countries within nato had had their own reasons sarkozy and you know he got a major donation from gadhafi for his campaign and he didn't want that to come out and believe it was adelaide with able to get out of billions of dollars they they owed libya by bringing down gadhafi it really is a despicable motivations behind it this called humanitarian intervention recently the trauma administration has been working very hard to destroy the power of the international criminal court the i.c.c. but they're not the 1st evisceration to say the i.c.c. cannot investigate or prosecute americans why is it so important for the u.s. to undermine an international body that prosecutes war crimes. yeah well because it's pretty incontrovertibly that it's the u.s. that commits the most were crimes around the world largely because it's the us that is engaged in multiple wars around the world like no other country and from the very beginning the u.s. . had great antipathy towards even the idea of the international criminal court bill clinton. as president helped to negotiate the rome statute of the internation

claimed amongst other things that they were in libya to save ben causing from being attacked by the gadhafi forces if you look at the e-mails between sidney blumenthal the clinton clinton's closest allies around this and hillary clinton he makes it clear this was received and under the control of the opposition by the time nato starts bombing but he says specifically but we need to keep going we need to keep arming we need to create regime change and why because we need to be able to take over libya for the west for oil for infrastructure investment and for his gold and that's exactly what her. and then the other countries within nato had had their own reasons because you know he got a major donation from gadhafi for his campaign and he didn't want that to come out and believe it was in a league with able to get out of billions of dollars they live in by bringing down gadhafi really is a despicable motivation behind this so-called humanitarian intervention recently the trumpet ministration has been working very hard to destroy the power of the international criminal court the i.c.c. but the

but then along came nato in 2011 alliance forces back to rebellion against gadhafi government that war came to an end when the country's leader was tortured and killed by western backed rebels on october 20th 2011 a gruesome scene applauded by some as we came we saw died. but it's hard to overlook the fact that chaos has continued in libya to this day a variety of players have struggled to control the oil rich nation the 2 most prominent or military commander khalifa haftar is libyan national army which has the backing of the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt france and russia and the tripoli based government of national accord which is supported by the un qatar italy and turkey officially libya is under an arms embargo but somehow weapons keep pouring in this monday turkey and italy announced that they are working together to stop the flow here's italy's foreign minister. if we stop the arrival of arms or he said he really limit the entrance we will be able to reduce aggressiveness of the 2 libyan sides in this conflict. the same day france accused its nato ally turkey of violat

that out that's a great mystery because we've always heard that truck with its attachment to former gadhafi officers and the important coming out militia would be the last stronghold for the l. and a and that they would fight to the last man but we've seen a traditionally libyan pattern of warfare play out here which is that an occupying force pisses off the locals so much that by the time they've been see and their electricity is out and there's not enough food they abandon the people that they supposedly sided with and though they former occupiers have to flee so all of the games that we've heard about in your program have been won by turkish drones and air support and there's been very little fighting on the ground so we don't know of other components of have tires support what so abandoned him and also of late into time with a lot of fluid movement indeed the moment is that if that fluid movement runs to the diplomatic circles because we don't have russia and egypt as 2 major allies of hafter more wonders where their support really years if it is there at all anymore because in russia's

shut down outside by the guards oh we're also receiving reports that shooting did continue at the gadhafi stock exchange while this attack was under which but we are also hearing that stocks have fallen shot people says attack do we know anything more about the victims what are authorities saying. at the moment we are receiving reports that out of the 51 is a policeman who has lost his life we do also know that several security guards are among the injection they have been moved to hospitals across scotchy it is surveillance of the area is underway in all frauds leading to the karachi stock exchange have been cordoned off for security purposes we do also know that the but lucia liberation army or the b l e has claimed responsibility of the attack and then the jihad brigade was responsibly for carrying out today's incident. tell us a little bit more about what those particular groups. these are groups of separatists of mindful of the independence of british sun and of this wolf quite active in carrying out such attack against it's got missions that identify the very core of the baucus plan

