“ libya and the west be better off if gaddafi had stayed in power?rgue yes, and a gaddafi you could argue yes, and a gaddafi you could walk the streets of tripoli at night and it was safe but that was a piece of the graveyard, he was ruling with an iron fist, he was keeping a thumb on people, people we re keeping a thumb on people, people were imprisoned, sometimes the violence is being exported outside his borders, the systems are never sta ble his borders, the systems are never stable and they are going to colla pse stable and they are going to collapse at some point and when they do we're seeing the results across the middle east. and in europe as well with migrants still trying to leave libya, a story today the libyan navy picked up a boat full of migrants trying to get to europe from africa 217 of them were rescued this time around, what is the situation now with migrants who are trying to leave libya and how destabilising is it to europe? this is the huge catastrophe of post—revolutionary libya is it has opened the space for the flow of migrant

gaddafi's dead man now because he gave up his nuclear weapons. and so to think that somebody's going to go in and charm him out of that is not realistic. is there some progress that can? be m i hope so, but that's a big hurdle. >> sreenivasan: democratic senator dianne feinstein wasef also h about the talks but not confident north korea would keep any promises if a nuclear deal is made. >> the question is whether it lasts or not. and of course the reputation of the north koreans has been that pthey don't necessarily k their agreements. >> sreenivasan: today is earth day, an event that began in 1970 and is often considerethe beginning of the modern environmental movement. this year the issue at the top of the agenda is plastic. from grocery bags to plastic straws to tiny micro-beads in everything from soap to make-up, the earth is swamped in plastic, and will remain so forti genes to come. so what can be done? joining me now is jenna jambeck, associate ofessor of environmental engineering at the university of georgia, who is marking this earth day

eric: that infers gaddafi giving up your weapons. all of the betting he would not give up the nuclear weapons. it is a nuclear state. as the us allies recognize him as a nuclear state and move on, maybe like accepting india, pakistan, et cetera? >> that's an important question. i think that we will not recognize him as a nuclear state. i think we'll try to get beyond that, more like a gaddafi type situation where you -- and i think kim jong-un also mentioned the fact that nuclear weapons may not be useful, especially if he's talking about doing economic development for north korea. eric: look at what happened to gaddafi, his stuff was shipped to oak ridge, tennessee. iit's all there. is it going to put a noose on him or shoot him in the head? >> apples and oranges here, eric. i think that north korea looking at the korean peninsula itself, the culture, language, the relationship they've got with the republic of korea, president moon's diplomacy right now. and i always like to remember that this is not just a korean peninsula issue. t

in the aftermath of the execution of saddam hussein, and the murder of gaddafi, the people around dictators weapons, the way to preserve the regime and stay safe, to make sure what happened to saddam or gaddafi does not happen to you, is to ensure that they cannot push you to the brink." it was one of the great challenges of the 20th century. how do we get past that? maybe through president trump and co, this is it. the two meet in the next few weeks, so we will return to that. that is something we will definitely be discussing in the coming weeks. meanwhile, two european leaders visited washington dc this week. france's president emmanuel macron spent three days with donald trump — germany's chancellor angela merkel, barely three hours. they both hoped to head—off us tariffs on eu exports of steel and aluminium, and to persuade the us president to stick with the iran nuclear deal. only one of them managed that visible rapport, with endless smiles and back—slapping. the us president called his french counterpart "perfect". except for the dandruff. except for the dandruff! macron made quite

gaddafi. was an all—out aerial campaign to topple gaddafi. topple gaddafi. forces ofjihadi 's in libya which was a legitimate question. limited air strikes as some kind of punishment to president assad? punishment to president assad? can't continue doing this with impunity? of course i am. julian's view is absolutely valid. view is absolutely valid. think we are speaking at cross purposes at all. purposes at all. modern warfare is about —— the libya vote. and what is the end state. we are not prepared to tolerate that. that. some sort of limited action. that is only the conversation i want to see. only the conversation i want to see. this morning, but i'm sure he feels the same way and i agree with him. the same way and i agree with him. we don't want to end up in some mess that has gone before. that has gone before. parliament for some sort of action as a shot across the bows? as a shot across the bows? you can make these decisions, get on with it, briefly? with it, briefly? cook's speech on that last night in 2004, and the mistakes are chronic. 2004, and the mistakes are chronic. pos

