take action against the traders. do something about the media that is spreading lies. you are the people of libya. if you do not love me anymore, then i do not want to live. >> the embattled strong ma failed to acknowledge that even tripoli was seeing heavy fighting. those lucky enough to escape the violence and cross the border to geneva have been telling of the atrocities they witnessed. -- cross the border to tripol -- >> the tanks passed by and fired over our heads. people blocked the road. they do not let you pass. there were foreign mercenaries. the people beating us are not libyan. >> in the east, the rebels are

in control. thousands gathered for friday prayers in in gauzbengazi. the opposition has been calling for a million man march to oppose gaddafi. heavily damaged buildings show how intense the fighting was. the city hospitals are struggling to cope with the many injured in recent violence. even though many of the old symbols of power have been destroyed, many fear that gaddafi may make a final, desperate counterstrike. >> amateur videos of civilian protesters are managing to find their way out of libya on to the internet. we obtained these images purporting to show unarmed protesters in the tripoli districts. these people are being fired upon by an seen them in on friday.

other video that is too graphic to show indicates several people were shot dead in the incidents. there's also footage of what appears to beat a ransacked police station. it is covered in anti-curve gaddafi -- anti-gaddafi graffiti. our correspondent is in the libyan city. we announced what he is hearing about reports of shooting in the capital. >> i am hearing that. people tried to organize a bigger march after friday prayers. they're trying to crush it by any means. they're shooting with light ammunition. >> we spent a lot of time talking about the fighting in the east of the country. we're getting reports about fighting around the capital in the west. what are you hearing about that?

>> that is exactly what is happening. you can see how nervous gaddafi is. he came out again and asked his men to go out in the streets with arms. he seems to be cornered now. there are scenes in his own capital with people demonstrating and people shooting of the demonstrators. >> we have heard about migrant workers fleeing libya to europe and egypt. what is the situation of sub- saharan migrant workers? we've heard that many are being targeted as mercenaries. because they're black, no. libyan think they are automatically there to fight for gaddafi. >> gaddafi hired mercenaries from sub-saharan africa. that turned into a problem for

the sub-saharan africans living here. there is a large number of them. the people do not distinguish between the mercenaries and the people living here. it is a huge problem for any sub-saharan african living in bya. >> that is our correspondent reporting from eastern libya. united nations security council is meeting this hour to discuss the situation in libya. one of the strongest calls for it to take action has come from libya's own deputy ambassador to the u.n. he has abandoned the regime and describes muammar gaddafi as a madman. we will keep you posted about developments in new york as soon as we get them. the u.s. ss it will impose unilateral sanctions on libya. the announcement came after news that the e.u. is set to deploy its own set of sanctions. a formal decision is expected

early next week. the german foreign minister held talks on the issue with his italian counterpart on friday. the e.u. package is said to include a ban on arms and other goods that could be used to harm civilians as well as a travel ban and assets freeze for members of the gaddafi family. i spoke tour correspondent a short while ago in brussels. i asked if he could confirm that sanctions would be in place by next week. >> yes, something like that. i doubt that will affect colonel khadafy one iota. it is all the european union can do to express its displeasure. the foreign policy chief said the suspension of the trade deals that he enjoys, maybe if he had not been given those, ybe wouavtoppled earlier. it was an interesting insight.

she said that is where they are and they will move on from there. that will be imposed. everyone is saying in brussels, where will we be by the time we impose sanctions? things could change dramatically. it is a moving target the international community is trying to aim at in tripoli. but there may be no khadafy regime by monday morning. -- >> there may be no khadafy regime by monday morning. n we realistically expect nato to get involved in libya? >> not really. the nato chief said they have no mandate to interfere or intervene in tripoli. they would need united nations mandate to do anything. they are discussing possible humanitarian aid missions. there's also the possibility of the deployment of military ships in the mediterranean region. there is also possible help with

evacuation. there's no questio of nato forces intervening in libya at this moment at all. a preparatory meeting on the basis that things are changing all the time. everyone needs to keep up to speed on what is happening and what may need to be done. >> thank you very much. steve is here with business news. >> saudi arabia it is boosting output because of the uprising in libya. they're boosting output by more than 700,000 barrels a day. the crude is selling for $112 a barrel. light sweet crude is at $98. reuters news service says saudi arabia has increased output by 8% to 9 million barrels a day. the german telecommunications giant reports a surprising

fourth quarter loss in 2010 because of special taxes and fierce competition. net profits came in at 1.7 billion euro the company said the negative numbers do not reflect overall performance and say that profits will stabilize again this year. >> in the past, the foreign subsidiaries have been a reliable source of profit for the concern. that is no longer the case. losses in greece coupled with the restructuring of the human resources division cost the company 1.9 billion euros. telekom is losing customers to rivals in the united states. >> we need to expand and improve our high-speed internet and cell phone networks and improve our image with customers. we need to broaden our range of telephones. we have not included the iphone. that has driven customers away.

