foreign ministers from major world powers met in munich to push for peace in libya germany in the united nations want to end foreign military support for libya's warring parties an agreement struck last month in berlin has already been repeatedly violated with multiple breaches of an arms embargo and increased fighting now representatives at the meeting are pushing for a permanent cease fire german foreign minister who called mass laid out a key next step following the meeting. what's important now is to establish transparency and ensure that anyone who intends to violate the arms embargo knows they won't escape unnoticed. but it should be clear to all breaking this embargo means violating a u.n. resolution which will not be without consequences. for you. and for more insight on this i'm joined here in the studio but of course on of the menu as. we just heard heiko mass talk about consequences what kind of consequences could there possibly be well to go there is to it and made it 3 supports in libya now breaking down by a go means violating a u.n. resolution so there will be consequences

foreign ministers from major world powers met in munich so push for peace in libya germany and the united nations want to end foreign military support for libya's warring parties an agreement struck last month in berlin has been repeatedly violated with multiple breaches of an arms embargo and increased fighting now representatives at the meeting are pushing for a permanent cease fire german foreign minister laid out a key next step following the meeting. what's important now is to establish transparency and ensure that anyone who intends to violate the arms embargo knows they won't escape unnoticed. it should be clear to breaking this embargo means violating a un resolution which will not be without consequences. and let's bring in d.w. political correspondent. what i think he primarily means that there's going to be more focus on this from the international community you have this meeting today of foreign ministers from the region and has produced a pretty blandly worded statement i would say in which they describe the situation on the ground in libya is deeply troubling and deplored th

welcome on next vice or foreign ministers from major world powers met in munich to push for peace in libya germany in the united nations want to end foreign military support for libya's warring parties an agreement struck last month in berlin has been repeatedly violated with multiple breaches of an arms embargo and increased fighting now representatives of the meeting are pushing for a permanent cease fire. german foreign minister laid out a key next step following the meeting. what's important now is to establish transparency and ensure that anyone who intends to violate the arms embargo knows they won't escape on noticed. it should be clear to all breaking this embargo means violating a un resolution which will not be without consequences for groups by comfort and let's bring in chief political correspondent melinda crane in munich. the meeting in libya is over now. what's the big takeaway for you. well 2 main points that indicate steps toward real follow up to that berlin summit in january the 1st one is that the members of this meeting today here in munich decided that a follow up committee w

foreign ministers from major powers have been meeting in munich to push for peace in libya germany andthe united nations want to end foreign military support for the warring parties there an agreement struck last month in berlin has been repeatedly violated with multiple breaches of an arms embargo and increased fighting now representatives at the meeting are pushing for a permanent ceasefire. and let's bring in chief political correspondent melinda crane in munich melinda the meeting in on libya is over now. what's the takeaway for you. well 2 main points that indicate steps toward real follow up to that berlin summit in january the 1st one is that the members of this meeting today here in munich decided that a follow up committee will be established at senior official level it will have a rotating chairmanship it will be essentially hosted under the u.n. auspices and it will seek to ensure that there is real follow up both to the berlin agreement and also to the u.n. resolution that was agreed upon just this past week 2nd aspect and this is very important as you mentioned the weapons

here but there are a couple of new topics as well that will be of great importance 1st of all libya germany in january hosted a major international meeting of all the players who in one way or another are involved in the conflict of libya trying to get agreement from all of them to cut off flows of arms and financial support to the warring parties there and there's been some concern about the follow up or lack of follow up to that meeting another meeting will be held here on sunday bringing in even more concerned parties as a very very important step for how to get this agreement in principle that was agreed in berlin in january how to give that real some real tooth and claw is going forward so that that situation can possibly be mediated and then finally syria russia turkey both represented here. there will be opportunities for their highest level of representatives to meet behind closed doors and talk about it credibly inflammatory conflict so plenty of stuff going on off stage as well as on . the course of the day for now that melinda crane at the munich security conference thank you. we

will there ever be peace again in libya germany was the latest country to push for a lasting cease fire in the country you may remember the summit here in berlin last month attended by world leaders well over the weekend at the munich security conference germany again hosted a meeting to come up with a plan to enforce a failing arms embargo in libya libya has been in turmoil ever since 2011 with militias battling for control of the oil rich country the fighting has intensified over the past year a conflict inflamed by foreign governments who have been funneling weapons to the various factions. when now the european union has agreed on a new naval mission to prevent the smuggling of weapons to libya despite resistance from italy and austria which seared naval boats could entice more migrants to cross the mediterranean i am happy to announce that after a very long discussion about the longest discussions and more discussions they remember we managed to reach a political agreement that this morning before started because i really thought it was going to be possible but we are going to laun

special envoy to libya there speaking along with germany's foreign minister. after the meeting of 12. foreign ministers on the sidelines of the munich security summit in munich today about the situation in libya let's get some analysis from 0 as behold up the one. who's who was listening along with us in tripoli germany's foreign minister mahmoud said that significant progress was made today and what way . but here in libya as you know the european concern over the 2 major issues the arms embargo and the ceasefire. on the ground these 2 major issues have not been implemented on the ground so far and that the government of national accord here in the west of the country has that it has the right to defend itself again it's what it calls the aggression by have to his forces on the capital and on the residential areas in southern tripoli and concerning the arms embargo to the government so that it has the right as a legitimate institution representing the libyan people to seal his deals with other legitimate government it means of course the military and security

