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forces say they are needed to defeat the islamic state of iraq and the levant. it is the final day of campaigning in scotland ahead of a referendum on independence. and it has been called ming bling. a look back in time at the golden age in chinese history. ♪ we begin in spain with diplomats from more than a dozen countries are in madrid to try to find a solution to the political crisis in libya. officials at the summit in madrid invited a representative from only one of the libyan governments, the one they back. we also understand that the prime minister of that government has announced a new crisis cabinet. the united nations says libya is on the brink of a protected

conflict and civil strife. >> translator: righting fiend armed groups is aimed at terrifying unarmed citizens. they want to destroy legitimacy. this painful situation is creating new enemies between the tribes and an increasing desire for revenge. it creates division rather than unity. >> but a spokesman from the other libyan government sees things very differently. referring to the leadership, he had this to say. >> translator: the agreement drafted is a severe violation to the sovereignty of the libyan state. and poses a real threat to libyan national security. second the so-called government of the parliament has no power to conclude any political agreement of that kind, because such a strategic agreement needs to be done by the permanent government. >> stephanie decker is following

developments. >> reporter: there is a huge internation international gathering taking place. including the arcan union, the arab league, and the u.n. special envoy all here toying to solve an incredibly difficult crisis. the foreign minister of the international recognized government is here, but the other side, the opposition government in tripoli is not represented hered. so that raises the question what can really be achieved when the two sides aren't sitting face-to-face and discussing it. things that need to be resolved are things like national recognition, and disarming the many militias that control this country. this is a first step, but it is seen more as the international

community legitimizing the government in tabrook. since gadhafi was overthrown in 2011, libya has desended into chaos. in january the general of the national congress refused to resign. the prime minister at the time was forced to quit. a new prime minister was chosen. but the supreme court annulled his appointment. an election was held in june, but most of the seats up for grabs were won by sectarian groups. the election and the future of libya have been disputed ever since. airports in the two biggest cities have been reduced to rebel. foreigns and diplomats have been

told to leave, and libya is for the time being left with two competing leaderships that came to speak on behalf of the people one in tripoli and the other one forced out of the capitol. salomon is a former advisor to libya's change party. he joins me now live from benghazi. thank you very much for joining us. what is the point of these talks if the opposition is not there, if everybody is not represented? >> actually, i think it's a message for the government in tripoli tell them the only way is the political negotiation and political dialogue with the others. i believe the guys in tripoli, they think that power can make

the solution, but i believe the solution is come [ inaudible ] and debate and one table for the others. i think it's a political message from western country, telling the people in tripoli, the military power cannot do everything. >> so in what position does this leave the opposition then? >> i think the opposition -- the opposition has a strong position, but they need to -- they need to listen to the street to the libyan people. they need to clamp down especially on the fighting in the south of tripoli, people are dying every day, and i believe they made many mistakes and divisions, they need to come back to the -- to the people and -- and --

>> let me just ask you how you will get some sort of ceasefire in place, how you won't clamp down on this fighting if the two opposing sides are not talking to each other, and as the country as you know is awash with weapons. >> yes, they are talking to each other, but there was an inu.n. investigator talking to all of them. they came [ inaudible ] and one to tripoli. think i think they talk together, one collection of initiation to solve the problem, but i believe the message need to be clear, the fighting, the war, is not the way to solve libyan problems. libyan problems can only solve it by agree on basis of justice

and freedom for all libyans, and respect the political process whatever the outcome of the political process. >> okay, because i should imagine there's a lot of pressure on you regionally, none of your neighbors want a failed state, do they? >> sorry i can't hear you. >> i was asking about the regional pressure on you, because they do not want a failed state. >> yes, i think there is something of that to save state like somalia and iraq, but it's in our hands now, and libyans need to know we have only two way. either -- either being a successful state. successful state means agreement on respect each other on the

political process and leave the army and the [ inaudible ] in the street. if we need to go to the safe state we can continue with one government. two governments will divide the country. i believe there might be civil war next several months if this issue doesn't also [ inaudible ]. >> all right. thank you so much for giving us your point of view. let's go to iraq now, where the prime minister says foreign ground troops are not wanted in the fight against isil. let's talk more about this with john hendren in bagdad. why is that, john? >> reporter: that's right, jane, this came in an interview with the associated press. he said foreign troops were

