and i am it just reminds us if you were it's what is turkey's interest in libya. although if there's a line. turkey is on the right side of his theory of supporting a government. recognized by the united nations not as they say a coup proles have meaning huffed general hof that who's been supported they say by some gulf to european countries in north africa such as it but the real deal here is turkey is trying to call her act time bound by the agreement it signed with the d.n.a. government in libya in tripoli the one that 2nd lies by the united nations of course of these time boundary agreement gives turkey only to be told your claims on them that it's rainy and also increases its influence they are the time other countries like cyprus greece israel and egypt trying not only to extract the gas but ship its 2 year old through the mediterranean and turkey had been cornered by the agreement between those countries had been left out salt also on these has now sold souls given it good way to influence and it is trying to protect the agreement knowing very well about the

libya by groups. by russian mercenaries. turkeynsists it is on the right side of history and now seems set to send troops to libya. >> donald trump did warn erdogan against interference in libya, saying it could complicate the situation. now to our correspondent. being said? correspondent: trump spoke to erdogan a couple hours after that vote in turkey that could potentially send troops to libya. we got a very brief readout from the white house. between the leaders. the message was very clear. the message was trump told erdogan any foreign intervention in libya is going to come look at the situation, warning or giving an admonition to erdogan to be careful about anything he does their, insinuating the u.s. would not support that. u.s. policy toward libya is quite complicated, and frankly, it has been all over the map. you have countries such as the uae, russia, and egypt that support the warlord half dark -- the warlord haftar. on the other side you have turkey, who supports the u.n.-recognized prime minister speaking to trump. tha

white a country where they does appear to be a great deal of skepticism he says that turkey has a strong ties to libya if it was part of turkey's ottoman empire or the still a large ethnic turkish population that needs to be protected on top of that turkey does have deep financial and business interests of libya and major 1000000000 dollar contracts in the construction industry still remain open but the key factor behind turkey's involvement in libya is these recent agreements signed with the libyan government one of which gives control of a large swathe of the eastern mediterranean which is a center of a competition between regional countries in the search for hydrocarbons and also the question of how to distribute any recently found hydrocarbons through pipelines turkey and says the has to be part of this process and it ceases deal with libya ensuring its interests of that's why is committed to supporting this government and the agreements that they have agreed to so what's their reaction. well egypt which is backing the half the forces has been swift to condemn this move they say they outrightly co

point troops to libya turkey says its forces will protect its rights in the mediterranean sea and its interests in libya taiwan's top military officer has died in a helicopter crash along with 7 other people in the mean was on the helicopter when it made an emergency landing on the north of the islands rescue teams have been dispatched the defense ministry says some of those on boards are believed to be alive the inspector general of thailand's air force spoke at a press conference in taipei city a short time ago. the helicopter was affected by the weather the visibility is not very good we have yet to clarify the troops on the ground can see and hear ground after the aircraft disappeared with the radars 2 helicopters immediately took off from sunshine airport also 90 minute set off for the rescue operations we have yet to confirm the extent of the aircraft damage some of the passengers are still stranded in the wreckage and some of them are we are waiting for information from people at the site. supporters and members of an arabian backed group have withdrawn from the u.s. embassy co

parliament is expected to vote in the next few hours on a government motion to deploy troops to libya turkey says the forces will protect its rights in the mediterranean sea and interests in libya that are has more from ankara. we are seeing more and more support for these laws from the foreign minister on the route home your husband law being opposition leaders trying to get us march support of course we want to real seeing a little bit of courses here this morning was supposed to be brought before parliament you know on the 7th or 8th of this month when parliament resumes from a winter recess now we're seeing parliament holding us postal sitting just to discuss this libya bill taiwan's top military officer shani mean has been killed during a chemical crash landing 7 others were also on board when the helicopter made the emergency landing on the north of the islands rescue teams have been dispatched the defense ministry says there could be survivors huge numbers of people are heeding emergency warnings and fleeing towns at risk of ours in the a strain states of new south wales and victoria

