this is utopia news line for brawl in libya's capital is under siege a military strongman fighters advance on the city of tripoli dozens have been killed and the u.n. backed government says it is launching a counter offensive of its own as western countries call for a truce also on the program the sudden release of

a prominent film and theater director via russian courts he was arrested almost two years ago for embezzlement and put under house arrest. think up to ten for your the beauty of a timeless complex which parties that have the hall of envoy and why i think he has a great team they're doing fine and if b.p. is elected i was well that night in a tight election race israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu makes a controversial pledge to win support will it went over spotters on the eve of the polls and tackling germany's criminal clans police in berlin crack down on the families at the center of a web of crimes we have a special report. on where ark thank you so much for your company everyone. we start off in libya where militias opposed to. u.n.

bag governments are closing in on the capital tripoli while they forced the closure of the city's only functioning airport and thousands are reported to be fleeing the city all the militias are under the command of military strongman khalifa haftar our he backs a rival government in the east and says he's conducting a war against terrorists is that but his opponents say he wants to set up a military dictatorship while the u.n. back government in tripoli meanwhile says its forces are mounting a counter offensive doesn't have died in the fighting meanwhile western countries are calling for a truce and the resumption of peace talks. in benghazi members of have two hours in the lucia prepare for their onslaught on the capital tripoli despite calls for restraint by the international community have to are seems determined to ignite a civil war he's one of the fiercest critics of the un backed transitional government so far efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis have failed meanwhile government forces are

taking positions outside tripoli to defend the city from attack the rhetoric is getting increasingly hostile behavior a little earlier today we have launched operation volcano of anger to cleanse all cities from the aggressors who oppose the legitimate government. you. have to our seemingly aims to seize military control of the entire country and in this way to establish facts on the ground this comes just ahead of plan talks on libya's future sense for the end of the week the timeline for a possible new elections was among the issues to be discussed the e.u.'s foreign policy chief is appealing for a truce is the full implementation of the my italian troops to allow disobedience and the wounded to be about to make it from. the city and to avoid any further military action and for there anything installation according to the u.n. more than two thousand people have fled the fighting south of tripoli many others

are still trapped by their still ities and cannot escape. all right with fighting now raging on near the libyan capital let's get you the latest with the fight she is a researcher in a tripoli libya can you hear me are you there yeah i can hear you well hi what's the situation on the ground in tripoli where you are is it still very fluid yes i think the clashes are quite still intense is why did the question got to finish there were also there have tells of launched air strikes on the eastern part and the runway. has not leading this surprise offensive is general. star who is he what does he want and why did he launch this offensive now it's about our grasp. to put it simply. i think i

think everyone or most people know about hillary for have such general who was with one of the three offices gadhafi in sixty nine fourteen captured and then become a cia and returned to libya after two weeks as there have been. with his war on terror campaign because he. didn't stop there i mean his fishes it's quite clear that he wanted he wants in over the country. is supporting him as much and why well in his campaign against isolate let me state to libya he gained quite a lot of support which is understandably by the opi lation that was being terrorized by a terrorist group. but it was but situation is much more complex just to put just than to put it simply like that because i also don't think you just for the terrorist groups to protect civilians it is about one move like any other military

campaign. so there's a power struggle underway in libya for some time now interestingly conspicuous by its absence in the un backed government what is their role in all of this do they play a significant role. yeah i mean the whole situation of leaving the capital under control of militias is to be is the mistake of the government of national court i mean they have had four years to try to implement this equipment which agreeably it house of representatives have blocked because of have but they remained giving money they've remained giving power to armed groups squabble and fight and quite honestly they have been wrecking havoc in the capital nobody as you sketch seems to have complete control of full control of the country interesting when you touched on this in your previous answers after project some

self instant strongman the only one who can fight islamist does that play well with western powers and is that one of the reasons why western powers have supported him even tacitly well within his factions there are islamists i mean it can't be you cannot fully claim no one can fully claim to be a secular power or a liberal or. a person everyone has some sort of as some i mean at least even. nationally they can never claim to be all the secular off i think it's limit . so. if he has a strong power that i mean you could take out a lot of or all many or most but the end game is there is no way this war. has no value for reporting on a very very complex and fluid situation in tripoli i think you.

