and libya so disses this is. a setback and i step back which means that the suffering of the libyan people who rely wholly and entirely on oil revenues will suffer even more libya relies 98 percent or 99 percent of income comes from oil and oil revenues are used to pay salaries to pay subsidies to pay for medicine to face this corona pandemic and now the fact that there would be no lifting of this brocade that means there would be no revenue new revenue coming in and the general you just said to me general you just said it yourself you said that after has been defeated that he's had to move down to 500 kilometers away from tripoli but he hasn't the oil blockade is perhaps a bigger weapon when it comes to strangling libya itself and actually have to and the u.a.e. has back is the french the british as well all of those people made be looking at the old blockade is the next battlefield. well yes now because they lost their military card they want to use the economic card did they want to use the i love it but that

you have the special on voice 2 libya what's the current u.s. thinking on libya. the u.s. does not want libya to be overrun by war by war instability economic collapse here not turn into suster united states made clear to all actors it wants to see things worked up locally and diplomatically not by use of force. blackmailing the government the efforts to extort oil as a weapon is impairing a country's ability to move ahead no one should be shutting down libya's oil well libya's world is used to take care of people throughout libya including in the east in the south and any time anyone has engaged in oral extortion it's gone badly for the country do there need to be negotiations that are inclusive of the bring people together and provide solutions for the countries are absolutely do does there need to be a breakdown shutdown of all oil and head of the well of every libyan is going to suffer as a result of the i guess maybe you could make that argument what's happened of course is he's just under a substantial part by counterfeit enormous fact i often. billions of pounds of

he's not on our side in libya. the conflict there's a new phase foreign interference reaching and dissident levels very concerned about the alarming military build up on the city and the level of that it fighting theaters in the coffee in violation of u.s. arms embargo un security council resolution and the commitments made by member states in the early. let's go live to our diplomatic editor james bays adds the united nations alley around antonio gutierrez also said that time was not on our side in libya clearly a lot of pressure to try to get something done yes 2020 was the year that the u.n. and the international community said they were going to try and bring peace to libya and all we've seen is an intensification of violence we've seen mass graves we've seen war crimes they do now feel that maybe there is a moment of opportunity because we've seen quite decisive moves with general huffed being pushed back from tripoli back to sirte but certainly germany is concerned about the foreign involvement remember it wa

he condemned russia for its involvement in libya and for russian mercenaries that are active in libya and he condemned egypt for egypt's involvement making it clear the egyptian foreign minister drove her to the 21 egyptians killed by eisel in sirte where he said actually it was his government that managed to get those bodies and and help out in that situation and it actually had been general half the forces who had allowed in his view the ice all fighters to make their way to sirte in the 1st place so strong words from the libyan ambassador worth noting of course though that the government of libya a seat at the u.n. is held by the government of national accord the government of prime minister seraph so clearly they are the international recognize government but they are also one of the 2 main sides in this conflict there is going to be some criticism james isn't there that this is essentially a talking shop a chance for people to be able to air their grievances and to air their views but it's what happens next that it's important and of course with the make up of the security counci

excellences that is not on our side in libya. the conflict there's enter the new phase with foreign interference reaching and dissident levels including in the delivery of sophisticated equipment and the number of mercenaries involved in the fighting since my f. ing special representative last updated the security council on the 1900 may we have witnessed the retreat of the leader national army's front lines in tripoli the takeover by government of national accord of the air base and bani walid and g.m.a. when it with significant external supports continued that advance eastwards and are now 25 kilometers west of sifter after 2 previous attempts to gain control of the city the situation on the frontlines as been mostly quiet since then june however we are very concerned about the alarming military buildup on the city and the level of that its foreign interference in the conflict in violation of u.n. arms embargo un security council resolution and the commitments made by member states in bali in addition on sunday 5 july and ident

