the demands of the libyan national army holds its offensive against the internationally back to tripoli government and intervals france blocked the first draft amid its economic interests in the east of the country. a good evening to you this is r.t. international. says the arrest of the wiki leaks co-founder julian assange at london's ecuadorian embassy on thursday the focus just turned to his potential extradition to the united states that's because for years the silence was at the helm of a website which revealed damaging classified information about washington and its intelligence services. morgan has more on how the rest is being perceived on the other side of the atlantic. there have been a number of voices that have spoken up against the possible extradition of julian assad is warning about the impact it could have on civil liberties now among those voices was a congresswoman from a hole why a name is tossing gabbert and in addition to being a congresswoman she is also a presidential contender and twenty twenty she spoke up saying that the possible chill effect and impact on amer

libya fighting is continuing in and near the capital tripoli between the self-proclaimed libyan national army and forces loyal to the u.n. backed government. the video released on the facebook page of the libyan national army reportedly shows the latest round of combat between forces loyal to general lee for hafter and the government troops at least seventy five people have been killed and more than three hundred twenty wounded in the last ten days that's according to the world health organization he used top diplomat meanwhile has demanded that general haft are told his drive to seize the capital city. the military attack launched by the enemy on tripoli and the subsequent escalation in and around the capital armed dangerous civilians including migrants and refugees and disrupting un led political process with the risk of serious consequences for libya and the wider region including the terrorist threat the lotto seems to be spread over the issue france reportedly rejected an early e.u. statement calling on the leader of the libyan national army to pull back his troops paris has oil assets i

on the demands the libyan national army hold its offensive against the internationally but tripoli government to mid reports that france blocked the first draft amid its economic interests in the east of the country. on r.t. internet. since the arrest of the wiki leaks co-founder julian assange on shit london's ecuadorian embassy on thursday the focus has turned to his potential extradition to the united states because for years the songs was at the helm of a website that revealed damaging classified information about washington spoken up against the possible extradition of julian assange warning about the impact it could have on civil liberties now among those voices was a congresswoman from a hole why a name is tall seen gabber and in addition to being a congresswoman she is also a presidential contender in twenty twenty. she spoke up saying that the possible chill effect and impact on american civil liberties from this case would not be small this is a threat to journalists but it's also something that threatens every american because the message that we're getting that the american people

currently forces from the self—styled libyan national army under general haftar are advancing on theovernment in the capital. ramzan karmali reports. he was meant to find a solution to an escalating problem, but the un secretary general‘s mission to tripoli appears to have failed for now. the united nations remain available to facilitate any political solution able to unify the libyan institutions. libyans deserve peace, security, prosperity and the respect of the human rights. he was therefore talks with general khalifa haftar from the salt styled libyan national army, but they broke down. —— self—styled. khalifa haftar‘s trips are under orders to get to tripoli in order to overthrow the internationally recognised government. in fact, there were some reports they had moved further north coming as close as a0 kilometres from tripoli, by taking the village of suq al—khamis. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gadhafi, libya has experienced violence and division, as various groups try to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is the national unity government, led by the

general haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi.e oilfields. the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to intervene, but have ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. now to hear rather which is trying to with some of the worst flooding in decades. the number of sounds and villages are being evacuated and disaster agencies are struggling to cope and at least 70 people have lost their lives. one of the worst affected areas is khuzestan province, in the south west. and now neighbouring iraq has closed one of its border crossings with iran due to the flooding. adam hancock reports. after three weeks of unprecedented rainfall and, with more bad weather forecast, six more towns and cities are being evacuated in the south—west of iran. people living alongside the swollen karkheh river are currently most at risk. and those forced from their homes wil

under the prime minister, fayez al—sarraj, which has struggled to assert control, or the rebel libyan national armyd by general khalifa haftar. since thursday, it has advanced on the capital, tripoli. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. this is a battle fought largely by pick—up truck, makeshift armoured vehicles jamming the routes in and out of tripoli. these belong to militias loyal to the government of national accord, that's backed by the united nations. and they're rushing to defend the capital. a government spokesman insisted they had slowed the advance of rebel forces. translation: on this day, the libyan armed forces declare the launch of the operation, volcano of anger, to purge all libyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces.

