yeah that's the libyan coast guard up front that. every trip running out of pure play we have to go back. for ruben knowing about today's patrol was a routine mission. not often we don't find anything and every day we don't find a boat in distress is a good day but we're here for those days but there is about in distress. we're going to be off my book. the u.n. observer in the back was able to make a firsthand assessment of the situation through benoit about our hopes joint missions like this will help refute the allegations he and other n.g.o.s are facing . even if the ship was far away made it there in time to save the boat that shows how important our work continues to be and how these humanitarian crises cannot be solved by simply bribing local militias to close off their beaches that's a very shortsighted policy is what we do is compensate for that policy we go out in search of those boats and they get rescued so it's nice to finish today with a successful and right now i'm just really glad the boats passengers were rescued woul

the libyan coast guard is lurking near the aquariums. cry of someone is trying to radio the aquarius but the funds could get interesting over there. but i don't want us to get any closer. yeah that's the navy and coast guard that. every had it running out of your depth but we have to go back. for ruben knowing about today's patrol was a routine mission. although it might be odd because often we don't find anything and every day we don't find a boat in distress is a good day but we're here for those days where there is about in distress. but i don't think. the u.n. observer in the back was able to make a firsthand assessment of the situation ruben knowing about our hopes joint missions like this will help refute the allegations he and other n.g.o.s are facing . even if the ship is far away maybe their entire. to save the boat that shows how important our work continues to be and how these humanitarian crises cannot be solved by simply bribing local militias to close off the beaches that's a very shortsighted policy what we do is compensat

that libyans won't tolerate foreign intervention in their country than. we conduct business transparently the states who take the initiative fronts did that to help rebuild and establish a peace but it physically took the initiative we would work with them we're not biased we're not seeking to create problems instead we have conflict in our country and we're looking just solve it we should also be able to decisively face aggression against some may think that libya is weak and you can slice a piece off yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory we'd rather die than live in humiliation on our land. ok let's discuss this further now with former u.k. master to libya all of them miles and editor of the pan-african news website where you know me as a q.b. thanks for joining us gentlemen great to have you both on the program perhaps mr zucker if i can go to you first it's an interesting statement isn't it from general haftar libya's not ready for democracy many would argue that was in one sense the whole aim of the rebel uprising t

gangs they are now in hospital and will be sent back to sudan for libyans have been arrested accused of torture a warning some viewers may find pictures and a solid binge of a the reporter disturbing. this. is being told to stay silent as he's burned with what's said to be plastic. in another video people are being beaten his kidnappers discuss ransom money these videos are reportedly of sudanese refugees being abused in libya a disease or cannot verify the pictures. but the humiliation and abuse of african migrants here is not new libya is a major hub for human smugglers and traffickers the use the country as a transit for a perilous journey to europe some officials have been accused of taking bribes to free people from illegal detention centers where people are kept under inhumane conditions but libyan forces deny the allegations that some are involved in rape forced labor and even murder the poorly equipped navy and coast guard say they're doing europe's job of policing seventeen hundred kilometers of coastline and the mediterranean the navy spokesman says the issue of migrant abu

is the head of the libyan national army. now the two rival libyan government in the one based in tobruk is allies to us forces the other based in tripoli is backed by the un and enjoys wide international support but the libyan national army led by half tarn now controls more than half of the country's territory and in an exclusive interview after told r.t. that libyans won't tolerate any foreign intervention in their country than. we conduct business transparently with states to take the initiative france did that to help rebuild and establish peace but it physically took the initiative we would work with them we're not biased we're not seeking to create problems instead we have conflict in our country and we look at just solve it we should also be able to decisively face aggression against us some may think that libya is weak and you can slice it peace self yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory would rather die than live in humiliation on our land that we are in some contrast saying views

