will they take tripoli tonight?t seems as though they have captured many significant neighborhoods of the capital but there is still significant violence, gunfire occurring in tripoli this evening. we are hearing reports of that as well. nothing is said, nothing is done. we can only imagine what it's like inside tripoli right now. a resident joins us by phone with her perspective. we're not identifying her for her protection. thanks for joining us. what is happening right now on the streets where you are in tripoli? >> hi. a bit earlier all of the males and men of our area -- i live downtown. they were chanting anti-gadhafi slogans for the first time in 42 years. they finally feel like they're free and have some sort of freedom of speech. right now we hear some gun shots. not sure where they are coming from. all of the men were outside on the streets. the women were outside screaming and chanting anti-gadhafi slogans and we feel like it's so close. we're winning. it's the end. >> so really this is a day for you wher

rebel forces are poring into tripoli now.bels claim two of moammar gadhafi's sons have been captured. [ chanting ] >> get back. get back. get back. >> this is sky news video from tripoli. people chanting on the streets that gadhafi needs to go. libya is free. a short time ago a spokesman for the libyan government called for immediate negotiations and a lawsuit to the rebel assault. we are hearing reports that have been confirmed now that the rebels have taken over green square. this is them on the way to tripoli, in western libya. rebel forces say they are now in control of most parts of the capital. this could be the end of the road for the rebels who fought very hard over the last few months to make it into tripoli. the government itself is conceding that parts of the city are no longer under control and also a deadly battle overnight and says that 1,300 people have been killed over the past 12 hours, and you're seeing this rebel army with this mismatched clothing and mismatched vehicle convoys barreling into tripoli, and t

sarah sidner, cnn, tripoli. >> and sarah sidner is still in tripoli. trying to get her on the phone. when we get her on the phone we'll bring her to you live. >>> president obama wants gadhafi to face faxes and give up. in a statement the president says tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant. the president is being briefed on developments while on vacation. dan lothian joins us live from martha's vineyard. republicans have already come out, namely senator john mccain, and said that if the united states and nato had thrown more at libya, wouldn't have taken six months for this thing to drag on and moammar gadhafi to be knocked out of power. still, it was only six months, so is the president happy with the way things turned out? >> well, look, this is good news for the administration as you pointed out. it was just six months ago that president obama stepped in front of the cameras and said that moammar gadhafi needed to go. and there has been, as you pointed out, a lot of criticism from republicans that the administration should have been more f

not just tripoli. so some of these fighters do not know the city of tripoli and are reliant on the locals to get them around. so important to note that the night battles can be very difficult, very confusing, so it makes people very suspicious and makes things very tense as night fa falls in the city of tripoli, becky. >> sara, you say the rebels rely on locals because they don't know the area and this has pushed into urban wayou are war this point. how well supported are the rebels? >> it's hard to gauge that. when i say they rely on locals that know the area, knows are other rebels they've been training with. not just stopping at someone's door and saying where is this area of town or that area of town? they have tried to train as much as they can for what they knew would be urban warfare and i think the one thing that really surprised them was that they did not face the kind of numbers moammar gadhafi had promised would rise up or fight on his behalf. they were surprised they were able to get so far

he drove off in a motorcade into tripoli. clearly into an area which is very much under control of the forces of his father. >> and you say -- he said the opposition had fallen into some sort of trap. what did he mean? the opposition has been claiming besides they captured him, but they control 90% of tripoli? >> yes. they are saying that. i think there are questions tonight about to what extent that's the case. it's very difficult for us here in the hotel to verify what -- how much of tripoli is controlled by the rebels and how much is controlled by gadhafi. i can tell you this, safe gadhafi got into the motorcade and he's in the area immediately around the area. the gadhafi compound is around this area and other key installations and he's driving around with pretty limited security. a couple of other cars filled with bodyguards. not like a huge armored car or anything like that. he seemed to feel pretty safe. he said, look, get into the car and i'll take you to some of the hot areas of tripoli, the implication being that th

