voting begins an ija. referendum on widening presidential powers the opposition calls for a boycott with the poll won't be free fair. it's just. and grief across the political divide in northern ireland for the journalist to mina held by police. we begin in libya where the capital's only functioning airport has been temporarily closed after intense fighting there by airstrikes were reported in several areas all orderly for have to. retake the capital three weeks ago is fighting against the un recognized government based in tripoli al jazeera. begins our coverage from the capital. under cover of. forces. the government advance and where they will be so east of the capital. they're trying to push forces to world and for hefted out over aims are unable. civil military units joined together in a number of flash points to form a defense called on facing have to his forces south of tripoli government warplanes targeted have to his forces locations. around eighty kilometers south of tripoli that. your forces prov

announcing that they would activate destress ija in the constitution to remove the sitting president was that the army essentially making a preemptive move here to keep their their position of power. and howard protestors in the streets going to going to interpret that well i think of that you know first of all we have to say that the cut call for any of that happened all during all these weeks showed that the movement to this peaceful and very civic movement to took at the we jim off guard the algerian regime wasn't expecting such a scale of mobilise ation and i think this is a big victory for the algerian people but again there is so much that they still have to achieve that i think of the declaration of gates has special leave the last one was very threatening and i believe that president would feel if i had no choice that then to resign concerning the military it is very important to point out something that is the wall that of the military has been playing in the politics since the independence and the country and till today and i can states today and yesterday we saw it again w