france, italy, and spain had recognized the national transitional council, now germany followed suit. for us, the national transitional council is the legitimate representative of the libyan people. >> in early august, the rebels entered tripoli and the battle for the capital began. hundreds were killed. two days later, they establish control over the capital but there was no sign of gaddafi himself. troopers -- rumors were many. some say he had fled abroad but there was no confirmation. some fighters remained loyal to gaddafi and they kept the resistance in the strong walls of bonnie bought lead and his hometown. they lost a major offensive and it developed into a bloody battle street by street. there were rumors that two of gaddafi's sons were holed up in sirte. the rebels denied reports that they had caught gaddafi. october 17th, after weeks of fighting, bonnie while wheat fell to the rebels. supporters of the former leader continue to hold out. it was the final battleground. the struggle would not go on for much longer. on october 20th, the rebels secured sirte and killed muammar

that's the hope for the national transitional council for libyan people who suffered for decades under council on one hand, the national transitional council on another. there is no unity among the post gadhafi government. will the battles be only political or will we see civil conflict in this country? is that a right concern, a real fear? >> you know the middle east as well as i do. i'm not being patronizing at all. we have been presented a romantic view of the libyan uprising. for a variety of reasons gadhafi did a great deal of harm. we have hoped that the rebels will rise up to the occasion. but at the end of the day we're talking about politics, the politicians of libya does not differ very much from the politics of yemen. you have regional differences we're just talking about benghazi, about tripoli, about cert. the fighting have exposed some major tribal and regional cleavages they do not bode well for libya. so far i'm not convinced with my hopes for libya, i'm not convinced not only there's not a unity government, i fear that the political cleavages and the reej federal cleav

a role here i mean as a result of the united nations security council nine hundred seventy three it shows a side in the civil war the national transitional council do you think that if the national transition council in its current form gets in trouble that nato will continue to support it against the three factions that could rise up in the next two weeks or months in libya is like we've all agreed this country is awash with weapons and there's a lot to fight for and one of them is oil. well you know i don't think so i don't actually think there's a nato role there and i think of the mistake of nato thought there was one but i do think there's a role for libya's neighbors and for nations in the area libya is going to need lots of help there's no question that this country is rich and it has the resources to provide. excellent living in a fine economy for its people but that's not going to happen overnight and it's going to be fundamentally important for other arab nations and european nations and america frankly to be there and be able to provide that kind of everything from technical support as you get oil fields running again to. to p

official to bring support to the national transitional council. she received assurances from libya poses new leaders of their desire to move towards democracy quickly. that process begins now. there are several challenges to its move towards democracy. the first is from radical islamists who may not want western-style political parties. they gained strength of the longer the fighting went on. another challenge is from the armed militias now and control path of the major cities, providing jobs and a return to normal life for them should not be hard in a country with enormous oil wells. but the gunmen have seen their friends die and now they are potential threat to return to civility. the new administration faces a particular challenge from gunman who did the hardest fighting for tripoli coming from their homes in the mountains southwest of the capital. political leadership from benghazi in the east does not command support right across the country. there are other tribal divisions as well. that was intensified during the long months of warfare and

the reason we're cutting it short, we are returning to our main story the national transitional councilcouncil in sirte are celebrating on rumors that gaddafi has been captured. these rumors have come out in the last 15 to 20 minutes. caroline hawley, bring us up-to- date. >> there are rumors and news that has filtered through to tripoli. in the last few minutes, we've heard a lot of celebratory gunfire and ship horns and car horns. we're only hearing from one official at the moment that colonel gaddafi has been captured. obviously, if this has happened, -- i do not think anyone believes that the authorities here could sirte could and capture colonel gaddafi in one day. we wait for more information. even capturing sirte is hugely significant. a huge milestone. authorities have said they can declare total victory, the full liberation of libya, and that paves the way for a political process that leads to the writing of a new constitution and democratic elections for the first time after 42 years of colonel gaddafi's dictatorship. >> thank you very much for bringing us up to date. i know y