has the latest from the libyan capital. according to libya's coast guard that from ninety to one hundred migrants died in the mediterranean during the last twenty four hours libya's coast guard spokesman says that they have risky wood two hundred seventy nine migrants including one thousand women and seventeen children they also include seven migrants from bangladesh and two from pakistan the majority of the risk you would migrants are from african countries now libya's caused a spokesman says that they have received distress calls from the migrants on the dingus and we know that usually the people of smugglers give three or four or. less devices for the migrants to call the libya's coast guard in case the dingoes capsize now during the last twenty four hours libya's coast guard have managed to reach out to the drink is and they have found those homemade it were clinging onto their elastic elastic rubber parts of the ding is and the thing is we're very very bad and they were partly destroyed now many people here in libya ar

that libyans won't tolerate any foreign intervention in their country. we conduct business transparently was states to take the initiative fronts did that to help rebuild and establish peace but efficiently took the initiative we would work with them we're not biased you know seeking to create problems instead we have conflict in our country and we look at just solve it we should also be able to decisively face aggression against us some may think that libya is weak and you can slice it peace self yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory would rather die than live in humiliation on our land. we heard some contrasting views on the situation in libya from the keyway editor of the pan-african newswire and also all over miles former u.k. and bassett or two of libya. this was said some six years ago that this was some type of democratic rebellion inside of libya but what has actually happened over the last six years is chaos western coalition dropped ten thousand bombs or in libya the alternative would have been to allow gadhaf

that libyans won't tolerate any foreign intervention in their country. we conduct business transparently with states to take the initiative fronts did that to help rebuild and establish peace but it physically took the initiative we would work with them we're not biased you know seeking to create programs instead we have conflict in our country and we look at just solve it we should also be able to decisively face aggression against us some may think that libya is weak and you can slice it peace self yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory would rather die than live in humiliation on our land. you heard some contrasting views on the situation in libya from the way editor of the pan-african newswire and also oliver miles former you came back later to libya. this was said some six years ago that this was some type of democratic rebellion inside of libya but what is actually happened over the last six years is chaos that western coalition dropped ten thousand bombs on libya the alternative would have been to allow gadhafi to

that libyans who won't tolerate any foreign intervention in their country. we conduct business transparently was states to take the initiative france did that to help rebuild and establish peace physically took the initiative we would work with them we're not biased we're not seeking to create problems instead we have conflict in our country and we look at just solve it we should also be able to decisively face aggression against us some may think that libya is weak and you can slice a piece off yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory would rather die than live in humiliation on our land. heard some contrasting views on the situation in libya from way editor of the pan-african news wire and also. former u.k. ambassador to libya. this was said some six years ago that this was some type of democratic rebellion inside of libya but what has actually happened over the last six years is chaos that western coalition dropped ten thousand bombs on libya the alternative would have been to allow gadhafi to commit an act of genocide agai

to the molteno she kalki was simply a traveling libyan businessman. that morning he stayed in his room for about an hour but at eleven went out to a travel agent to book his ticket to damascus for the next day. but when he returned to the diplomat hotel he had company. they were waiting for some time that he's alone in the street and then your ma motorcycle was driving next to him slowly two people wearing helmets on the motorcycle the guy behind. the gun. short flight risk lucky few times he's left dead a few bullets were shot in order to make sure that he's dead verify his death in the immediately that jd the assassins we're thinking aboard a ship or a rubber boat and into an israeli submarine and sent back to the room was an officer. oh neck. she did that did they we're doing this day are bit more us are not enough at the moment. they're all. fumed they know there's a middle pair so we're not. they know many out at him in order to make a duck at hains. in this art lobby at the. start or stay in a nominal investigates your. own nic. you do it homici

my passport says everything about me it would be people dad brought me here did they neglected me libyan security forces say these nigerian woman who's been living in libya for seven years is a people trafficker she was alleged to have kept more than eighty goals as sex slaves but officers say as well as nigerian traffickers there are also libyans and some europeans in the trade the nigerian government team on a fact finding mission in libya say they are shocked at what they saw and heard it talked about the various abuse systematic endemic and exploitation of all kinds a challenge to the senior officials as to the discrepancy between the numbers you know they came up with all kinds of not very convincing excuses this played into a narrative that we had been. told about that indeed. there are obviously interests that wanted to keep as many of them there as possible because they were commodities the delegation was told there are fourteen detention centers in libya other reports suggest they may be as many as thirty holding as many as forty thousand nigeria's the nigerian government is pre

