forces from libya's un recognized government have killed 8 fighters loyal to warlord calling for hafter they've also captured 4 hot our supporters while advancing on his largest stronghold in the west of the country the city of to hona is the target of government troops after they regained control of 7 coastal cities earlier this week and it's been a year since after launched his offensive to capture the capital tripoli the head is in tripoli and explains the importance of this city to both sides of the conflict. the city of about 70 kilometers to the east in that sour the from the capital tripoli is the main stronghold for have to his forces in the west of the country in fact it has the operation room that has been around by ford in foreign military experts including egyptian immorality of russian military experts according to the government a military sources and from there they're running get their battles in southern tripoli as you know that the government forces are now trying to cross into the vicinity of the city of from several axes and eyewitnesses in the vicinity of that who n

libya there's been heavy shelling of residential areas in tripoli by forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter been firing on homes in the capital for over a week in retaliation for losing strongholds in western libya as al jazeera is mahmud the glue i had that i reports from tripoli or men and their young son have been reported to been killed. as soon as the early in the morning were been hearing heavy sounds of explosions and military sources with the government of national accord say that have that his forces have been shelling get civil areas in southern tripoli with indiscriminate shelling actually the art of now. for those forces the in the rains are in this southern outskirts of neighborhood in southern tripoli and from there the shelling get civil areas including the government forces locations in irons are also in the northern outskirts of ns out a neighborhood with mortal rockets and in many cases random rockets land in it is eventually yes today a woman was killed along with her son and 3 of her other sons were injured by a random rocket launcher where have their forces in the vicin

the government of national accord says hafter has violated previous truces after his forces would pause hostilities juror in the holy month of ramadan his key ally the united arab emirates is calling for all sides to find a political solution to the conflict through what it describes as a supervised process and sources have told al-jazeera of a recent high level visit to sudan where they discussed military support for hafta . libya's been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of the longtime leader moammar gadhafi 9 years ago now the various forces back one of 2 rival administrations the u.n. recognize government in the capital tripoli controls the area in bloom after who formed the self declared libyan national army controls the territory that in red he's allied with a rival administration based in eastern libya sami hamdi is the editor in chief of the international interest that's a current affairs analysis magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he says the timing of have to cease fire announcement isn't just about ramadan. he's calling a ceasefire now because t

on some other news the libyan warlord honey for hafter is announced a ceasefire during the holy month of ramadan which just hours earlier his forces launched another rocket attack on a medical facility i have been trying to take over the libyan capital tripoli for a year charlotte bell us with this report. this is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on wins day mourning one person died and at least 5 were injured libya's un recognized government lay blame with warlord general. you'd always later after a spokesman announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan when headley slept well we hereby announce the sation of all military operations on our part and any breach of the session of military operations by terrorist militias will face an immediate in very severe response will be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted sternly we stand against any unilateral measures that would p

cases in russia have almost doubled in just 8 days some other news forces loyal to libyan warlord hafter of attacked residential neighborhoods in a town just east of tripoli overnight they find dozens of rockets into. on monday have to ended peace talks with the un recognized government these forces have been advancing on have to fighters for nearly 2 weeks and the syrian military says at least 3 civilians have been killed during israeli missile attacks on damascus for the people were injured in the attack on 2 suburbs west of the capital the military says it intercepted some of the missiles and this airstrike go the full thing less than a month and comes as tensions increase between israel and the iranian backed group hezbollah there you go you are up to date with the world headlines on al-jazeera another full of news after the stream. talk to al jazeera we want your force work when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying your europeans goal build you know the stage of you we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the storie

a libyan wall of haifa hafter has announced a cease fire during the month of ramadan hours earlier his forces launched a rocket attack on a medical facility though after us forces have been trying to take over the capital tripoli for a year shell about us explains. this is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on wins day mourning one person died and at least 5 were injured libya's un recognized government lay blame with warlord general aletha hafta yet always later after a spokesman announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan when headley slept well we hereby announce the sation of all military operations on our part and any breach of the suspension of military operations by terrorists militias who face an immediate and very severe response would be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted sternly we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. half the c

the offensive is still ongoing as mr sonner said before meet the offensive against this stronghold hafter stronghold outside tripoli the city of terror who now is ongoing what will happen with that town is still up in the air and whether again g'day forces will be able to sustain their positions is an open question so there is actually no talk for the time be about setting out conditions from the g.n.a.t. side and i must say been from the eastern side there led forces there is a complete denial on their need to engage on a peace process but it must be said and we should remember that when turkey decided to him to be on the side of the jenin forces it said they said in ankara that their purpose was to rebalance the power on the ground in order to enable a peace process so now there is also a certain moral burden on the outside backers of the d.n.a. to ensure that you know once we've gone beyond this initial phase of a counter-offensive that the target may that are the peace process that has to still be in the car it's not there yet i want to talk about about the back as both a g. and a and

