have died in demonstrations across iraq since early last month a spokesman for libyan ward cleaver hafter says a no fly zone is in place over the capital tripoli except for we take an airport have to forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government of national accord the tripoli administrations says any threat to civil aviation is a crime and a national and international law and prime minister johnson is a law and logic is conservative party's manifesto intel for the head of the british general election on the 12th of december he says the stakes of the u.k. have seldom been higher and is promising a radical agenda for change all of those stories and half an hour in the news are for me but i. in china cancer drugs can be pretty bit of leeks pensive some desperate patients travel to india to buy cheap generic versions but it won't cost one to win a bowler's the smuggling to survive on how does iraq. really airstrikes. oh. right right. right. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering thi

says he wants a trial hafter the u.s. house of representatives moved to formally take the impeachment inquiry to the next level the president laid into rival democrats after a week of testimony which he describes as a hoax and says they looked like fools proceedings now headed to the republican controlled senate and mr trump says the whole affair has actually united his party behind them. we had a tremendous week with the hosts you know the great hoax the because of the impeachment hopes and that's really worked out. incredibly well and we have tremendous support i think roger's around here is known for i don't think i've ever seen support in the republican party like we do right now we've never had this kind of support to the house judiciary committee chairman hit back at republican claims the testimonies have been hearsay and absurd democrat adam schiff also didn't rule out holding more public hearings that his panel begins to draft its inquiry report but the around the clock news coverage is falling flat with a lot of

i know right last april donald trump showered complements on your main rival in libya highly for hafter which clearly shocked you and yet you claim to come back with a message that the u.s. was still behind you what's the evidence for that well believe we believe that we've been a us ally for quite a long time we were fighting side by side to fight and isis and libya times change the kurds thought that as well where time of change because we cannot apply what happened in syria and libya and i'm talking about how alliances come and go. trump said that he appreciated mr have to a significant role in fighting terrorism their shared vision for libya's transition to a stable democracy high praise from the leader of the western world for your main enemy isn't that standing by you it's a pretty look almost anybody isn't. going to say those things about you know we still believe that. the administration of united state that mr ation of the white house believed that some wrong mistakes so wrong messages have been around about have tour and he's fighting terrorism i think the force in the u.s. is

you are state department officials have met the libyan warlord who for hafter for talks a statement to the meeting on november 24th discussed steps to achieve a suspension of hostilities and a political resolution to the libyan conflict the frank discussions build on recent talks with tripoli both officials the i aim is to establish a common basis for progress between the parties on the issues that divide them now these include concrete efforts to address militias and extremist elements and the distribution of resources so they benefit all libyans mood after wired as more from the libyan capital this meeting is according to many analysts is. resulting in a very strong statement calling on the warlord hafer hefted to stop hostilities and return to the peaceful negotiations to end the libyan crisis remember in back in april the over state might prompt you called on have to. retreat and to stop the military escalation in southern tripoli and since then this is the 1st american statement to. lake is said to address a stronger statement to have to stop the military hostilities and return to

a spokesman for libyan ward cleaver hafter says a no fly zone is in place over the capital tripoli except for we take the airport after his forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government of national accord the tripoli administrations says any threat to civil aviation is a crime and a national and international law and prime minister boris johnson is alone launching his conservative party's manifesto intel for the head of the british general election on the 12th of december he says the stakes the u.k. have seldom been high and is promising a radical agenda for change all of those stories in half an hour in the news for me but i feel. in china cancer drugs can be pretty bit of leaks pensive some desperate patients travel to india to buy cheap generic versions but what cost when i went east follows those smuggling to survive on how does iraq. can. really air strikes. right. now. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week cause and effect there are high stakes electoral politic

corruption high unemployment and poor public services a spokesman for the libyan warlord cleaver hafter says a no fly zone is in place over the capital tripoli except for me tiger airport after us forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government the tripoli administration's says that any threat to civil aviation is a crime and a national and international those were the headlines and back to the news hour in half an hour we continue with al-jazeera world to stay with us. leak stories generate found thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate the spin from the facts. with the listening post on al-jazeera. the yellow fleet was a convoy of merchant ship stranded in the su is cannot but the 967 arab israeli war to survive their cruise lives in the cargo of food the ships were carrying. a dead another bundle of things that we of edible stuff that we heard us cargoes on the ships remember the ships came from all over the far east nashville here that come from you know vietnam hong kong philippians that come from

president in absentia on drug trafficking charges the test say has denied those charges or as marina hafter is a professor of history history of syrian at the university of amsterdam and she joins us via skype now from there thanks very much for being with us so 1st of all how how strong was the case against mr c. in terms of the evidence that was presented in this trial. what was very what turns out to be very important in this case of course that actually in 198216 people were arrested and brought to the fort and 15 were killed but one was not this person a trade union leader called flat there we made an audio recordings of what happened there and that was and he died in 2001 but these are new recordings who had a very important in the i wouldn't say against about us and why now as we mentioned before these killings took place in the 1980 s. this particular trial took 12 years to get to this point was it taken so long and has taken so long because of the politics and so on i am of course about to say it was duly elected democratically elected president in 22 and so it was difficult and it

crossing from north africa to europe staying in the region the spokesman for the libyan warlord cleaver hafter says a no fly zone is in place over most of the capital tripoli the city's only a functional airport is it my teeth and it's accepted after forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government of national called the tripoli administration says any threat to civil aviation is a crime and a national and international law. and. today we declare a no fly zone where flying is totally prohibited without prior coordination with the general command of the armed forces this no fly zone is as per this plan no flying is permitted within the parameters of this black square that extends from all naam to go a bully then to the south east point then it extends to the west up to i'll repeat a cab up to my own this square area is a no fly zone where flying is completely forbidden. as a senior consultant and strategic adviser the cattle strategic studies center he says have to is supported by several foreign powers vying for influence in libya. whatever is happen

state department officials have met libyan ward cleaver hafter for talks and in a statement they say the meeting on november the 24th discussed steps to achieve a suspension of hostilities and a political resolution to the libyan conflict the frank discussions build on recent talks with the tripoli based officials the aim is to establish a common basis for progress between the parties on the issues that divide them and these include concrete efforts to address militias and extremist elements and the distribution of resources so they benefit all the beans are libya correspondent mahmud of the wired has more from tripoli. this meeting is according to many analysts. resulting in a very strong statement calling on the warlord hafer hefted to stop hostilities and return to the peaceful negotiations to end the libyan crisis remember in back in april the sickest over state might promptly feel called on have to. retreat and to stop the military escalation in southern tripoli and since then this is the 1st american statement to. lake is said to address a stronger statement to have to stop the