and national unity is safeguarded. >> jiang did not comment on the killing of gadhafi. >>> china was the last among the u.n. security council permanent members to approve libya's national transitional council. negotiations between china and the ntc were stalled over the issue of china's rights to development projects in libya. the chinese government had made the deals with the gadhafi regime. >>> u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, is winding up a two-day visit to pakistan. her goal was to personally deliver a message that pakistan needs to eradicate locally-based militants blamed for attacks in afghanistan. clinton spoke with reportsers following talks with pakistani foreign minister karr on friday. she said the u.s. is planning to step up military operations against taliban forces along the afghan afghan-pakistani border. and urged the government to crack down on the afghan-based militants, including the haqqani network. >> we asked very specifically for greater cooperation from the pakistani side to squeeze the haqqani network and other terrorists, because we know that trying to eliminate terrorists and safe havens on one side of the border is not going to work. >> we are

the national transitional council maintained he was killed in the crossfire, but the evidence is pointing ever more insistently towards summary execution. >> events in libya are expected to move rapidly over the next few days. the national transitional council will declare the liberation of libya this weekend. the and it will signal the start of the process of forming a new entrant in -- a new interim government. >> of libya used to have a lot of rules. it was a police state. for the young fighters letting off steam in the old compound, they must feel that there aren't any now. they have beaten the dictator they have brought up to fear. but building a new country will take rules, discipline, and security. the compound is guarded by fighters that say proudly that they are from a rebel town and have armed militias. if they don't expands, it is a recipe for a failed state. they're forming a national security force. they believe their town led the fight, a domestic together during the tough times that are inevitable? no one wants to think too hard about that yet. this city has barely started

well given the extent of the involvement of the the national transitional council and. their forces with nato i think it at least a possibility assuming that gadhafi actually makes it out of this weekend alive because of course we have to wonder how he's going to be treated in custody and there have been a lot of reports of of the types of atrocities that have been be being committed by the transitional council forces in sirte and people who have been opposing them so that we have to wonder whether he will make it even out of this weekend alive but assuming that it was to come to pass that he was actually taken to the hague i don't think his long term chances for survival would be any any better per se i think the obvious analogy here would be slobodan milosevic circa two thousand and six when he turned up in the seriously dead in his cell just a few months before they were about to deliver the verdict on him and there were times lot of questions of the times about the toxicology reports and the lot of questions about he himself saying he was being poisoned so we have t

>> freedom. >> freedom means the national transitional council keeping its promise to hold elections within two years. yet another march was held in the square today, remembering the dead. highly controversial. democracy means learning how to disagree peacefully and libya has no tradition of that. the walls of colonel gaddafi's compound are being razed. building in the country can be painful and difficult. a lot of egyptians and to nations are worried that even though they got -- tunisians are worried that even if they got rid of the man at the top, those factions can still be powerful. colonel gaddafi, maybe members of his own family have either been killed, exiled, or are on the run. the old regime has been smashed. this really is a new beginning. libya has properly govern that these citizens. but first, they have to get over the past. >> the middle east editor reporting there. nato has announced that it is winding down its military position to protect civilians in libya. she said she was proud of what they were achieved. >> in the meantime, i will consult closely with the united n

it mattered well yes to some degree but what i got was going to say said the transitional national national transitional council it would show that because of the ruling sharon would barely have heard in the old sort of theory those fighters . it's more of perhaps would indicate that in these instance i mean the advance of . it was just control and the rebels who were there to place you know on time it was decent people doubt that you know they acted freely. to conceal all. these people there would be capture that would be killed so it shows that the building have the control over these traitors one can only hope the later on once things settle down they might be able to exercise they don't know about the united nations intervention well they can say yes. you know what are they going to do if they really should but people who kill their field say well you know it was at the moment it was a friend see. i don't think there is nobody is going to be condemned unit that's my ok thanks very much indeed for your thoughts on that from the us political analyst thanks very much indeed for your time thank you thank you. t

most of the information is coming out of the national transitional council in libya. here's the latest reuters and al-jazeera are reporting this, that ousted libyan leader muammar gadhafi has been captured andÑ yç wounded and he hase$r>d ofrrkt his injuries tht is the latest report coming in, not confirmed but reported by multiple agencies. that he has died. back this up to not even 30, 40 minutes ago when we learned that the nts, -- ntc, the transitional council had taken control of sirte, that is gadhafi's hometown. some reports say they found him there hiding in a hole. another report says he was trying to flee in a convey that nato warplanes attacked. those details still fuzz if i -- fuzzy. if you see video out of sirte, you can see a lot of celebration there. a lot of guns fired into the air. a lot of horns honking as cars drive-by. would it appear the people of libya believe it to be true or believe something major to have happened for their transitional government. we are continuing to follow this here in the newsroom. we will keep you updated. abc is working t

