at least seven people were killed after gunmen attacked libya's election commission in the capital tripoli. well i'm down in georgia this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up the political turmoil in armenia deepens after parliament blocks the opposition leader from becoming the new prime minister plus. asylum seekers in a so-called migrant caravan remain hopeful as they wait patiently on the u.s. border for processing. digging for gold is supposed to be lucrative but that's not the story in south sudan we'll tell you why. we're going to some breaking news out of the libyan capital tripoli where at least seven people have been killed in an attack gunman including a suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of libya's electoral commission the commission has been registering voters ahead of elections that are expected before the end of the year well mahmoud had joins us on the phone from tripoli what more details are emerging about the attack. security sources here say that seven people were killed including get. stuffed members at the national election commissions and for security gu

let's bring in our guests in tripoli. because he is a political analyst and senior advisor to the negotiating team of the high council of state joining us on skype from. in poland russia chief foreign correspondent fall of figaro daily newspaper and in cambridge rian and smith managing director of libya analysis welcome to your style how would like to start by asking you this question this is not the first time that the international community is trying to stitch together an agreement for libya why is the paris conference different this time. it's really not different and it's not the third time that the international community tries to forge an agreement there was a serious attempt at forging an agreement in spirit as your report mentioned and it came out with the libyan political agreement which produced the current government of national accord what's happening in paris now this is the second round that mccrone tries his hand at this he failed miserably in his first attempt when he coupled saraj and after and claimed o

the un backed an internationally recognized national called government in tripoli was formed three years ago. as the prime minister but he struggled to establish the authority of his government beyond the capital pitted against the government of national accord in the west is the tobruk administration in the east under the control of the self declared libya's national army its commander general healthy for have to controls the oil rich east and its vital export terminals he recently shrugged off election talks and urged libyans to trust his army instead of leave them i want you to trust the army it will lead you to what you aim for i know you want a real life not a semblance of a life that results from elections have to has expressed disdain for the government of national accord in tripoli government leaders in the capital say that before elections are held libyans should agree on a new electoral law and a constitution and if the so. they want to turn their back on past agreements and take us all the way to new elections. have to me which is. portrayed by you a in egypt is more powerful

and government base in tripoli this is. the the veteran lebanese diplomat is now the u.n. special representative he's also talking but listening to all of this with this is our correspondent. and what we seem to have arrived after this morning of talks in paris is one could call it a road a road map perhaps but there's certainly a plan in place that everyone in attendance seems to have agreed to. well that's right and what we've heard after this meeting here in paris is the the four main rival libyan leaders that were invited to attend this conference have signed an agreement to come up with a constitutional framework by september and then set a date for elections december the tenth we are told that they would like libyans to go to the polls now there was a lot of back slapping a lot of kind words as a man or mark or said that this was an historic moment the fact that these leaders are come together and agreed was something of a first and also that these leaders were joined by not only presented some international organizations such as yours united nations but also by repr

ok let's get going with some breaking news for you coming to us out of the libyan capital tripoli where at least seven people have been killed in an attack there gunman including a suicide bomber have attacked the headquarters of libya's electoral commission the electoral commission has been registering voters ahead of elections that are expected before the end of this year mark words up to what head is in tripoli market what happened. as for the casualties the number could be higher than this i have just spoken with a small he's the commissioner of the security data treats and tripoli and he just told me that there are still counting the casualties and the number could be higher than this he also suggests that. could be behind this attack because he says. to attack a teen aged themselves inside premises of the high national election commission engaged with their security forces at the gate and killed a number of the security forces so called in a similarly believes that it's behind this attack we understand that the high national election commission has been supported by international

