it is really it is a crime against the libyan people and it is done only 41 degrees in is for mr hafter to take over the country to to rule the country so it is done for the person an interest and of course i mean it is has been going on now for 5 weeks and he did not move any further than when he started and because clearly the people in tripoli they don't want to have to take over there that their city they will are defending their city they are not allowing this the screw the criminal to come in and do a lot is what he could support because we know i mean he spent 40 years in bin ghazi fighting the smaller group of people there with all the support he got from all his allies so this is again the same thing the problem is that innocent people in in in to believe in libya both from tripoli and also from the troops who they came with have told they are dying for no reason but for the personal interest and this is really the reality of the of the issue. so this war can continue for a long time but he got this what support he might get because you have about one and a half 1000000 people

national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for hafter a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing on the battlefield on all sides or parties must publicly dissociate themselves from such elements without delay and referred to the i.c.c. laws for whom at arrest warrants have been issued addressing a security council that his itself deeply divided and has been unable to agree a resolution calling

of backing his rival the warlords highly for hafter lebanon and iraq reject a tougher stance against iran favoring is an issue to words to the arab league also stressed the need to protect the rights of the palestinians an angry palestinian leader denounce the middle east deal the trump administration is working on to these rallies palestinian conflict. we call for an end today israeli occupation of palestine and the stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also appeared to more tension in the region . well as we mentioned earlier the iraqi president disagrees with the communique text and warned that wise tensions with

of backing his rival the warlord ali for hafter lebanon and iraq reject a tougher stance against iran favoring a stand and overshoot to worst ran the arab league also stressed the need to protect the rights of the palestinians an angry palestinian leader denounce the middle east deal the trump administration is working on and these rallies palestinian conflict. we call for an end to days rail yoku patient palestine and establishment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings there g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tense in the region. joel rubin is formerly a u.s. deputy assistant secretary of state he says saudi arabia's approach to iran going for

of backing his rival the warlord highly for hafter lebanon and iraq reject a tougher stance against iran favoring a stand and overshoot to words to the arab league also stressed the need to protect the rights of the palestinians an angry palestinian leader denounce the middle east deal the trump administration is working on and these rallies palestinian conflict . we call for an end today's israeli occupation of palestine and the stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tension in the region. sudan's transitional military council has declared a protest camp in the capital khartoum as a danger to th

just issue a very diplomatic statements which doesn't really help hafter has succeeded where the genie failed in libya's chaotic south rallying the local tribes around him why do you reject the idea that he can actually unify the whole libya so he cannot unify libya because 1st of all he is a dictator. and he is not welcomed libyans they would like to see a country which is democratic that is a civil we are tolerant of the group by a military dictator whose we have been gone through no 4450 almost 50 years of this so the libyans they would like to see a civil government a missing that is the g.n.a.t. is the perfect government for that but they would like to see a civil government they would like to see real participation they would like to see a real. mix change of power so it's this fully and so other friends have thought i did not win the south and the south right now is but as it was when it is in chaos and when also when he was in the south he could to his his forces cope with a lot of war crimes against civilians in the south so so have to 1st of all if you look at the so-called l

turkey and leave and we will be it probably hearing more spots from prison down side criticizing mr hafter see them cause here lou for now thank you very much live from istanbul. now venezuela's president says he's in control as the opposition leader calls for more protests on wednesday he says president maduro doesn't have the support of the armed forces but the president is threatening to prosecute those involved in what it describes as an attempted coup in a latin america editor lucien newman is monitoring developments from the cuban capital. it was perhaps his boldest move yes opposition leader one why do all appearing before dawn in front of a caucus here for space surrounded by some twenty five soldiers appealing to the military to join him by his side was. perhaps the most famous political prisoner he announced he'd been released to house arrest by security forces who turned against president. kabila to defend freedom out with tyranny everyone out onto the street. opposition supporters answered the call but were pushed back by security forces dozens were injured in clashes between p

