over intelligence they received that suggests france the united arab emirates and egypt a backing khalifa haftar us forces council says the 3 countries are helping the warlord and planning new attacks on tripoli mahmud up why it brings us the latest. this statement by libya's you and back to government of national accord is calling on the united nations support the mission in libya along with the international community to stop the military escalation by have to its forces on the capital tripoli this is following the intelligence information received by the high state council or the high state the high council of his state indicating that the united arab emirates egypt and france are planning a fresh offensive on the capital tripoli by supporting the warlord khalifa haftar with advanced weapons and also by intensifying air strikes on civil locations in the capital tripoli this is also coming after 2 fighter jets 2 french fighter jets see 35 and a boeing. 2022 french fighter jets were noticed over the cost of tripoli we understand that egypt the united arab emirates and france are the majo

increasingly volatile since april when forces loyal to wall old khalifa haftar launched an offensive to control the capital hundreds of people have been killed and tains of thousands displaced in the fighting. have to us forces have carried out several air raids on tripoli in recent days after losing the town of nearby eleanor head the area before the area has. probably. but this is a very. densely populated area. the violence has worsened the suffering in migrant attention centers some close to the front lines which housed those pushed back by the european funded libyan coast guard the un's describe the conditions in the same as appalling with little food and water repeatedly calling for them to be closed it's condemn tuesday's attack saying civilians should never be targeted brian al jazeera. all right our diplomatic editor james maes joins us here on set at al-jazeera world headquarters good to have you back with us in the studio for a change james any indication of who did this well we know who the internationally backed u.n. backed governments did it and that is general huffed a

egypt and france are planning a fresh offensive on the capital tripoli by supporting the warlord khalifa haftar with advanced weapons and also by intensifying air strikes on civil locations in the capital tripoli this is also coming after 2 fighter jets 2 french fighter jets c. 35 and boeing of 202 french fighter jets were noticed over the cost of tripoli we understand that egypt the united arab emirates and france are the major supporters of the world khalifa haftar and recently advances weapons including the anti tanks a.g.t. m learned rockets were captured by the government forces as have his forces lost the strategic city of and we understand that both the united arab emirates and france are accused of supporting the warlord khalifa haftar the with advanced weapons fighter jets and drones and also advance of the rockets including their. tanks a.g.t. and rockets the 2 main suspects behind the murder for turkish diplomat in northern iraq have now been arrested ankara accuses muslim diagonal hammad better search of killing the region's deputy consul general and 2 other people on wednesd

the attack in the capital tripoli wounded more than $130.00 and it is being blamed on the warlord khalifa haftar whose forces are advancing on the capital tripoli picking up the pieces. this woman dreamed of a better life she could have imagined she'd end up here in a shattered migrant detention center surrounded by the dead. and these people are the lucky ones the survivors of last night's bombing although they've little left to speak of and even now they're caught between warring armies far from their homes whether they be in sudan or somalia poets we. were one. who are plugged. into us. last night a fighter plane dropped a bomb on a center filled with hundreds of people. amid the chaos survivors began recovering bodies the heavy death toll as grim as it was predictable. we were on the. blow. even before last night the center of tar jura in a suburb of tripoli had been a disaster in the making another bomb landed nearby in may rights group amnesty international said khalifa forces carried out the attack as they moved on tripoli. the migrants in touch were are among 3 and a half 1000 the

disaster in the making another bomb landed nearby in may rights group amnesty international said khalifa haftar forces carried out the attack as they moved on tripoli. the migrants into a jeweler are among 3 and a half 1000 the un has warned are in detention centers located near libya's battlefront weeks ago migrants at a different center protested an increasingly dangerous situation. and 2 out of now we don't want to see collision last year and the fronts are lame so we need evacuation now we are gently we need. since then the fighting in libya has only escalated. meanwhile migrants continue to wait and hope not knowing what will happen next. that's the women's the football world cup or the methods in sweden face off in tonight's 2nd semifinal neither team has ever won the title but the dutch will be backed by a big following and sweden are looking strictly relaxed. don't worry sweden haven't forgotten how to play football after all they've just knocked out heavyweights canada and germany but true to the underdog tag their coach was humble when it came to assessing his team's chances ag