the red cross is here in tripoli.re hoping they will be able to help us, but the security situation is quite difficult. and i tell you, lastly, that we are very resilient and still very strong and we have still thousands and thousands of fighters who have nowhere to go but to fight. so this will increase and increase, and the death toll will increase. because people are so scared of the revenge and hatred, of the other side if they win. each side, actually, is terrified of the other side. so let's suspend all military operations, all violence right now. nato can order the rebels to stop immediately. we can order our troops and volunteers to stop immediately. and then we sit. and just as the rebels have their leader or leaders who will lead the negotiations, and without them the rebels would be lost and destroyed, we have our leader. it's moammar gadhafi. we need him to lead us for peace and for a way out of this. if you take moammar gadhafi out of the equation, a whole side will collapse and become an easy prey for th

tripoli. rebels say three of colonel gadhafi's sons are captured by the search continues for the leader. it's 10:00 a.m. in tripoli, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 p.m. in hong kong. hello, i'm andrew stevens. >> i'm charles hodson, you're watching cnn's continuing coverage of the uprising in libya. >>> history is unfolding today in libya as colonel moammar gadhafi's 42-year grip on power appears to be coming to an end. here now the latest. anti-gadhafi forces say they're in control of most parts of tripoli. the rebels caution there are still some pockets of resistance in the capital. colonel gadhafi's own whereabouts are unknown now, but there have been sporadic gunfire and explosions near his al aziz la compound in tripoli. rebels say they have now capt e captured three of gadhafi's surviving sons. prosecutors for the international criminal court say they hope to put saif gadhafi on trial, but a spokesman said the libyan people should decide whether to handover the sons to the icc. we've been abl

tripoli. in the compound, we found bodies lying where they fell. gaddafi loyalists, one rebel said. we can't be sure who killed them, but one man appeared to have been executed. he had been shot through the head with his hands still bound. a short distance away, the rebels are hunting for a sniper's nest. but up ahead, a glimpse of a bigger threat. such was the answer. a full scale street battle. the fighters were dangerously exposed. they brought out their improvised big guns. as their rockets propelled grenades. another burst of rebel gunfire there. they've been trying to move forward. for about an hour we were pinned down. then it was time to make a get-away. the rebels were running low on ammunition. we escaped with two bullet holes in our car. this is just one pocket of resistance. who knows how many more there may be. the rebels are tightening their grip here, but in the capital, these are still dangerous days. "bbc news," tripoli. >> as we saw there in that report, the situation in trip

, outside of tripoli?fact that you didn't hear from him, he actually did not appear in pup for now. all of husband communication was through telephone calls to his television. all of them were audio messages. that tells you that he didn't want anyone to know where her is the. quality of the audio has deteriorated, and that's an indication that he is speaking from a distance. that's why i am not really convinced that he is in the compound right now. >> professor abubaker saad, former aide for gadhafi, thank you for staying with us through this coverage. >>> still churning through the atlantic gaining strength and jacqui jeras will bring us the latest. stay with us. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want th

that in mind, we get a bird's eye view of where things stand in the capital, tripoli. >> not all of tripoli is in rebel hands. u.s. officials are telling cnn that the city is about 90% rebel-held. here are some of the points to focus on. the rebels have captured state tv. we're told that it went dark on monday afternoon after the rebels took it over. you might remember, this is where on saturday that news presenter actually brandished a weapon on camera while threatening rebels who might try to take over the facility. let's go on to gadhafi's compound. this is an infamous landmark right here. it heavily fortified. there is still apparently loyalist troops around this spot where fighting has been reported. if you see here, there's a bunker area on this end, housing at this end here. so this is another area that we're watching very closely. a couple of other flash points. the al that sir hotel. matthew chance reports that loyalist, gunmen have been left at the hotel. there has been heavy fighting around it as well let's go on to green square, another interesting area. this is where we saw the

eight pm where the breaking news is that libyan rebels inside colonel gadhafi tripoli compound following a fierce fight they now claim to control most of the capital three days after entering the city these are the latest pictures from the compound rebels around the square where colonel gadhafi used to make speeches to the nation exactly where he is no one seems to know smoke has been rising over the libyan capital throughout the day as a result of pockets of fighting between the two sides casualties are said to be mounting electricity in tripoli has now been restored after hours of a blackout for lindsay german a london based activist from the stop the war coalition talked to me a little earlier today and she believes the only thing libyans want now is to take the situation into their own hands. we have to remember we've been here before we knew before with afghanistan we've been there before with iraq and i think the lesson from both of those and that actually the message is even coming from many of the rebels in tripoli and elsewhere in libya is that they don't want nato there any mor

