in libya people say. if you say that guy was mistreated maybe instead of saying it's wrong they say what did he do to deserve it you know that's true you're part of some other they look for a reason they always say yes stuff hell he deserves it. didn't take us fifty years to get over this and there's a constant television. in libya rape is something unspeakable a to do so powerful that it must be silenced. an entire nation is in denial. to focus. on. the man is an underground activist but he's determined to bring the issue of rape out into the open. to. him it has received death threats he carries his entire life in a suitcase and sleeps in a different place every night. in the limits of war when you see a libyan someone from your country doing such things i mean you feel ashamed. if you walk well of course but when i was in libya i ended up hating all libyans but i have a corner but it's still my country called me soft over there everyone is fighting everyone it's a mess no sane person could be happy bac

in libya people say yes. if you say that guy was mistreated maybe instead of saying it's wrong they say what did he do to deserve it you know that's true you're parts of them they look for a reason they always say yes stuff hell he deserves it. didn't take us fifty years to get over this. in libya rape is something unspeakable a to booze so powerful that it must be silenced. an entire nation is in denial. to focus more. on. demand is an underground activist but he's determined to bring the issue of rape out into the open. to. him it has received death threats he carries his entire life in a suitcase and sleeps in a different place every night. in the limits of war when you see a libyan someone from your country doing such things i mean you feel ashamed. if you walk well of course but when i was in libya i ended up hating all libyans but my father couldn't but it's still my country could really soft over there everyone is fighting everyone it's a mess no sane person could be happy there. and i was after gadhaf

libya has become a power keg. thousands of migrants pass through the country on their way to the mediterranean sea. the state has collapsed and two rival governments have risen in its wake armed militias fool the streets. rumors of rape continue but it's still not been confirmed. one day the veil began to lift across the border in tunisia a former libyan official agreed to speak. i've never seen any libyan customers here i'm sure you have. but they don't say much. to medicare afraid and i tell you why because in libya there are many different alliances. you never know who's with whom you take me for example out of school no one knows whose side i'm on when i talk to someone i try not to reveal who i am or who i work for. everyone is scared you don't want to risk giving away information. good news for form of option model. in libya ramadan was a public prosecutor in the chaos following the overthrow of gaddafi in two thousand and twelve he sent militia members to prison for murder the very next day they were releas

do we havehat now in libya? the answer is clearly no. >> reporter: it's a problem that vexes colonel ibrahim bin rabaa, ore commander of counter tem forces in the city of sirte. his men eventually defeated isis here. but now, less than two years later, he says militants are regrouping, and waiting to strike again. >> ( translated ): we almost didn't let you journalists come today because it was too dangerous. isis has not disappeared. >> reporter: rabaa says underestimating islamic state can have serious repercussions far beyond libya.he iferror group is not stopped here, he says, it's just a matter of time befe isis grows and strikes again elsewhere. >> ( translated ): the islamic state is not only our problem. itke a cancer spreading all around the world.y tois is here. tomorrow it can spread again somewhere else. it's as simple as that. >> sreenivasan: that's all for this editionf "pbs newshour weekend." i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for watching. have a goonight. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by medi

envoy to libya. and libyan politicians ahead of this meeting in chinese do you expect anything concrete to come out of this gathering. the truth is possible thank you for y.t. but secondly i don't think anything is going to come out of this we've seen this going on and on and on the biggest problem is that those who need to have no center of gravity be the man the man who holds all the cards right now and whether we like it i'm not assessed and listen i have to wonder and trying to pose a congress that works at certain conditions but such certainly isn't going to work right why for her and her basis for us this is a russian seller might be recognised by an international community but it's a little less libyans because it with the mideast soon see this government as being a legitimate more important this is someone who doesn't control libya he barely controls tripoli and he knew there was in control of the present control that it's better than ever to us having more and more and more support so right