and his self-proclaimed libyan national army. apparently fought for colonel moammar gadhafi and then turned against him before going into exile in the u.s. but twenty years in langley virginia where the cia is based. how is that significant seriously i am trying to record something here. where was i after is no launched a military offensive and the place to take control of the whole country is off with their reassuring promise that security comes just as politics second. housetop wants to defeat the government of national accord which is really a selfless or national or in accord with anything but it's got one thing on its side the recognition that the us is the service that seems easy enough international condemnation of nato for half dollars bill says everything gets better it works every time the plan has everyone's best the oil interests up top. so while the u.n. officially recognizes the tripoli government the french egypt and the saudis have been funding and backing general ham who also got a personalized guided tour of a r

forces from the self—proclaimed libyan national army are advancing on the capital.n the border. he has praised mexico for stepping up he has praised mexico for stepping up security in recent days but left over “— up security in recent days but left over —— left open the possibility of car tariffs if the flow of drugs is not stopped within a year. british prime minister theresa may has asked the eu for a further delay in the brexit process until 30 june. the eu has responded coolly, asking for more clarity. all 27 leaders would need to agree the move.

he was there for talks with general khalifa haftar from the self—styled libyan national army, but theyke down. khalifa haftar‘s troops are under orders to get to tripoli in order to overthrow the internationally recognised government. in fact, there were some reports they had moved further north, coming as close as a0 kilometres from tripoli, by taking the village of suq al—khamis. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division, as various groups try to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is the national unity government, led by prime minister fayez al—sarraj. he has urged militias to defend tripoli. in the east of the country, based in benghazi, is the libyan national army, backed by egypt and the uae. but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation, and fear any conflict will propel the country back into a state of chaos. jonathan winer is a former us special envoy for libya and currently a scholar at the middle east institute. jonathan, thank you for joining east institute. jonathan,

or the rebel libyan national army.g fears of an all out warm. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. this is a battle fought largely by pick—up truck. makeshift armoured vehicles jamming the routes in and out of tripoli. these belong to militias loyal to the government of national accord that is backed by the united nations. they are rushing to defend the capital. a government spokesman insisted they had slowed the advance of rival forces from the east. translation: on this day, the libyan armed forces declare the launch of the operation volcano of anger to purge all libyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces. these are the aggressive forces he is talking about, from the so—called libyan national army, the loose alliance of armed groups that controlled much of the east and south of libya, here preparing for battle at their benghazi headquarters. today, as these forces continue to head west, there were clashes reported to the south of tripoli, particularly around the disused international airport.

supporting it on the libyan national army at the reactors side we have beecher we have saudi arabia now you have united arab emirates france to some degree russia a certain degree of supporting outside so it's very complex situation where both sides. calling on the other side terrorists i'm not so it is all in how you define terrorism i guess wrong precinct john good to speak with. you thank you very much. since have begun voting in a three day referendum that could open a door to president abdul fattah his sisi staying in office until twenty thirty voters are also deciding on whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and to expand the role of the military.

throwback to the days of dictatorship and total terror and rule general have to up and his libyan national army on a roll storming toward the capital tripoli in the desperate g.m.a. have ordered their armies meaning the various islamist and militia groups that supported the counterattack on all fronts they've given this last stand the name the volcano of rage it's chaos worse both sides a pounding each other with airstrikes and the u.n. is panicking. and the heavy heart. i still hope would be possible for its bloody station in and i don't believe it's entirely possible that things will spiral out of all control the united states for one is already preparing for just that we will continue to monitor conditions on the ground and assess the feasibility for a renewed u.s. military presence i was appropriate it appears they have a plan and they have the aces u.s. military presence is an axe hanging over libya at the drop of a had they can intervene again trouble is the last time they had a plan it ended in disaster turned libya into a failed state so here we are. one nation two governments and count

that they think will protect their interests ironically enough dismount those leading the libyan national army is a former gadhafi goalie or a tool down and got disagreed with him and left the country for us in several years this man is just as a reliable as any other military dictator i mean it just shows that when it go really comes down to democracy human rights and so on he's just irrelevant. now the new german media outlets and politicians are branded on the country's justice minister after she gave an interview to r.t. deutsche in her seven minute appearance katherina barley touched on a number of issues concerning europe including germany's ties with russia peter all of the reports now from berkeley. well the german justice minister catherine of bali is found herself in hot water according to some lost on the political sea according to others it's scary to see how you can completely lose your political compas in no time well what heinous act did she commit she spoke to the media or as some would have you believe the wrong type of media this is all come about after ms bali gave an interv