eye on the developments one hundred forty african migrants have been rescued by the libyan coast guard off the coast of tripoli the sinking vessel was spotted on monday morning after distress calls were received. those rescued were taken to a naval base in tripoli for medical treatment on sunday libyan authorities recovered the bodies of two women who died trying to cross the mediterranean. at least two people have been killed after protests broke out across a down of the rising price of bread one of the victims was a high school student who was killed during protests in a city of kenya police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the unrest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of san are on saturday after pride prices that doubled the price hike comes after government subsidies were cut in an attempt to improve the economy i drilled in salah is a student protest an activist he told us earlier that people are angry because they were never consulted about these budget cuts the government will discuss the issue of the bu

but she cocky travelled on a libyan passport under the alias abraham. he was hard but not impossible for a kid on to identify. he planned to fly to damascus the next day and so checked into the diplomat hotel under his alias i'll show we share a ten twenty in the morning. to the molteno she can't he was simply a traveling libyan businessman. that morning he stayed in his room for about an hour but at eleven went out to a travel agent to book his ticket to damascus for the next day. but when he returned to the diplomat hotel he had company. they were waiting for some time that he's alone in the street and then your ma motorcycle was driving next to him slowly. two people wearing black helmets on the motorcycle the guy at the behind pulls out a gun shot up the few times he's left dead a few bullets were shot in order to make sure that he's dead verify his is that in the immediate me that jd the assessments we're thinking aboard a ship or a rubber boat and into an israeli submarine and sent back to israel was on the facade a machine. our neck. shit if that

the libyans themselves -- we have got teams on the ground, helping libyan people, as well as aiming to migrants and refugees, who are trying to make a difference on the ground in the most desperate humanitarian conditions. and then you've got people profiting out of it. >> so, a lot who really, really do drill down on refugees, immigrants, migration -- the whole sort of global movement -- say that, you know, you have to sort of do marshall plans or give enough aid, money -- whatever it is --- infrastructure -- structure to, let's say africa, since that's the focus right now -- to, you know, stop the push factor. is that possible? >> well, it's certainly true that we've got to think about certain countries, whether in africa or in the middle east, who need massive amounts of aid. but remember what the marshall plan was -- it wasn't just an aid plan. the marshall plan was a political plan, a public-private partnership, and it was also a cultural -- a plan of cultural exchange. so, unless you get all three elements in place, you're not gonna have the benefit of the marshall plan. and the

the libyan interior ministry did not respond to our attempts to set up an interview. says there are about 7000 african migrants still stuck in libya, they have stepped up attempts to get their citizens home and thousands have been repatriate it in the last few weeks. carrying on told former, those that do come home have to continue the hard work of rebuilding their lives. more than 300 women from hollywood's entertainment industry have launched an initiative to tackle sexual harassment in workplaces. the campaign is called ‘time's up‘, and it includes hollywood stars such as cate blanchett, america ferrera and eva longoria. it is going to provide legal support for women and men who suffer abuse. i'm joined now from los angeles by the entertainmentjournalist, kj matthews. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us here on bbc world news. tell us about this campaign, they have already raised $10 million towards it, haven't they? it is interesting, we learned about this initiative monday in the united states, it has really been in the wor

to the multi-media was simply a traveling libyan businessman. that morning he stayed in his room for about an hour but at eleven went out to a travel agent to book his ticket to damascus for the next day. but when he returned to the diplomat hotel he had company. they were waiting for some time that he's alone in the street and then your ma motorcycle was driving next to him slowly two people wearing black helmets on the motorcycle the guy behind pulled out a gun shot fired the few times he was left dead few bullets were shot in order to make sure that he's that verify is is that in the immediately that just the assessments we're. thinking aboard a ship or a rubber boat into an israeli submarine and soon back to the i was on. our neck. she did the day we're doing this day are below us are not enough at the moment. that all. fumed they know there's a middlebury so we're not. mean the out at him in order to make it. in this our lobby at the. start or stay in or. invest in. oh nick. you do in homicide bomber we hit clear. the cuticle law join us wo

