close. this is c 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 we'll find out what options they have left also coming up. thousands in sudan tress their demand for an immediate return to civilian rule they say their new military chiefs pledge to hand over power within two years is not enough to. and vote counting is underway in finland's parliamentary election this point anything could change but the polis likely to

d.c. from the center right coalition is in favor of left leaning anti austerity party populist finn's party was predicted to make big gains but that surge might not materialize. close. to my ash waiter 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 strongman khalifa haftar launched an offensive earlier this month to take the libyan capital. fighters from libya's un banks government

backed a little says the generals are. the government has offered an end to the fighting in exchange for half dollars with rule. from 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 cooled 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 highways because i was afraid we'd get gonged yeah the flat out a little bit of. government fighters are trying to hold their positions but they

are faced with how fatah is heavily armed ground forces boosted by and support. on saturday and strike hit a school yard 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 increasingly should supply. and staying in north africa and sudan the interim military council held its first meeting today after seizing power from french and later the share the new head of the council lieutenant general abdel fatah or hunt chaired the meeting in the capital khartoum earlier he responded to protesters demands by promising to form a civilian government within two years of the sudanese people are keeping up the pressure they presented a list of demands to military rulers including immediate civilian control of the

government. 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. we will only accept a real change satisfying the revolutionary people who are looking for a good future. 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 but she had success or even who fled 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 commander although abdel fattah han is not wanted for war crimes the home 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 and we will shout it out together. to our freedom liberty to do our. good it does this or this is the least we also give her for just as we all sit in her freedom with looking 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. but an hour taking some of the other stories making news around the world fresh off his victorious re-election israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has convened at the first meeting of his new cabinet and yahoo was narrowly awarded a record fifth term after elections last week though he is likely to soon face

indictments on corruption charges. supporters flocked to a kiev stadium on sunday for a debate between ukrainian president petro poroshenko and rival overload amir's olinsky over its report of the lenski fail to turn up to the event the two go head to head later this month in an election runoff. egypt has unveiled a newly discovered tomb in the sec carra periods near cairo it belong to a fifth century scuse me fit dynasty dignus tear dignitary and contains well preserved paintings and artifacts jim is believed to be more than four thousand years old. and. vote counting is underway in finland's parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by debates over climate change welfare and immigration initial results with the social democrats in the lead party leader looks set to become finland's first leftist prime minister in over twenty eight years then

a face stiff competition from the populist right wing fins party they were expected to become the second largest party in the parliament. and here now to talk more about how the finnish elections are going to use own finish correspondent and host of us to who you're from finland you've been following this closely obviously. what do these election results mean for europe broadly well as it looks like now it's a social democrats only have a very narrow lead the national coalition which is more conservative party and the tree of a right wing populist party follow it very closely and this means that we will definitely have a coalition government in finland starting with the formation will start tomorrow but finland also due to take over the e.u. presidency in july in the time right after the elections of may when still the

european commission was formed so of course interesting to see what kind of government emerges in finland. and how about that and also shape you paul the sea this year climate change has been a very dominant issue in these elections how have the different parties been approaching this well most of the parties have pledged to fight climate change nordic country and in this very affected by climate change and the parties of also said that they have been very inspired by the student marches that have also taken place in finland similar to other european cities. of course defense party now has also had a party program which has been inspired by something they call the climate nonsense so they don't believe in all of this and they also have vala to cuts for example taxation on fuel that's pretty incredible given what finland is going through right now with climate change now initial results are putting finland right wing populist party the finns party neck and neck with conservatives in second place right now i

believe tell me about this party and how it compares with the other parties on the map right now right i mean it's quite similar to other right wing populist parties in europe they have also on immigration agenda they are also quite anti and they also opposed and for instance joining nato this is an ongoing debate in the country . so yeah they are quiet quite similar but they also changed their party leadership not long ago the current party to use the halachah is also definite the more conservative and even more and immigrants that his predecessors were so it will be very interesting to see if they become the largest opposition party what kind of policies this whole lot and shape in sentiment is on a sort of thank you so much. tiger woods has kept an astonishing career comeback winning the u.s.

masters his first major golf title in eleven years the american shot seventy and the final round to finish on thirteen under par and spark scenes of wild celebration at the augusta national woods's fifteenth major title comes after he battled back from personal troubles that had put his golfing career in jeopardy. and to the latest misleader results now on the big news byron munich has returned to the top of the table with a convincing win the defending champions cruised against for trying to do so off kingsley coleman scoring twice in a dominant four one victory in the other sunday games hoffenheim defeated had to berlin to know and frankfurt lost at home to a three one standout match from saturday of course was dortmund's two one win over minds which keeps them within striking distance byan. people in venezuela are finding themselves with fewer t.v. channels to watch one of which is ours over the weekend authorities yanked as it

turns out every international spanish language broadcaster including our own all but had and providing news about the deepening political and economic crisis their own william noah glue croft has been following the developments on the story and joins us now so what more can you tell us about what looks like an act of censorship right so yes but you know appears to have been yanked about noon yesterday according to oscar's flanker he's our correspondent caracas and a chance to talk to him today so let's go to him we have a clip to see a bit more about what was going on down there basically news channels are the ones that are taken off the air here to me as well and so for a lot of people it was surprising that really have lasted this long only you are because the news that comes out of georgia really tends to be sometimes critical so that tends to sit wrong with. some of those government. and sitting wrong indeed

did of us but you know as actually had an entire daily new show dedicated just the crisis in venezuela including an interview with one weibo the self declared president that is trying to push my door out of power so you can see why i might or might not be so happy with either of us spend the all what does it look like for venezuelans that they turn on the t.v. and want to turn on us by neo while our spanish colleague benyamin of a has had screaming getting calls nonstop since last night of people that watch the show that watch the news and are worried about how are they going to inform themselves now has acquired one of the highest ratings in news channels here in business within the past few years because all the other news channels that people were tuning in to inform themselves were taken off the air it's a shock to some that they will not be able to tune into doing surveillance on the t.v. sets now. the internet here is quite terrible and so tuning in

on you tube it's also a problem so a lot of people are worried they will just not get any information as they were getting before when they were tuning into their children rights that was oscar again really highlighting just how difficult it is to get information at all and if you were to look at the channel guide it's on used to be on this channel seven seven and seven seventy is just not there anymore now this affects spanish language programs only told me that my doors government doesn't seem that interested in going after and censoring english language because a most of the population doesn't speak english and english language programs are focusing as i supposedly in venezuela as the spanish language programs might be. yes so. indeed we have seen that this is just one one element of a much larger crisis you know three nothing people have fled this country the media censorship is just one aspect of it and it's something that reporters the border

has been watching very closely putting that as well and at one hundred forty third place on its press freedom index calling venezuela increasingly author of authoritarian country william no for us thank you so much for following this and i'm sure we will keep a close eye on this. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you demonstrators in sudan have presented a list of demands for their new military rulers among them an immediate return to civilian government this after the army pleasure would hand over power within two years. and vote counting is underway in finland's parliamentary election the poll looks likely to dethrone the center right coalition in favor of the left leaning anti austerity party's populist finn's party it was predicted to make big gains but that anti e.u. party appears to now be trailing. edge. you're watching news from berlin and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock

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