the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. now to hear rather which is trying to with some of the worst flooding in decades. the number of sounds and villages are being evacuated and disaster agencies are struggling to cope and at least 70 people have lost their lives. one of the worst affected areas is khuzestan province, in the south west. and now neighbouring iraq has closed one of its border crossings with iran due to the flooding. adam hancock reports. after three weeks of unprecedented rainfall and, with more bad weather forecast, six more towns and cities are being evacuated in the south—west of iran. people living alongside the swollen karkheh river are currently most at risk. and those forced from their homes willjoin the tens of thousands already displaced. the extreme rains began in mid—march, affecting nearly 2000 villages, towns and cities.

called on troops commanded by a warlord to halt their advance on the capital tripoli un chief antonio gutierrez has been trying to avert a renewed civil war between the militia and the u.n. fact. you're watching news from berlin coming up next a documentary looking at the rwanda genocide that started twenty five years ago this weekend for now in behalf of the whole team thanks so much for watching. first day of school. or first climbing lesson. doors grandma with her arrives. joining a reckoning on her turning back to freedom. in our interactive documentary.

on how to are ordered his forces to not open fire on civilians tripoli is control and chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern i still hope you will be possible to avoid the lobby call from station in and out all tripoli. and united nations as the main. the fail of all the facilitates any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk that's allied to huffed are former u.s. diplomat jim generous police that the current chaos in libya is an inevitable result of the western intervention eight years ago this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in the country and happened in libya in two thousand and eleven this is this is squarely on the doorstep o

is controlled by the un backed government of prime minister fayyad is also raj the un chief antonio gutierrez. the deep going to. and the heavy heart. i still hope you could be possible to avoid a lot of the cold rotations in and out all tripoli. and the united nations remain. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institutions to briefly explain the situation in libya the countries in stand to rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are. saudi arabia has almost completed its first nuclear reactor judging by satellite photographs that have been widely circulated in the media and studied by experts and these images can be seen on google earth and robert kelly former director of the international atomic energy agency said that there is quote very high probability they show the first saudi nuclear reactor riyadh is known to have been developing civilian nuclear energy but has not confirmed the location of the facility among world powe

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern i still hope you will be possible to avoid luvvie also take in and that all tripoli. and united nations remain. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are russia's foreign minister speaking at a media briefing with his egyptian counterpart said all sides should calm down and start talking. to refrain from pointing the finger regarding the latest escalation in libya but the reason for the kind of crisis in libya is nato intervention in two thousand and eleven and since then it's become a failed state so i think that laying the blame at one side's dools of trying to shield the

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving livid at the finish. and a heavy heart. i still hope to be possible to avoid a lot of the. in and out all tripoli. and united nations the main. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution. to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader mode moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia made by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are at this point how far controls about eighty percent of the country and controls just seven percent including coastal territory around tripoli and the city of misrata. and marty about is down colin with the update thank you. meantime independent political analyst alessandro bruno says the situation in libya could still deteriorate further. it's a very serious situation nor matter what happens general have to has gained political currency because military because whether or not the conference in

secure secretary-general antonio gutierrez is now in trip i want to make a very strong appeal. for all military movements to stop there is no military solution for any problem in the world and there is love in military solution for the problems in libya earlier on thursday a military leader ordered his troops to march on the capital tripoli raising the prospect of a large scale confrontation field-marshal khalifa haftar gave a speech to his forces which was also posted online. by you a lot of us our heroes the time has come only as your weapons against those who have decided to fight those who have chosen bloodshed but those who lay down their arms must be spared and it is your responsibility to protect the citizens institutions and interests of the capital. of the country has been torn apart by warring factions since the fall of the gadhafi government eight years ago since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the u.n. and based in tripoli the other in the eastern city of tobruk which is controlled by a highly for hafta his announcement comes days before a u.n.

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern. at the finish. and the heavy heart. i still hope to be possible to avoid a lot of the. in and out all tripoli. and united nations remain. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader morgan moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed our. president of brazil has. the widespread outrage during a visit to a holocaust museum in jerusalem on an official visit to israel. offered up some unconventional views on the political leanings of the nazi party. there is no doubt socialist party the only one else if not it was the national socialist party germany and. leftwing slovenian philosopher who believe was comparing mo

deal with him because of what he's achieved because he has thumbed his nose at united nations antonio gutierrez u.n. secretary general was in tripoli on the day that have to are launched his campaign yet is went to benghazi and have to basically told him he wasn't going to stop now that sort of conduct in a week when the u.n. was trying to launch a new political process proves to me that he's not interested in any sort of political process peter milledge a former u.k. ambassador to libya ambassador we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. thank you. i hope that the new government will let us think full of to keep it inside. not all the time to do to mess with those security and. the problem we have the. blue and white are going to take the elections but it's the right are going to assemble the government i would like to change a government and i think that it's not going to happen to deploy this then your problem is also a problem you seem to mainstream must be sold. look i've listened to expect the right with netanyahu when. the rush is very strong in israel i mean if it go