turkey's parliament approves a bill to deploy troops to libya in order to be embattled un recognized government in tripoli reaction coming in. the top u.n. rights experts say the united states whistleblower chelsea mumming for refusing to testify against wiki leaks founder julian assange. to. police in hong kong make hundreds of arrests on new year's day as an estimated 1000000 people turned out for the 1st big beijing protest 2020. live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international my names you know me hello and welcome. the turkish parliament has voted to block the un recognized government in libya giving a green light to a troop deployment their president urged on donald trump really discuss the development in a phone call lawmakers approved the motion during an emergency session on thursday libya has been in a state of war since protests in 2011 and the ousting of the country's leader moammar gadhafi in recent months the u.n. backed government has been losing ground to the rival administration of general harley for huffed are who leads the libyan national army the governmen

well president outlined a number of reasons in the run up to this vote he said turkey has a strong connections libya was part of the ottoman empire and president one says there's still a sizeable ethnic turkish population there also turkey has deep trading ties with libya which extend to many billions and billions of dollars in construction contracts which still remain outstanding but the key part of this of this deal and why turkey is deploying a military forces is that they see this libya deal a libyan government offering turkey as a very important strategic agreement which you've given turkey control of a large part of the eastern mediterranean that area is at the moment being hotly contested by a number of countries searching for hydrocarbons major gas in the oil fields are believed to be there and also crucially this area that is now on the turkish control blocks of potential pipeline that israel and the greek cyprus and greece want to build turkey says that pipeline cannot go ahead unless turkey agrees to it because of this arrangement it has with libya so in many ways this libyan support of t

coming up in the next 60 minutes turkey's parliament passed a vote on troop deployment in libya and fight against the warlords. greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign a pipeline agreement with turkey and libya's plans in the same area. taiwan's top military officer is among 8 people who've been killed in a helicopter crash. and a dramatic rescue in australia the navy helps thousands stranded by fires in one coastal town. and i'm famished with this sport as the n.b.a. pays its tribute to david fan the man who built the modern game and on the call it the most valuable player of 2900 get 2 great start this year for the bucs. welcome to the program we begin turkey where parliament is expected to vote in the coming hour on a government motion to deploy troops to libya supports the u.n. recognize the ministration in tripoli there's been fighting against the warlord i have ta well his forces launched an offensive to capture the capital last april turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya ankara and tripoli recently signed deals on milit

global concern program turkey's parliament has authorized the government to deploy troops to libya to support the un recognized government a move paves the way for further military cooperation between ankara and tripoli but opposition parties in turkey are saying that it could exacerbate the conflict president trump is also want president i don't want against any foreign interference in libya mohammed a daughter reports now from her. off to a long and spirited debate the turkish government finally cut that the bill gives an initial told month monday for the deployment of troops to libya which it gives the president the freedom to decide the scope size and timing of the deployment debate on the motion was highly divisive good. for you your biggest successes using the refugees as a threat to europe now you negotiating with that because you've nothing else now it's time for libya turkey is stuck in the east a bit it's a review you've made serious mistakes in your foreign policy and now you want to send soldiers to libya and this is your last desperate attempt. candice sidney libya reques

so in many ways this libyan support of the libyan government is seen as key to turkey strategic interests now in libya as a major staging point to migrants trying to come to you or how is turkey's possible intervention going to be received by the e.u. briefly if you don't mind. well there is a great deal of concern that any military deployment by turkey would further escalate a conflict that could lead to further exodus of libyan refugees many of them believe will be heading to italy it's already suffering from large numbers and the fear is that further turkish deploying to military forces would lead to more refugees entering europe and that is something that all of europe is very alarmed about daryn johns reporting for us from istanbul thanks daryn. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world taiwan's military chief of staff has been killed in a helicopter crash meaning was aboard a blackhawk chopper when it went down in mountains north of the capital taipei officials said that 7 others aboard also died the air force general was in command of the audience defenses

told solo poles in the deployment of troops to libya saying that turkey should not be caught. in the mickey quad way that libya is and is saying that we still remembering you know the problems we've got involving forces in syria or libya would be. another problem altogether. expecting them to vote on the motion very soon the government the governing party quality is quite confident that it has the numbers together with its affiliates. to. carry the day and many officials here saying that it's just a matter of formality that event that's happening now and that this motion will sail through without any problems and let's just remind our viewers what exactly are turkey's interest in libya that is so desperate to protect. well there's a lot of play here of course. in the florida government is saying that it was a moral obligation and sitting invitation from 3 police government that is the internationally recognized government. saying that libya is. a neighbor. it's a matter of time it doesn't matter time bought out with. techie house to house but again it is a lot of interest also

