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cultures across the world so no matter what. the news and calendar for that matter . this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. from libya the u.n. says that both sides of the conflict agree to a permanent cease fire in areas of the country. we're opening up our country we've learned and studied and understand the disease learning to live with commom we're dying with. donald trump and joe biden clash on familia issues but
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their 2nd and final presidential debate is more civil than the fast. french scientists warn that curve at 19 is now spreading faster than it did during the peak of the 1st wave. guinea's president is on course for victory in elections that report violence and i gave a force to nigeria's leader addresses a nation on edge making no mention of the shooting of protesters at africa's largest city. so we begin this hour with breaking news out of libya where the nation's 2 warring factions of agreed to what the u.n. is calling a permanent ceasefire the deal was agreed in geneva just a short while ago libya's been in turmoil ever since the fall of longtime leader moammar gadhafi in 2011 have been to rival administrations one based in the capital
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tripoli of another based in the east in tobruk the un's libya envoy says this is a moment of hope for the people of libya. in and. we have to give the people this hope of a better future i'm fully confident that i can place my confidence in you and the libyan people can have confidence in you the u.n. is with you and with the libyan people will do our utmost to make sure that the international community will provide full constant support to you. the man leading the delegation of libya's u.n. recognized government based in tripoli praised the deal and called for unity i've had and what i have addressed politicians in libya and have asked them to be one hand not to be polarized by factions and movements in order to achieve stability political and military stability in libya that's the only way to build the nation and to make sure security prevails we have had enough suffering enough division and
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enough bloodshed. and the head of the delegation representing the rival administration into brooks said that he was pleased with the agreement we've succeeded in achieving what all libyans were looking forward to the feeling of belonging to a nation of peace and security we are very pleased with what we have achieved let's go live now to tripoli al-jazeera of the warhead can put all of this into context for us this is a ceasefire deal it's not a peace deal yet they've been cease fires before why is this significant. well. this sounds more significant than the ceasefire declaration that was declared before by the rival factions because of the fact that this is a growing teed c. of the by the united nations and also that with other efforts going on the same
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track to bridge the gap between the 2 rival camps for example here in tripoli at the asian has been resumed between the east and the worst after over a year has been halted over a year due to the since the fighting is started by half of the forces on tripoli last year are all saw this ceasefire agreement to teens to several important factors on the ground especially the deliveries ation of the senate and job that's the area in central libya that's witnessing the tension between the 2 warring factions and also. this fire agreement. also with other political talks going gone on geneva these all these talks all should be submitted to the final meeting due to be held in
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tunis the coming months of of november to choose to come to a common ground in regard to choosing an executive authority to run the country for 18 months transitional period to be followed by parliamentary and. presidential elections this is the u.n. plan in terms of ending the conflict between the rival factions and bringing stability back to libya but the question now remains whether or not the. what factions on the ground will adhere to this cease fire agreement especially with the fact that we don't know for certain whether or not the parties that signed the cease fire agreement can reign on the arm of groups on the ground both camps the eastern camp let have the western camp led by the internationally
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recognized the government of national accord they have local allies local armed groups those groups are on the ground that they are deployed on the ground distortion remains very tense in the job for and so that area in central libya and that's close to the oil installations in the area that have been reinforcements sent but have turned to the front line and they have been they have been most often is foreign fighters or russian mercenaries a recruiting but have those forces on the ground the question now remains whether or not the foreign fighters who will leave the country have those forces will pull out from the central area of sirte and a job for half of his forces will pull out from the oil honest elation and let the oil production be resumed there have been a lot of points also pertaining to this cease fire agreement and that. they're
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going to remain to be seen the detainees as of both sides they have been detainees on both sides so it remains to be seen whether or not it is cease fire move would be implement implemented on the ground it's a significant 1st step. but there is still a mountain to climb is there before a full peace deal could be signed. well look like it's her. that is also one segment of the whole process to reach a common ground between the rival camps this ceasefire agreement is not the whole the whole agreement but it's still the political talks held in currently and loser in lives and in switzerland. that is also where the meetings the final meetings to be held in tunisia the upcoming month of november and that all meant to