hussein, nuclear —— want to be like colonel gaddafi and saddam hussein, nuclear weapons guarantee usere be a decrease of weapons and the stopping of testing permanently and could there be diplomatic relations? established between north korea and the united states. enough to make a good photo opportunities at the summit and to make everybody feel better and that is pretty good. we will talk more about where it might go if anywhere. to what extent is this about the trump administration and the moves made there because we should remember the first round of talks is with the south in a couple of days‘ time. exactly, would be looking at the talks on friday carefully between kim jong—un and moonjae—in. there has been some talk of the northern koreans agreeing to american troops remaining in south korea. there is an element of scepticism about this, whether it will happen, but the south korean president has certainly said this on record and it will be interesting to see whether this materialises. the big question is, what is deemed to be a success or what will deemed to be a success? is it

but after gaddafi was killed in 2011 during the early days of the arab spring nearly 30,000 tuareg madeth from libya back to mali. ♪ ♪ ahmed kaidy says the tuareg are the masters of the sahara, vigating the dunes only following the stars, surviving in one of earth's most inhospitable places.h' and their music reflects this experience of traveling the desert. >> ( translated ): it follows the rhythm of the camels walking, like hmmmmmmmmmm.me it's like a trance. you are alone with the camels, and you hum to the rhf the camel. it's like a trance that helps you make the long jrney ahead,ma and you are alone, no one to talk to.y ♪ ♪ >> reporter: tuareg culture became known in the west thanks to music, and the so called, tuareg blues. ds ♪ every year music bathered in a desert festival outside thm fabled city ofktu. even western singers-- like u2's bono-- flocked there but for the last five years, the festival has been cancelled after violence ripped through northern mali.i. by january, 2012, a tuarega militia began to fight for independence from mali, and its own tuareg nation. guns from lib

do regime change, it was going to be great with gaddafi con -- gone. >> i didn't agree with gaddafi. i remember the secretary, pummeled by committee members to ensure that it was the policy of the administration that assad had to leave. i remember, maybe not every person, but i'm sorry. not upset with everybody on this committee. senator booker. senator booker: my last line of questioning, i do appreciate your religious freedom, my religious freedom. you hold your beliefs, what you think about, homosexuality, create thell this climate of said -- treating people equally, even though it might put a chill on people that worked with you. worked with you sent me a letter today. sen. coons: for work a minute ago, that objection. ellisonwelcomed keith to the united states. it is very heartfelt, personal letter about the nomination. i wonder if we could move on a little bit, talk about freedom of the press. administrations treatment of the press has been adversarial at the least a gentle way of putting it. the president attacked the media on his first day in office on the reporting of the in

in 2011, after a missile strike against colonel gaddafi in libya and his forces, david cameron askedxplicit retrospective approval from parliament for that strike. theresa may does not want that. she does not wa nt may does not want that. she does not want a defeat on something substantial, you know, a motion either approving or disapproving the government's action. what i think may be possible if the opposition decides to go down this road is to have a vote on a motion acknowledge in the house of commons has had a sad of some kind. —— the criticism of that is that it would be pretty meaningless. it will be a dramatic day in the commons tomorrow. it will look like it has been discussed and argued about. the legality of this. where might the action go if bashar al—assad uses chemical weapons and the future. the question is what they will get at the end of it. the father of stephen lawrence, murdered 25 years ago this month, when he was just 18 years old, has told the bbc that he has forgiven the killers. in an exclusive interview, neville lawrence said it was one of the hardest things

