start every twenty seconds. w. . this is d w news live from berlin fighting rages near libya's capital tripoli with scores already dead the united nations calls for thousands of refugees caught in the crossfire to be evacuated will find out what options they have left also coming up thousands in sudan press their demand 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 a dramatic leave from beneath the waves the president of the seychelles is warning that's exactly where his country could end up action is not taken all climate change.

i'm called aspen thanks for joining us today was supposed to be the day for a united nations backed conference aimed at bringing peace to libya instead the u.n. is warning the lives of thousands of civilians including refugees are at risk and the death toll is already mounting the world health organization says fighting near tripoli has killed more than one hundred twenty people and wounded nearly six hundred that's since strongman khalifa haftar are launched an offensive earlier this month to take the libyan capital. fighters from libya's un backed government thought to look full says the generals. the government has offered an end to the fighting in exchange for half dollars with rule. permitted for the government of national accord would welcome a ceasefire but that does not mean it welcomes the continuation of this current

situation the invading forces must return to where they came from once and for all . the humanitarian cost is rising on the day of a planned peace conference the un instead warned the thousands of civilians could be caught in the crossfire including refugees who have escaped conflict elsewhere only to find themselves again in danger some civilians have taken shelter in the school. my children and i had to leave our hosts because i was afraid we'd get gonged. government fighters are trying to hold that position is that they are faced with how fatah is heavily armed ground forces state by as support. on saturday and strike hit a schoolyard on the southern outskirts of tripoli where fighting between the factions has been fiestas images of the damage are a stark reminder of the threat also facing those seeking refuge in this school

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. for more let's bring in. the he's the director and founder of the deck institute that's a policy think tank focused on libya and us let's just start with the humanitarian situation in libya can you describe for us the human toll so far. it's incredible the suspects that are coming from the u.n. to there are saying that sixteen thousand that have fled two thousand displaced in the last twenty four hours under this is be destroyed a thousand refugees are not trapped in tripoli so the human toll is catastrophic so for this is only the first week of a war the how they're typically enters into or this kind of wars or or wars of attrition literally to see that they suck up and absorb the consume so much of the humanitarian support system that tries to work to save the lives of civilians the helpless with conflicts out there isn't it is also not talked to several schools

that would be nice makeshift shelters several civilian areas where they're going to present the strengths and sort of on assistance which is already and will is a been destroyed as a catastrophic it's also part of this is just an early thirty's and it could continue well what about general half hearted self who is backing him and where is he getting his weapons from. well according to the minister of interior attributed the u.s. government he received an article yesterday from the u.a.e. now the u.a.e. has primarily violated the arms embargo since at least sixteen and doesn't succeed we should remember it was the last time the un brokered peace and create a peace a government of national accord that was supposed to settle differences between the two warring sides that was the year that the u.a.e. violated the arms involved in unprecedented numbers but also establishes first overseas air base in eastern libya and this is where things get tricky is can tell you it's a lot of chinese political rows or many perpetrators

a cost so much human casualties and civilian casualties across the country primarily in eastern libya because it is and today you have there is the president sisi in or in the allegiant remember he renamed himself they were going to sell field-marshal sisi in a lot of sort of almost up there in the not too sure of my sources egypt and models themselves on the on the very same kind of political lens the was to be a military strongman but unfortunately the goals of officers and western libya there were so many armed groups so many on revolutionaries so many civilians not a theory force so they got weapons and then to fight against and try to defend the civilian nature of. their presence it's a billion issue of the states and go back to what than a. dozen letters or less like the revolutionist are they going into thousand amounts in eight years and if we thought it finished how about the civilians in libya what options do they have. well there are very little i mean we're talking

