfall from brisbane and sydney before it starts exiting out of australia. possibly up to 300 millimeters of rainfall through the next couple of days because of severe tropical cyclone lam. now a look at what is happening in turkey and over near europe. lots of cold weather and wrap around low that is not moving anywhere. we're looking at some continued snowy conditions for turkey and also balkan peninsula, 8 degrees in athens as we go through thursday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here is your extended outlook. ♪ >> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. he key town of debeltseve prompting the president to call for u.n. peacekeepers to keep the cease-fire in place. a no confidence vote to be held on the french government, as it pushes for a new plan to free up labor rules and regulations. chelsea football club asks supporters to help identify fans videoed singing racist chants and pushing a black man off the metro in paris. could a new greek

he took to the podium in sydney with an announcement. >> the last thing australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty. on reflection and after talking to my colleagues. i've decided that the best thing we can do is deal with it as quickly as possible. >> he brought fort a vote monday morning that could result in his own party forcing him out of office. it's been a traumatic fall for the once popular prime minister. he came to power less than 18 months ago. recent polls suggest more than half of all australians want him gone. it's an ironic turn of events, considering he was fiercely of the flip-flop that went on before him. >> we were elected to fix labor's mess. >> he talked about what many considered a deback that. kevin rudd came to power, he was challenged, two more leadership challenges rudd returned victorious. now as another challenge to power nears julie bishop is keeping tight lipped. >> the meeting is now on 9:00 monday morning. she and minister of communications are considered the main contenders, although neither are giving much away. >> any member of the party

just a few hours later, he took to the podium in sydney with an announcement. >> the last thing australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty. on reflection and after talking to my colleagues, i've decided that the best thing we can do is deal with it as quickly as possible and put it behind us. >> he brought forward a vote that could result in his own party forcing him out of office. it's been a dramatic fall. he came to power less than 18 months ago. recent polls suggest more than half of all australian now want him gone. it's an ironic turn of events, considering he was fiercely critical of the leadership flip-flops that went on before him. >> we were elected to end the chaos of labor. we were elected to fix labor's mess. >> he's talking about what many analysts consider the debacle rudd custom to go power in 2007. he was challenged and defeated. he returned victorious. now with yet another challenge to power nearing deputy leader julie bishop is tight lind. >> i am aware that the meeting is now at nine ok monday morning. thank you. >> she and malcolm turnville are considere

the measures to tackle threats could alienate the very people australia's government most need help from. andrew thomas, al jazeera. sydney. >> the new government in greece is preparing to submit a list of reforms to international lenders. the proposals must be approved by international creditors to secure a four-month loan extension. without the finance greece faces bankruptcy which could mean more trouble for the eurozone. we have reports from athens. >> greece tally mark what they call monday, the beginning the lent by flying kites. although it's the end of a three-day public holiday here, they have been trying to come up with a list of reforms which it has until the end of monday to submit to creditors. that was a condition given when they agreed a four-month extension to the previous bailout. now, local press reports say that the government is planning to include measures to combat tax evasion and fight corruption. there are also reports that they want to stick to their red lines of not cutting pensions and gradually increasing the minimum wage. and certainly they seem to have the support of many people here. >> i tr

australia. robert pathak sydney. >> liverpool in the race for qualification beat hampton to move two points offthe fourth and final, three minutes in and the second half sterling sealed the win. now 10 league games without defeat. spap and real madrid in action a little over an hour looking to extend the lead to four points, one of four games. the champions league ambitions, beaten 4, three. solsidad, via reeled real will attempt to capitalize. a win takes them to within a point of sevilla. fern an oalonzo has been taken to hospital. he hit a wall at more than 240 kilometers an hour at the circuit de cataluna. his team said he is conscious and speaking. it's been a rough start to 2015 for tennis world number 3 rafael that wouldal. he suffered disappointing loss at the australian open and sarah coates explains it just got worse. >> he is wideley known appears the king of play dominating red courts around the world for well over a decade. but rafael nadalts 12-year, semifinal winning stream has come to an interrupt end in rio. with the defending champion bundled out by world number 27, fabio fani

but if you look at what we've seen unfold in copenhagen and australia and sydney and ottawa and canada and elsewhere, unfortunately the numbers here are pretty big. and while we're pretty good we have to be batting a thousand all of the time and fielding 100%. so the good news is that the authorities do have many of the tools, they take these issues very seriously. the bureau has got a pretty good track record the fbi. but unfortunately it will require a sustained effort add not only at the federal level, the real action is going to occur at the state and local level often with families themselves to try to turn these people away before it is too late. >> absolutely. it is reassuring to your point that they were able to catch the three men. but also they had been tracking them closely for some time now. and as you know they are sympathizers not just in the new york area but all over the country. how might they be thinking about this as we are breaking the stories with three men being arrested, folks thinking about doing similar things boarding flights to go fight alongside isis how mig

australia. >> andrew thomas sent the upt fromupdatefrom sydney. >> he won the votes 61-39 amongst his parliamentary colleagues. that is surviving but only just. doesn't clear up the questions about his leadership. 16 months ago tony abbott won a convincing majority. but since then, mining sector has dropped off, that is a key one for the australian economy australia's budget is in deficit. tony abbott has said his priority was to bring it back to surplus. but he hasn't been able to pass through legislation that would allow that. things have been rejected by parliamentarians. accommodate with that, tony abbott's governing style not seen as collaborative enough, and he is a sort of man who makes comedic mistakes, he said he would shirt front vladimir putin, over the shooting down of the malaysian plane. it means throw down somebody in kind of a rough way. well tony abbott was clearly never going to do that to vladimir putin. it seemed a little silly to suggest he should. he awarded a knighthood to queen elizabeth's husband. most people are more lukewarm about the monarchy. that was seen as a captain'