have to has expressed disdain for the government of national accord in tripoli government leaders in the capital say that before elections are held libyans should agree on a new electoral law and a constitution and if the so. they want to turn their back on past agreements and take us all the way to new elections. after his army which is supported by us in egypt is more powerful than troops based in tripoli the general who recently returned home after medical treatment is widely seen by his supporters as the only libyan leader qualified to end years of infighting. there. iranian state media says at least seventy six people have been injured after an earthquake hit the country's southwest a magnitude five point three quake struck near the remote mountainous city of sister act some seven hundred kilometers south of tehran state media says it caused extensive damage to roads and buildings hospitals in the nearby town of yes sewage have been evacuated the british company at the center of facebook's data privacy scandal is reported to be closing its operations cambridge analytical hit the

backed government in tripoli prime minister it faces a sudden libya has been in a state of unrest and political instability since mamata gadhafi was toppled in twenty eleven. italy's president has appointed. interim prime minister he's a former official with the international monetary fund said he was appointed after the president's veto derailed efforts by two populist parties to form a coalition government. political convulsions in italy meet the new prime minister designate not a political figure but a former international monetary fund official. a must underline that the government will maintain a neutrality a total neutrality with respect to the electoral debate. must now come up with a workable list of ministers but he's unlikely to survive a confidence vote in a parliament stacked against him so the new government will likely become a lame duck interim government until fresh elections in the autumn on the weekend president sergio rejected the euro skeptic finance minister proposed by the five star movement northern league coalition dashing their hopes of becoming europe's first

the un backed an internationally recognized national called government in tripoli was formed three years ago. as the prime minister but he struggled to establish the authority of his government beyond the capital pitted against the government of national accord in the west is the tobruk administration in the east under the control of the self declared libya's national army its commander general healthy for have to control all rich east and its vital export terminals he recently shrugged off election talks and urged libyans to trust his army instead to leave him and i want you to trust the army it will lead you to what you aim for i know you want a real life not a semblance of a life that results from elections have to has expressed disdain for the government of national accord in tripoli government leaders in the capital say that before elections are held libyans should agree on a new electoral law and a constitution and if the so. they want to turn their back on past agreements and take us all the way to new elections. have to me which is supported by usa in egypt is more powerful than

backed government in tripoli the prime minister fires alsa raj well we can discuss that summit taking place in paris now with cloudier gas in the she's a senior analyst for libya the international crisis group and she's joining us live from rome thank you for talking to us you're in rome italy of course is the former colonial master of libya there are at least nineteen representatives of different countries at this summit taking place how influential have outside interests be in the scenario being played out in libya on the ground i mean first of all the international community and specific actors played an important role in twenty eleven when there was a push to topple gadhafi and ever since we can say that libyan actors themselves have been relying on one country or another. in order to pursue their own goals and i think the relationship is a two way relationship there are strategic priorities for some european countries first of all in libya there are gulf interests being played out in libya so of course international community has been playing and is still playing a role for the f

give us some breaking news we're getting reports of an attack in the libyan capital tripoli gunmen that attacked the headquarters of libya's high national election commission there are reports of some injuries let's get some more now from mahmoud up to wide in tripoli so what more do we know about this attack. well we're getting reports from the high national election commission that three people were killed including one women there in front of the main gate of the high national election commission say that two black people gunmen engaged with the security forces of the gate and they suggest that they were wearing suicide belts and then they managed to get into the building from that. explosion inside one of the buildings of the high national election commission with huge smoke getting out of the building we understand that this high national election commission is going to asian that is concerned that with with. voters for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary the parliamentary elections before the end of this year and conduct the elections was suggested by. and backed governmen

backed government in tripoli prime minister of phases libya has been in a state of unrest and political instability since mama gadhafi was toppled in twenty eleven. it's the strongest indication yet a summit between the u.s. president donald trump and the north korea leader may still take place kim jong un's right hand man has been seen on his way to the u.s. kim jung il is the vice chairman of north. ruling workers' party and this and her thomas reports from seoul there's been plenty of movement to with other players involved. with just one flight daily from pyongyang to beijing shop light camera operators can watch and wait to see who steps off it's the man in the white shirt is kim yong stopping over in china before connecting on to a flight to the united states on wednesday kim yong heads north korea's into korean relations department and he's essentially the north korean leader on denuclearization talks he came to the winter olympics closing ceremony in south korea in february that events was the catalyst for the positive into korean relations since earlier this month he was at kim