to free people from illegal detention centers where people are kept under inhumane conditions but libyan forces deny the allegations that some are involved in rape forced labor and even murder the poorly equipped navy and coast guard say they're doing europe's job of policing seventeen hundred kilometers of coastline and the mediterranean the navy spokesman says the issue of migrant abuse is being fabricated to force international intervention. and usually. they want to make illegal immigrants victims and to make libya look like the culprit perhaps when these things proliferate the international community will be urged to intervene in libya under the pretext of illegal immigration this is part of their plan that. libya has been fragmented between two governments and many militias vying for power last year the videos of african migrants being sold in slave auction sparked an international outcry but libyans accused european nations of not doing enough and see the onus of dealing with migrants from across africa has been dumped on libya and libya did not and cannot play the role of a polic

hoping that the libyan coast guard will do what they can to do and won't do and european forces can't do and won't do by law and shouldn't do by law anyway that means that the libyan coast guard will then pick up people off boats and bring them back to libya where they faced her run this abuses and i think you know everyone will be aware of what's happening in libya in terms of. outright slavery in some of markets sexual abuse is just what people are being sent back to there is appalling. and it shouldn't it shouldn't happen so that you wouldn't be allowed to do that do that under law and the house hoping that you know the libyan coast guard will do their dirty work for the thank you going to put suggest this turkey has seen and know the setback in terms of human rights what are some of your conclusions on this. yeah will be others and the other the other the other side of it was turkey where i got in with an evil turkey deal that was made between brussels and i car. in march twenty the scene sending the idea that the asylum seekers would be sent back or that migrants if you sent back

at least ninety migrants drowned almost three hundred rescued separate incidents off the libyan coast. small protests in tunisia as the government crackdown. is gentle a freight train coming down the hill. lives floods and the deadly rainstorm in southern california claimed lives and homes. south korea's president says he's open to meeting north korean leader kim jong un if certain conditions are met and when jane's comments follow tuesday's official talks between the two sides the first in more than two years from sol kathy novak reports. the first official talks between north and south korea in more than two years ended with an agreement that could make president vision of a piece of lympics a reality says domestic support for his policy of dialogue with north korea helped bring about the rare meeting and he had some one else to think as well. there will be accomplished mint of south korean dialogue was largely credited to president trump i'd like to express gratitude to him in a statement the white house welcome to the talks and said the u.s. and south korean presidents recently ag

been killed for the flimsiest of reasons someone who was sold for less than two hundred dollars in libyan sleep markets this if ten year old was promised a job as a tailor in a fashion house in italy. on reaching a transit destination in libya she ended up as a domestic servant why she says she was abused by her employers and what we did the white people people the much treated me dig didn't give me my salary even seized my passport says everything about me it would be people dad brought me he had been admitted me libyan security forces say these nigerian woman who's been living in libya for seven years is a people trafficker she was alleged to have kept more than eighty goals as sex slaves but officials say as well as nigerian traffickers there are also libyans and some europeans in the trade the nigerian government team on a fact finding mission in libya say they are shocked at what they saw and heard. it talked about the various abuse systematic endemic and exploitation of all kinds a challenge to the senior officials as to the discrepancy between the numbers you know they came up with

the past forty eight hours three boatloads of migrants and refugees have run into trouble off the libyan coast around three hundred people were rescued by the coast guard tired and cold but alive dozens more have perished in the winter waters of the mediterranean but for those who have survived relief is short lived. the good some. rights groups say a terrible fate awaits those return to libya a country with a growing slave trade and in which lawless fighting groups have helped create a transit and people smuggling hub it's what's happening to people inside of libya that. where there is a blind eye being turns to this this is horrible industrial scale human rights abuse of individuals there is widespread torture there is massive overcrowding of prisons two thousand people and one large prison cell as it were being detained arbitrarily there needs to be a greater degree of responsibility recognized by europe they are part of this. summer after the european union prevailed on libya to help stop the seaborne influx italian television showed libyan border guards apparently firing at rubber d