how do you see this fight playing out in tripoli? >> well again, all we're seeing is what the media is showing us. but if it has a significant amount of correct information, it would look like this is sort of the dying gasps of the gadhafi regime. as was said earlier, pockets of resistance, but it doesn't look like there are any great large numbers of troops that are going to be coming to help them anytime soon. so this is going to be finished up in the next couple of days. >> fidel, do you agreel with that? >> i do, i do, especially in tripoli. i think it would be difficult. i think there would be some pockets maybe close to sirt or some other areas that they would have to -- they will fight in order to negotiate and get a good -- some kind of a deal. and i think that will be -- they will be fighting for negotiation and for better conditions of surrender, not to overthrow or to push back the rebels. that's done. that's over. i think it's -- and my feeling is i'm very fearful about the plight of the journalists in this hotel. those p

a small part of tripoli.he overwhelming part is under the control of the rebels as is the country now. as the president of the united states said in a statement that he just released tonight, the momentum against the gadhafi regime has reached a tipping point. the president saying tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant. the gadhafi regime is showing signs of collapsing. we'll take a break. more coverage after this. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. that's good for our country's energy security and those people are what i

, the volunteers will move now to tripoli and these people will fight and tripoli will be filled with people from the tribe to confront them. and i don't think that the rebels will stand. they want to help them interfere with their actions all the time. but i think tripoli will be in two days or three days back to us. >> well, we've got a reaction to those comments from the national transitional council spokesperson, this is what he had to say. it's two things. they were sending millions to march to tripoli. now talking about thousands. that makes sense. and he is descroibing his defeat , and other parts of libya, as a tactical retreat. i call it a retreat without troops. it means more to look to it in a different way reather than political. it gave him a chance to talk from a distance and not only from geographical, but a distance from reality. the regime is about to end and his defeat is in the ground. >> nevertheless, though, he has not been captured and you still don't know where he is. >> this is not significant. we are talking about libya as one million, 850 square kilometers. t

as we were talking to you we are bringing pictures from tripoli. as i say these are live pictures as we're hearing reports that good daffy's compound is indeed being stormed by the rebel fighters. now for more on the latest developments there in tripoli i'm joined live by dr lackies director of the german or an institute based in berlin thank you very much indeed for joining us well it's certainly a confusing situation at the moment we're getting conflicting reports from the rebels first they claim the capture of gadhafi sons and then what appears to be leading a counterattack and then for almost two days they were saying they are in control of the capital there that also turned out to be untrue and now we're hearing those reports of the gadhafi compound being breached and indeed we're getting live pictures of what seems to be happening there at the moment it is very difficult to know what's going on it is very confusing what do you make of the latest situation now. appearing to the rebels who are in a situation to advance nor to barboza zia to the

ok now i am in tripoli now we smile father. duffy and my father wants to say some words to you and after that here in arabic language market that here said that now he's he's country he doesn't want to leave his home lent he wants to defend his country and he wants to thank all people into all who support. small company and small nation in the fight against countries from me and up there that it's in english thank you very much and mohammed translate these sentences from english and that the he said. because of security and i will call you later. you can reportedly authorized a clandestine operation to aid the assault from tripoli covert intelligence agents were allegedly inserted into libya to coordinate rebels actions during the push and more u.k. military personnel are said to be on standby in the mediterranean bennett has more on this. it seems the british did have a bigger hand in all of this than it originally let on the press here today reporting that a whole team of intelligence officials have been operating in the coun