patrolled by libya's coast guard and libya's coast guard officials say it's their right to their may grants and send them back to libya because they believe that the migrants have violated libya's sovereignty by first of all entering libya illegally and second by sailing of libya insurers also illegally according to salvini the tanker was sent back to tripoli but when it was about six no tickle my eyes away from the capital tripoli changes its calls and turned it back through to the north and we understand that the migrants my. fear being sent back to tripoli because they're afraid that the in my face the same violations they usually face at the hands of people or smugglers and that includes extortion beating and in some cases killing rape the u.s. energy secretary has authorized several companies to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia that's according to media reports the reuters news agency says the company is a request of the deals be kept secret russia south korea and the u.s. are all competing to strike a deal with the kingdom which is planning to build at least two nu

next next month but i have to say the tension is mounting in libya and many factions in the country are extreme or a critical of the u.n. and of the united nations envoy larsen salome thank you very much for that for now that is hashem live in tunis thank you. now protesters have rallied in southwest yemen calling on saudi backed government forces to take full control of thise province. but the fighters have besieged 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 regularly attacked with artillery shells and sniper fire. pope francis has arrived in morocco for a two day visit for the singer on interfaith relations these are live pictures from the capital he was greeted by king mohamad 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 and he visited the united arab emirates. it is time for the weather now here catherin

patrolled by libya's coast guard and libya's coast guard officials say it's their right to have them a grants and send them back to libya because they believe that the migrants have violated libya's sovereignty by first of all entering get libya illegally and second by sailing of libya insurance also illegally according to salvini the tanker was sent back to tripoli but when it was about six no tickle my eyes away from the capital tripoli it changes its course and turned it back to to the north and we understand that the migrants my. fear being sent back to tripoli because they're afraid that the in my face the same violations the usually face at the hands of people smugglers and that includes extortion beatings and in some cases killing rape. a court in chile has over the roman catholic church to pay compensation to three victims of the country's most notorious paedophile priest the appeals court ruling means the church will pay one hundred fifty thousand dollars each to the three men however the judge dismissed criminal charges against the priest fernando. because the statute of li

we're headed towards libya from. trade road. once the main trade route for caravans it remains an economic lifeline . merchants transport goods from. and subsaharan countries all the way to libya on the mediterranean. in recent years this road was also the main route for african migrants trying to get to europe. we're only allowed to travel here with a security escort. we agree in the hope of finding out what action the e.u. is taking here to stop migration. everyone here is checked the. police asked travelers where they've come from and where they're going. anyone suspected of trying to reach europe is barred passage. that's why migrants now avoid these checkpoints. today we don't encounter any west african migrants here instead merchants from the tribe desert nomads who have moved freely across desert borders for centuries. although most of them got the growth of the four of them or leave i'm from i want to go to libya my parents live there. but i used to be a lot more people here the merchants tell us that the rest station. b

some took control of the ship when it was ordered to return to libya. they forced it to head toward europe instead. >> the arrival of the turkish tanker in malta. maltese armed forces, with the help of speedboats and a helicopter had brought it under control on the open sea. for hours, migrant hijackers had been at the helm. ththe tankers crew rescued aroud 10mimigrants and refugees, among them 12 children. after the ship was apparently ordered to return to libya, some of those r rescued took command and forced the crew to head toward europe. italy's interior ministerr views it as an act of piracy. >> this is about criminal organized people, criminal because they hijacked those who had saved them, who had taken them from poor castaways. >> refugee organizations called for sympathy for the migrants, citing the near total absence in the mediterranean of resescue ships. >> in these moments, since there is not enough presence of rescue ships at sea, if there are more departures, we will see more. >> police arrested five migrants, while the rest were brought

