people smuggling flourished after the fall gaddafi 8 years ago. hundreds of thousands came here in the hope of making it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. e risk war continues, increases, and libya offers little refuge. s,entin sommerville, bbc n beirut. laura: for more on the situation in libya, i spoke earlnir with a fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. you are just back om libya. what is this strike on the grant center telling us about the state of the conflict there? >> this is a three-month war that has a tremendous effect on -- horrendous effect on tripn.i's civilian populat we are talking massive numbers of casualties, over 700ead, thousands of families displaced. the front lines are very close to populated areas. when i was there i saw airstres on civilian homes. these migrant centers are right in t firing line. in some sense this isbu shockin, it is also predictable. laura: who has the upper hand at the moment? is it general haftar? >> general

targeted the funeral of a former military commander aligned with the former libyan leader muammar gaddafilibyan special forces was attending the funeral , but was unharmed. we have more from tripoli. very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit, which are under control of the warlord. was a funeralthis held for a former of the special forces units, and he worked under the former regime of muammar gaddafi, but in that cemetery, there were military units, including special units forces individuals, including the current commander, the major general. we know these explosions could be used as a pretext to push the special forces individual to join the military campaign to seize tripoli. especially we know many special forces individuals, including the current commander, they refused to join the military campaign to move on tripoli. we also know that medical sources say that the number of victims could rise, especially those who have been in critical condition. >> the ruling military counsel in sudan says it has foiled a military coup and arrested 16 officers, including the allege

s are debating what to do with frozen funds in the accounts of ousted libyan leader muammar gaddafi hala boyko has more. if you run a business say one of these offices or shop before 2011 then your landlord what do you mean one colonel gaddafi he like to be known as the king of kings and his big bank reflected that before his downfall and death in 2011 exactly as libyan investment authority had amassed some 12000000000 pounds worth of assets in the u.k. alone among them in portland house on london's oxford street the 2011 un backed libyan intervention came with a un backed libyan asset freeze 2 that meant that any libyan accounts in the u.k. were frozen and according to a report by a government committee the u.k. tax man could be scooping tax from those frozen assets the government said make did that its own $17000000.00 pounds in tax on the frozen libyan assets in the process 3 years h.-m. revenue and customs that the tax man here won't reveal any more than mt and now some british politicians want that tax revenue to be put to good use the deputy head of the of the nihilists deano he pr

people—smuggling flourished after the fall of gaddafi eight years ago.dreds of thousands came here in the hope of making it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. but as the war continues, the risk increases and libya offers them little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. there's been an angry exchange of words between china and britain over the recent mass demonstrations in hong kong. the british foreign secretary has warned of "serious consequences" for china if the rights of people living in the territory are infringed. in response, chinese officials accuse the uk of indulging "colonial era fantasies". 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. the aftermath of an invasion. this was hong kong's parliament today, where they were beginning to clear up the mess left by protesters on monday. for many pro—democracy campaigners, their demonstration was peaceful. but for some, it was violent, forcing their way into the legislative council, where they wrought substantial

but not all south africans have the same attitude as gaddafi in his main my leg was neighbors helping me get back on his feet after the attack they gave him blankets food and most importantly the strength to carry on. and as i was on the high court right that's not right we are all humans we should treat each other with respect and show born to he is human no matter where he comes from. we have a handful of his neighbors neko has restored his old shop he hopes he will be able to restock soon but those responsible for the death of his partner still have not been found the police did not want to investigate the mother of a foreigner he still feels the culprits might return at any time. now it's great that he has some good neighbors to supportive reminds us that there are still good side to humanity xenophobia is a serious issue that needs to be addressed in south africa especially as a long way to go in dealing with it to get to the heart of the issue we sent our reporter money to alexandra it township of johannesburg known for frequent outburst of violence against foreigners he spoke w

dispatches, advisers told an undercover reporter that they had this secured visas for a member of the gaddafiat they are saying is what they are doing is slightly not actually telling, saying whether they've got links to vladimir putin to the chinese military. there's always been golden visas for someone or something, it's always been that way. may in the news it's they suspended it and they brought it back in. but it's always been that way. the person who might have to sort this out is mentioned in the independent. johnson lives up to tell to beat next home secretary. new pm is not a british drum. how so? how so with priti patel? how does it work? what does that mean? that she is not white? well, there isa that she is not white? well, there is a woman in one of the great offices of state, which is... and she's a of colour? is that what that is about, the headline? they are saying... who is going to go where. sajid javid is going to be chancellor, and penny mordaunt for home secretary, and so who knows? we have no idea what is going on. they'll be in and out, shuffled on beds,... more than li