turkey denies sending mercenaries to libya. report admitted thatat turky did not nfnfirm this repeport. t to unnameds based syrianan sources. turkey has criticized russia a r sending mercenaries t to the libyan conflict. the russian mercenaries are fighting for general have to -- haftar. anchor: a reporter in ankara, on that emerging story in libya. moving on to a tug-of-war between iran and the european union as the nuclear accord clinched in 2015 continues to unravel. on thursday, the top diplomat met for talks concerning the fragile agagreement in india. a u.s.mes after withdrawal as well as a return of the coding sanctions on the country. tehran has since scaled back its commitment to that deal, claiming its european partners have not delivered their end of the bargain. intense fighting between pro-government forces and jihadist fighters in syria is a idlibovince -- syria's province killed fighters overnight. in the same city, an airstrike killed 18 civilians after it hit a market. shirli sitbon brings us up to speed. this m

to protect those interests what are those strategic interest story and what does turkey have a stake nationally in libya. well along with signing a security protocol with the government of national cold turkey is also signed in agreement which is given control of a large swathe of the eastern mediterranean sea which is at the center of a competition from regional countries searching for hydrocarbons also control of the territory also gives turkey control over the distribution of pipelines which are proposed to be being built from already discovered that gas fields in the eastern mediterranean so turkey says that this deal is crucial to turkish teach interest in its growing efforts to project its influence across the region ok now across the region goes all the way to europe this is being watched very closely here in europe as turkey is involved with the e.u. to guarantee that migrant flows are controlled and it has an agreement in place with brussels and libya is a major staging point for migrants heading to europe as well how does this factor in with the military intervention. well i think a lot of reg

to deploy us soon as it gets the green light and just remind mohammed what exactly are turkey's interests in libya that it is so keen to defend . well yes of course turkey ha's been trying to gain influence in libya ever sees the fall of mom what are the 3 now these deployment of troops and that of course from the d.n.a. in tripoli that is that you have a government presenting the paf fact opportunity. to do with blood and the ally in officials have been peddling is that they see libya as a country that's has a moderate time border with talking a moral obligation on turkey to an issue about how after a month on cut out of cognizance of the coupe role to come to power but on the it's quick to say about the ease of another agenda which is about moderate time agreement to a key signed with the libya's. internationally recognized the government they say they have very keen to protect about because it brings it in from the cold when it comes to the issue of exploiting that is horses but to kill of natural gas in that is then part of the ministry and see the agreement between israel and egypt sayah for

a threat to europe now you negotiating with that because you've nothing else now it's time for libya turkey is stuck in the eastern mediterranean you've made serious mistakes in your foreign policy and now you want to send soldiers to libya and this is your last desperate attempt. candice in libya requested this military deployment from turkey it has historical and cultural bonds to turkey and we could not be silent following this call this is not the 1st request and it has been done before during the hit a debate on the more short opposition polman tell us call from the guests turkey rushing into what they called the marquee quagmire that the civil war in libya is they said the country is yet to recover from its military intervention in neighboring syria but there are voices of dissent walked quickly drummed by the vaulting power in parliament of the ruling party and its affiliate. the tech is government assists it was a moral responsibility to aid the un to cognize the government indeed against forces aligned with warlords highly for half that but they are interest at stake too beneath pr

grant this is al-jazeera live from doha also telling our russia insists the libya truce talks are still alive after turkey's leader criticizes warlord khalifa haftar for walking away without signing the deal. the e.u. signatories to the iran nuclear deal trigger a dispute mechanism at the tears run steps back from its committee it's. authentic trim is what parts of the philippines as calls grow to move up to a 1000000000 people to such a. city the security forces have opened fire in the capital khartoum. and they are believed to be from a now disbanded operations unit of the general intelligence services a fighting has broken out over an ultimatum given they were told to either retire or join the rapid support forces so that military have to ploy special forces to contain the violence if a borgen is in calcutta she says it is still very much an active situation. we're talking about the operations you need in you an edge in the general intelligence service is the only unit that has the right to basically open fire and attack within the within sort of the soil so that unit the operations unit was given the ul