becoming promises kept in yemen still ahead on al-jazeera and libyan politician critical of war on khalifa haftar is kidnapped. and donald trump supporters chanting his racist comments during his past campaign and from felting for congresswoman. hello again welcome back we're here across china we are looking at some more flooding here happening across parts of south western portions of china we're talking specifically over here towards gornji i want to show you the video that has come out here because more rescues and more evacuations are in place as 21000 people are being affected by the waters that are rising across much of the area you can see affect the businesses waters as high as some locations as high as car windows but we are going to see more rain unfortunate cross much of that area as we go from friday as well as into saturday widespread rain here over here towards hong kong though rainy day for you as well with a temperature of $31.00 degrees as you make our way over here towards india it is going to be very heavy rain across much of the south we're talking mostly across parts o

egypt and france are planning a fresh offensive on the capital tripoli by supporting the warlord khalifa haftar with advanced weapons and also by intensifying air strikes on civil locations in the capital tripoli this is also coming after 2 fighter jets 2 french fighter jets c. 35 and boeing. 2022 french fighter jets were noticed over the coast of tripoli we understand that egypt united arab emirates and france are the major supporters of the world khalifa hefted and recently advances weapons including the anti tanks a.g.t. m j of the learned rockets were captured by the government forces as have his forces lost the city of that again we understand that both the united arab emirates and france are accused of supporting the warlord khalifa haftar the with advanced weapons fighter jets and drones and also advance of the rockets including their. tanks. rockets there have been explosions across yemen's rebel held capital of sanaa after a string of saudi u.a.e. led airstrikes saudi media says coalition jet fighters targeted military camps across the city destroying air defenses and missile st

khalifa haftar was offensive on tripoli has derailed a un peace initiative to reconcile libya's rivalpowers. there's the un recognized government led by prime minister fails us or ours in tripoli the capital in the west the government of national accord is backed by most western nations as well as qatar and turkey and in the east of libya there's the brook based parliament the center of power for holy fire have to he's backed by egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates as well as france and russia. i. let's bring in our guest joining us in paris moustapha turi academic and contributor to our monitor news website in san antonio texas months or. professor of politics at the university of texas at sutton san antonio and author of libya's gadhafi the politics of contradiction and in london and elgar marty founder and director of sadik institute the 1st public policy think tank in libya i'd like to begin with. this has been called a war crime by the united nations why hasn't the have to responded to the charges coming from tripoli saying that he was behind this attack. you should see yo

kirwan of serious consequences for the war khalifa haftar whose forces while holding them. want to go back to hong kong now we're going to talk to someone in a moment but 1st a bit of a run through of how things work in hong kong since its handover from british rule back in 1922 years ago today officially on kong as a semi autonomous region of china it is led by a chief executive functions like a prime minister basically but it's chosen by a 1200 member committee made up of mainly pro beijing politicians and business leaders china describes it as one country 2 systems principle and hong kong has executive legislative and independent judicial power on the what is called the basic law but communist parties in beijing have the power to interpret any calls in their own way that's the way it's been for the past 22 years people out protesting on the streets today amongst them we have emily lau who's a former democratic party member in hong kong's legislative council nice to see you emily ben sheer number of people behind you i've been watching your live shot during the break it i

more horrific incidents like this to occur analysts suggest the un's failure to take action against khalifa haftar sets a dangerous precedent not being able for months now or. even condemning the aggression by a warlord that. is a sign. happening at the united nations level people smugglers have exploited the chaos in libya which has become one of the main departure points for african migrants fleeing poverty and war trying to reach europe by boat rights groups say a united international approach is needed both to end the conflict and ensure migrant safety elixir brian al-jazeera or mahmud of the war had spoke to the survivors all those airstrikes santana's there something that these are the migrants are refugees who survived the airstrike on tuesday night they have been sleeping here on the ground since then many of them are grateful to have survived the airstrike although they lost friends currently they have been they have been sleeping here on the ground as you can see. and supervisors here say that they are currently relying on aid organizations including get local donors private donor

may javelin missiles left behind by forces loyal to eastern warlord khalifa haftar are. at the o.p.'s mediator in the ongoing crisis and sudan is urging the military council to hold immediate talks with the opposition on wednesday early this week both science accepted proposals to work towards a civilian led government but they disagree on the structure of the ruling council the opposition is demanding it be made up of a civilian majority are the headlines keep it here more to come and side story is next. the hunt for whales japan has resumed commercial whaling in its waters despite global outbreak but is the practice commercially sustainable and force of the cultural roots of boiling in japan and is culture a justification this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dolby whales were hunted to the brink of extinction until 1986 when a group of countries agreed to temporarily stop whaling for profits which turned into a semi international ban however conservationists are now worried the species might be facing a similar threat many countries continue to hunt whal