i'd like to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. president donald trump has announced that washington will officially designated iran's revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization is the first time that the u.s. has labeled a foreign government entity in those terms or trump said iran was a state sponsor of terrorism and that its elite troops played a key role in exporting terrorism. in sudan thousands of protesters are demonstrating for a third day outside the army headquarters they want the military to support their calls for the resignation of the country's president omar al bashir security forces are reportedly attempt in attempting to break up the protests using tear gas. german chancellor and america will meet with british prime minister theresa may in berlin on choose day that's tomorrow they will then go on to paris for talks with the french president meanwhile she is scrambling to break the brings the deadlock

ahead of an emergency summit with e.u. leaders on wednesday the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. at the end of this week. the award winning russian film and theater director carroll. has been released it been under house arrest for over a year and a half facing allegations of embezzlement his supporters say the arrest was politically motivated the director's work angered cultural conservatives he is a supporter of russia's community and he had critically criticized russia's twenty fourteen an extension of crimea. you're good thanks to all the people who came up to me and didn't courage me by saying don't give up and we are with you and soon on my debut to our walks it was incredibly touching your support is needed but i'll say again it's not over we still have to go back to court and prove our innocence

if you took a good look. all right let's take you now to the russian capital to our correspondent and we sure when who is there for you and tracking this developing story only why the sudden change of heart why this release what changed well what this means is that. they're going to go has actually been released from house arrest but he still can't leave the country signed a document saying that that's important to mention and what has changed well it's not really clear the court today said that they would be releasing an official statement on what has maybe changed soon perhaps in the coming days the timing of this decision was unexpected city of house arrest was actually just prolonged at the beginning of the month until early july and now we see this decision and even the gogle center. is that everything of theater they said as well today that this was totally unexpected for them as well so he seems to be under the impression that

the case is not over can you tell us what will happen next. well what we do know is that this means that city of new coach will be able to work that he'll be able to go into the theater and actually direct plays from the theater itself rather than just from his bedroom he was very happy about that decision today we saw him kind of pumping pumping the air with his fist actors today at the local center were saying that they were crying with happiness but we don't know what it means for the case itself he hasn't been acquitted of the charges yet and cases like this one high profile cases in russia are often political what this means there have been positive signs today state t.v. has been reporting about the case which is unusual and the ministry of culture has come forward and said that they welcome the decision but as we saw today things can change at the drop of a hat they can change at the drop of the hat the bench also the question why is

there international interest for his case well so david you have worked internationally as well. including in germany excuse me and the reason why this case though has attracted such international attention is because kremlin critics have said that this is a politically motivated case and that it's an example of the increasing censorship the increasing restrictions on the art in russia city because has become known for his critical work he's criticized the orthodox church in his plays he's criticized the regime and he's always pushed boundaries as well one of his productions. at the bolshoi theatre was about openly gay ballet dancer notorious and that in a country which has a law against so-called gay propaganda so other artists and russia have said that this case really shows that if they come after him they could come after any artist in russia and we sure when reporting from the russian capital thank you. and you're

watching new still coming up in the show. tackling germany's criminal clowns police in berlin launch a crackdown to try to catch the families at the center of a whip of crime we have a special report. that's coming up in a moment but first the u.k. is proposing tough new regulations to tackle harmful content online while the proposals would require platforms like facebook or you choose to stop the spread of content that's different harmful by promoting suicide or terrorism while our digital reporter for the about your is here with more on that story for that it always good to have you here so what exactly is the u.k. government suggesting well they say that they would like to create an independent a watchdog to monitor the efforts of social media platforms to prevent harmful content from circulating on their platforms and that ranges from