russia remains upbeat on efforts to secure a truce in libya turkey's president accused war to leave a half of running away from monday's talks in moscow russia's defense minister says he's taking time to discuss the terms of the truce with his allies back home. 3 european countries have triggered a dispute process which i guess to iran which could mean more sanctions being closed britain france and germany say ron is reduced its commitment to the 25th david brame and to limit you career development. scientists are urging the total evacuation of nearly a 1000000 people living close to an erupting volcano in the philippines tens of thousands have already fled their homes since ash and lava started spewing from volcano on sunday as jamila island duggan reports tremors have been felt elsewhere in batangas province. hardly any civilian is allowed to enter the town now. and it is clear why. 100000. each. you say there's just a massive earthquake and the even police officers who have to leave. under station we were just here a few moments ago hoping to embed with them but now we really reall

from the president who is the commander in chief of army forces so this goes beyond turkey because the conflict in libya has many regional powers vying for influence starting with turkey which says it can help the u.n. recognize government to tripoli to find awfully fast as advances after a stronghold is in the eastern city of to book then you've got in the past few months russia deploying fight is to assist have to force the united arab emirates egypt saudi arabia france they've all lined up behind after as well and the u.s. publicly supports the government of national called tripoli but president donald trump has praised hafter in the past qatar also backs the tripoli government well a senior political analyst mount a shower has more now on how this geo political equation works. it's sort of interesting that the warlord has predicted several times that he will be winning the battle of tripoli but it never actually materialized and yet by some estimates his forces already control some 80 percent of the libyan territory thanks to the support of egypt the united arab emirates saudi arabia and others but

tasha thanks for joining us why is turkey interested in sending troops to libya. well turkey wants to back up the tripoli government because they have been present with them for some time now i mean they have both economic ties with and they had made a maritime agreement where they could carve out rights in the mediterranean so they made that agreement with they had all kinds of construction agreements and contracts that they had been given and this is dated back even before from gadhafi was in power but this continued with the tripoli based government and as general have tires forces have to team you to gain more and more land this is put a lot of these contracts in jeopardy turkey feels increasingly isolated in the region as an economic zone was created with countries like egypt israel cyprus and greece and to racine that turkey just wants to have more control over the region it seems that if it can prop up the tripoli based government better i mean he'd already been defying the embargo imposed by the u.n. on arms it's been sending in arms and weapons and so fort

turkish population that needs to be protected on top of that turkey does have deep financial and business interests with libya major 1000000000 dollar contracts in the construction industry still remain open but the key factor behind turkey's involvement in libya is these recent agreements signed with the libyan government one of which gives control of a large swathe of the eastern mediterranean which is the center of all of our competition between regional countries in the search for hydrocarbons and also the question of how to distribute any recently found hydrocarbons through pipelines turkey has to be part of this process and it ceases deal with libya ensuring its interests of that's why it's committed to supporting this government and the agreements that they have agreed to. that was they wus dorian jones in istanbul. to football now and star struck him of it has touched down in italy ahead of his return to ac milan after i think months playing in the u.s. for l.a. galaxy the 38 year old struck a new deal with the italian side he previously played for from 2010 to 2012 and he remains firmly a fan favorit

an arms embargo on salami says that there are concerns about foreign fighters being flown into libya turkey's parliament is due to vote on thursday on whether to deploy troops it follows a request for military support by the un backed government in tripoli it's coming under attack by forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar who've been trying to seize the capital since april turkey's vice president says that turkish troops may not be deployed if holt's is offensive at least $400.00 pro-democracy demonstrators have been arrested in hong kong after a peaceful new year's day marched through the city and in violence tens of thousands of people took part in the police approved rally passed its permit was revoked after mosques demonstrators broke off from the main crowds serious florence louis reports from hong kong. what was supposed to be a peaceful march to chaos and destruction on the streets of hong kong a small most likely caused by a petrol bomb it's before it's doused by a will to carry. elsewhere police stupid to arrest a protester after demonstrators ignored their warnings to leave for

