recognize governments has been in the go ca sions with representatives of world khalifa haftar insidebya flights have resumed service in eastern and western ends of the country which of course of long been divided between warring factions let's head back now to tripoli where we're joined by mahmoud abdullah. mahmud's we now have a confirmation that a cease fire will be signs just give us a sense of how significant a moment the says well.

which controls the western part of the country, and powerful opposition forces led by general khalifa haftarditorjeremy bowen. the un mediator says it was a historic moment, i think that is over egging it because it will only become historic if it leads to peace and libya has a poor record with ceasefires and a major reason for that is that the country is so fragmented, not just the two the country is so fragmented, notjust the two governments but dozens of militias loyal to tribes, towns or themselves and as well as that there is foreign intervention. and president erdogan who supported the government in tripoli, he has been very sceptical about the chances of this thing working. he has attacked drones there and thousands of syrian mercenaries on the other side, the russians are supporting general khalifa haftar. so there are many things that can go wrong in all of this before they reach peace and only then can we say with some kind of historic moment. but as for this agreement, it is an important step but there are many steps ahead and many things that can go wrong. jeremy bowen there. two

on the other side, the russians are barking general khalifa haftar.ll of this before they get to peace, and only then can we say it is some kind of historic moment. as of this agreement, it's an important step, but there are loads of steps ahead and many things that can go wrong. two of hollywood's biggest stars, nicole kidman and hugh grant, are appearing together for the first time in a new tv series. the undoing is a psychological thriller, which revolves around a successful rich couple, who appear to live the perfect life. our arts editor will gompertz spoke to them. hello, nicole. hello. i play a successful therapist, hugh plays a child oncologist.|j won't let my patients die anymore. why are you so dressed 7 anymore. why are you so dressed up? i like the idea he was a man who appeared to be wonderful on the surface, and then all hell breaks loose. tonight, the gruesome discovery ofa tonight, the gruesome discovery of a woman bludgeoned to death. in recent years i have done a lot of, what you would call character acting. i guess this was less lik

on the other side, the russians are backing general khalifa haftar so many things can go wrong in allonly then can we really say it is some kind of historic moment. britain of course is one of the country is behind the overthrow of colonel gaddafi and plenty of people have said that we bore a moral responsibility to try to do more to bring peace to libya than we have actually managed to do. but as for this agreement, it is an important step but there are loads of steps ahead and many things that can go wrong. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: british water—treatment sites start testing sewage for traces of covid—19 — as part of an early warning system only yesterday she had spoken of dying in the service of our country and said i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of the station. after 46 yea rs of growth of the station. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion. no more fear. no more uncertainty. about a stay. bush ignition i'm left off of discovery with the crew of successi

on the other side, the russians are backing general khalifa haftar so many things can go wrong in allhen can we really say it is some kind of historic moment. britain of course is one of the country is behind the overthrow of colonel gaddafi and plenty of people have said that we bore a moral responsibility to try to do more to bring peace to libya than we have actually managed to do. but as for this agreement, it is an important step but there are loads of steps ahead and many to japan will be tariff—free, while removing british tariffs on japanese cars by 2026. but critics point out it will boost the uk economy byjust 0.07%, a fraction of the trade that could be lost with the eu. thousands of people, most of them women, are protesting in cities across poland against a court ruling yesterday that bans almost all legal abortions. the demonstrations are taking place for a second night despite strict coronavirus restrictions that ban gatherings of more than ten people in most cities. in cities across poland against a court ruling as well as several councils, have stepped in to offer fre

it's the last oil fields nearly all libyan oil exports were stopped back in january by warlord khalifa haftar us forces based in the east monday's decision on the field site means now all libya's ports and facilities can potentially resume production may be used to produce more than a 1000000 barrels of crude a day. france is reporting its highest number of single day corona virus infections there have been 52000 in the past 24 hours cases there have been on the rise in recent weeks they've now passed 1000000 that surge is affecting many countries in europe italy and spain are also among the west hit the republican controlled u.s. senate is in the middle of an all night session after voting to limit the debate over trump's pick for the supreme court and despite opposition from democrats this means the final confirmation votes for judge amy barrett could happen as soon as monday no nominee to the supreme court has ever been confirmed this close to a presidential election thousands celebrating in chile where with most of the votes counted a referendum to change the constitution is on course to

