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Egypt Hits ISIS Targets In Libya With Airstrikes; Cease-fire Largely Holding in Ukraine; Art of Movement: Melody Through Gesture; Interview with Koryo Tours Founder Nick Bonner; Brazil Plastic Surgery Capital of the World

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GEORGE HOWELL, HOST: I'm George Howell at CNN Center in Atlanta. Welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Egypt strikes back, hitting ISIS targets in Libya.

U.S. regulators propose new roles on the commercial use of drones.

And an inside look at North Korea from a man who leads tour groups inside the hermit kingdom.

We begin this hour, though, in Libya. Early Monday morning, Egyptian war planes hit ISIS targets in the northern city of Derna. The military

sent F-16 fighter jets in to take out ISIS camps and weapons depots there.

The U.S. airstrikes come after the Sunni militants released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians. CNN's Ian Lee has the

very latest from Cairo.

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IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Egyptian F-16s took off from bases under the cover of darkness, striking targets in Libya, hitting warehouses,

weapon depots, all planes made it back safely according to the Egyptian military. This comes just hours after 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians were

beheaded in Libya.

A militant in the video that shows these men being executed gives out multiple warnings. One, to the Christian community here in Egypt, to the

Egyptian government and also to the European Union -- Libyan is on Europe's doorstep.

But what this video really shows is that ISIS has a firm control, presence in Libya. They're coordinating with ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Last

month they attacked a hotel in Tripoli. They're expanding their presence. They are a force that is taking advantage of the security and political

vacuum that is Libya after the 2011 uprising that overthrew Moammar Gadhafi, which was backed by the west.

For Egypt, this opens a second front in the war against ISIS. They have attacks right now in northern Sinai that has killed hundreds of

security personnel. Now they have strikes in Libya. The Egyptian military hasn't said, though, if they will continue these strikes, but we'll be

watching.

Ian Lee, CNN, Cairo.

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HOWELL: Bahrain has joined the coalition, targeting ISIS with airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. Both Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates

have based war planes in Jordan to help out with the fight. Jordan has been stepping up its air campaign against the ISIS militants after a

Jordanian pilot was burned to death by his ISIS captors.

This map now shows the ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria. The swath of ISIS controlled territories, it's been expanded in recent months.

The hard-hit town of Sinjar in northern Iraq is one of those under direct threat by ISIS militants. Coalition airplanes, warplanes, they hit

it with air strikes while Kurdish peshmerga fighters are fighting ISIS militants on the ground.

CNN's Phil Black has more.

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PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Sinjar is now mostly empty, blackened and battered by war. ISIS holds this town firmly.

From a Peshmerga position above, we hear fast-moving aircraft followed by explosions below.

From this position (inaudible) Sinjar, you can see that smoke rising above the town. There is the occasional burst of small arms fire from down

within its streets. And there is a surprising amount of traffic coming in to the main road from the west, from the direction of the Syrian border

towards Sinjar and ISIS controlled territory.

Cars and heavy trucks, an endless stream moving at high speed -- proof the coalition has not achieved its goal of stopping ISIS from moving

fighters and supplies across the Syrian border.

The arrival of ISIS last August triggered a panicked stampede. Much of the population, hundreds of thousands, fled up the slopes of neighboring

Mount Sinjar. They found safety from ISIS, but no food and water, no shelter from the scorching heat.

Some remain on the mountain, most have moved on, many others have disappeared.

This fighter says he hasn't seen his brother or nephew since ISIS entered the town.

At a large refugee camp in Kurdish Iraq, now full of people from Sinjar, we hear stories that help explain the disappearance.

Wahida (ph) and her niece Dima (ph) were captured by ISIS.

Wahida (ph) says they killed the men. She saw her cousin beheaded. Both say they were moved repeatedly with other Sinjar women, first to Syria

then back to other ISIS areas in Iraq.

Wahida (ph) says she saw women being raped again and again.

Dima (ph), just 13, says she was kept with other young girls who were told to embrace Islam and marry ISIS fighters.

She tells me one girl refused and they cut off her hand.

Aunt and niece were held separately, both escaped at different times while their guards slept.

Like almost everyone from Sinjar, they follow the Yazidi faith, a religion especially loathed by ISIS.