international community led by the un undersecretary general antonio gutierrez has tried to interveneference on possible new elections will still go ahead, however un troops too have been placed on high alert. kensington palace has disclosed that prince william has spent the past three weeks working with britain's three security and intelligence agencies. i wonder how much hands on stuff he actually did! he described his experiences at m15, m16, and gchq as humbling and said he'd gained an appreciation of the difficult and dangerous work being done on the country's behalf. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. william has carried out his public engagements as normal in the past three weeks, but he's been keeping a secret. by day, he has been spending time inside the closed world of britain's intelligence and security organisations. he had evidently been keen to see their work at first hand and, most unusually, the future king was permitted to spend time with the agencies normally closed to anyone from outside the secret world. he spent his first week at the headquarters

secretary general antonio gutierrez who's been in tripoli ahead of talks on rebuilding libya's fractured political system has been forced to leave the u.n. says the talks will still go ahead. we will not give up this work quickly i know very well that holding the national conference in the conditions of escalation and fighting is difficult but we will insist on holding it on time unless other circumstances interfere. libya has been divided between two competing governments since two thousand and fourteen the un talks are seen as one of the few options for peace in libya the only explanation available to us that he probably wanted to shift the. balance or you know to his favor just days before the reconsideration conference so he can see all he can advance as demands during this conference because negotiations at the end of the day are reflections of. you know on the ground in france foreign ministers of the g. seven group of countries have been voicing their concerns. if libya's opposing forces continue this latest battle for control the road to a political solution will become difficult

international community led by the un secretary general antonio gutierrez has tried to intervene butnew elections will still go ahead, however un troops too have been placed on high alert. thousands of demonstrators across sudan have ta ken thousands of demonstrators across sudan have taken part in what appears to be the biggest series of rallies against the country? president since protests began in december. in the country's capital, khartoum, demonstrators reached the army headquarters for the first time. the building lies close to the presidential compound.security forces used tear gas and made several arrests. so far, the army has not intervened in the protests. kensington palace has disclosed that prince william has spent the past three weeks working with britain's three security and intelligence agencies. he described his experiences at m15, m16 and gchq as humbling and said he'd gained an appreciation of the difficult and dangerous work being done on the country's behalf. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. william has carried out his public engagements as no

obviously the un took the decision to send the secretary general, antonio gutierrez, specifically toth this situation, to try to deal with this situation, to try to deal with this situation, to try to de—escalate the obvious tensions inside tripoli and inside libya itself. it seems that up to this point that has failed, and now they are in a position where they wa nt to they are in a position where they want to try to release a statement that does anything to really try to ta ke that does anything to really try to take away from that tension. certainly if you look at both the un and the g7 group of countries, which includes the us, the uk, france and germany, they are all saying with one voice that more military conflicts, more violence, is not going to solve the real problems inside libya, a country that has been plagued in recent years by chaotic and very tense situations. they are saying it is time for all sides to withdraw and sit back down. but at the same time it is very clear from the failure of those talks involving the secretary general that the warlord, as he is sometimes c

chief antonio gutierrez sit in that all tripoli. and united nations the main. available to facilitate any leads to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader morgan moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk that's allied to huffed are. more this let's cross now to u.s. diplomat a former u.s. diplomat always good to hear from you sir. libya's a mess seems to be ignoring the calls from the u.n. to cease military activity is there any chance that they will back down at this stage. i will as we heard in the report today they've it doesn't seem to be entirely smooth sailing for them and there has been some pushback from the un supported government. and the short answer for everybody is this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in a country that happened in libya in

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern i still hope to be possible to avoid a lot of the rotation in and out all tripoli. and united nations remain. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are. former u.s. diplomat jim john trust believes the current chaos in libya is an inevitable result of the western intervention eight years ago. this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in a country and happened in libya in two thousand and eleven this is this is squarely on the doorstep of david cameron nicolas sarkozy and of course hillary clinton barack obama they were the ones that led this

the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried tohave ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. earlier i asked ahmed sewehli an activist for a democratic libya whether he anticipated more violence as general haftar‘s forces advance on tripoli. unfortunately, i think so. over the past two or three days we have seen attacks from various fronts by haftar‘s militias. haftar has given the order to attack tripoli. however we have seen that the forces loyal to the internationally recognised government in tripoli have repelled a number of attacks and already we're seeing haftar being defeated in a number of locations around tripoli. including tripoli airport where some of his extremist militias have been captured and that is a big blow to haftar. you say a blow to haftar, is this a blow to his credibility then as well? well, on two fronts. it is a blow to his credibility because he has said, he has been deem

the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. opposing rallies have once again been held in venezuela after weeks of power cuts and limited access to water. tens of thousands of supporters of the opposition leader, juan guaido, gathered in the capital caracas on saturday — dismissing suggestions their protest was losing momentum. elsewhere in the city president nicolas maduro also held a rally with a crowd of regime supporters. will grant sent this update from caracas. it has been another day of protests and counter—protests here in venezuela. the first was led byjuan guaido, the opposition leader and self—declared interim president. he urged his supporters to come onto the streets to protest against the deteriorating state of the country, specifically the rolling energy blackouts taking place across the nation, and the knock—on effects of water shortages.

