statements because france is part of the current member of security council i think other of the parties as well like russia for example we know about the american made weapons so there's security council how it will find it very very difficult to implicate some of its members at this point however i think because of the consistent. policy has been a disaster like the french policy in the bia. partly the u.a.e. in egypt. has been haven't achieved the so-called stability warlord 35 that in his tribe or collision did not work that way so i think what will happen is an officer of the you may see some steps back from assisting this and realisation that perhaps the initial un peace plan was a better idea than continuing to support that so-called delany tribal collusion that by a warlord was proved to be extremely incompetent militarily on one end but also consistently violating the laws of war international laws of war and spoiling

a political settlement that was about to take place in libya omar sure thank you very much indeed talking to us live from london that talks are to resume between sudan's opposition and the ruling military genter on transferring power to a civilian government the military has agreed to demands from the opposition to release prisoners and to restore the internet negotiations collapsed last month after security forces raided a sit in protest killing at least 100 people the u.n. human rights chief michel basher let said on wednesday that he was again distressed by reports that hasse hospitals were attacked during the raids. any negotiation has to start from the points that we cannot agree on and it is one main point the transitional council it is the point regarding the head of the council because both sides agreed to a civilian majority it was suggested $8.00 to $7.00 and it was then adjusted to

$5.00 and $5.00 plus one and that would be 6 civilians and 5 military. we also said that there has to be a deadline to these negotiations we suggest 72 hours the sudanese people and we don't have the space to keep dragging these endless negotiations. right. now he's the founder and president of the sudan policy forum and just listening that to madani madani one of the opposition leaders outlining the nature of the process now the permutation in terms of the numbers that could possibly be on this council and indeed setting for the 1st time i think a time frame which is important. speaking about the numbers i think it's very important when dealing with the t.m.c. to dealy need. a process and to ensure whatever agreement is

reached is authentic ate it and made public because in the past it was feared and the totally ignored it and the fact of but when people say that talks have resumed i think. talks have resumed and have not because it seems that they are talking past each other civilly and so are saying that we need to service tentatively agreed on the themes of. meeting the government to civilians and when we speak about substantive terms we mean the government system the rules and regulations that should govern that relationship between the legislative body and the executive branch and the sovereign council and this has so far not been discussed at all they are only talking about numbers but numbers as you know martine don't to speak for themselves number 2 is what objectives what is it that they are trying to reach and was what procedure all of

a meeting face to face are they actually conversing around the same table. they are meeting in the same table but we started it different terms i mean if you look at the team see if some coercive measures they feel that they need to submit power to the civilians the islamists are going to. think about attempting a coup d'état because. so what we have to look at the scene near us the scene near you of. the t.m.c. not agreeing to the t.m. so the civilians and it which is it which gives they would have to make their own government and this is a government that's going to like some legitimacy all of them submitting halfheartedly to the terms of the civilians and if that happens then the executive branch is going to have enough to execute the teams agreed upon so still

a huge amount of. thank you very much indeed lots more to come hear it out there including why this piece ever wartime force labor is evolving into a modern day trade fight between south korea and japan. the ground is still softening in q shoe the rain however is drifting slowly after the way so this is potentially good news the risk of landslides is still there they have cast nations suggest it won't necessarily be dry but i think heavy rain might be more likely in eastern honshu this is friday's picture where tokyo is just the west but bear in mind these forecasts could be wrong by a few 100 kilometers however i think the trend is

a wave from mchugh shoot and that's true for the next 2 days the wrapper and these showers over the north east of china and east in russia and back down towards beijing with a considerable difference to beijing itself down to 25 degrees and raining when you last see that now in sudden china this is the right time to see heavy rain as well are from fujian southwest woods that is the line the my you buy you system which goes up towards japan is produced in that flooding is equally light abuse flooding as usual seasonal in southern china and that might well include hong kong but doesn't light include shanghai temporary further sizes bit of a gap in the showers i started to fill in again in the central southern philippines but if you're in borneo or sulawesi you have a dry friday. trickle

of the top stories here it out to. the un now says there were 2 airstrikes on a migrant detention center in libya which killed at least 60 people it says there

are also reports that god shot at fleeing migrants and refugees after the 1st attack. talks to resume between sudan's opposition and the military joined on a transfer to civilian government they've agreed to release prisoners and to restore the internet. and the russian president vladimir putin has just arrived in rome on an official visit he's meeting italy's populous government for talks that are expected to focus on bilateral relations much of rome historic center is on a security look around 50 streets are closed to traffic and reports of mobile phone signals being scrambled ok jane hall is our correspondent who is in vatican city says 1st of all putin is going to see the italian government but we do expect him to end up way you are to see the pope.