people—smuggling flourished after the fall of gaddafi eight years ago.eds of thousands came here in the hope of making it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. but as the war continues, the risk increases and libya offers them little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. the north korean leadership has described washington as determined to carry on with hostile acts against it, despite president trump's call for more talks. the us president met with kim jong—un just a few days ago and agreed to continue talks on north korea's nuclear programme. but now pyongyang's representatives to the united nations say the us wants to undermine the peaceful atmosphere in the korea peninsula and call on all countries to be vigilant. north korean diplomats say their statement is in response to us allegations that pyongyang had breached a cap on refined petroleum imports and had asked all un members to send expatriate north korean workers home. there's been an angry exchange of words between

he's an ally of gaddafi.then came back into thousand and 11 when colonel gaddafi was killed. he has ambitions to take over the whole country. —— came back into thousand and 11. his ambitions have stuttered in the last few weeks. yesterday, his forces said they were going to start heavy air strikes after what they called traditional means of war had failed. there's a certain amount of circumstantial evidence that his forces were responsible and not anyone else. so, that gives us the context of the political security and in the middle of this mix, you have a huge number of people being held in these detention camps. are we talking about people who are there because they are refugees? economic migrants? what do we know about them ? economic migrants? what do we know about them? it's the same kind of people with scene in these camps for yea rs people with scene in these camps for years and it's an appalling indictment of the situation. people being pending, often abused horribly by militia groups and others and t

libyans are extremely frustrated -- some i've spoken to discuss that about what's happened since -- gaddafi was overthrown back in twenty eleven and the situation remains as unstable it seems. for them as it have as as it ever walls -- the words of the invoicece from you and gas on saturday saying this amounts to a war crime. that can be said but it's unlikely anybody be brought to book of what has happened. yeah -- a i agree i concur with that -- given the current backdrop of war and the statements that we've seen from different multilateral institutioions run right before- it's five minutes ago there was also a statement from -- the us state department on this particular -- erroror ratat on e detention center everyonone has avoided the name pop star -- everyone has not. been able to producuce the statement that iraq the condemns in. so give in the current backdrop of the old lord this is the fact to a green light to operate with impunity and the the international community's reall. letting -- this a default and get worse to be honest and i think it will be a pr nightmare- for the internat

people—smuggling flourished after the fall of gaddafi eight years ago.dreds of thousands came here in the hope of making it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. but as the war continues, the risk increases and libya offers them little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. we will be hearing more on this later. more analysis from refugees international, that organisation. let us move on for a moment. let's get some of the day's other news. a federaljudge in ohio has temporarily blocked a law that would have banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. there have been rallies across the country and in washington, dc against states imposing such restrictive measures. the law in ohio would have been one of the strictest, with no exemptions even in case of rape or incest. argentina's energy secretary has claimed the blackout that affected argentina and uruguay last month was caused by a chain of failures originating with an electricity transport company. more than 50 million pe

people smuggling flourished after the fall of gaddafi eight years ago.ing it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. but as the war continues the risk increases and libya offers them little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. our top story this lunchtime. two railway workers have been killed after being hit by a train near port talbot in south wales. coming up to british players are in second round action in wimbledon as is the teenage sensation cori gauff. coming up on bbc news. england's attempt to build a big total in their crucial world cup match against new zealand. if they win in durham, they will reach the semifinals of the tournament. more people are downloading it than facebook, instagram or twitter — but if you're not a teenager, you may not have heard of tiktok. it's the fastest growing social media app — but its owners have apologised, after it emerged that users have felt pressurised into sending money to their favourite influencers. tiktok lets people send ‘digi

or take any measures that exacerbated libya has been torn by conflict since long time ruler mamata gaddafi was overthrown in 2011 it's divided between warring militia groups which mostly back to rival governments the un recognized administration led by prime minister fayyad is a set of base in tripoli it's supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east there is the to brooke based government the center of power for warlords. he's backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the united arab emirates france's also accused of providing military support to his forces william lawrence is a professor at george washington university's elliott school of international affairs he says governments are ignoring a u.n. arms embargo on weapons. there are american weapons on both sides chinese drones on both sides russian weapons on both sides and a number of the both the p 5 at the security council and number of the other nations that you mentioned and some others are doing things that viola

