a multinational force launches more than one hundred intended missile strikes on libya. more than twenty sites hit as the international community steps up efforts includes a no fly zone over libya amid a full something christine civilian casualties and it's want to see it from the capital city in just a few moments from will. had an emergency summit in paris or world powers agree to stop any aggression from colonel gadhafi. strong words from world leaders who say gadhafi must be stopped from harming innocent civilians the details coming up in a few moments. and the russia says that the armed intervention in libya is

regrettable claiming more blood will be shed bitter news and calls it for cease fire. russia has called for and against the bloodshed for the downfall of the opposition to sit down and house talks all the details on our. progress in live from our studios in central moscow this is where it is six o'clock in the morning just after five o'clock in the morning in libya where a multinational force has launched a series of strikes against colonel gadhafi. the coalition is calling it operation odyssey dawn the libyan government has demanded an urgent meeting of the united nations security council in a brief statement issued late saturday evening colonel gadhafi said libyans will confront what he called the attacks of the colonial crusader would be in

a state television is reporting a hospital in tripoli and a fuel storage depot in misrata have both been hit the libyan government reports there have been civilian casualties after one hundred twelve cruise missiles were launched by. american and british navy's jets from a number of countries have attacked colonel gadhafi ground forces the french president was the first to order strikes around the rebel held city of benghazi to prevent attacks against civilians russia has called the decision to take military action in libya regrettable palace leader who's in the capital tripoli has more on the developments in libya. well there's just been a blast of gunfire which you heard behind me here in the capital city tripoli it's not immediately clear what's going on behind but a short time ago there were protesters here so we certainly are starting to feel the effect of this military strike on on the reaction from the gadhafi regime here from the capital city now so far we are hearing that more than twenty sides have

been hit by these warplanes from the international community increasingly it does seem as if this is an operation that will be happening in the east and the waist of the country the french defense ministry has confirmed that some twenty three inches up planes have been used in that have been hard hitting tanks and military personnel vehicles not an operation has been concentrated largely in the rebel held town of in ghazi and the latest word there from rebel fighters is ekadasi forces have pushed to the announcements of what we know though in terms of u.s. assistance is that already they have launched a very true strikes we know that there were three submarines and twenty five american ships at this point in the mediterranean and that u.s. tomahawk missiles have landed in the west of the country in tripoli and in misrata now libyan state television has been reporting for the last few hours that there are heavy civilian casualties it says these are happening here in the city of tripoli and i continued that we have heard a few ambulances driving past it is there also happening in the town of bint ghazi

they also say that there's been a strike on fuel stores in misrata now the british air force has joined the operations it's not you clear exactly what they will be doing but we noted they have a capability to hit targets and also to assist in surveillance it is worth also making the point that the pentagon has traced that this is only the first phase of what they call in and multi-phase operation and they're currently there are no american planes flying overhead particularly these reports that we're hearing from libyan state television of heavy casualties this is starting to worry people on the. ground on both sides you do not want to see an operation like this that started to be expanded and broaden into something that last years it was widely understood that the libyan air force is not significant and so it should be very difficult for the international community and to enforce a no fly zone but the question is whether or not under the guise of humanitarian assistance and under the guise of any kind of other arguments this operation will not continue for years the last thing people here want to see is what they call six

soldiers on libyan soil this is something that not only the government but so people who have some sides with detainees one of the problems that is facing this whole operation is hundred people to do is to discern on the ground who are civilians and who are legitimate gadhafi targets if you look for example at a pickup truck it's very hard for a pilot to know whether the people on a truck are actually soldiers or whether they are people fleeing something gars even though that so far as many as three hundred thousand people have fled libya many thousands again today making their way out of the being darzi city because there are afraid of the developing violence on the ground and so what we seeing is an increase in violence an increase in is trying to send and what we expect is there was a growing response from the gadhafi regime itself. we're reporting there from tripoli in libya now world powers that decided to enforce the no fly zone at a summit in paris where they were meeting to work out a course of action to take in libya our europe correspondent daniel bushell has

been following what happen there. reports have confirmed that some twenty warplanes are already on libyan airspace from the french side which has been most active in this starting with the summit are now in military action they've sent rafal fighter jets miraj fighter jets also surveillance aircraft they say that their key concern is to enforce a no fly zone over libya an airspace in effect grounding colonel gadhafi is jets and helicopters and their number one concern is the civilian population in than around the area of paying goes the it to that effect the first military operation will be to enforce the no fly zone over the east of libya where the rebel strongholds are one hundred one hundred fifty kilometer area it comes after a decision at the paris summit where it was decided that the powers would go in and it was attended by the heads of the united nations the head of the league also the emir of qatar several foreign ministers of arab nations for example morocco and the united arab emirates arab states saudi arabia qatar jordan and the united arab