australia's human rights commission has published a scathing report on immigrant children being held in detention centers. tony abbott rejected the findings, l calling it a political stitchup. >> reporter: he now lives in sydneystudying to be an accountant, but before he was given a visa australia's government held him for a year in many prison-like detention centers. he was just 14 years old, and alone when he came to australia by boat. he coped in detention, he says but saw other children who didn't. >> i saw kids who hung themselves. i saw kids who are -- who were cutting their hands. it's not something that i could forget. we are damaging those kids. we are -- we are -- we are damaging mentally and we are damaging physically. >> reporter: his experience is similar to many detailed in a human rights report on immigrant children detained by australia's government. >> our findings are deeply shocking. we found that all the medical evidence confirms that detention causes and come pounds mental health disorders amongst children. >> reporter: more than a third of children detained require psychiatric support. there are allegations of sexual abuse against children. in camera on tuesday, officials confirmed a 16-

. >> out for an early morning jog the australia prime minister must have had a lot on his mind, just a few hours later he took to the podium in sydney with an announcement. >> the last thing australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty. on reflection and after talking to my colleagues, i've decided that the best thing we can do is deal with it as quickly as possible and put it behind us. >> he brought forward a vote that could force him out of office. it's been a dramatic fall for the once-popular prime minister. he came to power less than 18 months ago but a recent poll suggest more than half of all australians want him gone. abbott was fiercely critical of the leadership flip-flop that went on before him. >> we were elected to end the chaos of labor. we were elected to fix labor's mess. >> he's talking about what many political analysts considered a debacle. coming to power in 2007, the deputy prime minister challenged him and took over. for three years and two more leadership challenges, and rudd returned victorious. now with yet along challenge to power nears julie bishop is keeping tight-lipped. >> the meeting is at

sydney. a group of asylum seekers who formed a cricket team deciding whether or not they can stay in australiaey found out that the performances had a positive impact on and off the pitch. >> reporter: it's a scene you'll find in cricket grounds around australia. it can vary from the sublime to the slightly ridiculous. for one team it's a game meaning more than taking the odd wicket. meet ocean 12 a team of sri lankan asylum seekers playing cricket. the name ocean 12 comes from the fact that they crossed to australia in 2012. they were from a detention center, all around the country, and found themselves here in sydney impossible to work. it was an application process, so playing the game of cricket formed a valuable outlet. >> happy. i feel better. communication. >> reporter: what is it like meeting the local players and teams? >> they are very friendly. >> self worth, mental health. it gives them reasons tore getting up in the morning. they are part of the team. an integral part of the team and competition. and they are mixing with other players from all walks of life. and this has been a go

law enforcement community on high alert for terror threats after attacks in sydney, australia and ottawa canada, and, of course the carle member dough a -- "charlie hebdo" attack in paris. a man in ohio was arrested when he was planning to blow up the u.s. capitol in an isis-inspired plan. isis has thousands of foreign firefighters, including americans among their ranks who could return to their home countries to do harm and who say they intend to do that. we were all horrified yesterday by the news of the jordanian pilot, the courageous jordanian pilot who was killed in such a barbaric and disgusting way by the islamic state. we've recently learned of isis plans to take advantage of the syrian are refugee crisis, to 3406 their firefighters into turkey and europe. these are real threats. they are a clear and present danger to this country and because they're so real, we need our counterterrorism intelligence community operating at full strength. and essential part of our nation's counterterrorism and intelligence infrastructure is within the department of homeland security. as michael ch

a few hours later he took to the podium in sydney with an announcement. >> the last thing australia needs is instability and uncertainty. on reflection and after talking to my colleagues i decided that the best thing we can do is deal with the spill motion as quickly as possible and put it behind us. >> reporter: with that abbott brought forward a vote that could on monday morning result in his own party forcing him out of office. >> it's been a fall. they came to power less than 18 months ago. polls suggest half of all australians want him gone. >> it's a turn of events considering that they are aware of flip flop. >> we were elected to end the chaos of labour and to fix labour's mess. >> we are talking about many analysts considered the rudd-gilad debacle. in 2010 julia gillard challenged him and took over. rudd returned after three years and another challenge. now as another challenge nears, the deputy leader is keeping tight-lipped. i'm aware the meeting is at 9 o'clock on monday. >> she and the minister for communications malcolm turnbull are considered the main contenders. neither i

. >> he now lives in sydney and is studying to be an accountant but before he was given a visa as a refugee, australia's government held him in a year in detention centers. he was 14 years old and alone, but he came to australia by boat. he coped in detention, he says but saw other children who didn't. >> i saw kids who are cutting with pens. it's not something that i can forget. we are damaging those kids. we are damaging mentally and we are damaging physically. >> his experience is similar to many detailed and human rights reports on immigrant children detained by australia's government. >> our findings are deeply shocking. we found that all the medical evidence confirmed that detention causes and compounds mental health disorders amongst children. >> more than a third of children detained require psychiatric support. there are allegations of sexual abuse against children. many have self-harmed. >> on tuesday, officials from australia's immigration department confirmed a 16 year old girl in detention threw herself off a building last week. >> this is a shocking report. only australia automatically loc