well turkey his mike is rather have passed a bill allowing the country to deploy troops to war torn libya of movies i aimed at shoring up the u.n. recognize government in tripoli against rebel leader khalifa and the so-called libyan national army the bill passed despite objections from turkey as main opposition groups and there are fears that the turkish troops deployment could further destabilize libya. but let's work through and that is that the bill was expected to pass through parliament and eventually it did giving the government a green light for a one year military deployment. but not before heavy debate in the house with opposition parties arguing vigorously against it and that is libya's internationally recognized government the government of national accord based in tripoli is a regional ally to turkey last friday turkish president regift type one confirmed had received a request for military assistance from the un backed administration for months on the outskirts of the capital the government has been facing off against the forces of rebel leader general khalifa haftar. a leads

that little summary of that talks there that turkey which has on forces on the ground in libya supporting the internationally recognized government at the turkey would never let leave libya alone he said during that press tape and they also talked about the issue of syria and of integration what we do have some translation is just man. when it comes to the bailout circulations. spoke about. ok with it appears that we are having problems with that with the translation of that from german into english so we'll continue to listen across to work such as the other one is saying and will report anything use weather in the meantime let's bring in our serious tomato salad who's in istanbul right now you were listening to what president other one had to say that about what did you make of it. well i mean it's a reiteration of turkey's position and summation of the overdriven kind of maneuvers that his foreign policy and foreign ministry has been pursuing over the past few weeks or months because of you 2 of the main conflicts that are not only beleaguered region in terms of the middle east but als

an arms embargo a son solomon says there are concerns about foreign fighters being flown into libya turkey's parliament as you to vote on thursday on whether to deploy troops it follows a request for military support by the un backed government in tripoli is coming under attack by forces loyal to the warlord holly for hafta. syrian government and russian air strikes have killed at least 9 civilians in italy the last remaining rebel stronghold turkey accuses those forces of targeting a school 5 children are among the dead those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world i'll have another quick summary for you in about 30 minutes i'll see that. ringback. the huddle. should mean something and somebody. wasn't off the grid was a lot you know by the way you have politely shylock what you kind of that you sending. a moment. so you know it was a. nice if you did think is ok or you could tell her to. the moon i. wouldn't mind and my thoughts i watch gun i'm in the house down the nozzle just if you look at the end of the earth but i assure you i am. not just the me

this news hour in turkey where pollens due to vote on a government motion to deploy troops to libya uncursed supports the un recognized administration in tripoli that's been fighting against the war lord honey for half ton his forces launched an offensive to capture the capital last april but turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and interests in libya and current tripoli have recently signed deals on military cooperation on maritime boundaries but opposition parties in turkey are against the government move they say and promote 1st give priority to a diplomatic solution well without the why it is done by in the libyan capital tripoli but 1st let's go straight to ankara now where mohamed of dough is live for us mohammed said the turkish parliament set to vote on this motion whether or not to deploy troops in libya is it likely to be approved because there has been some opposition to it. yes it is how it is looking at the moment the. discussions going on in parliament building right now where the debate on the motion is going on the been caution it speeches from

out a one took part in a peace conference in berlin earlier this month having to ploy troops to libya turkey has become one of the key players there. that he used 2016 refugee deal with turkey will most likely be up for discussion 2 under that agreement turkey must stop migrants from crossing into e.u. territory in exchange for billions of euros to help look after the refugees it hosts. are one has warned he can't uphold his end of the deal if fighting in syria as it led province causes more people to flee. merkel though is likely to emerge out of one to stick with the pact. finally germany will probably seek answers over the issue of german nationals detained in turkish prisons or banned from leaving the country some mudgal turkish nationals and have suffered under the government's crackdown on dissent following the failed military coup 3 and a half years ago. reports what's likely to be the most pressing issue in today's talks between the german and turkish leaders. well in breeze india's whenever chancellor merkel and president met one to one the so-called migrant crisis was high on the a