the national transitional council wanted nato to continue the mission until at least the end of the year. but the u.n. security council voted on thursday to end nato's mandate at the end of this month. nato says it's ready to help maintain security in libya, if asked. >> the world stands with them. and nato stands ready to help, if needed and requested. to help libyans reform the security and defense institutions that all democracies need to remain free and safe. >> thailand's crisis is entering >>> china is waiting whether they decide whether to invest in a bailout fund. they decided to boost the size of the facility and find financial resources outside europe. the chief of the european financial stability facility visited beijing on friday and asked for china's help in expanding the scope of the fund. he said after meeting chinese government officials that no decision had been made. >> no conclusion certainly today during our visit. what i know is that china must invest every month, because the counterpart has a surplus. >> the chinese vice finance minister noted that his country is al

the libyan political and economic institutions for the benefit of those who brought the national transition council to power it will be for the benefit of the united states oil companies for the benefit of the british and the french and perhaps the italian oil companies are the big winners here in the meantime western leaders are celebrating league it's transition to democracy putting a single u.s. service member on the ground we achieved our objectives but the us president did not mention in his celebrated maurice speech was scores of league unskilled the needle strikes widespread violations of human rights are reported in today's libya there is no water. there is no. medication and even oxygen in the hospital they don't have the situation in sort of. because i see that i can assure you. if you send. through through the city it's it's it's disaster it's a catastrophe. we've year is now brimming with weapons experts sakes premiss of most likely gotten their hands on the vast armories left on tended as for levy a transition to democracy the people who are now in power there have not been chosen by t

libya's national transitional council which was never elected and is now in power some of its members are ex khadafi loyalists and many of its fighters are said to have links to al qaeda middle east commentator carl charo thinks libya has turned into a volatile country. people have way too much faith in the n t c which is quite obviously not in control of this generation on the ground in libya at the moment and in fact you can see the sentient between the anti see command and some of the more islamist led groups on the ground and in fact if you see some of the fighters in the ground they have the kind of terrorist acts of islamist fighters that have a long kind of history of from afghanistan on words so this is huge and identity has full control on the ground is not actually correct and i would say that events that we are seeing them could be personal vendettas could be the normal run of wars but maybe another party in libya could have represented their evolution of the aspirations of the legitimate aspirations for change better that and than that entity that still has a lot of former

libya's national transitional council which was never elected is now in power some of its members are executed a few loyalists and many of its fighters have links to al qaeda middle east commentator carl charo thinks libya has turned into a volatile country. people have way too much faith in the n t c which is quite obviously not in control of the situation on the ground in libya at the moment and in fact you can see the tension between the empty sea command and some of the more islamist led groups on the ground and in fact if you see some of the fighters on the ground they have the characteristics of islamist fighters that have their long . history from afghanistan on wards so this illusion that benghazi has full control on the ground is not actually correct and i would say that the events that we're seeing them could be personal event that could be their normal run of wars but maybe another party in libya could have prevented the evolution of the us to the nation that's to delegitimize the station for change better that and down there in d.c. that still has a lot of former. associat

they pretty much run their own show and don't much care workers from the national transitional council ok well thanks very much for that mr dan williams from human rights watch talking to us from the libyan city of misrata thank you. well i'm going back to our top story well that greece is a bailout has been delayed by eurozone finance ministers or investigators in the country who are assessing the economic situation of the country well let's now talk to patrick men for an economics professor part of our business school mr ben furred first greece was saying that it can only pay its bills until october this was apparently a problem for inspectors but now it can last until mid november so i realistically speaking how long do you think out this could really stave off a default. well i don't really know and i don't think anybody does because their accounts are very problematic really knows what the true state is so i think there will be a default and the sooner really that it happens the better for everybody but at the moment playing this game of not giving greece the money but pretending