instead of going back to libya. and that just course to show how bad the situation is for them in their view what the situation is and i mean even getting on the rubber dinghy in the middle of the night with no getting seas they're going to reach europe they still choose to take that make that journey knowing that they might not see land ever again but it's just they want to take that risk just even if it's like a one percent chance of reaching europe so some seem a lot of activity here in our you tube. chat over there in there's this whole could a sentimental number of people have this why does your need to accept these refugees can someone speak to. this is another question if i may. the question is not was of people need to whether europe need to accept all know that's of the sequel i mean we are the war that the question is there are human beings droning at's. should we risk you them or not. extremely clear there is a duty to us and these people need to be assisted whatever comes afterwards in terms of migratory

watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha are also coming up libya's state owned oil company blames the u.a.e. for a blockade on oil exports reimposed by the warlord khalifa haftar. and exit polls suggest a tight race in poland as both the incumbent president and his rival claim a victory in the runoff vote. 230000 qubit in 1000 infections in 24 hours the world has now recorded its biggest daily rise since the corona virus outbreak began last according to the world health organization and the situation in the united states the country hardest hit has taken a turn for the worse the state of florida alone has registered more than 15000 new cases as of sunday that number surpasses the highest daily tally reported by any european country and what new york recorded when the pandemic peaked there in april . florida began lifting restrictions in may elsewhere around the world south africa has reimposed in light time curfew and a ban on the sale of alcohol it has the highest number of cases on the continent of africa nearly 13000000 people globally have been diagnosed with co

lawmakers are now pushing for more sanctions against turkey and russia this time for the variables in libya's civil war we're going to discuss that with our panel and then president trump is headed to the lone star state to discuss energy and tuor and boil rig and raise money for his reelection we'll get you all up to speed all right it's time to boost your news i. mean right now today on capitol hill 4 of the most powerful men in the u.s. tech industry are being questioned on whether their platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as they've risen to dominate the industry and the marketplace artie's rachel blevins is monitoring this hearing she is joining us in studio to discuss it so rachel who is testifying today and what has led us up to this point well this hearing comes after a year of research that was conducted by the house judiciary is antitrust subcommittee and which they are looking at these 4 major tech companies and trying to decide whether the major monopolies that they already have are being used to stifle their smaller competitors now of course we are still dealin

except misrata known as libya's economic. have 2 years accused of using the banknotes to fund his failed military campaign to capture tripoli. we saw the head of the east and central bank said the priority is to fund the war in tripoli these counterfeit notes were used to pay fight his and of course inflation and the value of the libyan do not to decrease business owners and residents say while their sons are fighting on the front lines they can play their part in the fight against have to by boycotting the banknotes. these notes are counterfeit that recognize central bank in tripoli has refused them so business people in misrata refuse to accept it . have to use this money to destroy al capital refusing to deal with it is how we as businessman a participant in the fight against them russian support is being seen as further escalating the libyan crisis creating parallel institutions to the central bank and national oil corporation russian mercenaries from the kremlin backed wagner group have been seen in el shura libya's larg

look the battle in libya is the war in libya is not over i think the battles recently have been won by turkey and certainly the u.a.e. and egypt and also france had to accept some defeats especially when it comes to have to and i think after is very much on the way out in libya because he's proven to be an unreliable impulsive actor that even the u.a.e. cannot control however the war isn't over yet and the spoils of war as it stands at the moment are really really only supporting eastern libya not western libya and i think the turks still have to make sure that this western libyan enclave that they have now liberal liberated is somewhat sustainable and it's economically not sustainable as it stands and more territory needs to be acquired to actually achieve this split and i think france is just backing the uys approach for very much ideological reasons it's anti islam it's against civil society in northern africa and in that respect i think france on the wrong side of history but so far they still haven't been defeated yet what about russia's are going to set sit back and watch after t