have to add is expected to be there along with his rival the head of the un backed government in tripoli say is a set of hours libya has been in a state of unrest and political instability since mama gadhafi was toppled in twenty eleven attacks a butler following the talks joining us from paris what is the aim of this meeting a tosser. what the french president aims to achieve with this meeting is to try and end the instability and political crisis in libya which has as you point out plagued the country since twenty eleven now what micro has done is try to get some of libya's main rival leaders around the table here in paris to talk to try and resolve some of the issues and to agree at the end of the meeting he is hoping to a road map which pave the way towards elections at the end of this year and also other points such as support for a national army in the immediate reunification of the central bank now emmanuel marco had a similar meeting to this last july and at the time invited only he went back to prime minister fires also roger and the renegade general khalifa haftar who's based i

is involved ourselves in a civil war between the soundsystem government and the gadhafi regime in tripoli and i suspect this is going to run for a very long time and incredibly nasty practically and there are human rights abuses being reported on both sides including the treatment of african people by the transitional government as well as the treatment for opposition people by the government of market basket yes the treatment of african people since the british bombed libya a man addressing an unseen. big strong voice for fun one. four hundred. seven hundred. eight hundred the number zero eight these men are sold for twelve hundred local pounds four hundred dollars apiece. you are watching an option of human beings yes the voting of britain's prime minister of tourism may not only help create the largest refugee crisis is the second world war not only help catalyze isis diagonal the mediterranean but turn back the clock in africa's richest country to one like when britain used to trade in slaves tourism a supported that war which the u.k. parliaments foreign affairs select committee woul

sad how dearly has made particularly here in the capital beirut and also in the northern city of tripoli and these two districts are crucial for saddle heady if he makes major gains there would consolidate his chances to be reelected as prime minister of lebanon but he faces some tough resistance from news certainly candidates particularly here in the capital and also in tripoli it remains to be seen whether president michel our own and his party which is the free patrick movement is going also to be the biggest. when are among the christian political blocs in eleven or so these are the latest developments just a while ago we've seen a crowd of hezbollah supporters riding their motorcades here in the downtown of beirut celebrating what they consider to be a major win ok so we're still going to have to wait to get any clear indication of results but there have also been some clashes a little earlier what's the latest on that there have been some clashes particularly in the southern suburbs of beirut between supporters of the future movement and of hezbollah but the army into fear and then

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people were killed when several gunman including a suicide bomb a storm the building in the capital tripoli the commission has been registering voters head of elections expected before the end of the year i don't know. i would like to show you that the main database of the commission is preserved and maintained and was not tampered with because of the fact that we expect such a breach of our work it was part of our plans to maintain a backup database that we can put an operation within hours the commission is still strong and is still able to perform any electoral process required from us this will only increase our determination after this terrorist attack to proceed with the preparation for the next electoral process with all our strength the basque separatist group has announced its disbanding just days after apologizing to its victims the spanish government not to abandon its investigation into crimes from the group's violent past we know already my gosh we will never face these terrorists again and never will we bend on our knees to them they should understand very clearly that they wo

be efforts to unify the army and adopt a newly draft constitution mahmud up the wire reports from tripolit's been more than two years since libya's u n baghdad political agreement was signed in rocor but it has not yet been implemented france is now launching another initiative to bring the libyan rebels together this time the speaker of the department aguilar sila and the head of the high street council missionary are invited alongside the u n backed prime minister of ice and that any gay general sorry for have to. but analysts say the meeting will not lead to credible solutions they cannot deliver the state council come up deliver the h o r we've seen over the past four years did not deliver anything and saraj with all this money and no body to to question him failed to do anything over the past two years libya has had two competing bases of power since two thousand and fourteen one in the capital tripoli supported by the united nations and the other in the eastern city of unplayed are supported by the two broad based the parliament in july last year france hosted a meeting between prim

backed government in tripoli the prime minister. well we can discuss that summit taking place in paris now with cloudier in the she's a senior analyst.