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libya fighters loyal to the internationally recognized government control only a small area around the capital tripoli most of the rest of the country is in the hands of the rebels a month after germany hosted the libya conference in berlin its participants gathered around the table again this weekend in munich 30 nations including the united states russia and turkey germany's foreign minister condemned the fact that some of these states as well as others not present continue to supply weapons to the north african country. it is important that we create transparency and ensure that those who intend to continue breaking this weapons embargo must expect to be identified because looking at europe's leaders and not speaking with one voice different e.u. governments even back opposing sides in the conflict that lack of common purpose was another of the conference's focal points but after it was over the conference chairman told d.w. that europe was slowly making progress what i thought was new and important here this year is that the european union is beginning to debate. how and and how europe can really learn the language of power e.u. foreign ministers will be meeting in brussels to di

top official calls a libya arms embargo a joke as the security conference in munich wraps up germany holds in libya meeting on the sidelines to revive a truce in libya that is a ceasefire in name only leaders were new vows to crack down on anyone providing weapons to the warring parties also coming up as china continues to battle the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus north korea is taking controversial cautions to prevent its citizens from becoming infected the isolated country implementing draconian measures shutting its border with china and placing north koreans were turning from that country on a month long quarantine. thank you so much for your company everyone while on the final day of the security conference in munich a top u.n. official told leaders that the libya arms embargo is a joke on the sidelines of the international meeting officials met to discuss efforts to stem the violence that has plagued this north african country in a civil war with no end libya's right across the mediterranean from europe and 18 staging area for refugees trying to reach the european union dele

very much moving on the right track terry i want to ask you because germany took such a big role in bringing trying to bring peace to libya there was a big conference in berlin a month ago what's your sense will germany continue to try to push that forward what we heard from foreign minister maass this morning was that he still is very much motivated to move things ahead but also frustrated and that frustration is shared by e.u. foreign policy chief joseph burrell who actually articulated in munich over the weekend that it was ridiculous was his word that a country like austria that doesn't even have a ship that would be going into the mediterranean would be allowed to block it so this is has in fact created a bigger discussion about about how foreign policy decisions are made in the european union but in the meantime libya continues to suffer and people continue to die an islamic state continues to regroup it's a really serious issue and nothing seems to be moving ahead. correspondent teri schultz thank you so much. our here's a check now of some of the other stories making headlines at this hour u.n. secretary general a

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the minsk process trying to deal with the conflict in ukraine germany is trusted by a number of these different parties to the conflict in libya as well and all of this is part of the german government's push for germany to take a stronger role internationally not only in the area of defense and security which is very difficult for germany because of its history but also very much in the area of just diplomacy and foreign policy and libya of course is a southern neighbor to europe just across the mediterranean so it's very much also part of a german and european neighborhood policy. chief political correspondent linda crane thanks so much melinda. now to other stories making news around the world more than 30 civilians have been killed in saudi led airstrikes in yemen and the attacks appear to be retaliation for the downing of one of riyadh's warplanes the rebels said they brought down the tornado aircraft the incidents come amid intensifying fighting between the rebels and forces of the saudi backed government . the 2nd storm in a week in hit britain on saturday storm dennis is battering the u.k. with hurricane force winds dr

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council has held a closed door briefing on the diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in libya and here's what germany's foreign minister had to say. often. the european union has agreed to set up a mission and that our next foreign ministers meeting in brussels hopefully will decide exactly what that mission would look like and then we'll have a basis to work out what the consequences could be for those who continue to violate the arms embargo because there have to be consequences and regardless of what they look like there are a lot of tools to work with it's just the 1st step in raising the political pressure with the aim of preventing any further violation of the arms embargo if that keeps happening anyway then we in the european union will have to talk about what the consequences look like at least 5 people have been killed in a mass shooting in the u.s. city of milwaukee the attack took place at the headquarters of them also of course brewing company local media reporting that the shooter is now dead and. more on how the incident played out. soon after 2 o'clock in the afternoon the walking police

