tripoli harbor on suspicion of operating within libyan territory. as a result of this much publicized incident the owner of the gulf has zero refused to continue renting it to correct in the open arms the n.g.o.s had to find a new vessel to continue its operations. so you. got. that month ogust twenty seven team it's all n.g.o.s to sign a code of conduct which puts strict limits on their ability to carry out rescue missions it had a significant effect by the beginning of twenty eighteen only four n.g.o.s were left operating vessels in the mediterranean. italy's determination to limit the activities of n.g.o.s is based on the belief that their presence encourages migrants to make journeys they would otherwise avoid even in the words of at least controversial new interior minister. that they act as a taxi service matters came to a head in june twenty eighth when its really refused to let the aquarius a rescue ship carrying over six hundred migrants disembark them and italian boats. also refused to accept them and became the. eventually the migrants we

tripoli harbor on suspicion of operating within libyan territory. as a result of this much publicized incident the owner of the gulf zero zero refused to continue renting it to a proactive open arms the n.g.o.s had to find a new vessel to continue its operations. and i was. here. for. that month ogust twenty seven team italy asked to sign a code of conduct which put strict limits on their ability to carry out rescue missions it had a significant effect by the beginning of twenty eighteen only four n.g.o.s were left operating vessels in the mediterranean. italy's determination to limit the activities of n.g.o.s is based on the belief that their presence encourages migrants to make journeys they would otherwise avoid even in the words of at least controversial new interior minister. that they act as a taxi service matters came to a head in june twenty eighth when its really refused to let the aquarius a rescue ship carrying over six hundred migrants disembark them and italian boats. also refused to accept them and became the. eventually the migrants w

lamb and the full month of the battle called the libyan lebanese. it didn't have to so hello i'm not going to feel i must be you know i'm an. illusion of a month i'm a mother the and i would lose my house to sew a home or a hospital for food be dished out a little enjoyment out of most of the middle class a loop i didn't sleep on a model at the time so that you knew. who know to me parliament lingo most of them stomach. after the revolution and twenty eleven libya became a favored departure point for europe and migrants the numbers steadily rose until reaching a peak tween twenty fifteen and twenty seven this year although many thousands have attempted the crossing the human tide between libya and italy has begun to recede. we tracked down a middleman to have to agree to speak to us anonymously he told us the decline is because the journey has become much more difficult. we do we disarm on its own to detroit. because these are two new ones you conclusions don't you don't know you know i'm so worried about you you have no. job i just requested no. so

of the head of the libyan national army there was sort of the presidential council i'm actually they had of the state council and those four stakeholders in front of the whole world committed to having elections by the tenth of december of two thousand and eighteen it is very important put more builds on that begins from the output outputs of tyrus we should be discussing how elections are supposed to be implemented when are they supposed to be in implemented exactly with what mechanisms under what got aunty's how they could be monitored and how that is all going to be implemented how many libya is there because some people have always said that it suits some nations nature nations perhaps who don't really want one of the countries that could be the richest in the world being an organized country or at least would like it to be an i.m.f. satellite when you ask the question how many bills are there if you ask the libyan people and they have been asked multiple polls and by the u.n. commissions and various studies the libyan people are you know in a mess and wanting to be united to sta

libyan people and they should be firm about the affirming the libyan people's right to vote i know that some russian officials have expressed doubts about the elections and the conditions but i'm of the view and this is what i've been arguing in moscow that rather than wait for stability in order to have elections elections themselves can deliver stability because people when their spirit ins are blocked and when they're not being given services and when they're being dismissed and marginalized and when they're being deprived of the right to vote that is when things go unstable actions are important for stability in libya and you know i think the libyan army and the police you see general haftar of the army is in a room this week your and most. countries like britain which bombed. fronts they seem to be. edged out of things really do you think russian is for hundreds in libya could stop another bombing campaign should should your government say no make the deals that london paris want the arming of the libyan army the air defenses the air force the those are those are decisions that wou

