time to introduce our guests now joining us from tripoli is salah. a political analyst and former senior adviser to the negotiating team of the high council of state and into ness in neighboring tunisia u.s. of sharif a researcher in international relations welcome to you both seller can i start with you in tripoli does palermo and this plan for a consultative conference to be held inside libya early next year followed by elections by june of next year does this instill you with a great deal of confidence that libya is finally on the path to peace i think it's. an opportunity and new opportunity it provides a different. framework negotiating framework then the one unfair our than the one that was adopted even in a little more brings together all the libyan players. have a stake in the issues at hand it will discuss more substantial issues such as the constitutional framework and the distribution of the wealth of the country which is the core of the struggle in libya now and sell us staying with you how much is this process which are gas and salomé sa

tripoli where incoming distress calls a handled he told us of his unit's involvement in operation sophia a joint project with the e.u. to identify and capture vessels being used by migrant smugglers disrupting their business model. a miniature via. how to live well. beyond the a billion barrels in the media. which is a. movie i just saw with the you have a command to fire my job will be mirrored. in the mob. rule of the. how the. after the twenty eleven revolution in libya ninety percent of its navy was destroyed and twenty thirteen the authorities in tripoli sent the few boats they had left to italy for a patent because of continued instability in libya the vessels went returned until march twenty seventeen the full patrol boats the coast guard and now using

is from the coast guard operation center in tripoli where incoming distress calls a handled he told us of his unit's involvement in operation sophia a joint project with the e.u. to identify and capture vessels being used by migrant smugglers thus disrupting their business model. via. the of the i've been back to the media which is a. movie i just saw with an event then a command to fire my job will be mirrored. in the film on. the the. how. after the twenty eleven revolution in libya ninety percent of its navy was destroyed and twenty thirteen the authorities in tripoli sent the few boats they had left to italy for a path because of continued instability in libya the vessels went returned until march twenty seventeen the full patrol boats the coast guard and now using for rescue operations. with the return of its patrol boats the libyan coast guards became more involved in rescue operations but this also brought them into confrontation with the ngos one of the most recent clashes came in march twenty thousand and valving a vessel operated by proactive openoffice a team of journalists

is from the coast guard operation center in tripoli where incoming distress calls a handled he told us of his unit's involvement in operation sophia a joint project with the e.u. to identify and capture vessels being used by migrant smugglers disrupting their business model. a miniature via. how to live well. of the a billion barrels in libya which is a. move just saw with an event then a command to fire my job will be mirrored. in the mock up of the the. how. after the twenty eleven revolution in libya ninety percent of its navy was destroyed in twenty thirteen the authorities in tripoli sent the few boats they had left to italy for a pattern because of continued instability in libya the vessels went returned until march twenty seventeen the full patrol boats the coast guard and now using for rescue operations. with the return of its patrol boats the libyan coast guards became more involved in rescue operations but this also brought them into confrontation with the ngos one of the most recent clashes came in march twenty thousand and valving a vessel operated by proactive openoffice a

the gulf was again stopped at sea and this time to accompany the libyan coast into tripoli harbor on suspicion of operating within libyan territory. as a result of this much publicized incident the owner of the gulf refused to continue renting it to correct in the open arms. had to find a new vessel to continue its operations. and i was. afraid. that month ogust twenty seven team it's all n.g.o.s to sign a code of conduct which put strict limits on their ability to carry out rescue missions it had a significant. into fact by the beginning of twenty eighteen only four n.g.o.s were left operating vessels in the mediterranean. italy's determination to limit the activities of n.g.o.s is based on the belief that their presence encourages migrants to make journeys they would otherwise avoid or even in the words of at least controversial new interior minister matej a selfie me that they act as a taxi service matters came to a head in june twenty eighth when it's really refused to let the aquarius a rescue ship carrying over six hundred migrants disembark them an italian moments when motor a

people we talked to in libya's capital tripoli expressed their skepticism that a positive outcome from the meeting would be achieved. by visual owens i believe it was we want something useful we want a productive meeting we want them to agree on something and then return to the libyan people and tell them that they're found a solution no one has found a solution. with regard to the conference there is nothing new happening the right solution is not wishful thinking the real congress. who puts all the parties at the conference solution because the people has suffered enough as you can see god guided them and blistered gumtree. i think there is an undeniable conflict between the italian and french states over economic interests as well as over control and the image of the two countries. israeli fighter jets have carried out a series of air strikes on territory in the gaza strip as after the israeli defense forces claimed rockets fired from gaza had hit a bus while we're going to discuss this further with a local adjourned al-sayed you know what more do we know on this latest escalation .

while people we spoke to in libya's capital tripoli expressed their skepticism not a positive outcome would be achieved from the meeting. if you don't know and even with we want something useful we want a productive meeting we want them to agree on something and then return to the libyan people and tell them that they have found a solution no one has found a solution. with regard to the conference there is nothing new happening the right solution is not wishful thinking but real and concrete were a little more than one who puts all the parties to the bloom of conference region solution because the people who suffered enough as you can see may god guide them and bliss gumtree. i think there is an undeniable conflict between the italian and french states over economic interests as well as over control and the image of the two countries. reactions being coming in thick and fast on this following story a u.s. federal judge has ordered prison officials in illinois to consider a transgender woman is denied request to be moved to a women's prison it comes after the inmate took legal action a