Yazidis are now scattered across northern Iraq in camps like this, waiting for ISIS to be driven from their towns and villages, but Wahida

(ph) and Dima (ph) say they will never go back to Sinjar because they will never forget what they saw and would never feel safe there again.

Phil Black, CNN, near Sinjar in northern Iraq.

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HOWELL: The Ukrainian army says five of its security forces have been killed since a cease-fire took affect in eastern Ukraine just more than 24

hours ago. Clashes between government forces and pro-Russia rebels have been reported in some areas, but the truce appears to be largely holding.

Ukraine's army says it will not follow through with the next step in the cease-fire, which would be to withdraw heavy weapons, until it sees a

drop in the fighting.

Meanwhile, the so-called Normandy quartet -- leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany all are set to continue peace talks.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come, tighter security across Copenhagen after a suspected terrorist attack rocks the Danish capital. We

have new details about the alleged gunman in a live report ahead.

And Athens is running out of time to hammer out a new debt deal before Europe could cut off its lifeline. Will creditors go along with the Greek

government's plan to roll back austerity?

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HOWELL: There is increased security across Copenhagen after a suspected terror attack over the weekend.

The gunman who killed two people and wounded several other officers has been named as Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, this according to Reuters

and Danish news outlet TV2. Police are not confirming the suspect's identity.

The gunman opened fire at a cafe where a free speech forum was underway. And later, outside at a synagogue, two men accused of helping

him are also now in custody.

Let's go now for the very latest on the ground to senior international correspondent Nic Robertson live in Copenhagen.

Nic, what more can you tell us about the suspect who was shot and killed, but also about these two men who are being held?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the two men are being charged with helping the gunman while he was -- or between the

attacks, but what we've heard from the prosecutor today, the prosecutor has said that this was by prior agreement, the indication there from what the

prosecutor is saying that potentially these two people arrested Sunday may have had prior knowledge of the shooting, of these planned attacks.

So this obviously a concern for the authorities as they look for more potential accomplices.

But what we are learning about this man who has been named by Reuters and TV2 television channel here in Denmark is his name Omar Abdel Hamid El-

Hussein, a man with a violent past, who had been to jail in 2013, or at least attacked somebody on a commuter train, a stabbing attack, apparently

an unprovoked attack in 2013 and subsequently went to jail for that attack.

So, this is the man who has a violent past. The police have said that he has a track record with association with gangs of illegal use of

weapons. And also somebody that they feel could have been inspired by the attacks in -- the recent attacks in Paris and could also have been inspired

by radical Islamist ideology online posted there by ISIS or other groups -- George.

HOWELL: Certainly since the attack that you mentioned there in Paris and this attack, the mood has changed in many, many cities. What would you

say is the mood there in Copenhagen, given what happened over the weekend?

ROBERTSON: Well, the prime minister has characterized it as unity, that this has been an attack on democracy and an attack on free speech, an

attack on Denmark and an attack on Danes. And she has promised unity. She has said that there's absolute support for the Jewish community here, that

they shouldn't feel alone.

And I think that the sort of people that we've seen coming here today to lay flowers outside their theater behind me here are coming to show

their sympathy, their support. Denmark has a history of free speech and standing up for what people believe in democratically.

So, that's -- those are the sort of expressions we're hearing here.

I've seen in the last hour or so a group of teenaged school children come here hugging, just wanting to pay their respects. And also a group of

very young schoolchildren apparently brought by their teachers to come and witness what had happened.

It is an important and shocking moment for the people of Denmark, but they do seem to be really wanting to show what the prime minister has said,

that they're united and they're coming here to show their condolences and support -- George.

HOWELL: And Nic, one other question. You know, certainly people are looking at this attack, maybe comparing it to Paris and asking the question

were other people, could other people have been involved? We understand that investigators believe so far that it was just this one suspect. Is

that what you're continuing to hear there from investigators, that one person is believed to be responsible behind these attacks?

ROBERTSON: Well, right about now the police are giving an updated briefing, so we may get more details there. The prime minister is also due

to speak in the next few minutes as well. So again we may get new information there.

What the prosecutors have said is that the two people arrested by the police yesterday had by prior agreement, prior arrangement agreed to hide

the gunman while he -- between the attacks. So that implies that although, as the police have said, that he perpetrated these attacks by himself, that

there may have others who had knowledge about it.