the government in tripoli is battling the forces of khalifa haftar, a warlord wid a self-stylelibyan national army. the rebel forces earlier threatened an escalation in airstrikes, but now deny they were responsible for the bombing of the migrant centeay the u.n.s it is unclear who is to blame but called for better protection of migrants libya. >> there has to be an immediate release of all the detainees c from tters, and we have to make sure that no rescued refugee is taken back to libya. quentin: detention centers across the country are overwhelmed. the conditions inside are appalling. this one was filled in april this year. people smuggling flourished after the fall gaddafi 8 years ago. hundreds of thousands came here in the hope of making it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. e risk war continues, increases, and libya offers little refuge. s,entin sommerville, bbc n beirut. laura: for more on the situation in libya, i spoke earlnir with a fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. you are jus

s in action against khalifa haftar sets a dangerous precedent. >> three and a half, almost four monthsf even condemning that aggression by a warlord, that in itself is a sign of a serious failure happening at the united nations at the highest levels. reporter: people smugglers have exploited the chaos in libya, which has become one of the main departure points for african migrants fleeing poverty and war, trying to reach europe by boat. they say a united international approach is needed to end the conflict and ensure migrant safety. we spoke to the survivors and have this update. reporter: these are the migrants and refugees who survived the airstrike tuesday night. they have been sleeping here on the ground since then.n. many of them are grateful to have survived the airstrike, although they lost friends. currently they have been sleeping here on the ground. as you can see. supervisors say they are currently relying on aid organizations including local donors, private donors for food. womenisors say children, and their husbands will be transferred to other detention centers while the

it is being blamed on the warlord khalifa haftar, whose forces are advancing on the capital.eporter: picking g up the piec. this woman dreamed of a better life. she could not have imagined she would end up here in a shattered migrant detention center surrounded by the dead. and these pepeople are the lucky ones, the survivors of last night's bombing. although they have little left to speak of. and even now they y are caught between warring armies, far from their homes, whether they be in sudan or somalia. >> all we k know is we want the u.n. to help people out of this place because this place is dangerous. we don't have any power to do anything. reporter: last night a fighter plane dropped a bomb on a center filled with hundreds of people. amid the chaos, survivors began recovering bodies. the heavy deatath toll, as grims it was p predictable.. >> some people were wounded and they died on the road. as they were running. and some people are still under the blocks. reporter: even before last night, the center in a suburb of tripoli had been a disaster in the making. another bom

the situation in libya has become increasingly volatile since april when forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar launched an offensive to control the capital hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in the fighting. forces most of whom are part of the self declared libyan national army have carried out several air raids on tripoli in recent days after losing the town of cardiac nearby ellen a head the area before the area has. probably some targets that are interested in. but this is a very dense this lee populated area. the violence has worsened the suffering in migrant attention centers some close to the front lines which housed those pushed back by the european funded libyan coast guard the un's describe the conditions in the same tears as appalling with little food and water repeatedly calling for them to be closed it's condemned to tuesday's attack saying civilians should never be targeted brian al jazeera. well libya is a main transit point for refugees and migrants from africa the middle east trying to reach europe there are an estimated 670000 of them in

raid in libya belong to the french army the us made javelin missiles were recovered from the war khalifa haftar is based on the outskirts of tripoli france says the missiles were intended for the protection of a french military unit deployed for counterterrorism operations in libya but documents found with the ammunition suggest the weapons belonged to the u.a.e. natasha butler has more from paris. a of p. and where it is news agencies say that they have received a statement from the french defense ministry and in this statement the french defense ministry says these missiles are indeed french they are u.s. made javelin missiles or the french gave to their forces operating in libya now that's interesting in itself because france has always been very vague about its presence in libya now the french defense ministry statement also says that these missiles were in fact defective they were supposed to be destroyed what the statement doesn't say those how myrth these missiles ended up in the hands of forces who are loyal to khalifa haftar i mean that's the big question and potentially a very