neither needed nor wanted here in iraq, that was probably in response to martin dempsey who told the u.s. congress that if he felt it was needed for u.s. ground boots he would recommending that. the chairman said troops are not needed at this time, but went on to say he simply made the recommendation if it came to that point, he would do that. he said the spokesman's strategy up until this point is appropriate. kurdish forces in the north say they need foreign troops to help stop the advance of the islamic state. some estimates isil has taken control of a third of syria, and

iraq, for more on this, sue is in erbil in northern iraq. the iraqi prime minister says he doesn't want boots on the ground, but the peshmerga have a different thought. >> yes, obviously they are at polar opposites, because the peshmerga said we would welcome combat boots on the ground from foreign fighters, especially the general, who is out in the western part of northern iraq, and commands the whole field operations, and says quite bluntly, we cannot win this fight if we don't have assistance from foreign troops. he said we need the absolute basics in this battle. we need everything from uniforms, night vision goggles, military equipment, military engineering equipment, weapons,

all sorts of weapons, and he said at the moment we're not seeing any of this come through. and as much as the air strikes are helping softening up targ targets, they are not doing the job on the ground of clearing out places where the isil fighters are blending in when an attack happens and he also said it sometimes takes as much as two hours from when they call in a strike to when an actual strike occurs. >> update us on the fighting which is ongoing, if you could. >> reporter: yes, a few things happening in the last 24 hours. across this tikrit, further south from where we are now, we're hearing there was an air strike yesterday. we don't know whether this was a u.s. air strike, or iraqi strike, but we understand they killed as many as 23 isil fighters. and some in response there has

been an explosion in a citadel in the north of tikrit. one other incident that has happen west of bagdad, we are hearing there has been a truck exploding on a bridge by a check point, four people have been killed there. >> all right. thanks for that, sue. qatar has deenied accusations that his country is financing terrorists. >> translator: qatar will certainly not support terrorists or extremist organizations be it in syria or iraq. what is happening in syria and iraq is extremism. but qatar has never supported and will never support terrorist organizations, which are involved in killing civils. still to come early results in fiji's elections.

and we'll find out why these indian students are learning to speak chinese. and in sport, while adrian peterson has been suspended for a second time by his club. jo will have the details. ♪ liberia's president has called on the international community to help in the battle against ebola in west africa, and says all countries have a stake in ending the crisis. he welcomed the $500 million u.s. plan to tackle the outbreak. describing it as a significant moment. liberia has been hardest hit by the disease. u.s. soldiers will be sent though capitol to help contain the disease. and the world bank is warning the ebola outbreak could have a catastrophic impact on economies in west africa.

the economic impact could grow eight fold in an already fragile state and drain billions from liberia, guinea, and sierra leone. the world bank says the economic costs can be limited if the ep dimmic is quickly contained. fiji's former military leader is headed for election winning. he has been leading the island nation since 2006, and chief to campaign in the elections. it is the first vote that india fijians have been able to take part in. >> reporter: fiji's current prime minister left it until almost lunchtime to cast a vote. the interim prime minister has been fiji's biggest character for almost a decade.

it was a coup eight years ago that put him in the top job. issuing decrees he banned political opponents, leaned on the media and put allies in key jobs. fiji was suspended from the commonwealth. but new chinese money helped keep the money going, and when he announced an election date, australia and new zealand restored diplomatic ties. joe is 23, so before wednesday he had never voted. >> yes, finally once in this generation our voices will be heard. like we can choose who will be running the next government. >> reporter: whoever they were backing all fijians seemed to appreciate the moment. >> i think this is a very significant moment. like we need to make the right

choice. >> reporter: was the election fair? some parties and candidates were banned from standing. the fijian media has been firmly behind the interim prime minister. the big test of a free election is one where the losing side accepts defeat. if you lose will you accept defeat? >> i am not going to lose. i will win -- >> if you don't. >> you ask that question of the other opponents. >> reporter: if you don't? >> of course we will accept the results. >> reporter: the democratic process involves more than an election, democratic institutions like free court and a free press are important done. frank has ruled fiji since 2006, but he has never been elected. what he is looking for now isn't so much power as legitimacy.