has violated the embargo and supplied hafter with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and help al jazeera. to reuters journalist who spent sixteen months in a me and my prison for reporting on the military crackdown on the rangar have been freed while alone and were serving a seven year sentence for violating the official secrets act both men were reunited with their families one of them meeting his daughter for the first time when he reports on a case that strong international reaction. after almost a year and a half in prison while lone and walked to freedom they left insane prison and yang gone moments after finding out their names were on a list of thousands of inmates to be freed in a presidential amnesty their immediate thoughts were for those closest to them and their profession. in the prison and also their own people wishing to really says i

instability say for example in libya where it apparently supports the renegade general a friendly fire hafter in his act that on. tripoli an arab capital i don't see saudi arabia calling for an emergency summit and neither an arab not in the stomach summit and certainly when a seat when syrian territories and palestinian territories are annexed by israel and accepted by the united states so there is not calling for summits clearly only one so the interests are at stake that the saudis move to try to find out a muslim sort of ditty that is unfortunate because it's so the arabia has alienated so many of its allies and so many of the number of countries that now that it needs some of them it's finds out a lot of them are so alienated that it won't find the kind of solidarity it hoped to seek visit iran or any other question ok martin sorry to cut you off there ed just sits explain serve years just in ny we are showing you live pictures from mecca at these are the arrivals for the arab league this is happening right now you see this is happening in parallel one could say with the the g.c.c. summi

national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by holy for hafter a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt 48 days into the attack on tripoli by general have those forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing on the battlefield on all sides. all parties must publicly dissociate themselves from such elements without delay and referred to the i.c.c. those for whom arrest warrants have been issued addressing a security council it is itself deeply divided and has been unable to agree a resolution calling for a

of directly supporting war time for hafter and his offensive to take the capsule it's the first time it's named the united arab emirates as a backer of have start world health organization says more than four hundred people have been killed and thousands injured in the month long campaign to take tripoli the fighting has continued during ramadan despite the u.n. calls for a cease fire. unfortunately the truce has so far not been observed and fighting continues on the outskirts of tripoli the un mission renews it's call to all parties to abide by the truce and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need and to ensure the freedom of movement of civilians over the weekend the un mission also called on all sides in libya to focus efforts on combating terrorism their common enemy during the terrorist groups will seek to exploit the ongoing fighting in tripoli expand their presence in libya syrian activists say at least ten civilians have been killed in airstrikes on the provinces of lib and aleppo a week ago the government and its russian allies be gather new campaign against

members of the brook based house of representatives who moved to tripoli soon after the ward cleaver hafter began his attack on the libyan capital in april the u.n. backed the tripoli based government of national accord well those are the headlines join me for more news here after fault lines do stay with us. americans are struggling to pay their rent a problem isn't just limited to those of cities. a former governor of the idiots of a bank has cost the country. we bring you the stories the shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. finally run out in honor to be here we don't you today if you want to be a bird and listen to you must see you must talk to people is it comfortable no we came to washington state during an outbreak of missiles a highly contagious and potentially life threatening to seize how many of you here are worried about autism how many of you are worried about caesars on the alan greenspan. and that we are not living in alternate realities this is our reality life with vaccine injury itis was one of more than 20 states with confirmed cases of

national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for hafter a renegade general believed to be by the united arab emirates and egypt 48 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing on the battlefield on all sides. orde parties must publicly dissociate themselves from such elements without delay and refer to the i.c.c. those for whom as warrants have been issued addressing a security council that is itself deeply divided and has been unable to agree a resolution calling for a cease fire

national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for hafter a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing on the battlefield on all sides or parties must publicly dissociate themselves from such elements without delay and referred to the i.c.c. those for whom arrest warrants have been issued addressing a security council it is itself deeply divided and has been unable to agree a resolution calling for

has rejected french appeals to put a halt to the fighting near the capital tripoli talks between hafter and president emmanuel mccord in paris failed to reach an agreement on a ceasefire after forces have been fighting troops loyal to libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli for weeks but i'm sure butler has more now from paris. it was not the 1st time that the french president's a man or my call is meeting with the renegade commander after they have met several times before but is the 1st time that they are having one on one talks and it comes nearly 7 weeks after have to launch an offensive to try and capture crude tripoli where the u.n. backed internationally recognized government is based now the u.n. backed prime minister fires i was right was also in paris a couple of weeks ago also had a meeting with the french president emmanuel mark on what michael is trying to do with these meetings is really talk to both sides to urge them to restore stability and calm to maybe he wants them to agree to a cease fire and to return to the un backed peace process especially becau