and he's now a artspeak tripoli libya's national transitional council which was never elected to power is now running the country some of its members are ex cuffy loyalists and many of its fighters are said to have links to al qaeda mental east expert commentator carl sorrow thinks libya is turned into a volatile country. people have way too much faith in the n.p.c. which is quite obviously not in control of this jewish and on the ground in libya at the moment and in fact you can see the tension between the n.t. see command and some of the more islamist led groups on the ground and in fact if you see some of the fighters on the ground they have the correct terroristic sort of islamic fighters that have a long. history of propaganda stand on words so this illusion identity has full control on the ground is not actually correct and i would say that would be events but we are seeing them could be personal very bad cause could be the norm around or war but maybe another party in libya could have to present a very solution of the estimation that's to delegitimize the sunnis is working. down

new rulers have named a new cabinet to govern the country until it's fully secured the national transitional council. now controls most of the country but there are still pockets of heavy resistance well after a two day ceasefire to allow residents to leave and to get off the troops continue the talks home town of sirte the red cross is warning of a humanitarian crisis as the town runs out of essential supplies for more of the situation in libya we're now joined by adana williams from human rights watch so really have you been near sir top bad is the a situation there. well it's hard to know exactly the situation in pound people coming to be. called the heart. and that actually has been news. there but it's a crime to see. that there is no electricity and it's also been. water. but in any case because people are leaving or trying to leave every day and that brings its own difficulties leave because there's firing from post because some people say. get out the oil it's one of the stop leaving that is difficult to confirm but in general i would say it's pretty dire all right well let's talk about the

only imagine that there will be much of a rallying point for for any opposition to the national transitional council but if gadhafi really has been taken well given the extent of the involvement of the the national transitional council and there are other forces with nato i think it's at least a possibility assuming that gadhafi actually makes it out of this weekend alive because of course we have to wonder how he's going to be treated in custody and there have been a lot of reports of of the types of atrocities that are going to be being committed by the transitional council forces in sirte and and people who have been opposing them so we have to wonder whether he will lower will make it even out of this weekend alive but certainly i think this would be a critical time for for him i suppose in his personal safety but i think in the broader context of all of this it raises an number of issues and i think his survival might even be more problematic in some ways for for the people who are trying to i suppose bring him to justice because one has to to look at the case that was brought against him by th

change in leadership do you think there's going to be a power vacuum and do you think that national transitional council would be a suitable for libya i give it the circumstances now and moving forward. well of course in stances you need some kind of the transitional council whether this one is or what i don't believe so they already said clearly what they are standing for and they are spending for a sellout of the country for the benefit of a few this is what's going to help the libyan people i'm pretty sure. thanks very much for your thoughts live from brussels that was international consultant thanks very much thank you alright well i will have more coming to you this hour but first let's go to your now with the latest in business. hello and a very warm welcome to the program russian investment group suma capital and a branch of oil trading giant fetal one attended to build an oil terminal in rotterdam in the netherlands the deal has been signed during the visit of the dutch prime minister. gordon has the details. the bulk of the conversation between president medvedev and the dutch prime minister co

. >>> the leader of libya's national transitional council says islamic law should be the basis for legislation. the statement is seen as a growing political influence of islamic forces. >> translator: we, as a muslim nation, take sharia law as the foundation of our legal system. >> jalil gave a speech in the northeastern city of benghazi on sunday. he called for lifting restrictions on the number of wives that libyan men can have and establishing an interest-free islamic banking system. but some ntc members say islam should play a more limited role. jalil's remarks could have repercussions in establishing a provisional government. the ntc plans to form a provisional government within 30 days and hold elections within eight months. meanwhile, libya's interim leaders have to consider how to deal with massive amounts of weaponry that circulated in the nation during the war. nhk world reports from tripoli. >> reporter: libyans are jubilant after national transitional council declared the country's liberation on sunday. but several people have died during this liberation. at least four people died