government of national accord forces tell us about their next target a 3rd which was of course moammar gadhafi stronghold hometown but also a stronghold for halftime. will the government military forces say that the are now preparing get a new offensive to all move on the city of sirte it and to drive out have to as forces from the city but meanwhile have to those forces have been trying to get the government forces look asians near the city actually west of the city to city near a green area about 120 kilometers east of the city of misrata where there are strikes but no casualties reported this morning meanwhile the government are sending reinforcements we are deploying around the green area on the way from the green to city city but we spoke to military sources in the city of misrata they tell us that there have been negotiations they have been talks between elderly councils from misrata and set it in order to achieve a peaceful handover of the city like what happened in bin ulead without any confrontation between the 2 warring sides to avoid more bloodshed what is happening in the towns tha

way lead early on saturday they've now entered certs the hometown of the former dictator moammar gadhafi it's another house that a stronghold and beyond certainly libya's prized oil fields there are such a bari reports. proposing a peace deal in cairo egypt's president abdel fattah sisi was warlord khalifa haftar whose 14 month offensive to capture the libyan capital tripoli collapsed this week and i'm saying it is time for a ceasefire and all foreign fighters to leave come out ahead of him about a lot of money the initiative aims to guarantee a fair representation of libya's 3 provinces and a presidential council elected by the people under the supervision of the united nations to manage libya's leadership for the 1st time in the country's history. but in tripoli the un recognized government commanders said they don't recognize the ceasefire and they'll continue to in their words liberate our land the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the cities of defeat that have suffered the over the last 2 months and it's practical exit right now. fr

are now fighting on the outskirts of sirte that's the hometown of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and i have to stronghold well have to has resisted previous cease fire agreements but his defeat in the west has left him little choice but to take a different tone. from the americans in the fight against criminal militias entier ism why. he will expel them a series from libya so we can achieve the hopes and aspirations of the libyan people to have a new day of prosperity this will reflect positively on neighboring countries enter the region as a whole. let's take you back a few months in january the un backed government in tripoli was having to defend the capital from attacks as forces closed in have to forces control the area in red and the u.n. backed government forces held the area in blue went turkey sent in fighters and military equipment to support tripoli's government in january it began making important territorial gains by may government forces had seized air base used by have to warplanes to attack tripoli well tripoli as government then recaptured most territory surroundi

what leads early on saturday they've now entered certs the hometown of the former dictator moammar gadhafi it's another have to out a stronghold and beyond sortes libya's prized oil fields matic traina is on a highway leading to the city and has the latest on the government's offensive. we are now in the town of evergreen evergreen is the area where d.n.a. forces have positioned themselves since forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar took control of the city of sirte in january now this this location today has seen multiple airstrikes by have to still styled libyan national army. there were few casualties to the g.n.a.t. forces and they have continued on earlier today the suit commander launched an operation or announced an operation to take control of silt and as and as well and. now this is the road here that leads into suit gini forces today began to make an advance they are now in the western gates of sirte. it is not clear whether they will be stane inserted and continuing on or if they will pull out as the sun sets and it gets dark the forces here tell me that they want to contin

recapture the city of sirte another half to our stronghold and hometown of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi. back in cairo after explained his reasons for the cease fire. have welcomed the american in the fight against terrorism and criminal militias we will expel the mercenaries from libya so we can achieve the hopes and aspirations of the libyan people to have a new day of prosperity this will reflect positively on neighboring countries and to the region as a whole while saturday's focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene following an airstrike near algiers live camera position in a brain just south of misrata another reminder that a lasting peace appears far from reach in this oil rich country dorsetshire pari al jazeera. testers are gathering once again across the u.s. to demonstrate against the killing of george floyd in police custody tens of thousands of people are expected in the capital washington d.c. national guard troops have been deployed to the city the police have been heavily criticized for taking a heavy hand since protests began 12 days ago floyd was k