and has been the lead coordinator for the libyan stabilization team welcome to going underground before we get to your candidacy and the longer term problems and challenges for libya there being killings this week how strong is isis day in libya after all just over the mediterranean from italy and greece first of all thank you for hosting me unfortunately even though isis was completely destroyed it were true it was their stronghold and the army in the east. managed to a stand them out of being goes the and the no. unfortunately they have scattered. all over the country especially in the south. the center of the country as well. populated not only somebody more two of these and remote areas but actually live amongst the populations in sleeper. cells and they strike at. everyone so the why would some key attacks they have recently attacked in tripoli even known the north sea and most recently before the elections commission know the catastrophe in the south where they have killed so many people in the area. the catastrophe is not only the killings of these innocent people and pray for th

envoy described as a clear path forward for libya it is a path down which the libyans themselves not the international community must lead . but the timeline is tight in a resource rich country riven with often violent internal rivalries and with foreign powers backing up. was it sides to serve their own conflicting interests the palermo conference saw no written commitments nothing signed the u.n. envoy is a clear path forwards than appears to be based on little more than trust jonah how al-jazeera palermo italy. time to introduce our guests now joining us from tripoli is salah. a political analyst and former senior adviser to the negotiating team of the high council of states and into ness in neighboring tunisia us of sharif a researcher in international relations welcome to you both seller can i start with you in tripoli does palermo and this plan for a consultative conference to be held inside libya early next year followed by elections by june of next year does this instill you with a great deal of confidence that libya is finally on the path to peace i think it's. an opportunit

with the return of its patrol boats the libyan coast guards became more involved in rescue operations but this also brought them into confrontation with the ngos one of the most recent clashes came on march twenty eighth and valving a vessel operated by proactive openoffice a team of journalists from a catamaran you speak to were on board at the time the incident began when the maritime rescue coordination center in rome passed on the location of the sinking vessel to both the libyans and the spanish and geo local command of the operation was given to the coast guards but fast inflatable rubber boats from the open arms got to the scene first they quickly began a rescue mission but then the libyan patrol arrived on a mattress got out of the crowd. of people. that read whatever. i quickly because i don't have i don't i don't have a. problem ok let me go back. from right now he's going to fight. that he wants to talk with you. look at us there's a lot of us. i understand that my god my we just coming to me. but when the open arms boats began to comply the rest of the migrants in the sink

european governments and the libyan authorities that concentrate first and foremost on to terence and limiting migrant numbers may have different priorities from n.g.o.s that have purely humanitarian aids but all say they want to save lives and so it is difficult to fully understand why they cannot work more effectively together. for as long as there is war and poverty and africa and the middle east free from migrants will try to reach europe from across the mediterranean. if something goes wrong and their lives are at risk and dangerous seas and surely someone should always be there to help them. but right now all of the participants in this complex narrative seem to be diverging rather than coming together. i mean you've got to focus on one pushing on the horn i mean maybe a woman so often the folk. she thought of so used to me that i can assure that i'm going to the militia with it it will not stop at the moment i mean you don't want to get up on a few of them and get all that we want you to know that if we do go nuclear you would only. excluded. communities up paying the price of

an international conference on libya have been welcomed in the italian city in a bid to solve the libyan conflict civil war broke out after the ousting of colonel gadhafi and twenty eleven the presidents of egypt. as well as leaders of local tribes and militias from libya is said to be taking part. one of those expected to take center stage in the talks has arrived ahead of libyan national army general. the controls most of libyan plays a significant role in the planning of the country's future while the conference was initiated by prime minister. only european country with an interest also has been. trying to establish itself as a regional peace maker there is more gas to fix planes there could be an altair motive behind the apparent good intentions. seven years it's been seven long chaotic years a country torn apart two governments countless warlords tribes gangs duking it out for power and all will. of course everyone's trying to help stop this italy which has been flirting with general half star who leads one of the two rival libyan government and controls almost half the country fro

one of those expected to take center stage in the talks has arrived at the head of the libyan national army general kiley. he controls most of libya and place a significant role of the country's future while the conference was initiated by prime. instead just said it contained but it isn't the only european country with an interest france has also been trying to establish itself as a regional peacemaker though as word gas to expand it could be an all cheery a motive behind the apparent good intentions seven years it's been seven long chaotic here is a country torn apart two governments countless warlords tribes gangs duking it out for power and all will. of course everyone's trying to help stop this italy which has been flirting with general have star who leads one of the two rival libyan government controls almost half the country fronts with its regular peace summit where. plays the matchmaker paris wants elections as soon as possible one of the crucial elements is the organization of presidential and parliamentary elections on december tenth twenty eight thus it's a commitment on th