Part of the investigation going forward is to make sure that the police are aware of anyone else who might have -- who might have had prior

knowledge and who might be involved in some other peripheral way. But that's part of an ongoing investigation.

And part of that will be to look at where he got his weapons from. He's believed to have used a machine gun and pistols as well. Where he was

storing those weapons. These sorts of things are going to be critical in the investigation as well, George.

HOWELL: Our Nic Robertson following the very latest developments there in Copenhagen. Nic, we appreciate your reporting. And certainly

we'll look for more information as we get it from investigators there. Thank you.

Greece is sitting down with its creditors in Europe once against trying to hammer out a new bailout package. The existing terms are due to

expire this month. And Greece is hoping to cut down at least some of its current commitments.

It says years of austerity have dragged down the country's economy, making it impossible to repay debts.

Thousands have rallied in Athens on Sunday in support of the government.

But Europe has been insisting that Greece honor its existing bailout terms and that the country is under pressure now to reach a deal this time.

For more we go to journalist Elinda Labrapoulou, who joins us from Athens. Elinda, certainly the political mood has changed in Athens when it

comes to austerity, but what would you say are the chances that this situation, this deal could fail?

ELINDA LABRAPOULOU: Well, it looks like today we're not necessarily going to have a final solution to this problem. All the initial

information that's coming out of Brussels and meetings before the euro group are showing that there's still a very large gap between the two

sides, between Greek side and its peers.

What the Greeks are asking for at the moment is primarily more time to think, more time to consider, and a way to lessen austerity. People here

have been supporting them very strongly. We've had a number of rallies throughout Greece, the biggest one was right behind me outside the

parliament building last night.

For the 15,000 people saying they want to put an end to the bailout and an end to austerity. So in that sense, the Greek government has a

strong mandate, very strong support to negotiate these positions.

At the same time, Greece knows that time is running out and with it its time in the bailout. The Greek bailout finishes at the end of the

month and a solution needs to be found before if Greece is to continue funding itself through the ECB, through money from its lenders.

So in that sense, time is really of essence for the Greek side, but it looks like the two sides are really still very, very far away from each

other. We might be looking into more meetings ahead this week if nothing comes out of today.

The Greek finance minister has last minute solution will be found. Greece is very much committed to staying in the EuroZone, it has said. And

the Greek prime minister talking about a win-win situation.

But I think what we're looking here at is this whole idea of cohesion and solidarity in Europe more than anything else. But it's going to be --

one of the euro group said it will be mainly about finances and ironing out the details, but the final decision will be more political than anything

else, whether Greece is going to maintain its position in the EuroZone, how its peers are going to react and whether Europe is overall heading. Is it

going to be a move away from austerity with Greece being the first example? Is austerity going to prevail?

And with that, we're going to see reactions from a number of countries following different policies and also just how European policy is going to

play out even in the months ahead.

HOWELL: So, Elinda, certainly as you pointed out there, you know, whether the EuroZone offers some flexibility it will be a precedent in many

ways to show a sign of how the EuroZone plans to deal with these debt deals.

But are there any face-saving solutions that you can foresee? Are you hearing anything from officials there on the ground about what that face-

saving solution would be to get through these different opinions?

LABRAPOULOU: Well, at the moment the possibilities are: first extending the bailout, which is what Greece does not want, and it seems to

be the solution that we're distancing ourselves more and more from simply because this is something that either Greece will have to apply for today

or otherwise it will not be able to get that extension; or we're looking at bridge deal, an in between solution, which is the most likely scenario,

which might be buying Greece a little bit more time and some time to think about what comes next.

HOWELL: Elinda Labrapoulou, thank you so much for your live reporting. We appreciate the insight on the situation in Greece.

Still ahead on News Stream, a bird's eye view will be easier to come by in the United States if new rules take effect. We'll tell you about a

proposal that could put more commercial drones in the skies.

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HOWELL: This is news that might surprise you, but Apple might be working on a car. Multiple reports say the company is building an electric

car. Reuters suggests that it might even drive itself, but the Wall Street Journals report disputes that. They suggest Apple has a team of hundreds

working on the car and has been hiring experts away from the auto industry.

But it's worth noting that just because Apple is working on a car, that doesn't mean that Apple will actually make the car and sell it. After

all, the company has reportedly been working on a television set now for many years.

And then there's this, the original iPad prototype revealed by court filings in Apple's legal battle with Samsung. They actually started

working on the iPad before the iPhone, before putting it on hold to focus on the phone.

