envoy flew in to tobruk to get all the parties to agree to meet in geneva. first he told former general hafatar who commands a regime loyal to the government in tobruk. >> we have to stand beside this man in order to achieve peace in our land and stop the bloodshed of our brothers, but which brothers? >> and haftars rivals is this man. they set up another government in tripoli. the situation is complicated. there are now two parliaments backed by their own militias, but at last they've agreed to meet. >> we discussed the presumption of the dialogue process. >> reporter: the u.n. said that the aim of the meet something to form an unity government, adopt a permanent constitution, and stop the fighting. that could be the greatest challenge. gangs of heavily armed fighters battling more control for territory, weapons money and oil fields. tripoli's international airport is closed, and on tuesday the last airline flying in the country suspended flights. libya has been staggering from crisis to crisis. the u.n. wants to avoid a civil war, but things have gotten so

libyan envoy flew into tobruk to get all the parties to meet in geneva. first, he told former general haftar who commands a force loyal to the internationally recognized government in tobruk. >> we have to stand besides this man in order to achieve peace in our land and stop the bloodshed of our brothers, but which brothers? >> haftar's rivals are these men, based in tripoli they set up another government, libya's supreme court recognizes tripoli as the legitimate one. the situation is complicated. there are now two parliaments backed by their own militias, but at last they've agreed to meet. >> we discussed the presumption of lie doing process. the u.n. is suggesting that the geneva host the libyan dialogue. >> and form an unity government, adopt a permanent constitution, and stop the fighting. that could be the greatest challenge. gangs of heavily armed fighters are fighting for the control of money, oil fields. on tuesday the last foreign airline operating in the country suspended flights. libya has become a dangerous unpredictable place staggering fro

i speak with people within the libyan hor, that are in tobruk. some even people that are working with the defunct g.n.c. members of the current running government. former officials, none of whom want to put their name into what i am about to say. an international military intervenes is needed in libya today. we did it in 2011 because we had a humongous monster that ran the country. no one had sympathy for him. the world rallied. the u.n. voted to intervene, save lives, use the protocol of the 2006 - april 2006 unprotodoll... >> i want to get ms foyer's take on this. do you think that international military force is needed now? >> well i think that for a while the united states and the european allies wanted to give the u.n. mission a chance. so we have held off from major intervention to see if we could convince of warring factions to come to the table. the problem is that it is clear that absent real incentive for the groups to put down their weapons and come to a process of political reconciliation it's difficult to see that happening. absent s

there has been deadly battle in misrata, benghazi tripoli and tobruk. the main airport is closed. on tuesday, the last foreign airline in the country suspended flights. libya has become a dangerous unstable place, staggering from crisis to crisis and few parties are interested in trying to pull it all back together. >> many schools in mexico reopened after the christmas holidays but in acapulco hundreds are at home. many are on strike demanding security after a rise in kidnappings. adam raney talks to a mother facing a difficult choice. >> reporter: home schooling, but not by choice. veronica is trying to fill in as her daughter's teacher. fatima's school closed due to strikes over a wave of kidnappings and killings of teachers in acapulco. one of mexico's violent cities much. >> translation: the gangs have robbed us of public safety and the kids can't go out to play like we used to when i was a child. >> reporter: 11-year-old fatima enjoys time with her mum. her plan to publish chemistry requires intense preparation - something lacking now. acapulco is one of mexico's famous reso

i speak with people in the libyan hor, in tobruk some working with the g.m. c, members of the current government former officials, none of whom want to put their name into what i am about to say. international military intervention is what is needed in libya today. we did it in 2011 because we have a humongous monster that ran the country for a long time and nobody had any sympathies for him, and the world rallied, the u.n. voted to intervene, save lives and use the protocol of the april 2006 u.n. protocol. >> i want to get ms foyer's take on this. do you feel the international military forces are needed now? >> well i think that for a while the united states and the european allies wanted to give the un.n. mission a chance so we have held off from any major intervention to try to see if we could convince the warring factions to come to the table. the problem, though is that it is increasingly clear that absent real incentive for the groups to put down their weapons, and come to something resembling a process of political reconciliation it's difficult to see

s libya envoy flew into tobruk to get all of the parties to meet in geneva.first former general haftar commands a force loyal to the internationally recognized government in tobruk. >> we have to decide meet to achieve peace. >> these men based in tripoli they set up another government, libya's supreme court recognizes tripoli as the legitimate one. the situation is complicated. there are now two parliaments backed by their own militias, but at last they've agreed to meet. >> we've discussed the dialogue process. >> reporter: the u.n. said that the aim of the meet something to form an unity government, adopt a permanent constitution, and stop the fighting. that could be the greatest challenge. gangs of heavily armed fighters battling for control of territory, weapons money and oil fields. tripcally's international airport is closed, and on tuesday the last foreign airline operating in libya has stopped. things have gotten so bad they no that know that not much time is left. >> isil fighters have struck kobane. well, a number of syrian soldiers have reportedly