2nd largest in lebanon so that is the position of the army and forces loyal to the libyan war lord hafter of attacks residential neighborhoods in the town just east of the capital overnight they fired dozens of rockets on the town the slot the monday after and all of the peace talks with the un recognized government forces have been making gains against top his fighters for nearly 2 weeks those your headlines and that's my lot for today thank you for your company bernard smith has got the latest edition of inside story next. worldwide military spending is at its highest for 10 years where is all that money going on might government change the priorities with the coronavirus scripts this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. now it's often said that war is good for business conflicts drive up demand for weapons defense equipment and soldiers and it appears last year was a bumpy year the stockholm international peace research institute says global military spending grew to nearly 2 trillion dollars that's a more than 7 percent increase over 10 years but the trend may change as the

cases in russia have almost doubled in just 8 days some other news forces loyal to libyan warlord hafter of attacked residential neighborhoods in a town just east of tripoli overnight they find dozens of rockets into. on monday have to ended peace talks with the un recognized government these forces have been advancing on have to fight is for nearly 2 weeks and the syrian military says at least 3 civilians have been killed during israeli missile attacks on damascus for the people were injured in the attack on 2 suburbs west of the capital the military says it intercepted some of the missiles they sent strike though the full thing less than a month and comes as tensions increase between israel and the iranian backed group hezbollah they go you are up to date with the world headlines on al-jazeera another full of news after the stream. talk to al-jazeera we want your force world when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after world war saying your europeans go build you know the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stori

capital a woman and her young son are reported to have been killed forces loyal to the ward cleaver hafter are accused of bombarding residential areas in tripoli those are the headlines about the al-jazeera news in half an hour but next on al-jazeera its inside story with bernard smith do stay with us. for. worldwide military spending is that it but. where is all that money going on my government change that. is the coronavirus. this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard. now it's often said that war is good for business conflicts drive up demand for weapons defense equipment and soldiers and it appears last year was a bumpy year the stockholm international peace research institute says global military spending grew to nearly 2 trillion dollars that's a more than 7 percent increase over 10 years but the trend may change as the coronavirus pandemic devastates the world's economies 5 countries account for more than 60 percent of the world's military expenditure the us is by far the world's largest spender at $732000000000.00 that's more than a 3rd of the global military b

threat to tripoli from the western direction the government forces say they can now focus on repealing hafter us forces attacks in southern tripoli but with continuing the shelling of residential areas it seems that all calls for the escalation have gone unheard mahmud up to. tripoli north korea has fired what are believed to be several cruise missiles off its eastern coast that's according to south korea for projectiles of thought to be short range and were launched from one province into the sea the weapons test is the latest in a series by north korea in recent weeks u.s. senator bernie sanders has indorsed former rival joe biden for president in the joint lifestream the backing comes less than a week after sanders dropped out of the race he hopes the move will unite the democratic party ahead of the presidential election. asking all americans i'm asking every democrat american every independent i'm asking a lot of republicans to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy of course to make certain that we defeat somebody who i believe and i'm speaking just for myself now is t

country's west coast its forces have taken a number of towns and cities from the warlord only for hafter and are setting their sights on a key airfields had reports now from one of the seized tons of brother. life is gradually getting back to normal in the coastal city of sobriety in western libya forces loyal to the internationally recognized a government are taken control civilians who fled the city when have that his forces seized it 3 years ago but now returning home. we don't want military rule we rose up against a dictatorship in 2011 not to have another one now we want a civil democratic state that's what we've sacrificed for on monday have forces were driven out and lost control of many areas in the west of the country before the pulled back to a debate is so the. this is the operation of health of his forces and the city of it has been hit by a government war plain as infantry forces crossed into the city. so brought this location is important because it's along the international coastal highway that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian border the west coast cities are also

capital a woman and her young son are reported to have been killed forces loyal to the ward cleaver hafter are accused of bombarding residential areas in tripoli those are the headlines and back with the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour but next on our desire it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us. worldwide military spending is at its highest but 10 years where is all that money going on my government's change that priorities with the coronavirus scripts this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm boun it's now it's often said that war is good for business conflicts drive up demand for weapons defense equipment and so.