has violated the embargo and supplied hafter with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and help al jazeera. the cia's warns norway that a palestinian activist and asylum seeker living there is facing a threat to his life from saudi arabia but that he has been under the protection of norwegian police since april twenty fifth he is a prominent critic of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman i got he spoke to us earlier on tuesday. as most of my activities in the last two years have been to focus on the human rights violations in saudi arabia this became even more so after the killing of my dear friend shoji this is when my work became even more focused of course there are a number of issues that could be the reason they are targeting me but i can't reveal these issues until i coordinate with the authorities. talks aimed at restoring northern irelan

by members of the brook based house of representatives who moved to tripoli soon after the war for hafter began his attack on the capital in april the united nations backs the tripoli based government. the wiki leaks founder julian assange is facing new charges in the u.s. bringing the total to $18.20 the website published thousands of secret diplomatic cables from the state department swedish prosecutors are trying to extradite a son from the u.k. to face a rape charge while those are the headlines now back to al-jazeera wild. over a tribe was once the magic and move seasonally between syria and lebanon. everyone knew one another even if they didn't always know when they were born or how old they burn and not having an idea it was not a problem. but their life as wandering herdsman changed as national borders and politics forced them to settle in towns and villages many in the bekaa valley in central lebannon. today everything revolves around an id card without it their non existence since settling the upgrade have gone through the process of applying for lebanese nationality some have s

possibly the u. 8 well libya is a un recognized governments has also accused francis all the backing hafter the warlords has attended talks in paris hosted by french president emmanuel mack home let's get more on this william lawrence joins us now live from washington d.c. he served at the u.s. embassy in tripoli and is currently a professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university thank you so much for joining us on al-jazeera 1st of all there is supposed to be a u.n. arms and bargo but that it doesn't appear that it's being respected by by either party really. that's true both sides are violating the weapons in bargo and there are many countries supplying weapons to both sides but the primary. country for furnishing arms to have to are in the east is u.a.e. and the primary country supporting the defense of tripoli in the west is turkey we are quite sure that the emirates have built an air base for drones in the south. and these drones have been used on at least 7 occasions to hit civilian targets in tripoli as well as many other occasions to hit milit

of backing his rival the warlord ali for hafter lebanon and iraq reject a tougher stance against iran favoring is the overshoot to words to the arab league also stressed the need to protect the rights of the palestinians an angry palestinian leader denounce the middle east deal the trump administration is working on to these rallies palestinian conflict. we call for an end today israeli occupation of palestine and the stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the deal of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league he expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tense in the region. lesson 2 months after its last election israel is gearing up for another after prime minister binyamin netanyahu fa

citizens are spies after they were detained in southern tripoli by forces loyal to libyan ward cleaver hafter on monday turkey's president described have to as advance towards tripoli as a plot against libya's people. the world health organization says at least three hundred seventy six people have been killed since after last as offensive to seize tripoli almost a month ago but in the past few days fighters loyal to him have suffered some setbacks. why it has more of that. forces lawyer to libya's you enter it could make the government treat in force their positions in the salon had been able hood they recently pushed out fighters loyal to the world fair hefted from this area in southern tripoli heavily in the film the group male set up checkpoints prevent civilians from coming back to their houses near the fighting areas just to keep them away from danger the government forces have recently advanced it near the old international airport on the southern outskirts of the capital they have also recaptured the highway connecting tripoli to the city of already and including the area but the situ

the prime minister 5 years as troops are not just passing hafter and his self described libyan national army and al-jazeera investigation has revealed several foreign owned military planes based outside the country have been supporting her for the aircraft to flown regularly between egypt israel jordan and libya the tracking devices were frequently switched off concealing their movements to and from eastern libya have to space private jets have also been used one carrying military equipment was seen in 3 libyan cities and a pro then tracked flying from egypt meringue huffed as advance towards tripoli on the 10th of may. and an egyptian military cargo plane flew west out of egypt on the 15th of april before we talk to right just off the libyan it's over the last few years a lot of countries have been supplying her without which he would not never have been able to dominate the eastern part of libya primarily it is the u.s. that has been pointed out throughout the last 3 years or 40 years by the united nation and multiple reports that it is the primary it's a supplier of weapons and munit

