this is do we news live from berlin libya's capital under siege a military strongman fighters advance on the city of tripoli dozens have been killed in the un backed government says it is launching a counter offensive as western countries call for a truce also on the program the sudden release of a prominent film and theatre director by a russian court he was arrested almost two years ago for embezzlement and put under house arrest.

and well iraq thank you so much for your company everyone we start off in libya where the battle for control of the capital tripoli is raging while militias opposed to libya's u.n. back to government are closing in on the capital tripoli they forced a closure of the city's only functioning airport and thousands are reported to be fleeing the city while the militias are under the command of military strongman half. while he backs a rival government in the east and says he's conducting a war against terrorists but as opponents say he wants to set up a military dictatorship the u.n. backed government in tripoli says its forces are mounting a counter offensive offensive while dozens have died in the fighting western countries meanwhile a calling for a truce in the resumption of peace talks. in benghazi members of have to has a militia prepared. are 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 they have a little earlier today we have launched operation volcano of anger to cleanse all cities from the aggressors who oppose the legitimate government. have to are 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 sent for the end of the leak 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

a full implementation of the my italian troops to allow the civilians and the wounded to be about to make it from. the city and to avoid any further military action and if other military escalation according to the u.n. more than two thousand people have fled the fighting south of tripoli many others are still trapped by the hostilities and cannot escape. all right we're fighting our ranging on near the a libyan capital let's get you the latest with the fight she is a researcher in a tripoli libya mark air here we are you there yet i can tell you well high as not was the situation on the ground in tripoli where you are is it still very fluid. yeah i think the clashes are quite intense is why do you think gosh and gossip an issue there were also there have tells us launched airstrikes on the eastern part so make the cut and run life. leading the surprise offensive

is general a. tough start 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 how he for have thought general who was with one of the three offices gadhafi in sixty nine fourteen chats capture it and then become a cia asset and resent. that which has there been with his war on terror campaign because he. and it's it didn't stop there i mean his mission it's quite clear that he wanted he wants in over the country. and 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 population that was being terrorized by a terrorist group. but it was but the situation is much more complex just to put just than to put it simply like that because i also don't think he's just for the terrorist groups to protect civilians it is about a move like any other military campaign. so there's a power struggle underway in libya for some time now interestingly conspicuous by its absence is the u.n. 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 then government of national accord i mean they have had four years to try to implement that agreement which agreeably it house of representatives have blocked because of that but they remained giving money they remained giving power to armed groups squabble and fight

and quite honestly they have been wrecking havoc in the capital now nobody edgy sketch seems to have complete control or full control of the country interestingly you touched on this in your previous answers after projection cellphones the strong man the only one who can fight lomis does that play well with western powers and is that one of the reasons why some 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. 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 had a strong taliban i mean you could take out

a lot over all many or most but the end game is there is no winner in this war. that's not healthy 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 designate 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 iran's foreign minister has urged tehran to respond in kind by adding u.s. forces in the middle east to its list of terrorist groups. in sudan state media are reporting that seven people have died in antigovernment protests over the weekend thousands of protesters have been demonstrating for a third day outside army headquarters in the capital hard to they want the military

to oust president omar al bashir who's been ruling for three decades. it's only as far away the interior minister met they are soviet has announced plans to form a new populist alliance in the european parliament salvini was hosting their populace at talks in milan ahead of next month's european elections among the groups attending were germany's far right the danish people's party and the finns party all from finland. turkish present retire to juan has met with his russian counterpart vladimir putin in moscow all the parrot discuss the syria conflict as well as turkey's plans to buy a russian missile system which have angered nato partners it was a once third visit to russia this year on aligning stronger ties between us and moscow. the award winning russian film and theatre

director carol cerebral has been released been under house arrest for over a year and a half facing allegations of abuse them and his supporters say their arrest was politically motivated directors work angered cultural conservatives he is a vocal supporter of russia's l g b t community and. he has publicly criticized russia's two thousand and fourteen annexation of crimea. you're good thanks to all the people who came up to me i'm discouraged me by saying don't give up and we are with you and so on 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. because we're. going to sit 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. there are 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 a bit 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 cove 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 google 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 and 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 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 theater 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. arsons for an hour for you every spring college basketball fever grips the united states during what's known as march madness the month long tournaments brings together the

country's top basketball universities but despite the popularity of march madness and the money it generates the players are not paid and some believe the time has come for that to change. every year players like these try to compete for the march madness tournament but. it's a necessary step for these young athletes to become a professional n.b.a. basketball player a grueling rite of passage that the man support dedication and hours of training. hard on a table is a job they had to commit to their home completely is not guaranteed that they're going to make it to the n.b.a. and you look at the time they can make me dead a good is just as much as when you make it to the end. the university league sells t.v. rights for one billion dollars a year and equipment manufacturers sign multi-million dollar contracts with universities only a small minority of athletes receive

a full university scholarship tuition fees in the united states are among the highest in the world and there have been coals for athletes to be paid for their work these include former n.b.a. player david west. what they receive in terms of scholarship. is not fair market value for the what they're putting media elite players would be jittery hold that over and then you don't also want to be in the position of desperation where a lot of those of your life if we don't make it in professional sports. there we don't make it. but there's pushback from universities who argue it's not possible to pay players if you start paying athletes for football and basketball that's where all the money will go and there will be less money or no money to support all the other sports david west has joined the promoters of a new college league that promises to pay students up to one hundred fifty thousand

dollars per year in addition to scholarships the challenge is to find investors and t.v. broadcasters by summer twenty twenty two track the players. here washington every year still to come. the worst blackouts in years plunge south africans of darkness just weeks before an election. that story coming right up with ben facility. i'm secure in the by a war that's hard and in the end this is a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers would lie and say. what's your story. i mean what numbers of women especially in victims of violence.