africa command carried out airstrikes at the time and we saw you we saw u.s. delegation coming into libya yesterday meeting with the janae janay leadership so you know forces here on the ground say they will not negotiate with after they say that they will they will intercept. the d.n.a. and turkey are saying that they call for a cease fire but they insist that. we treat from central libya's the specifically and from now it's important to note that while while the forces have before they did that with american support it's a little bit different now i mean we we saw u.s. africa command say that over a around 14 military jets have gone in russian military jets are based and these jets from what the g.n.a.t. military leadership is telling us are are carrying out air strikes on janay positions so you know just like. we saw egyptian president the fact that his sisi telling his tone his forces to be prepared to intervene and so we're seeing a lot of political maneuvering by various countries whether or not that has to do with the d.n.a. not continuing on at the mom

africa command so yeah we don't we don't understand it people who are looking at this from a military standpoint here in brussels terry were nato has its headquarters help reacted to these reports of a possible u.s. withdrawal from germany. well as you know nato job is to keep calm and carry on and make sure nobody gets too nervous and in fact i had the chance to ask the secretary general stoltenberg a question about the rumors of the of the troop pullout earlier this week and his answer was so bland he said well we're in constant discussion with the united states about troop deployments in europe he didn't address the question directly at all in fact he did have a phone call with president trump after this event where i spoke to him and even after that nato officials wouldn't confirm that president trump even informed secretary general stoltenberg about any specific plans for a troop pullout so we do have some some reports that president trump might like to move troops to poland which does spend 2 percent of its of its budget on defense but that raises other questions about whether t

africa command and the u.s.dor to libya with the libyan government officials including the prime minister focused on politicalo return to dialogue and also de-escalation. against thewarning prolonged conflict that might exacerbate the human suffering. there was also a u.s. concern ofr the growing presence russian mercenaries in libya. the mercenaries who have been fighting alongside forces. the meeting comes as the human rights council at the united nations established a fact-finding mission to investigate the human rights violations in libya including mass graves found around a city. also the killing of hundreds of civilians during the military campaign launched over the past year. it seems the international criminal court is deeply concerned about reports of mass graves found in libya in and around a city. according to the icc general messageor, there is a to the perpetrators that impunity in libya is not an option anymore. >> the french president has launched a furious attack on turkey's conduct in libya, acc

africa command carried out airstrikes at the time and we thought we saw u.s. delegation coming into libya yesterday meeting with the d.n.a. janay leadership so you know forces here on the ground say they will not negotiate with after they say that they will they will enter syria based janay and turkey are saying that they call for a cease fire but they insist that forces retreat from central libya but the specifically in sirte and from. the whole situation in libya has changed drastically in just the past 6 months if you go back to january turkey rapidly passed a law which allowed it to deploy troops to libya for a year pretty soon turkish troops landed in the capital to support the government of national accord despite protests from greece france and egypt the following month the united nations tried to broker a cease fire no success there the g.n.a.t. then pulled out of further negotiations after the killing of civilians by half to shelling of the capital but in march the u.n. special envoy to libya quit his job over health concerns where journey further com

africa africa command carried out airstrikes at the time so there's been cooperation with the americans we saw yesterday a delegation a u.s. delegation arriving in libya and and so they say that they will enter the city and then they don't they don't want to negotiate with after now we're seeing a lot of as mahmoud said a lot of political maneuvering by various countries egypt you know saying saying the. president of the fatah has sisi asking his military to be repaired he said that you know suits and and so for us in central libya our red line we also know that. porting to u.s. africa command over 14 or 14000000 russian military jets are in algebra so you know that's sort of causing a lot of issues and in terms of the americans in terms of the europeans libya strategically located on the mediterranean southern shores has one of the largest gas natural gas reserves in the world now you know as you can see the the the weather sort of warm enough so there's going to be an influx of migrants trying to reach europe through libya and so you know we're seeing a lot of various actors positioni

ambassador to tripoli and the head of africa command met with libya's prime minister fayyad. they discussed efforts to stabilize the country but also how egypt has weighed in on the conflict egypt's president seems to have threatened military intervention if jan a force of opponents to it so that. his government calls a threat a declaration of war on the u.n. spokesman gave this warning. the last thing that libya needs right now is more fighting more. more military mobilization more transfer of weapons more presence of foreign fighters or mercenaries and that's been moved into pointing in the fischel meeting with president keiser eat french president a man you want to get takis intervention in the conflict he did say to his wanted to kick him out but he don't and again i have already had the opportunity to make this very clear to president i now consider this turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya and is in breach of all the commitments it made at the berlin conference tuckey has intervened in recent months providing support to government forces. france is being accused

africa command and the u.s. ambassador to libya with the libyan government officials including the prime minister face a raj focused on the need to return to the political dialogue and also and deescalation there. was a warning against the prolonged conflict that might excessive be the human suffering that is also a u.s. concern. of the growing presence of russian mercenaries in libya the wagner mystery's who have been fighting alongside forces loyal to the war lord plea for have to the meeting it comes as the human rights council at the united nations established a fact finding mission to investigate their human rights violations in libya including the mass graves found in and around the city of the horn and also the killing of hundreds of civilians during their military campaign launch and white house to forces over the past year it seemed that the international criminal court has also deeply concerned about the reports of mass graves found in libya in and around the city of warner and according to the i.c.c.