. >>> libya's national transitional council says forces killed moammar gadhafi and one of his sons. citizens are celebrating in the capitol of tripoli. >> the ntc said gadhafi's death was confirmed and his body was being sent to the central city of misrata. gadhafi disappeared when the council took troll of tripoli in august. while hiding in sirt, he used satellite tv calling on supporters to fight until the bitter end. crowds of libyans had songs of jup ladies and gentlemen. his demise is likely to put an end to eight months of civil war. ntc chairman is expected to hold a news conference saturday and declare all of libya liberated. however, many challenges remain before a democratic nation can be established. disagreements within the ntc are delaying the launch of an interim government. world leaders responded to the news of gadhafi's death. >> this marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. >> people in libya today have an even greater chance after this news of buil

libya's national transitional council says its forces have killed deposed leader muammar al gadhafi and one of his sons. rebels are celebrating in the capital of tripoli. the leader announce they are captured the dictator in sirte. sirte was the last stronghold for gadhafi loyalists. gadhafi disappeared in august. while reportedly hiding in a suburb of sirte, he used satellite tv to call on his supporters to fight until the bitter end. crowds of libyans burst into songs of jubilations after the demise. to put an end to eight months of civil war. moous ta fa jaleel is expected to hold a conference on saturday and declare all of libya liberated. disagreements within the ntc are dlae ii ining launch. >> this marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya. who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. >> people in libya today have an even greater chance after this news of building themselves a strong and democratic future. >> france was also one of the leading countries. called the demise a milestone in the nation's battle to

ambassador to the united states to discuss the most urgent humanitarian crisis that the national transitional council faces that is from war veterans and wounded. there are tens of thousands of civilians and others not received adequate medical care. the hospitals are overloaded. they need prosthetic devices and in a personal capacity, i was helping to around some government -- not governmental assistance and the most important thing will be consolidation as general mccaffrey said of reconciliation rernlg than retribution to make sure the government seizes control over all of these areas of the country. and finally, most importantly, to show it can begin providing this urgent services that are necessary before people begin complaining enough to cause dissension within the national transitional council. >> you mentioned medical care, ayman, the every day libyan, what this means after 42 years, only new one way. generations only thinking of moammar gadhafi, the colonel there ruling their country. remind frus your extensive reporting what it is like in the average libyans and the questions that must be

security council permanent members to approve libya's national transitional council. negotiations between china and the ntc were stalled over the issue of chinsigs t vepmt ojtsnby th cneovnmt had eeait tadfi gi. > w bk he i jan, wiers ft prchg e ea hy t mch11 saer volunteers are now busy delivering traditional heaters to evacuees to protect them from the cold. on friday, evacuees welcomed the arrival of traditional heaters in miyagi prefecture. the we dat b groups. the volunteers delivered a letter of encouragement to the occupants of housing units erected on the school grounds. the heater is a low table fitted with an electric heating element and a surrounding quilt to cover the legs. >> the donations plan to provide 600 tars ty. meanwhile, in another disaste disaster-hit city of ishinomaki, used to grow rice as part of a training program for local junior high school students. hendhe students visited about 200 temporary houses on friday and delivered nearly two tons of rice. >> translator: i didn't think we could have it this year. the local people look so happy when

that and much more coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, libyan transitional national council spokesperson told reuters by phone that the hd >>> we have breaking news. the senior libyan transition national council spokesman told reuters by phone that the head of qaddafi's armed forces has been killed during the capture. moammar qaddafi has been killed according to reuters. details are still coming in at this hour but reuters and libyan television is reporting that qaddafi was captured in sirte and was wounded this is legs. and we are getting unconfirmed reports that he has passed away. this is unconfirmed by the united states and the pentagon. >>> it was referred to as a celebration of life. this is a chance for apple employees to bid farewell to the company's late co-founder steve jobs. it was a large but private memorial. it was held for jobs yesterday at the company's world headquarters in cupertino. apple employees from around the world jammed the courtyard as you can see with speakers including current ceo tim cook and former u.s. vice president al gore also an apple board member. attendee

the members of the national transitional council who have been here in tripoli, they have flown backo benghazi ahead of that formal declaration. there'll be more celebrations across the country. then what will happen is that the ntc leadership will move to tripoli and began their interim it administration. they then have a lot of work, a lot of challenges ahead to pave the way from turning libya from a dictatorship into a democracy. a lot of work to do on forming a new constitution, then holding a referendum on the constitution. then free and fair elections in the year 2013. a look ahead for what is coming for libya. >> tripoli is quite, in place is almost deserted. it is far from subdued. the atmosphere is extraordinary. optimistic, generous, open, relaxed. it is as though a curse has been listed. but the hard work of transforming libya begins. >> the big change from dictatorship to a democratic country to a free country. this does not happen overnight, it takes a lot of time to train the people, teach the people, to upgrade the society. >> within 30 days from now, the ntc has put a