and sore but that leaves the widest the at least there was security at least you could travel from tripoli to benghazi at night nothing nothing would happen to you ok just you could not punish but the west and the folks in glutinous do not like. critical dictatorships and we can understand that but they forgot something that this father in in this part of the world of a worse that. but it because dictatorship they say on iraqi face always worse than a nike there is civil war they just we just forgot that now it would be three me extremely difficult to build a new libya because at least galaxy he was you nineteen all this strikes as a matter of fact i think it will be only one when you have tonight all this all this ok. and we have been activated and considerate just to do. libya has become a hub for human trafficking. broad circle groups. warlords creating huge concerns for the region for the international community and for europe then again no one seems to be willing to go. together and solve this problem yeah i mean obviously there we should mention as well of see this causes a huge prob

sunni elite several other candidates have now stood up in these elections in the sunni dominated tripoli but even here in beirut remains to be seen how the saudis will respond to the rise of other sunni strong sunni candidates in lebanon so he's popular but he's facing some pretty tough competition and these are the first election since two thousand and nine can you walk us through the issues that are concerning voters in the country. where the big issue here really is the sectarian divide and foreign meddling but i don't very civic level garbage prices electricity water prices now with a million syrians on the ground palestinians have already been living for decades in camps so there is a quite a burden on the civic facilities so lebanese if you talk to would say well look i want to check your city i want the garbage crisis to be resolved but broadly they say it cannot be done as long as one is divided on religious lines and there is foreign meddling in our country and that is that iran and saudi arabia really come into the civic problems are linked to the foreign policy. the fact that

tripoli. an immigrant from mali has been awarded french citizenship after a dramatic video of him rescuing a child went viral mamadou kasama saw a crowd gathered outside a building in paris where a toddler was hanging from a fourth floor balcony he pulled himself up from flow. the floor with his bare hands to reach the child sam has been called a real life spite of an attack and joins us live from outside the building in paris where the child was dying before we go into the story and give us more details about what actually happened tell us what's happened today and how has being on it for this. well it's been an extraordinary day for marmaduke a summer extraordinary couple of days actually because he walked into the elisei palace in the center of paris a bit earlier as a refugee you come from mali just a few months ago he walks out as a man who's been awarded a french citizenship and a promise to drop in the hailed a hero well the french president so emmanuel mccall also to speak to monitor s

for its role in the detention and torture of a libyan man and his wife, after theirforced return to tripoliort from mosul, former stronghold of the islamic state group. and, the mountains of abandoned hire bikes springing up across china as commuters switch to cycle sharing apps.

at least seven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on electoral commission offices in tripoli a spokesman said the bomber was among a group of militants who set fire to the building the electoral commission has been registering voters ahead of elections in the country. a judge in me and maher has dealt a blow to prosecutors in the trial of two reuters journalists accused of possessing state secrets he will the testimony. we have a witness who said the two had been framed was credible it's been seen as a landmark of free speech case for the country. in the world health organization says seven million people every year die of diseases caused by air pollution a number it says that has remained steady for the past several years almost all those affected live in poor countries in asia and africa worldwide nine out of ten people breathe polluted air. officials in the u.s. have begun processing a small number of asylum applications from a group of central american migrants camped out just across the border in mexico the migrants traveled across mexico in march aided by political acti

spokesman said the bomber was among a group of militants who set fire to the building in the capital tripoli so-called islamic state jarvis group says it carried out the attack. the swedish institute for peace research says global military spending has risen to its highest level. since the cold war ended and most of the increase came from higher outlays in asian countries especially china india and saudi arabia russia saw the biggest decrease in spending down twenty percent last year. meanwhile here in germany the country's coalition government has presented its budget for the current year it's set to spend thirty eight point five billion euros on its armed forces that may sound like a lot but the defense ministry is up in arms saying it needs far more to modernize germany's fighting forces as pressure grows on the country to step up its obligations to nato. a german euro fighter taking to the air something of a rare sight these days germany possesses one hundred twenty eight of the jet were plates but only four are reportedly mission ready that could leave the country unable to fulfill its

