he's from western libya and of course of the how many debate about the new prime minister of libya is a successful businessman from the city of misrata. also a senior official in the get deaf ear regime so is that all a good sort of much sorry magic and a good sort of mix across the east west because this is been the issue hasn't it a complete divide across the does this cover the bases. i think it does i think it does these are really these the people that have now been elected these officials haven't had strong positions with or against either side so they can comfortably come into any city. for instance has visited eastern libya before he is known across a wide variety of libyans as a successful businessman and as a a a good manager so i think this list of officials can comfortably begin to work on a serious reconciliation process now of course there's also been some criticism here in libya on both sides in east and west that the u.n. has sort of overstepped their boundaries so whether or not those in those with weapons will add here to or respect the results of this elections rema

dental national players the libya and get influence as g.'s i think now over the last 2 years it is there. and ted q.r.p. come to keep the players at the expense possibly of france and italy and so i also the new american administration could make a difference now if we have an alignment between the key players let's say between the united states that keep russia and egypt realignment about supporting this new government about supporting the peaceful track by saying that we should not allow debian's to go back to what i by the way i don't believe after has the decision today to restart the war i think that's out of his hands have to come not to restart the war unless the russians agree to it and the egyptians agree to it and i don't think they will they see that interest not yourself and the political track down and other than the military so if we have these alignments between these measures of players in libya then yes i think international will and international support for this new executive but it was supposed to be there only for a year

libya is suffering because of it. there are thousands and thousands of migrants here and the government is covering their expenses with money that belongs to the libyan people even though they were colonized by other countries who took their wealth and forced them into poverty. and now they're dying on their way to europe you know. the man has forgotten an important fact europe has allocated more than 400000000 euros to libya to help it tackled one migrant crisis. you see in libya we treat the migrants bury humanely when i meet a man that is. one of how we do our best to ensure they're treated well and humanely. concerned. then comes the moment we've been waiting for the do is to zawiya is detention center finally open for us. to. join the look as he will tell you more than 700 people are housed in this center you don't know what it wasn't like i said the airstrike happened just next door and the migrants are over here. and. points out a man wearing dark glasses and combat fatigues he heads the campus of one of the th

issues in libya following the arab spring. and i welcome just gone 6 o'clock here in the evening in moscow me watching r.t. international the fallout from the acquittal have done the same democrats point the finger of blame at a cowardly group of republicans while some republicans and i were even wanting to in page the new president joe biden so was the legal process becoming the new political norm looking at the impact on american politics his. donald trump is the most acquitted president in the u.s. history and no one worked harder to win him the title than the democrats and the realization is doing on them but what we saw in that senate today was that cowardly group of republicans who patently have no options because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served. the senators have decided to hang their hat on jurisdictional grounds which are not based on evidence which are not based on the facts and they will have to be. a ballistic meltdown is not something you'd expect to hear from a pa

chapter for the people of libya. every year living in disaster disaster disasters for. libya's. in chaos anarchy you need to take your jihad is wonderland this displacement and destruction is it fair to say libya was better off under gadhafi. 10 years of endless war chaos war crimes today libya's g.d.p. is a 3rd of what it was in 2010 that's democracy scores the same as it was under gadhafi standard of living is down there is no press freedom and there's even more corruption it's a den of islam it's terrorism of narco traffic and the world's capital of slave markets you can buy a black male refugee as an auction for as little as 2 $100.00 and these day and age what we know is that migrants who fall into the hands of smugglers face a systematic malnutrition sexual abuse and even murder we are hearing about mass graves in the desert migrants are being sold in the market as a commodity if you go to the market and you can pay between $2500.00 to get a migrant that will work with you on your daily jobs or support your work. the war still rages warlords and islam its gangs and drug tr

able to comfortably travel inside libya and be able to engage the various stakeholders in libya so i think this is a win for the libyans i mean most libyans are hoping that a united government can take place and 10 a lead to real lections the majority of libyans want to see a lections and to the un's credit this was a very transparent and clear process and people really i believe enjoyed watching this transparent vote take place in libya but there are some criticisms there are of course you know militias both in western and eastern libya those who have military power whether or not they will accept the results is not yet known. i'm sure many most libyans hope that they will and this will lead to a lections at the end of the year ok malik we must leave it there many thanks we'll talk later i'm sure monitoring our correspondent there reporting live from tripoli let's get more detail on where we are now with this process of political transition in libya now once the caretaker administration is in place the eastern government based into brooke and the u.n. recognize government in the cap

