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and the other hundred a new project celebrates extraordinary people who lead ordinary lives. ♪ so a is libya's prime minisr a kidnap victim or a suspect in a case. they say they were acting on behalf of the justice ministry. the justice department denies this but al jazeera has been told he is being held in the anti-crime department. we have more. >> a grainy image of libyan prime minister reportedly taken during his abduction from a hotel in tripoli last night. >> the prime minister was taken last night by a group of armed

men and he was taken to a location that is yet unknown. >> a group calling themselves the libya operation chamber. they tell al jazeera that they carried out arrest on behave of the justice committee. they say they did huge checks to military guards who were blocking an oil refinery in india. oil is crucial to the post revolution recovery. the minister of justice says he was taken by force. but there was confusion whether the be abducts abductors were t sanctioned. government said they didn't ask for a warrant. >> he spent three year three d n

exile. he worked as a human rights leader and a year ago he was appointed prime minister. but two years ago after the revolution that toppled quadaffi libya continued in a state of confusion. they have militia fighters in the east who are pushing for greater autonomy. and without the production stream of oil libya is struggling to rebuild. to other news, egypt has criticizing the u.s. for announcing a suspension of cash and foreign aid. the spokesmen says the decision is wrong and egypt will not surrender to pressure. the u.s. says it will cut hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance. they wen want to see progress on democracy and human rights.

military and huma human huma h . >> hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid on hold. what is floe frozen f-16 fightes and apache helicopters and harpoon mis missiles and 260 inn in cash aid. washington has done this before not giving aid to a key ally. they cut off weapons delivery to bahai in 2011. what continues money for education and economic development and counter terrorism and boarder security.

they are committed to help maintain peace in the sinai and the peace treaty with israel. they don't believe the weakened military aid will hurt. >> after the violence and the announcement today of morsi trial the white house is in an embarrassing position if it doesn't take some action. it's important to know that the wheuwhite house is not writing t off and we are hoping that it goes in the right direction. >> israeli and saudi and gulf states are urging the u.s. to keep the aid where it is. >> it's up to the egyptians to decide whether the fighter jets and tanks and missiles are ever delivered. the white house's terms are firm. a democratically elected civil government with all site at the table including including the mm

brotherhood. we are harin airing hearingn attack on the forces in egypt. it happened in the sinai. our correspondent joins us on the line we are not naming her for security reasons. what can you tell us about this latest attack. >> we understand it happened in the more than sinai peninsula. from what if initial points are saying the driver drove up to an armored personnel they waited untiuntil they searched the car until he blew himself up. he has been here at the checkpoint over 30 times in the past. what is a growing passion in the sinai. they had one back here a month ago when the interior minlsz at the wa --minister was targeted o

and another two days ago in the southern sinai area. it's a growing trend now to be the militants and the fighters in the peninsula are starting to use the suicide bombing tactic. that is it the latest on the sinai. if we can move away from that the other line out of egypt that the u.s. is suspending military aid. theris there any reaction to th? >> >> the government is reacting and the phone call to the defense secretary chuck hagel. he has to be on force and but he had comm comment from the egyptn spokesperson and from the egyptian e radio where he says e u.s. decision was wrong to withhold some aid.

and they will not surrender to american pressure. and now on state television they will continue with their growth here in egypt. not just in washington but to the egyptian people. the reaction is they are not saying it will make sunny any difference or create a huge hole in the military budget and it wait a moment makitwon't make aw they deal with the protestors on the street. that is our corse correspondenth the latest fro from the region. they were trying to cut the main fuel supply line from the forces it's one of the two refineries in syria. the government forces have

been attacking a leopard. al jazeera cannot independently verify these pictures. >> speaking in lo london, both rebel factionses an factions ane participating in a ceasefire. there are terrible stories of people running out of food and people being injured and not able or allowed to leave. i hope that the consensus statement which was agreed by the security council, the first such statement on humanitarian action inside syria which was agreed about ten days ago will help us make progress o on this.

staying in syria the head of the global chemical westminster weag has called for a ceasefire. in the first progress report on the inspection and the instruction program inside of the country. they also said the syrian government is cooperative. there have been protests in the iraqi city of fell lieu? felujia. they come a day after a politician made a remark against islam. scientists in the uk are a step closer to creating a drug thathat could prevent alzheimers the degenerative condition is likely caused by a build up of abnormal pro teens i proteins i. >> thisser testing this they'ret

will eliminate the proteins. the secretary of state john kerry has said that leaders have been discussing issues including the territorial dispute and we have more on the meetings. in b ruvmenruni. wednesday saw housekeeping by the organization of these ten nations. initially they made a little progress towards the 2014 goal. they did make progress when it comes to deal with a zwaition sn that affects three nations here. they agreed to have a monitoring situation put in place to quell zoom political issues that

happened last year. looking forward to thursday. there is it the large summit with the east asian nations and the united states that is something where most likely they'll talk more about the disputed territories. there are two thoughts. china says these disputes should be resolved. and there should be a code of conduct that would adhere to international law. we don't expect a signing coming out of that agreement and we do expect that that subject will be brought up and there will be some word on how they will deal with these territorial disputes. we are going to a live event out of egypt now. we believe our polls. this is it a live news event from libya after the libyan prime minister was seized from a hotel in tripoli this ne mornin. i believe we have a translation.