a threat to europe now you negotiating with that because you've nothing else now it's time for libya turkey is stuck in the eastern mediterranean you've made serious mistakes in your foreign policy and now you want to send soldiers to libya and this is your last desperate attempt. jan the sunni libya requested this military deployment from turkey it has historical and cultural bonds to turkey and we could not be silent following this call this is not the 1st request and it has been done before during the hit a debate on the motion opposition parliamentarians of course from the guests turkey rushing into what they called them not keep quagmire that the civil war in libya is they said the country is yet to recover from its military intervention in neighboring syria but there are voices of dissent walked quickly drummed by the vaulting power in parliament of the ruling party and its affiliate. the tech is government assists it was a moral responsibility to aid the un to cognize the government indeed against forces aligned with warlords highly for half that but they are turkish interest at stak

i think turkey strategic choice to deploy troops in libya is the story in recent years turkey was so all the international coalitions to standard troops but this time turkey is prepared to stand troops along on one side because the government in libya is united nations backed. government from this perspective the agreement between 2 sides from last month is a very important one so also interest parliament of course the opposition mostly was against this this was a controversial decision in turkish parliament but it is the question whether turkey will be. in the next tranche 3 years in the mid in the military and it's a down 3 which is getting strategic interest or will be disappearing against the blocs the rich are already there i think the decision of the turkish parliament is a strategic one but we will see the methods the manner of how turkey is the problem and challenges in the coming days libya's got a lot of energy as you know resources both. in its waters to what extent is an craig using this move to gain perhaps greater gas drilling rights in the eastern med is it seeking to

run to greatest ability in the region that mehmet i want to look now at the situation in libya will it turkey's parliament sending troops to libya to protect as it sees it it's right in the eastern mediterranean it's obviously recently signed that maritime boundaries agreement with libya but how much of a gamble is that for turkey and what implications does it have. well i think wanting is quite clear turkey feels being ignored sidelined excluded india bigger is military non-game and this 7 nation military and natural gas forum for example doesn't include turkey but if you look at these pictures on a very objective basis turkey is the largest country in east met to reckon with and by we are 2 of its economy military culture intelligence and energy consumption and transportation lines whatever you look at it and it is also the longest costa line in is at and if you exclude turkey in the equation is matt i don't see how many countries exist there doesn't matter much it's going to fail this way or another it will never lead to any collaboration or settlement of the disputes we will always have ten

president after all who is appealing to a kind of arab resentment of the traditional occupier of libya turkey ottoman turkey historically control the territory and so he's appealing to a kind of ethnic division between turks and arabs and of course also appealing to his friends in egypt and other arab countries so in do you want the turkish government throwing its weight around. this summer of course is known as the season to give them for one toddler from florida is proving to be life changing she was born with a really problematic facial birthmark but now when russian benefactors come to her family's aid. he was. the. victim. that we're having like a lot of bad situations to people calling her or her monster and make clear the church and nato tchiowa best her mother mom or dad on the her face and her mother was like oh my god that's the most there that's 2 other big and that's what's the worst situation but a lot of people like pointing at this tree the only caveat is that conceives you are. looking is up the location is very difficult from the point of view of classic surgery it's almost i

so we're starting in turkey where parliament has approved a government motion to deploy troops to libya this is in support of the u.n. recognized administration in tripoli that's been fighting against the warlord khalifa haftar remember his forces launched offensive in april to capture the capital turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya like the deals which anchor in tripoli recently signed on military cooperation and maritime boundaries but there were challenges turkish opposition parties were against the move they say ankara should have 1st given priority to a diplomatic solution. let's go to ankara has mohamad it has been following this one all day mohamed how decisive was this vote. quite divisive almost t's. see it had to be the. considerable number of members of parliament or polls outright saying that there was need for more diplomatic avenues to the conflict instead of getting sucked into what they call a map you quote my about the civil war in libya it is but the government it together with its affiliate. very. many number

with that agreement the maritime bone boundary ugly meant that turkey ha signed with libya it gives it a huge illegal way and really increases its chances of also pursuing. natural resources in the mediterranean sea and also makes for the other calm quiet difficult to wish turkey away because it would be controlling a huge part of that is that mediterranean sea and particularly because it was a very long coastline on the mediterranean side so. knowing very well that if he comes to power in tripoli given the advances he's been making in recent days and weeks they no doubt deal will be off the table and that is something turkey is really came to protect and see the continuation of the government of national accord staying in power in tripoli mounted on korea thank you for all of those details this conflict in libya has many regional powers vying for influence turkey says it can help that u.n. recognize government in shipley to fight off the war after in his advances remember have to stronghold is in the east into brooke. over the past few months russia has deployed find his 2 assists hal