yes martin a very brief state visit here to healing to be be on the ground for 10 hours is just arrived as to here at the vatican in about 10 to 15 minutes time but as you say going on for meetings with the italian government the populist government here tends to be fairly sympathetic towards the president towards the president's concerns particularly about nato nato's east but expansion also crucially on sanctions that have been imposed since 2014 and russia's annexation of crimea the deputy prime minister here the far right leader selvin he has expressed his admiration for president putin frequently has called those sanctions quote madness to separate kaante was the prime minister putin will meet later has been lobbying for russia to be reincarnated in the group of industrialized nations the g 7 now but of course it was until 2014 when russia was expelled the g. 8 so

a generally sympathetic ear an opportunity for russia to bolster relations ties with an important e.u. country president putin doesn't have many friends in the european union but this coming at a moment when perhaps splits are just beginning to emerge within the e.u. you need to unity of purpose towards russia and on those sanctions president putin as i said on his way here he'll be meeting the pope francis the 3rd time they'll be meeting ostensibly an opportunity to mark the 10th anniversary of russia and the vatican. reduced to due to diplomatic ties after the fall of the soviet union it's president putin may invite france's to visit russia but also there could be harder talk particularly on syria pope francis has previously written to the russian president asking him to intervene to help in that crisis russia of course an influential factor player there and in the middle east generally and the pope under a lot of pressure from activists and campaigners to do so again to encourage the

pope to ask. president future to think of civilians in syria jonah hall live at the vatican thank you. we've been speaking to his campaign director at the syrian campaign she says the pope now has an opportunity just stop war crimes from happening in syria the pope today can stand up for civilians and adlib right now that are terrified of regime and russian attacks right now there's 3000000 civilians 1000000 children among them that are at the absolute mercy of russian and regime warplanes and since the attacks escalated in april 33 medical facilities have been hit and 77 schools have been bombed so today the pope has the opportunity while the world is looking away from its lips to tell putin that that he will not abide by these war crimes and that the bombs must stop the pope has spoken out for syrian civilians in the past but this is not

a complicated issue what we're seeing right now is people being trapped under the rubble of their own homes and what happens is that rescue workers go in to save them and then you know we're looking at images of their bloodied uniforms because then rescue workers themselves are being targeted and the pope must help roots and that he does not have a green light to commit these were crimes we absolutely object and we can't we can't abide by it what people in it labor saying is that we don't we don't want these crimes to happen under the cover of silence we want the world to be watching so if he if he puts out a strong message to putin if he if he speaks to the media afterwards people will know that it will not be bombed under the cover of silence. israeli police have clash with demonstrators in television after thousands held sit down protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18 year old ethiopian israeli teenager shot dead by an off duty policeman in try to break up a fight between 2 groups the officers been arrested and an investigation is

underway. against race against. like the other minority groups. etc. here or there want to participate in the fight. against the decline of the peace the police does this and exceed it. in. public and it's impossible to. north korea's accuse the us of being hell bent on hostility towards her and of being obsessed with sanctions responding to accusations it breached a cab home petroleum imports north korea's mission to the u.n. issued a statement the united states is practically more and more hell bent on hostile acts against the d.p. r. k. it read it's quite ridiculous for the us to continue its pressure campaign

