for the past three months by gunmen who took over the facility fighters who were loyal toward khalifa haftar then forced those gunmen out and he's now ordered his men to leave after talks with members of libya's unity government without the head has more from tripoli. libya's national oil corporation or in new c that is the state oil third says that the force majeure a status has been lifted on. oil fields around seven hundred fifty kilometers to the south from the capital tripoli i'm sure our oil field the biggest oil producing field in libya was shot down on december ninth by arm with groups and also a local militias and the sow's who wanted to put more pressure on the government of national accord to provide more services and to improve security to their areas now three months of shutdown of production has cost the libyan treasury around one point eight billion dollars that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar managed to get into the oil field and. we'll field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have t

in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda or khalifa haftar hold many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas in libya but francis has arrived in morocco for a two day visit focusing on interfaith relations he was greeted by king mohammed the sixth the head of the roman catholic church is helping to improve dialogue between christians and muslims last month he became the first pope to set foot on the arabian peninsula when he visited the united arab emirates but there was a troubling incident along the motorcade route in a city of robot a man was seen running towards the moroccan king's car security personnel scramble to stop the man apprehending him just meters from the king in other world news venezuela's government and the opposition are expected to hold rival marches across the country this week the opposition leader one guy joe called on his supporters to protest against nationwide power cuts on friday venezuela was hit by another large electricity outage their third this week twenty one ou

in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda of khalifa haftar hold many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas ilithyia. protesters have been rallying in southwest yemen calling on saudi backed government forces to take full control of the province. or what they find as have the sage the city of fires for more than four years an estimated two hundred thousand civilians have been caught up in the fighting most of the city has remained under the control of government forces but what is regularly attacked with artillery shells and sleipner fire. u.s. president donald trump is reported to have demanded north korea hand over its nuclear weapons that they had our summit last month that's according to a report from the russia's news agency trump said to have presented kim jong un with a document calling for the transfer of pyongyang's nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the us it is the first time trump would have explicitly defined what he meant by denuclearization to kim a launch between the two leaders

hand over of the shut our oil field happened to the favor of forces loyal to the world a lot of khalifa haftar which is targeted a military campaign in mid january to take control of sort of strategic locations look asians in the souers including oil fields and airports now in general the peaceful hand over of oil fields happened for have to his forces they stay there until yesterday when. the groups were forced to leave the show that will field by tribal leaders from from the south of the country that happen after negotiations as you know that forces loyal to the world for have that have been taken control of a strategic locations in the south was including airports and also or oil fields and oil installations laura ok so how did this shutdown affect the country and terms of economic output. we'll because of shalott our oil field is the biggest oil field in the country with production capacity of around three hundred twenty eight thousand barrels a day so as you know laura our oil revenues are the backbone of libya's national income which represents more than ninety eight percent of the g.d.p

that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar managed to get into the oil field by field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have to forces now the general prosecutor of libya says the armored groups are responsible for shutting down and shut our oil fields are wanted now the n.o.c. says that the oil production operation for much of our oil field is coming back to normal. in canada protesters angry at a growing political scandal have interrupted a speech by the prime minister justin trudeau. ok it happened hours after the resignation of a second cabinet minister treasury president jane phil pot quit over accusations are true those aides tried to influence a criminal inquiry the case involves a multinational canadian company accused of bribing the libyan government it also led to the resignation of the justice minister last month let's go live now to downing. joins us from toronto at that little good to see you or can you tell us about this case and just how much it's it seems to be affecting just want to kno

affairs saudi arabia which is part of that list is currently hosting renegade libyan warlord khalifa haftar king's son a man met after in riyadh on wednesday and assured him of the kingdom's continued support let me know how i see that that that there are about ten countries meddling in libya and working closely with this equator in general and i keep them posted of whatever information i received as a result of interference in libya by dostana state i requested them in turn to advise the security council on this issue in. opposition groups in algeria say a call by the military to have president out there as these bits of declared unfit for office doesn't go far enough on monday the army chief suggested the use of a constitutional provision to remove the president on medical grounds of most political parties want bigger changes one party that is a member of the ruling coalition wants eighty two year old to flee to step down military's direct intervention follows weeks of protests against the president and his backers. of more on this let's go over to her in neighboring tunisia and hashem ev

move towards the city of sirte that is following a move by a detachment belonging to the warlord khalifa haftar at around four forty kilometers to the south was from the city of namely to the town of bor how the in the south of cities now. commanders say that the are going to face to have to forces and they also say that what happened is a kind of provocative acts by have to forces to test and intimidate the adversities at the same time they say that that also is a kind of a propaganda by have to his forces to show the public that they can gain ground easily now have those forces have taken pictures of their. early years they were occupying and they also have taken videos and posted them on facebook and in muscles commanders say that this is a kind of propaganda to show the public there have to his forces can gain more ground rules have taken control of sit city in december two thousand and sixteen after the defeated eisel in the area. the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces and says it's killed dozens of i saw fighters defending the armed groups last remaining enclave in syria the s.t.'s resu

for the past three months by gunmen who covert the facility fighters who are loyal to warlord khalifa haftar then forced those gunmen and he's now ordered his men to leave after talks with members of libya's unity government but hold up the law has more from tripoli libya's national oil corporation or any new see that is the state oil third says that the force majeure a status has been left did on i'll shut out our oil field around seven hundred fifty kilometers to the south from the capital tripoli and sure our oil field the biggest oil producing field in libya was shot down on december ninth by armed groups and also a local militias and the sow's who wanted to put more pressure on the government of national accord to provide more services and to improve security to their areas and now three months of shutdown of production has cost the libyan treasury and around one point eight billion dollars that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord twenty four have to manage it to get into the oil field and. we'll field there was a hand over a peaceful