as a backer of hafter in addition to what the world health organization saying more than four hundred people have been killed and thousands injured during his month long campaign for libya's capital the fighting is continued despite or during ramadan i should say despite calls on the united nations for a cease fire. unfortunately the truce has so far not been observed and fighting continues on the outskirts of tripoli the un mission renews its call to all parties to abide by the truce and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need and to ensure the freedom of movement of civilians over the weekend the un mission also called on all sides in libya to focus efforts on combating terrorism their common enemy noting that terrorist groups will seek to exploit the ongoing fighting in tripoli expand their presence in libya violence is taking a toll on people's lives and as the holy month many shops are closed businesses are struggling as the operation to capture tripoli shows no sign of stopping or had reports now from tripoli all of the markets are crowded in tripoli city center

to paris he had talks with him also in what he was hoping to do was to persuade both also russian hafter to agree to a cease fire and reenter into this u.n. peace process but that hasn't happened at least for now and in some ways it is a failure you might say of his diplomacy for the time being france though montagne that his position is very much backing this u.n. peace process but over the past few years some experts and analysts and political insiders in libya and in france have said that france is supporting have to even supplying weapons despite a u.n. arms in bargo. it's going to venezuela now with the continuing economic turmoil has resulted in overcrowded hospitals and widespread medicine shortages and with no end to the crisis in sight some are turning to spiritual healer is latin america editor lucien human reports now from near the capital caracas. you know my mother died in order. from 6 in the morning people start lining up to get their number every day hundreds gather in the spiritual center no created in venezuela largest slum. the waiting room is full of images of local s

warlord has rejected friendship to put a stop to the fighting in the capital tripoli talks between hafter and the french president emanuel my parents failed to reach an agreement on a ceasefire. smaller from her. it was not the 1st time that the french president's a man or mark or is meeting with the renegade commander after they have met several times before but is the 1st time that they are having one on one talks and he calms nearly 7 weeks after have to launch an offensive to try and capture crude tripoli where the u.n. backed internationally recognized government is based now the u.n. backed prime minister fires i was right was also in paris a couple of weeks ago also had a meeting with the french president emmanuel mark on what michael is trying to do with these meetings is really talk to both sides to urge them to restore stability and calm to maybe he wants them to agree to a cease fire and to return to the un backed peace process especially because the u.n. special envoy to libya has actually said that at this stage unless this crisis is resolved in some way that libya could be f

has violated the embargo and supplied hafter with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al-jazeera. the international court of justice is hearing cutter's case against the united arab emirates for violating human rights cuts the government says the u.a.e. targeted its citizens when it expelled all qatar is and stopped them from entering the u.a.e. after the blockade began and twenty seventeen the u.a.e. for its part claims cut there is hampering amorality efforts to improve the situation which caught a denies all the details now with stephanie there in the hague. it is the second time in the history of the international court of justice that a respondent is coming up with a case requesting provisional measures what does that mean well. one initial let's say step of the international court saying that the u.a.e. needed to allow the s

of backing his rival the warlord ali for hafter lebanon and iraq reject a tougher stance against iran favoring is that an overture to words to iran the arab league also stressed the need to protect the rights of the palestinians an angry palestinian leader denounce the middle east deal the trump administration is working on and these rallies palestinian conflict. we call for an end to days rail yoku patient palestine and the stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tense in the region. while staring staying with the story let's take a listen to what the iraqi president had to say. if i may have a l

has violated the embargo and supplied hafter with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the un writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al jazeera. a shipwreck pulled from the sea floor where hundreds of migrants died has gone display at the venice biennale are like a fishing boat capsized and sank off the coast of libya four years ago italian government recovered it and brought it to shore so the bodies could be identified a boat is now part of the biannual arctics mission with this year's theme may you live in interesting times. member states of the arctic council have failed to agree on a final declaration for the first time in more than twenty years because the u.s. refused to include the term climate change delegates said there would be no joint statement after two days of talks in finland instead your secretary state my pompei i welcomed the melting of arctic sea ice telling