he said all of his family are in tripoli. he went on to say that, you know, it was all a trick, the rebels coming in to tripoli, that we've now broken their backbone. and we've given them a hard time. he then invited me to get into the car and to drive around tripoli so he could prove how, you know, how much it was under the government's control. but before i had to chance to do that, the door closed and he drove off. but it was quite incredible because i mean, as we've been discussing, we all thought the rebels had reported, the icc, international criminal courts in the hague, had confirmed, we believed, he was in the custody of the rebels. he's not, he's free and driving around tripoli. one correspondent that's been here much longer than me said that, you know, the thing is about libya, the trouble is with reporting it, is that kind of lying is the national sport. obviously it was a little tongue in cheek. but, you know, the fact is both sides in this conflict have been, you know, spinning us a line, both sides have been ex

they locked themselves into tripoli now, and so -- the situation -- they control half of tripoli. they control the eastern half. they don't control the western half. in order to control the western half, they it's going to cost lives. it will take many lives. they ultimately will win because it takes far more lives than they anticipated. >> what do you make of our news that we've been reporting that gaddafi's son is free and at liberty in tripoli? >> i think first of all that he was under control and that he's like his brother mohammed. this is the first time to do something like this. they're learning as they go along. i don't think you'll see another communique until they are actually in chains somewhere. it's going to take time for them to learn. did they make a mistake? yes. premature? indeed so. the real thing is how did they escape and why did they escape? that is the problem we have to deal with. >> appreciate you joining us. thank you very much for that. as rebels continue to battle government forces in several areas of the capital tripoli, the bbc's correspondents, paul f

who is in tripoli from the center for research on globalization. you are in a media center in tripoli which is surrounded by rebel gunmen what is happening around you right now it is for a moment. we are surrounded by snipers i mean my space and. we are year one british national it was noted specifically instructed not to come near me. this was going to be taking office he said he was specifically told in the same year he was. there we are we're all bottled the staff. here is. some people here some people are outside right now but we were all essentially here the chinese were there in a queue where i'm going to worry you're french nationals myself. so. there was a couple times someone said security it turned out to be needing you cause a panic here and then the media immediately took. me immediately took them to cook. started taping you know sooner or tails of and. i'm going to i feel that my life. right now and i'm going to be this is going to people you're going you need to be extracted and he said look international community needs you are doing

ok now i am in tripoli. we saw my father moammar gadhafi and my father wants to say some words to you and after that here in arabic with a letter which i'm out of that here. now he's in a country he doesn't want probably if he's home alone and he wants to different country and he wants to thank all the people of all supports a small country and a small nation right against countries from me and after that it's in english thank you very much. mohamed. these sentences are from the english and up to the he said. because of security and i will call you later the u.k. is reportedly authorized to plan to stand operation to aid the assault on tripoli convert intelligence agents were allegedly inserted into libya to coordinate rebels actions during the push more u.k. military personnel are said to be on standby in the mediterranean artie's i bennet's has more on this. it seems the british did have a bigger around in all of this than it originally let on the press here today reporting that a whole team of intelligenc

dot com for more eyewitness accounts from tripoli. the big story they went through all the. journalists saying in a central tripoli hotel say they have been targeted by rebels to get more information from inside the leading capital at r t dot com. all the fight is not over in tripoli thoughts carvalho libya's vast oil riches the biggest in africa is already beginning the italian foreign minister fired the starting gun saying italy's any oil company will play the number one role in the region as archie's loran is reports the service won't come cheap for a jellybean people. delivered as a promise but seen by many as more of a threat david cameron says nato will stay while libya makes the transition to democracy as allied forces lend support to the rebels to take tripoli to stop the war coalition warns libyans not to expect they're getting something for nothing but western powers don't do this without asking for a paper why is it that the head of the t.n.c. is running off to paris to meet with the french president while of course he is one very very important issue which is why

he addressed to journalists in tripoli accusing nato forces of causing death and destruction. nato is at the king the heart of it these foreign civilian city it's at the economic. that has taken defensive position is that that volunteers and they do give. air cover to these again who have no political project no dream for libya what they want right now is been there to understand political analyst mahdi none of them royal who's in tripoli says nato is the major player in this recent assault they specifically targeting the areas where international journalists are to feed their nato has done all the heavy work this is a nato war make no mistake this is a nato war they heavily bombed cities west of here they bombed all night without even ten seconds of stopping they bombed this entire city nato landed the. insurgents on to the coast of tripoli they have no respect for the international press i was putting up a sign on the hotel on top of the hotel i took the initiative to downright press and snipers shot at me i was told right now i can't confirm it but i was told and a lot of t