emirates have said they do back the deployment of a no fly zone over libya near space and the arab states will play a supporting role or key their support in the region for the e.u. powers and are falling into line we can confirm italy has offered seven of its air bases that were used by nato previously of course it's really just across the mediterranean from libya one of the key air bases that will be used by western powers and we're also seeing other nations coming out and saying they support this for example norway netherlands here in belgium we've also seen canada saying it's fine it's just all ready in the region and ready to be deployed within two days they just need to sit up there and western leaders e.u. leaders say they do support this campaign david cameron of the u.k. also anglo merkel of germany despite germany's abstention of the u.n. vote for a no fly zone she says she does back military intervention now they just won't be sending forces themselves germany won't be sending forces but it will support this

. or he's going a bushel reporting there from brussels now michel chossudovsky who's the director of the center for research on globalization believes that the operation in libya is in fact in fact to overthrow gadhafi. it is not a humanitarian operation it is a deadly wall what you are seeing was military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when do these fighter bombers and save the lives of civilians well it's a war which has jets of regime change this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution but prime minister stephen harper of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the objective of this operation is to unseat coffee so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war

you know we're coming entirely here aspect his bets in fact this military coalition is already implying late into. the resolution which they themselves are forced on the so-called international community to call nineteen zero zero zero the resolution the united nations security council resolution says to go on weapons on to. to libya where in fact what are they doing then bringing in weapons and then they're supplying opposition forces with weapons through fee of this law is oil. britain the united states canada home of there with the intent of the interests of oil princes of the oil corporations and the extension of the inference. to. this is

not. a humanitarian operation it is a war of conquest and it will have devastating consequences although not only on own all the people of libya but more generally speaking. from brazil u.s. president barack obama says it was clear that allied forces had to protect civilians in libya meanwhile a u.s. national security official claims that libya's air defenses have been severely disabled artie's gramatica can has the latest from washington d.c. . the u.s. has launched missiles from its war ships and submarines in the mediterranean targeting it could daffy's air defense systems and the pentagon says the goal is to shape the battlefield for the coalition for forces to take further action they're basically clearing the sky making sure the op is not able to shoot down any planes or the coalition forces and the pentagon also says it is just the beginning of the operation over the next few days more nato ships will converge on leave you know to

enforce a naval blockade french warplanes or earlier carried out strikes on could obvious ground forces there have been reports of civilian casualties caused by the attacks those are certainly some very alarming reports where president obama reiterated is that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground but fears are that this operation could grow into something more than just an effort to protect civilians the wording of the u.n. resolution that was passed on thursday's basically all inclusive occupation of course but there are still strong worries as to the implementation of it there are fears that certain actions taken by international forces could destabilize the situation even more shooting down could offas five bombers is one thing but arming the rebels for example is something very different and reports are coming in egypt's military began shipping arms over the border to lead rebels and the egyptian military as you know was very much influenced by washington those are small arms such as assault rifles and ammunition experts say this could be very dangerous there are radical elements among those rebels as well and they are likely

to show mercy for their opponents and the fear is that those arms supplies together with the foreign intervention could inflame the situation in the region even further you could tell that the white house is very much wary of being seen as the driving force behind the military actions so most of the work has been done behind the scenes france and the u.k. seem to be in the forefront of this your national effort also western powers again and again remind that they have the support of the arab league although at the moment it's as likely or was. there include actually isn't this action but it's clear that we want to get arab countries assistance so that it doesn't appear as if it's just the west cracking down on yet another arab nation there is one more thing i'd like to talk about it's rarely mentioned in the media coverage of the developments in levy or yes the international community is absolutely denied it in condemning qaddafi for this for his actions against the levy and people but when you think about other leaders who got away with attacks and severely as you say you

read them honestly pottery scene the way those leaders are treated this way israel for example it had been bombing the civilian population of the gaza for three weeks in a row in two thousand and eight western powers or now so often armed so trying to protect civilians in libya did nothing literally nothing to stop the massacre of palestinians in gaza or we can take a look at the recent developments in bahrain the leadership there is cracking down on protesters in a terrible way scores are dead and there is no tangible international effort to stop it yemen same story yemen troops protesters there on a daily basis and nothing for pakistan just this friday u.s. drone killed thirty eight civilians the question many ask is who's going to be held responsible for that and only say as things are now it looks like the international community is very selective when it comes to protecting civilians a levy as they protect them in dozens of other places they turn a blind eye those are jews are going to change the reporting from washington d.c.