months of process to bring together the rival sides who constitute the tripoli government and the tobruk government. one of the conditions for talks to move forward is both agreeing to a ceasefire. it's moderately promising. within the tripoli faction, some actors. main stream militias have agreed but others have not agreed to the ceasefire >>> the u.n. warns it could be libya's last chance to avoid a civil war. >> the general question is that the country is close to chaos. and if they miss the opportunity, it's difficult to imagine there'll be a situation allowing easily to start a new process. >> medics in benghazi say 600 have been killed in the violence in the past three months alone. a deepening divide between two sides who claim the right to rule the country. >> a key issue in honduras is violence. the country has the highest murder rate in the world. almost all goes unpunished. we have this report. >> everywhere he goes he watches his back. he is a prosecutor in corruption cases. he asked us not to show his home or car, to protect his family and himself, afraid someone will try to

one is based in tripoli and the other in the east in tow to toab tobruk. the return journey to earth will be most monitored. rob reynolds explains. >> one, engine ignited. >> reporter: the plan requires pinpoint precision meticulous planning and unbelievable precision. its first stage will break away and begin falling to earth. thruster engines are supposed to direct it, to a landing platform that measures just 30 by 90 meters. controllers will try to bring the vehicle in to a safe landing. reusable rockets. elon musk explained last year. >> if we had rockets that were fully usable and get to a decent flight rate, the intention is to low the cost of space transport. >> since the beginning every launch has required a new rocket. imagine if commercial jet liners were used once and then discarded? hardly anyone would be able to afford a flight. but reusable rockets could revolutionize space travel. so tricky even musk gives it a 50-50 chance of success. but he says his engineers will keep trying until they get it right. rob reynolds, al jazeera. >> australia

libya's self declared government in tripoli is willing to negotiate if those sources are moved to tobruk. >> president's president cabinet is seen in significant, recep tayyip erdogan's role in presidency. >> erdogan is about to influence the very center of policy making. by chairing a cabinet meeting. that is unprecedented in recent turkish history. >> if he could get away with it. it looks like under the circumstances he can't. becoming partisan and being involved in policy matters and make suggestions criticisms or making certain amendments in the policies et cetera are not necessarily foreseen as the role of a president. >> so on monday, priements will haveprime ministerwill have to move over. the most flucialg president 42 influential president was ataturk but erdogan is trying to also. >> when the president is being elected in turkey that changed. that changed things because erdogan did a massive election campaign. he went to rallies in turkey. he said that i have a vision for turkey. he promised to be a much more active. much more involved president. >> what erdogan wants to do is

civil war forced extremists to flee the eastern city of tobruk no longer in tripoli itself partly because it is controlled by multiple coalitions. >> reporter: gadhafi vowed to hunt enemies alley by alley and house by house. four years later, he is dead and the streets have a feeling of normality of once again living under suspicion and fear. welcome to what remains of tripoli international airport. rivalry between the so-called guardians of the revolution turned to hostility here. this wasn't just a fight for control but a deliberate attempt to raise to raze to it the ground. by the time the fight inging ended libya had two governments in parliament each backed by militias. by the time the fighting erupted, it was the militias of the revolution who turned their guns on each other and the fighting continues to this day. as the destruction at the airport shows this was less about ideology than power and the spoils of war. most of the battles are localized over land transport and above all, oil. the instability has allowed islamists to prosper. these men supreme court the rival governments

the other in tobruk. >>> more on our top story the paris attacks and the involvement of al-qaeda in thearabian peninsula. it is described by the most active and dangerous branch of the group. since it's formation five years ago it has attempted to carry out attacks outside of yemen. he was involved in an attack that killed 13 people. there was an attack planned on christmas day. although the bomb in the man's underwear failed to detonate. and then in 2010 a cargo plane from yemen. and then a foiled plan by al-qaeda of another airliner. let's ex-hand on this now. >> he was a little bit surprised that we jumped on they jumped on it so quickly to say that they were behind it. >> first of all if i were al-qaeda and in yemen, i would jump immediately and take responsibility. >> right. >> it's a big coup, and it's a huge victory for al-qaeda and yemen. it has basically killed hundreds of supporters and followers in the peninsula. it has been targeting american and european targets and it has failed so far. and when you have the younger brother cherif, who says that he represents al-qaeda, wha

factions including the government in tobruk agreed to attend the talks next week and are aimed at forming a unity government and putting an end to violence. government forces in north-east syria lumped an assault on kurdish-held territory. fighting broke out. kurdish forces controlled much of the regions since the army withdrew. 5 civilians were killed in the fighting. kurdish fighters seized vehicles and ammunition. syria's state newsagency says the army has evacuated more than 1,000 people. some of the evacuees were shot at by rebels trying to stop them. they had been taken to a refugee shelter in the nearby town >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three colleagues imprisoned in egypt for 386 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, of charges they denied. an appeals court ordered a retrial. lawyers filed requests for them to bedeported from egypt. >> the president of chad called on other african countries to join in the fight against the nigerian armed group cameroon. men will join camer