even before the fate of tripoli is sealed to great oil grab it is already beginning. as western oil companies start circling around the violence torn country concerns resurfaced the so-called battle for democracy was a war for black gold all along. continued fighting in libya seem to have surprised some in the markets up to yesterday's drop oil prices are on the rise again more in the business program in about twenty minutes. it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program and information blackout appears to have descended on libya for hours there has been no significant updates coming from tripoli the hotel where the international journalists have been staying is left without electricity and communication well earlier the story took a major twist when colonel gadhafi son made an appearance in central tripoli refuting rebels claims that he had been arrested during a brief window when power was restored he managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist sleezy phone the saw saif gadhafi herself. well they have

ok and now i am in tripoli. and he said my father. my mother wants to say some words you after that you know in which. here said but now at least in. theory he doesn't want the police he's home in the end he wants it would be for his country and he wants to thank all people in the water who support. small country and small nation against countries from me and up are there. in english thank you very much. mohammed translate these simple answers from english and over the. course of security and we'll all. freelance journalist you can chandan who has recently come back from libya has told me earlier that gadhafi forces may continue the fight. nato are under helicopters and jets have literally massacred and blown apart all these were able to get into tripoli and look at our images very carefully and from tripoli and even western mainstream media is admitting that no civilians are coming out in support of the rebels although all the shoppers all the shops all the houses are shut down in zawiya and the shut down in tripoli now the rebels th

no one can enter tripoli. tripoli will be an exploding bomb. we will do everything to protect tripoli and its people. we are experts in dealing with nato. tripoli would be a death trap. it is these rebels against the crusaders. >> recent radio messages only help to maintain the aura of fear that many libyans are living in. >> they are trying to make their presence made. anything -- anyone listening to that it is amazing to see, this is the regime that can strike some fear. into people here. they wonder whether there could be some grander scheme that may come into the fore. the imam -- it has been repeated against -- across neighborhoods was announcing to the speakers that the water supply in tripoli has been poisoned and there have been several cases that have wound up in the hospital and he was calling out to residents in the area to switch off the water supply so that their tanks on the rooftop do not get water from the state. a lot of rumors flying around. i would dismiss them as rumors. however, people have taken it very seriously. we saw a

battle rages and for control over libya reports from tripoli say the commander of colonel gadhafi security breda orders his soldiers to lay down their arms as rebels advance towards the central square of the capital the rebel council says it will stop the fighting or cut off you leave the country and also claim to have captured three sons of the libyan leader according to the libyan government one thousand three hundred people have been killed since the nato backed onslaught on tripoli started. suggestions of that ceasefire egypt has reportedly managed to convince both gaza and israel to lay down arms after days of heavy shelling. a look at other stories that shaped this past week the crackdown against english rioters against momentum gains momentum the harsh sentences handed to those who played only minor parts in the chaos as human rights groups say judges and politicians have gone too far. and e.u. leaders a promise of a single economic a government fails to reassure anxious investors as a fresh trouble over greece once again threatens a stability. broadcasting live direct from the hear

bbc news, tripoli. >> this is a student who lives near martha's square in tripoli.sked her what the streets were like in the capitol this morning. >> it was quite quiet, to be honest. i am not really used to the quietness. there are not any gun shots. we have not have that for six months. >> why do you think it has calmed down now? is there a reason? >> i am not sure. it may be more of the fighting is toward the south of tripoli and not the central tripoli any more. >> what is the mood on the streets like? have you had an opportunity? i appreciate it is very dangerous, but have you had an opportunity to get outside? >> yes, i went out today. i do not know how to explain it. it is nothing that we have ever felt before. although we are not completely free yet, i do not even know what to say. you just see -- there is a checkpoint every 25 meters at least. there is -- everyone is very safe. everyone loves each other for the first time in decades. everyone is happy and congratulating each other. all you hear is, congrats. god is great. >> at the checkpoints that you ment

