back government libya has been riven by violence and division since long time dictator moammar gadhafi was overthrown in two thousand and eleven. general have toilets troops advancing towards the capital tripoli a bold thrust against libya's internationally recognized government commanders of have tossed self-styled libyan national army say their forces have reached the city limits. this is great progress it means we're technically inside tripoli we still have a few checkpoints to secure but the battle will be on the outskirts of the city. ranged against have tossed brigades forces loyal to the government the struggle for power and control of libya's oil began with the full of the dictator moammar gadhafi nearly eight years ago and remains unresolved. the g seven countries which met in france over the weekend are concerned. we spoke about in particular those responsible for the situation in libya in particular about general khalifa haftar. very united in the fear that no further military escalation must occur everyone is working on that through their channels we already spoke about thi

of a renewed civil war libya has been riven by violence and division since long time dictator moammar gadhafi was overthrown in two thousand and eleven. general have to us troops advancing towards the capital tripoli thrust against libya's internationally recognized government commanders of have to self styled libyan national army say their forces have reached the city limits. this is great progress it means we're technically inside tripoli we still have a few checkpoints to secure but the battle will be on the outskirts of the city. ranged against have to brigades forces loyal to the government the struggle for power and control of libya's oil began with the fall of the dictator moammar gadhafi nearly eighty years ago and remains on result. the united nations and neocons calling for an end to the wall mongering the members of the security council expressed their deep concern that military activity. here should pretty which risks libyan stability they call it on any forces to halt all military movement. they also called on all forces to deescalate and halt military activity they can be no mil

army in one thousand nine hundred seven and formed an opposition wing to overthrow vend leader moammar gadhafi three years later he fled to the united states shortly after the national uprising against gadhafi in twenty eleven after our return to libya and a few minutes on r.t. watching the hawks delve further into the general's background. he actually defects from the libyan military and pledges loyalty to the national front for the salvation of libya which is this u.s. cia saudi backed operation that's dedicated and planning to overthrow gadhafi he and his men are literally trained by the cia special activities division which is the cia's paramilitary arm in sabotage and these other guerrilla scales continues to train with the national front for the liberation for the salvation excuse me of libya in rural virginia he's very close to here in anticipation for another libyan coup attempt and are smarter audience members might notice this is quite close to cia headquarters so still having those ties there suddenly in twenty fourteen he's back challenging this u.n. backed libyan government in feb

. >> basically, we've had warring faions in libyaor a year since moammar gadhafi, the former dictator rown and ultimately killed. there is a consolidation of power goi there is a general by e name of kaftar that has controlled the eastern part of libya and the oil i forming there. he is making a move to consolidate the rest of the b country and ttle for tripoli, the capital is on so to speak. i'm getting the s that he'll prevail and that the situation will revert to the way it was when moammar gadhafi was there, a sort of heavy hand force on an otherwise tribally organized country. >> right. >> which i good news fo consumers because the oil will flow. >> it is not flowing for other parts of the country, of the and the whole situation is really exacerbated by the fact that we've had some re issues here at home, correct? we've h w badther in certain places and catastrophes in others. >> right, and sort of e one-two punch is this. you have venezuela imploding cause of what's happeni in that country and its involvement into just zero oil production at some point here. also, too, you have

apparently useful for colonel moammar gadhafi then turned against him before going into exile in the u.s. for 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 launching a military offensive and a pledge to take control of the whole country is often their reassuring promise that security comes politics second. housetop to defeat the government of national accord which is really a sublist or national or an accord with anything but it's called one thing on its side the recognition of the un and the service that seems easy enough international condemnation of nato for half dollars bill says everything gets better it was 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 russian aircraft carrier by going to seventeen italy is backing the other side and the u.s. just pulled out of its soldiers from

airports bases and infrastructure just to name a few with the assistance from those nato bombers moammar gadhafi and at least sixty six of his envoy were murdered and extrajudicial killings seemingly as the west rejoiced the end of khadafi as many consider libya's regime change experiment a success until now former gadhafi loyalists inspected cia operative colleagues far . call a far off car is currently leading a march on tripoli to take control of the government himself his plan to rid the country of militias extremist and armed civilians and general mohammad. spokesman of a spokesperson for told the independent quote any man carrying a weapon in his hand against us is a target if he hands over his weapon or stays at home he will be safe once again a country that has been passed between the hands of colonizing westerners for centuries as being run by a leader is elected by the people but by the very militias and western warmongers who profit from its demise while many in power across the world are calling for more bombs more force and more death as a solution to violence you high representativ