are after successfully completing stage one battling to recapture the stronghold of ward cleaver hafter the western city of the who is where many of his men come from and government forces say that they killed 10 of have to fighters and captured dozens more in retaliation have to us forces intensified shelling on residential areas in tripoli iran's warned the u.s. of a decisive response to what it called any dangerous actions by american forces in the gulf it follows an incident on wednesday when the u.s. military says 11 vessels from iran's elite revolutionary guard came close to its ships in the gulf the u.s. call the move provocative in response iran has stepped up the guards patrols in the region. russian president vladimir putin says the country is growing the virus situation is under complete control he made the common search christians were urged to stay home during orthodox easter weekend on sunday russia reported a wreck or daily rise of 6000 new infections putin says the health care system and the economy can cope when you my dinner and the legal room open to you but we are ca

it's an intractable conflict with both hafter and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations that feeds the conflict one of have to is closest allies is the united arab emirates sources told al jazeera that a senior abu dhabi delegation including the crown prince's brother flew into khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u.a.e. could further support general haftar sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then leave you if you had a part of the u.a.e. is playing a role bigger than its size by its constant interference in the affairs of a number of arab countries we need to consider that we in libya are in a state of war against the u.a.e. . the united arab emirates was also out on wednesday in human rights watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in the 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears that us. firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to include ramadan the month of jihad this year it's the month of peace with their ow

threat to tripoli from the western direction the government forces say they can now focus on repealing hafter us forces attacks in southern tripoli but with continuing the shelling of residential areas it seems that all calls for the escalation have gone unheard mahmud up to. tripoli now in new york is dealing with the largest number of infections in the us putting an enormous strain on its hospitals and medical workers many malloy's on the front line of these cities virus epicenter and that's brooklyn and queens she explained the many pressures she's been facing both work under her. i'm on my way to work and i have just had a very nice and cathartic dance party in my car which is a good transition to work from home because i had a little bit. of a stress warning with my children trying to get them set up for homeschool i am a widow so i don't have a partner to help me with and i don't want to send them to my in-laws or my parents because they're getting older and some of them have health conditions that might put them a little bit more at risk for coated. myself most of our parents i think y

libya's internationally recognized government say they're making gains in the fight against war before hafter troops have entered the city of sort of man and are continuing to advance earlier the tripoli based government launched airstrikes against half those forces killing 7. had reports from tripoli. we know that this could be a major said back for have to force because as you know of that half that has been relying on these 2 cities to besiege the capital tripoli in many occasions he's been calling on his forces in sobriety answer man to move on the capital tripoli but this said back and also week in his forces positions in southern tripoli government forces say that they have been trying to cut the supply line coming to have to the forces in the city of sobriety answer man from a woods here. in. southern west of the libyan capital so this is a major setback to have to us forces and we know that the government forces are now aiming at taken control of the whole highway connecting the capital tripoli to did crossing terminal on the tunisian border the government say that they have not lost

during an attack on the health complex east of the capital well the tripoli government blamed it on hafter on monday he ended peace talks with the government. are cars but of mahmoud of the one who is in tripoli he says that although frontlines of quiet for now have to announce that. and that's what has not been taken seriously i have thought as spokesman and i assume as has been contradictory you know that the last ramadan last year they said that ramadan is the month of jihad the were boosting their forces to continue the battle to attack the capital tripoli this ramadan this year he is calling on it he is an hour. secession of hostilities but that this has been interpreted here in the west of libya as a kind of maneuver to gain time to maintain their positions maybe to regroup and rearrange their plans and to also plan another or fresh attack on the capital tripoli a member have to have to himself rejected that many cease fire proposals in the past and only this comes only a few weeks after this set back his forces suffered in the west of libya after the last several strategic cities an

still ahead here on al-jazeera ward cleaver hafter is under pressure in libya government troops advance on his positions. and flattening the curve how tough measures in the indian carola are showing the way in the fight against the pandemic stories after the break. hello by no means is the middle east in the arabian place across the moment the slower time around 10 suggests there are thunderstorms around that is true their house forecast to see rain north of the country north of qatar to herself breaks during sunday generally speaking in dry couple days after that but not blue skies and that's true of a good part of society particularly iran running back to turkey belafonte's looking nice that it is cloudy occasional showers but it's in the low twenty's it's only in the high twenty's for example in riyadh and are hot but big shot on the western side the mountains in southern saudi and in yemen could produce more flash flooding and present conditions as they have to i mean santa recently rain in the rest of north africa is rather confined to this streak which is in mauritania and now dea