africa command carried out airstrikes at the time and we saw we saw u.s. delegation coming into libya yesterday meeting with the d.n.a. janay leadership so you know forces here on the ground say they will not negotiate with after they say that they will they will enter search based the d.n.a. and turkey are saying that they call for a cease fire but they insist that forces retreat from central libya's best specifically in sirte. ethiopia is accusing hackers based in egypt of attempting cyber attacks on both government and private websites ethiopia's security agency says the attacks were aimed at pressuring the government over the opening of the largest hydroelectric dam on the river nile ethiopia plans to start filling the reservoir next month but egypt and sudan fear reduced supplies of water for them. england is further listing its coronavirus restrictions gradually reopening the economy there british prime minister johnson announced most tourist and leisure attractions will be able to reopen from the 4th of july country's 2 metre social distancing rules

africa command. general ham, welcome to the "newshour". thank you very much.hy is there so much criticism and fear among retired officials but also some current officials who i'm talking about -- who i'm talking to about the idea of sending active duty troops into the united states? well, thanks, nick. it's a great question, and, in our nation, we have a long tradition, going back to the founding of the nation, concern expressed even in the declaration of independence and certainly in the constitution, a concern about the employment of federal active duty armed forces within the boundaries of the united states for domestic security purposes. so i think that's what we're seeing play out is that long-held tradition of concern about using the military inside the u.s. the u.s. armed forces exist to protect the nation. they're not well-suited for policing communities. >> reporter: there's been a lot of criticism, as judy mentioned in the introduction to this segment, of the leadership of the military. and let's go back to monday afternoon, evening, president trump

africa command and the u.s. ambassador to libya with the libyan government officials including the prime minister face a raj focused on the need to return to the political dialogue and also and deescalation there. was a warning against the prolonged conflict that might excessive be the human suffering that is also a u.s. concern. of the growing presence of russian mercenaries in libya the wagner mystery's who have been fighting alongside forces loyal to the warlords plea for have to the meeting it comes as the human rights council at the united nations established a fact finding mission to investigate their human rights violations in libya including the mass graves found in and around the city of the horn and also the killing of hundreds of civilians during their military campaign launch and white house to his forces over the past year it seemed that the international criminal court is also deeply concerned about reports of mass graves found in libya in and around the city of horner and according to the i.c.c. g

with china on important matters like an investment treaty progress on climate change and our commander in africa but also on questions of the route of flour human rights and the future of on cards that. china's economic policy has changed since the investment talks began 6 years ago the flow of chinese money into e.u. countries has been falling since 2016 with direct investment back to 2013 levels trade relations need repairing and the talks need to get moving. well joining me now from brussels is our chief international editor richard walker richard they've been talking for a long time and there's still lots of tensions and there are. yes i mean the tensions are really quite extreme at the moment between china and the west as a whole really going back several months of course you know the context for that you know many things relating to the covert outbreak which of course began in china there are lots of questions about whether china could have been more transparent in the early days of the outbreak whether that contributed to just how far and how fast the pandemic spreads also there are conce

secretary of defense put out a statement, we saw some statements from likl the fleet commanders from europe and africa. so there's a lot of calming and support and calls for unity.utio much morens focused on securitye than on civ unity and, you know finding solutions to all these civil problems being protested.4 >> we want to8- remind our views and listeners we set aside a line for those of you active duty military, 202-488-0003. saying in part in that piece generals must follow lawful mp n orders such as helping to enforce curfews to preventing lawful protests from turning violent. if trump can enlist or appear to enlist the military in his scorched earth campaign against his enemies then he threatens ts undercut more than the military it was reputation with his conspiracy theory claims the election is already rigged against him and democrats worried he'll try to steal it from them.ank yo trump threatens to undermine american democracy. marvin's retired military in chattanooga. thanks for being with us. >> as a retired military person i'm a vietnam veteran from the most decorated company clerk from t