but the meeting was snubbed by libya's prime minister phases. the authorities in tripoli have recently ramped up the rhetoric against the u.n. accusing it of failing to rein in general holly the hotter a rival to surat has launch a military campaign to expand his influence in the south accusations dismissed by the international community which hopes a national conference during april my chart a new road map for a political settlement. there is a new energy and a growing interest among libyans which shows a desire to build a state based on institutions to serve the people and bring things back to normal we have to remember that libya is a rich country and has a lot of resources. in the eighty years since the revolt that toppled the libya has been marred by violence and political instability there are two competing powers in libya the government of general accord based into a pulley and backed by the u.n. but general is effectively running a rival government in the east backed by the u.a.e. and egypt he has repeated evolved to send troops to invad

ok the un is holding a meeting in libya to discuss how to lay the groundwork for elections these are live pictures from the united nations let's listen in a myth you made us on exposing the mole don't you than our presence on us and. ambassador your constituents thank you mr president in accordance with twenty four of security council resolution one nine hundred seventeen of twenty six february two thousand and eleven i have the honor to report to the security council on the work of the committee established by the same relation. the report covers the period from nineteenth january two thousand nine hundred twenty of march two thousand nine hundred with the president i would like to highlight the following developments relating to the work of the committee first on the panel of experts following the adoption of resolution twenty four forty one from two thousand and eighteen the secretary general on second january two thousand nine hundred appointed six individuals to serve on the panel on eighth february two thousand nine hundred committee held informal consultations and heard a brie

there is an agreement between italy and libya. bringing migrants back to safety. it takes ten days for italy to allow the sea was to dock with the rescue migrants on board. and now authorities won't let it live. now we re authorities won't let it live. now were filming a distress call comes in. a rubber boat, 60 migrants on board. this is really upsetting for you, isn't it? yes! itjust highlights the stupidity of the situation. we have a rescue team here, they are literally twiddling their thumbs wanting to get out. if these people don't get rescued they will die. europe can't agree with what to do with migrants arriving by sea. but as people continue to flee libya, the politicians know a new strategy is needed urgently. jean mackenzie, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: he's back! zinedine zidane returns to real madrid afterjust ten months. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief, this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours, then, the soviet union lost an elderly

territories of libya once again we're in you our support to the united nations efforts. to welcome the secretary general of the united nations amongst us here at length to support these efforts of the u.n. to sort out the problem and away from the interests and the way from those willing to interfere in their turn the affairs of libya also the libyans have to put the stability of the country above the other interests through constructive dialogue in libya in order to bring back peace and stability to all our region the political solution to the crisis in syria must be accelerated because syria is part and parcel of the arab nation we need to help syria to overcome its problems and the syrians have to overcome their problems and we need to achieve their aspiration in peaceful atmosphere we need to maintain the unity independence and sovereignty of syria to sort out with the syrian. probably means to protect the region from any and filtration from those terrorist organizations and. regarding the syrian golan heights and declare it as controlled by israel we need here to st

and welcome to our own life for my headquarters in doha with me and iran i'm also ahead libya reopens a huge oil field that was taken over by militia groups. venezuela's opposition leader is welcome home by cheering supporters and plans for the other huge protests against president nicolas maduro and a patient in london becomes only the second person to go into a child's favorite mission we'll explain how. pakistan has arrested dozens of people as part of a crackdown on armed groups they include suspects linked to an attack that killed more than forty indian troops in the disputed kashmir region last month a group called jaish e mohammad said it was responsible and the brother of its leader was one of those arrested the bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan and years now once again on the groups operating in the greater disputed kashmir region are under the spotlight as pakistan and india continue to face off against each other and wrong khan looks at who these groups are and who supports them. and they just. all kish meet will be free this group calle

sami's a dan this is just zero live from down also coming up libya reopens a huge oil field that was taken over by militia groups plus. its own. donald trump a south against democrats for expanding an investigation into his inner circle but says he'll cooperate. and the patient in london becomes only the second person to go into a mission where they explain how. pakistan has arrested dozens of people as part of a crackdown on armed groups suspects linked to an attack that killed more than forty indian troops in the disputed kashmir region mid last month a group called jaish e mohammad said it was responsible the brother of its leader was one of those arrested the bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan the years correspondent imran khan is live for us from islamabad so does it look like the group the governor rather is trying to wipe out the group. that's absolutely right on march the fourth the hawks on the government announced a new what they're calling national action plan against these armed groups that base themselves out of pockets on the territor