including a suicide bomber stormed they had quarters of libya's electoral commission in the capital tripoli and the office which was set on fire that had been registering they just ahead of elections expected before the end of the year. eisele says it was behind the attack. the basque separatist group eta has announced it's disbanded in an open letter declared all of its structures have been completely dissolved the organization violently campaigned for sixty years for an independent basque state between northern spain and southern france at or killed more than eight hundred people between one hundred sixty eight and twenty ten before declaring a ceasefire a year later. ukraine's prime minister is facing a revolt from within her own party on breaks it which could potentially bring down her government a group of around sixty you're a skeptic m.p.'s from tourism a's ruling conservative party i've spoken out against her favored plan for a customs partnership with the e.u. host brics it. alarming new report says air pollution is killing seven million people globally each year and is still risin

and then just two weeks after he is detained, tony blair turns up in tripoli, meets, gaddafi.he prime minister talked about "great intelligence sharing cooperation with the libyans". it is important to say that jack straw, who was the foreign secretary at the time of this has released a statement today, and he says... and sir mark allen, the m16 officer who was dealing with the libyans, he has never spoken publicly about this, but along with jack straw and all of the agencies involved, he denies individual wrongdoing. but i'm very compressed there. —— the time very compressed, there. i'm joined now by lance price, former labour director of communications, who left blair's government three years before abdel hakim belhaj was seized. good evening to you. did you wonder today why theresa may was having to apologise for this, rather than the people who were kind of in power at the time that it happened, tony blair, jack straw and the others? i would have found it strange that she was apologising on behalf of the british government when it was a different government, of course, tha

headquarters a spokesman said the bomber was among a group of militants who set fire to the building in tripoli the electoral commission has been registering voters ahead of elections in the country. and donald trump's former doctor says a letter giving him a glowing bill of health in the run up to the two thousand and sixteen elections was dictated by trump himself harold bornstein letters said trump would be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency whose quote physical strength and stamina are extraordinary bornstein previously said she had written. to soccer now and in the champions league baron munich's quest to win a trouble of trophies is over after a four three aggregate defeat to rail madrid. has been had given the above variance a lead but two goals from pairing beds and turned the game back madrid's way how did equaliser giving biron a glimmer of hope the hosts held on to reach another champions league final it is a bitterly disappointing a match for the bundesliga champs who fall at the semifinal stage for the fourth successive time despite winning the german cup in t

backed government in tripoli prime minister. colombia's military says it's killed eleven dissident members of the former rebel group fark in the country's south the defense minister says they had been threatening politicians entrepreneurs and civilians in the quotes a region the operation comes a day after the first round of colombia's presidential election those are the headlines inside stories coming up next on al-jazeera stay with us. the i.m.f. said riyadh's a break even price for twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. for help now we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. colombia's peace deal could be a fierce critic of the agreement with rebels in pole position to be president if evangel wins the next vote with reignite an armed conflict that saw more than two hundred thousand people killed over five decades this is inside story. a low and welcome to the program. colombia's presidential

backed government in tripoli prime minister phases. the north korean spy chief and senior official kim. headed to the u.s. after stopping over in beijing he's likely to hold discussions with u.s. officials regarding a possible summit between kim jong un. well japan's prime minister says he'll be meeting donald trump before any summit goes ahead in singapore the two also spoke on the phone about japanese citizens being held by north korea. the abduction victims today and have conveyed the feelings to u.s. president donald trump and discussed how important it is to resolve this issue also we agreed to have a japan u.s. summit before the u.s. north korea summit colombia's military says it has killed eleven dissident members of the former rebel group fork in the country's south the defense minister says they had been threatening politicians entrepreneurs and civilians in the region the operation comes a day after of the first round of colombia's presidential election the government's peace deal with far has been one of the main issues ther

