the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes libya's prime minister and warlord aletha hafter a both in moscow raising hopes for a political settlement to the country's conflict. in iran more rallies against the government or the shooting down of a ukrainian airliner. tens of thousands of people are forced to leave their homes in the philippines as tal volcano spews ash and lava.

berlin military forces aligned with the un recognized government accused those loyal to warlord aletha hafter of shelling residential areas south of the capital that cast doubt over the latest push for peace by war leaders who promise to respect the u.n. arms embargo and work towards a permanent ceasefire asvab our reports from the german capital. it was the most important gathering to and libya's conflict in many years but from the start german chancellor angela merkel was struggling to narrow differences between libya's rivals prime minister of the to play based government of national accord phase the sub was with used to sit down with warlords highly for have to leave merkel shuttling back and forth to convince spaceship powers to help secure a permanent cease fire and stop the flow of arms into the water on country. nothing here in berlin there. everyone with an agreement including the regional organizations the arab league to a you and of course the african union that we need a political solution it's become evident in the last few weeks that there is no chance for a military solution wh

libya's oil production slowed to a new halt after forces loyal to warlord aletha hafter blockaded ports and stopped pipelines it's costing the struggling economy $77000000000.00 a day shortages of basic goods and price rises are expected to follow so anybody has more from libya's last functioning refinery in somewhere that's west of the capital tripoli. alone tanker just offshore from the oil refinery waiting for a shipment of crude oil that may not come for some time we are is 40 kilometers west of the capital tripoli and is the 2nd largest of libya's 6 refineries forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar a blockaded the other 5 oil ports a closed a pipeline servings that we're it's gone from handling $300000.00 barrels of oil a day 0 it's proving an effective weapon leaving libya's oil industry on the verge of collapse it's something the libyan government cannot solve by itself. i think the government of turkey or the government to pressure the european union the united states come to realisation that they stand by us and they stand against this military dictator who wants to control lib

soldiers from libya's un backed government of being cured be in misrata forces loyal to the warlord aletha hafter were trying to advance on the town of abu ghraib misrata is libya's 2nd largest city and is home to groups who oppose after after launches offensive to seize tripoli in april last year a spokesman for half the says there is no political solution to this conflict however the man who. went to moscow and to berlin and before that we went to several other countries we were not searching for a solution we know that the solution is in the gun the solution is in the ammunition and in the hearts of our men still we always try to listen to the international community and the mediators until the world is fully convinced that we are fighting criminal and terrorist groups. in the gambia police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protesters calling for president obama barrow to step down but barrow time to power he promised to step down after 3 years but now he wants to stay on to complete the 5 year presidential term nicolas. it ended before it started after multiple request

al-jazeera here's a reminder about top stories a cease fire has come into effect in libya after walter aletha hafter agreed to. a truce just hours before it was to start there's also been a pause in fighting in serious problems russia and turkey broker both say spots. the death toll from thursday's attack on an army base in these years has risen to at least $800.00 on no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack which is the latest in a wave of violence across west africa so you'll reach. u.s. president donald trump is poised solidarity with protesters in iran anger is growing over the downing of the ukrainian airliner which killed $176.00 people and the government's initial failure to admit responsible. use oton the hide them been tarik alcide is officially welcoming foreign dignitaries in his 1st 4 years later he's met cathouse amir bin ahmed al thani the sultan was sworn in on saturday and has promised to uphold his predecessor's approach as a regional peace maker he took power just hours after his cousin soldier died after a long illness at the age of $79.00 to receive is credited with t

and we're beginning greece where a libyan warlord aletha hafter is jews to hold talks with the prime minister and foreign minister it's part of the latest international effort to win the conflict in libya athens has criticized its exclusion from the un backed peace conference on libya said to be held in berlin on sunday it says it should be included because tripoli signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey. as those talks get underway libya's national oil corporation says its facilities have come under attack warehouses where his fleet of trucks were destroyed the company is a key source of income for the internationally recognized government in tripoli which is trying to overthrow the violence threatens to disrupt libya's fuel supplies. now when the mother we're going to speak to mahmoud abdul wahid in the libyan capital tripoli 1st we go live to john serapion us in athens john what more can you tell us about these talks that are happening there. generally if i have to has gone into a long meeting with the greek foreign minister and it was then vs they still

libya's oil production has slowed to a near halt after forces loyal to warlord aletha hafter blockaded ports and stopped pipelines it's costing the struggling economy $77000000.00 a day shortages of basic goods and price rises are expected to follow tony berthing reports from libya's last functioning refinery in the we're west of the capital tripoli. alone tanker just offshore from the oil refinery waiting for a shipment of crude oil that may not come for some time zawiya is 40 kilometers west of the capital tripoli and is the 2nd largest of libya's 6 refineries forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar blockaded the other 5 oil ports i closed a pipeline servings that we're it's gone from handling 300000 barrels of oil a day to 0 it's proving an effective weapon leaving libya's oil industry on the verge of collapse it's something the libyan government cannot solve by itself. i think the government of turkey or the government to pressure the european union and the united states come to realisation that they stand by us and they stand against this military dictator who wants to control liby

the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes libya's prime minister and warlord aletha hafter a both in moscow raising hopes for a political settlement to the country's conflict. in iran more rallies against the government over the shooting down of a ukrainian airliner. tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes in the philippines as tal volcano spews ash and lava. we look at what's at stake as france prepares to host african leaders grappling with a dramatic surge in violence in the so he'll reach. i'm paul race with the sport the corruption trial of former world athletics chief starts in paris with the 86 year old facing up to 10 years in jail. the leaders of libya's warring sides have arrived in russia's capital for talks after a cease fire came into force there's no suggestion list yet that warlord relief or hafter and the prime minister of the un recognized government fires are also ross will meet but the development is right he hopes the path to ending years of civil conflict international diplomatic efforts to end the fighting have stepped up in recent week