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 libyans want something to believe and to hope for and for now many hope that this new transitional government can leave a reconciliation process and bring about electi

libya is suffering because of it. there are thousands and thousands of migrants here and the government is covering their expenses with money that belongs to the libyan people even though they were colonized by other countries who took their wealth and forced them into poverty. and now they're dying on their way to europe you know. the man has forgotten an important fact. europe has allocated more than 400000000 euros to libya to help it tackled the migrant crisis. you see in libya we treat the migrants bury humanely. one of how we do our best to ensure they're treated well and humanely. insanity. then comes the moment we've been waiting for the do is to zawiya as detention center finally open for us. further look if you will just what are you. more than 700 people are housed in the center. of like i said the airstrike happened just next door and the migrants are over here. and look at points to man wearing don't glasses and combat fatigues he heads the camp is up to one of them they just want to film and talk to the

from eastern libya member of the presidency council mr samaras you a link from western libya and mr abdul rashid get safe and us are from southern libya the prime ministerial candidate for that ticket was mr fatty bashar. i am very pleased to see of ready that the candidates who did not succeed in this race today have really been issuing very gracious concession. speeches tweets you know months bashar assad machine wally we've seen other candidates who participated in the spirit tiber process also issuing tweets welcoming the new president's account on the prime minister designate and i think that really captures the spirit of you know what happened in the room here in geneva with the libyan political dialogue and really the spirit that is prevailing in libya now as we see progress on the 3 intra libyan tracks that come under the berlin process. i would be remiss if i did not extend my heartfelt thanks to the government of national accord and to president. bush and you know we will be hopefully speaking with the president. later later this evening and we are also setting up for the member

libya is suffering because of it. there are thousands and thousands of migrants here and the government is covering their expenses with money that belongs to the libyan people. even though they were colonized by other countries who took their wealth and forced them into poverty. and now they're dying on their way to europe those who are you know. the man has forgotten an important fact. europe has allocated more than 400000000 euros to libya to help it tackled one migrant crisis. sure. you see in libya we treat the migrants bury humanely and them and that is the nia one of how we do our best to ensure they're treated well and humanely. insanity. then comes the moment we've been waiting for the do is to zawiya as detention center finally open for us. further look if you will just what are you. more than 700 people are housed in this center. like i said the airstrike happened just next door and the migrants are over here. that points out to man wearing dark glasses and combat fatigues he heads the campus of one of the t

a promise of a new dawn for libya rival factions agree to form a unity government and hold elections in december but will the warring sides and their foreign backers allow this latest attempt at peace to succeed this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm having a gym show him 10 years of war has left libya divided with 2 rival governments and armed groups battling each other now there's a promise of a new beginning the warring sides have selected an interim prime minister and a presidential council to form a unity government until elections in december the united nations which mediated the process is calling it a chance at national reconciliation libyans are cautiously optimistic despite the failure of previous attempts at peace malik traina reports from tripoli in what the u.n. is calling a historical vote participants of the libyan political dialogue forum voted in the new transitional government their objective lead libya to parliamentary and presidential elections in december this is a moment for historic compromise for reaching and we've already seen it people ar

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 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 whether or not a close associate of the preside

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 have they will be able to make some changes but because it's such a short term i doubt they'll be able to dig. into how much money 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 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 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 believe and to hope for and for now many hope that this new transitional government can leave a reconciliation process and bring about elections now traina al jazeera tripoli. well more now on what exactly has bee

libya is suffering because of it. there are thousands and thousands of migrants here and the government is covering their expenses with money that belongs to the libyan people even though they were colonized by other countries who took their wealth and forced them into poverty. and now they're dying on their way to europe you know. the man has forgotten an important fact. europe has allocated more than 400000000 euros to libya to help it tackled one migrant crisis. you see in libya we treat the migrants bury humanely where i meet a man that is. one of how we do our best to ensure they're treated well and humanely. instead. then comes the moment we've been waiting for the do is to zoe as detention center finally opened for us. where they looked as well as it was that idea more than 700 people are housed in the center. like i said the air strike happened just next door and the migrants are over here. and one that points out a man wearing don't glasses and combat fatigues he heads the campus of one of the they just want

from from you know from those with weapons here in western libya and in eastern libya whether or not they're going to be able to explain whether they're going to be able going to accept the results and when and where this government will actually take power like traina in tripoli thank you for all of that the pictures we're looking at live from switzerland at the moment as the u.n. led process for peace in libya goes on casting votes for the new interim government as malik was just telling us an important step as libya tries to move forward to elections later in the year and maybe to some sort of pace to so many years of conflict we'll keep an eye on the story as it goes in course bring you the results when we get. on to other news and for 4 years under donald trump the u.s. of course withdrew from the international stage adopting its america 1st approach but now president joe biden's unveiled a new foreign policy strategy promising to restore u.s. leadership and repair alliances in his 1st major speech on his international priorities but an address the detention of the russian oppos