than 130 were wounded in the attack in the capital tripoli the carnage is being blamed on warlord khalifa haftar his forces are advancing on the city putting together the pieces this woman once dreamed of a better life she couldn't have imagined she'd end up here in a shattered migration center surrounded by the dead and these are the lucky ones the survivors of last night's bombing although they have little to speak of and even now they caught between warring armies far from their homes whether they be in sedan or somalia. paul what we know is one. is required just because you didn't do was to go have been a problem and. it happened literally in the dead of night fired a plane that dropped a bomb on a center field with hundreds of people. amidst the chaos people began recovering bodies they have a death toll as grim as it was predictable. some people. on the group one day are we were on the. to do blow even before last night the center to jury in a suburb of tripoli had been a disaster in the making and now the bomb landed me by in my rights group amnesty international said khalifa hof h

libya belonged to the french army the us made javelin missiles were covered from the libyan warlord khalifa haftar space on the outskirts of tripoli france's military says the missiles were originally intended to protect french antiterrorism forces in libya and did not violate an arms embargo. at least 20 people have been killed in fighting between rival tribes in puppa new guinea it happened in the remote province of hella pregnant women and children are among the victims italy's deputy prime minister must pay or sell the amy has denied receiving money from russian investors following the release of a secret recording us news obtained what it says was a transcript of covert talks in moscow between close a salvini and 5 other men it says it shows russia trying to funnel millions of dollars to solve ynys lega policy all right those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera more from me in 25 minutes witness is coming next but i. ah. what. a lot of. genius got a body that i like i do got you got spooked him called on they did i think that's a big deal with chuck that he's going to join the

more horrific incidents like this to occur analysts suggest the un's failure to take action against khalifa haftar sets a dangerous precedent not being able for months. or. even condemning the aggression by a warlord that in itself. is a sign of. happening and the united nation and a higher level people smugglers have exploited the chaos in libya which has become one of the main departure points for african migrants fleeing poverty and war trying to reach europe by boat rights groups say a united international approach is needed both to end the conflict and ensure migrant safety elixir brian al jazeera. earlier i asked our correspondent in tripoli if there was a weapons def own near by as claimed by forces. we were the 1st to come here to this detention center when it was 1st hit i'll just ask by the cameraman to just. bring the camera or just direct the camera towards this detention center this is just a detention center that has made grants and refugees there was no any kind of what weapons or i mean a shin. have to. clean but in all cases. the supervisors here are the libyan supervisors

more horrific incidents like this to occur analysts suggest the un's failure to take action against khalifa haftar sets a dangerous precedent not being able for months. or. even condemning the aggression by a warlord. is a sign. happening at the united nations level people smugglers have exploited the chaos in libya which has become one of the main departure points for african migrants fleeing poverty and war trying to reach europe by boat rights groups say a united international approach is needed both to end the conflict and ensure migrant safety elixir brian al-jazeera. double wides fota the survivors of those airstrikes and has this update these are the migrants and refugees who survived the airstrike on tuesday night they have been sleeping here on the ground since then many of them are grateful to have survived the airstrike although they lost friends currently they have been they have been sleeping here on the ground as you can see . and supervisors here say that they are currently relying on aid organizations including get local donors private donors for food supervisors here say th

is blaming the troops general khalifa haftar one of the factions that we said is a warring at the moment how did you come to the conclusion that they might be behind this and what would be in it for a heart to strike refugee camp well. ourselves a mandate is to work with refugees in libya we're not able to independently verify exactly who carried out the air strike what we can say for sure is that these coordinates of the detention centers the exact location is shared with the warring parties there now needs to be a full and thorough investigation the individuals responsible for this attack need to be identified and they need to be fully held to account for this there needs to be consequences so this does not happen again all right charlie yaxley u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson for libya thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world the german captain of the migrant rescue ship sea watch has moved to a secret location because of security concerns kato was released from house arrest tuesday by an italian court she'd been detained for taking her ship carrying 40 migra

more horrific incidents like this timika analysts suggest the un's failure to take action against khalifa haftar sets a dangerous precedent not being able. or. even condemning that aggression by a warlord that in itself is a sign of. happening and the united nation and a higher level people smugglers have exploited the chaos in libya which has become one of the main departure points for african migrants fleeing poverty and war trying to reach europe by boat rights groups say a united international approach is needed both to end the conflict and ensure migrant safety elixir brian al jazeera well earlier i asked our correspondent had in tripoli if there was a weapons depo nearby is claimed by houses forces. we were the 1st to come here to this detention center when it was 1st hit i'll just ask by the cameraman to just. bring the camera or just direct the camera towards this detention center this is just a detention center that has made grants and refugees there was no any kind of what weapons or immunization. have to. clean but in all cases. the supervisors here are the libyan supervisors h