will for sure be able to tell you more what is an important issue for prison edwin is the libya crisis is a turkey got militarily involved on behalf of the un recognized government there in tripoli so today earlier today he warned about chaos in libya if no peace solution was found and he urged international powers to put more pressure on the a rival general. who himself wants to take power there in the libya he of course addressed angela merkel because she has emerged in recent days and weeks as some kind of an international mediator in this crisis and another issue probably very high on the agenda is the so-called migrant a pact you mentioned did this deal between the e.u. and ankara was struck in 2016 but it is a looking more fred. well the longer it is in plays the number of migrants trying to cross into the european union illegally from turkey has increased o'shaughnessy in recent weeks in the last year president edwin himself has repeatedly threatened to open the gates for migrants to europe as he put it and he's complaining that the e.u. is not sending the promised 6000000000 euros to turke

well there's a lot of stake here for turkey from different perspectives in terms of the fact that both libya and turkey share maritime borders in the mediterranean sea they have now several bilateral agreements that they have signed between the 2 governments in recent months the mutual defense agreement as well as one looking at the demarcation of those borders in the mediterranean sea to allow for joint. extraction of natural resources from there and if we continue looking at strategically across the mediterranean sea it from about the flow of a lot of. refugees who would be leaving north africa coming towards europe there is a large part that turkey is concerned with or that would implicate turkey as well so there is a lot as far as the turks are concerned but also beyond that when you look at turkey's own strategic foreign policy objectives in terms of trying to find some sort of balance of power within the wider middle east and north africa region because prior to turkey's maybe coming to the forefront of the. the situation in libya you don't really have that power balance you had people

speaking to members of his party today and talking extensively about the conflicts in libya and syria where turkey along with russia have negotiated cease fires but in the case of the libya conflict it's a very fine chance cease fire there were talks in russia on monday between the warring sides but talks ended without a breakthrough the turkish president saying that the tripoli government the un backed red cognize government of prime minister fayyad was very serious about negotiating a cease fire in moscow but renegade general had before half time was unwilling to sign and he left moscow without signing the document and this worship. is not good on the conflict in turkey which on the top conflicts rather in syria which turkey old saw a negotiated a cease fire with the russians to one said that this ceasefire in the province to last a rebel held stronghold in syria must be conducted in a way to prevent war migrants from coming into turkey and he said that turkey is determined to stop the syrian government from violating this cease fire if necessary let's bring in. correspondent who's on the line f

violating an arms embargo salami says that there are concerns about foreign fighters being flown into libya turkey's parliament is due to vote on thursday on whether to deploy troops at least 400 pro-democracy demonstrators who could be arrested in hong kong after a peaceful view year's day march through the city and in violence tens of thousands of people took part of the earlier in the police approved rally and there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream next. was there a we were told to get to that between russia has this been addressed by turkey listen what is the proposal been for a couple on you know we meet with news makers and tweak the stories that matter. welcome to the stream which she is famous for capturing the sound and the spirit of a $27000.00 is a revolution now singer-songwriter emmel matthew fi is looking to the future with a brand new album i femi ok. i mean joins us live in the studio to talk about her music and poetry and perform 2 of her latest songs and we want to hear from you as you're watching from mr questions in your comments for him or t

a threat to europe now you negotiating with that because you've nothing else now it's time for libya turkey is stuck in the eastern mediterranean you've made serious mistakes in your foreign policy and now you want to send soldiers to libya and this is your last desperate attempt. jan the sunni libya requested this military deployment from turkey it has historical and cultural bonds to turkey and we could not be silent following this call this is not the 1st request and it has been done before during the hit a debate on the motion opposition parliamentarians of course from the guests turkey rushing into what they called the marquis quagmire that the civil war in libya is they said the country is yet to recover from its military intervention in neighboring syria but there are voices of dissent walked quickly drummed by the vaulting power in parliament of the ruling party and its affiliate the emirate. the tech is government assists it was a moral responsibility to aid the un to cognize the government indeed against forces aligned with warlord holly for half that but they are interest at stak