considering sanctions as a panacea for all problems robert kelly is a professor of international relations at busan national university says the latest statement may be north korea's way of exerting pressure on the u.s. to try to make concessions on sanctions before returning to talks. the trumpet ministration has been pretty clear for a while that sanctions are in place until the north koreans actually make some kind of meaningful concession on either nuclear warheads or missiles. i think the north koreans kind of knew this was coming i think what they're hoping to do is sort of turn all these sort of media events the spectacles into some kind of movement on sanctions it's pretty clear the north koreans want sanctions removed they've really been banging the table on this now for a while and they're kind of hoping that you know hey we had his meeting with trump and then you know a day later we're getting this we're getting slapped with new sanctions what's going on and this is their way of telling us that you know that the summit was more important than these sanctions i do think the north koreans actually want to negotiate there's a debate out there i think some hawks think this is all just sort of a game by the north koreans i do actually think they're willing to negotiate away some of their program but they're going to try to ask for

a lot they want the white house meeting for example that's going to be great for legitimizing the regime and making it look like a real country they want sanctions relief they want aid they're going to ask for a lot and you know trump is kind of in a weak position as the reelection is coming up live but the north koreans use that as a lever to get more out of them. china has warned the united kingdom to keep out of hong kong's affairs and not to meddle in the protests the british foreign office had summoned the chinese ambassador over concerns china was breaking its commitment to the 1997 handover agreement prime minister to resign may address parliament on wednesday. it's vital that hong kong's high degree of autonomy and the rights and freedoms set down in the sino british joint declaration are respected i have raised my concerns directly with chinese leaders as has my right and befriend the wrong sector and other ministers and we will continue to do so. south korea is threatening to hit back against japan for

cutting exports of materials that are used to make smart phones and other high tech equipment it's faired a long running dispute over wartime forced labor is evolving into a modern day trade fight problem bride reports from seoul. ironically this dispute comes just days after japan hosted the g 20 summit of world leaders went to foster good neighborly relations and promote free trade. and it could harm south korea where it hurts most in its production of semiconductors. the restrictions made it will be harder to export essential materials from japan to korean manufacturers. as one of the world's leading produces of chips especially for use in smartphones it could have a knock on effect in other countries and industries if put up a new thread be smart to realize about the really big blow to the industry. not

only through the korean industry and they will be disruption of the global value chain south korea has long been angered by what it sees as japan's failure to take responsibility for atrocities committed during world war 2. japan maintains that the issue was settled when the 2 countries normalize diplomatic relations in 1965. but courts here recently ruled in favor of former workers used as slave labor by japanese companies ordering them to pay compensation japan denies this is in retaliation for that and there was your this is not a counter measure but a review of operations from the point of view of appropriately implementing export controls for national security reasons if citing national security as a reason for trade control sounds familiar that's because it is the administration

of u.s. president donald trump has often used the same excuse in its trade disputes with neighboring countries and many people here believe japan is resorting to tactics drawn straight from the from p. and playbook i think they copied it from trump of course the trump tactic makes. choice much easier so i think a better right that. they are using this economic measures seemingly new norms being adopted in international trade with in this case south korea losing out robert bright al jazeera so. these are the top stories here it out is there the u.n. now says there were 2 strikes on a migrant detention center in libya which the justice ministry says killed at least 60 people it says there are also reports that guards shot at fleeing migrants and

refugees after the 1st attack. talks are to resume between sudan's opposition and the ruling military genter on transferring power to a civilian government the military has agreed to demands from the opposition to release prisoners and to restore the internet the gezi asians collapse last month after security forces raided a sit in protest killing at least $100.00 people the u.n. human rights chief michelle bachelet said a wednesday she was again distressed by reports that hospitals were attacked during the raids well sudan's opposition leader madani modernly outlined the conditions of the talks. any negotiation has to start from the points that we cannot agree on and it is one main point the transitional council it is the point regarding the head of the council because both sides agreed to a civilian majority it was suggested 8 to serving and it was then adjusted to $5.00

and $5.00 plus one and that would be 6 civilians and 5 military. we also said that there has to be a deadline to these negotiations we suggest 72 hours the sudanese people and we don't have the space to keep dragging these endless negotiations. an oil tanker is being held in your brought her own suspicion its cargo was bound for a refinery in syria which is subject to e.u. sanctions british marines and local officials stop the ship in the u.k. territory along spain's southern coast russian president vladimir putin has arrived in rome for an official visit he'll meet italy's populists government for talks that are expected to focus on italian and russian relations and bilateral cooperation. israeli police have clashed with demonstrators in tell a very vast the thousands held sit down protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18 year old ethiopian israeli teenager was shot dead by an off duty police