now earlier we spoke to with dr yunus who you know who believes it's vital that arab powers are involved in the intervention. actually it's quite important that the community or out states intervene because if they don't participate this will look exactly the way my mccarthy has courtrai all this operation but it's basically a crusade it's colonialism coming back to libya and he would start using it to garner more support for his own tactics to fight this this military intervention i think if this no fly zone was actually imposed two weeks ago from the beginning maybe we'll have something very quick i'm afraid that this is interesting in live with each other he has already moved in many cities his his he he almost got close to benghazi i think it's very it's getting more and more

complicated i would i'm skeptical now maybe this will end up making a becoming a portrait of conflict which will this case will play right into his hands and he will become a hero that is fighting against alone as them at the first resolution one thousand seventy which decided to refer to case to the i.c.c. has basically locked away for any exit strategy for him and for his sons and his people so i don't see what how he could decide to negotiate or start now because he doesn't have any exit strategy and the second thing is that the libyan council transitional council does not accept any negotiation now because basically what they want with most people live in peace but once that this regime has to change he has to go with his family and people that have been supporting and i don't think there is any time for but for diplomacy it's i think it's never too late british opposition m.p. jeremy corbyn says it's innocent civilians who will bear the brunt of warfare. i

think the tactic yesterday was to call a ceasefire in order to hope for one hope to bring about a peaceful resolution of this conflict but it was beginning to look as though he was just trying to buy time for himself i must say i absolutely regret the lack of the cease fire and i regret what is happening at the moment a lot of innocent people have already tried a lot more look as though they're going to go in the next few hours if they strike against. targets of the regime then they might be effective in doing that but i suspect the real problem is they're going to have to strike against targets in the city does not result in large numbers of million casualties this is a terrible situation an awful lot of innocent people died because of the situation i think there's a lot of double standards going on here because what is happening in libya is obviously terrible and obviously gadhafi should have heeded the views of ordinary people and come to some kind of accommodation with them all removed himself from

office but it's been no condemnation worthy of anything against saudi arabia yemen or omar and have also been killing large numbers of civilians totally over the last few weeks and i think that the west has been very selective about this was the u.n. has put in place a resolution calling for a no fly zone and that is obviously they have not used the words regime change well that's clearly what's intended and if they go ahead with this and it doesn't work then the next thing is going to be what do you do next do you put in ground forces and if you put in ground forces where do they come from because i can't imagine that any arab league country is going to want to put troops into libya for very obvious reasons the same thing for them remember the arab league is led by a lot of people who are all under threat themselves and now there's a worry that we're getting ourselves involved in yet another war and yet another conflict which is essentially an internal civil war in libya and at the same time

only six weeks ago. britain was selling arms to libya. british companies were investing in libya i mean libya was investing heavily in this country and so it's a very short space of time that libya has gone from most favored nation to zero and one does the speed of all this and many of those that are going into libya were only a few weeks ago in libya doing business deals british member of parliament jeremy corbyn talking very now there's a lot of information to digest so let's recap right now a multinational force has carried out a series of attacks against targets around of the libyan city of benghazi since the u.n. security council adopted a resolution allowing the use of all the means it necessary to protect the civilian population in libya french fighter jets destroyed several vehicles and tanks belonging these troops and u.s. claims that libya's air defenses have been severely disabled libyan state t.v. claims forty eight people have been killed and more than one hundred fifty injured

the majority of which are civilian u.k. forces are also in action over libya turkey is the latest country making the necessary preparations to implement the no fly zone earlier troops loyal to colonel gadhafi violated a cease fire and reportedly carried out attacks on. russia's foreign ministry says that the international intervention in libya is regrettable it's called on all sides to do what they can to stop the suffering of peaceful citizens and to put in place an immediate cease fire. reports. very much possibility of a military intervention but of course that is still a possibility i need to see in reality as it is now is still a big step grave concern over the developments there will be a force. or at least cease fire down six percent to sit down and try to find a political solution to feeling like libya story that the. central place