the scene in tripoli remains extremely mixed. you can see local people coming out on the streets to celebrate their new freedom. [horns honking] but we have been told that they will leave the city tonight because it is still not safe enough for them to stay. bbc news, tripoli. >> there are reports that gaddafi's son muhammed has escaped after being arrested by the rebels. we get the latest update and in the town of misrata. >> the rebels remain in control. i think this is something that the rebels always expected, this intense resistance. i do not think they expected to collect the keys of the kingdom from colonel gaddafi's men. but i think there is also a feeling that these pockets of resistance cannot last for very long. ultimately, these fighters will have problems with getting supplies and ammunition. obviously, the international community is working very carefully to see how the rebels handle this transition phase. what are they learning about how they are thinking about this? >> it is a delicate issue not will leave for the

he didn't say i am in tripoli. he said i am with you, tripoli.ause i've worked with this man for nine years, i know exactly that he had already left tripoli. if you listen to the quality of the tapes he's been releasing the last couple weeks, theer very bad quality. that's not the television. it's the distance from which he is talking. i am suspect the sabha in the south, a stronghold to his tribal group, or sert, the town he was born in. >> wolf, stay with us. great insight, mr. saad, and we're going to talk about more if gadhafi is pushed out, is knocked out of power today, what happens tomorrow? we're going to bring in one of our reporters who actually covered libya for years, and we'll take a look at that next. hey, the new guy is loaded with protein! really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. new ensure high

he drove off in a motorcade into tripoli. clearly into an area which is very much under control of the forces of his father. >> and you say -- he said the opposition had fallen into some sort of trap. what did he mean? the opposition has been claiming besides they captured him, but they control 90% of tripoli? >> yes. they are saying that. i think there are questions tonight about to what extent that's the case. it's very difficult for us here in the hotel to verify what -- how much of tripoli is controlled by the rebels and how much is controlled by gadhafi. i can tell you this, safe gadhafi got into the motorcade and he's in the area immediately around the area. the gadhafi compound is around this area and other key installations and he's driving around with pretty limited security. a couple of other cars filled with bodyguards. not like a huge armored car or anything like that. he seemed to feel pretty safe. he said, look, get into the car and i'll take you to some of the hot areas of tripoli, the implication being that th

international news live for marty here in moscow just turned one am and eleven pm in tripoli and so to our breaking news this hour the fast moving developments there in libya rebels say they now control most of tripoli and have taken libya state t.v. channels off the air and some reports suggest opposition fighters have been looting private houses well two of half the sons are now thought to be in rebel hands for the first having escaped house arrest a position to say a large number of their fighters have been killed or reports of heavy fighting around gadhafi compound but the whereabouts of the colonel around known nato insists it will continue combat air patrols until government forces surrender. or journalist who's founder and chairman of online newspaper the voltaire network is in the rixos hotel in tripoli and told me a little earlier that nato forces are doing everything to back up the rebels. knowing the short answer is no more the leaders of the country they will do with from the earth tell but now there is only film normally seen friday will tell but as you know some of the us

tripoli appears to be seen to be taken. hopefully what will evolve in libya will be some sort of representative government for its people. >> is the nato side over? >> no. by no means. nato has taken this mission on. they have to see it through whatever this and state is going to be. whether it is going to be some sort of representative government. there has to me a way to provide jobs and security. police and some degree of military to stop the looting and violence that should -- there should be no score selling. >> what have we learned in that respect from iraq? it was not a great mission. it was a bit of a disaster. there was a long time of insecurity. what have the international community and nato learned? >> i think what has to happen is this issue of stability, you cannot have chaos and looting and all that going on. i think there has been some planning by nato to be able to get some sort of stability forces. whether it is police, military, the trainers could be foreign. the trainers could help the police and military

can you just give us an example in the feeling of what's happening now in tripoli. yes well we just heard a few minutes ago from the government spokesman was abraham that one thousand three hundred people have been murdered in tripoli over the past twelve hours because of the emergence of the rebels in tripoli with the support of nato and yesterday over three hundred people were killed and just today more than one hundred people were injured so the situation now is very grave and crucial and it's clear. that it's the only obstacle to this brutal bloodbath in tripoli how can you say is is nato and the minute that nato leaves this country i mean it's this bloodshed will and the rebels admitted at the beginning of the crisis that without the support of nato they would have collapsed within two days and this morning we had. a press conference with the heads of the libyan intelligence analysts and you see who accused the west. of working with al qaeda which to be in government of course has been saying all along that this has been vindicated a number of times during this