sure, libya is a little calmer now, seven years after the death of colonel gaddafi. are doing a lot. so you're making progress? yes, yes. what do you need from the international community? we need really support. we need them not to lose this chance. another patrol boat returns to tripoli packed with migrants. many will now be sent home. i don't know what to do. i was just trying to help myself. some will call this progress, libya finally trying to control its borders once again. but it's going to be a busy year. well, these somalis are safer now, but 2018 has not got off to a promising start. the authorities here in tripoli said that they've already rescued more than 3000 people from the mediterranean. that's far more than at the same time last year. it is a huge challenge for libya and for all those still determined to chase a better life. andrew harding, bbc news, tripoli. facebook has published new guidelines for the content allowed on its site, and created a new appeal process. the company is trying to repair levels of trust since the privacy row surrounding the

ashore, libya is a little calmer 110w, seven years after the death of colonel gaddafi.rd one to help. another patrol boat returns to tripoli, packed with migrants. many will now be sent home, better than rotting in a libyan camp. i tried to go home. you tried to go home? i am sick, very sick. i don't know what to do. i can't do anything. i cannot help myself. i don't know what to say. do you think you may be sent back to somalia now? no, i cannot go back to my country, you know. why not? there are a lot of troubles in my life. some will call this progress, libya finally trying to control its borders once more. but it is going to be a busy year. well, these somalis are safe for now, but 2018 has not got off to a promising start, the authorities here in tripoli say that they have already rescued more than 3000 people from the mediterranean. that is far more than at the same time last year. it is a huge challenge for libya and for all those still determined to chase a better life. andrew harding, bbc news, tripoli. the man who's made a billion—pound bid to buy wembley stad

way to preserve your regime, to stay safe, do not have what happened to saddam hussein or colonel gaddafi the brink. it was one of the great challenges for the 21st century political environment. how do we get past that? maybe, weirdly, through president trump, this is it. well, the two meeting the next few weeks, roughly, so we will return that, of course. that is something we will definitely be discussing around this table in the coming weeks. meanwhile, two european leaders visited washington, dc this week. france's president emmanuel macron spent three days with donald trump. germany's chancellor angela merkel, barely three hours. they were both wanting to head off us tariffs on eu exports of steel and aluminium, and to persuade the us president to stick with the orion nuclear deal. 0nly stick with the orion nuclear deal. only one of them, perhaps, managed that visible rapport. you'll remember the endless smiles and backslapping and the us resident calling his french counterpart perfect. except for the dandruff. except for the dandruff! damning with faint praise, perhaps. president ma

in 2011 david cameron went and got approval after agreeing to air strikes against colonel gaddafi intheresa may is breaking the convention we have become used to over the last ten yea rs 01’ become used to over the last ten years 01’ so. become used to over the last ten years or so. becky. let's get the latest now from our correspondent barbara plett usher in washington. what has the reaction been in washington? thinking the foreign policy community and amongst lawmakers generally there was sporting the idea of striking a strike against chemical weapons facilities in order to deter the use of these agents again ulster but there has been criticism from some lawmakers saying that the president should have consulted congress burst. more broadly than that there has been quite a lot of criticism about what next? using this strike to say a strike is not a strategy. the president should have taken this opportunity to lay out the more long—term vision of what he wants. 0n the one hand although he said this has been a sustained campaign to prevent president aside from using chemical weapons a

regime change has not worked and somewhat jokingly said when gaddafi is gone, what are we going to do elect jeffer son in they don't have a history of our western moores or western ideas of democracy and not getting better, we'll get worse. one of iran's best allies or iran's best ally now is eye reason sometimes more so than so we have to understand the president understood this and my fear has been that director pompeo dunn share that point of view. i asked him here. he said it was a long time ago. i talked to him again, again, again. i talked to the president again and again and again. what i hear from thep, no one is changing the mines. many of the wars were ill advised the gel is to get us out. that is a goal i share. so actually i want people around him who actually will give the advice and not try to persuade him that war is the answer to things. we have a variety of opinions and believe on which way the president us going to go in a good direction ored about and my side would like to go and stay forever but i want people to understand not only the country but i hope that the d

