they told the tripoli authority what they were doing.he libyan authority at the time changed their mind because they wanted to blackmail russia into something else, something different -- having said that, i think we have made too much fuss about the kind of appearance they have made. i don't think there is much to read about this. why should he -- nastasya: ok, mustafa. i do want to bring anis in on the international implications and backing of potential candidates. you mentioned russia. do you think saif is going to have a lot of backing from moscow going forward? >> just to clarify about the russians, at the peak of a civil war when the new york times, bloomberg, reuters all reported on russian mercenaries and snipers firing against civilians, leaving landmines and destroying and displacing hundreds of thousands, there were two members of russian civil service -- that is an oxymoron in terms. the idea these individuals were walking around -- >> my friend -- nastasya: gentle man i don't want to get too far into these two russian men. i

arrested, and tripoli. and when they were interrogated, it was realized that they were in contact with it for the son who was intrigued by russian capabilities in manipulating elections. he's been planning this for some time where just the latest on the well, i want to get to some of the international connection in a moment, but as you say on us he, there was a crack down. but before the crack down, he did have very close ties to a lot of the protest leaders. a lot of the people in that movement. i recall also algebra spoke to him back in 2011 and it struck me when i was watching it today. just how much he disavowed those people. let's take a lesson on the 1st, there's been used to go with it with costing me more freedom when democracy, electric. i said this many, many times. but this is happened because then now you have an uprising now. fighting. now you have people who wants to split the country east and west. they want to get 3 or 4 states. now you have people who are fine or people. now you have terror

orla guerin, bbc news, tripoli.nd well. cleo smith was found by police locked in a house. she had disappeared while on a family camping holiday near the town of carnarvon. a 36—year—old man is being questioned by police. the 2021 booker prize was won this evening by the south african novelist damon galgut, for the promise, set near the city of his birth, pretoria. previously short—listed, it was third time lucky for him as he beat off five other authors to pick up the £50,000 award. the ceremony was held at the bbc 5 radio theatre in london, and our arts correspondent rebecca jones was in the audience. applause. welcome to the booker prize award ceremony... no big banquet or black bow ties — but at least it wasn't on zoom. and although it was a smaller show than usual, for the six short—listed authors, the stakes were just as high as the winner was announced. the promise by damon galgut. the south african author has been short—listed twice before. it's taken a long while to get here, and now that i have, i kind of f

from tripoli, 0rla guerin reports.st 33 years on, the us is pursuing a new libyan suspect. now, from the government in tripoli, indications of progress. there is positive outcomes coming. and might there be an extradition? well, i don't know, but i think we as a government, we are very open in terms of collaboration in this matter. we understand the pain and the sadness of the victims and the families. we need to also respect the laws. but it's progressing, you think? yes, it is. the new suspect is abu agila mohammad masud, who's already behind bars in libya on separate bomb—making charges. the us alleges he conspired with a fellow intelligence official, abdelbaset al—megrahi, the only man ever convicted of the bombing. this was the hero's welcome for al—megrahi in libya in 2009. he was released from a scottish prison with terminal cancer and died three years later, maintaining his innocence to his last breath. his son ali told us everywhere he goes he's labelled the lockerbie bomber�*s son. here they are together, aft

orla guerin, bbc news, tripoli.t up with. i want to bring you another story now, sunday has marked the beginning of a two day holiday observed in catholic communities around the world called the day of the dead, a celebration of the lives of the departed. in mexico city, where roots of the tradition run deep, elaborate altars have gone up all over the town. the idealist where it does, the day of the dead. a mexican tradition marked by two days of celebrating departed loved ones with joy. the celebrating departed loved ones withjoy. the pandemic has brought a heightened meaning to this holiday. iii brought a heightened meaning to this holiday-— this holiday. if you put it in the context _ this holiday. if you put it in the context of _ this holiday. if you put it in the context of qovu - this holiday. if you put it in the context of qovu and i this holiday. if you put it in the context of qovu and all this holiday. if you put it in - the context of qovu and all the deaths that happened, it means even more because it