roy who is in tripoli from the center for research on globalization. now you are in a media center in tripoli which is surrounded by rebel gunmen what is happening around you right now at this for a moment. we are surrounded by snipers i mean you can find space in the model. we are here nationally it was in the woods basically instructed not to come here leave. this was going to be very often seen it was specifically told him i'd stay near he never said oh it was. we are we are all out all the staff. there is. some people here some people are outside right now but we were all essentially here the chinese were there. you were going to or your french nationals myself. so. it was a couple times someone said it turned out the community was here and then the media immediately took to media immediately took them to get. started saving you know. what. i'm going to do i feel that my life. right now i'm not going to be that is that many people here and we need to be extracted and he says look international communities are doing the united nations not nato what

the electorate has been shut down in all of tripoli. -- electric has been shut down in all of tripoli>> we understand that there has been a power failure affecting parts of the capital. have you heard any gunfire in your area? >> yes. about two hours ago. at the moment, it is all right. >> what do you think is happening between gaddafi forces on the rebels of the moment? >> i think there is going to be a big fight. >> tell us what happened yesterday. we understand that the rebels came into the capital. did that also happen in your suburb? >> about 90% is under control right now. the gaddafi soldiers are trying to, you know, [unintelligible] >> you said that you heard gunfire. have you heard any air strikes taking place? >> i heard a lot of bomb attacks, yes. >> describe what happens when you heard those. >> it is scary. yes, it is scary. all of the people are scared. >> are you worried about what is going to happen? >> the people are worried, yes. we are not sure yet. gaddafi is down, but we do not know yet. >> what are you going to do? are you planning on taking part in any of the re

nato concentrated air strikes on gaddafi's compound and bases in tripoli. they came up with a wide-ranging package of financial assistance. on june 1, the military coalition extended its mandate by three months, until the end of september. on june 7, more than 25 explosions rocked the capital in nato's heaviest bombardment to date. on the 13th, germany recognized the rebel council as the de facto leadership of libya. two week's letter, the international criminal court in the hague issued an arrest warrant for gaddafi and his sons saif and nafissatsaadi. he said hundreds of his fighters would sacrifice themselves in the attacks across europe unless nato held off. the rebels continued to fight and make their way toward tripoli. >> back to business. very good news for the german economy. >> germany is lowering its estimate for this year's budget deficit to a modest 1.5% of gdp. they say they could balance the books by 2014. it remains unclear whether tax revenues will remain at current levels. economic growth slowed sharply in the second quarter, attributed to

which is where we go to breaking news at this hour libyan rebels are inside colonel gadhafi tripoli compound following a day of fierce fighting they claim control of most of the city but small pockets of resistance still remain the casualties are said to be mounting as of now the leader and his family the whereabouts are nowhere to be found however reports suggest that the colonel could have fled the city via a network of underground tunnels ranging for over thirty kilometers it has been reported that loyalist troops to cut off you have been retreating to his home town of sderot al jazeera reports that the insurgents' headquarters will be moved from benghazi to tripoli within the next two days. the rebel council now plans to hold a summit in qatar on wednesday with international community representatives to seek funds lindsey german a london based activist from the stop the war coalition believes the only thing libyans want now is to take the situation into their own hands. we have to remember we've been here before we've been here before with afghanistan we've been there before wit

the hotel in tripoli. our matthew chance is there. we're expecting him to call in at any moment during this hour. we'll bring that to you live, of course. one of the final gadhafi strongholds in all of the capital city. coming up, i want to talk about the rebels. what started as a group has become an army. close to taking down moammar gadhafi. but rebels in libya are definitely getting help. we'll explain to you these reports of sleeper cells and which moves broke this battle wide open. plus, we're just getting in this brand new video as i mentioned of president obama, he's on vacation in martha's vineyard. he spoke a short time ago on what's happening. these developments in libya. the president uninterrupted in his own words, next. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities, so we're helping them with advice from local business experts and extending $18 billion in credit last year. that's how we're helping set opportunity in motion. [ male announcer ] this is o