So, if the Apple car does exist, you know, don't count on seeing it any time soon.

The future of the American sky may look a little different than it does now. The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed new rules for

commercial drones, those unmanned aerial vehicles.

For more, we go to CNN's aviation and government regulation correspondent Rene Marsh who joins us from Washington.

Rene, so what are the next steps to see drones in the skies?

RENE MARSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is really a huge step towards making essentially what's allowed to fly overhead. They're

changing that.

We're talking about thousands of drones that would share the sky with commercial passenger planes. The FAA, as you mentioned, they just proposed

drone rules to integrate the flying technology into the airspace. The FAA is responsible for making sure this all happens safely.

So, this is what the rules are at this point that they are proposing.

Drones would have to weigh less than 55 pounds. They would not be able to fly any faster than 100 miles per hour. They could only fly during

daylight. And the drone must remain in the operator's line of sight, it cannot fly any higher than 500 feet.

Also, they want drones to stay far away from airports and people.

Of course, lot of industries itching to start flying drones. We're talking about realtors, TV producers, farmers, bridge inspectors, those are

the kind of companies who would be looking to use drones for business -- George.

HOWELL: Renee, it's gone a long way since my days as a kid of flying remote controlled airplanes, but you know, as an enthusiast myself here.

Here's a question. And I know you've been following this, but what are the dangers? What are concerns that regulators are looking into?

MARSH: Well, the concern is you know somehow if a -- if an operator flies this drone in the path of an aircraft that's coming in for a landing,

or taking off. We've seen a lot of close calls involving drones and aircraft. So, that's the main concern is that in some event, perhaps an

operator who loses control of this drone and it gets in the path of an aircraft with hundreds of people on board, that would be the worst case

scenario.

We see what could happen if a bird goes into the engine of an aircraft -- look at the Miracle on the Hudson, that was able to take down that

aircraft.

So, this is a situation that the FAA is looking to avoid.

So they want to make sure that when this does happen, they're able to do it safely. And it's taken quite a long time for us to get to this point

where they're actually proposing rules, but there's so much at stake when we talk about potential hazards in letting this happen, George.

HOWELL: CNN's Rene Marsh joining us there live in Washington. Rene, thank you so much for the insight on drones in the skies.

Brazil is the plastic surgery capital of the world, but according to the country's council of medicine there are nearly 12,000 doctors operating

without proper training.

Shasta Darlington went to one Brazilian model and spoke to her who found out about it the hard way.

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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Andressa Urach is back in front of the camera showing off the body and face made famous

thanks to cosmetic interventions.

"I've had more than 10 surgeries," she says, "my nose, my cheekbones, my jaw. I injected my lips numerous times, changed my breasts twice and

did liposuction two times."

In the before pictures, a thin, teenage mom nicknamed Bean Pole. And then, the after pictures.

"I idolized my body so it had to be perfect," she says.

She competed in the uniquely Brazilian Ms. Backside contest in 2012, winning runner-up.

But eventually all those procedures nearly killed her. In November, Urach went into septic shock after injecting her thighs full of Hydrogel.

Her tissue literally rotted.

More than two months later, she's still getting her legs drained.

So basically the doctors just explained that back when Andressa put this substance in her legs, she put ten times the amount allowed.

After the bad publicity, authorities said they wouldn't renew the license for Hydrogel in Brazil.

Now Urach is warning women against excessive vanity.

"I have plastic surgery like going to the supermarket," she says. "I wanted to take out ribs to have a slimmer waist. I wanted to cut off my

toes to wear smaller shoes."

And she's not alone. In 2013, Brazil had more cosmetic surgeries than any other country. Breast implants are popular, so are buttocks

augmentations.

Dr. Tokazi says it's cultural, but also medical.

"There are patients who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder," he says. "They look in the mirror and they'll always find something wrong."

After her nightmarish surgeries to remove Hydrogel, Urach says she'll never go back under the knife. But she also says she would never go back

to the way she looked before.

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Sao Paulo.

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HOWELL: Coming up, we talk to the man who has brought thousands of tourists into one of the most secretive countries on the planet. Hear what

he has to say about the hermit kingdom after the break.

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HOWELL: I'm George Howell at the CNN Center in Atlanta. You are watching News Stream and we are watching your world headlines this hour.