libya's u.n. recognize government says it's found a prison used by warlords for half the torture opponents government leaders in tripoli are calling on the when to investigate mass graves discovered near the prison in tahrir hohner forces of the government of national accord captured the city from half those fighters in june it's believed the warlords forces buried torture victims. is that the side of one of half the prisons in the town of tora bora local council officials and d.n.a. a government of national call officials here until now tell us that these cells inside this prison the very tiny natalya's prison were used by pro half their fighters specially or namely a. brigade or a local brigade from the city of the owner that was loyal to the warlords really for half that they used these tiny cells inside tools toward shore and to imprison their opponents security forces here with us who was touring with us here today in this prison tell us that they did not find. at the captives only one captiv

sanctions may signal the situation in libya is changing. well i hope we've reached a tipping point one of the things that really characterizes libya. is the idea and this has been a characteristic the hallmark of middle eastern international politics for decades now is the use of proxies and what's made this particularly dangerous is that you have. many nation states and paramilitary organizations associated with some of these nation states aligning with either the tripoli government or the broke up from it hopefully the idea is that we've we've reached a tipping point the sanctions will be imposed if these violations are substantiated one of the key players here of course is the united states and the united states while you know the past is vacillated in terms of its support for the g.n.a.s. flurry of essentially is something called it last year with the. car but the role of the united states is important the role of other support of countries for the g. and a france is problematic france has been accused of violations of the unites nation

and libya itself on a t. and unity it realizes that spanish and of the libyan people and leads to building that said that there will be and seek and deserve away from not all interests better than an ambitions and malicious an agenda. and unlawful extent noninterference the international community and the united nation must all. must walk to provide the support necessary to achieve the objective mr president to conclude the set of thought that every effort of its support to the efforts of the united nations and the un sman and downs men in implementing them and its mandate its also a new as its goal its call on actors to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights know and to hold accountable those responsible for the violation and serious crimes thank you. i think it is you're watching jazeera we're bringing you coverage of the united nations security council meeting on the situation in libya you just heard from qatar as deputy prime minister and foreign minister mohammad

s ambassador to libya thank you. ivory coast is facing political uncertainty after the sudden death of the prime minister ahmed do gone quite a bally collapsed during a cabinet meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president nicolas harp reports. moments before his death prime minister ahmed who gone could be appeared upbeat as he entered a cabinet meeting chosen by the ruling party as its presidential candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of having suffered a heart attack last thursday you was welcomed home by president ouattara after spending 2 months in france for medical treatment over his heart condition the 61 year old was what he has chosen successor. i'm back to take my place alongside the president to continue the work of development and construction of our country the ivory coast. in an a

to military support russia is reopening its embassy in libya whole though its head will be based in neighboring tunisia in else but was made during talks a moscow foreign minister sergei lavrov that what the speaker of the disputed parliament based into broke again he's aligned with warlord who have tough love of emphasized he wants a ceasefire. you haven't heard the forces say they sent drones targeting an airport had an air base in saudi arabia a spokesman for the iran backed group made the announcement on twitter and said the areas were hit with high accuracy saudi arabia said it intercepted the attack. 2 recent suicides in lebanon have sparked a new wave of protests of the government's handling of the devastating financial crisis a 61 year old man reportedly took his own life in beirut on friday social media users have linked his death to the desperate economic situation another man also done by suicide on the same day at his home near the southern city of saida the lebanese government is trying to reverse months of economic decline if europeans prime minister has described days

turkey calling for sanctions over alleged violations in the eastern mediterranean and its role in libya also this hour the afghan ministry of defense says it targeted members of the taliban and not civilians in an airstrike that killed at least 45 people and on a mission to mars china sends its 1st unmanned spacecraft to explore the red planet . the sport has once again marks one year to go to the dealing in the pits. thank you for joining us 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali today to try to resolve this deepening political crisis 6 weeks of mass protests have demanded the resignation of president. at least 14 people have been killed in recent days the m 5 opposition movement activists leads the protests accusing the president of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security they rejected a unity government. goals from the regional organization echo us. rebel groups linked to al qaeda and i so gain strength using mali as a launch pad for attacks in neighboring nations as there is nicolas following the story from senegal he joins us live on the newsho