orla guerin, bbc news, tripoli.ich means on average there were 39,691 new cases reported per day in the last week. there were 9,517 people in hospital with covid as of yesterday. 217 deaths were recorded — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 163 covid—related deaths were recorded every day. and more than 8.6 million people have received their boosterjab. this includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. there could be hard months to come in the fight against coronavirus — that's the warning from england's deputy chief medical officer. professorjonathan van tam said too many people believe the pandemic is over, even though infection rates in the uk are still very high. our medical editor, fergus walsh, is here. another warning about the winter months. he another warning about the winter months. ,., ., , ., another warning about the winter months. ., , ., . ., . months. he said it was a concern covid levels _ months. he said it was a conc

so, safest lamb was convicted and sentenced in a tripoli court to death. he was later than pardon by the parliament. so he will argue that i can, you know, after the pardon, i can vote. there's a 3 day period where he can appeal this decision by the election commission. but i don't think that's going to be successful. and to be honest, i don't think safest. i'm really intended to run this election. i think you want to just to reemerge and sort of let listening. no, yeah, let, let me know. i'm around, you know, you have, you had 10 years of instability and i can try to bring, bring back a stable live like, okay, not a good to talk to you and so much more to come with these elections and i thank you . now at least 6 people have been killed after a fire broke out in a mine in russia, siberia reach and emergency services rescued. more than 200 people. thousands of others are injured. a wreck, a rescue operation is under way for more than 40 people still and more on this with bernard smith in moscow wanting bernard qual, a rescue operation ongoing. although the

he carried out a military campaign against tripoli in an attempt to seize the country militarily. of course, he failed after 14 months and, and really, i mean the, the military campaign have to carried out was just devastating to the capital. i mean, he bombarded tripoli for 14 months, you know, hundreds of thousands of people were displays. you know, as soon as the government international recognize, government says 125000 hold were destroyed. hundreds of civilians were killed and critical infrastructure damage. so in western libya he is not liked he's, he's look that as, as someone who is trying to bring back libya into a dictatorship, you know, he's trying to be live as next dictator. so he's not looked upon favorably in western live in eastern libya. people support him, they say he's the military strong man who can unite libya and bring stability to the oil rich countries. to head on al jazeera, she lace president faces an impeachment, hearing accuse of using his political power to boost his business interest. that is now to jurors in the us to decide if hi witten house was ac

he might not be fit enough to do the job in tripoli. so this is obviously an incredibly sensitive time and there are more you and meetings expected and cunning hours and libya. how my mr. king, this is resignation effect this well, we've got a meeting coming up in an hour and a half time, which is related to libya and the international criminal court that chief prosecutor, kreme con, will be briefing. this is the 1st time he's brief, the security council, the international criminal court brief on libya, every 6 months. and it's key, i think because it goes to some of the candidates in this election. remember, so i fell in love fee, the son of the former ruler of libya, the man who ruled libya for over 40 years is a candidate he is also indicted by the international criminal court. we also have holly, for after some his command has previously been indicted. by the international criminal court. so what will the international criminal court say about the fact that they are among those that are going to be taking part in the elections? then

he might not be fit enough to do the job in tripoli. the head of the u. a nuclear watchdog says he's hoping to reach common ground with iran over its nuclear program. raphael grossi has been meeting senior ronnie officials into iran last week. his agency detailed his concerns, including a lack of access to surveillance footage for nuclear slides. trip comes just days before. well, powers are set to try to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with talks planned in vienna . apple has filed a lawsuit against and israeli cyber place controversial hacking to the iphone makers says in a so groups pegasus software tracked and targeted apple uses in the u. s. apple is the latest in a string of companies in governments to pursue the tech company. earlier this month, the u. s. u. s. officials placed it on a trade blacklist. rescue and recovery operations are continuing in southern india after devastating floods. at least 30 people are dead or missing. thousands have been evacuated to relief camps as more heavy rain is predicted over the next few days. elizabeth, for on a