statement and called on the leader of the libyan national army to pull back his troops all assets in the east of the country and have been providing military help to have to italy has criticized france's stance. it would be very serious of france for economic and commercial reasons had blocked an e.u. initiative to bring peace to libya and would support a party that is fighting as minister of the interior i would not stand by and watch something that the two thousand and eleven nato led military intervention in libya promoted by then french president nicolas sarkozy was triggered by a konami can commercial interests than what humanitarian concerns former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament load of a news thinks that the split in the e.u. over libya is linked to the geopolitical interests of its members. about your political a position of france and italy in a lesson manner brown's was the one country don't start of the war on libya in the first place for the same reason that there were there when they do not supporting the guy that they think will protect their interests ironica

but as the so called libyan national army presses on towards the capital, who, if anyone, is listening? israel's elections: the candidates, the issues and the implications for the middle east. and brexit: life on a knife edge may be beginning to feel like the new normal for westminster politics but this week the decisions move to europe. my guests today are janet daley of the sunday telegraph, middle east commentator rachel shabi, bernard purcell who edits the irish world and american writerjef mcallister. thank you to you all. there is a united nations backed government in tripoli, there is a united nations security council backed government in tripoli, but for how much longer? a rebel army is marching on the libyan capital, deaf to pleas from the visiting secretary general of the un last week and defying the wishes of the wider international community. since the uprising that toppled muammar gaddafi in 2011, libya has been wracked by civil war. antonio gutteres had hoped to bring all sides together this month for a un backed conference to plan national elections. but at the head of t

general haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi.e oilfields. the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to intervene, but have ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. opposing rallies have once again been held in venezuela after weeks of power cuts and limited access to water. tens of thousands of supporters of the opposition leader, juan guaido, gathered in the capital caracas on saturday — dismissing suggestions their protest was losing momentum. elsewhere in the city president nicolas maduro also held a rally with a crowd of regime supporters. will grant sent this update from caracas. it has been another day of protests and counter—protests here in venezuela. the first was led byjuan guaido, the opposition leader and self—declared interim president. he urged his supporters to come onto the streets to protest against the deteriorating state

general haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi.the oilfields. the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to intervene, but have ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. hundreds of people have been protesting in central london against brunei's strict new laws on homosexuality. protestors gathered outside the dorchester hotel, which is owned by the brunei investment agency. brunei has increased the punishment for sex between gay men to stoning to death, while lesbian sex will be punished by a0 lashes or ten years injail. jon ironmonger reports. many protests start at the dorchester but this time it is the target and this time there is a barrier. around 200 demonstrators surrounded the five—star hotel, this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business, one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he has

that they think will protect their interests ironically enough dismount those leading the libyan national army is a former gadhafi goalie or a tool down of god disagreed with him and left the country for us and several years this man is just as the reliable as any other military dictator i mean it just shows that when it goes really comes down to democracy human rights and so on he's just irrelevant the german justice minister is under fire after giving an interview to r.t. deutsch what she said after the break. tea's holiday international memorial awards twenty nineteen are now open for entries the media professionals are eligible whether you're a freelance journalist to work for alternative media or part of a global news conference to participate send us your published works in video rich and. go to war dot com t. dot com and then to now. make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous. be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. welcome back german media and politicians have rounded on the country's justice minister aft

these are the aggressive forces he's talking about, from the so—called libyan national army — the loose of the east and south of libya — here preparing for battle at their benghazi headquarters. today, as these forces continue to head west, there were clashes south of tripoli, particularly around the disused international airport. and there were also reports of air strikes by both sides. the un mission in libya called for a short truce to evacuate civilians, but was ignored. the government said 21 people have been killed and 27 wounded. so, why does the crisis in libya matter? well, ever since western forces helped depose colonel gaddafi in 2011, libya has been gripped by violence and political instability. the un has attempted to broker a political deal between general haftar and prime minister sarraj, but so far, it's failed, and the fear among western governments is that full—blown civil war could mean libya once again becomes a source of migration and extremism on europe's southern flank. haftar clearly believes that there's a military solution to this conflict. he believes that if