intervening in libya moammar gadhafi has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave . we came we saw. that that's. the way you would get rid of a dictator you would choose freedom. thank you. so here we are one nation two governments and countless fiefdoms gangs militias and sects a grand battle royale with a prize worth fighting for the winner gets one of the biggest oil reserves in the world. or through a store in gerald horn believes nato actions back in twenty eleven directly led to this current situation. general how far will probably ignore the calls for a negotiated political settlement and you may well expect a bloodbath to unfold in tripoli which is quite tragic and quite unfortunate but i'm afraid to say is the inevitable outcome of the ill advised attack by the north atlantic treaty organization speaking of nato led by the united states as a result of this two thousand and eleven overthrow of mr khadafi in tripoli this is led to libya becoming a gateway for migration across the mediterranean from africa generally leading to many people dying in the choppy se

airports bases and infrastructure just to name a few with the assistance from those nato bombers moammar gadhafi and at least sixty six of his envoy were murdered and extrajudicial killings seemingly as the west rejoiced the end of gadhafi as ray many consider libya's regime change experiment a success at. until now former gadhafi loyalists inspected cia operative kali far. how far off the air is currently in a march on tripoli to take control of the government himself his plan to rid the country of militias extremist and armed civilians and general mohammad. spokesman folks person for the independent quote any man carrying a weapon in his hand against us is a target if he hands over his weapon or stays at home he will be say once again a country that has been passed between the hands of colonizing westerners for centuries as being run by leader is elected by the people but by the very militias and western warmongers who profited from its demise while many in power across the world are calling for more bombs more force and more death as a solution to violence high representative for foreign affa

nine military coup that's how the western backing the posed and a bloodless revolution led by moammar gadhafi however that bloodless coup became a blood soaked regime that lasted and to. twenty eleven following the arab spring movements that solve leadership in egypt in tunisia overthrown libya faced much of the same rebel groups fought the libyan government and western forces intervened and by intervene i mean bombed nato led mostly western forces fired over one hundred ten tomahawk missiles they completed nearly twenty six thousand air attacks that destroyed major airports bases and infrastructure just to name a few with the assistance from those nato bombers moammar gadhafi and at least sixty six of his envoy were murdered and extrajudicial killings seemingly as the west rejoiced the end of khadafi as many consider libya's regime change experiment a success until now former gadhafi loyalists and suspected cia operative colleagues far. how far off tar is currently in a march on tripoli to take control of the government himself his plan to rid the country of militias extremist and armed civi

government the struggle for power and control of libya's oil began with the fall of the dictator moammar gadhafi nearly eight years ago and remains unresolved. the g. seven countries which met in france over the weekend are concerned because a lot if we spoke about in particular those responsible for the situation in libya in particular about general khalifa haftar were very united in the fear that no further military escalation must occur everyone is working on that through their channels we already spoke about this in the u.n. security council the situation is extraordinarily disconcerting and we cannot accept further developments particularly military escalation. meanwhile russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met his counterpart in cairo egypt he said also is could be involved in a political solution in libya and blame nato for creating the crisis. we advocate that there should be no unilaterally attempts to appoint guilty persons the reason for the libyan crisis is what nato members did to the country in twenty eleven. since then it has become a destroyed failed state a black hole through

government the struggle for power and control of libya's oil began with the fall of the dictator moammar gadhafi nearly eight years ago and remains unresolved. the united nations in new york is calling for an end to the war mongering the members of the security council expressed deep concern that to military activity. here tripoli which risks libyan stability he called on any forces to halt all military movement. they also called on all forces to deescalate and halt military activity there can be no military solution to the conflict. as government backed militias deployed to defend the capital tripoli the risk of an escalation to all out civil war remains alarmingly high. for more on the situation in libya we're joined by mona hefner news arabic service minor thanks so much for joining us a militia forces commanded by khalifa haftar their adult thing on the capitol hill the u.n. backed government in tripoli has sent out its militias in an attempt to stop them tell us how serious is the situation it is quite serious right now because as we have seen fighting has been ongoing yesterday night aroun