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. elect or choose an executive authority a new national unity government and your presidential council to run the country for 18 months. transitional period to be followed by parliamentary and presidential elections to be based on an institutional base all these all these plans are still to be gone by both. and sponsored also or supervised by the united nations but the fact that this ceasefire agreement is signed and got on by the united nations could make it different than the previous the previous. declinations made by both factions or at rockwood of any thanks dude i was there as market up to what had live for us in tripoli. reports knock on the
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years of conflict in libya and how we've got to this point today. libya has been in turmoil for nearly a decade nato backed forces overthrew its longtime leader muammar gadhafi in 20111 of them and put a few has been killed as libyans have long awaited pursue sturrock moment. the beginning of a. what's often described as a civil war started after disputed elections in 2014 the country split into 2 rival administrations one in the west one in the state the de broke best house of representatives in the powerful warlord holy for hof to gradually control the east and what became the un backed government of national accord led by prime minister fires elser raj remained in the capital tripoli. during more than 6 years of fighting thousands of people have been killed and many more forced to flee their
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homes tripoli was under heavy assault for 14 months after have to ordered an offensive to capture the city. with turkey support the government of national accord only hosted the assault this summer in started its own offensive on the city of sirte. libya's oil dependent economy is badly damaged until recently half discourses had shut down while taking control of major oil facilities depriving the country of billions of dollars in revenue. human rights morris's have recorded many violations traffickers have seized on the chaos to open smuggling routes to europe the un accuses regional players of fueling the fight by repeatedly ignoring a 2011 arms embargo and supplying weapons to both sides the arms embargo has become a joke libya is awash and weaponry and now advance weaponry egypt's the u.a.e.
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and russia have supported hafta all turkey and qatar have backed the government of national accord repeated attempts for a un brokered cease fire have failed this latest round of talks as seen both sides agreed to reopen land and air routes across front lines the u.n. is hopeful this time there is real progress they're taking the necessary measures on their own and i think that is really the most. domestic and positive development that i have seen after all it's their country and libya is for libyans the un added a warning that countries should take their hands off libya and give warning parties a chance to reach a resolution on their own to shelob ellice al-jazeera. something handy is editor in chief of international interest a current affairs magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he joins us now via skype from london sami we've got the cease fire deal then it is just a cease fire deal
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a significant one it's not a full peace deal yet what do you make of it. i think it's important to note that this cease fire that was initially agreed beforehand that came about after the failure has does offensive has lasted because of one very important dynamic that did not exist in the past years which is that there is a balance now in the military power as a result of turkey's intervention on the d.n.a. and as a result of egypt and russia support on the other side that prevented turkey and d.n.a. from overreaching and marching to the east so the military solution is not out of the question for all of the parties and i think given that the military solution is out of the question and given that the threat levels are no longer especially hyped to either party the individual militias under each banner that you send the west have now begun to just follow themselves for their own power for their own fiefdoms for their own interests and as a result neither the g.n.a.t. nor the east can mobilize effective forces to pursue a military solution in the manner that after sort in tripoli so i think this is the
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fundamental dynamic that has meant that now we see genuine developments that are resulting in this announcement of a permanent ceasefire it doesn't mean that we have a peace deal what it means is the battlefield has gone from being a military one to a political one now that the military solution is out of the question now that missile are dense in 10 and a half and the other tribes and factions who fight underneath have that can no longer set themselves military they are now trying to assert themselves politically so that has announced his resignation in tripoli which is expected at the end of the month that he will go indicating he will not take part in this national unity government that might emerge from the talks so essentially the bodies believe now is a political free for all everybody believe that now there's a chance that politically they will be able to take control they will be able to take power and that's why i think as long as this political process continues they will just roll their ferociously with one another in a political framework because that military solution is out of the question so what needs to happen to get a full peace deal in libya and what happens to the turkish forces and russian