taken seriously has not been taken for granted especially in the worst of libya forces do not trust hafter specially with his past experience of rejecting many ceasefire proposals markman thanks very much. and in another development out of libya sources have told al jazeera that an aircraft carrying prominent officials from the united arab emirates flew to the sudanese capital khartoum on tuesday sources say the m r r t delegation including the brother of abu dhabi's crown prince met sudanese officials to discuss military support for after sudan these officials have denied any meeting taking place let's talk to william lawrence formerly a u.s. diplomat in libya and a professor of international affairs at american university he joins us from washington william welcome back to al-jazeera these discussions assuming for a 2nd they did take place they didn't take place for a particularly long time so realistically what could they achieve. you know to our discussion as much as you are or it these were probably relatively quick discussions about how to recruit more sudanese troops sudan and other

it's an intractable conflict with both hafter and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations fuel that feeds the conflict one of half his closest allies is the united arab emirates sources told 00 that a senior abu dhabi delegation including the crown prince's brother flew into khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u.a.e. could food the support general haftar sudanese officials deny the report their learn and they leave you if you had a part of the u.a.e. is playing a role bigger than its size by its constant interference in the affairs of a number of arab countries we need to consider that we in libya are in a state of war against the u.a.e. . the united arab emirates. stay in human rights watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in the 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears that the firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to include ramadan the month of jihad this year it's the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of

from libya's un recognized government have killed at least 8 fighters loyal to warlord clean for hafter they've also captured at least $100.00 have to support us while advancing on his largest stronghold in the west of the country the city is the target of government troops out today regain control of 7 coastal cities earlier in the week it's been here since have to launch this offensive to capture the capital tripoli. has the latest from libya's capital. the decision made by the government to move on the city of horner. has been taken after they took control of the west of libya last week and they say that if the take control of. it means that half the forces lose the whole west of libya eyewitnesses in the vicinity of the city of that when i say that the area as there have been shaken by heavy explosions we know that the government forces have been exchanging heavy fire with have those forces in the vicinity of that hole now since early morning and now as a kind of the act any action or retaliation have to this forces have started shelling get it is the initial it is in tripoli and al

to drum up support with there are about to do for all of acquisition of arms or mercenary us for hafter i was there or. if that were to be true though it is very troubling because the arab emirates has repeatedly called for and so the civil or political goetia ships and support through the un resolutions require that indeed just a few very sicko sheikh mohammad a doctor president trump of your status and so on the one to see deescalation or that was probably enough for both as so in light of that why do you think it would be happening now well after it's been losing the war in the west lately and it looks like a truce both sides have been potentially go and i'll bet it's turkey on one side the emirates and russia on the other egypt are all getting more weapons mercenaries from whatever support of their side which is a tragedy that needs saw. i suppose a lot of meetings have been held in various capitals around the world trying to make it stop i'm thinking of the conference in berlin where there was a tenuous agreement to various cease fires now a lot of this happened in fact most of it

threat to tripoli from the western direction the government forces say they can now focus on repealing hafter his forces attacks in southern tripoli but with continuing the shelling of residential areas it seems that all calls for the escalation have gone unheard mahmud up to. tripoli. time for weather is evident thanks very much preterist a lot being back in scotland at the moment isn't that faith there is cold and it's wet not quite that bad shall we say a lot of clouds showing up on the satellite picture and we've seen some really heavy rain recently very mild last week which is about 3 or 4 days ago we were getting up to around 40 celsius here in doha next few days we're struggling to get to the mid to high twenty's but a lot of cloud and or a molest wretch's right out of afghanistan iran right the way down across the u.a.e. pushing right down into the southern end of the red sea into yemen in fact and we've seen widespread flooding here as a result of some very heavy downpours some heavy and steady rain it has caused damage to property strong gusty winds along with the heavy downpours an

hafter have so far failed to overthrow the internationally recognized government. heads looks at the mounting cost of the conflict saying good prayers is the only thing worth man been can do now for his late son more than for his buried here along with other victims of a generally at tack on a military academy in tripoli 32 kids were killed in the airstrike launch it by forces loyal to the warlord have. both the man says his son who had just turned 19 before the attack had an ambition to become a pilot and had many hobbies including horse riding. my family's life has become so difficult we've lost happiness and interest in life after we lost a son we will not rest until have to her and his backers are brought to international justice. one year since i have to launch his military campaign to take control of tripoli from the and medical needs to government. his affairs it has failed to achieve its goals international mediation has failed to in the conflict including a recent call on the warring parties to embrace a truce to allow the country to tackle covert 19 many