a terrorist content to child sex abuse hate speech hate crime fake news and the idea would be that this watchdog would have to create a two to draft a code of. practice best practice and that companies would then have to adhere to this code and the watchdog would also have the powers to to force that and so the power to fine companies that do not comply and potentially also executives within these companies if they don't respect the rules of this it's quite it's quite fire reaching but it's still a proposal and now the government has launched a public consultation online and people have twelve weeks to submit their remarks and their government is particularly encouraging companies and organizations affected by this to post to depose their and their remarks what prompted all of this well this proposal has been in the drafting for quite some time also tired has

in the u.k. have been urging the government. take similar steps for quite some time particularly after the case of a fourteen year old girl who took her own life in twenty seventeen and after her death the family found a contant on her instagram account of promoting harm promoting suicide and more generally there is a feeling not only in the u.k. that social media companies are not doing enough to self regulate and we can actually hear it take a listen to what prime minister theresa may have to say about this social media firms are still not doing enough to protect users from home full content and that's not good enough so today we're putting a legal duty of care on these companies to keep uses safe and if they fail to do so toss punishments will be imposed. the era of social media firms regulating themselves is. are well that's clear they're putting the burden on these internet

platforms if you can the u.k. government isn't the only one considering new measures to regulate internet platforms can you talk to us about some of the other yeah exactly i mean we have to remember we are in the wake of the mass shootings at two mosques in christchurch new zealand after that facebook in particular came again under fire for not being fast enough to prevent a video of that shooting from circulating the platform had promised you know better content moderation but it looks like generally legislators have lost the trust and so more governments are taking matters into their own hands and last week we saw that passed a very strict new law that could see social media platforms being fined up to ten percent of their annual profits and also if they fail to remove content fast enough and executives in those companies could also face prison time and new zealand is also considering similar legislation on the other hand the critics argue that these

laws if they're rushed through and they're they're put through too fast there is a respect they could have unexpected side effects and consequences and one of them to one of them would be that they could undermine freedom of speech online or it should be sure thank you so much thank you. we're going to shift our attention now to israel and the day before the general election prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a controversial campaign promise he says he will annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank he's facing a stiff challenge from a former general the centrist pentagons with a tight race ahead really is correspondence on your kramer files this report what voters are saying on the eve of the poll. benyamin netanyahu slick person spending against blue and white party is resurrection is said to be a tight race with voters remaining split including here in this close restore in jerusalem ilana benyamin hopes to be netanyahu it's every phone calls to prime

minister who form the next government she can see any i'll turn it. on and. i think b.b. has a great team they're doing fine and have babies elected i will sleep well at night we will move towards a safe future for me for my sons and grandsons she looked at them another four years of bibi unthinkable for this young student guggenheim voted for netanyahu is likud party in the previous elections but this time his vote for the go to the new blue and white party headed by former army chief of staff benny gantz i think the time is coming go to serve his country well i think after time for years the really the time has come to which parties that have been born white take the premiership and move on to the hopefully better and more secure places. when israelis go to the polls on tuesday they have a wide range of issues to consider and a record number of parties to choose from the economy and security are usually the

top priorities for voters but this election is slightly different. in essence these are vital issues for israelis but they're not necessarily the big determinants of votes because we have a situation where the voters focusing primarily on the issue of netanyahu his ten year long governance over israeli society thirteen years in total and the corruption charges against him. despite facing an indictment on a string of corruption charges netanyahu can still count on a strong voter base. he campaigned on social media and by meeting foreign leaders with a clear message he's the only one who can keep israel safe and represent the country's interests abroad. meanwhile pentagon's and his team of former army generals have been touring the country with the centrist blue and white party has been ahead of the likud in almost all opinion polls. in

a small community in southern israel with guns who served as military chief under netanyahu appeals to voters that only his party can move the country forward both your southern philadelphia prime minister netanyahu and his messages of busy defining people and using incitement in order to survive we have busy reinforcing the security of israel and working towards a better future for our children. post as predicted gunther netanyahu with competing today but netanyahu might have the upper hand to form a writing coalition with smaller rightwing parties. at least far rights interior minister matteo has invited populist parties from around europe to meeting in milan while salvini is hoping to forge a new right wing alliance ahead of next month's european elections among the groups attending are germany's far right they have d. the danish people's party and the finns party from finland savini says he wants to