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 i'll share our oil field 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 armored groups and also a local militias in the south 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 around one point eight billion dollars that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord honey for have to manage it 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. the u.s.

guard officials say that it's their right to capture the migrants as long as they have entered libya illegally and have sailed of libya ensures illegally we understand that some of those migrants could be proved innocent and they can apply for asylum in malta but some others will probably be guilty because they are accused of hijacking. the vessel to some breaking news out of somalia a car bomb has exploded in the capital mogadishu killing at least ten people reports suggest the large blast occurred outside a crowded restaurant restaurant and they were barely districts the al qaeda linked extremist group often targets high profile areas in mogadishu with suicide bombings . all right more on the fi in bangladesh nine hundred storey building in dhaka is a blaze time of a child three joins us live now from dhaka tom what do you know as far as the events that are unfolding right now. can you hear me time there we can hear you loud and clear maybe you can hear me just tell us more about what's happening. i can if i can tell you because the audio was about the building after tower is right

guard officials say that it's their right to capture the migrants as long as they have entered libya illegally and have sailed of libyan sure illegally we understand that some of those migrants could be proved innocent and they can apply for asylum in malta but some others will probably be guilty because they are accused of hijacking. the vessel. venezuela's opposition leader one bill has been barred from holding public office for. the country's oldest her general says there are irregularities and personal financial disclosures it's another effort by president nicolas for the us government the sideline who's been recognized by the u.s. and sixty other countries as venezuela's interim president let's get more on this from my son who is in my cower in northern colombia so listen to what effect could this announcement actually have well barbara i think that this will turn out to be mostly a sort of symbolic punishment against the something that a part of the chinese leadership wanted they want to go after got quite a dog but they feel they can't read them because of course with the ange

the coast of libya. are before i go let me show you some footage of a hero raising incident in southern turkey a c.c.t.v. camera capturing these images of three men battling gusty winds to keep hold of a large parasol before one of them was lifted took a look right off his feet the local market worker was hoisted over three meters into the air as he explained after he jumped to safety he escaped with a minor ankle injury we're going to see that again now in slow motion and then after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day and i promise to keep you on the ground. what's the connection between brett powell and the european union he knows not to do w correspondent and avid baker can stretch this book in line with the rules set by the team. cuts mean no. smoking recipes for success a strategy that could make a difference. baking bread on d.w. . a city in ruins. morocco a. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines. between the muslims. and the christian population. when finance fighters occ

. >> there are about 10 countries meddling in libya and working closely with the secretary-general andeep him posted of whatever information i receive. i requested him in turn to advise the security council on this issue. anchor: italy and malta say migrants have hijacked a merchant ship that rescued them off the coast of libya and it is now heading to malta. 108 migrants were picked up by a cargo ship and are said to have taken control of the vessel after discovering it was taking them back to libya. the e.u. has been criticized after it agreed to withdraw ships patrolling the mediterranean for migrants. member states recalled their rescue ships. it will still conduct air patrols. italy has refused to allow those picked up by the operation to disembark at its ports. the leader of a far right political party in australia has referred al jazeera to the country's top intelligence agency. this comes after al jazeera revealed efforts by the one nation party to secure a $20 million from a pro-gun advocates in the u.s. peter charlie from our investigative unit has part two of the story. repo