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mercenaries who are still on the ground there. i think that's the hardest thing get to deal with and i think it will be a lasting good to deal with i think what's interesting is that this political process is very similar to that which egypt proposed in its cairo initiative which is this idea of some ministers from the east some ministers from the west some ministers from the south forming a national unity government and then being elections and i think it's important to highlight that egypt russia turkey these powers that are very involved on the ground have developed their own framework of discussion in their own political process to try essentially to split libya in terms of spheres of influence egypt east turkey west russia trying to assert itself and go for and these other different places for turkey it secured its military bases and what the analysts about that egypt just once an end to that conflict because it believes there's no longer a military solution so i think these parties now given that they're not ready to encourage their parties to go out into a war once more that encourages them to pursue
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a political process without focusing on turkish forces and necessary i argue and i know it's a very unpopular opinion but is the presence of the turkish and russian mess in areas that forces the libyan parties to abandon the military solution and focus on the political process and in this political process will see how these individual powers manage to maintain their gains we've been this political framework that the u.n. has proposed how up to mr guy you did a full peace deal can be reached now how long will it take and what will peace in libya look like. i think it depends what you mean by peace deal if you mean that libya suddenly goes to happy days and we see democratic transition and the like and i think that is overly optimistic if we're talking about a peace deal that will mean that there is no war and no conflict for extended period of time and it will simply be political wrangling that might bring about economic deprivation that might bring about a lack of development and the like if that's what a peace deal means that's i think what we're likely to see this idea of war ending
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but the political wranglings continue as east and west as half that and the messiah and these other all just for power i do think that if they go towards elections it will be a big step towards establishing a new digital mysie and a new authority and i think as long as there is a political process and as long as the militias are in fighting politically with one another nobody will be able to gather the necessary force required to assert themselves by force so in other words the political process will always be the preferred recourse for these parties to solve their differences so i think a peace deal in the sense that the war there will be no more gunshots and no more bullets i think we can be optimistic about that i think a peace deal in terms of libya suddenly becoming a democratic transition and we see genuine economic development i think i'm still pessimistic and we're still very very far from this or as far as you know those foreign forces the russian mercenaries that the turkish forces are essential to this peace process that they're going to be there for some time yet. i think they
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are going to be there for some time yet and i said only it's an unpopular opinion but i think the reason they're important and the reason they should stay there is that how after when he marched on tripoli it was the turkish forces that drove him back and what prevented turkey from overreaching and trying to launch a military campaign in the east was the presence of the russian forces and. to intervene militarily in other words that balance of power there is a famous tunisian poet. who has a politically correct version of the verse is there is no justice until the power until there is a power balance until both military powers are balanced i think for the parties to take negotiation seriously the military solution must be out of the question the only way the military solutions out of the question is if the cost of war is so high or all the parties and the regional powers that they have no choice but to engage a surgical procedure and that's the silencer issue but we're going to have to go live to geneva right now where stephanie williams is speaking she's the head of the u.n. support mission libya. listeners from on talent as usual but also we have quite
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a large number of journalists connected on the platform i would like to ask it to the clique's are on the platform and who have joined the press conference without spelling out the affiliation there media to go out and back again and right definition of your media we have people from libya and we don't necessarily know all the jordan and so i will have to ask all the journalists to specify which media they are from thank you 2nd point we have today interpretation arabic english but because of technical issues the into petition with the continues. so we will speak and then wait for the interpreter to translate so that will tick it is a bit more time but they will ensure that every journalist here and on the other side of the mediterranean understand they was all also be the arrangement for the
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question and without doing i will give now the floor to stephanie williams for her introductory remarks that afternoon today is a good day for the libyan people at 11 15 am this morning here in the un headquarters in geneva the 2 libyan delegations to the 5 plus 5 joint military commission talks signed a complete countrywide and permanent cease fire agreement with immediate effect the agreement was facilitated by the united nations and we signed it as witnesses. the cease fire also responds to the secretary general's call for a global cease fire and cessation of hostilities related to the covert pandemic.