from tripoli, 0rla guerin reports — a warning her piece contains flashing images.in terms of collaboration in this matter. we understand the pain and the sadness of the victims and the families. we need to also respect the laws. but it�*s progressing, you think? yes, it is. the new suspect is abu agila mohammad masud, who�*s already behind bars in libya on separate bomb—making charges. the us alleges he conspired with a fellow intelligence official, abdelbaset al—megrahi, the only man ever convicted of the bombing. this was the hero�*s welcome for al—megrahi in libya in 2009. he was released from a scottish prison with terminal cancer and died three years later, maintaining his innocence to his last breath. his son ali told us everywhere he goes he�*s labelled the lockerbie bomber�*s son. here they are together, after abdelbaset al—megrahi�*s release. he says he won�*t stop trying to clear his father�*s name, despite two failed appeals. when you tell me, after 32 years, you blame another person, this all is fake. my father had nothing to do with all this. and i am

now from the government in tripoli, indications of progress. >> there are positive outcomes coming. might there be an extradition? >> i don't know, but i think we as a government are very open in tes of collaboration. we understand the pain and sadness. we need to respect the loss. reporter: the new suspect is already behind bars on separate farm -- bomb makin charges. the u.s. alleges he conspired with a fellow intelligence official, the only man ever convicted of the bombing. this washe hero's welcome in libya in 2009. he was released from a scottish ison with terminal cancer and died three years later, maintaining his innocence to his last breath. his son told us everywhere he goes, he is labeled the lockerbie farmers son. here they are together. he says he won't stop trying to clear his father's name despite to failed appeals. >> when you tell me after 32 years, this is fake. my father has nothing to do with this. i am going to fight. i will prove his innocence. >> there is so much we never know. reporter: across the atlantic, family say the whole truth may never come to light.

the worst of these is the secret prison in tripoli.es. troublemakers are held for days in the isolation room, which had no bathrooms so prisoners had to defecate in a corner. the smell was so bad that guards wore masks when they visited. and guards tied the hands of detainees to a rope suspended from a steel ceiling beam and beat them. these detention centers operate without any oversight or accountability, because libya has largely been a failed state governed by warring militias since president gaddafi was killed decades ago. critics argue they would not be able to operate without the support from the european union. the e.u. funds sometimes funneled through aid groups, pay for the boats and trucks that capture migrants. the buses that bring them to the detention centers, and the showers and blankets that are waiting for them when they arrive. quote, some of those efforts make the prisons more humane, but they also help sustain a brutal at the same time, which exists largely because of e.u. policies that send migrants back to libya.

in tripoli people protested to say they would not take part in an election which includes him. he is wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity related to the 2011 uprising against his father. philippine president rodrigo duterte has announced he will run for senator in next year's elections. his spokesperson says he will join the vote but will not compete against his daughter, who is running for vice president. we have more from manila. reporter: after weeks of speculation, philippine president rodrigo duterte has, through a representative, filed his candidacy for senator. the move comes after he publicly rebuked his own daughter for running as vice president and running mate of the sun of the late dictator ferdinandarcus. the older duterte says his daughter is far more popular than marcus and that the marcuses can never be trusted, especially when it comes to politics. that's a surprise to many because the marcuses have been allies of the dutertes since 2016. for months the dutertes have said they were not interested in seeking higher office. at ha

before entering the capital, tripoli in august 2011th al jazeera, english and arabic, were the 1st to enter green square. soon to be renamed. there showed life coverage of opposition fighters taking good orfis palace in bob allison writers. the babel as is the a compound which rebels is a day that we're just never going to forget. because when we woke up that morning, we had no idea that by the end of the day, we would be reporting a from, from the libyan capital. we had no idea that the front line would move that fast would move that quickly and that the opposition would be able to advance that quickly. a, by the end of that day, we found ourselves in, well, what's the opposition renamed that night? martyrs square at the office of the head of the intelligence services here indicates that good duffy's regime could have been more, went into not just the compound, but into the personal office of bella sanusi, who was the spy chief of gadhafi. we uncovered troves of documents. so many of the time, including, for example, some that had proven that there was such an american congressman an