may javelin missiles left behind by forces loyal to eastern warlord khalifa haftar are ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee bob menendez says if confirmed the transfer would be a gross violation of the u.n. arms embargo on libya. and the battle for libya's capital is making it hard for health workers to do their job they've also been caught in the line of fire several have been killed others injured horses loyal to the war cliff a hot tar are fighting to take control of the city from the un recognized government and we have reports from tripoli. these ambulances are on their way to the frontlines of southern tripoli. a tough task for medical workers here who face gunfire while trying to do their job. the 3 months battle for control of the libyan capital has taken out all. forces are allied with the you and recognize the government in tripoli accuse those loyal to the warlords really for have to of targeting healthy for cities as well as residential areas this new field hospital in solid in neighborhood in southern tripoli is one of 4 health facilities hit by airstr

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were killed and more than 100 others were injured tripoli's un recognized government says warlord khalifa haftar and his forces are responsible but they say they were targeting a nearby weapons and didn't give orders to hit the shelter the world health organization says almost 1000 people have been killed since have to began his offensive to take over the capital 3 months ago well rob rebels explains why it's taken the u.n. security council 3 days to present a unified response to the migrant center attack. you could put this in the category of better late than never on wednesday the u.n. security council met for more than 3 hours behind closed doors but was unable to come up with a statement on the airstrike against the migrant detention center in tripoli now they have done so and in addition to condemning the air raid the security council urges all sides in libya to commit to a cease fire it says lasting peace tense the civility in libya will only come through political solutions and the also the council gave something of an admonition to other countries without naming any of them but te

been killed and dozens more were injured the area has seen fighting between the forces of warlord khalifa haftar and there is no oil to the internationally recognized government but one other one had visited the area where the strike hit. this because according to the supervisor here there were about 150 migrants here in this detention center from different nationalities including. nationalities. was very surprised that it hit this into this in front of the detention center this is the greatest of the areas. it's very. but here the. forces with the government of view and about the government of national called accuse the jets of god if you think this detention center. has been a suicide bombing in the tunisian capital a man detonated his explosives after being surrounded by police and interior ministry spokesman says there were no casualties and that the attacker was a wanted man. now the special investigator who's report hold saudi arabia responsible for the murder of journalist to market shock she wants world powers to reconsider holding the next g. 20 in riyadh and yes kind of marred a

especially this vulnerable population very few countries among them italy is has been calling out khalifa haftar and condemning him and his libyan national army as being responsible most importantly however for the international community is the united nations they're having the special meeting i am very skeptical of if the dynamics that have so far been dominating in the u.n. security council in particular will change by that you mean by that i mean russia employing its veto power for example for resolutions that will call for an immediate ceasefire for the fighting in tripoli plus what we always need follow up actions actually measurements to hold people and forces accountable because 2 big questions that will measures be taken to try and end cliff after his offensive on tripoli. so what we've been seeing so far like as we said earlier this attack is really embedded in this offensive he started in early april we are now 3 months into the fighting and. his rationale to take over tripoli quickly has not materialized so if we look at the countries that we counted as siding with khalifa haf

killed see her was a member of the alternative parliament set up in benghazi and sparked by world khalifa haftar who she criticized in a t.v. interview but what other wahid has more from tripoli. so is among the dozens of lawmakers in the east of libya who are against the war launch it by the warlords to flee for her stood on the capital tripoli in fact so gave her herself she heads a new trend is called the libyan moderate movement which is calling on the all the evil factions to stop the bloodshed to stop the fighting and return to their negotiating to table recently. has been good on one of the local televisions in the east of libya calling on have to the troops to stop the fighting to stop the bloodshed and return home to move back to the east we understand that have their supporters have been almost criticizing for opposing the war led by have to seize the capital tripoli parliament members with sergei were holding the warlords plea for have to for the force disappearance which the u.s. now under according to eyewitnesses and family members an armored group belonging to the warlords