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i only a root gave me lately a shabby big sad they had at auschwitz i $101.00 a few modern that efficient have come and with then she. comes as a concept be a p r i love. it defer could know there in milwaukee if luck cannot have a share in the learn why auburn be led that were a yet when i said 10 feet from her and it difficult not only to hit up while commented on that of a doubt they are leahy get. ahead. of their look at their arm and lead their. lead what if i am the way sharon milne got a rather good it had to do. the parties agreed that all military units and armed groups on the front lines shall return to their camps and this show be accompanied by the departure of all mercenaries and
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foreign fighters from all libyan territories land air and sea within a maximum period of 3 months from today. the ceasefire does not apply to un designated terrorist groups. it difficult that often and i guess i can recollect alaska real and not in ireland get ahead so what i would in a mosque. yes how would there look is no god i'd get fucked in more. and more heavy been and again you'd. be out and then we'll go where no one behind where they look if you can put out that they let you are over and minute in what philip lock had lay is here and. it had be a lettie as a matter a woman and the hater. with immediate effect until the new unified
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government assumes its functions all military agreements on training inside libya shelby's suspended and training crews shall depart the country. in a hay net that will. get you in the hand me hat for a cut the fuck and then get fed she and it. looked at the bed to libya so if i had given her a frequent at that deep self at all that debris be followed or not where then you could be a study in. the agreement establishes a joint police operations room which shall propose and implement special arrangements to secure the areas cleared of military units and armed groups the joint military commission also agreed to form
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a joint limited military force of regular military personnel under a joint operations room reporting to the joint military commission. defer to ensure. that we put out that new short and let you talk but what next for you at their tibetan casa lay down minute and they need. only 100 a minute what dr laska you. have. in alaska and my stomach at the foot i did not get the shaquille. ask duda min a for a scary you mean if you talk or for tommy. where there leka later fight in a way that the. the parties agree and with the support and participation of the united nations to
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immediately start the identification and categorization of all armed groups and tities on the entire libyan territory whether integrated into state institutions or not a mechanism and conditions shelby developed to ensure reenter duration of their members on an individual basis and to state institutions for those who meets the requirements and specifications of each institution. if the fuck up that often be done in a way that on with the had that little problem for would only feed at a fair hollow what it does need and how well can net down an r r g u b a b as you saw in kenya then we get then back then you might suspected no i said to della monogamy couldn't push the route taken the top 301 odd that the dems.
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and assessing for the fee and a suspected though not very nice but your let be met with the liberty were more so $40.00 more assessor. the parties reconfirmed their commitment to implement the confidence building measures agreed earlier this week with regard to the full opening of land in air routes throughout libya. they agreed to the c.b.s. also related to measures to curb the use of hate speech and incitement to violence to facilitate the exchange of detainees and the restructuring of the petroleum facilities guards in this regard talking about c.b.s. i would note that day a flight went from tripoli to benghazi and there is a regular resumption out the schedule of flights between those 2 cities i would
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also note that in my discussions with the teams this morning there are some very good indications that the oil installations of rosslyn ouf and sidra will be ready to resume production. in in the near future in a very short period of time. well a lot of fun yet. be 10 feet because it had been a 3rd of a tough economy if you worked inside because you had that is more where they like i've been is badly. out of the you know when you go we are brought libya where on like that they had to mystic them cooked over. 100000 are known for one week they see if the bedouin us only add that they can let the collector a defect became a model for a nifty you know what we have there so good for india. before that it had been
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a set up is too early for that $100.00 to go we they now. were. heard. to assess said. they heard enough of the clear enough to feel a new foot was citric so for just that new fall into the but. the parties agreed to establish a mechanism to monitor jointly with un's mil the implementation of the cease fire agreement the parties requested. to forward the ceasefire agreement to the security council and to request that the council adopt a resolution to ensure compliance of all internal and external parties with this permanent countrywide ceasefire. what the fuck but often i let in chase.