africa. vera lynn was the voice of britain commanders often a tear my mothers i on the song was played on ther television. i was suggesting you we re television. i was suggesting you were set there is a lad at the gramophone. i have not entirely lost the ability to reply despite not being on television for a long time. very nice for you to pass on your mother's recollections of that time. borisjohnson did mother's recollections of that time. boris johnson did blow mother's recollections of that time. borisjohnson did blow all the pomp and circumstance. by default they need felt the need to make such a big deal out of this? above all it's about charles de gaulle. the 80th anniversary of his famous broadcast from the bbc in london to the people of france. also the 50th anniversary of france. also the 50th anniversary of his death. every french politician or senior politician on the centre right at least and even sometimes on the left wants the mantle of charles de gaulle. there isa mantle of charles de gaulle. there is a ceremony here in france about a monument to all the people that were slaug

a lot of people to find out that for example the us african command afrikaans is located in stuttgart germany not in the u.s. and not in africa but in germany the u.s. does a lot of activities a lot of military activities a lot of operations out of germany instead of the united states it's much closer to the middle east for example where there are a lot of a troop movements going on so i think that what nato hopes and what secretary general stolzenberg hopes is that they can convince president trump that it's in his own interest not to take this move and of course it's in nato as interest that that there are not fewer american troops on the ground here it is a constant refrain that we hear out of nato headquarters that no matter what trump says on the ground he has actually increased u.s. support for europe if troops leave that that refrain doesn't sound quite as believable so everyone feels more safer with more u.s. troops on the ground in germany and i think that's very much what what the allies are hoping will be the end result no matter what president trump said yesterday. redeploying some of these troops from germany eas

thought this was a great tank and it should be shipped overseas, they asked the commanders in europe and north africa. if they said no, the equipment did not go overseas. so the second kai tear on, reliable performance in combat. this standard sometimes referred to as battle worthiness meant that the equipment, having been proved capable of performing the function for which it was designed -- it was rug ed to meet the rigors of war. the thing will break down. forget -- it will happen. now there is perhaps a subcountry which i would call immediate capability. army ground forces was willing to accept subcapable equipment if it was the case of that or nothing. but it still had to be reliable. cases in point, there will be your m 3 or m 10 tank destroyers. so the situation of tanks. so what we have is an m 2 medium that the u.s. started the war with and it needs a fair bit of track attention. the u.s. had what has been called the cult of the machine gun. the infantry were owning the tanks. the cavalry had combat cars. them basically tanks. and they were interested in the tank's ability to deal with enemi

you saw statements from the fleet commanders in europe and africa.iral harry harris put out a similar statement. ming. is a lot of cal languagesme president trump. we see everything he says and his team says about disunity and staunch, hard security lines. much more focused on security than unity in finding solutions on the civil problems being protested. host: we want to remind viewers and listeners we set aside a line for those of you who are active-duty military. that line is (202) 748-8003. before we go to calls a quick look at the comments of our guest. generals must follow lawful orders such as helping to enforce curfews and venting lawful protest from turning violent. if trump can enlist or appear to enlist the military and his scorched-earth campaign against his enemies, he threatens to undercut more than the military's reputation with his conspiracy theory claims that the election is already raked against him. trump threatens to undermine american democracy." marvin is retired military in chattanooga. thank you for being with us. caller: tha

another in the middle east and in north africa and this will increase and we complicate more and more the crises in libya you know the national lead been army general command has positively dealt with the whole situation is committed to the outcome of the 1000000000 conference has taken part of the 5 plus 5. talks say we have participated in 5 important rounds of talks with full responsibility to get rid of the problems the political security problems in my country the other party. was not committed at all it has not committed itself a tool to everything because there are pressures practiced on them by other parties that's why we work hard to achieve certain clear. represented in the following we stress the unity sovereignty and the integrity of its territories to put and then then get trained on the terrorist militias and groups and. 3rd to hold for me and my dialogue to be held immediately for all of the libi and to participate the tribes the politicians the activists the end deal was the youths with the. women representatives to be there in the dialogue in order to have that sort of by the die alone to produce and you presume then surely council to form

al qaeda's commander in northern africa is dead.him during a military operation. authorities say he led multiple attacks in the region over the last decade. several of his allies, his buddies were also killed in the operation. and overnight facebook ceo mark zuckerberg defend his decision ask not to remove president trump's posts on nationwide protest. writing an open letter he knew employees were quote angry, disappointed and hurt by the decision. he went on to say in part our platform can play a positive role in helping heal the division in our society. staffers slammed zuckerberg for not censoring the president's post on using military action against protesters. and a light-hearted moment after a day of tension in georgia. national guard members and protesters dancing the mock reina together macarena. the protesters left the area peacefully before it took effect last night. and those are your headlines. look at that. griff: i'm trying to see if i can remember the macarena. do you know who knows it is rick. rick has got it for sur