after colonel gaddafi was butchered by his own people, north korea's agency commented that libya sufferedweapons of mass destruction. not so long ago, north korea was boasting of its h—bomb ofjustice. superficial gestures towards peace aside, the kim's dynasty long—term goal of regime survival hasn't changed. that means that donald trump may be being played for a sucker. joining me now to discuss is former clinton cabinet secretary and former us ambassador to the united nations bill richardson. he has also served as a us emissary to north korea and visited the country multiple times. president trump will meet them both in may — do you believe donald trump is being played do you have optimism about that? over the years i have been pessimistic about any prospects of peace. at this summit and who is running the show, i am encouraged and optimistic. i think you will see tomorrow a lot of symbolism, pageantry and i am hearing kimjong—un is going to cross the dmz and shake the hand of the south korean. symbolically, i think it will be more important pageantry than substance, but nonetheless, i

mean, one of the very clear things, the first thing i can remember is kim jong-un on talking about gaddafi, he gave up his weapons and how did that work out? there is so much uncertainty right now between now and these two big things. it is hard to know. you have one new player, john bolton has taken over today, whether mr. pompeo will be in place by then is i think somewhat in the air. i do not know. but it is hard for me to believe that it will not have an impact, that it will not be related. in terms of how whatever happens on may 11 tied to things that may or may not happen in these negotiations long-term that should also, i think to some degree, be informed by the korean summit, which happens i think before that. so i am -- i mean, i do not know. i think -- and i am one who supported the iran agreement, and it has its flaws, but it also has its strengths. the downside of moving out of that in terms of iran's ability to bring nuclear weapons forward, and we forget how rapidly they can move their technology. that is a huge concern i have. and then the the knock-on effects for other coun

that because north korea, you know, they're not oblivious to history and they saw what happened when gaddafiya totally gave up his nuclear weapons and he was no longer in libya any more. north korea is also in a position of trying to preserve and protect themselves and they are playing a very strategic game that perhaps currently our president is not playing. we have to play hard ball we have to willing to come to the table looking at the forest not just the trees. >> we are here because -- >> he went crazy talking about a button that he had and -- >> it was tactical and it worked. >> do we think it was tactical or -- >> absolutely. >> i think it was donald trump puffing smoke and i don't think we knew how north korea -- >> i think we just fell into it. donald trump is is not as strategic as folks want to give him credit for. >> let me tell you -- >> if i'm china and i'm seeing him demand that nato increases their ante on their defense spending and troop exercises and the movement of troops to the baltic states, i see "the mother of all bombs" being dropped and i see attacks from of tomahawk

when ronald reagan 32 years ago did the same thing to gaddafi, strikes out of great britain and off navy carriers. he didn't go to congress and he just did it. and then i hope this is what the president does tomorrow and if necessary continues to strike at target and make sure that assad regime cannot do it again. going after the sea ports and all of those runway and command and control. i tell you, if russians persist in this effort to deny use the intelligence asset and so called drones and satellites. if that is what they want and interfere with our intelligence surveillance and recognizance. >> sean: stand by. the prime minister of great britain theresa may released a statement. this evening, i authorized britain armed forces to conduct strikes to deter syrian's use of chemical weapons. we are acting together with american and french ally and went on about the chemical weapons attack that kill would 70 people including young children in circumstances of pure horror. and the attack should surprise no one. mike has new information in the israeli bureau tonight. >> reporter: we are hear