form a new populist bloc in the european parliament you know that he needs. here in germany police have launched a crackdown on so-called criminal clans mainly of arab and kurdish origin tightly knit families operating criminal networks for decades all the clans are believed to have thousands of members spread out in different parts of the country you know they have their strongholds in the rural area hanover braman and of course here in of bergland while many of these families came to germany back in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's and were not allowed to work some were tempted to earn money through criminal activities ranging from robbery to drug dealing all authorities say they are now going to adopt a zero tolerance policy to words any such activity police are especially worried that these groups are. saying on young refugees and recruiting them in an attempt to disrupt the same police have launched what they call the strategy of one thousand pinpricks. a large scale raid in berlin's nikon district

investigators are mainly targeting shisha bars where they suspect organized crime plans are laundering money customs investigators auditors and federal and state crime authorities accompanied by hundreds of police officers are searching the bars it's the biggest operation of its kind in berlin nikon district mayor martin hca has come along he wants to know how the mission is going. to work. this time the improprieties are minor offenses tobacco without tax stamps and violations of trading and child protection laws but the district mayor says he won't turn a blind eye. or do. we can publish everything with these checks from you know to major offenses we are implementing a zero tolerance strategy here large scale raids like this are part of a new campaign against organized arab crime clans suspected of committing major offenses including the breaking of

a luxury department store in broad daylight or the theft of a one hundred kilogram gold coin worth millions but convicting clan members is difficult not least because few are willing to testify about two hundred thousand individuals are reportedly members of arab clan families in germany the government is increasing the pressure by seizing luxury cars and real estate but organized crime researcher ralph gadahn says that's not enough to break the clan solidarity fifty three they're all sworn to secrecy and that's what makes the investigators work so difficult there are unable to break through these structures. there would need to be a support program for people who want to leave the class a good program but there are no such programs yet how delusions came from syria ten years ago almost every day she sees the klan's at work along zonen ali one of nikon's mean streets but she's afraid their crimes will strengthen prejudices

against innocent migrants and muslims is on the on and on. the mafia's here concentrated here on those on the way. you know well in this and i think sooner or later something is going to happen here. she said she's most afraid of a xena phobic attack americans district mayor however has a different concern that more migrants will fall into a life of crime if the state does not do anything about it. i think it's a big good effort to make this crime that might exist here or that we could make a path to unlawfulness hard to make it uncomfortable so that it's not worth it to come here to commit crimes. so germans should get used to huge police actions like this one authorities say they know these are not enough but that they lack better resources in the fight against organized clan crimes.

and football now and want to sleep outside glasgow hosted braman to wrap up the weekend's matches glad to have managed only one win in the previous seven games and against a surprising braman club they could only muster a draw. visitors braman created the first real chance of the match your highness deny young zouma in the sixteenth minutes. also threatened in the first half patrick herrmann hitting the woodwork here. five minutes after the restart max cruiser lost the ball and mathias get into fed floria no house and the youngster opened the scoring for blood buck by the raymond defense unable to recover after cruise's blunder. with the clock back when looking likely davey clawson headed in the equaliser in the seventy ninth minute you yo sako with the

pinpoint cross one all the final score and the foles fall further behind frankfurt and their fading campaign for a champions league spot. and we end with some much needed good news for a group of captive whales in russia whose plight prompted an outcry from the public and even celebrities like leonardo dicaprio well authorities have signed a deal with international scientists are free the nearly one hundred whales orca and beluga whales have spent months in cramped pens near the sea of japan port of naca dhaka all that's after a company caught them to export them to china images of the whale sparked a campaign to free them and forced moscow out interview. great great news their it washington of the news coming up next in the w. news asia would be a rush banner g. . and thailand many young men are praying for divine intervention to avoid their

idea of health and stripped conscription of up to two years in the army and iran struggles to provide relief to its citizens as it endures is worst flooding in a century. that's a whole lot more coming up they ended up in unions a show on will rock n roll and on behalf of the entire team thank you so much for spending of this part of your day with us don't forget you can always get the new by heading to our website that student news dot com i'll see you at the top of the hour.

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