and an armed group has launched an attack on an airbase in the libyan capital tripoli killing at least twelve people. the greek government is about to vote on a final bill of austerity measures to satisfy its creditors many paulson athens have been at a standstill public sector workers have walked out in protest the bell includes controversial legislation making it more difficult for workers to strike up less is in athens and joins us now live so just how widespread have these strikes hit john . well the heart of the strike action is the public transport here in athens the buses trolleys trains the truck system all of that has been at a standstill the underground metro so it's been very very difficult for commuters to get into work today the streets have been chock full of traffic since early in the morning and what often happens on these occasions is that people simply trying to telecommute they don't bother to come into the center to get business done there's also been a three hour work stoppage by the civil aviation authority so between noon and three pm local time flights in the ci

in other news at least thirty one people have been killed after two car bombs went off in the libyan city of benghazi the first exploded as worshipers left a mosque after evening prayers on tuesday half an hour later the second ball detonated injuring and killing emergency crews the u.n. says about five thousand people have been trying to get out of the a fleeing region in northern syria since turkey began its offensive against kurdish fighters five days ago the air and ground operation in a free and has opened a new front in the nearly seven year old more activists say at least twenty three civilians have been killed. elsewhere in syria at least twenty one people have suffered breathing problems after a suspected chemical attack on a rebel held on clay near the capital damascus earlier this week the syrian observatory for human rights has accused the government of using chlorine gas on the neighborhood of boomer the attack prompted warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries have met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against those

that resume did blair m i five and the what did you make of the inference that british support for libyan fighting group people in manchester may be connected to that atrocity of the area ground concert and are related to the attempts at the problem of destroying the beautiful old terrorist act whether this place in this country or in other parts of europe it is actually there is sponsibility of that. british and france french governments simply because they were behind there and have been shown military intervention in libya and turning libya to see their elections i mean the three governments but safeguard afy has returned to the scene zingy may want to run investigating and you think he's the man. you know he could be an alliance between safe and could bear a few simple as that and generally for have to who is now the strongest band in libya so i wouldn't be surprised if in the coming election next year if he actually won i know the libyan you know i mix with them i met a lot of them into the zia so they're actually they are longing for the days of qaddafi not because he was a good man

part of the cast following the obama administration backed ouster of libyan strongman muammar qaddafie so-called islamic state was beaten back from population centers in the country, and it's also lost ground in iraq and syria. in recent months in libya, it's staged a comeback and exporting the terror. manchester u.k. concert attack last year which killed 22 is tied to libyan terrace. >> isis's presence in libya should be a concern for the international community. >> the trump administration is targeting them with air strikes. the most recent killed 17 isis fighters. the infighting continues between a u.n. backed government in the capital of tripoli and a former libyan army general and his fighters faced in benghazi. the possible target of last nights carnage. the u.n. has organized elections for later this year in libya, aimed at forming a national government to deal with terror and unrest. experts say there is still a long, dangerous way to go. chris. >> chris: thank you. isis militants are claiming responsibility for an attack on the afghan offices of the charity save the children.

well let's just pause for a minute and take a closer look at what's been happening on the libyan coast itself so in the past year nigerians have been the largest group of african refugees and migrants who are making a stop in libya across and say europe well libya is the main transit hub for people from africa attempting to reach southern europe by sea and they're coming from countries like nigeria as you're hearing eritrea guinea ivory coast senegal so don and so malia since july last year the libyan coast guard and navy backed by the european union started blocking their arrivals leaving large numbers of them trapped in dire conditions without food or money the power vacuum in libya after the fall of moammar gadhafi has also made human trafficking and people smuggling a booming trade let's bring in amnesty international's nigeria director osei chico to discuss all of this thanks for joining us on al-jazeera i suppose the the most obvious question to you is what's driving so many nigerians so the even such numbers from their country and take such risks. yes thank you very much it's ju