combination and sanctions he seems to get away scot free don't you remember that after the libyan national army by their own admission not very libyan army sudanese darker and rebels a full partner of the last couple of years it's not national because it's in different parts of the country and gets quiet going and goes missing and it's not an army considering the fact that most of the militias drives criminal elements and brigade that he sent to tripoli they want to six brigade man by his own son according to the u.n. panel of experts was investigated looking at the central bank is that libya with almost a quarter of a billion dollars in cash now this sounds like the kind of ensuring stability that has been mentioned in the phone call the other hand with with cross the trucks and again it's not only smoke and mirrors that lameduck legal it's also meant to label this libyan national army as the biggest myth to believe the latter but how they're going to ensure or bring into your increases ability in order. to tripoli he's mobile it's tens of thousands of people of fighting age across western lib

all the rebel libyan national army, led by general haftar.rsday the rebels who advanced on tripoli and 90 fears ofan who advanced on tripoli and 90 fears of an all—out warm. since thursday, the rebels have advanced on the capital tripoli, igniting fears of an all out war. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. this is a battle fought largely by pick—up truck. makeshift armoured vehicles jamming the routes in and out of tripoli. these belong to militias loyal to the government of national accord that is backed by the united nations. they are rushing to defend the capital. a government spokesman insisted they had slowed the advance of rival forces from the east. translation: on this day, the libyan armed forces declare the launch of the operation volcano of anger to purge all libyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces. these are the aggressive forces he is talking about, from the so—called libyan national army, the loose alliance of armed groups that controlled much of the east and south of libya, here preparing for battle

general haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi.l the oilfields. the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to intervene, but have ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. earlier i asked ahmed sewehli an activist for a democratic libya whether he anticipated more violence as general haftar‘s forces advance on tripoli. unfortunately, i think so. over the past two or three days we have seen attacks from various fronts by haftar‘s militias. haftar has given the order to attack tripoli. however we have seen that the forces loyal to the internationally recognised government in tripoli have repelled a number of attacks and already we're seeing haftar being defeated in a number of locations around tripoli. including tripoli airport where some of his extremist militias have been captured and that is a big blow to haftar. you say a blow to haftar, is t

the general and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi, they led by the un undersecretary general antonio gutierrez has tried to intervene but ultimately failed. it consists of a planned conference on possible new elections will still go ahead, however un troops too have been placed on high alert. kensington palace has disclosed that prince william has spent the past three weeks working with britain's three security and intelligence agencies. i wonder how much hands on stuff he actually did! he described his experiences at m15, m16, and gchq as humbling and said he'd gained an appreciation of the difficult and dangerous work being done on the country's behalf. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. william has carried out his public engagements as normal in the past three weeks, but he's been keeping a secret. by day, he has been spending time inside the closed world of britain's intelligence and security organisations. he had evidently been keen to see their work at first hand and, most unusually, the future king was permitted to

he was there for talks with general khalifa haftar from the self—styled libyan national army, but theyown. general haftar‘s troops are under orders to get to tripoli in order to overthrow the internationally recognised government. translation: this is considered a great achievement and progress towards tripoli. it means that we are technically inside tripoli. we still have a future wants to secure, and when i say that we have entered these villages, this means that the battle tomorrow will be on the outskirts of the city. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division, as various groups try to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is the national unity government, led by prime minister fayez al—sarraj. he has urged militias to defend tripoli. in the east of the country, based in benghazi, is the libyan national army, backed by egypt and the uae. but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation, and fear any conflict will propel the country back into a state of chaos. donald trump is visiti

general haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi, theyecretary general antonio gutierrez has tried to intervene but ultimately failed. it consists of a planned conference on possible new elections will still go ahead, however un troops too have been placed on high alert. thousands of demonstrators across sudan have ta ken thousands of demonstrators across sudan have taken part in what appears to be the biggest series of rallies against the country? president since protests began in december. in the country's capital, khartoum, demonstrators reached the army headquarters for the first time. the building lies close to the presidential compound.security forces used tear gas and made several arrests. so far, the army has not intervened in the protests. kensington palace has disclosed that prince william has spent the past three weeks working with britain's three security and intelligence agencies. he described his experiences at m15, m16 and gchq as humbling and said he'd gained an appreciation of the difficult and dangerous work being done o