>> the mobile internet operations have grown. now almost 60% of mobile customers use the smart phone. tablets are a growing market. the company wants to make sure customers can stay connected in the future where ever they long of -- where they log on to the net. >> the one to make half of their money from new services and not the telephone business. electronic filling stations and kiosks are new ideas. the company has hired an executive from california. he will start searching for young, creative companies for them to cooperate with and buy out completely. >> volkswagen announced record profits of over 7 billion euros for 2010. that is almost eight times as much as a year earlier. volkswagen sold over 7 million vehicles. the company strives to become

the world's leading carmaker. it currently ranks third behind toyota and general motors. here is our markets reporter from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> traders have been able to have good news with the oil prices coming down. they have been relieved that the dax could recover again. shares have been favored. the market speculates that the swedish company will come out with a bid. telekom missed expectations and shocked with the dividend cut. >> we can start with the blue chips in frankfurt. the dax closed at 7185. the eurozone flute stocks advanced 1.2%. the w jones industrials are also higher.

the currency markets have the euro at $1.34. the bank of russia it is increasing its main financing rate to 8%. it is the first time the central bank has raised rates since the financial crisis began more than two years ago. the bank of russia is trying to combat rising inflation. much of that has been driven by rising food prices. inflation in russ aveges 7%. >> violence ignited by the disputed election on ivory coast shows no sign of abating. supporters of the incumbent president and his rival have been fighting battles on the streets of the main city. hundreds of civilians are trying to get out of the crossfire. the battles have spread to the capital and the west of the country.

he is refusing to hand over power to the internationally recognized winner of the november elections. in germany, hundreds of people attended the funeral of three soldiers killed last week in afghanistan. their deaths bring the total number of german casualties in afghanistan to 48. >> chancellor merkel and the defense minister joined the mourners for the emotional funeral ceremony. the three men were shot dead by someone they thought was on their side, and afghan soldiers trained by the german military. it was called a cowardly attack. he called for continued support of joint operations with afghan security forces and said the approach was paying off. ♪ >> we will stand fast on this difficult road. we owe it to those who have been killed or wounded. we owe it to our soldiers

deployed in afghanistan at this hour. >> the soldiers carried the coffins out of the church. hundreds came to pay last respects to the men. the soldiers and in due to return to base in this same bavarian town next month. >> voting has been under way in ireland. the country is electing a new government. becomes weeks after the prime minister dissolved parliament. the election expects to bring big changes to the political landscape. campaigning has been dominated by debate on how to rebuild the economy after ireland was forced to accept a multibillion-dollar bailout out from the european union and the international monetary fund. opinion polls suggest the new government will be led by the opposition party. voting is expected to continue until late friday evening.

the space shuttle discovery is continuing its fight to the international space station. after 30 years of service, it is the last mission for the world's most troubled space press. -- most traveled spacecraft. astronautsre on board with cargo and supplies. there's also the first humanoid robots in space on board. the iss will use it to test out robots react to zero gravity conditions in our space. the top story is the situation in libya. there has been another message of defiance from libya's leader. gaddafi appeared at green square in the capital of tripoli on friday afternoon to tell crowds of supporters that he will die on libya's soil. he blames the unrest on

foreigners. he says he will arm his people to fight back and crush the enemy. huge parts of libya are out of his control. in the eastern part, thousands of people turned out for friday prayers. it was the first since the opposition groups seize control of the city. i will be back in one minute with our in-depth report on libya. stay with us.

\ >> europe is watching the events in the middle east and north africa. not everyone is happy with the changes. there is concern that the upheavals and revolutions could thousands if the millions of africans to flee their homeland and crossed the mediterranean. the southern rim of europe with italy, spain, and greece are already sounding the alarm.

