been a breakthrough in efforts to secure a truce in the civil war in libya german foreign minister heikal moss has announced that the powerful rebel leader. has agreed in principle to abide by a cease fire that the country and its backers are split between 2 rival governments one is in tripoli and that is the seat of the un backed government a led by fire yes also raj and the other here is in tobruk which is the base of the libyan national army was led by general huffed are germany and the european union are pushing for stability in libya to help stem the flow of migrants who are making the journey across the mediterranean but it's a multilevel conflict and there are no easy solutions or word of another color. strongman general highly for have wants tripoli. together with his libyan national army he hopes to capture the country's capital and take full control of this oil rich nation. and it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waded in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fires alsa raja's un backed government and russia supporting have to . moscow has denied

to some other countries in the region and that's something that by the way german foreign minister heikal mosque clearly explained that this and to what he had to say on this respect. the fact is the troops who are involved in a training mission for example are no longer carrying it on and this comes to a quarter the coalition's entire antti i ask combat mission is also currently on hold. so the safety of our soldiers who are there is our highest priority this time we're checking them out on a daily basis i have so far taken every precaution to ensure the safety of our soldiers on the ground. so germany is pulling some of it soldiers of iraq what about its nato allies including the u.s. are they expected to follow suit. we already saw their reaction from the united states in our report terry on this far as nato is concerned they also already suspended training operations in iraq i think the general consensus is a sort of wait and see approach to try and understand not only as i said what is going to happen to the on t.i.s. coalition but also in particular the situation in iraq and in the

back to government as the conflict in the country worsens germany's foreign minister heikal moss and the e.u. council president met with the leader of the un back to government fire as the raj the e.u. russia and turkey have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. bolivia's in term government plans to start a corruption investigation into $600.00 officials who are part of former president a former all this is the ministration or ellis was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee bolivia in the wake of disputed elections under the thousands of people in puerto rico are currently without electricity without water after a series of earthquakes hit the u.s. territory earlier this week the strongest quake at a magnitude of 6.4 that makes it one of the worst in the century at least one person has died hundreds more were made homeless. european commission president horse the founder lion has visited london for talks on bracks it she told prime minister boris johnson his deadline for post breck's of trade deal by the en

its citizens and the list of countries repatriating is growing on friday german foreign minister heikal mass amounts to his country would be following suit. you know life starts it's very it's i'm relieved that we're now in a position to end a difficult situation in which our citizens find themselves there. yes just rubbish but we can now fly those out who are willing to leave spies into the city it's always difficult because some 100 people in total. surely uses words although none of the german nationals being picked up by this military plane are believed to have contracted the virus strict safety precautions are in place. today my government told me i have to go to the airport and i think they will be made a small mental check from the chinese government. i'm not sure that i think i will fly to germany and after this i will be isolated. for 2 weeks it's a strategy being adopted by authorities in many countries like here in spain district quarantines at this military hospital are planned for spaniards returning from china this all comes after the world health organization revised its

recognized government has already signed a cease fire deal and on thursday a german foreign minister heikal must received assurances from rebel leader. that he too will support the troops before travelling to berlin general have tara is stopping over in athens where sunday's summit is raising tensions. like so often the general have to was received in athens like a top minister but many countries see him simply as a warlord but there are reasons why he says if they did hear greece is angry at the u.s. recognition of the libyan government which is signed of maritime agreement with turkey without taking greece's islands in the region into account greece is also irritated at not being invited to libya conference but is nevertheless offered to be a mediator. corage commander have to participate constructively in the process and to try within the existing framework to achieve a cease fire and to restore security in libya after made clear during a meeting with germany's foreign minister heiko must that he's willing to abide by a cease fire which is celebrating as a success. i think it's good news

ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire in the country's civil war germany's foreign minister heikal mass has announced that rebel leader have tar has agreed to abide by a cease fire following talks in benghazi is also now expected to attend an international meeting on the libya crisis in berlin this weekend. this could be the truce the international community was hoping for germany has been weighing in ahead of the peace conference shared with the sunday in berlin german foreign minister heiko must meet with libyan general kiley to have time in benghazi on thursday and head of the talks must sit have time had recognized the need for a truce if not yet formally. after has agreed to respect a cease fire agreement regardless of the fact that he hasn't signed it earlier this week not so extraordinarily important. back in berlin german chancellor angela merkel also welcome tough task surance says that he would stick to the ceasefire this is. good news that he's willing to observe the cease fire we need to have that to start with. then the libya conference we need to see above all that th

the complicated problems that have accumulated in the middle east now germany's foreign minister heikal mass tweeted the us military operation followed a series of dangerous provocations by ron however this action has not made it easier to reduce tensions now he adds that the escalation which could set the whole regional must be presented prevented but israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu voiced his support for the killing saying just as israel has the right of self-defense the united states has exactly the same right kassim so that money is responsible for the death of american citizens and many of it innocent people aren't mistaken it now some of the other stories making news around the world a man has gone on a rampage at a park in a suburb of paris the suspect stabbed several people and then run away offices pursued the man and shot him french government says one of the stabbing victims is date 2 others injured. we'll talk as police have detained several 7 people for questioning over the calmest go on case takesh private jet has admitted going fled japan to lebanon on one of i