when they tried to break up a fight between 2 groups inside story is next. refugees caught up in libya's civil war at least 44 people died in an ash strike on a migrant center in tripoli in what the u.n. calls a war crime who's behind the attack and how will it affect efforts to end the conflict this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program on iran kong african migrants have become the latest victims of libya's civil war at least 44 people died in an asteroid on a detention center in the capital tripoli the u.n. special envoy to libya is calling it a war crime and the un recognized government in tripoli is blaming a warlord a khalifa haftar whose forces have been fighting to seize the city the victims are among tens of thousands of africans opens across the mediterranean sea to start a new life in europe elect here brian as. traumatized and scared they wait outside the migrant camp that was the temporary hollowed out there among the hundreds of thousands have come to libya in search of a base on life across the sea in europe. for some here that dream is now on the victims of a conflict that has nothing to do with them. this is the same to just

a few months ago phone list people have spent days awakes traveling through the days it often in brutally hot temperatures and at the hands of smugglers it's those about 600 people living here the path that was hit in an airstrike late on tuesday night out about 150 main refugees and migrants many from west africa are working with no one to you and to help people are told this is required just because you do those who don't have any power to. so there's. something stranded they don't know what to do they don't know but don't know where to go like i don't know. what to do with the un recognized government in tripoli is blaming rival forces for the attack saying it was deliberate. the situation in libya has become increasingly volatile since april when forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar launched an offensive to control the capital

hundreds of people have been killed and tains of thousands displaced in the fighting. forces most of whom are part of the self declared libyan national army have carried out several air raids on tripoli in recent days after losing the town of cutty and nearby. the violence has worsened the suffering in migrant attention centers some close to the front lines which housed those pushed back by the european funded libyan coast guard the un's describe the conditions in the same tis as appalling with little food and water repeatedly calling for them to be closed people are being brought to the detention centers faster than we can evacuate them they're being brought to libya after being rescued or intercepted by the libyan coast guard a rate that's quicker than we can get people out so we need a new policy that we need to see a renewed effort this season ends to people being returned to libya no refugees

should be returned to libya at this time there's growing condemnation of tuesday's attack and calls for someone to be found accountable but for now these migrants a stock in the middle of libya's rivals and their betel for control elixir brian for inside story. khalifa haftar was offensive on tripoli has derailed a un peace initiative to reconcile libya's rival powers. there's the un recognized government led by prime minister fails us or ours in tripoli the capital in the west the government of national accord is backed by most western nations as well as qatar and turkey and in the east of libya there's the brook based parliament the center of power for holy fire have to he's backed by egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates as well as france and russia. i. let's bring in our guest joining us in paris moustapha turi academic and contributor to our monitor news website in san antonio texas months or. professor

of politics at the university of texas at sutton san antonio and author of libya's gadhafi the politics of contradiction and in london and elgar marty founder and director of sadik institute the 1st public policy think tank in libya i'd like to begin with. this has been called a war crime by the united nations why hasn't the have to responded to the charges coming from tripoli saying that he was behind this attack. you should see your. new shoes so you saw me do talks and look around because it's a good deal now this 1st of all who fired those things that. then perhaps you can say that when told of options let's just wait before we call them walker we're not

i'm not i don't support i don't support what was killing those those those refugees but i think 1st of all we have to see who was responsible for this because before all the same thing happened if the boat rides then the others will atrocities they committed so i think we just hold off on this for just a 2nd and in london tripoli has been very quick to assign blame for this it just goes to show that libya's various parties are far from reconciled on any of this but no evidence has been put forward for this now what happens next what's what's the next move for tripoli to prove if this was indeed hell if after. but it's certainly not difficult to source of lincoln to conduct an investigation to conclude which of the warring parties was involved in this. force has been conducting air raids in the district it was a raid conducted against the demand group which is a brigade that is known as the counter migration brigade and it was it was told in