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council has held a closed door briefing on the diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in libya is what germany's foreign minister had to say afterwards. of the investor playing this we have the european union has agreed to set up a mission and that our next foreign ministers meeting in brussels hopefully will decide exactly what that mission would look like and then we'll have a basis to work out what the consequences could be for those who continue to violate the arms embargo because there have to be consequences and regardless of what they look like there are a lot of tools to work with it's just the 1st step in raising the political pressure with the aim of preventing any further violation of the arms embargo if that keeps happening anyway then we in the european union will have to talk about what the consequences look like. to south sudan now where the formation of a power sharing government has been welcomed as a sign that new years of conflict could be over but some people in africa's youngest country have doubts the new transitional government is working in their favor al-jazeera as he mo

find a road for themselves the way you has no troops in libya to enforce peace and as far as negotiations are concerned it's countries like germany leading the talks a u. high committee on libya under the leadership of congress president denny sauce and whistle was among the last to be invited to the violin summit on libya in january on talks both in vain and in most of the little results it female of this year's a u.s. summit in addis ababa is silencing the guns and to do that in libya african leaders will need to bring new ideas to the table mohamed fun. mornings have replaced bushfire alerts and southeastern australia right in new south wales some of the heaviest in almost 20 years downpour is helping to put these fires out and they have been burning for months the south korean film parasite has emerged as a surprise contender at the academy awards this weekend that are common a thriller has been nominated for 6 oscars private parts. but i was honestly since its release last year parasite has had south korea talking mostly about the social injustice of a younger generation not able to better themselves no matter how hard they

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can i the message from the state has to show that everyone in germany enjoys the same level of protection . many try to flee to europe via libya thousands die along the way rescue ships like the ocean viking try to help those lost in the mediterranean sea. d.w. reported near drugstore each joined the rescuers on board. from the deck of the rescue ship ocean viking nicholas ramon iraq is scanning the sea for a boat with migrants on board. the ocean viking is about 130 kilometers off the libyan coast that means it's in international waters. off the border patrol is searching the area with small aircraft or helicopters they say they think are spotted the migrant boat going to people on board. the migrants boat is now clearly visible. rescue doing is are ready to be deployed tommy is one of the most experienced stuff when it comes to see rescues even though he tells his colleagues what he knows about the refugees so far. from the mission begins that. well. would you like to could that look with the on. the to rescue doing is set off for the migrants boat along with the ship it's important not to rush this part of the operation to

germany's foreign minister is also working to secure a lasting cease fire in libya a fresh peacemaking process was initiated in berlin last month a follow up meeting is set to take place on the sidelines of the munich security conference today hoping to build on the momentum towards peace for libya it's. education is just one of the casualties of war. but with the french and cease fire in place schools in libya's capital tripoli are beginning to reopen their doors for now at least. this man though general halley for hafter has been fighting hard to take this city. with the help of his cell starved militia he already controls most of this oil rich nation a nation that's been in chaos since the 2011 nato backed up prizing the toppled colonel more i'm a gadhafi it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waited in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fire as a un backed government and russia supporting have to moscow has denied past reports that it sent to mercenaries to reinforce the general's fight is but last month turkey confirmed it had deployed troops to hel

must find a road for themselves a you has no troops in libya to enforce peace and as far as negotiations are concerned it's countries like germany leading the talks you high committee on libya under the leadership of congress president denny sauce and whistle was among the last to be invited to the violin summit on libya in january and talks both in vienna and in moscow how to give the little results it female of this year's a u.s. summit in addis ababa is silencing the guns and to do that in libya african leaders will need to bring new ideas to the table how much fun. facebook is taking and israelis cyber surveillance phone to court next week for allegedly hacking uses of its encrypted messaging service wants up the social media giant accused n.s.o. group of hacking into the phones of nearly 1400 users back in october among them were human rights activists political dissidents and journalists and i saw a group disputed those allegations promising to fight them vigorously amazon chief executive jeff bezos has previously said and i so could have provided the software that saudi arabia used to hack his phone flood warnings have re

must find a road for themselves a you has no troops in libya to enforce peace and as far as negotiations are concerned it's countries like germany that are leading the talks a you high committee on libya under the leadership of congress president denny suskind we're so was among the last to be invited to the violin summit on libya in january and talks both in berlin and in moscow hardly of the little results that female this year is a u.s. summit in addis ababa is silencing the guns and to do that in libya african leaders will need to bring new ideas to the table as well i've not seen mohamad fall here is an added savable where the african union summit is being held more it's not just libya they're also discussing sudan. that's right he antonio guterres the secretary general of the united nations also mentioned sudan and he at the beginning he big he began with south sudan praising the efforts to bring about some resolution about conservation there and then he talked about the republic of sudan saying that it's high time to remove it from the list of sanctions of the list of 6 states possible sponsors of terrorism listen to his

leaders must find a road for themselves a u has no troops in libya to enforce peace and as far as negotiations are concerned it's countries like germany that are leading the talks a u. high committee on libya under the leadership of congress president dennis ross and whistle was among the last to be invited to the berlin summit on libya in january and talks both in berlin and in moscow our view of the little results if team of this year is a u.s. summit in addis ababa is silencing the guns and to do that in libya african leaders will need to bring new ideas to the table. let's get more now from ahmed valvo joins me from madison mahmut how are african leaders looking to find those roles for themselves in finding a solution to the libyan conflict. that's subject to be developed tomorrow when they meet on the 1st day of the 2 day summit and we have been listening in the last couple of days to some of the statements by heads of delegates here about how important africans are trying to focus this time around on libya africa feels that it has been marginalized with regards to peace efforts and negotiations in libya as mentioned in the repor