in moscow you're watching r t with me kevin and the breaking news rebels have reportedly entered tripoli from the west as fighting in libya appears to be intensifying some estimates put the death toll from this weekend alone in the hundreds with around a thousand injured it's also believed that major clashes have seen the rebels capture the capital's me to get base opposition forces also claim two of three prisoners a lot of during the uprising against colonel gadhafi his regime it's got more reaction on the ground now across to mother is in tripoli and she's from the center for research on globalization marty thanks for being on the line with us and how would you describe what's happening in tripoli at the moment. there are targeted attacks kevin specifically targeting the areas where international journalists are to feed their need or have gone all the heavy work this is a nato war make nor mistake there's a need a war the heavily bombed cities west of here they bomb all night out even ten seconds of stopping they bombed the entire city needle landed the insurgents on to the coast of t

and welcome you are watching r t a in moscow where it is six o'clock am four o'clock am in tripoli which is where we have breaking news this hour dubai based. t.v. says that the libyan capital is being pounded by missiles and mortars but reuters news agency also says a program offered forces are shelling the town of. west of the capital this comes after the regimes a spokesman. threatened the battle for libya will turn the country into volcanoes lava and fire rebel forces are now occupying colonel gadhafi tripoli compound following a day of fierce fighting and claimed to be in control of most of the city the whereabouts of the leader and his family are still unknown in the recent national radio address though the market off the plane is that withdrawal from. stronghold was a tactical move several rebel groups have gathered in the tripoli's central square to celebrate their advance. and for some insight into the libya conflict don de bar an anti-war activist and journalist who joins us live from the u.s. now thank you for being with us and very interesting times as we've heard khadafi cla

near tripoli. and the maltese government speaks person who i have been in contact with has told us all here that the space on that boat to take us all out to malta and to haiti obviously. the trouble is we've not managed to negotiate an exit from the hotel. what the people hearsay, the gadhafi loyalists who are controlling the hotel say, is that it's not safe for us to do that. they say they're here for one reason only, to protect us. so at the moment that means that we're not being permitted to move outside the hotel even though we've made the point that we believe it's our right to move outside the hotel if we choose to do that. that's not i've agreed to yet. >> have they indicated any knowledge that the men who are in the lobby, the loyals, have they indicated knowledge of the fact that it seems like according to sara sidner, the area they control now is relatively small. sara is very close by in green square, the gadhafi compound obviously has fallen. would seem that the areas that a loyalist c

news now this hour the rebel council claims that they are in control of most of the libyan capital tripoli after the alliance backed advance one of colonel gadhafi sons safe. only are reported to have been arrested has made a surprise appearance in the capital he claims pro can offer troops have broken the backbone of the rebel forces nato confirms that three surface to air missiles have been launched on the coastal city of misrata by a loyalist meanwhile the whereabouts of the libyan leader is still unknown but a spokesman. says that he is doing quite well nato insists it will continue combat missions until all government forces. there are reports of gunfire near the libya tunisia border as well thousands of libyans are heading in that direction to flee the fierce fighting between pro and anti kadafi forces correspondent is at the border. well violent clashes have been reported along its unusually been border over the weekend it all started on friday when local resident has reported that near the town of. reportedly several vehicles with the license plate carrying arms men have been spott

reports from tripoli say rebel forces have seized control of most of the libyan capital of the libyan leaders and security force has reportedly surrendered and confirmation has come into the sun safe has been arrested according to the libyan government one thousand three hundred people have been killed since the nato backed onslaught on tripoli started on sunday. and suggestions of ceasefire egypt has reportedly managed to convince both gaza and israel to lay down arms after days of heavy shelling. and other stories that have shaped the past week the crackdown against english rioters gains momentum with harsh sentences handed to those who played only minor parts in the chaos as human rights groups say judges and politicians have gone too far. and e.u. leaders promise of a single economic government fails to reassure anxious investors as fresh trouble over greece once again threatens stability. and. it is seven o'clock here in moscow the russian capital it is five o'clock in tripoli where you will find breaking news let's get right to that reports say rebel forces have reached to the c