♪ final campaign push is underway in scotland. in less than 24 hours, people will vote on whether they want independence from the u.k. opinion polls continue to suggest a tight race. if the yes campaign wins, it will end a union that has lasted more than 300 years. jonah i'm hearing words like excitement and anxiety today. talk us through what has been going on. >> reporter: and tension, jane. it is the last day of campaigning. and things could hardly be more balanced. thousands of activists are out on the streets, knocking on doors, fighting for every vote they can get now. they are not so much trying to change minds as trying to make

up undecided minds, because everyone knows there are well over 10% of people out there who haven't decided they will in all likelihood sway the result of this referendum. so it's tense. there is an awful lot going on. both sides promising victory, and both sides promising change for the better. lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: there is a slightly fevered feel to some of the campaigning now. it's so close and there is so much to lose. arguab arguably especially for those who want to keep the united kingdom together. at this rally in glasgow, the city which should be crucial to the result, the man who has run the much criticized better together campaign, insisted that voting no, was actually a

positive message. >> i want to say no is a vote too for a stronger strengthened scottish parliament with stronger services over issues like health and education. far better than years of wrangling and uncertainty that would follow a vote for separation. >> reporter: both sides have set it for next generation who will feel the results of this. the independence block was suggesting that these could be the first adult that could be free of the influence of westminster over their lives. >> people are opting for optimism over fear. and it does enable us over time to create more jobs, make sure

we get the government we vote for. >> reporter: so many frayed temperatures between the politicians this week, that it has felt less like a popular conversation. the fact is even if there is a new vote, u.k. politics have been changed beyond all recognition, because there is now an independence movement that simply wasn't there a year ago, and it is demanding change entirely outside the westminster body politic. this way end up not being the best chance for the independence campaign, but it's last chance, because privately they think westminster has been given such a fright, it may never agree to another referendum in the future. and if it's a yes, the party is over for the unionists, politics in the rest of the u.k. will never be the same again. >> reporter: well with that in

mind i would like to introduce you to two young men who have taken a very special journey in the latter stages of this campaign, one an englishman, one a scot, they toured the united kingdom to examine the identities that they share, what binds them and what divides them. thank you for joining us. simon, i will start with you, the englishman. did you discover that you had more or less in common with finley young, your scottish friend. >> throughout the journey i felt we were pretty similar. but what i did realize was that finned a scot had a sense of himself of being profoundly different than me. which i think is a broader element of what is going on here. for many scots a big part of their identity is simply not

being english. >> finley what about you during this journey? did you find the two of you were better together or forging different parts? >> it was complicated. we used our friendship as a lens to which to view the referendum, and it gave us an opportunity to explore lots of applicable issues. in terms of difference and similarity, i think there is a sense that the scots do feel they are different than the english. in the debate we have seen, you have always had a juxtapose against david cameron. in defense i was playing up to the working class scot. whereas simon held up this english privilege of westminster, which i think he was uncomfortable with. >> you have written quite descriptively about the

antagonism between you. as this journey mirrored the referendum campaign, do you now have divisions between you that you will have to work to heal much as scots within scotland voting yes or no? >> well, you know, we were -- for the front cover of our magazine story for news week, they ended up putting us in front in front of flags with no clothes on. and we spent a lot of time talking about stuff that is quite personal, and as a journalist when you have to bring the personal into a story, it is a difficult equation. but i think like our countries, we'll all be fine. >> simon, give me the thrust of your sort of argument, why should scotland and england stay

together? >> well, i think something that i feel is it would be terribly sad to see 307 years of union go, and although it is quite correct and quite right that this is the scot's decision, i think there is the potential that the scots could break something that is valuable to many people -- to many more people once you factor in the population of england. >> reporter: finley? >> the idea of [ inaudible ] as a country was something we debated a lot. i think the scots feel that the way the country is run isn't the way it should be run. i came down in favor of yes at the end of the campaign, but i share his sadness, but i think many see it as a necessary step. >> reporter: thank you both so

much for your time. and that's it. opposing voices there. there are no shortage of those, i can tell you here in scotland. >> thank you very much. i have some breaking news to bring to you, coming from nigeria. at least 13 people are dead and 34 wounded in a shooting and a blast in the area in the north. this comes shortly after the government announced new measures to tackle boko haram. 34 dead, and 30 more wounded in a blast in nigeria's northern region. just ahead, yemen's army steps up its battle against houthi rebel. we'll go live to the capitol. and we'll hear claims that palestinian infighting is holding up reconstruction in the gaza strip. after the conflict with israel. i think the chopstick

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