the plight of the week or so in china what part of our interview with iran coming on january 20th starts at 730 u.t.c. on t.w. . place. the but. this is e.w. news live from berlin way major international conference aimed at reaching a peace deal in libya will soon get underway but on the ground in libya tensions are escalating and government forces fields and shots of a pool to move to choke oil exports coming up frustration boils over on the

streets of lebanon's capital. far works water cannons and tear gas as police clash with demonstrators trying to storm calling went over to delay enforcement and government today's demonstrations are the latest in what's to be a week. and terry and meghan will no longer be referred to as their boil highnesses and will also means the public money that comes with the titles the queen says she supports their wish for more independence but what will it mean for the future of britain spoil found. on how to humphrey you could join a well a major international conference aimed at reaching a peace deal with a new bia will begin here in berlin in just a few hours to. i now live is main warring parties in the international backers

will seek to thrash out a deal to end yes of course like germany has expressed confidence that an agreement can be reached in the german capital but tensions remain high in libya and the country remains deeply divided a quiet day in libya's capital tripoli. libyans awaiting news of sunday's berlin peace conference but expectations are low. mr belin what up regarding the berlin conference if it favors the libyan people libya will of course welcome it but it pavers other matters that we won't be happy that here ever since. the truth is the conference of berlin is simply a trap for libya i don't think that any benefits will come out of it. there are currently 2 sides to libya the internationally recognized government and the opposition spearheaded by this man general khalifa haftar he wants to take

power and he's raised the stakes forces supporting general have to have blocked oil exports from key ports in eastern libya holding the economy to ransom the country is divided which and you have to protests in western libya the conference in berlin overseen by the united nations aims to bridge this divide but it won't be easy. i think i'm not so pessimistic to say that it will be used as it were but i'm not so naive to say that it will be the end of international divisions if we can lighten richie's calm down and call for the divisions especially the regional ones but also internationally divisions that we have seen in recent. would be very good . 9 years of conflict in libya has slowly turned into a regional proxy war the un wants world leaders to stop meddling and hopes the berlin conference will be the beginning of the end for foreign interference. well

joining me in the studio now to talk through all of this political correspondent hans but and what can we expect from these talks but i suppose the question is is there really a chance for peace when we know even earlier this week for example we saw general hafta walk away from talks in russia because he walked away from talks in russia and all in the eve of these talks we've seen that his supporters have blocked export ports for oil from libya and some of the all producing areas which is really a serious threat to the entire libyan. situation to also to the government in tripoli because this oil revenue is in fact shared between the rebels and the internationally recognized government so it's a very serious threat it's a power play and that's really what's behind the i think we have to say that in this conference both general huffed and the leader of the internationally recognized government. are not going to be sitting at the table what's the focus

of this conference is to focus on the countries on the powers that are in fact supporting these 2 competence in libya so it's countries such as the united arab emirates egypt russia turkey france italy or of these international supporters of the various sides they're the ones that are at the table and the attempt is to put pressure on the competence through their supporters that in fact supplying them with aunts and other support in light of all those states that sounds like a very complicated constellation there are around that table i think which begs the question is there room for a compromise between the 2 sides in that case or is it a case of or do nothing know nothing is never really going to be the situation i think you always have to say there is room for compromise it's a matter of dividing power it's a matter of dividing influence it's a matter of dividing funds or oil revenues of influence in various parts of the.

region all of that is a very very complicated power balance that has to be followed and there is a possibility of finding that i think the 1st step is going to be trying to set up a stable station or facilities which will then lead into some kind of a cease fire and after that into a political process all of this is already taking shape in the various documents that are being prepared for this conference so there is room for compromise but really the question is what the backers in the back draw on the big policy that are involved are going to decide we're talking about so many big powers the european union of course is one of the i can't succeed in its vision when it doesn't necessarily have actually a united front that's exactly the problem the european union is not united in the situation france and italy of the main european union countries that are involved in libya both of them have interests the best strategic and financial in that country and they are on opposite sides of the divide at the moment to bring some

sort of unified position there to construct something some sort of unified position is going to be part of this process at the moment i think it seems as though the european union countries are putting. on the same side going to get involved on the same side but even in the european union that's not completely sorted all shit right correspondent hans besides monitoring those peace talks thanks so much. when clashes between anti-government protesters and police have erupted in lebanon's capital beirut needing more than 150 people injured now a growing financial crisis and the government's failure to build a new cabinet have sparked renewed anger after more than 3 months of protests. discontent has lit the fuse in beirut protests health politics and the latest of a series of demonstrations against government incompetence and corruption now the