Egypt has made good on a promise to attack ISIS in Libya. The military says ISIS camps and a weapons depot all were targeted in these

airstrikes. It comes after the militant group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

The gunman suspected of killing two people in Copenhagen over the weekend has been named as Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, this according to

Reuters and Danish news outlet TV2. Police have not confirmed him officially the identity of that suspect who was killed in a shootout on

Sunday. Two men suspected of aiding in the attacks are also now in custody.

The cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is largely holding up, but there is fighting in some key towns. The Ukrainian army says five members of its

security forces have been killed since the cease-fire took effect. Meanwhile, leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany all plan to

continue with peace talks.

It's been more than three years since the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, but the nation is still commemorating what would have

been his 73rd birthday. Fireworks kicked off the festivities, followed by parades and performances. Officials have made the day a national holiday,

known as, quote, the Day of the Shining Star. Currently, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid respect to his father at midnight.

The secretive state of North Korea doesn't seem like the typical place that you would have a setting for a romantic comedy, but that's exactly

where Koryo tours founder Nick Bonner shot his movie. He says his tour company and the movie can help those who live in North Korea.

Kristie Lu Stout spoke to him about his unique access to those living in the isolated nation.

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NICK BONNER, FOUNDER, KORYO TOURS: This is a pure entertainment film about a girl who comes from a coal mine who dreams of becoming a trapeze

artist, so it's girl power comes to Pyongyang.

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN INTERANTIONAL CORRESPONDENT: So your target audience is North Korea.

BONNER: Yeah, and...

LU STOUT: How did they react to the film?

BONNER: Beautifully. I mean, it's just what we wanted. We took -- years ago, we took Bend it Like Beckham to North Korea and I saw how an

audience reacted. There's an international film festival called the Pyongyang International Film Festival. And we saw an audience react to

that and thought, well, it would be great if they had a homegrown movie.

We also managed to show it in South Korea for the first time and the same reaction there. We had a -- we have a Q&A at the end of the festival

and a man stood up at the end of the film and we were thinking, what will a South Korean make of it? And he said it's nice to know that in North Korea

that mother-in-laws are the same as they are in the south.

LU STOUT: And to clarify, this is not propaganda.

BONNER: No, it's not. It's an entertainment film. I mean, it's simply the story of a girl who struggles against...

LU STOUT: A girl with a dream.

BONNER: A girl with a dream.

LU STOUT: In addition to being a filmmaker, you also run Koryo Tours. Now during this time of kind of heightened political sensitivity in the

wake of the Sony hack, is the tourism door still wide open for North Korea?

BONNER: It is. Yeah, we take about 3,000 tourists in and out a year, of course a good percentage are Americans and the rest are other

nationalities. And yeah it is. It's a place where people I think nowadays even there's such limited news coverage. You're not allowed in as

journalists into North Korea.

LU STOUT: Now a number of Americans have been detained in North Korea in recent years and the U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory.

Are you still seeing quite a significant number of Americans will to go to North Korea even now?

BONNER: Yeah, we're very careful. We make sure that any tourist coming to us is sort of -- has a sort of vetted beforehand and understands

what they're going in for. We then do an hour...

LU STOUT: What do you look for when you vet them?

BONNER: That they're going in as tourists and out of interest, that's the first thing. And they're not going in to proselytize, they're going in

purely to have an observational look at the country.

And it is a fascinating trip. I mean, everyone who goes in whether they've liked it or not says it is the highlight of their world travels.

And it is. It's spectacular.

And I think what's surprising in this contact you have with people in North Korea. And you know, in the end, yes, very, very different systems.

People living in particular hard situation both sort of politically and economically, but yet you know there's this sort of affability between the

two people.

LU STOUT: You're organizing a tour for the upcoming Pyongyang marathon. It's happening very soon, in April, what's that event like? How

well is it run?

BONNER: We started -- well, not run very well if I'm running in it. Last year was the first time we managed to get permission to run it. It's

a professional marathon, but we've always tried to get amateurs to run. And last year we took 120 people. This year we're taking about 250. And

it's professional. You start off in the Kim il-Song Stadium. It's full of 60,000 people who are fascinated as you know these westerners turn up who

are certainly not marathon runners -- I mean, my build and that sort of chap. You can do a 20 kilometer and 10k.