and libya is suffering because of it. there are thousands and thousands of migrants here and the government is covering their expenses with money that belongs to the libyan people. even though they were colonized by other countries who took their wealth and forced them into poverty. and now they're dying on their way to europe those who are you know. the man has forgotten an important fact. europe has allocated more than 400000000 euros to libya to help it tackled the migrant crisis. sure. why do you see in libya we treat the migrants bury humanely where i met a man that is the nia one of how we do our best to ensure they're treated well and humanely. insanity. then comes the moment we've been waiting for the do is to zali as detention center finally open for us. further look to see what it was it was that idea more than 700 people are housed in the center you don't know what it was like i said the airstrike happened just next door and the migrants are over here. and. points out a man wearing dark glasses and combat fatig

government in libya and then transcending these confusing signals with the u.a.e. and their parents i'd like to make one other quick though i think typically what happens with mercenaries and black operations and so on that become public is that it's that embarrassing people have a go on their faces as the spotlight is turned to them and so these operations through the people who have been revealed and outed and will be shocked out but. consequent legal consequences are far more problematic because you have in the un process the backing or protection or murky behavior of the u.a.e. in this instance of russia and even when it was trumped in the office of don't count so i would suspect. that this behavior continues all right of activity this is sort of the new model of surrogate warfare but prince in this instance will be shut down for a time and almost if we pull it off to put together elements of the libyan puzzle 2100 house the backed by the united arab emirates egypt jordan and russia rolls have bush to take over trip what if that particular moment when donald tr

and we look back at the last 10 some ultra she is in libya following the our great. a very warm welcome this is r.t. international with me nikki erin it's great to have you with us our top story this hour as u.s. democrats blame what they call a cowardly group of republicans for the acquittal of former president donald trump as he goes donna looks at whether peach wins the turning into a tool to settle old schools especially as they seem to be cropping up more frequently on the u.s. political landscape. donald trump no he's the most acquitted president in the u.s. history and no one worked harder to win him the title than the democrats and the realization is doing on them but what we saw in that senate today was that kerry wordly group of republicans who patently have no options because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served. the senators have decided to hang their hat on jurisdictional grounds which are not based on evidence which are not based on the facts and they will have to be. a ballistic meltdown is not something you

libya's institutions libya's impressed park. through its social institutions we saw violence we still got eyes that were extreme ism keep in mind that the oil generated a good deal of wealth you have wall street firms like goldman sachs which were involved in business deals with the khadafi regime but with the ouster of the gadhafi regime they felt that they would be in their position to benefit then you had the inexperience of the team in washington and inexperienced president surrounded by inexperienced aides like secretary of state hillary rodham clinton who was trying to show him demonstrate her imperialist mettle by shedding blood in africa then of course you have france france as you know.

laura: a decade of chaos in libya.rain forest is one of the great natural wonders of the world and one of the most bio diverse places on earth. but now, huge chunks of it are being sold on social media. bbc's joe traveled deep into the amazon to investigate this murky online world. here is his report. >> on patrol, he and his friends are on the lookout for anyone trying t invade and occupy land in their indigenous reserve. the mmunity have been battling the so-called land grabrs for decades. >> we know this job is risky but we are protecting our land. >> land grabbers often sell the land to people who cut down the trees and converted to farmland. for the community, it is a threat to their way of life. i show him a post on facebook advertising for sale a plot of land inside his reserve. >> this mix is very sad. this is a lack of respect to the indigenous people, not only in my land, but all of brazil. >> it happens with or without facebook. but facebook makes it easier than ever for sellers to find buyers. so using an u

and we look back at the last 10 tumultuous years in libya on the anniversary of the arab spring. a very good morning to you this is dotty international with me and care and our top story this monday morning with impeachments featuring more commonly on the u.s. political landscape was easy dong of looks at whether that as a means to convict a public official or more tool to settle old schools. donald trump no he's the most acquitted president in the u.s. history and no one worked harder to win him the title than the democrats and the realization is doing on them but what we saw in that senate today was that cowardly group of republicans who patently have no options because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served. eastenders have decided to hang their hat on jurisdictional grounds which are not based on evidence which are not based on the facts and they will have to be. a ballistic meltdown is not something you'd expect to hear from a party whose candidate won the presidential election a democrat ego side which even stung through joe biden