have been killed and dozens more were injured the area has seen fighting between the forces of world khalifa haftar and those loyal to the internationally recognized government well let's meet our correspondent mark went up to wahid who's in tripoli for us would talk us through what you're seeing i believe you as a hospital around a number of people have been injured. one indeed and this time it's it's so tragic it's unbelievable and the. the one the migrants do not really know what's happening next for them because as you know they were detained because they were trying to cross media training into europe and they were detained and sent back to detention centers in the capital tripoli as you know this is like. that tug of migrant detention center in a neighborhood that's been the eastern suburb of the libyan capital sue unbelievable it's the migrants who survived the great shock and as you know the dues migrants are from africa and nationalities including is from all the sudan and eritrea they have also asian and arab nationals among the casualties and this is this is not the 1st time this

egypt and france are planning a fresh offensive on the capital tripoli by supporting the warlord khalifa haftar with advanced weapons and also by intensifying air strikes on civil locations in the capital tripoli this is also coming after 2 fighter jets 2 french fighter jets c. 35 and a boeing. 202 french fighter jets were noticed over the cost of tripoli we understand that egypt the united arab emirates and france are are the major supporters of the world khalifa haftar and recently advances weapons including the anti tanks a.g.t. m j of the learned rockets were captured by the government forces as have those forces last the city of and we understand that both the united arab emirates and france are accused of supporting the warlord khalifa haftar the with advanced weapons fighter jets and drones and also advance of the rockets including their. tanks. rockets. still ahead for you marching to remain thousands take to the streets of london in a show of solidarity with europe 3 months before the u.k. is set to leave the e.u. . and we look at india's endangered species struggling to survive

people have been killed and dozens more wounded the area has seen fighting between the forces of world khalifa haftar and those loyal to the internationally recognized government correspondent mark what otherwise he does there with all the details this is the migrants. in the neighborhood in the eastern suburbs will deliver to the pulley it has just been hit by an air strike. fighter jets loyal to the world. it's very tragic here dead bodies are still under the law but i can see dead. and here the medical workers are just picking up. one dead body over there. is this this detention center according to the supervisor here there were about 150 migrants here in this detention center from different nationalities including african nationalities and the see that the airstrike was very precise that it hit the center. the center of the detention center this is the creator of the. very process but here. sources with the government of the you in the back the government of national called accuse have to fight the jets of targeting this detention center here supervisors here say that they have managed to

the situation in libya has become increasingly volatile since april when forces loyal to wall old khalifa haftar launched an offensive to control the capital hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in the fighting. forces most of whom are part of the self declared libyan national army have carried out several air raids on tripoli in recent days after losing the town of cardiac nearby ellen a head the area before the area has. probably some targets that are of interest. but this is a very. densely populated area. the violence has worsened the suffering in migrant attention centers some close to the front lines which housed those pushed back by the european funded libyan coast guard the un's described the conditions in the centers as appalling with little food and water repeatedly calling for them to be closed it's condemned tuesday's attack saying civilians should never be targeted brian al jazeera well let's get the latest from the scene of the one who joins us now live from tripoli we're still seeing details filtering out what working to tell us this hour. wel

for the attack it's led by khalifa haftar who controls most of libya outside of tripoli the u.n. have in the past want of such attacks after all the ass trikes hits close to detention centers i'm joined by about a cina from the u.n. h.c.r. she's it of the u.s. in libya and she joins us now from tunis in tennessee hi paula welcome to africa tell us more about this cam to struggle for with who runs it who funds it who lives in it and how do they get the. well we're talking about that route as attention center that is the case it's in an area of active conflict yesterday night it was hit by 2 airstrikes there are around $600.00 persons who are refugees and migrants in this detention center to which you any are has had regular access we had news of this airstrike happening right as today we are deeply saddened extremely shocked about what has happened fran our teams who are there today there is there it's been there the whole day trying to assess the situation and trying to understand a bit more what happened and how can we further support robert palmer who is responsible for that ca

arms embargo after 4 of its anti-tank missiles were found during a raid on libyan warlord khalifa haftar is based on the outskirts of tripoli. at least 13 people have been killed in ass strikes in syria's it live province this footage shows the aftermath of an attack on a hospital that killed 6 people that's according to the syrian civil defense libya's the last major rebel stronghold in syria government troops backed by russia have been bombarding the area for months or 2 years since the iraqi army drove eisel fighters from mosul the capital of the self declared caliphate but progress to rebuild the region city is slow and reconstruction efforts are being hampered by the dispute between iraq's allies iran and the us some a binge of aid reports from baghdad. this is the old city of mosul but due years after i salute defeat iraq's victory has not still meant the restoration of life as it was before the war much of the city remains in ruins one in 300000 people are still displaced a mix of sectarian division unemployment and security concerns linger on. the main threat and danger remains t