that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar managed to get into the oil field by field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have to forces now the general prosecutor of libya says the armored groups responsible for shutting down and shut our oil fields are wanted now the n.o.c. says that the oil production operation for much of our oil field is coming back to normal now refugees who escaped violence in mali said there are still much safer neighboring booking a fast they weren't they could be attacked or arrested if they leave their camp in the town of gori thousands cross the border when armed groups started fighting pro-government forces from matheson reports. for the families of these million woman this refugee camp in the town of gori in neighboring book enough fasten is no longer a sanctuary they say it now feels like a prison. but the problem or you face is the arbitrary arrest by either of the two armies of mali and pricking. diarists whoever comes their way even without a question. many people began

fighting alongside their libyan cousins the libyan fighters against forces loyal to world lord khalifa haftar since have to have lost his military campaign in the south of libya in mid january under the banner of fighting terrorism and fighting criminal gangs when the stand that this is not the first time chad decides to close its borders with libya in two thousand and seventeen the borders with chad were also closed for a couple of months for the same reason. official break here al-jazeera when we come back rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by devastating floods across afghanistan and pakistan. and tensions mount as opposition leader wondered why don't we turns to venezuela under threat of arrest while in the stay with us. and we want to know for a lot of wet weather over the southeastern parts of china at the moment we take a look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud as it gradually edges its way eastwards and that cloud is what's giving us a heavy rain at the moment so plenty more of a as we head through the day on tuesday with a particularly heavy outb

that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar managed to get into the oil field by field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have to forces now the general prosecutor of libya says the armored groups responsible for shutting down and shut our oil fields are wanted now the n.o.c. says that the oil production operation for much of our oil field is coming back to normal. floods in pakistan and afghanistan have killed at least sixty people heavy rain over the past ten days has cottle's tens of thousands of residents and government says flooding in kandahar province is the worst in at least seven years balance has more from kandahar. now this is the main point in kandahar city where people are coming to get help behind me there was crowds of people out here this morning here the guards making sure that only the people in the u.n. had actually been to the homes and sure that they were actually damaged put them on a list chicks and they brought them here this is not a secure area over here is where the food is bein

in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda or khalifa haftar hold many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas in libya pope francis has arrived in morocco for a two day visit focusing on interfaith relations he was greeted by king mohammed the sixth the head of the roman catholic church is. hoping to improve dialogue between christians and muslims last month he became the first pope to set foot on the arabian peninsula when he visited the united arab emirates but there was a troubling incident along the motorcade route in the city of robot a man was seen running towards the moroccan king's car security personnel scramble to stop the man apprehending him just meters from the king. plenty more ahead on this news hour blocked out again venezuelans enjoy another major power loss and its rival leaders are blaming each other plus. the. kenyans mourn relatives killed in the ethiopian airlines crash the identification process drugs song and in sport tiger woods sets up but still last sixteen match pay s

government have been called to defend the northern city of sirte from an advance by the warlord khalifa haftarand his fighters after the libyan national army which is backed by the united arab emirates and egypt it's only about forty kilometers from search five thousand troops are lines to the tripoli based government of due to start arriving in sirte on monday to bolster the defenses iran's president hassan rouhani has arrived in baghdad for a three day visit and the timing couldn't be more critical is donald trump's policies in the middle east and his crackdown on iran having a huge impact on reports now from baghdad on how the two countries are cementing their ties. iranian president hassan rouhani visited a shiite shrine in baghdad during his first visit to iraq since taking office despite being neighbors this is only the second visit by an iranian president it's intended to send a message to the trump administration iran and iraq have a bond that won't be shaken by u.s. sanctions or always. at all there is no doubt we're exerting all efforts to enhance this relationship in order to secure

move towards the city of sirte that is following a move by a detachment belonging to the warlord khalifa haftar at around four forty kilometers to the south was from the city of namely to the town of bor how the in the cells of city now muscles commanders say that the are going to face are to have to forces and they also say that what happened is a kind of provocative acts by have the forces to test and intimidate the adversities at the same time they say that that also is a kind of a propaganda by have to his forces to show the public that they can gain ground easy now have those forces have taken pictures of their. early years they were occupying and they also have taken videos and posted them on facebook and in muscles commanders say that this is a kind of propaganda to show the public there have to his forces can gain more ground with any muscles have taken control of sit city in december two thousand and sixteen after the defeated eisel in the area twitters dropping unverified political ads in india ahead of next month's national elections as after india's election commission said it would

been fighting alongside their libyan cousins libyan fighters against forces loyal to world lord khalifa haftar since have to launch at his military campaign in the south of libya in mid january under the banner of fighting terrorism and fighting criminal gangs we understand that this is not the first time chad decides to close its borders with libya in two thousand and seventeen the borders with chad were also closed for a couple of months for the same reason the u.n. nuclear agency says iran is still complying with the deal it signed with several world powers and twenty fifteen agreement is aimed at preventing iran from building nuclear weapons remember the u.s. withdraw from the deal last year and reimposed sanctions on iran germany france britain russia and china are determined to keep the green to life. all right here's what's ahead on the news out thousands of people cut off by devastating floods this is in afghanistan and pakistan. chimpanzees find a new home after spending most of their lives in the u.s. the birch trees want to know what happened to the c.e.o. of a major league baseball