headquarters a spokesman said the bomber was among a group of militants who set fire to the building in tripoli the other told commission has been registering voters ahead of elections in the country. donald trump's former doctor says are you literally giving him a glowing bill of health in the run up to the twenty sixteen elections was dictated by mr trump himself harold bernstein's letter said trump would be quote the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency who has whose quote physical strength and stamina are extraordinary orenstein previously said he'd written it. the swedish institute for peace research says global military spending has risen to its highest level since the cold war and it most of the increase came from higher outlays in asian countries especially china india and saudi arabia russia saw the biggest decrease in spending down twenty percent last year. and here in germany the country's coalition government has presented its budget for the current year it's set to spend thirty eight point five billion euros on its armed forces that may sound like a whole lot but th

apology for its role in the detention and torture ofa libyan man and his wife after their return to tripoli200a. now it is time for asia business report. 88 and location are set. donald trump announces he will meet kim jong—unin trump announces he will meet kim jong—un in singapore next month. —— a date and location. and we speak to the woman looking to revolutionise a visit to the doctor. hello and welcome to asia business report. i am sharanjit welcome to asia business report. i am shara njit leyl. welcome to asia business report. i am sharanjit leyl. donald trump has announced that he is meeting with north korean leader kimjong—un in singapore on june 12, saying north korean leader kimjong—un in singapore onjune i2, saying he would try to make it a very special moment for world peace. for more on what this might mean for i am joined by katie silverfrom what this might mean for i am joined by katie silver from our newsroom. both countries have their reason for picking singapore. what are the reasons? it is really a natural choice for both countries. donald trump, there was an idea that th

eastern based renegade general is there along with his rival the head of the un backed government in tripoli prime minister phases of libya has been in a state of unrest and political instability since mama gadhafi was toppled in twenty eleven north korea the north korean spy chief and senior official kim jong il is headed to the u.s. after stopping over in beijing he's likely to hold discussions with u.s. officials regarding a possible summit between kim jong il trump. well japan's prime minister shinzo says he'll also be meeting trump before any summit goes ahead in singapore the two also spoke on the phone about japanese citizens being held by north korea. the abduction victims today and have conveyed the feelings to u.s. president donald trump and discussed how important it is to resolve this issue also we agreed to have a japan u.s. summit before the u.s. north korea summit colombia's military says it's killed eleven dissident members of the former rebel group in the country's south the defense minister says they had been threatening politicians entrepreneurs and civilians in the region

eastern based renegade general is there along with his rival the head of the un backed government in tripoli prime minister. libya has been in a state of unrest and political instability since mama gadhafi was toppled in twenty eleven. covering the talks joining us from paris to tell us more about the aim of this meeting natasha. what the french president is trying to do is find a way out of the chaos and the political instability that has plagued libya since the fall of moammar gadhafi now he thinks that the best way to do that is by getting some of libya's main rival leaders around the table to try and agree he's hoping by the end of this meeting to some sort of roadmap towards holding elections by the end of this year to unifying the central bank and he also wants to see a support for a national army now he tried to do a meeting like this last year in fact he held a meeting like this last year i should say in july and at that time he invited the two main libyan leaders the main rivals the u.n. backed prime minister fires also raj and the renegade command. who's based in the east of libya

eastern based renegade general is there along with his rival the head of the un backed government in tripoli prime minister is a north korean spy chief and a senior official kim young is headed to the u.s. after stopping over in beijing he's likely to hold discussions with u.s. officials regarding a possible summit between kim jong un and donald trump. and there's the rival libyan factions trying to find a common ground that will also be the goal of an upcoming discussion between the u.s. and russia and jordan on syria's southern deescalation zone the announcement comes as washington warns of stronger measures after several troops violations in the region the deescalation zone includes that i should all where rebel factions are preparing for a possible syrian government offensive the group say such an attack would compromise an area that's part of the deescalation zone agreement it's for a challenge the latest from moscow. well the deescalation zone in the south western corner of syria was agreed last year last july between russia the united states and jordan it's a little bit different from