government at the time would have been on the same side fighting against mr gadhafi as the nato forces and so there will be many questions raised as to like in the case of the match the bombing whether the perpetrator was known to be traveling back and forth without being stopped but of course the security agencies will say that there are around 30000 people that they are watching on their watch list and that they can only really evaluate or analyzed around 3000 of them at any one time and now mr now the attack that took place of course by this individual. here the been arrested before for other crimes not linked to terrorism and of course his probation officer saying that he had been a little more mental health issues i'd had suffered from severe mental health so it's unclear whether for those reasons perhaps the security forces didn't see the threat as it was a cirrhotic thank you very much indeed. well prime minister barak johnson is set to announce the easing of lot down restrictions for the hospitality industry on tuesday including changes to the social distancing rules but to mee

were aware of him but also that he was fighting on the same side as nato in that war to overthrow mr gadhafi and it would be questions as to like the mantissa bomber like with this incident how much intelligence services knew that these people were traveling back and forth the intelligence services say they're dealing with thousands tens of thousands of people of interest they have to what can only keep an eye on around 3000 at any one time and this person the suspect in question had also been arrested previously for other crimes not related to terrorism and his probation officer as we understand reports that he had a history of the mental illness very serious mental illness so it could be possible that intelligence services during the process of their evaluation at didn't see quite the same level of threat from mr herder love but as far as sound is concerned she is a part of it she has updating the house as to the latest developments on this story and we will try to bring whatever updates we get out of that develop a sorority thank you very much indeed. well terrorism experts and former pol

offensive to recapture the city of sirte and that's the hometown of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and a half to a stronghold. well have to has resisted the previous cease fire agreements but his defeat in the west has left him little choice but to take a different tone. from the americans in the fight against criminal militias interior we will exhaust bell the moose and reese from libya so we can achieve the hopes and aspirations of the libyan people to have a new day of prosperity this will reflect positively on neighboring countries into the region as a whole. let's cross over to our libya correspondent mahmud of the one who joins me now from the capital tripoli let's talk about the push towards another important town to capture certainly from the g.n.a.t. perspective what do you know about what's happening there. well so here we're just getting the ports from the said it. that. forces loyal to the government of national called have made an incursion into this city from a couple of axes the government forces are vance's today from the west an erection coming from the city of mis

mired in conflict since the arab spring uprising in 2011 which toppled longtime dictator moammar gadhafi. in the aftermath attempts to build a democratic state failed and the country was plunged into an all out civil war it soon became a battleground for both local and regional aspirations to foreign powers such as turkey russia and the united arab emirates just selling for influence. since 2014 the fighting has largely been between 2 competing governments each with their own foreign backers on the one side the un installed all thora t. the g n a well the government of national accord in tripoli it's later fires. on the other side the libyan national army or l n a led by military strongman. the rebel general has been waging war with the jna and now controls around 2 thirds of the country including libya's lucrative oil fields but so far his attempts to take the capital tripoli have failed. then come the foreign players the g n a is supported by turkey as well as qatar and many western countries while the l.n. a's main backers are russia the united arab emirates and egypt these foreign po

interests and other politicians libyans up and say that you know everybody living in is a little gadhafi and so a lot of this is just a learning curve to get into democratic outcomes and it's it's a long slow slog. some libyans are had others in that process certainly have started if not one of those leaders ready to accept such build no doubt but however after hours at least on the back foot but tripoli is no more stable than other parts of libya if it is a host of militias in that saroj has to keep happy how can turkey help maintain the stability in tripoli when there are so many different militias involved in in the city that there are you know a lot of different groups different militias and it is itself the challenge of governing the capital in any given area but what we what we experienced after turkey intervened militarily we saw a command a single strategy coming out of a single chain of command so turkish military is role in tripoli has been has been through move through as well as the stop offices of the armed forces and they proved to be quite competent of let's say commanding

announced an offensive to recapture the city of sirte is the hometown of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and a half to a stronghold the offensive comes hours after government troops reach of the town of bani walid have task forces have lost control of the city of tire who are now on friday it was a launch pad for their 14 month failed offensive to capture the capital tripoli but fighters loyal to the wall owed continued to command areas of the oil which east and south let's bring in our libya correspondent mom or dad while hard who joins us from tripoli mahmoud let's start with the offensive on search for us what more you hearing what's happening there. we have just been told by a military sources with a government of national cord now near the syrian city confirming that the government forces are vance ing and they also have to his forces in sight tripoli are being now there was through and got from the city especially after the government to announce had this military offensive to be captured in the city the military sources also say that. have to reserve a warplanes it targeted their