[laughter] one of the very clear things that i can remember kim jong-un saying was talking about gaddafi. gave up his weapons and how did that work out? it's just hard to know and you have one new player, john bolton has taken over today. whether mr. pompeo will be in place by then is somewhat up in the air, i just don't know. it's hard for me to believe that it won't have an impact, that it won't be related in terms of whatever happens on may 11 tied to things that may or may not happen in these negotiations long-term. i think that should also be informed by the korean summit. which happens before that. i just don't know. i think, and i'm one that supported the iran agreement. it has its flaws and its strengths. the downside of moving out of abilityterms of iran's to bring a nuclear weapon forward and we forget how rapidly they are able to move their technology. that is a huge concern i have. and the knock on effects for other countries -- and the reason i talked about earlier is part of this as well. i don't know how kim jong-un on and his advisers would not be paying a lot of attentio

muammar gaddafi, that didn't end well.to look at what's happening with iran now where we want to renegotiate the agreement that we made. i just think from a rational perspective, i'm not quite sure what's in it at this point for kim jong-un if he has already done these things that he said he's going to do. >> i've also heard numerous times what he really craves is relevance, and what we've given him by elevating in this conversation is relevance. rick stengel, thank you so much for coming by tonight. we're always happy to hear your viewpoint on stories like this. >>> coming up, one sure fire way of knowing when the president just learned something brand-new. that's when "the 11th hour" continues. this is a jungle gym... and a baseball diamond... ...a mythical castle... and a grand banquet hall. this is not just a yard. it's where memories are made. the john deere x350 select series with the exclusive one-touch mulchcontrol system. nothing runs like a deere® save 200 dollars on the x350 select series tractors at your john d

in one instance in 2011, when there were air strikes against colonel gaddafi's forces in libya, davidns a few days later but still sought to get retrospective approval. there is no sign today that the government want to do that either. so there will not bea to do that either. so there will not be a vote and it does not look like the government will put down a promotion for mps to vote on but there would be a debate. the prime minister will make a statement and i think she will be under some pressure to explain why she did not true that parliament should be consulted and she will be under pressure to explain what happens next. where might the school, what if there is another use of chemical weapons by the assad regime in a few weeks' time? will there be a repeat of this military action? i think thatis of this military action? i think that is where the questioning will go. we will want to know, mps, where this fits into a broader strategy for the country and that civil war that theresa may has made clear today that the uk has no interest in getting further involved in. then, we will hav

notably in 2011 when david cameronjoined air strikes against colonel gaddafi's regime in libya.f days later to get approval. but there is no sign in this instance that the government has any intention of getting parliamentary approval retrospectively. there will be a debate in the house of commons on monday. theresa may will make a statement and mps will be able to chip in to have their say, but there is no sign the government will ask for their approval even after the event. it could be the convention around parliamentary approval for military action is changing again. in the prime minister's view, there was a time imperative to take this action, to stop chemical weapons being used again, and send a clear message to president assad that this is completely unacceptable. but the political row is raging and i think it will rumble on into next week, primarily because the question remains, what happens if the government finds itself in this position again and chemical weapons are used in a week or two weeks? will we see this action repeated and at what point will parliament have a s

effect of sanctions i think mr trump is right there, but on the other hand, they know what happened to gaddafir argument would be and it is there argument andi would be and it is there argument and i thought it presented to me many times. if we give these up we are vulnerable and looks what has happened to other vulnerable states, the west generally does not like so i can't see them just saying oh yes, of course he will trust you and he will give up of course he will trust you and he willgive up our of course he will trust you and he will give up our nuclear weapons. they will stop maybe but they won't do the sort of thing that the americans keep talking about, com plete americans keep talking about, complete verification, complete dismantling. sure, but they could say yes we will do all that, but you need to get rid of your nuclear weapons first, you need to take away the nuclear umbrella from japan and germany south from south korea. i mean it sounds as if you're suggesting that the stocks are a nonsta rter suggesting that the stocks are a nonstarter really. no, ithink suggesting that the st

