president donald trump's ally erik prince of breaking an arms embargo and supporting libya ball of khalifa haftar plus. i'm just a washington into contact with severe flooding has forced hundreds from their homes . in the last ties of coronavirus marking the end of a once thriving indigenous community in brazil's alice. there's been a dramatic escalation of violence against protesters and security forces have killed 2 people in the 2nd largest city of mandalay the european union has condemned the violence and called for a meeting to discuss a response tony check has the latest. shots ring out as protesters in mandalay flee from the police and water cannon tear gas and sling shots also used to disperse the crowd casualties taken from the scene by ambulance as the security services attempt to break strikes that have shut down shipyards on the air what the river in the capital naypyidaw marches commemorated the death of a 20 year old student shot in the head during a demonstration last week determination amongst those present that they would continue to march against the military coup despite the da

president donald trump's ally erik prince of breaking an arms embargo also with the reward khalifa haftar. i'm just a washington in jakarta with severe flooding has forced hundreds from their homes. and for the 1st time ever stunning images of beamed back from nasa's and rove. has been an escalation in myanmar with security forces cracking down further on protesters demanding a return to civilian rule so people have now been killed this police tried to break up the. second largest city the officers used live fire on crowds gathering in banda lie tell me chang has the latest. shots ringing out as protesters in mandalay flee from the police and water cannon tear gas and sling shots also. used to disperse the crowd casualties taken from the scene by ambulance as the security services attempt to break strikes that have shut down shipyards only or what the river in the capital naypyidaw marches commemorated the death of a 20 year old student shot in the head during a demonstration last week determination amongst those present that they would continue to march against the military coup despite

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gadhafi in 2011 and april 2019 just days before a un facilitated national conference warlord khalifa haftar began a military campaign in tripoli with support from egypt russia and the u.a.e. in june 2020 they were forced to retreat towards eastern libya after the u.n. recognized government with turkish support retook western libya here in tripoli most people are hopeful that this transitional government can make some changes. the government will have a launch task at hand it will not be easy we have there will be able to make some changes but because it is such a short term i doubt they'll be able to dig. into how about one of the only thing we want from this government is for it to bring us elections we want the decision through who holds power to return to the people although hopeful some have doubts that the elections can take place so the last government was supposed to stay in power for one year but they've been in power for over 5 years i hope they stick to their promise and help the average citizen and provide basic services after years of violence and political divisions most libyan

erik prince blackwater's founder said foreign mercenaries and weapons to support libyan warlord khalifa haftar are against the tripoli based government described as a well funded private military company operation the plan was for mercenaries to track down and kill libyan leaders and it would be fair to assume that the attacks could have resembled what happened to libya's interior minister on sunday a spokesperson for prince denied the accusations at the annual u.n. report the report will be officially released to the public next month for watching the hawks i'm alex. fascinating report being released but not when i am sorry not surprising look in my humble opinion erik prince you know mr mercenary mr blackwater best friend of the bush administration best friend of the trumpet ministration to me he's one of the most notorious and. worst figures of the early 21st century at this point so it's crazy because i haven't heard you know the blackwater name. in news in a while you know so the theme of this and you know to know just how deep they go and how strategic they are in planning not only overt

militias have been engaged in a merciless battle for oil and other riches in april 2900 general khalifa haftar us troops began an offensive against the internationally recognized government in tripoli this triggered a bitter fight for control of the capital. at our hotel we were warned of the dangers. from you know she was of me but we are you know you have her permission i know i know to be able to do everything if we would normally would you would not want. this from you. ok thank you thank you on the day of our arrival a military school was the target of an ass strike. the following day the bodies of alleged martyrs which carried through the streets. the civil war here affects not only the libyans the refugees are also myatt in the conflict we pass them at every roundabout always group together for protection.