the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried tove ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. hundreds of people have been protesting in central london against brunei's strict new laws on homosexuality. protestors gathered outside the dorchester hotel, which is owned by the brunei investment agency. brunei has increased the punishment for sex between gay men to stoning to death, while lesbian sex will be punished by a0 lashes or ten years injail. jon ironmonger reports. many protests start at the dorchester but this time it is the target and this time there is a barrier. around 200 demonstrators surrounded the five—star hotel, this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business, one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he has introduced are comparable to the extreme sharia laws that were imposed by isis when it ruled in its so—called caliphate in syria and

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern. a deep concern and the heavy heart. i still hope you can be possible to avoid luvvie. in and out all tripoli. and united nations as the main. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institutions to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader most moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are. the university of kansas to control the city i'll explain why after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next about different clubs on one hand it is logical to

the international community led by the - secretary—general has antonioni antonio gutierrez, has triedit insists that a conference and possible new elections will still go ahead. however, un troops puzzle have been placed on high alert. palestinians have reacted with fury to a threat from the israeli prime minister to annex settlements. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he will annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank if he is re—elected. israelis go to the polls on tuesday and mr netanyahu is competing for votes with right—wing parties who support annexing part of the west bank. the settlements are illegal under international law, though israel disputes this. this is what mr netanyahu had to say. apologies, we can't bring you that extra ct apologies, we can't bring you that extract from the interview of mr netanyahu. extract from the interview of mr neta nyahu. but we extract from the interview of mr netanyahu. but we will bring it to you again in a subsequent hour. three uk children's commissioner is have asked the un to investigate the use of restraint in

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secretary general antonio gutierrez who happened to be in tripoli and was fortsed to do shuttle diplomacyhich obviously failed. we do have new information this hour, u.s. troops, a contingent of them, have been relocated. another reminder of just how dangerous this is. >> we'll stay in touch with you. thank you. >>> now we turn to iran which is threatening to classify the united states military as a terrorist organization. its push back because the trump administration is expected to designate iran's revolutionary guard corps as a terror group as early as next week. the u.s. and iran both accuse each other's armies of killing innocent people. >>> and iran's leader is demanding iraq's people to leave that area. the ayatollah khamenei said the u.s. does not support democracy there. >>> we turn to a different story affecting iran. derek van dam is here with us bhaus they're having having dangerous flooding. >> it's debilitating their country's road network. over 1900 towns and villages have also been flooded. take a look at a video coming out of the region. it is devastates. it's showing the

the secretary general of the united nations, antonio gutierrez just tweeted he's, quote, horrified byng from paris, with the fire engulfing notre dame cathedral, a unique example of world heritage, which has stood tall since the 14th century. we also have reaction from president trump, who just weighed in minutes ago. take a listen. >> it's one of the great treasures of the world. the greatest artists in the world. probably, if you think about it, i would say, jobina, it might be greater than almost any museum in the world. and it's burning very badly. looks like it's burning to the ground. so that puts a damper on what we're about to say, to be honest, because that is beyond countries, that's beyond anything. that's a part of our growing up, it's a part of our culture. it's a part of our lives. that's a truly great cathedral. and i've been there and i've seen it, and there's no cathedral -- i think i can say, there's probably no cathedral in the world like it. it's a terrible scene. they think it was caused by, at this moment, they don't know, but they think it was caused by renovati

chief antonio gutierrez meeting egypt's grapd i'm man.ty denouncing hate speech as well as anti-semitism. >>> new zealand's lawmakers voting overwhelmingly in favor of new gun restrictions. the vote was the first of three they must pass before the bill becomes law. >>> some encouraging news about prostate cancer. a new study from the american cancer society reveals the disease has decreased or stabilized in most parts of the world. the u.s. had the largest drop over the past five years due to the growing use of psa screening tests. so a little good news there. that's the news update at this hour carl, back downtown to you. >> sue, thank you very much. welcome back to "squawk on the stree street". sara eisen is in washington where she'll soon join imf chief christine lagarde for a first on cnbc interview an hour into the trading session, dow down 63 a lot of that is walgreens boots alliance s&p relatively flat. that is a big discussion today, morgan, about whether or not holding these levels is a victory for the bulls after the big rally y

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the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried tohave ultimately failed in stopping the crisis.