those 2 sides of battle to control libya since 2014. international criminal court says it has territorial jurisdiction over palestine the i.c.c. chief prosecutor has been asking the court's commission to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by israel and palestinian groups. u.s. president joe biden has a congress to pass a $1.00 trillion dollars and demichelis plan and outline has been approved by the house of representatives and democrats are hoping to pass a final version by the end of the month. the diplomatic fallout over russia's treatment of opposition leader alexina valmy is intensifying it comes after russia expelled 3 foreign diplomats for joining protests against him being jailed under centers as more. russia's foreign ministry says the diplomats had attended what it called illegal demonstrations last month in support of alexina valmy thousands of protesters were arrested in a series of rallies and industry isn't saying how many of the diplomats from germany sweden and poland they're expelling. but then s

libya is back in the news as the country is minister of the interior barely escapes an assassination attempt and information is released on blackwater's role in a play and a government overthrow party's alex milledge has the story. it's been called a hit and run military campaign in 2011 a nato led regime change operation helped dismantle libya's government leading to the brutal killing of the country's leader moammar gadhafi. after that many say the country was a bad did by the western military coalition dividing libya and leading to a civil war between 2 factions both declaring themselves the legitimate government of the nation but 2 groups use local militias and foreign powers to their advantage of perpetuating the chaos in libya however earlier this month the geneva un brokered compromise saw the political rivals agree to form an interim government which includes representation from both sides by the. power great libyan people her victory today goes beyond the issue of a standalone victory to something greater than that it has it represents a symbol of the victory of national uni

are still in libya let's bring in. founder and director of the public policy think tank the center institute he joins us on skype from istanbul in turkey and welcome back to the news hour let's just go back a couple of minutes we were talking there about after he is strategically interesting i guess in as much as he's there in the east where all the oil comes from but the financial institutes that the profit margin goes through they're all in the west in tripoli given that and given that that's in effect a point of leverage as a pinch point for him if he decides not to be a good boy over the coming 9 or 10 months is there going to be a pressure on him from the people of libya all the people of libya to behave and to behave properly. certainly agree with the question of whether you're on this aspect of how libyans can apply pressure that was decades ago and i think libyans have become truly fatigued by the experience of constant need to protest and i mean this really is the chapter now for libyans where they have to sta

finds donald trump's ally and private security contractor erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya the report to the security council reveals how prince and foreign mercenaries and weapons to war holy 429 team when he was fighting against the internationally recognized government in tripoli kristen salumi reports from washington d.c. . erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former education secretary betsy devadasi. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government video in 2019 that's now a question al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a 121 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging 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 mercenarie

bowl or the european union supports libya since 2017 the e.u. has spent more than 90000000 euros training and equipping the libyan coast go and the goal is to catch migrants trying to cross the mediterranean and bring them back to libya. humanitarian organizations working in this regularly prevented from carrying out their operations. we flew over the sea with who say been a vent a friend tastes on board his brain at the age of 50 this professional pilot founded the ngo p. looks good on their voluntary behind it says he and to friends spent their life savings on this single engine aircraft. the truck you look at where about 100 kilometers from the libyan coast if an ngo boat had been in the zone it would have been able to rescue them but for months the authorities have been doing all they can to stop n.g.o.s from coming back out here whenever they arrive at the ports with rescued people on board they're accused of being people smugglers among other cats and the return to sea is delayed for as long as possible clearly it's to make sure there are

fight has are still present in libya. so let's go live now to diplomatic editor james base at the united nations and james this is a country where weapons are abundant and rival counts controlled territory how difficult is the route road ahead well this is obviously an important development we now have a new interim government for libya we have an ambitious timeline to elections this year to take place on the 24th of december but there are many parts one we've been here before 'd there was a un backed government announced 5 years ago that came to absolutely nothing no unity government as you say we have the foreign fighters and foreign involvement in libya certainly a deadline has passed for all foreign forces to leave libya and they have not left the country so many many challenges ahead the work that's been done here much of it is down to the u.n. acting special representative stephanie williams she held a news conference a short time ago and i asked her what was her biggest worry about what's going to happen in the nex