mired in conflict since the arab spring uprising in 2011 which toppled long time dictator moammar gadhafi. in the aftermath attempts to build a democratic state failed and the country was plunged into an all out civil war it soon became a battleground for both local and regional aspirations the foreign powers such as turkey russia and the united arab emirates just looking for influence. since 2014 the fighting has largely been between 2 competing governments each with their own foreign backers on the one side the un installed all thora t. the g n a well the government of national accord in tripoli it's later fires. on the other side the libyan national army or l n a led by military strongman. the rebel general has been waging war with the jna and now controls around 2 thirds of the country including libya's lucrative oil fields but so far his attempts to take the capital tripoli have failed then come the foreign players the g. and a is supported by turkey as well as qatar and many western countries while the l.n. a's main backers are russia the united arab emirates and egypt these foreign

after the overthrowing of gadhafi by nato backed forces. armed groups. the p will be asking is whether or not this initiative will succeed in creating any more stability in libya when other plans have failed. and demonstrations and a large peaceful protest in parliament square in london but later on, and whitehall a few minutes walk away, there were sporadic clashes between protesters and the police, the metropolitan police have not released a statement about this and the statements so fact at about 1900 hrs this evening, while the vast majority of demonstrators had left central london, the mood of the remaining crowd changed and you can see the remaining pictures there, the police go on to say that they became angry and intent on violence and began throwing missiles and pleasa nt and began throwing missiles and pleasant officers who were deployed outside downing street. protective equipment was deployed to identify and arrest those and clear the remainder from and arrest those and clear the remainderfrom the area and arrest those and clear

the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictator moammar gadhafi regime symbolism. search is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of hafter in the east of the country. while saturday's focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene following an atheist cly. as live position in green just south of misrata are another reminder that a lasting peace appears a far from read church in this oil rich country the egyptian initiative seems contradictory to its major rule in fueling the libyan conflict by backing the war in tripoli the balance of power has recently shifted in favor of the jenae thanks to turkish military support which the government has was part of an official agreement mahmud up that were hit. tripoli. a lebanese security forces of fired tear gas and rubber bullets and anti-government protesters in beirut hundreds of people were rallying against the government's handling of lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades so what has this was a society torn apart i love an on is in turm

cease fire and ending 9 years of civil war since the overthrow and killing of longtime ruler muammar gadhafi. dorsetshire bari al-jazeera. what are the ahead isn't on hold our soldiers have been celebrating. this is the main square in the city of the hoon. that used to be the major stronghold for half the forces in the west of libya now forces loyal to the internationally recognized government are in full control of the city after heavy fighting after they managed to drive i would have to his forces from the city now the swift converter of the city after who now by the government forces is mainly attributed to turkish military support for the government forces and also there was duel of the russian mil series who flew into long island have tears forces the full of the city of the moon into the government forces hands means the feel of have kurds who chipped in the west of libya the 1st of his military campaign there his 1st is launch it in april last year to seize the capital tripoli . the city of the huna used to be very strategic and very significant for half the us forces from corona mili

the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictator moammar gadhafi regime simple as it was. search is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of hafter in the east of the country. while saturday's focus was on peace talks in kadal in libya this was the scene following again. as live position in green just south of misrata are another reminder that a lasting peace appears a far from read church in this oil rich country the egyptian initiative seems contradictory to its major rule in fueling the libyan conflict by backing the war in tripoli the balance of power has recently shifted in favor of the d.n.a. thanks to turkish military support which the government has was part of an official agreement. that were hit. tripoli well in train a mourner from up agreements about 140 kilometers west of sirte. in 2016 search was the stronghold for doris for i saw they had control of the city for a while and forces here in abu ghraib which are primarily from misrata are the ones who who entered a syria they lost many lives