international court of justice, there are lots and lots of details —— so they do not end up like gaddafixpectations and hope. he clearly mentioned the message at the beginning of the talks. although i don‘t believe him. but maybe he is saying that with his true mind. that is what i hope. people will understand your scepticism at what you have seen. but you said yourself, the emotions you felt, possibly on seeing something... i know they have met before but this feels different. describe the emotions you felt, possibly seeing something you never imagined he would? to me the emotion is because of the summit. maybe this will bring a better chance to north korean people. but on the same time i don‘t see this in a really beautiful way because kim jong—un, he see this in a really beautiful way because kimjong—un, he is a crazy dictator at the moment. he is killing people, putting people in public executions, sending them to political prison. we shouldn‘t forget about this. after he met president g in china and the relationship between china and north korea went really well, china is trying to

in libya in 2011 when they went beyond simply striking the country and overthrew the previous -- gaddafi support for syria. so yes, we are seeing old allies coming together. there was a meeting just last week between turkey. at that we are also seeing the turks play a different game here than they were during the cold war. we have seen turkey, iran and syria and russia come together civil warssue of the in syria. i think that is something that is new in a way. seen gdpna, we have try to present this alternative model of leadership. it is not terribly palatable. let's be incredibly crude here. leadership here comes by the exercise of brute force. havehinese very wisely given themselves that. advice, i say american statement is look at them. as a relative or the recently, this was the second-biggest economy in the world with zero influence anywhere because they did have an army. you never allowed to exercise a strength or vice muscles. in this respect, the chinese can do very little except advise caution. but cap americans, look at the front and the british. they're all summit to flex thei

that -- well, we heard the same thing of course about saddam hussein, we heard the same thing about gaddafi and we end up creating total chaos in that part of the world. >> no regime in modern history in the middle east including saddam hussein's has killed as many of its own citizens, has produced external and internal displacement of its own citizens on the scale of the assad regime. no. it's unique. sadly. >> well, let me just say, mr. ambassador, you read history differently than i do. that is an area that is filled with dictators, it's filled with a for tearian rech sheems, filled with our allies that people rose up against them as rising up against assad. he is a bad guy, a dictator, everything you said but he is not that different from these other regimes once they are challenged, once they were challenged don't tell me the qatar government wouldn't mow down all of their guest workers if there was an uprising in qatar and vice versa with these other regimes. i'm very disturbed by the fact that we're sliding into a war and not having an out that will not lead us to major military comm

one is i believe obama went into tripoli without congressional powers to get gaddafi out, and i also he made many statements about drawing a red line in the sand with syria when actually he did absolutely nothing while many, many civilians were being gassed, killed, murdered -- this is the whole time with obama as president. with trump knocking on the same plane as the protocol you would use, but let's look at what obama did -- absolutely nothing. i would like to make it, to all the democrats. i know they hate trump, and i can understand it to a certain extent, but let's look at new york and california as two hotspots where you have governors and mayors that are sitting there with the cities that have just gone ballistic with the legals, -- illegals, and all the crime and everything else. you take a hard, down-two-the ground looks, where democrats are running large cities in large states, they really are in bad shape. host: let's look at crime. guest: new york city is now the city -- thesafest safest big city in all of america. crime is at an all-time low in new york city. so it is n

if you kill assad i am not sure they will be the chaos that they could be had gaddafi been decapitated strongman is, it is one of the security chiefs. there could be a smooth transition to power if the united states tries to decapitate president assad like they did at the beginning of the war in 2003 with president saddam hussein. what happens to iran, which is in a sense, getting into a proxy war with the united states, and saudi arabia, one of the countries very likely to get more involved if the united states escalates? excellent question. the situation here is that the united states does not appear to have struck any iranian targets, it does not appear to have struck any paramilitary organisations that are supported by iran. any of the foreign shia that have been brought in by the iranians to do all the fighting, and we need to say that the organisations that have been fighting on the battlefield and defeating the rebels, it is not the syrian army. the fact that the united... did not degrade... they can continue to push the offensive is and continue to attack and degrade the rebels