about some of the less attribute of the numbers don't give the real kind of the quality it's a mention of what may have happened to many of the civilians one hundred thousand people were displaced from one of those that's almost a seventh of the population in the not very very many have also been displaced and if they know this place not the shelters that many are captured over the years the civilians that have been captured by the resources that are being interrogated for sharing place the posts that they are. going to lose it's really really not also the recruits of which civilians also are not only are they not cynical and they can end up in jails we have record numbers coming from these. generals are being overwhelmed with not only people against helicopters military rules or civilians that just this week i mean i just think on twitter on facebook a very nasty fight over the we were very very nasty all right you have the deck institute thank you very much. in sudan protesters are keeping up the

pressure thousands camped out overnight at the army headquarters in the capital khartoum and they've presented a list of demands to military rulers among them immediate civilian control of the government the new head of sudan's military council general abdel fatah board han has promised to form a civilian government within two years that's not enough for demonstrators. outside the military headquarters in khartoum protest as in making their voices heard fed up with decades of autocratic rule they've been calling for democracy for almost four months. we will only accept a real change satisfying the revolutionary people who are looking for a good future dialogue with. the sudanese people reject the military chiefs who ended the thirty year regime of the veteran president omar al bashir but the army is still very much in charge the shia success or even who fled general linked 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 commander although abdel-fattah han is not wanted for war crimes the hum 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 a clean break with the old regime. who will never leave this place shout it out together shot it out do our freedom liberty do our. good it does this or this is the least we also give her for just as we all sit in for free the wisit in for another new government representing by out by by out by our own so there is be able protesters say the first step towards a new beginning is to replace the military transition council with

a civilian one. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world freshly reelected israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has convened the first meeting of his new cabinet at yahoo was nearly awarded a record fifth term after elections last week although he is likely to soon face indictment on corruption charges. the polls are closing soon in finland parliamentary elections the vote is expected to overturn the center right government there is social democrats and the greens are promising to scale back the governing coalition's austerity policies and polls show the right wing populist true fins party could emerge as the second largest political force in the country. has been taken off the air by authorities in venezuela use director general has called on the government there to reinstate its spanish language t.v. channel last month caracas expelled the german ambassador over berlin's recognition

of opposition leader as in term president germany is one of around sixty countries to do so. the seychelles is one of many countries threatened by rising sea levels it's feared many of its islands could soon disappear below the waves so that's exactly where the president of the seychelles made a dramatic police action on climate change he also called for greater research into the world's oceans adding we know more about the surface of mars than about the seabed. 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 has 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. the marine special 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 plan 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. let's go to sports now and to the latest bundesliga results the big news there are munich has returned to the top of the table with a convincing win the defending champions cruised against fortuna dusseldorf kingsley coleman's going to weiss and a dominant four one victory earlier on sunday hoffenheim defeated hertz of berlin to nil the standout match from saturday was of course dortmund's two one win over mines which keeps them within striking distance of bahrain and still one result to come that's frankfurt and burberry currently in action lewis hamilton posted a victory at the chinese grand prix with mercedes dominating formula one's milestone one thousand race reigning world champion hamilton lead home a mercedes one to finish ahead of his teammate terry botha us stories sebastian vettel was

a controversial third place. china had the honor of hosting groom pretty number one thousand mile stone race ready made for a man who's used to setting milestones of his own lewis hamilton on the left was beaten supposed by miss avies timi found three brought to us by the first corner of the normal order had been resumed. behind then things are a bit more messy dinny of korea at toro rosso getting tangled up with the two mclaren's. messi could also have described ferrari strategy. by. particularly ten laps in charlotte. statesman sebastian france all three it was supposed to allow fettle to attack them a sadie's pass between states he came under pressure from red bulls and. the grand plan appearing to backfire. at the front miss avies were running away with the race

hamilton with between him and us. left a wave another. one of. the so so proud thank you so much. to. so more success for the brits hamilton seventy fifth race win and it's. the top of the drivers standings. a super plane we're talking about six engines two fuselages and the longest wingspan ever created as completed its maiden flight ease so-called strada launch took off from the mojave desert in california and flew for two hours aircraft is designed to launch satellites attached to rockets into space from high up in the air rather than from the ground that makes space missions and theory it's the

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