khalifa haftar is offensive on tripoli has derailed a un peace initiative to reconcile libya's rival powers. there's the un recognized government led by prime minister fails us or ours in tripoli the capital in the west the government of national accord is backed by most western nations as well as qatar and turkey and in the east of libya there's the brook based parliament the center of power for holy fire have to he's backed by egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates as well as france and russia. i. let's bring in our guests joining us in paris moustapha turi academic and contributor to our monitor news website in san antonio texas months or. professor of politics at the university of texas at sutton san antonio and author of libya's gadhafi the politics of contradiction and in london and elgar marty founder and director of sadik institute the 1st public policy think tank in libya i'd like to begin in san antonio. this has been called a war crime by the united nations why hasn't have to responded to the charges coming from tripoli saying that he was behind this attack were you s

capital tripoli it has just been hit by an airstrike launched by fighter jets loyal to the world khalifa haftar it's very tragic here dead bodies are still under the law but i can see dead that is over there and here the medical workers are just picking up one dead body over there. is this this detention center according to the supervisor here there were about 150 migrants here in this detention center from different nationalities including african nationalities and the it seems that the airstrike was very precise that it hit the center. this in thought of the detention center this is the creator of the air strike. but here. is what the government of the un about the government of national called accuse have faith of jets of targeting this detention center here supervisors here say that they have managed to transfer those who made it to the other may grants who are still alive to other areas but it is yet there is a. panic among the other may grunts and also among civilians who live in the nearby they say that this. was a huge we can see ambulances just rushing here to. pick up the dead

khalifa haftar was offensive on tripoli has derailed a un peace initiative to reconcile libya's rival powers. there's the un recognized government led by prime minister fails us or ours in tripoli the capital in the west the government of national accord is backed by most western nations as well as qatar and turkey and in the east of libya there's the brook based parliament the center of power for holly for half dot he's backed by egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates as well as france and russia. i. let's bring in our guest joining us in paris moustapha turi academic and contributor to our monitor news website in san antonio texas months or. professor of politics at the university of texas at santa san antonio and author of libya's gadhafi the politics of contradiction and in london and elgar marty founder and director of sadik institute the 1st public policy think tank in libya i'd like to begin with. this has been called a war crime by the united nations why hasn't have to responded to the charges coming from tripoli saying that he was behind this attack were you shooting you

the situation in libya has become increasingly volatile since april when forces loyal to wall old khalifa haftar launched an offensive to control the capital hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in the fighting. forces most of whom are part of the self declared libyan national army have carried out several air raids on tripoli in recent days after losing the town of cardiac nearby ellen a head the area before the area has. probably some targets. but this is a very. densely populated area. the violence has worsened the suffering in migrant attention centers some close to the front lines which housed those pushed back by the european funded libyan coast guard the un's describe the conditions in the same tis as appalling with little food and water repeatedly calling for them to be closed it's condemn tuesday's attack saying civilians should never be targeted brian al jazeera. many of the migrants killed in the strike were from nigeria armitage greece has more from the country's capital of. well basically i spoke to an official a short while ago who said the nig

the government says no, khalifa has targeted this government. >> they are talking about possible warrimes here.. isyou think an investigation likely to happen? is so hard to get access to these areas. for anu.n. is calling investigation. for andy is calling investigation and see who is responsible for it. afrfraid the whole thining of go as arants wouould victim for the political process going on. >> thank you for breaking down what you have been hearing. let's move on to other world news. electing the mep president. results from the first rounder in. there was a breakthrough. they named the four other key positions, including the first woman voted for a position, ursula von der leyden. following this is catherine nicholson. in.lts are what do we know? results for the second round, as well. next europeane , davident president .icily ep before, aan m vice president of this parliament. he is from the socialists and democrats group. socialists and democrats were unopposed in this race by the other two big groups. expected, most of those other groups put their votes behind him. this mean

