libyan national army has defeated extremists in benghazi that's according to a re in general six years after the murder of libyan leader moammar gadhafi. and the white house hence it will make good on president trump's campaign promise to ramp up its use of the kuantan of the bay detention facility in cuba that story and much more coming up right now. it's tuesday july eleventh four pm in washington d.c. and sweets and you're watching r t america we begin today in iraq where the recapturing of mosul from the islamic state has come at a really high price as a result of the operation thousands of civilians have either been displaced or lost their lives both human rights watch and amnesty international are scolding iraqi forces in the u.s. for their role in raising the number of civilian deaths there is r t correspondent ashley breaks with more according to amnesty international close to six thousand civilians have lost their lives during the fight to recapture mozote and i'm told we're two thousand and sixteen the iraqi military backed by u.s. forces launched a campaign to recapture the

libyan crisis. one of the man is the head of libya's united nations-backed government. the other is the head of a self-styled national army, a man credited with driving the islamic state group out of parts of the libyan territory. we will hear more about the men being brought together as the country struggles with people trafficking and islamic militancy. irris: -- reporter: he has emerged as libya's military strongman. this month, he announced the liberation of benghazi, which had been overrun by jihadists for three years. >> the city of benghazi has been freed from terrorism. the liberation is total. reporter: he is the commander of the self-styled libyan national army. he served under the late dictator muammar gaddafi, and was part of the coup that brought him down in 2011. his forces have gained ground with the backing of egypt and the united arab emirates. france sees him as the main bulwark against the jihadist threat in libya, and has provided intelligence support to him. however, he backs a government in the east and does not recognize the u.n.-backed government in the capital, tripoli. that leader lays out a new

his own group libyan national army captures several key cities. including benghazi in the northeast. in july tripoli's international airport becomes a battleground between half done and his coalition. and the newly formed libya dorm coalition which is led by fighters from the northwestern city of ms randa. this conflict establishes two rival governments the general national congress in tripoli and the house of representatives in tobruk. the two broke based government was backed by hostile it was led by a prime minister abdullah al thingy. and recognized by the u. n. u. s. e. u. egypt and the united arab emirate. even though the libyan supreme court ruled it to be illegal and unconstitutional in november twenty fourteen. the tripoli based government wasn't on elected reincarnation of the original gnc whose term expired in august twenty fourteen its leader was a president nouri al bu some main. and it was dominated by the muslim brotherhood's justice and construction policy. december twenty fifty amen libya's. sign a you end product deal to form a y

until the third week of august seventh as efforts to repeal and replace obamacare and the libyan national army seizes benghazi as the country continues to descend into chaos i'm ed schultz reporting tonight from washington d.c. you're watching r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight with the media firestorm surrounding the president's son in his meeting with a russian lawyer back in june of two thousand and sixteen opponents of the president think they smell blood in the waters this is the smoking gun and their hunt for a lead in the trial russia connection has left them grasping illegal thin air substance is a thing of the past and mainstream reporting with the story but tonight we are going to give you the facts as we know them donald trump jr met with a russian lawyer in june of two thousand and sixteen perfectly legal the law the lawyer promised to have information damning to hillary clinton's campaign met with the lawyer briefly saw that she had little to offer and left the meeting the lawyer was not a russian agent by her own admission in an n.b.c. interview donald trump jr m

libyan national army have retaken the central neighborhood from extremist and regained control of thentirety of the country's second city. libya's eastern commander announced the news on tv. >> we declare the city of benghazi has been liberated. it is a victory for national army and dignity over terrorism. it is a triumphant thick three from god almighty. >> local residents poured onto the streets to celebrate. many held the libyan flag. others opted for portraits of the man many here see as their hero. may god bless the general. eternal thanks to the man who went into battle and congratulations on the victory. he launched his operation dignity in may 2014. after that his troops became embroiled in a series of battles with jihadists east of the country. over 5000 of his men were killed. support from egypt, the uae and russia turned the tide in the general's favor. his victory in benghazi could embolden him to set his sights on tripoli. capital has been under the control of the libyan backed government of national community. it is struggling to assert its authority across the country e

until the third week of august seventh as efforts to repeal and replace obamacare and the libyan national army seizes benghazi as the country continues to descend into chaos i'm ed schultz reporting tonight from washington d.c. you're watching r.t. america.