guard officials say that it's their right to capture the migrants as long as they have entered libya illegally and have sailed of libyan sure illegally we understand that some of those migrants could be proved innocent and they can apply for asylum in malta but some others will probably be guilty because they are accused of hijacking. the vessel. graeber break it down to zero when we come back in that up over we need to teach people that they need to learn how to produce their own food needs to be public policy and taking matters into their own hands venezuelan citizens prepare for u.s. sanctions that could cripple their food supply killer robots could be hacked and then used by your enemy forces against you and not just a scene from a science fiction film apparently the call goes on for an international ban on so-called killer robots. we've got plenty of spring sunshine into northern parts of china and i must do is to carry a cloud into those central areas and that will tend to just slide a little further south was shanghai seeing a little bit of cloud sharon pulling away here ninet

and send them back to libya because they believe that the migrants have violated libya's sovereignty by first of all entering get libya illegally and second by sailing of libyan sure. also illegally according to salvini the tanker was sent back to tripoli but when it was about six no tickle my eyes away from the capital tripoli it changes its course and turn it back to the north and we understand that the migrants my. fear being sent back to tripoli because they're afraid that the in my face the same violations the usually face at the hands of people smugglers and that includes extortion beatings and in some cases killing rape. five cases of cholera have been confirmed in mozambique's badly damaged port city of beira six weeks after cyclon devastated the area the u.n. fears the disease will spread and says it needs nearly three hundred million dollars in aid to help one point seven million texans cyclon is i killed more than seven hundred people across southern africa well tony pertly travel to one community in mozambique that's been cut off for twelve days. it's a race against time

a coast guard in this regard libya's coast guard officials say that it's their right to capture. migrants in there as long as they are have they have entered libya illegally and they have sealed off libya ensures also illegally we understand that this could be an international crime committed by the migrants but again it depends on where it was committed and also who is an innocent and who is not but the question now is will the maltese government after the end of the investigation well will it send the migrants back to libya we understand that this is the migrants biggest fear is to be returned or sent back to libya because they're afraid that the violations the face in libya especially at the hands of people smugglers could be repeated again in case they return to libya but again because those migrants could be some of them could be innocent so they can. the innocent migrants could apply for asylum in malta and those who are. accused of hijacking the ship could be tried in malta or repatriated to their own countries nobody knows what is going to happen. before the end of the in

as forces are loyal to warlord the half ton who ordered them to leave after talks with members of libya's unity government. went up a lot he joins us live from the capsule tripoli just remind us why the show are all filled was shut down and why it's been reopened. will laura it's lawlessness in the south of the country use on with groups including local citizens just went into the shut our oil fields in december and on the ninth of december and they wanted to put pressure on the government of national accord to provide this ours with more services to improve security they think that this was is marginalized so they wanted to put pressure on the national accord government in tripoli so the went into the shut up will field and they stopped production and the also abused the workers inside they dismissed the workers from the oil field now we understand that during the last three months a peaceful 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 strateg

thousands of refugees and asylum seekers instead it plans air patrols and close coordination with libya which is the main starting point for refugees and migrants trying to cross the sea from north africa to europe. let's talk now to political analyst nickel america which welcome to r.t. again this seems to be a particularly desperate act on the part of the migrants risking their lives in the first place and then risking prosecution for hijacking a ship is europe going to have to rethink its response on how it deals with refugees. house i think it has to rethink its whole position on this migrant issue and it's not just about welcoming these refugees it's about its cooperation with a lot of these african countries or asian countries where these refugees are coming from and don't forget that we were talking about all these refugees coming from libya and maybe european institutes start should start doing some reporting on to european countries which participated in the bombing of the united the united kingdom in france and who created the situation of chaos now we're not only is there are

by entering libya illegally and maybe ensuring again nick. very much indeed for that update mahmoud reporting now a delegation from egypt is in gaza for discussions with hamas and with other palestinian groups on the recent violence with israel is ready jets destroyed a number of hamas buildings on monday and tuesday night dozens of rockets were fired into israel delegates are expected to go to israel for further discussions on a possible cease fire the u.n. security council has been discussing u.s. president donald trump's recognition of the occupied golan heights as israeli territory at urgent meeting was requested by the syrian government on monday trump signed a proclamation states in the us recognized israel's annexation of the area un resolutions class to go in and heights as occupied territory israel seized it from syria during the one nine hundred sixty seven was ready war. so the british parliament has failed to agree an alternative to primeness its reason maze breaks it and peace have rejected eight different options for the country