also coming up, how turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions.have a special report. ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it's flexing its muscles across the middle east. india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third highest confirmed coronavirus infections, after the united states, and brazil. but experts warn the true scale of the outbreak in india could be far higher. a sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to nearly 700,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. alanna petroff reports. the taj mahal, a monument to love from the 17th century. a world—famous attraction with millions of visitors each year. one of the seven wonders of the modern world in the city of agra. it's been empty since mid—march. it was meant to reopen on monday. thousands were expected. at the last minute, plans were scrapped. authorities extended local lockdown measures. there is no word on a new reopening date. just days earlier

turkish forces are on the ground in libya, northern iraq and northern syria.ere is part of an expanded footprint across the middle east. ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it's flexing its muscles across the middle east. and it's creating waves in the eastern mediterranean, where there's a lot at stake, not least gas reserves. the minister made a flying visit to this turkish warship off the coast of libya. he strongly denied claims from france that turkey harassed one of its vessels in the area. but with its deepening involvement here, ankara is sailing in choppy waters. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tripoli. more now on the pandemic — and among the ways that its impact will be seen for some time to come is on the outcomes for cancer patients. scientists who have modelled the effect of delays to tests, diagnoses and treatment have suggested there could be many thousands of excess deaths over the next year. lauren moss has been looking at the data — and the lives at stake — for a bbc panorama investigation. it'

warns foreign interference in libya has reached unprecedented levels. forgetting insults of the power the u.s. president hails what he describes as a tremendous relationship with mexico. and said he as president delays new coronavirus restrictions as protesters keep up the pressure over his handling of the pandemic. well as we said every cause is facing new political uncertainty after the sudden death of its prime minister ahmed who gone badly collapsed during a cabinet meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president has a report. moments before his death prime minister ahmed to go on the appeared upbeat as he entered a cabinet meeting chosen by the ruling party as its presidential candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of having suffered a heart attack. last thursday he was welcomed home by president ouattara after spending 2 months i

and celebrations for some prisoners of war in libya 16 of them go home in a swap between the warning sign. we begin with the growing tensions between china and the united states beijing is vowing to retaliate after the u.s. president announced new measures to hold china accountable donald trump has revealed sanctions against chinese officials over the recent national security law and polls in hong kong trumps announcement came after the u.k. beyond chinese tech giant while way from its new high speed more bang network citing concerns about security katrina you begins our coverage with this report from beijing. hong called is known as asia's world city. but the u.s. government says that nickname no longer applies washington has revoked the territory special economic status as punishment for the newly imposed national security law. from now on says the u.s. it will treat hong kong like mainland china the chinese government has condemned the move saying it will respond with sanctions we would see in the end to up hold our legitimate interests china will make the necessary responses to s

how turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions in the region.e have a special report. anger wants to be a key player in the future, whichever emerges from the future, whichever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it is flexing its muscles across the middle east —— ankara. the british government announces over £1.5 billion in funding to protect the arts. the industry has been left devastated by the pandemic. the 72nd birthday of the nhs is marked across the uk with a nationwide clap to thank the health service and those who work in it. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third—highest confirmed coronavirus infections. a sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to about 690,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. ethirajan anbarasan has more. in the southern city of chen i, the numbers are going up. they relax

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a worrying turn in libya's war while the u.n. chief is calling for urgent action on a ceasefire. this is a new phase in its foreign interference reaching and dissident levels forgetting insults of the past the u.s. president hails what he describes as a tremendous relationship with mexico. and eat out to help out the meal deal being offered by the british government to kick start the economy. ivory coast is facing new political uncertainty after the sudden death of its prime minister i'm a do going coulibaly collapsed during a cabinet meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president because soccer ports. moments before his death prime minister i mean to go on the appeared upbeat as he entered a cabinet meeting chosen by the ruling party as its presidential candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of