in a bid to solve the libyan conflict civil war broke out after the ousting of colonel gadhafi in twenty eleven france has also been trying to establish itself as a regional peacemaker though as the right explains it could be an ulterior motive behind the apparent good intentions seven years it's been seven long chaotic years a country torn apart two governments countless warlords tribes gangs duking it out for power and all will. of course everyone's trying to help stop this italy which has been flirting with general half star who leads one of the two rival libyan government controls almost half the country fronts with its regular peace summit where. plays the matchmaker paris wants elections as soon as possible one of the crucial elements is the organization of presidential and parliamentary elections on the symbol ten twenty eight it's a commitment on the basis of this process to fully and safely give their sovereignty back to the libyan people and allow them to express it on this date but it's only for one doesn't want elections premature and they think conditions aren't right they s

a commitment on the basis of this process to fully and safely give their sovereignty back to the libyan people and allow them to expression on this date but it's only for one doesn't want elections premature and they think conditions aren't right they say and france france once something else they fear my fear is that someone for economic motives and selfish national interest is putting the security of north africa at risk and result of europe as a whole i'm thinking of someone who waged a war that should have been waged someone who said election days without discussing it with allies with united nations were indeed with the libyan people move over mad calling you tried and your summits failed room is hosting its own get together for peace but rumors say general haftar may be too busy to attend what with storming the capital and all trip. must be liberated and will not remain in the wrong hands the armed forces will act after making proper assessments we will move on tripoli at the proper time why is tripoli so important you might ask legitimacy it's the capital the government that curr

stop this italy which has been flirting with general half star who leads one of the two rival the libyan government and controls almost half the country fronts with its regular peace summit swear macrorie plays the matchmaker paris wants elections as soon as possible one of the crucial elements is the organization of presidential and parliamentary elections on december tenth twenty eight it's a commitment on the basis of this process to fully and safely give their sovereignty back to the libyan people and allow them to express it on this date but it's only for one doesn't want elections premature and they think conditions aren't right they say and france france wants something else they fear my fear is that someone for economic motives and selfish national interest is putting the security of north africa at risk and result of europe as a whole i'm thinking of someone who waged a war that should have been waged someone who said election days without discussing it with allies with united nations were indeed with the libyan people move over mad calling you tried and your summits failed room

the libyan people deserve. a life that is much better than the one they are now under. and to see that the international community can gather. a unified message to them that it is high time they take their destiny in their own hands with our support. is crucial. and. will be remembered as a milestone in this common effort to help our b.m. friends. are italian prime minister just seppi conti says it is important for libyans to be part of the election process. perspective. we want to reassure and ensure six million libyan citizens men and women who wish to vote to decide their destiny and have stability with the united libya a stable libya looking forward to reach these goals libya is our friend we have been linked for a long time. john howard has more from polymer in sicily. well this was a conference that involved thirty countries but the only crucial meeting really was between two men and their foreign backers for the for after the renegade general who controls the east of libya there and fires. the un backed prime minister in tripoli they met earlier today the first t

the heads of the libyan national army general khalifa haftar is expected to take center stage at the conference was initiated by prime minister just seppi context it italy is the only european country with an interest france has also been trying to establish itself as a regional mediator but as more of our staff explains there could be an ulterior motive to the peacemaking efforts seven years it's been seven long chaotic years a country torn apart two governments countless warlords tribes gangs duking it out for power and all will. of course everyone is trying to help stop this italy which has been flirting with general who leads one of the two rival libyan government and controls almost half the country fronts with its regular peace summit where macro plays the matchmaker paris once elections as soon as possible one of the crucial elements is the organization of presidential and parliamentary elections on december tenth twenty eight it's a commitment on the basis of this process to fully and safely give their sovereignty back to the libyan people and allow them to express it on this

election days without discussing it with our allies with the united nations were indeed with the libyan people move over mac all you tried and your summits failed room is who's thing it's own get together for peace but rumors say general haftar may be too busy to attend what with storming the capital and all tripoli must be liberated and will not remain in the wrong hands the armed forces will act after making proper assessments we will move on tripoli at the proper time why is tripoli so important you might ask legitimacy it's the capital and the government that currently controls it is the un recognized one general have to controls half the country much of the oil but he by international law can't sell it only the recognized government can he needs the capital and make no mistake the libyans understand well what the europeans are up to and why they're backing different sides. of course there is negative intervention from some countries which we've mentioned during several meetings and international forums this needs to be taken into account and this should be a consolidation of the in