well almost eight years after the fall of moammar gadhafi is regime in libya the country is deeply divided between rival governments the u.n. recognize that ministration led by the prime minister fires out surat is based in tripoli most western nations including the u.s. and italy recognize that tripoli based government catherine turkey they also backs or arge libya has eight eighty billion dollars worth of oil revenues and foreign reserves and that's managed by the tripoli government in the sense the tober based government which backs gadhafi is former general the warlord holly for hafter hafter is backed by egypt saudi arabia and the united arab emirates france and other western nations are also accused of providing military support and indirectly backing after our right let's speak to him fryer now he's here he's an associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute abraham thank you for joining us thank you first of all let's go to these incidents that have involved foreigners for the most part frenchmen with weapons who've been stopped crossing from libya into tunisia wh

it's an escalation of a power struggle that has raged in libya since the fall of the dictator moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven the united nations chief and tonio terrorist was in tripoli today where he held talks trying to avert a new civil war. the road to tripoli. this is general have tells self-styled militia it's substantial and it's moving west in a bid to take the capital. general have to he's now on the move controls the south and the east of the country he set his sights on the libyan capital the united nations' backed government base in tripoli is supported by a range of malicious. in order to defend the city militias that support the un backed government deploying their own troops to fend off general have taught us offensive. but have to who ordered his troops to take the capital on thursday is determined by your loved. heroes the time has come. it is time to advance. as you have always done so that the dog was a farm step towards tripoli and to enter it peacefully what will be said i mean all of them a lot of. the libyans this is another escalation in a long and grit

government the struggle for power and control of libya's oil began with the full of the dictator moammar gadhafi nearly eight years ago and remains unresolved. the g seven countries which met in france over the weekend are concerned. we spoke about in particular those responsible for the situation in libya in particular about general khalifa haftar. very united in the fear that no further military escalation must occur everyone is working on that through their channels we already spoke about this in the u.n. security council the situation is extraordinarily disconcerting and we cannot accept further developments particularly military escalation. as government backed forces deployed to defend the capital tripoli the risk of an escalation to all out civil war remains alarmingly high. now there is some of the other stories making news around the world in sudan protesters converged on army headquarters and the president's residence in the latest demonstration against president omar al bashir thousands marched through the capital khartoum chanting peace justice and freedom opponents claim government

the country has been mired in problems for nearly eight years now ever since longtime dictator moammar gadhafi was toppled from power where libya's gas and oil up for grabs rival militias have struggled to gain control of the country. the overthrow of colonel gadhafi and twenty eleven plunged libya into chaos for four decades he had ruled the country with an iron hand holding together libya's disparate groups including some one hundred forty tribes and clans his death left a power vacuum the government in the capital has limited power even though it's recognized by much of the international community is rivalled by a parallel government in the eastern city of tobruk both of ministrations have parliaments and armed forces adding to the chaos various militias are also fighting for their own regional interests military commander khalifa haftar who's leading the current attack on tripoli is loyal to the administration in tobruk he took part in the twenty eleven uprising against gadhafi and then initially disappeared from the scene but in twenty fourteen he returned taking fighters to the city of b

dozens of militias have fought for control of the oil rich country ever since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi back in twenty a while the. clashes have broken out between migrants and police outside the camp in northern greece hundreds of migrants have gathered at the border to north macedonia in the hope of crossing in travelling further into europe some threw stones at police the police responded with tear gas and. nato. seventy of anniversary this week the alliance remains focused on the threat from russia today nato said yes to new measures countering russia in the black sea region including increased naval cooperation with georgia and ukraine but the appearance of unity masks disagreement on other issues within nato case in point germany's money. family reunions can be false and makes his seventieth anniversary meeting was no exception in washington with ministers from member states gathered round germany played the reticent relative foreign minister hiker mass was in the hot seat as the us press germany to spend more on defense is not the time to repeat tired excuses that our citizens do

paying bribes worth tens of millions of dollars to the government of the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi if found guilty the company faces being blocked from bidding for lucrative canadian government contracts in extraordinary testimony to a parliamentary committee the attorney general said trudeau and his advisors tried to make or accept a plea deal trudeau in his inside circle have said they did nothing wrong they were acting to save a company employing nearly ten thousand canadians opinion polls indicate the scandal is hurting the prime minister's popularity with an election later this year his party will have to take urgent steps to save itself from defeat both the cabinet ministers who resigned say they still support the government possible hint they'd serve another leader someone other than justin trudeau the promise of a few years ago has long gone as canada's prime minister attempts to weather the worst political crisis he's ever faced. well here now to help us explore whether the controversy will prove to be a referendum on both trudeau and the liberal party chris elliott is a c