were they felt a bit betrayed and disappointed when president trump made that phone call with khalifa haftar now that president joe biden has been elected president that hope is sort of been reignited sort of been sparked believing that the u.s. may now once again come come and help libyans in their fight for democratic and civilian state so the feeling the feeling here among libyans is that one of hope that the the americans will come back and help libyans fight for their civilian state which they you know they they expressed that they won in 2011. private military contractors have become a regular fixture in conflicts around the world the u.s. has become increasingly reliant upon them analysts say that america employed more than $50000.00 private contractors in the middle east in 2019 that's compared to just 35000 soldiers from its own army some mercenary armies like the wagon a group of been accused of being proxies for russia in recent years wideness mercenaries have been active in libya ukraine and baylor roof's the russian government denies any link to the group private military securi

prince help supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in violation of a u.n. arms embargo on libya. it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help attack was condemned by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh this won't be resolved through force of arms it's just no way that's going to take place we there's a un process we've been part of that and i have tars been part of that we urge them to have to stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a political resolution libya the day after pompei are made that statement president trump made a phone call to have to are raising eyebrows in the ire of some members of congress an official readout of the call said that the president quote recognized field-marshal huffed are significant role in fighting terrorism and securing libya's oil resources and the 2 discussed a shared vision for libya's transition to a stable democratic political system what many saw as a contradiction of official u.s. policy the u.n. report raises a question not only of whethe

reveals how donald trump's ally erik prince broke an arms embargo in libya to support warlord khalifa haftar. last june a warrior dies in the amazon marking the end of a people here how the pandemic is accelerating the history of indigenous disappearance and its course the skier who fell down with just the right time in the world championships in italy. the russian opposition politician alexina valley has suffered 2 legal setback says 3 year prison sentence has been upheld but shortened by 3 weeks he was found guilty last month of violating his parole while he was in germany recovering after being poisoned at a separate case he's been found guilty of slander and find joining us now from london is and i'm not gave up russia specialist i'm visiting senior research fellow at king's college london good to have you with us again anna before we wipe this out and talk geopolitics here as well to get your thoughts on what's happened to the valley today in court. the outcome of that has been predictable i think not only team knew it all the way and only looked very well prepared to laugh at his last

militias have been engaged in a merciless battle for oil and other riches in april 2900 general khalifa haftar us troops began an offensive against the internationally recognized government in tripoli this triggered a bitter fight for control of the capital. at our hotel we were warned of the dangers. we also cause of. the i know you have her permission i know i know what people can do for you being able to do nor will you keep. this from you. ok thank you thank you on the day of our arrival a military school was the target of an ass strike. the following day the bodies of alleged martyrs for carried through the streets. to. the civil war here affects not only the libyans the refugees are also myatt in the conflict we pass them at every roundabout always group together for protection.

erik prince blackwater's founder said foreign mercenaries and weapons to support libyan warlord khalifa haftar are against the tripoli based government described as a well funded private military company operation the plan was for mercenaries to track down and kill libyan leaders and it would be fair to assume that the attacks could have resembled what happened to libya's interior minister on sunday a spokesperson for prince denied the accusations at the annual u.n. report the report will be officially released to the public next month this would be the 1st time that the u.s. has supported you know a violation is good you know u.n. arms embargoes to achieve you know in american centric outcome we know that the us supported of violations of the arms embargo in supporting croatia back during geo balkans conflict the us was at the forefront of 'd should feed weapons from libya to turkey and on to syrian rebels u.s. policy is it is a continuum in many cases you know having the united states be a close ally of the united arab emirates who was working with blackwater according these allegations i do

gadhafi in 2011 and april 2019 just days before a un facilitated national conference warlord khalifa haftar began a military campaign in tripoli with support from egypt russia and the u.a.e. in june 2020 they were forced to retreat towards eastern libya after the un recognized government with turkish support retook western libya. here in tripoli most people are hopeful that this transitional government can make some changes. the government will have a large task at hand it will not be easy we hope they will be able to make some changes but because it's such a short term i doubt they'll be able to dinner. the only thing we want from this government is for it to bring us elections we want the decision for who holds power to return to the people although hope for some have doubts that the elections can take place so the last government was supposed to stay in power for one year but they've been in power for over 5 years we hope they stick to their promise and help the average citizen and provide basic services after years of violence and political divisions most libyans want something to belie