the libyan people deserve. a life that is much better than the one they are now under and to see that the international community can gather. a unified message to them that it is high time they take their destiny in their own hands with our support. is crucial. palermo will be remembered as a milestone in this common effort to help our b. and friends. have a clear path forward out of the situation. in which the country has slipped into. so thank you mr president for taking this initiative and i am sure i speak for my libyan friends when i say thanks for your concern. thanks for the fact that you have allowed these stakeholders to come together in the beautiful city of palermo in such a beautiful weather and the trip beautiful place. with it does this. special have them boy thank you dear friend. i wish to. really thing all of the participants for the conference and in particular you for the commitment you have constantly given in pursuing this objective and i am really pleased you have appreciated the spirit of

here's what's coming up on the al-jazeera news hour a summit to end seven years of fighting is libyan leaders and foreign power is in the. death toll in california wildfires in the state's history and the national reaches a tentative settlement in a long legal battle with its players over head injuries joe we'll have the details in sports. but first a supreme court is deciding whether the president's call for early elections is constitutional the island's been in political crisis for more than two weeks after martha. dissolved parliament and set a vote for january two weeks earlier he sparked outrage after he fired and replaced the prime minister bernard smith reports from. because attorney general has been arguing before the supreme court why he believes it's constitutional for the president to dissolve parliament and call elections but over all this everybody here really knows why we've got to this stage and it's because present my three powers are saying he's playing for time he's not got the numbers in parliament to endorse his decision to sack one prime minister and replace him w

all david cameron nick clegg and ed miliband are three politicker party leaders at the time of the libyan intervention should be taking some of that responsibility it was their intervention in libya that led to regime change and there were brought back into this country we encouraged talking about the british government encouraged british libyans to go out to libya and to fight khadafi they became hardened soldiers who had fought in the military campaign and for some of them were then brainwashed into supporting isis violent extremist groups who's going to take responsibility what i'd start the top three leaders i'll hold them to account there make a way through the political system in this country because we were led to believe. what was happening in libya was a humanitarian intervention we know now that libya is more of a problem now to our own security in this country and around the world than it's ever been in the history of the last seventy years well mohammed the intelligence and security committee they've admitted that it hasn't had a meeting with a prime minister for some years no

>> yes, i think libyans would agree. if you look at polling, there's increasing nostalgia for the gadhafi days which is certainly not nostalgia for gadhafi himself, but if you look at people's standard of living and the way the country has gone, and certainly it makes sense that people are looking backwards now because they aren't happy with things have turned out. >> so i want to engage both of you and emily on this. so we have right now a situation in syria unfolding. we don't know where the fighters are going to go. it seems that the turks are saying they aren't going to come to me. i've had enough of them. and we don't need them. they will never make their way there. it seems like they are ending up in libya. so what on earth, who is helping the libyans? i mean, tell me, tell me, what do you know about true engagement by the international community on this priority? it's a matter of priority. what do you mean? it seems that, you know, libya is going to be the place that the nation for all these have been fighters, is

the libyan coast is the ugly underbelly of the european refugee crisis. general director for doctors without borders joe welcome to day doubly what do your colleagues in tripoli tell you about the situation in those migrant camps the places revisit which are really more like prison so detention centers rather than refugee camps very often the conditions are really catastrophic so what they're seeing there is often overcrowding seeing signs of. attrition insufficient water and hygiene and also totally insufficient access to medical care because even the few places we managed to visit the tip of the iceberg what we're also hearing are repeated stories of torture of treatment of sexual violence that people have experienced in detention. as a country with its own problems of poverty. war. arrive. hoping to get to europe if that's as far as they can go then the problems that you outline. surely. i think what the migrants are being told obviously while on route to libya in the hope of going further probably to europe is obviously not the true story and i think