recognize governments has been in the goosey a sions with representatives of world khalifa haftar inside libya flights have resumed between eastern and western ends of the country which of course of long been divided between warring factions let's head back now to tripoli where we're joined by mahmoud. mahmoud's we now have a confirmation that a cease fire will be science just give us a sense of how significant a movement the says. well apparently it's very significant especially after all this long time of conflict on the ground as you know that head of the united nation support the mission in libya veni williams the acting head just stated that this is a historic achievement that has been achieved by the rival factions it did seize fire it says it sees a permanent ceasefire agreement is to be signed by. rival delegations those that representing the world have to and the others are presenting the internationally recognized government of national accord but the question now remains whether or not this agreement will be empty mental on the ground and as you know have been violations of th

libya thank you james bays at the united nations russia one of the countries supporting the war khalifa haftar who's of course been fighting the government based in tripoli we have alexandra steele and it's got flown moscow what has been the reaction from the russians. well so far the only reaction has been voiced divide the teams out here there is a russia in libya it was said that moscow is of course welcoming the agreement on cease fire and that it hopes that it will lead to durable peace and that we do know that the russian stance is that all political factors in libya that have any influence on the ground should be included in any kind of durable peace in any negotiation or possible the government of national unity and according to most call that should also include supporters of late that gadhafi now also has been in contact with many sides in conflict in the libya so hopped out about also is that i can izing that the government in tripoli and the other thing that russia has been repeatedly saying is that the oil revenues should be fairly and transparently distributed to all the regions

field shut out has been closed for most of this year because of a blockade imposed by all of khalifa haftarlibya used to produce more than a 1000000 barrels of crude a day generating an important stream of income and money train is live for us in a manic what's behind this announcement. why i think this is international pressure on a cliff to half there and his forces to demilitarize the oil ports and oil fields and ahead of the un facilitated political talks now currently. there are a representatives of the high state council from tripoli and the eastern base parliament in cairo in talks but i think that that's it's there's a real gathering of the international community on reopening the oil and for the warring sides to come to sort of a political agreement and bring about peace and stability to libya it's important to to mention that these oil closures have caused a lot of lost revenue over the years since 2013 to 2020 according to the libyan central bank that's they've lost over $180000000000.00 and that's that's revenue source to the government and that's how they pay the salaries for p

which controls the western part of the country, and powerful opposition forces led by general khalifa haftar was a historic moment and i think that is really overrating it because it will only become historic if it leads to peace. libya has a very poor record with ceasefires and a major reason for that is the country is so fragmented, notjust those two governments but dozens of militia, loyal to tribes, loyal to towns, loyal to themselves. and as well as that, there's foreign intervention and president erdogan, who backed the government in tripoli, the president of turkey, is already sceptical about the chances of this thing working, he has got attack drones there, thousands of syrian mercenaries. on the other side, the russians are backing general haftar so many things can go wrong in all of this before they get to peace and only then can we really say it is some kind of historic moment. but as for this agreement, it is an important step but there are loads of steps ahead and many things that can go wrong. two of hollywood's biggest stars, nicole kidman and hugh grant are appearing together

reopened it's a last oil field nearly oil libyan oil exports were stopped back in january by world khalifa haftar as forces based in east monday's decision on the l. fields site means now that all libya's ports and facilities can potentially resume production may be used to produce more than a 1000000 barrels of crude day well let's get more on this with our correspondent mark went up while he is in tripoli for us to talk us through the significance of this latest acting. it's definitely significant and important news for everybody in libya especially as you know the oil revenues are the backbone of libya's national income and the blockade of oil industry over the past 8 months and before that it was also blockaded for 3 or 4 years before the last located that impacted all sectors of life in libya now remember this comes ahead of the libyan political dialogue forum that's due to be held in tunisia. early in early november and also after the agreement the ceasefire agreement reached by the 5 plus 5 military commission which is sponsored by the united nations in geneva on the 24th of october the na