and armed group has attacked an airbase in the libyan capital tripoli killing at least twelve people security sources say gunmen stormed mitiga air base where fighting spilled onto the runway causing flights to be diverted was the only functioning airport in tripoli after the international terminal was damaged in twenty fourteen. days following developments from tripoli. the brigade that attacked him. the individuals of that brigade say that there is a prison inside the base and controlled by this special deterrence force and that prison holds thousands of suspects and so many suspects have died on the floor by the special deterrence force they also accuse the special deterrence force of extra judicial practices inside the prison they say that the prison is outside of the state control and also does not belong to the official legislative institutions in the country pope francis a survived in chile for his first stop on a visit to south america crowds greeted the pontiff as he drove through the streets of the capital santiago but there were ten scenes ahead of his visit with five chur

we engage all libyans to pursue their ambitions through the ballot box. any attempt to impose a military solution will only fuel this providing isis as a base to threaten the u.s. and allies. potential for greater is greater concern. as it does deck cratic transition, economic and social marginalization have prompted approximately 4,000 tune asians to join isis. u.s. engagement is focused on supporting their efforts to enhance ability to respond to this threat. ju dishd capacity to investigate and prosecute those involved inter rhythm. and tackling the root causes of the for enter wrist fighter phenomenon. in tunis last month the deputy secretary of state spoke directly with leaders about economic challenges, pledging u.s. support, but urging quicker implementation of reforms that are vital to ensuring all of them are able to participate fully in all life. algeria, where i recently served as u.s. ambassador has wisped dramatic improvement in political, economic, and security situation since the 1990s. today, algeria stands as highly effective anti-terrori

my passport says everything about me it would be people dad brought me here did they neglected me libyan security forces say these nigerian woman who's been living in libya for seven years is a people trafficker she was alleged to have kept more than eighty goals as sex slaves but officers say as well as nigerian traffickers there are also libyans and some europeans in the trade the nigerian government team on a fact finding mission in libya say they are shocked at what they saw and heard. it talked about the various abuse systematic endemic and exploitation of all kinds a challenge to the senior officials as to the discrepancy between the numbers you know they came up with all kinds of not very convincing excuses this played into a narrative that we had been. told about that indeed there are obviously interests that wanted to keep as many of them there as possible because they were commodities but the delegation was told there are fourteen detention centers in libya other reports suggest they may be as many as thirty holding as many as forty thousand nigeria's the nigerian government is

to free people from illegal detention centers where people are kept under inhumane conditions but libyan forces deny the allegations that some are involved in rape forced labor and even murder the poorly equipped navy and coast guard say they're doing europe's job of policing seventeen hundred kilometers of coastline and the mediterranean the navy spokesman says the issue of migrant abuse is being fabricated to force international intervention. and usually. they want to make illegal immigrants victims and to make libya look like the culprit perhaps when these things proliferate the international community will be urged to intervene in libya under the pretext of illegal immigration this is part of their plan that. libya has been fragmented between two governments and many militias vying for power last year the videos of african migrants being sold in slave auction sparked an international outcry but libyans accused european nations of not doing enough and see the onus of dealing with migrants from across africa has been dumped on libya and libya did not and cannot play the role of a polic

to free people from illegal detention centers where people are kept under inhumane conditions but libyan forces deny the allegations that some are involved in rape forced labor and even murder the poorly equipped navy and coast guard say they're doing europe's job of policing seventeen hundred kilometers of coastline and the mediterranean the navy spokesman says the issue of migrant abuse is being fabricated to force international intervention. and usually. they want to make illegal immigrants victims and to make libya look like the culprit perhaps when these things proliferate the international community will be urged to intervene in libya under the pretext of illegal immigration this is part of their plan. libya has been fragmented between two governments and many militias vying for power last year the videos of african migrants being sold in slave auction sparked an international outcry but libyans accuse european nations of not doing enough and see the onus of dealing with migrants from across africa has been dumped on libya and libya did not and cannot play the role of a police this