mediate talks with its rival part in tobruk. the talks are scheduled to take place in geneva next week. >>> interpol has put ukraine's former president on the international wanted list. viktor yanukovych has been living in russia since being ousted by massive protest against his rule almost a year ago. ukraine has accused yanukovych of embezzlement and wrongdoing. we have more from the capital of kiev. >> themisappropriation embezzlement and corruption behavior in a position of trust. it's interesting that there is no mention at all had possible charges of murder and manslaughter related to the deaths of protesters here in the main part of the up rising 11 months ago. clearly it's not possible at the moment for ukrainian prosecutors to bring enough evidence to bear with interpol to bring charges for that. that said issuing this red notice against president yanukovych will be seen as as a major progress by the government. there has been a lot of inter-departmental finger pointing that has taken so long. just a month ago interpol

to the east, the recently elected parliament in tobruk. and based inning benghazi, bengdzbenghazi has seen fears fierce fighting. boycotted all efforts for peace talks. dominic kane. al jazeera. >> the african union is holding its summit in addis ababa. it's also pushing for a power sharing deal between south sudan's president and its vice president. >> peace and security definitely dominating this year's summit. a lot of countries are in crisis we have conflict in south sudan they have been holding direct talks to move forward the peace talks that have taken way too long. since january last year, there is still a lot of contention on power-sharing. the peace and security council also had a meeting last evening they discussed ebola ravaging some of the poorest countries in the continent. they also discussed boko haram its threat to niecialg n and nigeria. calling for forces of 7500 troops, there is also talks of the political issue in libya central african republic still remains fragile. the democratic republic of congo, huge humanitarian

there has been deadly battles in tripoli, tobruk and misrata. the international airport is closed and the last foreign airline on tuesday suspended flights. libya is a dangerous unpredict ability place staggering from crisis to crisis. few were interested in pulling it back together. >>> officials didn't make it clear who would intend the talks, but they are intended to end the clashes and draft a new constitution. >>> search crews in indonesia recovered the tail of the down airasia plane. divers suicide an inflatable device to pull it up from the surface. a ping was detected from a black box. officials believe they are separated from the tail. airasia flight 8501 crashed killing all 162 on board. so far 48 bodies have been recovered. >> brutally cold weather is gripping the nation as millions of americans are waking up to below freezing temperatures. ross shimabuku is here to tell us what that means, and how it will affect our country men. >> we are in a deep freeze. icy conditions affected most of the country, including sunny florida. the bigg

libyan includes the elected government in tobruk agreed to tend the talks, forming a unity government and putting an end to the challenges. >>> the bosnian war. one of the bloodiest conflicts with more than 100,000 killed. 20 years on many are suffering trauma some taking their own lives. sufferers say they are not getting the care they need. neave barker has more from sarajevo. the war in bosnia haunts the present. this man was a soldier in the bosnian army and remembers sarajevo under siege. >> translation: the concentration camp the worst in the world. we couldn't escape. there was danger everywhere. snipers were shooting at our buildings here. >> bosnia witnessed some of the worst horrors of the war. the conflict has left profound mental scars. >> there have been several times i couldn't control myself my memories were worse. i explode easily i'm not good for anyone especially my family. >> he is one of many ex-fighters suffering post drama stress, and is refusing psychiatric help. in 20 years, more than 4,000 veterans have taken their own lives. ordinary bosnians are deeply traum

a nationally recognized power has been forced to flee the capital to the city of tobruk.now controlled by militias that set up a power break. they are now confined to the east. and we will speak to our reporter in benghazi. first, ian has been to tripoli. this is his report. >> reporter: gadhafi vowed to hunt enemies alley by alley and house by house. four years later, he is dead and the streets have a feeling of normality of once again living under suspicion and fear. welcome to what remains of tripoli international airport. rivalry between the so-called guardians of the revolution turned to hostility here. this wasn't just a fight for control but a deliberate attempt to raze it to the ground, part of a battle for key resources. by the time the fighting ended libya had two governments in parliament each backed by a loose alliance of militias. when the second battle for the future of libya erupted, it was the militias of the revolution who turned their guns on each other and the fighting continues to this day. as the destruction at the airport shows this was less about id

tripoli's congress won't take part because of new violence in tobruk. >>> andandandand a major gain madeagainst islamic state in iraq and the levant on its supply root. >> a nigerian flag was torched in this video where they said that killings were the tip of the iceberg and more would follow. the prosecutor of the international court said that she'll investigate these mass killings and prosecute responsible for war crimes. mean cameroon forces freed a german man kidnapped by boko haram. he was teaching in northeast nigeria when he was kidnapped in july. he was kept in isolation and said he wasn't sure if he would survive. >>> afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. human rights watch say that the the 2014 was the worst year ever for vie republicans and threats against journalists in afghanistan where eight journalists were killed. we look at how freedom of speech is compromised by a stand threat of violence. >> on january 17th akil was the first afghan journalist to be murdered this year. odds are he won't be the last. being an journalist in afgh