let's listen to what is being said. >> 100 men with heavy arms. about 15 armored vehicles who stormed his residence and take him to unio unknown where where. an emergency meeting was held where all of the members of the government convenienconvined. they hold the kidnappers liable for the safety of the prime minister and call on them to immediately release him. and secondly at the time when the cab note o cabinet of minise exerting all efforts to running the country according to the applicable load we emfa size eme that though cannot under mind

the libera libyan state institu. the government will continue as it is in the opposition and communication with the public congress and ngo and other state institution together with international community who with consensus condemn this crime that goes against the objective of the revolution. the government emphasized that it cannot bow before any blackmail by anybody or party as it's strongly condemns and rejects such criminal acts. the interm government confirms that it is standing fast and united and will continue to work for the civility of the country. call on all of the people and institutions to stand united and to stand up to all of those attempting to under mine the

safety and security. the government emphasized to the diplomats and other foirn forein officals that the inte interism government will refrain from propagating false reports unless verified on a statement by the government on this thursday october 10 at 1 at 10:30 in the mornings. all right. i believe that was a spokesman for the libyan government speaking there. this follows the seiz seizure oe libyan prime minister from the hotel in tripoli on thursday morning. our correspondent is joining me live from beirut now, now zena.

it's good to have you with us. >> i know there is not a lot of information and there are coveragconflicting rortsd report happened. what are we to make what we know so far about the prime minister being seized from the hotel room? >> less controversy now whether or not this was a kidnapping or an arrest. clearly we just heard the libyan government condemn the move calling the rebels who are responsible for this incident kidnappers. the government or the it legal authorities are calling this a kidnapping. this is what a lot of people in libya are saying. i was speaking to a lot of people in tripoli. they don't believe this was an arrest. we heard the rebels who are responsible for the arrest. they say this was an arrest and they are accusing the prime minister on bribery and

corruptions. the government is clearly saying that calling on the people to standby them and that the legitimate authority of the official institutions would not be under mind. but the government in libya is very weak. the armed groups are strong and there are a number of armed groups and some people call them revolutionary and these are rebels that fight against the leregime. some call them m ma militias bee they won't set down their arms. many will say this is under notch alnominal authority. i the army does not have a presence in many areas. in fact they are coming unfortunate attack. under attack. very strong statements from the libyan government but it's not clear what they can do.

or whether or not they will reign in these armed groups. what do we know about this particular group, the revolutionary operations chamber as they call themselves? how do they fit in with the libyan army? are they one of these groups that you know, could take advantage of a vacuum dre creaty a real lack of authority in libya? >> well they have. they do operate like i said, they operate under the umbrella of the defense and interior ministry. they are stronger than the state. they are stronger than the army. some will say that the statement that they released that the prime minister was taken on corruptions and bribery charges. we have to make chee clear thate libyan prosecutors deny any arrest warrant was issued. some say this were other reges. reges -- reasons.

the prime minister called on the west to help libera libya fight militancy. he sayings that lappi libya hase a place where weapons are being exported throughout the region when i was in libya a few weeks ago i talked to the comabders in thcommandersin the east. they said we are warning him not to become a puppet for the west. some o of them are call him a karzai. we cannot link what happened a few days ago in libya the reeflt of a suspected al qaeda member to what is going on today. the libyan government went through great pains to say that we had nothing to do with this. we had no knowledge about this. this arrest of the al qaeda suspect really caused a lot of chaos and a lot of anger e

accusing the united states of violatings the country's sovereignty. the h question now is the government going to to take any action to reign in the rebel greums. groups. they demanded that the regime of omar leave office. some people were calling that incidents or that event a coup. thank you very much. >> zana covered the libyan revolution extensively, joining us from beirut. thank you. prstriking transport workers demonstrated about the splitting of the state. similar scenes have been taking place across the region the division say the move will difficult vietdivide the languag

population. they are also unhappy that the state capital will become a shared state capital. >> u.s. and european companies have admitted to receiving gayer garments from a factory in bangladesh that has been deses steroidestroyed by fire. seven people were killed by the plays. blaze, it's the latest of a string of zpejt accident in bangladesh. >> the fire broke out late tuesday night at a knit wear forecast sfactory. many of the factories 3000 workers had already left for the day. which is why the death toll is low? >> those caught up in the blaze were thought to be working over time. firefighters worked through the night to douse the flames. parts of the building were still

smoldering wednesday ai. afternoon. the fangtr factory supplied ga o wal-marwall. banthe fires and accidents are common. inefish ontariefficient monitory heighten the problem. last november over 100 people died in a fire in another clothing factory in the capital. in april of this year more than a thousand workers died when a garment factory cleamsed. colla. >> clearly safety issues were ignored. >> we don't want to sigh the detsd frodeaths from garment fis anymore. >> some workers we spoke to say

water shortages and lack of nearby fire station had allowed the blaze to escalate and get out of control. >> the entire knitting factory was burned in a half hour. the hose didn't work because there was no water. >> dozens of international retailers agreed to conduct inspection at factories in which their goods were sold with the cooperation of the ban bangladeh government. ll therthere is nothing concreeo show for it. tragedies continue. now 140 countries are expected to sign a treaty aiming to curb the use of mercury. it's been named after the city that saw japan ace wrur's worstl poisoning a ipoison in the 50s.

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we have an update for you now on the lead story that we have been following all morning. we are hearing reports from libya that prime minister has been freed. that is the prime minister has been freed. this is after reports that were not -- reports or confirmation that he had been seiz ceased fra hotel in tripoli in the early hours of the morning. we'll bring you the latest on this as and when we get it. now three u.s. based scientists have won the nobel price. mikmichaelmikthey will share th. they developed powerful computers models that can determine chemical reactions and all three will collect their award in the swedish capital in

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