this is d.w. news live from fighting rages near libya's capital tripoli the schools already dead the united nations calls for thousands of refugees course in the crossfire to be evacuated we'll aust what options they have left also coming up thousands in sudan pressed that amman for an immediate return to civilian rule they say their new military rulers pledge to hand over power within two years is not enough. and as dramatically from beneath the waves the president of the seychelles is

warning his country could end up underwater is action is not taken on climate change. by many cubans mackinnon thanks so much for your company. the world health organization says fighting near tripoli has killed one hundred twenty one people and wounded nearly six hundred that is since strongman khalifa haftar launched an offensive earlier this month to take the libyan capital now today was supposed to be the date for a united nations backs conference aimed at bringing peace to leave libya instead the u.n. is warning that the lives of thousands of civilians are at risk among the many refugees who previously escaped conflicts in their own countries. these

families fled as have tours troops advanced on tripoli from the south they've sought shelter in a school building with the capital in their sights have tars fighters are paying little heed to the safety of the civilians in their way will lie a lot that my children and i had to leave our hirees because i was afraid we'd get bombed yeah. government fighters are trying to hold their positions but they are faced with tough tars heavily armed forces which can draw on tanks artillery and air support if they breach tripoli's defenses the fighting will soon spill over into the city the families huddled in the school would be in danger once again in the absence of help from the government they're relying on boy scouts volunteers for survival. support from the government or aid organisations whatever age were distributed has come from neighbors. of the. according to the un at least eight thousand people have fled the fighting

for those who remain food and medicine are in increasingly short supply. to talk more about this i'm joined by an os algo massey he's the director of the institute the first policy think tank in libya now and lives in tripoli he's joining us today from london welcome and us can we start with the humanitarian situation in libya what effect is this having on the people there. destruction i mean about ten thousand people have already been displaced and that the numbers at large it's a roy it's coming to or. looking to pass the president get out and spread the lies spread this month this would be the third war or five years since the beginning of the civil war. i didn't occur as part of that and it really does create a very very desperate situation the on that fuel supplies are likely to want to sure mobile services like water electricity work destructed and that's going to

that's a cause you don't want that much but it's the humanitarian support to slow the hospitals the places that host displaced people also be targeted ambulances i don't believe that we talk at the boy there's a horse it's a psychology can we talk about general who is he backed by and where does he get his weapons from. well it's really this action has come for the last five years from the u.a.e. primarily and i think they have given him the confidence and the diplomatic immunity and political support so not only will launch this war he launched it in front of the chief of the u.n. tonight that was ten days ago it was very confident in the u.a.e. yesterday called to illustrate syria in tripoli landed in. that massive supply of weapons and ammunition which not only gives him the fuel sustain the conflict brings further it's a question whether or not that u.a.e. are supporting the government or the other his or her partner is but have been

given this kind of the street assistance now after has the result continued the result so it's really not a question of whether or not the u.n. can get a little you know at the in the ground in tripoli it's about whether or not they can sell actors from the outside like the u.a.e. like egypt like france even like russia as well from stopping the sustained i mean this was a pleasant luxury and that make this kind of liquids out that he's not spending any money he's not spending his lawyers has already left the country and people as a separate property so it's it's really that the answer lies in additional that. can i ask you briefly this unrest in libya push more migrants toward here at. well certainly i think the infrastructure that houses the refugees the moment is really of the. many of the schools of the larger kind of infrastructure in tripoli that what has refugees and has displaced people has been targets of two schools yesterday and i was over tripoli until july out of the tripoli where i'm going. so

i think that's where there's a bit of major problem but it's also the system that provides for these this list of refugees and migrants looting it's the system the ministry of interior that is the fence that has people that are working on this jury are they should work on this they may have been consumed by a very unnecessary war that takes them away from there in the world they would normally do which is for all of the refugees also working against isis or well i do not need to see an uptick in the numbers were like a massacre given all of the security architecture infrastructure as we consume our office on this sort of war so it's it's a very very dangerous time given that may and june it is logical migration season begins and after al gore matty in london thanks so much. the new head of saddam's military council has promised a fresh start for the country following this week's he has vowed to quote approach the old regime and attendant general abdel fattah says a civilian government will be formed after talks with the opposition with

a maximum transition period of two years but demonstrators remain unimpressed boosted by the resignation of two top officials they've presented a list of demands to the military rulers among those demands civilian control now. outside the military headquarters in khartoum protesters are making their voices heard fed up with decades of autocratic rule they've been calling for democracy for almost four months. only accept a real change satisfying the revolutionary people who are looking for a good future. with. the sidneys people rejects the military chiefs who ended the thirty year regime of the veteran president omar bashir the army is still very much in charge but she has success i want a general link to the genocide in darfur lasted just one day in the top job before