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the ceasefire was breached by forces loyal to khalifa haftar by fighting for grad rockets at the area this comes as we are in talks in switzerland tunisia and egypt mediated by united nations and attended by delegates from both the site and we are committed to the ceasefire but if these violations continue after the dialogue then we will wait for the orders of be employed and we will enter sirte and expel the wagner's ring jonjo we'd mercenaries be expelled them from tripoli. azerbaijan's president says his army will take all of nagorno-karabakh major regions unless armenia agrees to withdraw. his comments appear to have dashed hopes that the moscow mediated ceasefire could bring an end to the conflict more than $600.00 people have been killed since fighting over the disputed region broke out last month what has been the scene of conflict since the early 1990 s. i mean a cessna going to care about must be an independent state while azerbaijan says it's as their a territory and cost the only looks at how the fighting is affecting azerbaijan's minority groups. this is where the jewish c

what we have achieved and of it will speak to alexandra steele out of it scott fly about what khalifa haftar allies in moscow are saying but 1st let's go live to tripoli to our serious put up the one head. turkey is president russia typer one has poured cold water on this cease fire what's the reaction there in tripoli. well the reaction there fishel reaction in tripoli namely from the internationally recognized a government of national ord which has just released a statement saying that it is there is no way apparently its will coming this ceasefire agreement saying that there is no way other than agreement and understanding in order to in the division and to reach the elections which it will which will lead to stability eventually meanwhile the government of national court says that it is hoping that this this agreement will end blood should and the country but meanwhile meanwhile it says that those who are accused of committing war crimes those who are accused of planting landmines in civilian areas and those who are accused of are. creating the mass graves should be whole should be held

only seen the fighting worsen while the east of the country is in the hands of powerful word khalifa haftar and the tobruk based house of representatives the west is controlled by the un backed government of national accord led by prime minister. they remain in tripoli the country's capital after who is supported by russia egypt and the united arab emirates launched an offensive on tripoli in april 2019 but was pushed back early this year as pro g.m.a. forces received support from turkey the you in which is accused foreign parties of breaching an arms embargo urged them to stop interfering in libya. and while repeated attempts for a un brokered ceasefire failed in the past this round has seen both sides agree to reopen land and air routes across frontlines still many questions remain unanswered then to be. arrangements on the ground it's going to be monitored how it will be done independent a mood of optimism a now exist but the coming weeks and months are likely to reveal whether this is a lasting peace. still ahead on al-jazeera as the dust settles on the final debate may examine whether

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most of this year almost all the libyan export oil exports was stopped in january by warlords khalifa haftar his forces based in the east well it's traina has more from tripoli this comes as the international community is trying to bridge the gap between the warring sides in libya and this is a step in the in the right direction of course becomes a little bit late last month in september the u.s. embassy posts it that after gave a personal commitment of opening of reopening the energy sector by september 12th that deadline passed and the oil fields weren't open but this is one of the fields one of the most important fields in terms of revenue coming into libya. to actually took a cypriot leader most of hakim she has cast his vote votes in the presidential election in the island's breakaway north the self declared republic of northern cyprus is only recognized by turkey the internationally recognized greek cypriot government is based in the south of the island voters into not choosing their next president or with the incumbent in mali rahman expected to extend his 28 year rule european monito

signed a permanent ceasefire agreement with a rebel movement led by renegade former libyan general khalifa haftar. if the truce holds, it will pave the way for ending a civil war that's split libya between east and west since 2014. in the israeli-occupied west bank, the family of an 18-year-old palestinian teen who died after being beaten by israeli forces is demanding answers. amer abedalrahim snobar died of his wounds in the hospital, which health authorities say were consistent with trauma inflicted by bludgeoning with rifles. in chile, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets santiago, and around th country,unday evening results came in owing an overwhelming majory voted to re-wte chile'pinochet diatorship-era constitutio one year aer mass protes rockedhe country, ma hope the historic referendum will lead tchanges in socl and economic inequalitie address police brutalityexpand access to educaon, and indigenous sovereignty. pope francis named washington, d.c., archbishop wilton gregory as one of 13 new roman catholic cardinals. he will become the first african american to hold the r

authority for the 6th time in a row the ceasefire was breached by forces loyal to khalifa haftar by fighting for cried rockets at the area this while ation comes as we are in talks in switzerland tunisia and egypt mediated by united nations and attended by delegates from both sides we are committed to the ceasefire but if these violations continue after the dialogue then we will wait for the orders of pm seraj and we will enter sirte and expel the wagner's ring jonjo we'd mercenaries as we expelled them from tripoli. there have been renewed calls for syria's president bashar assad to step down kurds have been outs protests in provence against his rule and military attacks on the area is the last rebel held pocket in syria this week human rights watch accused the syrian brushing alliance of committing possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians in. whether a process starts at a courthouse in soon a car south africa black man appeared accused of killing a white farm worker as a public standoff was you thousands of supporters of the south african opposition party the