believes will work if people in libya and all the various factions armed and unarmed in libya accept the authority of this new governing council let's get more on the ground in libya trainer reports from tripoli. there's a lot of questions that are still remain although this government is supposed to take power soon the next step is for the parliament to certify this government of course the parliament has been divided for years they haven't actually had an official session a few months ago they were meant to unite and come together in the city of the damages but that actually didn't come through in the end they postponed the meeting to a further date the head the speaker of the tripoli base parliament has said that he is going to call for a session where m.p.'s can meet and certify this government if that doesn't happen then the job will go back to the libyan political dialogue form the participants who voted on this government today and they will certify so there's a lot of questions to be asked whether or not the various armed groups in libya both in western and eastern libya will

cillian by day knows libya well. she's a french lawyer specializing in international law and has 20 years of experience tracking sexual violence in conflicts around the world. in 2013 she helped draft a law aimed at protecting rape victims under the gadhafi regime but diligence lation was never elected. by dates experience is that the war crimes do not simply go away if no legal action is taken they would continue to be committed. we are. a team it's not just me and imad we have many libyans here and we have our need to work inside on the ground and what we are trying to do we have trying to collect a lot of documentation from different organizations sense 2011. ok since just how many lives and 1000 to live. there is sometimes not just militias. do the crime there is people working for a minister of the. minister of fun tear out can deal with this kind. you know that recently at the i.c.c. for rape you know the case bomba he was sentence and he didn't rape nobody but she was sentence for rape because he ordered it or

arms embargo on libya. it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help the 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 whether or not a close associate of the preside

gadhafi was overthrown but libya was plunged into a civil war. the rumors of rape continue and while the international community expressed concern this did not turn into action. libya is still in a state of political and social chaos and tens of thousands of refugees have fled many towards europe. it effectively has 2 rival governments militias rule the streets and the rumors of rape persist but no one would confirm them. then a libyan magistrate now living in neighboring tunisia decided to speak out. on this given that leave you. for. the next 7. give you. might out of the school of law school i mean that's what i'm here to learn i mean my easy. money. mr moore how did you finish out of me and i met your love. in libya and i'm a done allah man you was a public prosecutor in the chaos that followed the overthrow of gadhafi in october 2011 he said members of the opposition to jail for murder the very next day they were released and threatened to kill him so just. so he left libya. in tunis he has joined a group of libyan activist fellow exile. he'

with a part of the peace libya's military factions welcome a show of unity from the country's political rivals. hello there whether a squatting down across eastern parts of the u.s. now we have this weather system just pulling out of the way clear skies coming in behind but cold bitterly cold wind spotting outside of canada a rural arctic blast coming through here so have a look at least temperatures calgary top temperature on sunday minus 2 degrees winnipeg minus 24 south of the border minneapolis a high of just minus 18 degrees as we go on monday when it gets colder still minus 27 the high this stays on the cool but dry weather across that eastern side of the u.s. east and parts of canada as well as a whole system moves out of the way some snow just moving across the northern plains some wintry weather to just piling out of the rockies befana driver 2 is that western side of the country but some places atlanta rank clearing away from florida by this stage that race should clear through for the start of the super bowl on sunday the problems that tampa bay you can see that right in in p

believes will work if people in libya and all the various factions armed and all armed in libya except the authority of this new governing council james thank you very much james bay is a diplomatic editor there at the u.n. live now to tripoli and our correspondent there malik trainers so in theory malik will see a free and fair election in december but december's a long way away we're only just starting off in february right now what are the main hurdles that still have to be overcome. well i think there's a lot of questions that are still remain although this government is supposed to take power soon the next step is for the parliament to certify this government of course the parliament has been divided for years. and they haven't actually had an official session a few months ago they were meant to unite and come together in the city of the damages but that actually didn't come through in the end they that they postponed the meeting to a further date the head the speaker of the tripoli base parliament has said that he is going to call for a session where m.p.'s can meet and certify t

to escape the violence in libya many migrants we spend our lives trying to cross the maddest. rainy and. it's 10 pm with floating next to an oil rig around a 100 kilometers off the libyan coast on the lookout for a migrant. with filming with on night vision camera from onboard the ocean viking a rescue vessel its crew members have just responded to a mayday a distress call. they want to move to. the birthday. of. an oil rig worker who's just spotted the boat and radioed the captives. that was part of the. earlier merchant ship dealing with inflatable boats is always more stressful and we don't have any information about its condition because it's sort of going to church and. will be on site in half an hour let's move for both the. captain tony you is in charge of the rescue mission. for to the rescue workers use the night from the oil rig to guide them. i. mean it's later they find dozens of terrified men on board this inflatable boats. that could capsize at any moment jim to the strong swell so told issues precise orders to keep everyone safe. i believe. not only the most goo