but the meeting was snubbed by libya's prime minister phases. the authorities in tripoli have recently ramped up the rhetoric against the u.n. accusing it of failing to rein in general holly for a rival to surat launch a military campaign to expand his influence in the south accusations dismissed by the international community which hopes a national conference due in april my chart. put a political settlement. there is a new energy and a growing interest among libyans which shows a desire to build a state based on institutions to serve the people and bring things back to normal we have to remember that libya is a rich country and has a lot of resources. in the eighty's says the revolt that toppled the libya has been marred by violence and political instability there are two competing powers in libya the government of general accord based into a pulley and backed by the un but general is effectively running a rival government in the east backed by the u.a.e. and egypt he has repeated devout to sent troops to invade tripoli i asked mr good terrori

for the man who's seized control of the vessel after rescued over a hundred people from waters off libya. good to have you with us we begin tonight in china a recent spate of high profile disappearances have attracted international attention being disappeared as people in china call it seems to be a common practice and is getting worse dissidents are often held at secret detention facilities and usually only handed over to the judiciary system after a confession has been extracted. a human rights lawyer who disappeared for six months before he was jailed for subversion here's his story. detention room is like a cooling chamber with a metal door escape from this room is impossible. to thomas. was one of two hundred human rights lawyers chinese authorities rounded up in july two thousand and fifteen. the everything inside is wrapped in soft material the walls the table it so you can't kill yourself. i didn't see daylight for half a year on a bright light is on twenty four hours a day you don't know if it's day or night. it feels like you've been locked up in hell. you're completely cut off

the high seas ends in a morty's port the vessel had rescued refugees and migrants off the coast of libya and was ordered to take them back but when the captain refused to change course some of them took matters into their own hands was it an act of piracy for a desperate bid for self preservation also on the program the british government tells the lakers to expect a fresh bread city votes tomorrow the move comes as the country's embattled prime minister seeks to fulfill conditions from the european council for another extension to the country's would go on deadline. and this american blames his council on the read kiddo of roundup he's suing the chemical giant monsanto for damages we'll tell you what a california court has decided. i don't have a warm welcome to you i'm. mortars armed forces have taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by migrants rescued at sea the turkish vessel has arrived at a port with military personnel on board five people were handcuffed and courted off the vessel about one hundred refugees and migrants had been rescued in the seas off libya some of them too

merchant vessel picked up over one hundred migrants however upon learning they will be returned to libya they decided to take over the ship and set course for europe the island nation of malta has already announced it will not allow the ship to dock and italian interior minister taro salvini has called the incident case of piracy. you know. it is the first case the first act of piracy of delinquency on the high seas with immigrants asking for help was who were rescued by this merchant ship flying a foreign flag six miles from tripoli they hijacked the freighter and saying no do not go south go north and then head north towards malta or lampedusa you know that these people will only see italian territorial waters through the telescope from far away they are not castaways they are pirates italy's coalition government has set a goal of curbing migration flows into the country while the european union has announced it will suspend maritime patrols that have rescued thousands of refugees and asylum seekers instead it plans air patrols and close coordination with libya which is the main starti

on the political crisis in libya the wars in syria and yemen are also on the agenda has the latest from tunis. arab leaders are hitting back at the trump administration's decision to recognize israel's occupation of the golan heights saying that this is a move that is void and violates international legality and the international law the draft community also says that the decision by the trump administration to recognize israel jerusalem as israel's capital is a wrong move which could further destabilize the region insisting that the only initiative that the arabs have presented to the israelis in two thousand and two is still on the table which says that the others are ready to recognize the state of israel but the israelis have to recognize the presence of an independent palestinian state with eastern jerusalem as its capital. they're also asking the iranians to pull out their proxy fighters particularly in syria and yemen but they're not talking about the humanitarian crisis in the in yemen because of the presence of saudi arabia which is one of the key players in the arab league the

