special envoy has visited libya's officially elected parliament in tobruk.e is showing support against the rival assembly set up by armed groups that seized the capital. the parliament is led and seen as religiously conservative. they are now calling themselves libya's dawn. the officially elected parliament in tobruk is led by a former prime minister, who has been asked to form a government. it's seen as more moderate and supports halifa -- khalifa haftar, who launched attacks against extremists. >>> al jazeera has received a report outlining concerns and a furious situation in libya. we have more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. >> let me read from the second paragraph of this 29-page report. the reporting period witnessed the serious outbreak of armed conflict in tripoli, benghazi, and elsewhere in the country since 2011, in the almost three years since muammar gaddafi was killed. grim reading when you read the report, how it's affecting the people there. rapid deterioration of living conditions, increased crime, water and electricity. it's a count

in tobruk, the house of representatives are seen as moderate.e's been battling militias, and calls islamic radicals. the violence spilled over into the capital tripoli, where they fought for control of the airport, which is in ruins. the trouble include allegations of meddling, with air strikes blamed. they have been accused of sending a plane, and qatar providing support. allegations they deny. it's been three years since the death of muammar gaddafi, and libya is facing its worst crisis yet. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists contained in egypt for 253 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed received long sentences after a trial seep by many observers as politically motivated. they are appealing convictions. u.n. secretary ban ki-moon raised the case with the egyptian president. you can join the cam pain by using the twitter free aj staff, and find out more by going to aljazeera.com, and the special page there. >>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas threatened to end a unity agreement wit

the tobruk-based parliament in libya has rejected the new cabinet of prime minister abdullah alfiny, according to a parliamentary spokesman. lawmakers demanded that he submit a new cabinet with not more than 10 ministers, he presented a cabinet with 16 ministers. that has, by all accounts, been rejected. that coming into us from tobruk in libya. >> in new delhi hundreds of tibetans were detained after protesting against chinese president xi jinping. they gathered outside the area of talks between narendra modi, and xi jinping. talks on trade and the on board border disputes began on thursday. more now from new delhi. >> the chinese president comes at a particular interesting time and the new government is trying to rework and rebalance the foreign policy. on the one hand, the prime minister is reaching out to countries like japan. it's facing key territorial issues in the asia pacific region. he is off to the united states to take part in the u.n. secretary general assembly, and to meet with president obama for the first time. this comes as china and the united states is facing off o

libya's other government in tripoli doesn't recognize the recent elections and the parliament in tobruk. battles over the past few months have led to thousands of people leaving the country including members of the diplomatic missions and the united nations. it is clear that libya is a country on the brink and time is running out. hence this conference, delegates stress the delegation in topruk, when asked how this government which was elected plans to get rival leadership in tripoli to give up power the foreign minister dismissed them. >> one group is for building the civil state the rule of law under viable governance. and the other group is against the legitimacy at the moment and they wanted to provide a force that libyans are moderate, they have never experienced extremism in their life. >> reporter: the conference has now wrapped up, it is the first step to try and solve libya's problems but yet again, the opposition government in tripoli, they say it is not recognized here but the deposit in tripoli also tribal leaders, militia leaders to solve libya's problems. and in the end fo

in tobruk, they are more moderate supporters of general khalifa haftar. he has been battling militia. it spilled to the city, the air part is now in ruins. modelling from regional counties, have been blamed for air strikes supporting khalifa haftar's offensive. saddam is accused of sending a plane with amupics, and -- ammunition, and qatar supporting some millish area - all denied. it's three years since the death of muammar gaddafi, and libya is facing its worst crisis yet. >>> tonight an al jazeera documentary series called "edge of 18" premieres, following 15 high school seniors as they prepare for a leap into adulthood. give producer alex gibney introduces us to three teens. >> some of the kids in the series are asking powerful questions - where do i fit in, how do i make a difference, how can i better my life, is there a place for me when i'm out of high school. this is a time of uncertainty, there doesn't seem to be a clear path for anyone to follow. >> my application process is a little different from normal high schoolers. not only do i have to ap

they say the tobruk parliament is unconstitutional. >>> fighting in golan heights in the countryside on the syrian-controlled side of the territory that's mostly under israeli occupation. last month rebel fighters kidnapped 45 u.n. peace keepers in the area. >>> now the aged city of aleppo has seen some of the fiercest fighting. barrel bombs have been dropped with devastating effects. it has killed 50 local people. here is marianne hand. >> reporter: it's difficult to pick out anything here that might indicate that this was once a popular taxi stand. people had been lining up on friday hoping to catch whatever public transport was available in aleppo. two barrel bombs reportedly fell. when rescuers scrambled to find survivors they mostly found the dead, a child among them. >> all the people here are civilian workers and passengers, people who were killed and dozens injured from the bombs. there is not a single militant here. >> reporter: and this is the difficulty for the future people who were trying to scrape out an existence in this besieged city. according to human rights watch t

second, the so-called tobruk parliament has no power to preclude an agreement of that time. >> also on the agenda is how to contain the spillover effects of the crisis. >> absolutely. it has many boarders, there's an issue, a concern of weapons in countries like syria, and the issue of migrants that are fleeing the conflict zones, coming into libya, making their way into the country, many dying in the mediterranean sea, that needs to be contained. there's the issue of the libyan people, there is no functioning government, though there are technically two government institutions. there's no security, security dealt with by hundreds of thousands of militia men loosely controlled. they don't answer to anyone. they may have sworn their allegiance to one camp or the other, to the tripoli government or tub ruk. if they are not happy, in the past they have kidnapped them, these are the key issues, disarmament, establishing army, security and police force. recon sillation. libya is divided on many lines, and they have been highlighted and strengthened since the killing of muammar gaddafi in 20

are probably more, more like two main parties with whom to negotiate, as you say, the parliament in tobrukbeing one and the alternate parliament which has been resurrected in tripoli, clearly on illegitimate basis. so it is clearly a very difficult situation but there are some prospects by which a political process could be arrived at. >> do you, the airstrikes by the u.a.e., or egypt was quite a development. dowel come them or do you see dangers from it? foreign secretary. >> i think we're always cautious binter ven shuns of this nature. it. it seems to be have limited intervention but in support of one side in the conflict where as our approach is to try to bring the different parties together and impress upon them need for inclusive solution that will allow various different factions and tribes in libya to live in, to coexist peacefully and share in what could be quite a significant prosperity. >> those of us who opposed intervention -- >> can i add? >> do you think we made the same mistakes as we did in iraq in 2003 when we failed to plan for what happened after military intervention?