>> safety at last after 100 kilometers on the open seas. these migrants arrived at the italian island last week. they hope will be their gateway to europe. it is hard to say how many migrants have arrived in recent weeks. some estimates say of to 7000 come from chinese alone. more than 1000 in a single night. many italians. the migrants will soon be arving in the hundreds of thousands. the german government says the european union should help italy but that it does not want to take an economic refugees. >> distributing the refugees around europe cannot beat the solution. most of these people are fleeing neither political persecution or war or anything resembling civil war. that means that the decisive task is to help mediterranean

states secure their borders. >> opposition parties say that european union member states have a duty to take in refugees. >> it is not about building higher walls. it is about acknowledging and dealing with the chaotic situation. we need to stop building defense systems in cooperation with dictatorial regimes. >> countless migrants from across africa are languishing in libya camps only a tiny minority managed to make it to the e.u. mediterranean states would like to keep it that way. the german foreign minister says the priority is to create coitions where africans want to stay at home. >> we cannot take the mem in. we have a huge interest in stabilizing the political situation in north africa. when the people realize that

democratization leads to growing prosperity, they will stay at home. >> that might work in the long run. the problem is more urgent than that. what's in the short term, we're in a situation where we must temporarily take and refugees. we must take great care to establish whether they y be fleeing political persecution. >> most of the migrants are simply looking for a better life. the influx from tunisia could be followed by another from egypt, algeria, or libya. the e.u. must decide how to deal with new arrivals -- and fast. >> all member states seem to agree the best idea is to try to stem the flow of refugees into europe. the eurean union agency wa created to coordinate border security among member states. it organizes patrols of course

of entry into the european union. the patrols have the authority to stop boats carrying illegal immigrants even before they reach e.u. borders. the next report takes a closos look at what they do. >> a europe with no undocumented refugees. that is the aim of the european union members as stated in the lisbon treaty. this is the joint border control agency. it records and investigates every suspicious object on the horizon. it scans all of the e.u. outer borders. >> we have been able to provide the impact that has lowered the numbers of regular immigrants. we are able to provide better situations than one individual member state. we have a network of all of the european union member states. >> they have no helicopters or

police officers of their own. when a member state calls for help, they coordinate border protection operations using offices across europe. there from france, portugal, and spain. they are patrolling the border between greece and turkey. every year, around 30,000 people cross the border from turkey into greece. that number has decreased since the patrols began. the agency is also helped to reduce the number of pple crossing from north afca. frontx is hoping to do that near the italian island. these agents have begun patrolling the area hoping to stem the tide of refugees from tunisia. refugee organizations have criticized the operations. >> they are under the umbrella

of fighting immigration. they are exactly the same. they have the same effect on the rights of people to seek asylum in europe. >> aid organizations say member states should let more migrants into the e.u., but those calls fall on deaf ears, especially in northern europe. much of the funding for frontex comes from those states. they want to continue keeping immigrants out. >> how concerned is the european union about the influx of migrants from northern africa? >> is a big issue. it is dividing the member states. their six regions that are concerned that other member states share the burden. if there is a huge flow because of the domino effect in africa and the middle east, they can pass on what they cannot handle to other states.

there was a four-hour meeting in brussels yesterday. they could not agree. the big six saiyou cannot expect us to bear the burden of all the migrants flooding into their countries. germany and the u.k. say that there have been about 5000 migrants from the collapse of the tunisian regime. they predicted extra influx from libya but that has not materialized. most member states are saying not to create a problem. the german interior minister said not to provoke problems by talking about them in advance. where a the millions of immigrants? it is on hold at the moment. >> it sounds like a policy of wait and see. we do have reports that the european union will decide early

next week to impose sanctions on libya. what can you tell us about that? events are moving so fast that anything could happen. as things stand, there will be sanctis imposed on libya. on the ground right now, that is not going to have an immediate impact. the european union and international community is finding ways to put pressure on the regime as events are unfolding. the only thing he can do is threaten with the use of sanctions. it is obvious colonel khadafy -- gaddafi will not be listening to that. we seem to genering activity in the event of the downfall of the regime. we want to move in and put democracy in place as swiftly as

possible. >> thank you very much. that has been our in-depth report. you are watching dw-tv. stay tuned for more news after this. ♪

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