italy has just resumeed it's naval exercises along the coast but it will take more than that to stop the deaths that occur every year. >> it's the third day of an iraqi offensive against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. thousands of shia military and tribal fighters are taking part in the campaign against the armed group. the iraqi military said that it's forces advancing on four fronts in the city of tikrit. they've retaken the oil field jane arraf has more. >> iraqi troops are moving slowly towards tikrit. slowly because they're facing isil suicide-bombers snipers and buildings rigged with explosive. this iraqi defense video shows the biggest combat operation. it does not show the militia component to this fight. shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful link to iran, make up 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. the government said that i was fighter are leaving and running for the mountains. they acknowledge that it will be a tough road ahead. >> we're in multiple faces of war. we're in the preparation phase for the real battle. the obstacles are expected, and

-brokered talks have resumeed in morocco. taking part are representatives from the country's two competing governments. the internationally recognized parliament in tibruk and the congress in the capitol of tripoli. it's hoped by sunday that an agreement will be reached on the formation of an unity government with a new prime minister. but adding urgency to these talks, wednesday's museum attack across the border in to tunisia they say that they were trained in libya and if allies are not stopped in libya it could go on to europe. >> talks between libya's warring factions u.n. said the only way to break the political en pass is for both parties to make concessions. >> this should an decisive moment because we are as i said before in previous meetings, running out of time. you know that in the last days we've seen more fighting. we've seen airstrikes and we've seen more actions by daesh not only in libya but in the region. >> but libya's feuding factions remain more divided than ever. the united nations recognized house of rep

italy has just resumeed it's naval exercise along the coast but it will take more than that to stop the dangerous boat trips which caused death for thousands of people every year. >> joining me now is amnesty international deputy director, thank you for coming to talk with us. it seems that the rescue attempts from the italian coast guard is getting further and further away from italy. >> well, we're seeing now that disaster is happening further away from italy as you mentioned. part of the reason is that these attempts are failing sooner. these are rougher seas. usually it's a calm season where boats come in, but we've shown you the desperation of the migrants. >> what about the european response? they were partly responsible for the triton business. at the moment this does not seem to be working particularly well. is there an appetite to make a difference? >> the europe response has been incredibly bad. this morning there was a big press conference saying that it's important to deal with this, yet again there has not been a proposal to deal with it properly in a search and rescue miss

-led airstrikes the battle to retake iraqi city of tikrit has resumeed.some have pulled out to protest the u.s. role, but many have called this welcomed news. jamie, how is the offensive to retake tikrit going at this point? >> well, it is slow because this is tough urban warfare. but the united states says its air power has been able to give some of the forces on the ground the room they need to maneuver to start to begin to move into the city center against those dug-in isil positions, and to start to make some slow but steady progress. they have also made the point that shia militia will not be missed it was also a point driven home today at the state department. >> i think its important to distinguish between those forces broadly, which are composed mainly of iraqi nationalists who volunteered and some elements within though forces such as hezbollah which are more problematic because they don't answer to an iraqi chain of command. >> so the pentagon said that the departure of those troops, while it does diminish the size of the force, quote was a welc