thinks that foreign interference could complicate the situation in libya he raised his concerns during a call with president of turkey both leaders agreed to maintain diplomatic cooperation in the conflict now the whole conversation comes as the turkish parliament voted on thursday to back the u.n. recognize government in libya essential giving a green light to the troop deployment there will be has been in a state of war since protests in 2019 on the ice thing of the country's leader moammar gadhafi in recent months the u.n. government has been losing ground to the rival administration of general. who leads the libyan national army a government of national accord formally requested military aid from last month but general have tours forces currently controlled most of libya's territory and that's an. and because of the crucial oil and gas resources. but they are of believes the deployment of turkish troops will further escalate the conflict in libya neighboring egypt has also strongly condemned the concision saying that it would hold turkey fully responsible for any negative repercussions ortiz boss here or. he know

president 31 took part in a peace conference in berlin earlier this month having deployed troops to libya turkey has become one of the key players there the e.u. has 2016 refugee deal with turkey will most likely be up for discussion $200.00 that agreement turkey must stop migrants from crossing into e.u. territory in exchange for billions of euros to help look after the refugees at hosts over one has warned he can't help hold his end of the deal a fighting in syria's italy province calls as more people to flee medical die was likely to want to stick with the pact. finally germany will probably seek answers over the issue of german nationals detained in turkey's prisons or banned from leaving the country some jule turkish nationals have suffered under the government's crackdown on dissent following the fouled military coup 3 and a half years ago. so a lot to talk about with the german chancellor and the turkish president meet today our correspondent yulia han is covering merkel's visit to istanbul and joins us from there yulia what would you say is the most pressing issue in these talks between

well they certainly have a significant stake in what happens in libya but so do other actors turkey the united arab emirates and the big question is whether they will also see it as in their own u.s. interest to safeguard their own interests in libya not just in economic but also in geo strategic terms to find some kind of common ground ground with all the powers involved it's safe to say that livia needs this conference as much as some of the stakeholders sitting around the table do if they are to be able to continue to benefit from the power that they exercise on the ground. we've prepared a piece on those particular interests let's take a look now. at. strongman general how. once tripoli. together with his libyan national army he hopes to capture the country's capital and take full control of this oil rich nation. and it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waited in on opposite sides of this conflict. with turkey behind fire as all surat is un backed government and russia supporting huffed. moscow has denied reports it sent mercenaries to reinforce the general's fight

to buy time and it comes to its involvement in libya because turkey if you think of it is more or less along in its end there were is in libya even though it's obviously partners with russia about their bases that they support different parties in libya so and also action to eastern mediterranean turkey is more or less alone so you know they the burden summit summits a lot of turkey to buy time to innovate keep the government of national accord intact so in that sense i would imagine that. is quite happy about. at the bar in summit and just a final word then on turkey's long game we see turkey playing an increased military role in northern syria we see it in libya as well we see it buying russian military systems rather nato military systems is this part of a coherent turkish strategy. if so what it is. i wouldn't call it i will rephrase the question and i would rather think of it more in terms of turkey's changing foreign policy in parallel to turkey changing power configurations within the turkish states so it's kind of like a to flexion off. different kind of configurati

. >> brennan: it was then used over the past almost 20 years to send troops to to libya, turkey, georgia, syria, iraq, afghanistan, the yemen, djibouti, the philippines, cuba. there are democrats presidents, why full-throated effort to get a new authorization for military force? >> well, margaret as you know i have been working on this since i came to the senate and i have the same concern. when i came to the senate in 2013 i criticized president obama for taking us into military action in libya without congressional authorization. for going on isis and iraq and syria without congressional authorization. i will say this. when i started on this crusade of six, seven years ago, very few people were interested in it. but in the last year, the good news is, finally members of both parties and in both houses have started to step up and take the congressional responsibility seriously. i do think we have to rewrite and redoutzation that authorizes us to wage war against nine state terrorist groups that are connected to the perpetrators of 9/11 what you are proposing now, and -- >> here is what