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across that none none. that the one with the hague then feels it to fuck up for the flock another but often that mini un needs mil and that it difficult to talk and not only. and act in that car over and if the money gets at the trough decade. very good be looked for if luck a day in. the. there is a lot of work to do going forward we will quickly reconvene the 5 plus 5 joint military commission in the coming weeks to launch the works the work of the subcommittees which will tackle areas such as the withdrawal of libyan forces from the front lines the departure of all mercenaries and foreign fighters from the country disarmament demobilization and reintegration security arrangements and
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counterterrorism cooperation in addition to a national effort aimed at unification of the armed forces. and if he had. been a send up coleman said he and be added to a legend and that at that comes his a mc. leave bed. will have the heelys and set the 10 no one mentioned that misled sahabat whatley b.m. in the edge of the head one lead that it will more to. b.m. in the lead when as. with discrete way at the till it measure to better media what talent fee measure it had. been what on the at them a little way the elected. i would like to extend my thanks to the 10 members of the 5 plus 5 joint military commission what they have
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accomplished here today took a great deal of courage they demonstrated their patriotism love of country and commitment in coming together to reach an agreement that can help secure a better and more peaceful future for all of the libyan people i salute their sense of responsibility and commitment to preserve libya's unity and to reassert libya's sovereignty while what dual and noisy has shook. them says that it's a lie shira manages all who and the young man who not. only for what abdul what tony at the home what hope the homely bled to him well it is emmy him bill amelie man little also elected felt you can and your side fee been able to stop by the end of the m n n liquidity shot believe he or highly showed
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a humble well to send him a little more how far the way that libya were added to techie the less he had the. i would also like to think president of the presidency council. and the other members of the council house of representatives peaker mr idealist allah and field marshal general commander kelly for hafter i must also pay tribute to the many libyans who have sacrificed so much who have lost loved ones who have been injured and subjected to displacement as a result of this long conflict why would then that the demo be shook. his at the s.c. phase while. where there is much less and no web. why . have that kemah she.
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mounted marshal a little shit. why he did minnelli being the livy not the who will be cathy it will live in africa do i had better go home one levee now or see will be she what the. road net asia teven in the week. the joint military commission members have exerted tremendous efforts to reach the ceasefire agreement they have set a high standard and an excellent example for their compatriots who are participating in the political and economic tracks the 5 plus 5 have done their part and they've done it very well their compatriots in the other tracks will now need to do their part. now ask. has been actually tossed all elective locked it up cannot have what the army and
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the and the and no one home a fairly good that be he. is what he had a live in one you share equal now famous iranian as c.s.e. while it to saudi. comes at comet big that we have what comet we had that. he had little if i was an ally. if. rain rain and yet to him without him. the international community must also do its part by fully respecting and supporting this libyan libyan cease fire agreement which was reached under the authority of security council resolution $2510.00 and the outcomes of the berlin conference this includes full respect for the principle of non interference in libya's
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internal affairs and full implementation of the un arms embargo on libya we thank the member states and regional organizations participating in the berlin process as well as libya's neighbors for their support thank you. well i let them adore. the. camel what. may not be he'd have one. beheaded. libya he said but today is a good day for the libyan people that are coming off the nation's 2 warring factions agreed to what the u.n. is calling a permanent ceasefire let's bring in sunny how they have the once again he's the editor in chief of the international interest current affairs magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he's with us from london about what we were
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talking about before stephanie williams was speaking there she said that the ceasefire is to be a company by all mercenaries and foreign fighters to parsing from the country within a maximum 3 months of today. i think that's such a mistake i think if you're a show your turkey and you've sent your forces and you've established military bases in you're in control of the oil as russia is you don't just simply pick up pack up and leave and i think what's very interesting is when stephanie williams referred to the oil situation which is under the control of the problem is exacerbated not just by half that but by a russian messines she did not give a timeline and she left it very vague in that there's a hope that the petroleum will refute in the near future suggesting that her visit to moscow did not receive guarantees from russia that it will actually lift the blockade that it will fully cooperate with the political process and that's why i
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think that she's focusing a lot on the minor details but there is no real road map for how we are going to actually arrive at a peace deal i think it's important to highlight that russia is the undercurrent in all of this that is taking place because russia is trying to oversee its own political process so what we're looking at there are the most interesting up and leaving russia's leverage is the fact that its mercenaries are in control of key resources and key bases and that it has presented itself as an attentive mediator it has a libya working group with turkey it's not going to abide necessarily by the u.n. decision for the most interest to withdraw and i think that's what what's going to be the snag in what is taking place i read stephanie williams it is an ounce meant in that we are making some progress but i would caution anybody from having too great an optimism in what the u.n. might bring given that when we look at the yemen situation we had a u.n.