the number of civilian casualties this military intervention. led by such as france the united states killing or seeing venting for their civilian deaths the chairman of his. opera house of parliament has so spoken about this ongoing intervention would be a sign that. passes for it and therefore that comes i'm not a simple thing here actually at the resolution the number one thousand nine hundred seventy three its main goal was to defend the civilian population but not to punish the gadhafi regime or overthrow it so in that respect with think that in one thousand seven to three a resolution is mostly a humanitarian resolution of this as it has been for humanitarian resolution jennifer militarisation my personal concern is dad's any military operation the

which is conducted by the west in the arab world can lead to very predictable scenario like all the parties involved in the conflict and they get together and start fighting against foreign invaders there were several examples of such scenarios and a history of the greater middle east so i think that we all have to be very cautious now and we all have to think first of all of that the political solution should go before a military solution we. i think that's a good duffer regime has already lost its internal and international credibility but we think also that people of libya should sell solve their problems of themselves. and mcgillis they're forcing the concern and opinion of many here in russia or specials and analysts experts like this military intervention

force the increase in civilian casualties but also the stammer like the situation not only libya but more so in the region as a whole his country knows of a reporting there from moscow with concerns of the no fly zone over libya could be a cover up for foreign full scale and gauge and an anti-war activist jim brown says the u.n. resolution is full of holes. you can interpret so many things and then i mean what on earth you mean by protecting civilians presumably it means protecting civilians from both sides because there are clear suggestions of atrocities on both sides and certainly not a one sided thing but of course i think the central point is that the whole thrust of the intervention is not it seems to me is not a principled thing and that accounts for the for the contradictions and the holes in the resolution i think the whole thing is a mess so the resolution itself is full of it because i think you have to question

the whole process and once you start on a process that is the hair of the contradictory then you end up with more and more pitfalls along the way you have this thing that. for example stayed very largely out of it and then suddenly when the resolution was passed yesterday makes very specific demands which clearly were not in the resolution the demands that for example the government forces pull back from a series of towns that kind of thing so you have a clear intention to of different parties to make of it what they will and i think that we will see the professor on what you have is a very similar situation going on in in bahrain is in many ways exactly the opposite features are in bahrain. that creates united states defense secretary goes through. a week ago as talks leave and two days later the.

corporation council especially saudi forces go in and they go in and they intervene on the side of those sorceress similar about what we're broadly sympathetic to the whole revolt in the in the region in general. we. i mean for example we want if you put it that way to stop the war in iraq right but they're stopping the war in iraq or. i mean by face to be intervening on the side of the government whereas in the case of libya they want to stop the war i mean on the side of the revenue i mean the whole position seems to me completely untenable . and full of. key harmon snow a war correspondent ten former u.n. investigator says the coalition is defending the rebel forces which promote western interests president sarkozy from france has said today the libyan people must be able to choose their own destiny and after these attacks by the french and the

united states hundred ten tomahawk missiles in the french flights air flights parents acts then we can return to diplomatic activity there was no diplomatic diplomatic activity this is an absolute war of aggression is just another war and of the world should really be frightened of the nature of nato and american power and attacking their own dictators well there is a popular uprising component to the uprising of the rebels attacks and maybe there's also genuine genuine dissonance but there's also islamic radical proxy forces that were backed by the united states or in calling in the cold war and there's a cia task force is the front for the national so initially yes these are also part of the so-called rebels and they're backed by other western agencies like the national endowment for democracy works and personally there so this is really a very manipulated so-called conflict the people of libya the real true free copy or uprising people of libya are going to suffer the most and it won't be very long

once they get going because if it was for the people with true popular uprising in the allies and they have you know the show all over the country because the united states and france and italy and britain have again a quick recap of our main story this hour. i. over a hundred cruise missiles have been launched from american and british navy ships and submarines in the mediterranean hitting twenty sites in libya colonel gadhafi has said in a brief statement libyans will confront what he called the attacks of the colonial crusaders team while the libyan government has called for an urgent meeting of the u.n. security council french and british fighter jets are in action above the north african country but french air force has denied earlier reports from libyan state t.v. that one of its fighters had been shot down forces loyal to the libyan leader have carried out a series of attacks throughout the day on the city of benghazi the main rebel base

russia has said it's regrettable that military action has been taken it also has called for an end to the bloodshed and has urged all sides in libya to start talking tell all the latest developments in libya on our twitter and facebook pages we've got links to all of our videos and regular updates as well. he has. to. say. and i'll be back with the recap of our top story in just a few minutes and stay with us for the latest.

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