has been speaking to people in misrata a city that's dealt with severe hardship since wallach khalifa haftard his push for tripoli and i pull last year for libya which has been engulfed in violence for nearly 10 years these past 14 months have only seen the fighting worsen. while the east of the country is under the control of lord lord for the 4 have to and the 2 birthplace house of representatives the west is controlled by the un recognized government of national accord led by prime minister. they are based in the capital tripoli hotter who was supported by russia egypt and the united arab emirates launched an offensive on tripoli in april 2019 but was pushed back earlier this year as pro g.n.a.t. forces received support from turkey here in central misrata coffee shop worker are below watch the news of a nationwide cease fire played on the t.v. he's optimistic the agreement will lead to a stable libya. we have had enough we want a democratic and united libya and an end to this bloodshed we have dreams and aspirations and want to live peaceful and happy nice but not everyone is as optimisti

with what we have achieved in a moment we'll speak to alexander out of it's gone for about what khalifa haftar us allies in moscow are saying but 1st let's go to al-jazeera as luck would have the white head who is in tripoli turkey's president has poured cold water sort of on this cease fire deal that it is just a cease fire deal holds not a peace agreement what's the reaction there. seems that we've lost contact with how it will go back to him in just a moment but xandra in moscow russian forces are operating on the ground what's been the reaction there in moscow to the cease fire deal. well there is not so many reactions from moscow at this point the only one we have is actually coming from the acting charge the affairs of russia in early b.-a who said that moscow is of course welcoming the cease fire and hopes that it will further lead to durable peace what we know from what is actually russian standpoint is that any durable peace or any final solution if you want for libya should include basically all political parties that have influence on the ground in libya being included in negotiatio

charter ata has been closed for most of this year because of a blockade imposed by the warlords khalifa haftar out of libya used to produce more than a 1000000 barrels of crude a day generating an important stream of income malik traina has more from tripoli. now that sound you're hearing is the power generator power generators have become a common theme across libya and that's due to the long power cuts of the $42.00 the national or corporation that power cuts are because of the lack of oil and diesel feeding into the power station in a result of the oil closure now if you look if you look to the side you'll see this pharmacy here is closed and that's because the shop owner couldn't afford to maintain his generator so the really the residents the shop owners business owners are the ones suffering from this lack of oil of the oil according to the central bank the oil holders from 2013 to 2020 have resulted in a loss of revenue of over $180000000000.00 now that's money the government uses to pay government salaries to pay for government services including electricity and water so there's really

agreement will lead to a permanent ceasefire and a political solution some are skeptical that warlord khalifa haftar foreign backers will actually add here to it for abdullah and many libyans like him there's a sense of hope that things here will get better but the real test lies in bloomington the commitments of the agreement well the trainer al-jazeera misrata refugees and migrants trying to reach western europe say they've been abused by croatian authorities the danish refugee council has collected testimonials describing whippings beatings and sexual abuse the haunting has mall. there are repeated stories of desperate journeys getting even harder danish aid workers have collected nearly 150 interviews for migrants and refugees he said croatian police beat them this migrant from bangladesh shows his scars. when they caught us they started beating us with sticks and kicking us as if we were animals then they searched us and took away our belongings our mobile phones and money before taking us back to the bosnian border bosnia is used by thousands of people fleeing unrest and war in the middle east

agreement will lead to a permanent ceasefire and a political solution some are skeptical that warlord khalifa haftarnd his foreign backers will actually add here to it for abdullah and many libyans like him there's a sense of hope that things here will get better but the real test lies an implement in the commitments of the agreement well the trainer al-jazeera misrata a mosque in france has held prayers in tribute to a teacher who was beheaded last week there was a heavy police presence after threats against worshipers what a bulletproof vest some are passing is murder after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to students has caused outrage in france the attacker was shot dead by police. today as we were in this mosque it was the same friday a week ago that he was assassinated today we are in a free mosque a mosque of enlightenment it's called the al nor mosque which means to light we're here to pray for him to pay homage to him and to have a minute of silence i find it this is the minimum that we can do. protests are planned in london against the government's refusal to pass laws to stop chea

coming libya is set to resume oil production after an 8 month blockade by forces loyal to ward khalifa haftar. a 3rd attempt to uphold a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan the us both sides to respect the status .