libya reopens an oil field in the southwest that was taken over by warlords and if. the u.s. opens a new front in its trade war with plans to end the special status for india and turkey. venezuela's opposition leaders welcomed home by cheering crowds another huge protest against the president. and i'm we are party with all of your sport things go from bad to worse for le bron james and the l.a. lakers after losing to their local rival the defeat all but any of their chances of making it to the n.b.a. playoffs. pakistan's navy says it spotted an indian submarine close to its waters which then turned away after being warned the incident comes after pakistan's government moved to reduce tensions with its neighbor by stepping up a crackdown on armed groups banned by the un has been under pressure to act after an attack which killed more than forty indian paramilitary soldiers in the disputed kashmir region mid last month a group called jaish e mohammad said it was responsible for bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan in years. well who are these g

the high seas ends in a multi-sport the vessel had rescued refugees and migrants off the coast of libya and was ordered to take them back when the captives refused to change course some of them took matters into their own hands was it an act of piracy or a desperate bid for self-preservation also on the program the british government tells lawmakers to expect a fresh briggs's vote tomorrow the move comes as the country's embattled prime minister seeks to fulfill conditions from the european council for another extension to the country's withdrawal deadline and eyes sloan's budget airline a wow air seizes operation stranding thousands of passengers in europe and north america. thank you so much for your company everyone well we start in a multi where armed forces have taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by migrants rescued at sea well the turkish vessel has now arrived at a multi-sport with military personnel on board five people were handcuffed and scored off the vessel about one hundred migrants and refugees had been rescued in the seas off libya some of them took control of th

but the meeting was snubbed by libya's prime minister phases. the authorities in tripoli have recently ramped up the rhetoric against the u.n. accusing it of failing to rein in general holly hunter a rival to surat has launch a military campaign to expand his influence in the south accusations dismissed by the international community which hopes a national conference during april my chart a new road map for a political settlement. there is a new energy and a growing interest among libyans which shows a desire to build a state based on institutions to serve the people and bring things back to normal we have to remember that libya is a rich country and has a lot of resources. in the eighty years since the revolt that toppled the libya has been marred by violence and political instability there are two competing powers in libya the government of general accord based into a pulley and backed by the u.n. but general is effectively running a rival government in the east backed by the u.a.e. and egypt he has repeated evolved to send troops to invade tr

libya reopens a huge oil field that was taken over by militia groups last. losing the solos. don't trump head south against democrats for expanding an investigation into his inner circle but says he'll cooperate. and a patient in london becomes only the second person to go into a charge be remission we'll explain how. i'm johnny gosch you're still with the sports attacking football a slash is a rival player with a razor blade i'll have all the details in the next sixty minutes. pakistan has arrested dozens of people as part of a crackdown on armed groups saying suspects linked to an attack that killed more than forty indian troops in the disputed kashmir region made last month a group called gesture mohammad said it was responsible now the brother of its leader was one of those arrested the bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan in the year. our correspondent emraan column joins us live from islamabad so there's a lot of the government is trying to wipe out but now. what they certainly seems like in the last twenty four hours we had about a nat

efforts on a yemen and on libya he talked about the need for unity in libya and also supporting u.n. efforts there to end the crisis imran khan is covering this week's summit for us in iran we heard there from the saudi king we are expecting next to hear from tenacious leader talk a saw what is going to be happening for assist sunday in tunis and the issues on the agenda. well very much there the king of saudi arabia set out the agenda for the arab summit as you said he was talking about a number of issues chief amongst them is the israeli palestinian conflict and he used quite strong language i have to say when he talked about the fact that they needed to go back to the nine hundred sixty seven borders and that was the only way the palestinian conflict would be resolved now we are expecting that union leader to speak they are handing effectively the reins over to the chin is eons off to that we're hearing we will hear from the arab league general secretary will open the thirtieth arab summit and then after that we are expecting an arab leaders to speak we don't know what order they