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discussion in stockholm the u.n. spoken very similar terms the 2 party shook hands and then went back to fighting soon after in yemen the talks broke down and so i think let's take what is contained in that there is a cease fire it's brought about not necessarily because the parties agree but because they have no choice given there is no military solution as long as we keep within this framework steady steady slowly slowly. we can come to some sort of political framework and at least avoid more deaths then more deaths that's why i think let's take what's good and the conjecture let's leave it for a for another day but i do think russia remains the snag in all of this good to talk to so many things to have some of them do that in london james moran is the former ambassador and head of the e.u. delegation in yemen and jordan he joins us now live via skype from brussels good to have you with us again. what's your feeling about this the ceasefire agreement today are you optimistic that this is the beginning of the end of libya as was.
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well i think we must be very cautiously optimistic and the u.n. on. credit here. brokering at this cease fire but as a previous period speaker has implied is going to be a very long road ahead as to how indeed it's going to be implemented 1st of all of course it has to go back to the security council we'll see how russia reacts to that. then there has to be some clear arrangements on the ground as to how it's going to be monitored and how it will be done independent on that of course it will be interesting in that context to see what the security council. in terms of the ministers i agree the russian situation remains pretty day and so long as the russian situation is vague then i suppose that we can expect the same to look turkey site where you also have more than is coming in under the turkish umbrella
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on the side of the g.n.a.s. so we need to see how both of these countries will react i do share with previous speakers skepticism about the russian interest or but again we'll find out all when it goes back to the security council for now this is relatively good news in what has been pretty grim times in libya over the last few months and i think i agree we should take what is good and try to work as best we can as a national team so will the european union it would also be a challenge because if there is a monitoring mechanism put in place it's quite possible that the e.u. . will be awesome i'm supposed to provide some of the manpower woman power to do that and that will i think be quite a discussion here in europe should that happen so for the moment we're in the hole in half and if you like it or is there a lot to be to be fleshed out we have got the cease fire deal will it won't it
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hold with all of these various factions on the ground i know about previous speakers sami was was saying that militarily the suicide realize that the that they can't win that doesn't mean to say the ceasefire will will hold firm. it's true and of course on both sides particularly on the side of form after his forces. one wonders really about the other there are much real control we have of all of these different elements that make it up say might be said so to some extent at least as well or news of which is on top of forces all of these items to play ball will they play ball in the next few weeks or not who's to say what about the weapons the liver is under the chin from avoiding the embargo the russian side on the turkish side from memory. and others will they now stop we'll see
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but look. there's a shot of light here and let's hope that if will it will be carrots you will see next at the u.n. and eventually eventually have to know what one of his role in the future libya i mean. you know he's obviously going to abide by the cease fire but. he's got some very powerful back as. you know what role is he aiming to take do you think in a future libya that is at peace. well i mean i'm not so sure mr quiet is. 'd such a good position as he was before some of his backers have been getting a little bit cold feet about his support for soccer or has been on the military side which is the one area where you claim some expertise he hasn't done too well in the last 18 months and i think the egyptians and the russians know i've been pretty skeptical about is real influence and power in the country i think is in
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a fairly weak position. for the time being in fact you would never have read to the cease fire if that were not the case because you all this has been going for more aggressive solutions in the us what is role going forward is quite frankly it's very difficult to say but. i would guess that if indeed permanent political settlement would involve a transition away from his personality and in particularly and maybe looking for others to come forward to lead on the slot just as mr seraphic will say has been stepping down on the western side if you will seems the market is likewise taking up the. rest of it was good too too many thanks indeed for changing around the former ambassador head of the e.u. delegation and you haven't gotten. thank you.