a very smart move in the foreign affairs council on friday to give the man the to germany and to heikal must to actually negotiate and to come up with a building with a building conference so i don't see any way that you could intervene militarily if that is what you meant but to deescalate and then bring everyone to a common page of for the future of libya that is the road that the e.u. has to play and i think germany is in maybe the best position of all the big e.u. member states to do this george or certainly better than war as was famously said with regards to these kind of conflicts situations can annoy him in a green and a.p. thank you so much for your perspective thank you. but don't forget you can always get news on the go just to download our art from google play all from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can also use the d w up to send us photos and videos of what is happening where you are. you're watching the news live from but then co

leaders a meeting that by the way will also take place with germany's foreign minister if that is true heikal last the foreign minister is also going to be there at this meeting which is considered by some as unusual what going to miss is does it give us it gives a very clear message that this is a very important on a very delicate situations or germany is going to travel to russia not only with the german chancellor but also with the german foreign minister both of whom have been playing a very important role when it comes to trying again to deescalate to show restraint to try and mediate for example has already announced that he will be talking to his iranian counterpart to try and find ways. out of this situation so this gives you an idea of how important this is that germany is also trying to speak to different players but in particular russia as i explained because germany sees that with russia it can have a particular role now the german government is facing criticism for failing to define a clear position in-built the escalation of tension between iran and the united states is not a fa

of the deal but in fact they're going to be in a very tough position and german foreign minister heikal mosse is calling for an urgent foreign ministers meeting so they can discuss this and see what there is to do if they can take any more steps to keep the deal from being declared finally dead gerri thank you so much to that was teri schultz in brussels. let's bring in tyson barker here he is a transatlantic analyst with the aspen institute here in berlin good to see you tyson i think so tell us is it any clearer now whether there's a coherent strategy behind the trump administration's decision to kill cus i'm selling money i think everything that we're dealing with on the table is unclear right now both the decision to kill the money and the reaction to it what we have heard from reporting out of washington is that there were a range of options on the table in reaction to the attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad and this was the most extreme and that was the one that was chosen to go with to the surprise of many in the national security community and the national security and intelli

backed government as the conflict in the country bus and german foreign minister heikal mass and the e.u. concert president met the leader of the un backed government affairs at odds the e.u. russia and turkey have corder and government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. time to have on day are real concerns of much of unease and defense in the islands upcoming presidential election the allegations are hot to ignore for an island that beijing claims and is fond of its. china looms launch in daily taiwanese life. it's graduation for these young students at taipei university but while their thoughts may be on their careers their hearts are with fellow students in hong kong . a quick glance around the cafeteria makes it clear where their sympathies lie and who their common enemy is china. disease no way in the past china's interference was not so noticeable but now it is if we allow this to continue it would be like the frog in the slowly boiling water it doesn't notice the heat until it dies. but wincing in the current political mood in taiwan is real

this is deja vu news these are our top stories the german foreign minister heikal moscow says libya's rebel commander. has agreed to a cease fire following their meeting in benghazi that in principle general hotter is also agreed to attend this weekend's conference in berlin in depending libya's civil war. the u.s. senate has formally opened the impeachment trial against president donald trump chief justice john roberts who will be presiding over the trial as one in the senator's jurors earlier chief prosecutor adam schiff read the charges against. anti-government protesters in beirut have gathered outside the lebanese parliament they're angry at the political elite as an unprecedented economic crisis deepens in that country the peaceful demonstration follows 2 nights of violent clashes. heavy downpours in eastern australia have triggered flash flooding in many regions already ravaged by catastrophic bushfires. south of the australian reptile park in new south wales were forced into action to save animals threatened by a sudden dully. this is d.w. news from berlin don't forget there's

with libya's un backed government as the conflict in the country versus germany's foreign minister heikal moss and the e.u. council president met with the leader at the un backed government files as the e.u. russia and turkey have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting on sunday. a shock announcement in the british royal family britain's prince harry and his wife meghan say they are going to step back from their oil and spend more time in north america one tab that has described the move and makes it reports say the news to prince charles and the queen by surprise and that the royal monaco was apparently hurt by the decision. and meghan on their wedding day it was thought to be the start of a new chapter for the british royal family but it was not meant to read like this in an instagram post the couple explained they would stay back a senior royals and would aim to become financially independent it seems the cult even the queen of our guard she's reported to be heart one commentator said it was beyond belief last year was a pretty dreadful year for t

backed government as the conflict in the country worsens german foreign minister heikal moss and the e.u. concert president met the leader of the un backed government. the e.u. russia and turkey have called and government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. lebanon has issued a travel ban on full men miss on chairman loss after authorities questioned him over an interpol notice going fled to lebanon from japan where he was awaiting trial on corruption charges going disputes all the allegations against him and says he would not get a fair trial in japan. turning now to france where thousands of people have hit the streets another day of strikes and protests against president emanuel macross proposed pension reform across pushed to change the pension system as unleased wrote the longest strike actions in france in decades it's caused weeks of travel chaos and news liza lewis is standing by for us in the heart of paris. what is happening in the french capital today. well here tens of thousands of people have gathered to march from the point from the pla