And then you go off on this circuit. And perhaps the most bizarre thing is when it was a professional race people would come out on the

street and runners would go by them. But suddenly here are runners walking past them, giving them high fives, et cetera. It's different. It's one of

these very few occasions where you really do get an interaction with the locals.

LU STOUT: Yeah, you've been traveling to Pyongyang, to North Korea for the last 20 years nearly once a month, is that right? I mean, what has

been sort of the single biggest change you've seen over the years?

BONNER: There hasn't really been a single biggest change. It's -- if you went in with the map it's the same city as when I went in '93. We now

do a lot more. We can travel the country a lot more. We see a lot more.

But sadly, when you compare it to China where I'm based, enormous change there, absolutely phenomenal. And engagement also from the outside

world. One thing that we do as a tour company is responsible tourism. And we're about the only people who -- it would be very difficult to have an

argument that North Korea needs less engagement.

LU STOUT: And for those who are curious, but have ethical concerns about traveling to North Korea.

BONNER: Well, if you have concerns with it -- I mean, we take about half the tourists -- normally the argument is, you know, I don't want to

support the regime. We take about half the tourists -- we've got a company of 15 incredible people in our office and we survive just. I don't think

it's the sort of a case of basically North Korea surviving from the other half of tourists.

I think tourism, it's one of those two steps forward, one steps back situation. I certainly believe in it. I believe in what it has brought,

what it has allowed us to do -- films and documentary making, bringing in aid, and bringing in just something fresh to the North Korean public.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HOWELL: Some interesting insights, nonetheless, from Nick Bonner of Koryo Tours.

If you want to read more about tourism in North Korea or check out pictures of leader Kim Jong-un's new private jet, go to CNN.com/travel.

Still to come here on News Stream, the musical masterpiece could be right at your fingertips. We'll show you how gloves allow one artist to

compose musical movements all by moving her hands.

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HOWELL: Welcome back to News Stream. I'm George Howell.

Technology is constantly changing the way music is made. The latest breakthrough may come, though, from a British recording artist and the

special glove she uses to actually reproduce sound.

Nina Dos Santos takes a look at how they work in this addition of the Art of Movement.

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IMOGEN HEAP, MUSICIAN: Movement for me is key. I have a body. And I have a mind. And in my mind I have music. And it's a very -- it's a

shapely, sculptural thing going on.

NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: As seen in her music video, Me, the Machine, Grammy award-winning musician Imogen Heap

makes music through her movements.

This is possible thanks to what she calls Mi.Mo gloves, gloves that put the power to create an entire composition right at her fingertips.

HEAP: In the past, the only way, really, that I could interact with the computer would be using a mouse and a keyboard. And this is very kind

of like two dimensional. I wanted to be able to have something which was kind of directly from brain out to quickly be able to manipulate sound just

by kind of intuitive gestures.

If I was trying to do similar things on a mixing desk, for instance, I've got very limited kind of movement. But with the gloves, you know,

I've almost got infinite kind of ability.

Playing with music with my hands, almost like a potter, is now becoming a reality with these gloves that I've been developing with my

team.

DOS SANTOS: Each glove is covered in sensors, buzzers and buttons. They all send a chorus of information wirelessly to computer software,

which interprets each gestures and produces sounds.

Kelly Snook has been involved in the gloves project since 2009 when the team began pushing existing technology forward towards a potential

music revolution.

KELLY SNOOK, ENGINEER: Once the person makes the gesture, the information comes into the computer. And then however the user wants to

control their visuals or to control their computer or their music, then that is completely customizable.

So in essence you can inhabit this creature that you create for yourself.

HEAP: Hello, this is Imogen with my Mi.Mo gloves.

I'm raising the volume. But if I wanted to say play a bass by pointing like this and like this. It's really fun to play.

DOS SANTOS: The team feels there's tremendous potential in the technology and believes that it'll reach far beyond the world of music.

SNOOK: I think that's the vision that we have. Even people that don't consider themselves to be musicians, something that gives people

access to art and expression that maybe they wouldn't have had otherwise.

DOS SANTOS: With the freedom to create melody through movement, the possibilities are endless, putting art and technology together in harmony.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HOWELL: It's fascinating. Movements and sound all by the movement of a hand.

That is News Stream. I'm George Howell. Thank you for watching CNN. World Sport with Amanda Davies is next.

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