citizen allegedly trained by the cia during the rule of moammar gadhafi he now has the support of saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt and is also reported to have more than french. despite a u.n. arms embargo. but the fighting intensifying many libyans say a political solution is needed but that can only come if foreign powers stop their covert military support. how does their. funds or more head on the al jazeera news hour including former inmates describe see people. sometimes in bed due to the monster abuse we speak to the men and women who survived torture and abuse in ethiopia's most notorious prison also the aid that's made it into venezuela i will find out if it will get to those who need it it's in sport manchester city have put full focus on the champions league as they stay in the hunt for four major trophies this season peter will be here with more. but first early results from indonesia's presidential election suggest incumbent joker we don't know is on course for a second term with a comfortable lead over his challenger a problem. official results won't be known until may with ba

situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk that's allied to huffed are former u.s. diplomat jim generous police that the current chaos in libya is an inevitable result of the western intervention eight years ago this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in the country and happened in libya in two thousand and eleven this is this is squarely on the doorstep of david cameron nicolas sarkozy and of course hillary clinton barack obama they are the ones that lead this this mary campaign for democracy and the mom early resolution to this where one government or the other brain which is its rival stands to be seen by turn children i don't see anything good happening in this country unfortunately. images of emerge online allegedly showing saudi arabia's first nuclear reactor expos

there were -- they were heavily criticized for intervening and toppling the regime of moammar gadhafino one w wants to send his troos inside libya, the europeans and the neighboring arab countries that don't want to see their soldiers inside libya. it is definitely a complicated situation. brent: we appreciate your insights. now to ukraine where, in an unusual step, both remaining candidates in the election have submitted themselves to blood tests. it was called for by the challenger, the canadian, who wants to know that both he and president poroshenko are medically fit for office. now they will hold a t televised debate as 40 million ukrainians look on rather bemused. >> i'll be waiting for you here at the olympic stadium. the debate will take place here in front of the people of ukraine. all journalists will be able to attend. both candidates must undergo medical tests so ukrainians can be sure that neither of us is an alcoholic or a drug user. this country needs a healthy president. >> there it was, the long-awaited reply. a comedian running scared with tough questions. this would

situation in libya the country's been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are only u.s. diplomat james believes the current chaos in libya is an inevitable result of the blast and intervention eight years ago. this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in the country and happened in libya in two thousand and eleven this is this is squarely on the doorstep of david cameron nicolas sarkozy and of course hillary clinton barack obama they were the ones that led this this merry campaign for democracy and democracy for the libyan people and once it got them but years of chaos years of killing years of civil war this is simply the latest round in it whether we will see some early resolution to those where one government or the other frank which is its rival stands to be seen but until then i

stabibility and crushed isislamist influence he was one of the soldiers who helped colonelel moammar gadhafi seize power from king address in in 1959.g idris gadhafi gave e him command of rces in chad. his capture their saw him disowned. states, in the united he worked with the cia t to tryo get rid d of gadhafi. haftar return to libya dururing the 202011 uprising, siding with the islamists, , and came center stagthree yeaears later, when he tookok on islamistst groups thad taken controof part of eastern libya. he is ideologically close to egypt's abdul fattah asisi, and has gained support in the west for his antnti-islamist ance,s, including -- st including from france. his opopponents see him as a potential dictator in the gaddafi mode. his oppoponents say whatever hahappens inin the battle e for tripoli, he has become the key player in libya. genie: 25 years aftfter the stat of rwanda's genocide, the president says the country is rebuilding with hope. paul could go me made e -- paul kagami madade those comments in two golly. people f from the suits the tsiority and -- the tu atha wereend

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situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are russia's foreign minister said all sides should come down and start talking. to refrain from pointing the finger regarding the latest escalation in libya but the reason for the current crisis in libya is nato intervention in two thousand and eleven and since then it's become a failure to the negotiating table former u.s. diplomat jim john believes the current chaos in libya is a result of the western intervention from eight years ago. this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in the country and happened in libya in two thousand and eleven this is this is squarely on the doorstep david cameron nicolas sarkozy and of course hillary clinton barack obama they are the ones that lead this is mary campaign for dem