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in less than 2 weeks americans will elect a new president stunnel trump and democratic nominee joe biden had a final chance on thursday to sell their vision to the american public although it was less chaotic the the 1st debate the 2 men still had plenty to spawn over including the pandemic racism and corruption a white house correspondent kimberly hell cook reports now from nashville. it was a stark contrast from the 1st debate fewer interruptions and more substantive discussion with the 2 presidential hopefuls donald trump and joe biden who mostly respected the rules the moderator even earned a rare compliment from the us president so far i respect very much the way you handle it this is the debate opened with a disagreement over the handling of the covert pandemic that's left more than 223000 people dead in the united states we're learning to live with it we have no
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choice we can't lock ourselves up in a basement like. you know we're learning to live with people learning to die with proper insists a vaccine is just weeks away even as most scientists suggest it could be moderates and infections in the united states are surging trump lash back suggesting biden's policies to lock down the country are draconian and would hurt families and small businesses cropping biden also took aim at their respective alleged foreign entanglements trump hitting biden on his son's business dealings with ukraine and china and whether biden put policies in place as vice president that helped to son profit i have not taken a penny from any foreign shores ever in my life we learned this president paid 50 times the tax in china has a secret bank account with 2. biden lashed back accusing trump of cozy
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relationships with russian president vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong il and it's a relationship trump defended claiming it's prevented conflict and tensions he inherited from the obama white house there was a very dangerous period in my 1st 3 months before we sort of work things out a little bit ok there was a very good they left us a mess what has he done he's legitimize north korea he's talked about his good buddy who's a folk song and we had a good relationship with hitler before he in fact invaded and domestic policy trump tried repeatedly to portray biden's policies as extreme and too little too late considering his years a government he alleged a biden presidency would bring the united states closer to socialism when it comes to health care as a tragedy he was there on tour 47 years he didn't do as america continues to grapple with the issue of racial injustice trop attacked by tit for his role in passing a 994 crime bill that locked up
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a disproportionate number of african-americans for possessing a small amount of drugs he never did a thing except the 1994 when he did such harm to the black community and they were called and he called them super predators all 100 senators voted for a bill on drugs and how to deal with drugs it was a mistake on climate change trumped defended his decision to withdraw the united states from the paris climate accord stating he believed it was too costly for small business but when biden suggested the u.s. should move away from an economy based on oil trump had this response oh i was ready to ship because you know exactly what i'm saying as he is going to destroy the oil industry the final presidential debate was supposed to be about policy and that is exactly what american voters got with $47000000.00 ballots already cast. there's little time for either candidate to win new voters can really help at al
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jazeera. the u.s. has imposed sanctions on 5 iranian groups that it accuses of attempting to interfere in its election on wednesday american intelligence agency said that iran and russia obtained voter information to spread chaos and confusion the sanctions applied to iran's revolutionary guard and t.v. and media companies but no sanctions were announced against russia. the us military says that it's carried out a drone strike against al qaida leaders in syria more is a reporting that 14 senior figures were killed on the met in province syria's last remaining rebel area. dozens of people have been killed in the democratic republic of congo during fighting between government soldiers dobbed groups in the town of a member the army says it lost 40 soldiers whilst freeing villages who were being held hostage by faces a separate attack happened in the area of benny where reports say that 10 fighters
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were killed the military's been fighting all groups in the province provinces of north and south kivu for years. in guinea preliminary results from nearly all voting districts indicate the president also condé as one of. sunday's elections at least 13 people have been killed and dozens of been engines of the security forces fired at supporters of opposition presidential candidates some new delhi and the ilo he says that he has evidence of fraud and is planning legal action al-jazeera is nicholas hock reports. for a brief moment the gunfire stops was interrupted by families who are in mourning. i do sorry do jello 14 years old chair no not 13 years old and 10 year old marcelo these young victims were shot by security forces some in the face while they were celebrating candidate said it was preliminary victory announcement in
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sunday's presidential vote for years that military foreign children small boy 10 to 20 years old they never pick on braille ma'am i hope that that death will not go in vain and that the violence will stop preliminary results announced by the election commission known as the sen he suggests alpha condé said to win a landslide victory jello supporters are taking to the streets protesting the election results his party believes jello won with 53 percent of the votes. and. nothing. nothing to do. and. the media. and. mobile phone footage circulating on social media like this one