after the sun, a former dictate her mamma, get daffy registered to run for president in the capital tripoli, people protested to say they won't take part in an election, which includes se, phyllis, lam, get duffy. he's wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity in connection with the 2011 uprising against his father's 40 year rule. ah, this is al jazeera, let's get a round up of the top stories. the presidents of the us in china are holding a virtual summit to deal with issues the continue to cause tensions between them. trade, taiwan sought warranty and human rights in hong kong are expected to be at the heart of the talks. well, what's the stake is ensuring that there isn't permanent and lasting damage as a result of the tensions that have been escalated between the world's 2 largest economies for quite some time. what we've seen is a number of key differences, whether it be on human rights, on security, and particularly when it comes to trade. so what we know from the start of the summit is that the u. s. president reiterated what we expected him to say, and t

that comes a day after the sun, a former leader, mama gadhafi register to run for president in tripoli. people protested saying they won't take part in a vote. that includes safe and slum gadhafi. he's wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity relating to an uprising in 2011 against his father's 40 year rule. in sudan authorities have released al jazeera her to him bureau chief from jail, and was selling me a best she was taken into custody overnight. on saturday, after security forces rated his home, al jazeera condemned the actions of the military. the u. s. is announced. new sanctions against government officials in the corolla following what it calls sham presidential elections. daniel ortega want a 4th consecutive term earlier this month and a vote. many countries say was rings. most opposition, fingers were arrested, or barred from running. the u. k and canada have also impose sanctions on officials in the coming hours chiles presidential face and impeachment trial. in the senate's sebastian penny air is accused of using his political power to bolster

in april, 2019, have to lead a 14 month military offensive to seize tripoli from the internationally recognized government. hundreds of thousands of people were displaced in the cities infrastructure damaged. he's been widely accused of committing war crimes. libya has africa's largest oil reserves, but since the revolution that toppled long time leader warm, argued duffy in 2011, the country has been politically divided and engulfed in violence. 10 years on from the revolution safely slammed, duffy war more. second son has re emerged on the libyan political scene, and on sunday, he applied to register as a presidential candidate. safe is wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity, including attacks on civilians and peaceful protesters. presidential elections are scheduled for next month, but live his rival, legislative houses have yet to agree on a constitutional framework to hold the vote. and the election commission is accused of hoping certain candidates and allegation it denies, not hold off, but the men we completely reject the candidacy of criminals

we are tripoli vaccinated. we have done everything is good citizens. and now we on able to get home and stay heard for strength at us across the whole day to basically guard, to be with the children. we don't know when we won't be able to make it now. 76 years old or 80. it is a fear because of this, tom harkin, how can go tomorrow without see more family monday, the country's president pose a gave say to the nation of grace in which he criticized the international community for making such a quick decision without enough research, international community to we consider options, but i think speaking to people who believe that this is a case of double standards. for example, we spoke to south african, who is heading back to the united states and believe that part of the reason that he was taken off the plane was because he was south africa and they treated me like a common criminal. i threw me off the plane, i didn't get my luggage back. told me, i'm not a problem. and then i said, what did i do? then i said, the cabin attained and said, she told me 3 t