announcing his resignation many are unhappy that he was replaced by another army commander. on is not wanted for war crimes behind immediately sought to appease the crowds on the streets he announced the end of a curfew imposed by his predecessor and promised that a civilian government would be formed within two years but the demonstrators want to clean break who will never leave this place would shout it out together who will shout it out to our freedom liberty to our. justice. we hold the game for justice we all sit in for freedom we sit in for another government represent. by by out by our own. protesters say the first step towards a new beginning is to replace the military transitional council with a civilian one. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world finland is voting

in parliamentary elections today which are expected to overturn the center right government the social democrats and greens all promising to alleviate the governing coalition's austerity policies and polls show the right wing populist true finns policy could emerge as the second largest political force in the country. new protests have been held in serbia against the government of president alexander who church thousands have been taking to the streets every weekend for months the demonstrators accuse the church of becoming increasingly autocratic it's autocratic intimidating the opposition and trying to silence the media. sixty two migrants who have been stranded at sea for more than ten days have now disembarked and ending yet another european standoff over migration says they will be transferred to germany france portugal and luxembourg they will want to germany charity ship that rescued them off the coast of libya. the president of the seychelles has

made a dramatic plea for action on climate change he called for greater research into the world's oceans adding we know more about the surface of mas than we do about the seabed and his country is threatened by rising sea levels and it's feared many of its islands could soon disappear below the waves which is where he chose to make his appeal. seychelles is on a mission a mission to save the ocean and thereby the very existence of this string of one hundred fifteen islands off africa's eastern coast the islands are among the places already feeling threatened by climate change and in march a team of scientists launched the knocked on ocean mission to explore the secrets of the indian ocean. on sunday president danny for a drop down below the sea surface to make a plea for greater international conservation for more than one hundred twenty meters deep. the sea how's

a special relationship with all of us. it keeps the planet alive it keeps us alive and it is clear to me that it is under threat like never before. two thirds of our planet is blue. conservation and preservation policy is to protect the ocean is the way forward. and if we all all governments. we don't only talk but we walk the talk. we have policies on policy strategies. and we put in place what is called the marine special plans. this is the way forward. the marine spatial plans are an initiative put forth by seychelles to promote long term management and create

a sustainable economic zone around the islands if implemented it would be the first large scale marine management plant in the western indian ocean and the largest such plant in the world the indian ocean is the least known at least protected of all scientists estimate as much as ninety five percent of it has yet to be explored . scientists with the seychelles next on ocean missions say international help is needed to decrease the greatest threats to the region including global temperature increases coral bleaching overfishing and the widespread use of plastics choking out our ocean ecosystems worldwide. in the bundesliga dormand needed a boost after their miserable five nil defeat to bahrain last week they needed to beat minds to go top of the table again at least until by and play later on sunday i don't got the three points but only thanks to some goalkeeping heroics. mario

goods for starters a lone striker for dortmund with cassis still missing two to injury coach lucy and father switching up his side following their humiliation so by and. do it went up to the pressure more fireworks from kurtzer and jayden sanchez made it one nil on the tee minutes. the teenager's first goal in six games. dortmund dominated their after with minds far too passive on twenty four minutes thomas delaney release it short game and it was to yale. and a live in goal of the season for the young englishman gave top and a two goal cushion. yet following the break dortmund threaten to undo they could work eventually months had the would be champions penned inside their own box run twice and made it to one on eighty three minutes. and the siege

continued. but somehow dortmund survives all thanks to the heroics of roman burkey his trickle save confirming a two one victory which keeps dortmund in touch at the top of the table. to most motor sports now and lewis hamilton coasted to victory at the chinese grand prix with mercedes dominating formula one's one thousand price reigning world champion hamilton over to team mate fell terry bought us at the start and he did not look back leaving home and the safety is one to ferrari sebastian vettel was third hamilton's win means he replaces a bottle us at the top of the driver's standings. now a souped up plane with six engines to fuselage is the longest ever created has completed its maiden flight the so-called took off from the mojave

desert in california and flew for a full two hours the aircraft is designed to light late and rockets into space from high up in the on the ground making space missions cheap it's the brainchild of the late microsoft. you're watching news live from berlin thank you so much for joining us. to hear you say. you're still. going to. sleep. carefully. don't know. be sure to do kewl.