the complex so i think it would be stupidity of the highest order for the for the g. and a for the internationally by government to strike its own forces and i think the logical conclusion is that it was either a strike from and what your base which is coming from western libya or there was a drone strike from eastern libya and had them a base but i never asked the question to conduct or this kind of thing of us the nation that would determine with some degree of proof from where the sorties flew from from where the drones or the you avi's or the or the the migs that left these are bases where it came from and i think even the shrapnel of the of the of the missiles that was struck would give some degree of evidence as to where there's a strikes were launched from well that's a very interesting point and several. military camps need it where this detention facility is actually visited detention facilities like this in libya the conditions are incredibly bad but why have them so close to military facilities is it

simply because of a lack of space and was this a mistake. i don't think i don't think these kind of mistakes happen you know i really don't i think intension perhaps was too close to those those though the 3 g. county case they are that is in some people wishing that there would be it so that i don't want to be black i don't like them seems sex and this kind of thing i think i think if it was done that it was the love of it if it was not done that it was didn't do it but this is this is this issue of war you didn't with that with with the conflict that there's no bullet no lives ended that there's no there is no actual combatants which you can say this won't be long as well but also that you don't this is a problem with with civil wars such as the one that we have in libya today and i was let me bring you in here you are disagreeing that you're shaking your head. why the shaking your head yeah i think you know i think well the security

infrastructure in libya is well known the genie groups that are fighting against kind of a half there in tripoli alone and their locations are well known but also the infrastructure that houses the barracks the military barracks is a limited infrastructure meaning that certain on groups or a limited number of armed groups and he has a limited number of complexes those complexes are only not only used to house the fighting forces in tripoli but also has in the in the specific tasks or the specific designate groups of the supposed to be pursuing such as the migration or the migrants and refugees that have been pursued by this group by that among group in that order that complex is well known very nearby complex in ma to get a base also hosts a counter isis force that has been capturing noises that last 5 years and has got a complex within which to hold his own forces its force but also its intelligence units and the prisons in the detention centers that they use for isis so that architecture is well known is certainly well known to the armed groups that are in tripoli is certainly well known to the armed groups that are striking tripoli from

kind of after so there was no mistake this was a deliberate act and it was one that was done with we shouldn't we shouldn't try to paint this as a as the armed groups are going to forcibly putting migrants are putting isis at risk unnecessarily davis searchers limited we know that but more importantly here is that if i have their nose there and to think about kind of after is act in isolation is morally reprehensible we know that helicopter has not only struck this camp but was struck in camps and has armed groups entered into a camp to an odd months ago at the beginning of the conflict in the airport road complex around the airport where complex and struck another number of refugees and migrants killing around 40 so this isn't the 1st time it's a deliberate act it was with a systematic the human support the humanitarian support system in libya was the 1st to be targeted ambulances ambulance drivers 1st the 1st attend the medics these are 1st of all that fell during the conflict so it sounds more like a systematic than it sounds like an isolated accident or something that was was just that you know a mistake a gaffe that was made which is that month. yeah i see you shaking your head

a very violent on that tell me what is your response or i'm sorry and this is i mean do you want to make. good ok is it over but this is to be i don't think people a bloodthirsty just because they're both thirsty i don't think he's going to strike those 2 good oh today i'm going to strike those people out there that's not true then what's the real reason for him to strike that if he did strike that so what are the weapons inside of the water isn't. so doesn't not cache on something must have been there you know just most people when isis or 2 more want to strike liturgy cumple that this is nonsense ok you want to be no go find make him a no go but he's going to look this do yoga well until there is an investigation to we find out actually who was responsible today there is a wider issue here i just want to bring our guest in paris emma soffa fertility the u.n. the united nations have been very clear they've said that these migrants can't keep

being returned to libya it's putting them at homes risk as we've seen by this strike that libya is not a safe place for these people to go back to why are they being forced to go back to libya. well i think i think this is one of the arrangements that have been done with the new libya between the i mean your libya. a few years ago and. especially with the italian government the new italian government about 2 years ago and the arrangement such that. any migrants who are taking off from libya shores. will be if they are caught somewhere in the way towards europe specifically if they are within the libyan territory waters now would be sent back to libya and then the. international really organization for migration along with the libyan local authorities are supposed to care of them for a while and then reprocess.