from here in this russia were responsible for entering search and capturing and killing one more gadhafi they did that of course with nato support in 2016 the same forces are the ones who went to sirte and liberated it from high school they did that of course with american support so these are forces that know the territory well they are confident they can enter sirte and they say that they will and you know the commander earlier told me that the d.n.a. or our forces will not stop until we in his words liberate all of libya from have to control and so what we're seeing is the genie forces out of the political officials here are adamant about. getting the police to have to out of the picture they say they won't negotiate with after and they're adamant about retaking or taking control of all of libyan land. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. serbia's president takes his election success but not all parties recognize the result. united in the face of oppression demonstrators and law but also the freedom of speech is under threats to stay with us here on al-jazeera. hello there also more s

primarily from here in this russia were responsible for entering search and capturing and killing walmer gadhafi they did that of course with nato support in 2016 these same forces are the ones who went to sirte and liberated it from isis they did that of course with american support so these are forces that know the territory well they are confident they can enter syria and they say that they will and you know the commander earlier told me that the d.n.a. or our forces will not stop until we in his words liberate all of libya from have to control and so what we're seeing is the genie forces of the political of this in here are adamant about. getting them well before have to out of the picture they say they won't negotiate with after and they're adamant about retaking or taking control of all of libyan land or yemen southern separatists to seize control of. the southern transitional council said it had taken over a government facilities on the island and deposed the governor the government is calling it a coup a separatist group which wants an independent state of self gammon is supported by the

proved to be affiliated with portable regional command will get there and since the fall of gadhafi into an 11 then you really need to be as in still affiliated with the form of the gene. so. the full of the hand over a penny will lead to believe. it will be council in the middle billy really. cool created with the government forces and. the facility to do it peacefully and over all the city to the government forces and it fell commissioner roger goodell has apologized for the way the us football league has handled players' protests against police brutality following the death of george floyd goodell says the league was wrong for not listening to black players concerns and will now encourage peaceful protests against racism a number of us police departments are changing their tactics in the wake of florrie's death new york state and the city of minneapolis have moved to implement reforms including a ban on police chokeholds blacklist matter protests have been taking place across australia thousands have gathered in sydney where all the nies is won an 11th hour appeal to hold a demonstrat

and ending 9 years of civil war since the overthrow and killing of longtime ruler muammar gadhafi. dorsetshire pari al jazeera. of course from the moment of the 100 days in time he said this report. this is the main square in the city of 30 whom. that used to be the major stronghold for half the us forces in the west of libya now forces loyal to the internationally recognized government are in full control of the city after heavy fighting after they managed to drive i would have thought his forces from the city now the swiftly converter of the city after who now by the government forces is mainly attributed to turkish military support for the government forces and also there was the role of the russian military is. alongside have terrorist forces. the pearl of the city of the horn and the government forces hands means the pearl of have got a zip code and the west of libya the firm of his military campaign that his forces launched it in april last year to seize the capital to put. this if you have got who. used to be very strategic and very significant for have those people from cai

know suit very well they've they've they've they fought in syria in 2011 against the late walmart gadhafi they also fought in and liberating for what they say liberating sirte from dust that's i saw in 2016 so these forces know the terrain they know the area very well and so they understand when to move forward where to position so it is very likely that we will see a g.n.a.t. control soon when when that is that really depends on what kind of resistance is met. inside sirte of from what our sources tell us many many forces belonging to the house door loyal to believe have to have withdrawn to eastern libya but they're there there is a force insert that remains and whether or not they they will they will continue the battle we will have to find out thanks to that across the mountains on the ground them. city council is in minneapolis a promising to dismantle and rebuild the police department as a response to the death and custody of george floyd which sparked protests in the u.s. and around the world had a call had reports. a movement that shows no signs of abating across the united states

and ending 9 years of civil war since the overthrow and killing of longtime ruler muammar gadhafi door such a party al jazeera. our correspondent there why does more from. this is the main square in the city of the hoon. that used to be the major stronghold for half the forces in the west of libya now forces loyal to the internationally recognized government are in full control of the city after heavy fighting after they managed to drive i would have to us forces from the city now this with taken over of the city after who now by the government forces is mainly attributed to turkish military support for the government forces and also there was the rule of the russian military is a long island i have to forces. of the city of the who are into the government forces hands means the full of have kurds who tipped in the west of libya the 1st of those military campaign that his 1st is launched it in april last year to seize the capital tripoli. this if you have got one i used to be very strategic and very significant what have those people from corona military supplies went through have to.

