the blast targeted the funeral of a former military commander aligned with the former libyan leader muammarhead of libyan special forces was attending the funeral , but was unharmed. we have more from tripoli. very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit, which are under control of the warlord. was a funeralthis held for a former of the special forces units, and he worked under the former regime of muammar gaddafi, but in that cemetery, there were military units, including special units forces individuals, including the current commander, the major general. we know these explosions could be used as a pretext to push the special forces individual to join the military campaign to seize tripoli. especially we know many special forces individuals, including the current commander, they refused to join the military campaign to move on tripoli. we also know that medical sources say that the number of victims could rise, especially those who have been in critical condition. >> the ruling military counsel in sudan says it has foiled a military coup and arrested 16 officers, including th

despite inststability sincnce an uprising toppled muammar made it aibya has place of traffic.hat happened in the early hours is murky. thank you for coming into talk to us. what have they been telling you about what happened. >> they said there were more than 160 people sleeping inside that room. they are not agreeing with the numbers earlier today. >> give us a bigger picture about the situation for m migras . there are lots around the country. they havave not been able to get outs. why not? were stopped by libyan coast guards. they are stopped and brorought tok inland and distributed centers scattered all over the country. the worst are those in trtripol. so far, the centers were targeted several times. sign -- thesecond second time the same cenenter ws targeted. the libyans sometimes say this. nothing is happening for these people. >> what do we know about who carried out this attack? likely they are responsible and do you think they were hit by mistake? accusingvernment is him, he is accusing the government. what i read before i went inside saidtudio,o, a spokesperson the

commission and then pays a leave a debate what to do with profits made from the assets of libyan leader muammar gadhafi. hello there good morning just go 9 o'clock here in moscow the watching international.

people smuggling flourished after the fall of muammar gaddafi 8 years ago. hundreds o in the hope of making it to europe. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. as the war continues, the risk increases, and libya little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. laura: for more on the situation in libya, i spoke earlier with a senior fellow at the carnegiete endowment for ational peace. you are just back from libya. what is this strike on the migrant center telling us about the state of the conflict there? >> this is a three-month war that has a tremendous effect on orndous effect on tripoli's civilian population. we are talking massive numbers of casualties, over 700 dead, thousands of families displaced. the front lines are very close to populated areasre when i was t saw airstrikes on civilian homes. these migrant centers are right in the firing line. in some sense this is shocking, but it is also predictable. laura: who has the upper hand at the moment? isra it gehaftar? >> general hafta laun

well libya's been torn apart by conflict since longtime ruler muammar gadhafi was overthrown in 2011 is divided between warring militia groups which mostly back to rival governments the un recognized administration lands by prime minister fires also raj is based in tripoli it's supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east there's the brute based governments the center of power for warlord the have there he's backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the united arab emirates and france is also accused of providing military support to his forces while turkey's president richard tayyip erdogan has been hosting the tripoli government's prime minister fires also raj in istanbul to reiterate his supports he calls again after and his forces to pull back from the libyan capital well let's stay with this william lawrence is a professor at stores washington university's elliott school of international affairs he joins me now from providence rhode island and 1st of all what do

take any measures that exacerbated well libya has been torn apart by conflicts since long time ruler muammar gadhafi was overthrown in 2011 it's divided between warring militia groups which will slip back to why the governments the un recognized administration led spy prime minister fire as all sides is based in tripoli it's supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is why it's the fighting near tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east there is the brute base governments the center of power for warlords the have to is backed by egypt sent him away bia russia and the united arab emirates france is also accused of providing military support to his forces but ronald bruce and john nice to serve on the atlantic council working group on libya he dents have to will consider a ceasefire what is changing the last. since the beginning of the year is that after has not only consolidated his bar position in the eastern part of the gun true but he moved south and then suffered worse than the north and has largely occupy a good chunk of libya i'm not