the self—styled libyan national army is saying it's taken full control of the eastern city of benghazi of fighting against islamist militia. in a televised address, its leader khalifa haftar said libya's second city had been liberated. benghazi was taken over by extremist groups, including some pledging allegiance to the so—called islamic state, in 2014. government supporters in venezuela, some of them armed, have been blocking legislators from leaving the national congress in caracas. during a special session to mark the country's independence day, they burst into the building's interior gardens and attacked several members of congress with sticks. will grant reports. this is the venezuelan parliament on independence day. another step on the country's descent into near anarchy as militias carrying sticks and metal bars stormed the national assembly building. at least four lawmakers were injured including the opposition deputy, left bleeding from a head wound. the opposition—led assembly has been under attack politically from the government of president nicolas maduro for months but no

president emmanuel macron, the head of the un—backed government and the leader of the so—called libyan national armynditional ceasefire. huge forest fires in the south—east of france are being fanned by unusually hot, dry and windy weather. the island of corsica, and areas near nice and saint—tropez are badly affected. dozens of homes have been evacuated, some roads and railways temporarily closed. the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard will learn on wednesday if they will be able to take him home to die. having abandoned their fight to keep charlie alive , his mother returned to court to ask that her son be allowed to leave the hospital where he's being cared for. charlie's parents are now pleading for a specialist doctor to come forward and help them. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the legal battle over this desperately sick boy now centres on where and how soon he dies. charlie needs a mechanical ventilator to breathe. he is tube—fed and cannot move. yesterday, his parents gave up theirfight to take him to the united states, and agreed no more treatment could help him. b

the head of the un—backed government and the leader of the so—called libyan national army in eastern brokered by the french president emmanuel macron. australia's best—selling indigenous musician, doctor g yunupingu, has died at the age of forty—six. the family has requested that his image is not be broadcast. the singer, who performed around the world and sold hundreds of thousands of albums, had been in poor health for some time. new research reveals that in less than a0 years, sperm counts have dropped more than half in western countries. doctors say this is a threat to fertility in industrialised countries. no pattern was seen in south america, asia, and africa. huge forest fires in the south—east of france are being fanned by unusually hot, dry and windy weather. the island of corsica, and areas near nice and saint—tropez are badly affected. dozens of homes have been evacuated, some roads and railways remain temporarily closed. the hong kong government has unveiled a controversial proposal to allow a mainland chinese officials to be stationed at a major train terminus as part of

libyan national army has defeated extremists in benghazi libya in general six years after the murder of libyan leader moammar gadhafi. and the white house hence it will make good on president trump's campaign promise to ramp up its use of the pantano bay detention facility in cuba that story and much more coming up right now. it's tuesday july eleventh.

the libyan national army has defeated extremists in benghazi that's according to a libyan general six years after the murder of libyan leader moammar gadhafi. and the white house hence it will make good on president campaign promise to ramp up its use of the one ton of obey detention facility in cuba that story and much more coming up right now. it's tuesday july eleventh five pm in washington d.c. .

general haftar‘s self—styled libyan national army is based in tobruk, to the east.recognise mr sarraj‘s government. but general haftar is leading the battle against islamist militants. recently, he declared victory in benghazi, the country's second city. earlier, i spoke to the bbc world service's middle east editor, sebastian ushe. did today represent a breakthrough? they have met, but they have not signed up to an agreement. so this isa signed up to an agreement. so this is a declaration of intent. it is saying, we will not fight each other any more, we will have a ceasefire between ourselves and concentrate oui’ between ourselves and concentrate our military force against the jihadists, the terrorists, and prepare for elections in 2018. they're rock other elements to the declaration, but it was more the sense these two people who seem to be pulling in different directions, particularly mr haftar, who is the strong man of libya. and is seen as the man who could take over libya entirely. so he is both a promising thread, a promise, but the only person who can do wi

recessed until the third week of august as efforts to repeal and replace obamacare and the libyan national army seizes benghazi as the country continues to descend into chaos i'm ed schultz reporting tonight from washington d.c. you're watching r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight with the media.