possible, at least so that there will be no vacuum speaking to the security council by video link from tripoli. mr. cooper, she explained, he didn't want to be based full time in the libyan capital, but felt that's what the job now needed. but he made it clear he didn't want to desert his post. on the 17th of november 2021. i've done that my resignation in dallas national letter to the secretary journal. i also confirmed my readiness to continue as the special envoy for a transitional period and that in my but be natural to cover the electoral period. but cuba went on to say that the un secretary general antonio could terrace, had decided his resignation, would be effective december the 10th. that's 2 weeks before the election, rebuffing his offer to stay on. why did the security general not accept that offer? what we're trying to do is there we are, of course, do print. i do intend to announce a successor and we aim to ensure the continuity of leadership and a smooth 6 transition. at this critical time. in the security council meeting, there was recognition from all delegations about the sens

he is now being cared for in hospital in tripoli.d him in petrol and set him alight. —— when he couldn't pay what they demanded. many are drawn here with the hope of crossing the mediterranean to a better life but there is suffering and danger long before they reach the sea. now, after imposing some of the strictest border controls in the world, australia is opening up to international travel. fully vaccinated citizens will no longer need permission to leave. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is at sydney airport. it's been a very emotional day here at sydney airport, i'm here at one of the arrival gates and we're just looking at families now arriving. this is one of the flights, people are just making their way back. welcome back! how do you feel? pretty good, good to be home. "pretty good, good to be home". some have said that after waiting for such a long time, it doesn't seem to feel real. people have arrived here to embraces, to cheers and of course, tearful reunions. fully vaccinated australians and australian residents have now

you had the internationally recognized government and tripoli. you had, he got a trans, another government, a parallel government in eastern will be run by after. but recently, after a long and difficult process, a political settlement was able to take place that brought together this unity government just in march. but even within the government, there's lots of tensions, and this just goes to show that libyans are still deeply divided. and when this government is supposed, supposed to leave the country until the elections can take place on december 24th and just 6 weeks. whether or not we're going to see these tensions complicate the libyan issue more and thread and whether or not these elections will take place on time. we're going to have to wait and see my train of libya correspondent that without analysis for us. thanks so much money. now a series of attacks on civilians in indian and ministered kashmir has now smoked phase of a renewed conflict and the region authorities have stepped up security to try to avoid further unrest. have the met

we are tripoli vaccinated. we have done everything is good citizens and now we are unable to get home. i'm devastated. i'm frustrated. i just cried the whole day was basically glad to be with the children that we don't know when we won't be able to make it. now. i'm 76 years older. it is a fear because it is tom. how can, how can go tomorrow without seeing my family, they treated me like you're called criminal. that threw me off the plane. i didn't get my luggage back. told me, i'm not their problem. and then i said, well, what did i do? when i said the cabin attendance said, you told me 3 thorns to put my face more. god forbid the rules. it says you're allowed to take a few more while you eating and drinking all was doing exactly. that was a, by me rule, it was total total paranoia from the store with you so that all would insisted while you get vaccinated, if you still con, travel. and if you still can't be with your family, i have family in south africa. my sister lives in south africa and, and i've not seen

day after the sun of former dictator market daffy registered to run for president in the capital tripoli. people protested to say, they won't take part in election, which includes se for las lam, gadhafi. he's wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity in connection with the 2011 uprising against his father's 40 year room. ah, this is al jazeera. let's get a round up of the top stories. the presidents of the u. s. in china are holding a virtual summit to deal with issues the continued to cause tension between them. trade.

the internationally recognized government in tripoli had sent him safe gadhafi to death in absentia, but he was later pardoned, is also wanted by the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity. our libya corresponded. malik traina has more. this is a big deal to day. you know, after nearly a decade of hiding were seen safest lamb on video, or if in southern libya, so are very surprising for many people weren't even sure that safest lamb was alive yet alone. ugh, applying to become the next president. after 10 years of conflict, i think people are shocked, surprised, definitely. he has some support base and they're, and they're excited to see him back in the, in the political or a political position dubious, deeply divided so, or he does have some support. i don't think he's going to be a serious contender. our for president, but it will definitely showcase that the libyans that are reminiscing of a time when libya was much more stable. although under, you know, as totalitarian rule are but more stable, more secure people could work and, and move across the count