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showing election officials pending votes in favor of the president is deepening mistrust in the electoral process the 82 year old president amended the constitution. earlier this year which allowed him to run for a 3rd term in office the decision sparked widespread criticism and protests condé said to become one of the continent's oldest heads of state in a country where most are under the age of 25 meanwhile the government is accusing jello for mentoring unrest by announcing his victory before the official election results. condé is a democrat he will accept the outcome no matter the result additional mobile phone footage shows the military taking position inside for the new neighborhoods known to support giallo power has been cut and people live in fear look at these dogs comments the women filming their shooting are people over 10 people have died and scores have been injured shot by security forces using force to silent dissent
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against a population it is meant to protect not kill nicholas hawke al-jazeera nigeria's president has addressed the nation after more than 2 weeks of processed against police brutality and the government. called for the demonstrations and on the day of the prison and other buildings across lagos. but he didn't mention the shooting of protesters on tuesday. but address reports. for days the president has been under pressure to speak to a nation on the edge after meeting the country's top security officials on thursday he asked security forces to act within the confines of law to halt the rising violence across the country and continue to ensure the. end of freedom as well as the fundamental rights of those protected let's remember this go on one of those has the other to get in to protect the legs and the properties as well as
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the day to all citizens to grow a business is city and. violence for more than 2 weeks demonstrators mainly young men and women took to the streets demanding an end to police brutality compensation for victims and the reform of nigeria's police force they also want officers guilty of extrajudicial killings torture and disappearances to be prosecuted and punished. in a shocking move captured on mobile phones by witnesses security personnel used live rounds of demonstrators on tuesday after curfew was announced today cause. or be under jewish law and there has been part of the end sauce protest since it started brother missing for 12 years was last seen in the custody of the now disbanded group police unit at the center of the protest she watched the president's address
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on television and he's personally not impressed. the president doesn't. the president doesn't live. for god. she said the protesters would meet and decide their next line of action all day thursday security personnel what kept busy as mobs attacked police stations looting and burning properties across the city. here one of nigeria's main prisons the core you correctional facility is on fire and security officials say they followed an attempt to set the prisoners free it's the 5th prison to be attacked in 3 days in a scene of the 1st mass prison escape more than 1700 prisoners are still at large the past 2 weeks have been some of the most difficult for this nation of over 200000000 people since its return to democracy in 1990 and the next few days will
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be critical in determining whether the president's pronouncement are enough to calm the situation armitage rees al jazeera of. scientists in france say that curve at 19 is spreading faster than now but at the peak of the 1st wave in march european governments are reimposing lockdowns restrictions to contain rapidly rising infection rates slovakia and poland have seen record single day rises on friday. daily record. 17000. words these pictures filmed anonymously and leaked onto social media herald a ghastly return to the worst of the covert 900 pandemic in europe bodies wrapped in black plastic apparently filmed a week ago in the basement of a siberian hospital there are said to be awaiting autopsy.
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the voice behind the camera says all of them had the virus or. russia's health services are under severe strain in places with the toll of daily deaths and infections rising to record highs. it's a familiar story across europe now firmly in the grip of pandemic once again both spain and france have exceeded a 1000000 cases of covert 19 with more french cities and 2 thirds of the population placed under a nighttime curfew. the coming weeks will be tough and hospital services will be put to the test and the number of deaths will continue to rise and italy the country where dramatic pictures of the sick and dying were a glimpse of europe's future in the spring he's posting record daily infection numbers in the altered. around the situation was quiet and remained so for a couple of months now we are completely saturated at the moment we're not able to
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receive we only have 4 beds left in the intensive care unit in germany where effective testing from the start has helped the country fare better than most the infection is said to be back with full force health authorities have warned of an uncontrolled escalation. i'm very sad and thoughtful about this i suspect we'll have to face even more restrictions but i think it's justified we have to live with this pandemic in someone. a field hospital in the czech republic the country in effective lockdown after the government brought back measures introduced earlier in the year balkan countries are seeing steep rises too and belgium says it's facing a tsunami of infections with political figures not. pulte 5 year old so the deputy prime minister is in a brussels hospital undergoing emergency treatment in intensive care the condition is described as stable the same cannot be said for the pandemic across europe jonah
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al-jazeera u.s. regulators have approved an antiviral drug for use on covert 19 patients and hospital of it is one of the medications that donald trump took when he contract to the virus but a study sponsored by the world health organization suggests that it doesn't have much impact on the rates or on recovery times yet another warning about the health of the arctic for the 1st time since records began 40 years ago a major source of siberian sea ice hasn't begun to freeze a lot of sea is known as the birthplace of ice this is the longest it's ever gone without starting to freeze scientists believe that that's because of a record breaking heat wave and changing waters in the atlantic ocean they're worried that a lack of ice will cause chain reactions across the alps but if that is. just about
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