if we want to talk about syria for example libya. disasters in terms of what came next and that i think was a problem of every actor that was involved and they're trying to look at today and they're not looking at a more syria it's a great example because when that conflict began internally the smart play during the obama administration would have been to ask libya jordan to ask turkey to close the borders. and basically snuff it out. it would have been much easier at that stage as opposed to what they decided not to do and then closing the embassies . all of all of the european union and other countries you leave diplomats on the ground you leave the embassies open it makes it much harder for governments to take actions that are very harsh so there were a lot of mistakes there and look where we are today and look what we have in terms of the catastrophic damage that's in syria that's why every cautious look at america involvement in minutes because the big question is do you have a strategy or is it. a question i don't know what the

there's gold and oil under the sands of libya and truffles are something to be sniffed at. i'm going for let's do business talk about taking the twinkle out of south africa's gold and platinum mines a power price hike could see the sec the shit around ninety thousand jobs over the next few years that's the warning from the national mining association the government has approved above inflation price increases in dated utility eskom to keep operating south africa has enjoyed widespread power cuts in recent weeks because of the crisis that has come which supplies almost all the country's power but the minerals council warns the power intensive mining industry will be hard hit it's a major employer in a country where a quarter of the labor force is unemployed. they don't he's presumably worked as a business correspondent in south africa. what is it's good to have you along what does this story tell you about the state of south africa's blackout then its tells us that this latest shooting as we call it in south africa. has been the worst we've seen in the country since we start

let you know how i see that that healthy libya that are about to come through and meddling in libya and working closely with the secretary general and i keep him post to do whatever information it received as a result of interference by dostoevsky requests to them in turn to advise the security council on this issue. the european parliament has voted to push through a ban on a range of single use plastics ten products including plastic plates straws cutlery and cotton buds will be prohibited across the e.u. by twenty twenty one the e.u. will also aims for ninety percent of plastic drink bottles to be collected for recycling by twenty twenty nine and all bottles are seconds it consists of at least thirty percent recycled material by twenty thirty the european commission put forward the legislation last year after its research found that plastics made up eighty percent of europe's marine litter posing a major threat to its coastal biodiversity well for more on this let's speak the green technology expert sharon george she joins us now via skype from the english town of market rate and mad

to the most we understand that the migrants on board the vessel fear being get back to libya. because they might face the city violations the usually face at the hands of a lot of people of smugglers and that includes extortion and in some cases in some cases rape and killing my runs in detention centers in libya. suffer from malnutrition and despite the fact that supervisors in detention centers almost deny that lives because of this will say it's their right to capture the migrants and return them back or send them back to libya because they believe that the migrants have violated libyan sovereignty by risible in spring libya illegally and second of all by of libyan shores two of the few iraq nic robertson is very much indeed. reporting back to syria where the state news agency is reporting a number of asteroids have hit the northern city of aleppo. the syrian arab news agency says it's was an israeli attack in syria's defenses intercepted several missiles videos have been shed on social media showing explosions in eleven zero has not yet been able to verify the claims well

by terrorist groups to launch a list operations in libya. so windy here today fifteen years later that pakistan is in acting legislation to comply with un resolutions there's naturally. degree of suspicion the real problem is the activities of these groups and. then there will be the local normalization. rescue and aid operations are ongoing in pakistan and afghanistan where flash floods have killed at least fifty people heavy rain over the past ten days ascott of tens of thousands of residents schools bridges and mosques have been destroyed but what the afghan government is calling the worst flooding in kandahar province in at least seven years shelob ellice is in kandahar one of the hardest hit provinces where fifteen hundred homes have been damaged or destroyed. now this is the main point in kandahar city where people are coming to get help behind me there with 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