if no one knows what's going on, we have done everything we ought tripoli vaccinated. we have done everything is good citizens and now we are unable to get home. i'm devastated. i'm frustrated. i just cried the whole day to was basically going to be with the children that we don't know when we won't be able to make it. now. i'm 76 years older. it is a fear because it is tom. how can, how can go tomorrow without shame, our family monday, the country's president. so i'm a jose gave a state of the nation of grace in which he criticized the international community for making such a quick decision without enough research a international community to reconsider in adoptions. but i've been speaking to people, share who believe this is a case of double standards. for example, we spoke to south african, who is heading back to the united states and believes that part of the reason that he was taken off the plane was because he was south africa and they treated me locker coleman criminal that threw me off the plane. i didn't get my luggage brick told me, i'm not their problem. an

good daffy registered to run for president in tripoli. people protested to say they won't take part in election, which includes safe, ellis lamb, get their feet. he's wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity related to the 2011 uprising against his father's 40 year rule. philippine president rodriguez to tanto has announced that he will run for senator in next year's elections. totally spokesman says he will join the vote, but will not compete against his daughter who's running for vice president to millen dog. has more from manila after weeks of speculation, philippine president with regal to tear to has their way. representative filed his candidacy for senator. the move comes after he publicly rebuked his own daughter, davos city mayor, sat at the 30 for running as vice president and running meat of the son of the late dictator for denmark, us for it in a mark as junior. the older detect to says his daughter is far more popular than marcus, and that the marcus's can never be trusted, especially when it come

we are tripoli vaccinated. we have done everything is good citizens. and now we are unable to get home and devastated and frustrated at us, i cried. the whole day was basically going to deal with the chore transfer. we don't know when we won't be able to make it now. i'm 76 years old. really. it is a fear because it is tom. how can, how can go tomorrow's our see more family. okay, well let's get the latest plan. talk talk a respondent, sir. charlotte davinsky is there in paris force nor so poorly slayer, he's in cape town or in south africa. and good morning she both. paula will start with you a 1st and just tell us what the situation is like in south africa, then at the moment and how much concern there is there over this new varied. while the things that have been developing here in south africa are very emotional. the 1st announcement of this new strain was on thursday and it took me government and it took the tourism industry essentially completely by surprise. and within hours you had most of the world airlines canceling. they fly. i've been quite

after the son of former dictator, mama gadhafi registered to run and tripoli, and miss rotter protested. have been out in the streets saying they won't take part in an election where safe al islam gadhafi is running. he's wanted by the instructional criminal court on charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the 1st weeks of the 2011 uprising which led to the death of his father. philippine president rodrigo deter, say, has registered to run for a seat in the senate in next year's election. it and speculation he would run for vice president against his own daughter. he's ineligible to run again for president to turn his choice of successor as long term aid, christopher bongo, who registered to stand for president. last week. it was thought that sarah to test carpio who top's opinion polls would join him on the ticket. but she now appears to be running with presidential candidate, ferdinand marcos, junior, son of the late philippine dictates him, the marcus family is popular in the countries north and center while the deterred to is have widespread support in the south. o

becomes a day off to the son of the former lead in woman gadhafi registered to run for president and tripoli. people protested, saying they won't take part in election, which includes a fell islam gadhafi. he's wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity relating to the 2011 uprising against his father's 40 year rule. sidney's authorities have released al jazeera cartoon bureau chief from jail al miss ami elk hibachi was taken into custody of night on saturday, on to security forces rated his home out there as condemned the actions of saddam's military in the coming hours, chili's president will face an impeachment trial in the senate, sebastian panetta is accused of using his political power to bolster his businesses a claim he denies. a latin america have salisia, newman reports for funky argo, the stress and the tension is written all over to varsity opinion, has face, and with good reason. never in chilion history has a president faced removal from office democratically. he's the 1st democratically elected president to be impeached by the chamber of deputies. a