melia melia was. a bigger pardon me was detained this morning a day after a new government came into power the court gave an order on his arrest after he refused to pay the bail he was released on bail in november after he was can. victim of inciting violence during protests back in 2019 however his supporters claim the case against him is purely political these are live pictures then coming from the policing of those protests. a un report due to be published next month is expected to accuse the top u.s. private military firm of illegally sending fighters and arms to the libyan warlord party america's alex model of its reports now on the notorious company called blackwater which is since been renamed academy. it's been called a hit and run military campaign in 2011 a nato led regime change operation helped dismantle libya's government leading to the brutal killing of the country's leader moammar gadhafi after that many say the country was abandoned by the western military coalition dividing libya and

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quit because of the plan to arrest the melia and on tuesday melia was arrested accused of inciting violence in june 2019 in the street protests then opened forrester walker reports now from tbilisi. surrounding the headquarters of george's largest opposition party police carried out a special operation to breach the building. was opposition supporters resisted but officers soon overwhelmed them taking the camillia the leader of the united national movement into custody. last week georgia's prime minister resigned citing concerns about clamping down on the opposition his successor appointed on monday was quick to take a hard line position to throw. god over them i sincerely thank the entire police force for protecting the dignity of our state the stability of our state and once again reminding everyone that we are a state governed by the rule of law which we want someone to live with and i'm sure many here is accused of leading antigovernment protests that turned violent in the summer of 2019 but the opposition says his arrest is politically motivated an attack on a democracy with western as

melia is a criminal. | he has previous convictions. this is the second case in connection with which the police arrested him as a result of a highly professional special operation. the arrest of nika melia is boycotting the parliament in protest against last year's election which they say was fraudulent. the country's international partners have urged dialogue. the keywords for today more than ever is about de—escalation and about coming back to negotiations, trying to diffuse the current tensions which we find very concerning. the opposition has pledged to return to the streets until their leader is released and the government agrees to hold fresh elections. rayhan demytrie, bbc news, tbilisi. one of the three men accused of murdering the maltese journalist daphne caruana galizia has been sentenced to 15 years in jail, after suddenly changing his plea to guilty. vincent muscat admitted involvement in the car bombing which killed the investigative reporter. a prominent maltese businessman, yorgen fenech, is currently awaiting trial for planning the assassination. russell trott reports. her determination to shine a light on the world of the rich and powerful in malta made her name as a p

melia is a criminal. | he has previous convictions. this is the second case in connection with which the police arrested him as a result of a highly professional special operation. the arrest of nika meliaoycotting the parliament in protest against last year's election which they say was fraudulent. the country's international partners have urged dialogue. the keywords for today more than ever is about de—escalation and about coming back to negotiations, trying to diffuse the current tensions which we find very concerning. the opposition has pledged to return to the streets until their leader is released and the government agrees to hold fresh elections. rayhan demytrie, bbc news, tbilisi. the body of the italian ambassador to the democratic republic of congo who was killed in a botched kidnapping attempt on monday, has been flown back to rome. luca attanasio, his italian bodyguard and a local driver were killed in an ambush on a united nations food convoy in the east of the country. an italian military plane at rome's ciampino airport carrying the two coffins, and draped in the national flag, was met by the prime minister. japan's newly appointed 0lympic chief says tokyo is pressing ah

melia... shouting. ..who had been seeking shelter inside the party headquarters for the past seven days. crowds gathered in central tbilisi to protest the arrest of mr melia. charges against the opposition politician relate to his role in anti—government protests two years ago. last week, parliament stripped him of his political immunity and an arrest warrant was issued. but an unexpected decision by prime minister giorgi gakharia to resign over the matter had temporarily put mr melia'sminister last week, he said was aimed at easing tensions in the country, however, the decision by his successor to push ahead with this arrest may have made things worse. the new prime minister praised the police for carrying out the special operation. translation: nika melia is a criminal. | he has previous convictions. this is the second case in connection with which the police arrested him as a result of a highly professional special operation. the arrest of nika melia comes at a time of deepening political crisis. georgia's opposition is boycotting the parliament in protest against last year's election which they say was fraudulent. the country's international partners have urged dialogue. the keywords for today more than ever is about de—escalation and about coming back to negotiations, trying to diffuse the current tensions which we find very concerning. the opposition has pledged to return to the streets until their leader is released and the government agrees to hold fresh elec

its leader and you can melia is demanding new elections after last year's disputed parliamentary polls georgia's prime minister resigned last week in protest over plans to arrest melia saying it would make the place of crisis worse. facebook has announced it will restore news content to its users in australia the decision comes after the government agreed to amend legislation that would make tech giants pay for straight news content at the moment all is truly news pages are blogs from sharing material on facebook today with headlines got more news coming up here on al-jazeera right after which i fully. understand the different cities and similarities of cultures across the wound. center. and current affairs that matter to. deny. meet a friend of mine who are losing because. all they are going to. put on a blue staff so i'm launching the last. human intervention we're going up hearing us and. them after all dignity office. all of that. education bill you all see it go. for maine's football kosong make social media activist we. slowly. got rid of a muscle so in the last 50 years one of. the social media websites and it will be a $1000000.00 bill again when good or lak

melia who chairs georgia's largest opposition party is surrounded by friends supporters and the media he's under siege inside the offices of his united national movement. earlier on thursday police arrived with a warrant for mr melia's arrest but his supporters did not let them inside. mr mariya is under criminal investigation for his role in violence and the government protests in $29.00 t. . he and the rest of the georgian opposition have since then refused to recognize the results of elections last october which they claim were fraudulent. he says he's now being punished for boycotting parliament i don't think that the position of where i. was privy rule where there were 0. i've learned to respect. the regime. announced on thursday he was standing down as prime minister because he believed arresting the opposition leader would deepen the country's political crisis cimi my absolutely unshakable position is that it's unacceptable to lawfully enforce measures against a particular person if it in dangerous health life or risks further political tensions in our country supporters of the opposition united national movement had gathered outside the party headquarters to show their support for nick a man they even triple parked in the car park to stop any attempt by the security services to get close to the building but in the end it was the prime minister's resignation that gave mr melia a reprieve. was the governing party was quick to nominate a defense minister iraq. as the next prime minister he has promised to restore order but nick america and the opposition believe only snap elections will solve this country's political deadlock robin for a steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi. canada and the united kingdom are the latest nations to announce sanctions against myanmar as ruling generals as international pressure builds 2 and a half weeks after their military coup but the nation's military government is showing no signs of backing down in the face of mass demonstrations thousands have protested for the 13th straight day with security forces firing water cannon in the capital night bitter and the united nations estimates 3 quarters of myanmar's civil servants are now on strike thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona for a 3rd mind calling for police to release the rapper public hostle demonstrators set fire to barricades and threw stones at police

of ni-cad melia detaining him has been demanding new elections after last year's disputed parliamentary polls georgia's prime minister resigned last week in protest against plans to arrest melia saying it would make the political crisis worse robin force a walker joins us now from the protests in tbilisi saw some big crowds behind you i see robin to denounce the arrest of a at tell us about what's been happening. clearly there was a lot of the released a small area outside the prime minister's office. here through the parliament on the main streets in tbilisi. and i think there will be more people to write in. our heads to their more listening to their is a line of course you have reading so i think a lot of the some people will be concerned obviously about coming out because they could be heavy fines since stay happy on a curfew that's basically the opposition is very angry about what's happening and i think they also have. a great deal of me in the international community the western diplomatic immunity have been working very hard to try to. slowly complement. political forces in. the government. elections are not certain which the opposition says were. all of those 3 georg