in eastern libya, khalifa haftar is seen as a warrior and a winner.timate victory seems much less certain. —— his ultimate. hello. many of us will start tuesday under leaden skies. the cloud is sitting quite low in the atmosphere. big enough for some rain to the north. anything positive to be said? the temperatures will be about 14—17. that is a mild start to the day, but a slow start for many. if you're on the move first thing, as i say, some of this is sitting low in the atmosphere. that meant extensive hill fog. it is going to take time before it leaves some of this starts to break up. with a little bit of heat coming through, and i think that will trigger some showers, some hefty, across northern ireland. the odd drib and drab there to be had. as we move towards the central belt and the brightness there, temperatures will be about 19. further south than that, there is a chance that the heat of the day — and it will be a very warm one — will spark some showers into the north—east. there could be the odd one floating into north wales. further south

in the safe hands of the libyan army under the command of khalifa haftar. n now? do you want to see marshal haftar marching to tripoli with the libyan national army? they want him to be the president of libya because what he promised... but he would be a dictator. he is not a dictator! in three years, this guy had given the freedom and the confidence, not only for army officers, but for police, for intelligence, for internal security. everything. do you really think he would be... he gave us peace. do you really think he would be a good president for this country? he is truly a good leader. libya is a country of desert, vast distances and disparate tribes. it's also a land rich in oil and gas. the reserves are pumped to the coast, the so—called 0il crescent. this is brega, a sprawling oil and gas processing complex run by sirte 0il, part of the national oil company, the noc, owned by the state. awad guides me around this ageing plant. are they monitoring emission from the chimneys? yes. and how clean is it? it's not a new plant. it depends on the fuel. oil w

east of libya, it is completely controlled by marshal khalifa haftar.not be solved. in pockets of benghazi, it is tempting to believe marshal khalifa haftar has put an end to libya's chaos. but then there is this... evidence, seemingly, of a mass execution of prisoner by marshal khalifa haftar‘s men. the international court is investigating this is a war crime. has marshal khalifa haftar moved his forces back in benghazi, they were agree she is abuses of human rights. these reports came out and he voiced his concerns and he said he would address them by investigating this people who have been committing these acts, this outlawed acts. have you seen these acts, this outlawed acts. have you seen those videos and beaches of people being shot at the back of their heads, found hands and feet? u nfortu nately, their heads, found hands and feet? unfortunately, i have seen them. these acts should stop. nagasu's young men have not with all. marshal khalifa haftar has promised them something better but there are other sides in this crippled countries and if you b

it was led by this man, khalifa haftar, a top man in gaddafi's army until the two men fell out in theok charge of the self—proclaimed libyan national army and vowed to liberate benghazi from the islamist militants. it took him three years. only now are residents who fled the ganfouda neighbourhood making a tentative return. this man, abdullah, agrees to show me around. this was your house? how do you feel now when you look at it? but this whole neighbourhood has been ruined. look around. there's no way for anybody to live here now, is there? the last three years of fighting in benghazi took thousands of lives and forced tens of thousands out of their homes. this family is now rebuilding their house but some things can't be restored. mohammed's19—year—old brother was executed, beheaded, by the militants. how can you be sure that the war will not return? if we look around your neighbourhood, it is destroyed, so it seems crazy to spend so much money rebuilding here. so if i come back in five years‘ time, what is ganfouda going to look like? there is no mistaking who is in charge in bengh

marshal khalifa haftar, a military strongman and great rival to the un—backed government in tripoli toand politicians are asking is, will the man who commands these forces be willing to subject them to the control of democratically elected politicians? can they be brought into any kind of political process? because on that, the future of libya may depend. there has got to be a civilian leadership here in this country. the marshal accepts that were he to be successful, were he to stand and be successful in an election, then he could not continue in a military role. libya remains highly insecure. we had to travel around benghazi in armoured vehicles. and yesterday, is beheaded at least nine of marshal haftar‘s soldiers in the south. the foreign secretary told me there was a chance of a political deal, but only if other countries gave up their different agendas on libya and worked with the united nations. 0ur role, really, is to get the other players, all the friends and partners of libya who may have varying ideas about the future of this country and who should be in charge, to get them

hindrance of foreign states as he sees it in the conflict that's plagued is fractured country general khalifa haftar has been visiting moscow and has been speaking exclusively to us while here. russia is a friendly state to us we have long term historical relations we have fully and in detail describe to russia what is going on in our country we trust each other and conceal nothing we've given full information concerning our political and military spheres i think we have coherence on all issues russia has never refused us its political support it has influence on the international arena that's why we asked them to promote the softening of unjust resolution dollars which were adopted regarding the embargo on supplying arms to libya. italy created a barrier outside its territorial waters to send migrants back to the libyan coast but this is absolutely wrong they want to concentrate all migrants on the libyan coastline this is after all migration and we shouldn't turn it into colonize ation it would be better to tackle the root of the problem of technical capabilities and borders need to be developed w

this man rooted the jihadists out — marshal khalifa haftar, once gaddafi's favourite general, now commanderrshal haftar‘s army now controls libya's key assets, oil and gas. this is the brega refinery complex. there have been times over the past six years when it's looked like the the violence and political chaos in libya could shut down this vital industry, but it has never quite happened. the oil and gas is still flowing. but as for the revenues being generated, well, much of the money is being creamed off by different warlords and militias. we feel there is improvement. you know now east of libya completely controlled by... mr haftar. i think in the nearest future, all this problem will be solved. masha allah. in pockets of benghazi, it's tempting to believe marshal haftar has put an end to libya's chaos. but then there's this — evidence, seemingly, of a mass execution of prisoners by haftar‘s men. the international criminal court is investigating this as a war crime and has issued an arrest warrant for the officer in charge. ‘as haftar moved his forces back into benghazi, there were egre

that order came from this man — khalifa haftar — head of the libyan national army, who controls most to send boats to libyan waters to stop migrants crossing the mediterranean. it has had a mixed reception from libya's two governments. the one based in tobruk in the east which supports field marshall hafta— opposes the decision— whereas the other based in tripoli in the west and backed by the un—says it will cooperate. italy gets the most of the migrants— coming from all over africa — to make that dangerous journey from libya's coast, across the mediterranean, to italy's southern coast. more than 94,000 migrants have made the crossing since january. over 2,370 have died. italy is also putting forward other measures to stem the flow of migrants— richard galpin has more. at the start of the migrant crisis, the italian navy used to play a key role rescuing those caught in stormy seas. but now its mission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coast guard spot migrant boats as they set sail, and stop them going any further. the abrupt change of mission was given the go—

there he met — for the first time — marshal khalifa haftar whose forces control the east of this deeplyd him whether marhal haftar was ready to give up military rule if elected president. well, that is the great question and yes, he gave us those assurances that he would accept that if he contested that he would accept that if he co ntested a n that he would accept that if he contested an election, he would not serve as leader of this country, leader of libya, in a military capacity. and i think he does understand that. but it was also important to get over to him that this is a moment for compromise and all sides will have to compromise in this thing. there is an opportunity here with the arrival of the new un special representative. they will have to have elections but before they have those elections, the two size of the country have got to come together. —— the two sides. and that isa together. —— the two sides. and that is a comrade that they have not had to do before. the role of this country, our country, it, the uk, in effecting this change in libya. it was not what we were tryi