prince help supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in violation of a u.n. arms embargo on libya it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help attack was condemned by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh this won't be resolved through force of arms it's just no way that's going to take place we there's a un process we've been part of that and i have tars been part of that we urge them to have started stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a political resolution in libya the day after pompei are made that statement president trump made a phone call to have to are raising eyebrows in the ire of some members of congress an official readout of the call said that the president quote recognized field-marshal hafter significant role in fighting terrorism and securing libya's oil resources and the 2 discussed a shared vision for libya's transition to a stable democratic political system what many saw as a contradiction of official u.s. policy. the u.n. report raises a question not only of wh

government fight against the rebels libya's interim president has had talks with the warlord khalifa haftar in the eastern city of benghazi men fee was appointed head of the transitional presidential council last week at the un led libya political dialogue in geneva. power base is in the east of the country has offered his backing to the peace process he launched an unsuccessful offensive to take the capital back in 2019. u.s. president joe biden says the united states doesn't have as many. administration thoughts the government signed contracts to buy another $200000000.00 has a license from los angeles. great after a laboratory briefing by scientists at the national institutes of health president joe biden announced a major new increase in corona virus vaccine is on the way since the afternoon we started a final contract for 100000000 more. and 100000000 more fires are vaccine. are also able to move up the delivery date with additional crew 100000000 vaccines. through the end of july faster than we expected so far at least 33000000 people in the u.s. have gotten at least their 1st dose of

and the readout of that phone call said that the president recognized this commander general khalifa haftar as role in fighting terrorism and securing oil in libya and their shared vision for peace just the day before that secretary of state mike pompei o was criticizing hoft our for his attack on the internationally recognized government in tripoli one day before the president called so this statement by the president seemed very out of step with government policy and congress who also had recognized the internationally recognized government in libya so this report raises a lot of questions and at this point we don't have the answers to all. all of them but i'm sure we'll be hearing more in the coming days about this is more information comes to light kristen slim with our correspondent force in washington d.c. thank you. forces a fight on hundreds of protesters in somalia's capital and a presidential candidate turned been leading in march through mogadishu to denounce the delay to elections catherine soy has more was. barely heard a protest march started in the other airports when this ha

work was suspended during warlord khalifa haftar failed military campaign on tripoli. but his forces retreated towards the east more than 6 months ago it was restarted. and how are you most sure we want to keep what is left of the old sea to mean certain your life into it so that it can be able to withstand the future the 1st step was to build trust with the residents and shop owners because without that nothing can happen. is a blacksmith he says the lack of attention by the government to include will distribute have had an impact on his business. this craft is like a way we have ups and downs when the political and economic situation a stable business is better but there are still some people who enjoy handmade items and come and buy from us tripoli's long history and the variety of cultures and religions that thrived in the city have left an interesting blend of architecture and given the old city a unique identity. people and shop owners here hope that with the recent political settlement in libya stability can be achieved and with that more attention given by liby

list where the speaker of the eastern based parliament argue who is a firm supporter of warlords khalifa haftar as the as the head of the presidential council and we also have. who is the current jian a minister of interior he's also the person who signed the security and maritime agreement with the church which helped the g.n.a.t. force back. forces outside of tripoli and and for the last few months we've seen a stalemate and that's allowed these political talks to to happen i think libyans for the most part everybody here wants to see elections take place there are some critics of these talks they say that the u.n. sort of overstepped their boundaries and handpicked these participants in the talks but supporters say that the the parliament and the high state council which are sort of the legislative branches have had 6 years and they haven't come up with a solution so this variety of libyans from various regions and from very with various ideologies can come up with a solution and and we're going to have to wait and see what kind of reaction we're going to see especially. from from you know f

libya's interim presidents had talks with the warlords khalifa haftar on the eastern city of benghazi mohamed men fame was appointed head of the transitional presidential council last week at the un led libya political dialogue forum in geneva after his power bases in the east is over his backing to the peace process they launched an unsuccessful offensive to take the capital in 2019. the new u.s. special envoy for yemen has met the enemy president and foreign minister in to melinda king's visit to saudi arabia as part of joe biden's efforts to end more than 6 years of war last month the u.s. president paused arms sales to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. pending a review of the deals in 2015 countries intervened with a military coalition to help the government fight against hooty rebels a german energy company says the netherlands owes it to $1000000000.00 r. w e is making the claim using a controversial treaty is designed to offer foreign investors protection from so-called unstable states step us and reports from scotland. aside the netherlands wants to remove from its landscape emissio