debate what to do with profits made from the assets of am stood libyan leader muammar gadhafi. hello there good morning just go 9 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international 14 people have been killed in a fire on a deep sea submersible in russia's north west 7 of the victims were high ranking navy officers and so you had been honored with the country's highest decoration hero of the russian federation president vladimir putin has offered his condolences to the families of those who died. some of the 14 to 7 or top rank captains who are heroes of russia this is a big loss for the fleet our 1st sincere condolences to the families of the deceased everything must be done to help and support them and that was at his emergency meeting with the country's defense minister said again a show ago following this truly tragic incident and that is what a minister sure who had to say about what happened there let's take a listen. but if that's the result of the examination and rushes to retore that was of scientific research. who died of the combustion products poisoning due to

of libyan leader muammar gadhafi and after 3 days of wrangling disagree on he will get the brocks top jobs nominating a woman for the 1st time to head the european commission. good afternoon welcome you're watching international now 14 people have been.

s are debating what to do with frozen funds in the accounts of ousted libyan leader muammar gaddafi hala boyko has more. if you run a business say one of these offices or shop before 2011 then your landlord what do you mean one colonel gaddafi he like to be known as the king of kings and his big bank reflected that before his downfall and death in 2011 exactly as libyan investment authority had amassed some 12000000000 pounds worth of assets in the u.k. alone among them in portland house on london's oxford street the 2011 un backed libyan intervention came with a un backed libyan asset freeze 2 that meant that any libyan accounts in the u.k. were frozen and according to a report by a government committee the u.k. tax man could be scooping tax from those frozen assets the government said make did that its own $17000000.00 pounds in tax on the frozen libyan assets in the process 3 years h.-m. revenue and customs that the tax man here won't reveal any more than mt and now some british politicians want that tax revenue to be put to good use the deputy head of the of the nihilists deano he pr

more now on our top story and that's libya which has been in chaos since the long time the ruler muammar gadhafi was overthrown in 2011 it is divided between warring militia groups which mostly back to rival governments the un recognized administration led by prime minister fayyad is based in tripoli it's supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean and in the east the based government the center of power for war . he's backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the united arab emirates france is also accused of providing military support to his forces. is a senior fellow at john hopkins university foreign policy institute and he says the un's failure to take action against terror sets a dangerous precedent for the region. it doesn't look like the united nation is going to do anything beyond issuing under nation which is quite sad given that what's happening in libya. very serious and dangerous precedent globally i mean the united nation is basically telling a warlord who's been tryi

. >> reporter: and a lot of this turmoil was ugrt of bro on by the ouste of muammar gadhafi, an allied coalition led by the united states. u what's tted states' role been since then in trying to stabilize libya? >> unfortunately, hands off.r afhat 2011 revolution and the n.a.t.o. intervention, president obama really, you know, took a uck seat for.s. policy. he believed the europeans and the united nations should takead the le in stabilizing this country and, unfortunately, it's been hanff ever since. we've had a very ambivalent policy about this recent conflict, although president trump has publicly ardorsed general heftar's effort, but i'm g libyans would like more united states i diplomatvolvement to solve this crisis and put an end to this war. >> reporter: one side o ths conflict is being backed by the united nations and the french. then as you say t, mrmp has sort of endorsed the other side, which is being supported by the saudis, the egyptians and the emirates. what do you make of mr. trump's intervention in this? we're told that he spoke to the general on the phone and has had t

people smuggling flourished after the fall of muammar gaddafi eight years ago. it to europe. italy and the eu are working to staunch the flow. migrants who make it as far as the mediterranean are turned back and detained. unwanted in europe, they suffer in libya instead. for migrants, death is familiar. around 500 have drowned this year alone trying to cross the sea. but as the war continues the risk increases, and libya offers them little refuge. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. in the movie wimbledon, the story revolves around a tennis pro nearing the end of their career and an up—and—coming star. and this year, a little bit of that movie is playing out on court. the youngest—ever qualifier is on court later today — cori gauff is looking to follow—up her victory over five time champion venus williams. and we have confirmation that andy murray will be teaming up with serena williams in the mixed doubles. we're joined now from wimbledon by our sports correspondent, holly hamilton. let's talk about cori gauff first. what sort of man shall be expecting this