libyan leaders are discussing united nations plans to stabilize the country after seven years of turmoil and it's the first time representatives of israel of libya's rival governments and factions. met since may the talks are being hosted by italy which hopes a more stable libya could help stem the flow of migrants reaching its shores by the mediterranean. rough seas strong winds and no migrant boats to be seen the libyan coast guard says that's not just because of the weather it's only has supplied libya with seven vessels untrained its coast guards who've already intercepted thirteen thousand refugees bound for europe this year. we seemed with a message the message that said don't to try to do it again because you lose your money you lose your time and their leader will take you with. because of your back. bad news for what may be hundreds of thousands of migrants stranded in libya many of them arrived at this health center malnourished and weak doctors at the center run by an aid organization treetop to three hundred people a day that number is rising and their overstretched and frust

which have not worked this is one about trying to get the libyans to decide for themselves what sortof election they want to hold what sort of system they want to have some eighty percent of libyans are said now to be in favor of democratic elections so the plan is for a national conference early in two thousand and nineteen in libya so that they can decide parliamentary and presidential system to come up with an electoral law and then aim for a vote sometime before june of next year it's a tight timeline in itself but i think if they can achieve the goal here of getting everybody around and behind that plan that will be a key measure of success thank you for that john and john allen live for us in italy. the united nations is warning that mass expulsions among gold out of congress refugees could trigger a humanitarian crisis last month alone hundreds of thousands of people from the democratic republic of congo were forced to leave following an order targeting what the government calls irregular migrants dosage or barry has more. forced to flee once again this is the border between a

is the commander of the self-styled libyan national army that is based in libya's east but while he's attending the conference he's made it clear he's only interested in meeting leaders on the sidelines jonah hill joins us live now from palermo where the summit is taking place what's come out of the meeting so far china. well this this summit this conference is basically over now thirty countries represented here talking about libya's future but really it was only that meeting that mattered just the two men and their foreign backers a handful of countries in a room together. after shaking hands as you say their paper appearing to look chordal leave and happy in each other's company the first time they've met since may at the end of the conference we had a press conference given by decepticon to the italian prime minister the host here and the u.n. envoy for some salomé and mr sullum a described that meeting as being unusually chordal prompting him to declare this conference a success he said both men had agreed to fall in line behind a new un plan an action plan as he describes it lea

plan as i say takes a conference the idea of a national conference to libya next year for the libyans to make their own minds up and the hope is that at least at this point they could rally everyone behind that position and take out of the equation some of the opposing forces inside and outside the country that have been pulling this country in opposite directions right turn a whole thank you search teams are now trying to recover bodies from california's worst wildfire with forty two people killed other fires continue to burn across the state a red flag warning stretched from north to south in the south the smaller hill fire is mostly contained but the larger woolsey blaze has already claimed two lives and it's left a trail of destruction at beach resorts including malibu and the northern california town of paradise has been wiped out as the fire continues to burn this hospital reports. in the forests of northern california night brings little responded and these firefighters have been working on multiple fronts and this is my first day on the fire it's been going for about three day

translation: the libyans managed to get to the boat.then they punctured the rubber dinghy to destroy it and then they left, leaving the people in the water while the fishermen were calling them, warning them that there were people in the water, to stop and rescue them, and they didn't do it. spain initially asked libya to take charge of the migrants, as it was the nearest country to the spot where they were rescued. however, the un refugee agency has repeatedly said that the country is not safe for migrants. now the spanish government is trying to negotiate with malta and italy, but both countries have reportedly refused to get involved so far. it is the latest in a series of stand—offs involving asylum seekers. sincejune, several rescue vessels have been left stranded, as eu nations debate who should be responsible for those fleeing their homelands. meanwhile, human rights groups are calling for the boat to be allowed dock as soon as possible. conditions are cramped, and the vessel had to move away from libya, towards the italian islan

some some people sometimes they really need to know but sometimes i feel that my hands are tied the libyan coast guard takes a tougher approach its new high tech patrol boats are ready to stop the flow of migrants to europe. conservation workers have rescued six whales stranded on the beach in new zealand and returned them to the ocean around two hundred volunteers showed up to help keeping the pygmy killer whales cool with water for lifting them out into the sea ten whales were initially found beach but pork and later died volunteers are hoping the surviving animals swim away soon into deeper water. the un's cultural agency unesco has granted the sport of korean wrestling world cultural heritage status following mediation both seoul and pyongyang filed a joint bid an unprecedented move it's the latest sign of cooperation on the korean peninsula and comes months after north and south korea agreed to march under a united flag at the winter olympics. no the rules are clear wrestlers have to try and bring their opponents to the floor all the while holding onto a sash that's tied around their