has been forces will be met with stiff resistance threatening a prolonged battle within one or more gadhafi hometown remains to be seen. is the 3rd time since he was deposed and killed 9 years ago that the city has been a war zone now a trainer al jazeera just outside the city of sirte in libya. time for a short break here and i'll just erupt when we come back awaiting sentencing we speak to a palestinian boy who is the sole survivor of an israeli awesome attack that killed his family plus. kenyans take on their police forces accused of killing people join the coronavirus lockdown or not stay with us . i know that plenty of heavy rain across the south in the southeast of the united states all courtesy of this massive holes a crystal ball that was going to continue to weaken but as it came on shore it brought with it a huge amount of storm surge very widespread this is obviously mississippi but those storm surge reported into louisiana all the way across those the gulf coast area on towards florida now obviously the storm system itself the winds will continue to weaken but the rain will stil

the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictator moammar gadhafi may be a nuisance liberalism. search is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of hafter in the east of the country. while saturday's focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene following. niet al jazeera as live position in green just south of misrata another reminder that a lasting peace appears a far from read each in this oil rich country why would i go ahead joins us now live from tripoli who would just tell us what's the latest on this offensive and also how important is it in the overall scheme of the g.n.a.s. push here. will kim virtual slow oil to the g.n.a.s. . they are determined to recapture the strategic city of the city it for this of all to move southward towards. military bases the half the us forces couldn't stronghold in central libya and also to recapture the oil christened. as you know that has the oil fields oil on us to nations and the oil terminal in fact it has full measure the oil ports are on the

the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictator moammar gadhafi regime simple as it was. search is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of hafter in the east of the country. while saturday's focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene following an airless try. as live position in green just south of misrata another reminder that a lasting peace appears a far from read church in this oil rich country digitisation initiative seems contradictory to its major rule in fueling the libyan conflict by backing the war in tripoli the balance of power has recently shifted in favor of the g.n. a thanks to turkish military support which the government says was part of unofficial agreement. that were hit. tripoli well are seldom artie's the founder and director of the libya focus think tank institute he says leadership could be in jeopardy. the jail is literally tickers how close they are taking and i think they would be mistaken to think that there is a time now for them to negotiate because ther

whether the will be met with the weaker than britain in a prolonged battle with an warmer gadhafi hometown would mean. it's the 3rd time he was told until 9 years ago that the 3 has been a war zone about 3 now over there are just outside the city of sirte in libya as libya's un recognized government continues to retake territory a key figure from another warring administration has appeared in moscow for talks again a saturday they speaker of the parliament based into brooke was also at saturday's talks in cairo alongside ward khalifa haftar and egypt's president a cease fire they announced there was rejected by the un recognized government in tripoli at least 5 civilians have died in russian air strikes on syria in attacks targeted rebel held areas in general as are we are in southern italy province and several other people were injured in the fastrack since the russian and turkish cease fire was agreed on march the 5th sation followed an escalation of violence that displaced nearly a 1000000 people. still ahead this half hour despite the fears of parents and teachers classes resume in mos

know suit very well they've they've they've they fought in syria in 2011 against the late wall more gadhafi they also fought in in liberating for what they say liberating sirte from desh that's i saw in 2016. on to other news in the u.s. city of minneapolis is promising to dismantle and rebuild its police department in response to the death in custody of george floyd which sparked protests in the u.s. and around the world peaceful marches did continue late into the night in los angeles troops from the national guard and left the city as they have elsewhere after violence and looting subsided there's been a protest against police brutality in kenya after a report by a police watch dog said officers were involved in the killing of at least 15 people during the coronavirus lockdown since march the report also accuses police of harris meant assaults robbery and sexual assault a number of reported cases of corona virus worldwide has now topped 7000000 but many countries have started reopening india is one of them despite reporting a record high of almost 10000 new cases in a single day bases of