arms embargo to libya and that war of words between france and turkey on libya is really escalated over the last few weeks the tensions between the 2 countries have been quite high over the past year but in in june of france accused a turkish warship of harassing a french ship that was part of a nato operation in forcing this arms embargo on libya now france said that turkey was should apologize to france and pulled its vessel out of this a naval operation in protest but france and turkey both accuse each other of being a destabilizing force in libya president macro again just a few weeks after that incident with those ships in the mediterranean said that turkey had a criminal responsibility in libya turkey then said that france must apologize this war of words has continued with france asking the european union to do more to come down hard if you like on turkey that's not a show about a lot for us in paris natasha thank you very much indeed china says it's considering ways to stop the recognition of british national overseas passports held by many people in hong kong it's in response t

also coming up, how turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions. we have a special report. ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it's flexing its muscles across the middle east. india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third highest confirmed coronavirus infections. a sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to nearly 700,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. the bbc‘s alanna petroff reports. the taj mahal, a monument to love from the 17th century. a world—famous love from the 17th century. a world —famous attraction with millions of visitors each year. 0ne millions of visitors each year. one of the seven wonders of the modern world in the city of agra. it's been empty since mid—march. it was meant to reopen on monday. thousands we re reopen on monday. thousands were expected. at the last minute, plans were scrapped. authorities extended local lock down measures. there is no word ona down measures. there is

many here in misrata libya's 3rd largest city support the u.n. recognize government in tripoli which is backed by turkey they say they have to use a dictator attempting to take the country back to military rule regional and international leaders are calling for negotiations and peace talks while the german foreign minister on tuesday criticize egypt's plan to do so broad it's not clear yet if president c.c. will intervene in libya by sending troops but many here say if he does the only escalate the conflict and further destabilize the country now it's right now al-jazeera misrata. saudi arabia's king solomon has had a cabinet meeting to video call from the hospital in riyadh the 84 year old man it was admitted on monday prompting concerns about his health and the future of the kingdom is reportedly in a stable condition while being treated for an inflammation of the gallbladder. mining has long been a way of life for many people in indian administered kashmir but after new delhi stripped the region's autonomy last year it's led to changes in the

in libya a state owned oil company blames the u.a.e. for a blockade on oil exports by warlords only for have to. an apparent exit polls predict a tight race between the 2 men putting it out to be president. so there's been another record daily rise in the number of corona virus cases around the world 230000 people have been infected more than a quarter of those are in the united states state of florida is be particularly badly hit it lifted restrictions in may it's just reopened disneyland but it's also shattered the national record with over $15000.00 infections and that's a part of the previous record set by new york medical haters in maryland and she explains the reason for the surge in florida and in other states but it comes to current a virus in the united states a case of where you live and what your governor i decided to do remember this was the issue where the u.s. president said this is up to the states they need. to figure out their testing they need to figure out their hospitals so here in maryland with a republican governor

many here in misrata libya's 3rd largest city support the u.n. recognize government in tripoli which is backed by turkey they say they have there is a dictator attempting to take the country back to military rule. regional and international leaders are calling for negotiations and peace talks while the german foreign minister on tuesday criticize egypt's plan to do which is abroad it's not clear yet if president c.z. will intervene in libya by sending troops but many here say if he does the only escalate the conflict and further destabilize the country now drainer al-jazeera misrata. egypt answered on say they will keep negotiations open over ethiopia's controversial dam on the river nile even though it's already being filled if you're his prime minister abu ahmed says they've reached a common understanding and that technical discussions will follow suit on in egypt are concerned the ground renee's on family impacts their water supplies and don't want it filled without an agreement but if your peace says the recent rainy season means the reservoi