army has been called in to restore calm after police struggle to take control despite deploying tear gas and water cannons but protests aren't the only thing forcing the authorities to act a deepening economic crisis is also putting pressure on politicians to form a new government. knows 45 to 50 percent of its value. would be u.s. dollars. people can't with their old from any foreign currency more than between $1200.00 only for a week and this is what made all these most of the money yet and. that's what we witnessed the in the last couple of days these. protests began in october last year but have revived in recent days as indecision over establishing a new government continues the last government step down following pressure from the demonstrations in october but has remained in

a caretaker capacity interior minister his son tweeted a condemnation of recent events saying that if the demonstrators attacked members of the security forces or people's property they were totally unacceptable while all political sides of venture he approved a new premier in december former education minister hassan they are now disagreeing over suggested ministers the latest street protests indicate that there is no time to lose in finding a solution. and the 2nd it now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour mexican security forces have closed a border crossing with guatemala preventing a caravan of migrants from entering the country dorothy's believes there are about 3000 migrants in the group mostly from honduras and el salvador and now the caravan is attempting to reach the united states. and australia animals and people are being rescued from flooding not long after they were rescued from bushfires some

parts of the country have been inundated by storms but dozens of fires still burn in the southeast which has received next to no rainfall in months. health officials around the world have warned a deadly new virus could soon spread off or it caused a pneumonia outbreak in central china countries across asia as well as the u.s. or screaming child as arriving from the area. when the united states thousands took to the streets on saturday to support equality women's rights in the for women's march now protest marches took place in cities across the united states in the women's march was 1st held on donald trump's inauguration day all in january at 27 teen and trump was in focus once again on saturday you know washington demonstrators marched to the white house to voice their disapproval of the president. and that right there an act of defiance against president

trump protesters perform an international feminist rallying cry in front of the white house. the performance is part of the nationwide women's march taking place for the 4th time 'd protesters all over the u.s. once more taking to the streets. be getting money out of politics that's my number one concern and we're here at the women's march because of violence against women in gun violence against women it is up to make in this country i don't. i don't just go for my so hard for those behind me and those who are coming after me there are thousands of protesters but they have one thing in common their rejection of donald trump's policies. leslie templeton is a women's march organizer it was trump's election in 2016 that motivated her to become involved in politics just as many other members of the movement temple represents a new generation of young americans out of town people that have come out to volunteer for elections it's just skyrocket and that's i think it's really great

because they see this entire you generation getting a voice and realizing they do have the power to make change. a fresh spirit that the movement might well need the women's march has lost momentum over the last couple of years still leslie templeton has not lost her optimism. at all it was raining it's knowing and so we were out in the streets protesting today was. i there shows just how many people want change and how much they were willing to fight for change. at the march protesters managed to keep up the good mood despite the freezing weather and the low turnout in comparison to previous years. after all the people marching side by side are all hoping for the same outcome in the upcoming november election a new president in the white house. oh britain's queen elizabeth has reached an agreement with her grandson prince harry and his wife macon that will allow them to

step back from their roles as working men this is the royal family and they will cease to use the title royal highness who will not only receive taxpayer money last month they said they want to need a more independent life. for the 1st time meghan there in white was seen holding hands with prince harry in public she may have known then that she might never again be simply making markel in the eyes of the media including deja vu and every mention thereafter she would. be tied to harry and his royal mess. and that meant more media attention than see me and even imagined. even after a spectacular wedding the british media especially the tabloids disrupted dismayed and eventually helped disengage or exit prince harry and his wife megan from royal service. next it has tended to divide much like bricks and

in an extraordinary silver way it's interesting that the millennial tend to be sympathetic towards them on the whole the baby boomers tend to be disapproving of them all the whole $100.00 appears that neither of them particularly want to pay for them public opinion in britain may be divided public opinion a tourist sites in britain are decidedly on the side of harry in macon and i think it's very good as she gets to about america do as she wants but i think anyway that's because they're going to have a lovely life i wish them all the best i feel that would be a great step to them be unhappy i think they're going to come out on the losing end of the deal but whatever makes him happy but i do think it's very sad that it had to end up in this way because i had hoped that there'd be working members of the royal family with an enormous following of the commonwealth following in diana's footsteps those cattle to go figure they have an amazing reach there still will of course in a different way. next for the happy happier couple and attempted

a more ordinary life mostly in north america where some day they may be introduced as 1st meghan then her husband harry. here watching the news i'll have more news at the top of the hour for you up next a reporter episode introducing the black members a group doing great things for the rhinos of south africa say change that in the meantime of course all the ages headlines are available 247 on our website it is dot com i'm going on for about and thanks for your company and i'll see you soon. i think is everything 1st on how to become a muslim. or much different culture between here and there challenge in court

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