between competing factions sincs 2011, when theand allies helped topple longtime dictator moammar gaddafi. fighting has also made an already desperate jourr migrants trying to reach europe anen more dangerous, and deadly. an estimated 6,000ish in libyan detention-- at least half close to the front lines of conflict. elinor raikes is europe and north africa director for the international rescue committee. >> in the last three months, you know, in tripoli and the riighboring areas around tli have become an active warzone. so now we have migrants who are in abysmal conditions in detention but on top of that they can't flee to safer areas of the city. >> yang: many of the migrants were rounded up by libya's coast guard, trained and funded by the european union, to prevent their crossing the mediterranean. >> the e.u. and several member states of the e.u. have effectively begun criminalizing aid agencies who were providing search and rescue services in the mediterranean sea. and, in the absence of those search and rescue operations, people who continue to try to flee libya and cross the medite

and all of this multi—faceted insecurity can be traced back to colonel gaddafi being deposed and killedr — i asked him whether general haftar has the means to have carried out this attack. i think the general sense is that it was not done on purpose, what the general and his people and forces had said it is to put the blame on the militias, visa militias at the moment you are backing the government in tripoli, and they have their arms and encampments nearby where the migrants are being kept. now, that is being pretrade by the general‘s forces is using human shields, it could be that the fighting in the past two months has been putting the migrants on the front line adding to the already very serious problems in any case. we spoke for about his efforts to get tripoli where has he got what that? depress the leaks he made progress, but he didn't get into the city, his helper would have been that the militias would have changed sides and he would have been able to come in reasonably without too much bloodshed that's what he was saying he would do and his backers are hoping not to, that's wh

people smuggling flourished after the fall of muammar gaddafi eight years ago. it to europe. italy and the eu are working to staunch the flow. migrants who make it as far as the mediterranean are turned back and detained. unwanted in europe, they suffer in libya instead. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. but as the war continues the risk increases, and libya offers them little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. in the movie wimbledon, the story revolves around a tennis pro nearing the end of their career and an up—and—coming star. and this year, a little bit of that movie is playing out on court. the youngest—ever qualifier is on court later today — cori gauff is looking to follow—up her victory over five time champion venus williams. and we have confirmation that andy murray will be teaming up with serena williams in the mixed doubles. we're joined now from wimbledon by our sports correspondent, holly hamilton. let's talk about cori gauff first. what sort of man shall be expecting this

or take any measures that exacerbate it libya's been torn by conflict since long time ruler mamata gaddafi was overthrown in 2011 it's divided between warring militia groups which mostly back to rival governments the un recognized administration led by.

since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division.ational unity government led by the prime minister. he has urged militias to defend tripoli. in the east of the country, based in benghazi is the libyan national army. it's led by this general and backed by egypt and the united arab elements. since early april they have been advancing towards the capital. the government has blamed the libyan national army for the attack but it's spokesman denied theirforces hit for the attack but it's spokesman denied their forces hit the detention centre, despite announcing on monday it would start heavy air strikes on tripoli after different means of war have been exhausted. libya is the main departure point for migrants lip fleeing for italy. they flee by both often get picked up they flee by both often get picked up by they flee by both often get picked up by the libyan coast guard and get sent to detention centres like this one. often they are located close to the front line of the country's conflict. human rights groups and the un say conditions

television along with a lot of places, is people challenging mandela over andalliances with cuba gaddafi. again, this is the end of the age of free world. the apartheid helped byas been other people. refuses toolutely give up and criticize these alliances or talk about that this was the politics, these were my allies, this is the condition we were in and this was the side you were on. interesting moment notuse these things do always surface in such a visible way. -- i guess quickly let me just say a little bit more -- hobble's point is about yugoslavia. this is toward not towards nationalizing -- naturalizing or normalizing the idea of a free market, but of the civilizationist ideology that people thought in. will say mored i about the clash of civilizations because that resonates a little bit more. it is case of yugoslavia, the most successful socialist country. it was a buffer between the sofa union -- the soviet union. this is one sense of ideological, because if reagan weaponized the imf to go after countries like yugoslavia and flatten anything that was not free market, this is inte

people smuggling flourished after the fall of gaddafi eight years ago.aking it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. but as the war continues the risk increases and libya offers them little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. the baby of a heavily pregnant woman, who was stabbed to death in south london on saturday, dies in hospital. two railway workers have been killed after being hit by a train near port talbot in south wales. a third man is being treated for shock. new kids on the eu bloc: an italian formerjournalist takes over as head of the european parliament and a woman for the first time proposed as european commission president. 0besity now causes more cases of four common cancers in the uk, than smoking, according to cancer research uk. the charity says bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancer is more likely to be caused by being overweight than by tobacco. more details from our health correspondent sophie hu