in libya's u.n. recognized government says forces loyal to war largely for have to are reinforcing search it's released images appearing to show the transportation of russian made and defense systems. still with libya and russia are actually billions of dollars worth of currency printed in russia is being circulated in libya the u.n. recognized government and aaa says it's counterfeit and some libyans are refusing to accept the currency because it's funding half his military campaign and the trainer reports now from the former rebel stronghold of misrata was worth of new libyan bank notes found in 2 shipping containers a couple of months ago were yet another sign of russia's influence in libya the cash that's found on the mediterranean island of malta was only from the printing works in moscow to khalifa haftar his forces in eastern libya. the u.s. government welcome the seizure saying the alternative dinar notes were counterfeit libyan currency printed by a russian state owned company and ordered by

hello i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a warning turn in libya's war why the u.n. chief is calling for urgent action on a ceasefire. phase. levels serbia's president delays new coronavirus restrictions as protesters keep up the pressure of his handling of the pandemic this just protecting. joe biden's ahead in the polls for u.s. president but we look at his potential pitfalls against donald trump. ivory coast is facing uncertainty off the sudden death of its prime minister i'm a do go on to lead belly collapsed and died during a cabinet meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president there was no reports. moments before his death prime minister i mean to go on the appeared upbeat as he entered a cabinet meeting chosen by the ruling party as its presidential candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of having suffered a heart attack last

turkey greece egypt are now major players in libya so the e.u. can play a convening role if it could just get its act together and yes the u.s. and russia are going to be big players and there's going to be horse trading the problem is that it present the russians saudis that emirate is one of the oil off the market because there are or who is not getting the money that they want to get to the coronavirus in the global economic and production so they're happy for the libya comfort to continue and the oil to not be on the market it will require u.s. pressure any new pressure to convince them otherwise that it's good to have libyan oil back on the market and that solving this conflict is in everyone's best interest jason patric joining us from richard in new jersey thanks so much for your time again pleasure now a british court has ruled that a woman stripped of her citizenship for joining i still in syria could return to the u.k. show me her big and was a schoolgirl when she left london with 2 friends in 2015 she was found in a syrian refugee camp

and the international community said they would bring peace to libya instead violence has intensified with repeated war crimes mass graves and civilian casualties there are new risks as well as opportunities for peace now that general have to forces have been pushed all the way to sirte side is not on our side in libya. the conflict is and the new phase is foreign interference reaching and dissident levels including in the delivery of sophisticated equipment and the number of mercenaries involved in the fighting. germany has been leading international efforts in january it pulled together key players at a conference in perl in germany now has the presidency of both the e.u. and of the un security council its foreign minister was blunt some of the countries who signed up to the berlin communique 6 months ago have been undermining it ever since with their actions current interference in may and the main driver of the conflict in libya it must be projects to an end that means no more plaints no more tanks no more trucks or cargo ships full of weapons and no matter what lies so will those

arms embargo in libya. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up 25000000 people infected millions more at risk iran's president warns his country's find with coronavirus is far from over the not dayshift show of strength drug cartel fighters flex their muscles as the mexican president it's down. and the u.s. congress loses a man described as its conscience john lewis the civil rights hero shared a dream with martin luther king dies at the age of 80. 3 e.u. nations are threaten to use sanctions against countries that continue to violate a united nations arms embargo on libya a u.n. resolution calling for the embargo to be enforced was passed in february but it has been routinely flouted the leaders of france germany and italy say we urge all foreign actors to end their increasing interference and to fully respect the arms of bargo established by the united nations security council we are ready to consider the possible use of sanctions should breaches to the embargo a

arms embargo in libya as a team from the i.c.c. arrives to investigate real crux. blown down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a fight that's a long way from over warning some iran's president has coronavirus infections reach an estimated 25000000 people. a show of force drug cartel fighters display their strength and defiance during a visit by the mexican president. and a fierce debate rages on in the u.s. over when to head back to school but it's children who are stuck in the middle. we begin in libya a multiple developments in the conflict a european countries are threatening sanctions against foreign governments interfering in the ongoing instability in a joint statement the leaders of france germany and italy say we urge all foreign actors to end their increasing interference and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the united nations security council we are ready to consider the possible use of sanctions should breaches to the embargo at sea on land or in the air continue. and a team from the international criminal court is n