some of the migrants have been held at the center is a wire about one hundred kilometers west of tripoli for more than five months now well those are the top stories much more on everything coming up in about twenty five minutes and we're going to have a full bulletin of news for you so do stay with us i'll be back a little bit later on i for now. of the three hundred years the most powerful nations on earth group richer and stronger on the profits of the slave trade over twelve million men women and children were also be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the nineteenth century it is a life it is thriving and it is bigger than ever. this series investigates the very modern people of twenty first century slavery. from the smallest villages in asia to some of the most economically vibrant cities in the west. but it begins in the last place you'd expect to find slaves. a country which only a few generations ago tore itself

there are rival governments in tripoli in the west and the east of libya. many complicated slender groups and armed factions. there is a fatigue in politics. we will have to wait and see whether this new push can inspire people enough to get on vote, andsign up to whether they would trust the results of those elections. there is a lot riding on this, but it is a huge challenge. be checking in with you through the day at the elise a presidential palace. with me on the set is robert parsons. talk to us a bit more about the role of france in all of this. why hasn't stepped to the forefront in this particular conflict in libya? what does it need to make happen for things to change there? robert: it is a good question. many said there was no need for france to get involved at this stage. weretalians in particular concerned last year when france intoed the rival leaders this meeting in paris today, to come to paris to go head-to-head to talk about where things should move forward. plus, there was an already existing u.n. roadmap. france would argue that something

be a push to unify the army and adopt a new draft constitution accord up though i had reports from tripoli it's been more than two years since libya's you and bagged political agreement was signed in rocor but it has not yet been implemented france is now launching another initiative to bring the libyan rebels together this time the speaker of the tobruk base department aguilar sila and the head of the high street council missionary are invited alongside the u n backed prime minister of ice and that any gay general sorry for have to. but analysts say the meeting will not lead to credible solutions that cannot deliver the state council come up deliver the h o r we've seen over the past four years did not deliver anything and saraj with all this money and no body to to question him failed to do anything over the past two years libya has had two competing bases of power since two thousand and fourteen one in the capital tripoli supported by the united nations and the other in the eastern city of. supported by the bees the parliament in july last year france hosted the meeting between prime mi

suicide bomber and other militants have attacked the election commission headquarters in the capital, tripoli. at least three people were hurt. no one immediately claimed responsibility for that attack, but islamic extremists are opposed to democratic elections and have targeted them in other countries. here in france, the government has said it will step up police numbers for the next round of protests. that is after over 100 people were elected yesterday at the annual may day rally. the peaceful march for workers rights was rocked by clashes between riot police and groups of footed protesters who smashed shop windows and burned cars. our reporter has the details. reporter: on the left, and mcdonald's. by protesters at france's may day marches. they also took aim at a renault dealership, setting cars ablaze. all thelooted computers, laptops. what do you want me to say? look behind there. they left one of the cars behind. look at this. reporter: while some attacks against businesses seemed targeted, at many times the rioters just seemed to destroy anything in their path. authorities,french th

including a suicide bomber stormed the headquarters of libya's electoral commission in the capital tripoli the office which has was set on fire and been registering voters ahead of elections expected before the end of the year the armed group isis says it was behind the attack. the basque separatist group etta has announced it's disbanded in an open letter declared all of its structures have been completely dissolved it was a sion campaign violently for sixty is for an independent basque state between northern spain and southern france at a killed more than eight hundred people between one hundred sixty eight and twenty ten before declaring a ceasefire a year later. an alarming new report says air pollution is killing seven million people globally as year and it is still rising the world health organization is also warning that the inequality between the world's rich and poor is widening. tycho of the white house lawyer representing donald trump and the russia probe is retiring at the end of the month the president legal team the special counsel investigation has already experienced a high