nations and based in the libyan capital tripoli. but last week, general khalifa have to do, head of the libyan national army, launched an offensive tory. yet again, this is another dangerous moment for libya. the uk has wholeheartedly supported the un's tireless work to prepare under its own action plan, due to take place on libya on the 14th of this month. the uk has warned that any libyan national army advance on tripoli would be catastrophic for this medical and dental —— diplomatic process and risks it is spread to more widespread violence. this scenario appears to be developing. he says the general has no sign of halting his advance. committing unashamedly to the un led initiative and political protest. there is still time to prevent further violence and find a solution. opposition mps said the lessons of iraq hadn't been learned in libya. the uk has a special, after the overthrow of colonel gaddafi, the uk hasjoined the list of fragile states around the list of fragile states around the world and is the people of libya who suffer the most. my concern is that the lessons of the raack were clearly not learned in libya with this

but at the head of the self proclaimed libyan national army, khalifa haftar seems to have other plansis it that libya is still such a wreck so many years after the fall of gaddafi? you have to go to the ritz. gaddafi? you have to go to the ritz. gaddafi is not something you can get over so quickly. —— you have to go

these are the aggressive forces he is talking about, from the so—called libyan national army, the loosee preparing for battle at their headquarters. today, as these forces continue to head west, there were clashes reported to the south of tripoli, particularly around the disused international airport. the un mission in libya made an urgent appeal for a truce to evacuate civilians. the government said 21 people had been killed and 27 wounded. some countries are now acting to protect their nationals. these unverified pictures appear to show the united states evacuating some of its forces by hovercraft. the fear of western governments is that if libya descends into full—blown civil war, the country could once again become a source of migration and extremism. the un is still hoping for political talks next week, but few expect the fighting to end soon. commemorations are taking place in rwanda on the 25th anniversary of the genocide in which 800,000 people we re the genocide in which 800,000 people were killed, a tenth of the entire population. the president, paul kagame, who led a rebel ar

came as the libyan national army led by a belief i have to slow down its advance on tripoli at least two hundred sixty four people have been killed and thousands more injured since the fighting broke out. early in the year with as i was the task i've been charged with despite its difficulty is to return to negotiations i call for a peaceful solution to stop the war for the reunification of the libyans on a unified resolution to save their country whatever the work of the international community it will need a special libyan will to stop the war. egypt is hosting two emergency meetings of african leaders to discuss fighting in libya and the political unrest in sudan a coalition of political parties that has suspended talks with the military council for failing to transfer power to a civilian authority mohamed vall has more now from khartoum. women have been i thought the forefront of the march for change in recognition of their old female protesters now the nickname and back it named after the fabled movie queen known for her courage well the little guy named lady that you have lived

pause in the fighting in southern tripoli to evacuate the injured but half the self-styled libyan national army kept up its offensive even deploying more troops from its base in benghazi both sides launched as strikes on each other as the un backed government in the capital tried to stop half dozen violence towards the city center tripoli's government says twenty one people have been killed in the offensive so far mahmoud abdel wide reports now from tripoli. and tripoli government moved trucks mounted with machine guns does the libyan capital on the. orders to stop war militarily for have to advance on tripoli a lot of them there we call on those brainwashed and radicalized to lay down their arms we will not allow the you wanted to return to roll libya will be a civil state and our pledge will be to the homeland and god we announced the launch of the volcano of wrath in order to restore the seized areas. have to his assault began last week and so far his forces say they have seized some areas around the south of the capital. saturday the sand they taking over the old aid port but were pushed ou

in the east of the country, based in benghazi, is the libyan national army.d arab emirates. but the united arab emirates along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation and fear any conflict will propel the country back to a state of chaos. a soldier who walked towards a bomb left on an underground train has been awarded the queen commendation for bravery. lieutenant colonel craig palmer was travelling to work when the device partially exploded a few carriages away at parsons green station. a fireball swept through the tube train injuring more than 50 people. he took photographs of the smouldering bomb before contacting the police. we can hear from we can hearfrom lieutenant we can hear from lieutenant colonel palmer himself now. he is in our newsroom in salford. good morning to you. first, congratulations on being commended in this way stop the second thing is to ask why walk towards it? thank you for your kind words. i have asked myself that a couple of times, why did i do it? i did not ask to be on the train that day. but i was,