because you know what happened to gadhafi, no one wants to die the way he died and here is a guy sayingyan model, and all i could do is hope that they didn't see it but they did see it. it was one of the dumbest things i have ever seen on television, frankly, so he lost me. >> brennan: of course, we call our broadcast "face the nation". and we will be talking to john bolton again in two weeks on july 5th. but that is going do it for us today we want to wish all of the dads out there watching a happy father's day. until next week for "face the nation", i am margaret brennan. >> captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> announcer: this is a paid advertisement for herman law. ♪ >> welcome to today's program. i'm dr. wendy walsh. and with me today is sex-abuse attorney jeff herman, a tized ial lawyer and advocate for survivors of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation. jeff's firm, herman law, is one of the nation's most prominent personal-injury law firms, specializing in the representation of victims of sexual abuse in civil cases. jeff, t

primarily from here in misrata were responsible for entering search and capturing and killing one more gadhafi they did that of course with nato support in 2016 the same forces are the ones who went to sirte and liberated it from eisel they did that of course with american support so these are forces that know the territory well they are confident they can enter sirte and they say that they will and you know the commander earlier told me that the d.n.a. or our forces will not stop until we in his words liberate all of libya from have to control and so what we're seeing is the genie forces of the political officials here are adamant about. getting well before have to out of the picture they say they won't negotiate with after and they're adamant about retaking or taking control of all of libyan land yemen southern separatists to seize control of the island of soko trial the southern transitional council said it had taken over government facilities on the island and the pose the governor the government is calling it a coup the separatist group which wants an independent state of south yemen supp

of sirte that's the hometown of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and a half dollars stronghold the move comes hours after government troops took control of the town of bani walid otto's forces had lost control of the city of tal on friday it was the launch pad for the 14 month failed offensive to capture tripoli but fighters loyal to the warlords continue to command large areas of the oil rich east and south libya correspondent mahmud i'll go ahead has more from tripoli he's joining us now let's talk about the situation with search 1st what's happening there. the government of national accord forces have just announced that they launched a new offensive to recapture the strategic city of sirte it. started from the green about 100 kilometers west of said if that's what the government forces are a position there and also we're getting reports from. the government to air force targeted there a number of united arab emirates supplied dip military vehicles for half that his forces need and wish between senate and blue green on the military move on the city of city. after. talks peaceful

the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictator moammar gadhafi in libya. surge is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of half to the east of the country. while saturday's focus was on peace talks in kadal in libya this was the scene following again. as live position in green just south of misrata another reminder that a lasting peace appears a far from read church in this oil rich country the egyptian initiative seems contradictory to its major rule in fueling the libyan conflict by backing the war in tripoli the balance of power has recently shifted in favor of the d.n.a. thanks to turkish military support which the government has was part of an official agreement. mahmud up to. tripoli. 140 kilometers west of sirte. in 2016 search was the stronghold for dash for eisel they had control of the city for a while and forces here and in abu ghraib which are primarily from misrata are the ones who who entered a certain they lost many lives in the battle for sirte and when have to took control of the city

know suit very well they've they've they've they fought in syria in 2011 against the late war more gadhafi they also fought in in liberating for what they say liberating sirte from dust that's i saw in 2016. ok so i want to go back now to. and how he fits into libya's conflict as we mentioned he is the speaker of the administration and to brooke which rivals the internationally recognized government in tripoli he is as we say allied to the ward khalifa haftar he attended those talks in cairo on saturday with haftar and egypt's president but there were some big differences between he and how after when the war declared himself the sole ruler of libya more recently has been quoted as saying russia wants negotiations to resume with the tripoli government because it no longer sees a positive outcome to have to as a fence of afters been time to take over tripoli for more than a year now mahmud are the one who is our correspondent in tripoli what do you think we should read into this the fact that it is a good solid going to egypt does this suggest khalifa haftar is being pushed even further out