been killed and dozens more are wounded the area has seen fighting between the forces of warlord khalifa haftar and those loyal to the internationally recognized government our correspondent would otherwise head is there with the details. this is the migrants . in the neighborhood in the eastern suburbs will deliver to the pulley it has just been hit by an air strike. fighter jets loyal to the world. it's very tragic here dead bodies are still under the law but i can see dead. and here the medical workers are just picking up. one dead body over there. this this detention center according to the supervisor here there were about 150 migrants here in this detention center from different nationalities including african nationalities and the it seems that the airstrike was very precise that it hit the center the center of the detention center this is the creator of the airstrike it's very precise but here the. source is with the government of the u.n. back the government of national called accuse has to fighter jets of targeting this detention center here supervisors here say that they have m

capital tripoli it has just been hit by an airstrike launched by fighter jets loyal to the world khalifa haftar it's very tragic here dead bodies are still under the law but i can see dead but is over there and here the medical workers are just picking up. one dead body over there. this this detention center according to the supervisor here there were about 150 migrants here in this detention center from different nationalities including african nationalities india it said that the airstrike was very precise that it hit the center the center of the detention center this is the creator of the airstrike it's very precise but here the. source is with the government of the u.n. to back the government of national court accused have to say to the jets of targeting this detention center here supervisors here say that they have managed to transfer those who made it the other migrants who are still alive to other areas but there is yet there is still a state of panic among the other migrants and also among civilians who live nearby they say that this explosion was huge we can see ambulances just

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doesn't say though is how on earth these missiles ended up in the hands of forces who are loyal to khalifa haftar i mean that's the big question and potentially a very embarrassing one for the french government because the french government have always said that they are not supplying any weapons or to libya that would be in breach of a u.n. arms embargo and over the years campaigners and critics have accused france of supporting. in the sense that france perhaps feels after is someone that they can partner with in the fight against fighters in the region but france has always denied that they've denied that support and said that they backed publicly the u.n. peace process so when will we get more more explanation more answers about this on the record. what is not certain but what we do have a bit later today is the french defense minister of france parley who and this is considered full timing is in front of a panel at the national assembly now this special a defense committee will be questioning florence poly about its french weapons sales now french weapons sales over the past few years

the situation in libya has become increasingly volatile since april when forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar launched an offensive to control the capital hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in the fighting. forces most of whom are part of the self declared libyan national army have carried out several air raids on tripoli in recent days after losing the town of nearby ellen a head the area before the area has. probably some targets that are of interest. but this is a very. then there's the populated area. the violence has worsened the suffering in migrant attention centers some close to the front lines which housed those pushed back by the european funded libyan coast guard the un's described the conditions in the centers as appalling with little food and water repeatedly calling for them to be closed it's condemned to tuesday's attack saying civilians should never be targeted o'brian al-jazeera. well libya is a main transit point for refugees and migrants from africa and the middle east all trying to reach europe there are an estimated 670000 of them i

mostly african migrants that was bombed 3 weeks ago by air forces believed to be loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar it's near the front line of fighting as have to are tries to take the capital the u.n. says the current model which is backed by the e.u. must change one where libya's coast guard intercepts and forcibly returns people caught trying to cross the sea there's a conflict going on and my recently come on and. they're used to make money for people who have to pay their passage. mentions servitude in effect and then they put on the high seas is not a happy situation and. turning away from it or banning boats from rescuing people are simply not the way to go the u.n. refugee agency estimates that 6000 other refugees and migrants are being held in libyan detention centers even though they haven't committed a crime yet they remain highly at risk of getting caught in the conflict or dying at sea and are schapelle al-jazeera. as observing 7 days of mourning for its president. the 92 year old will be laid to rest on saturday and said he will be remembered for guiding china's year into a ne

capital tripoli it has just been hit by an airstrike launched by fighter jets loyal to the world khalifa haftar it's very tragic here dead bodies are still under the law but i can see dead that is over there and here the medical workers are just picking up one dead body over there. this this detention center according to the supervisor here there were about 150 migrants here in this detention center from different nationalities including african nationalities and the it seems that the airstrike was very precise that it hit the center the center of the detention center this is the creator of the airstrike it's very precise but here the. sources with the government of the u.n. back the government of national called accuse has to fighter jets of targeting this detention center here supervisors here say that they have managed to transfer those who made it the other migrants who are still alive to other areas but there is yet there is still a state of panic among the other migrants and also among civilians who live nearby they say that this explosion was huge we can see ambulances just rushin