after may be too busy to attend what with storming the capital and all tripoli must be liberated and will not remain in the wrong hands the armed forces will act after making proper assessments we will move on tripoli at the proper time why is tripoli so important you might ask legitimacy it's the capital the government that currently controls it is the un recognized one general have tub controls half the country much of the oil but he by international law can't sell it only the recognized government can he needs the capital and make no mistake the libyans understand well what the europeans are up to and why they're backing different sides. of course there is negative intervention from some countries which we've mentioned during several meetings and it's a national forest this needs to be taken into account and this should be a consolidation of the international position towards libya and the direction of libya so that we can overcome this crisis. libya has the largest proven oil reserves in africa and france one does much as they can get italian or oil giant any recently purchased a

at the proper time why is tripoli so important you might ask. legitimacy it's the capital the government that currently controls it is the un recognized general has controlled hof the country much of the oil but he by international law sell it only the recognized government can he needs the capital and make no mistake the libyans understand well what the europeans are up to and why they're backing different sides. of course there is negative intervention from some countries which we've mentioned during several meetings and international forums this needs to be taken into account and this should be at the international position towards libya and the direction of libya so that we can overcome this crisis. in libya has the largest proven oil reserves in africa and italy france one does much as they can get italian or oil giant any recently purchased a large part of b.p. oil and gas license with the aim of increasing exploration french rival totalis also be buying up drilling rights eager to get the pumps going this is a competition with billions at

they were back in tripoli just on the order of stability because it was recognized by the united nations but increasingly the europeans were getting very frightened. strife in libya will further cut off their oil supplies especially now with the prospect more sanctions on iranian oil what's remarkable is that amidst all this endless war the lawlessness slavery crime will production is only up by the end of next year they plan on increasing production to. levels one point six million barrels a day you can question their priorities but you can only admire the dedication. in libya's capital tripoli expressed skepticism that a positive outcome from the meeting would be achieved. we want something useful we want a productive meeting we want them to agree on something and then return to the libyan people and tell them that they have found a solution no one has found a solution. with regard to the conference there is nothing new how to make the right solution is not wishful thinking but real and call it right there were a lot more than one who puts all the parties of the bloom a conference deri

to be too cynical that's what the europeans are most concerned about originally they were back in tripoli just on the order of stability because it was recognized by the united nations but increasingly the europeans were getting very frightened. more strife in libya will further cut off their oil supplies especially now with the prospect more sanctions on iranian oil what's remarkable is that amidst all this endless war the lawlessness slavery crime will production is on the up by the end of next year they plan on increasing production to. levels one point six million barrels a day you can question their priorities but you can only admire the dedication. trying to find to have carried out a series of ass strikes on territory in the gaza strip. the israeli defense forces claimed rockets fired from gaza had hit a bus local journalists. has. dozens of rockets that have been fired on the israeli gaza border one of the rockets struck a bus a civilian bus in and it led to an injury of five one of them was a serious injury that israeli media and israeli forces a claim that these rockets been fir

so what does that tell us you know is there any hope for power sharing between public and tripoli. we don't generally fight it's not independent he is beholden to backers from russia egypt and the united arab emirates but the fact that president sisi of egypt was there today was an indication that egypt of values the ability in libya as a core national security interest and therefore leaned on general hop star to participate in the conference and the european powers including france and italy will continue most likely to pressure de objections to again pressure start to participate in the political process having said that there are two different timelines that the europeans are dealing with for italy this is a national security priority precisely because the current italian government has prioritized to stop all flows of illegal migration from sub-saharan africa up over libya and into southern southern italy so this is a top national priority for france however france cease the conflict to be resolved through a un mediated process and those attitude converging interests but i am q

fled from sudan to tripoli hoping to carry on to europe. but in libya he experienced torture and abuse. really took a kalashnikov and hit me on the neck and on my back you know. they beat my legs and finally they took a knife and cut my skin open. to feel having. a doctor who is treating countless refugees who fell into the hands of the libyan coast guard he says the medical care in the reception camps is catastrophic. there are malnourished people there are wounded be able to stay to be able there are people with chronic diseases would didn't take their medication for a long time the libyan coast guard on the other hand considers itself on course this year crews have already returned thirteen thousand people to the mainland brought them back and then lock them up italy has lent libya seven ships provided training and tip the start off to suspicious boats this year the number of refugees arriving in italy is down by eighty percent the coast guard sees that as a success we send with them a message a message that said don't try to do it again

the gulf was again stopped at sea and this time to accompany the libyan coast into tripoli harbor on suspicion of operating within libyan territory. as a result of this much publicized incident the owner of the gulf refused to continue renting it to correct in the open arms. had to find a new vessel to continue its operations. and i was. here. that month ogust twenty seven team it's all n.g.o.s to sign a code of conduct which put strict limits on their ability to carry out rescue missions it had a significant effect. by the beginning of twenty eighteen only four n.g.o.s were left operating vessels in the mediterranean. italy's determination to limit the activities of n.g.o.s is based on the belief that their presence encourages migrants to make journeys they would otherwise avoid or even in the words of at least controversial new interior minister met a a salvini that they act as a taxi service matters came to a head in june twenty eighth when italy refused to let the aquarius a rescue ship carrying over six hundred migrants disembarked them and italian boats one motor also refused t

but he by international law current salat only the recognized government can he needs the capital tripoli must be liberated and will not remain in the wrong hands the armed forces will act after making proper assessments we will move on tripoli at the proper time make no mistake the libyans understand well what the europeans are up to and why they're backing different sides. of course there is negative intervention from some countries which we've mentioned during several meetings and international forums this needs to be taken into account and this should be against liberation of the international position towards libya and the direction of libya so that we can overcome this crisis. israeli warplanes have conducted dozens of asterix in gaza in response to cross border rocket fire is the most intense escalation of the conflict since twenty fourteen. per. three palestinians were killed during monday's asterix and many more wounded these mainly ministry says it destroyed seventy talk is simply adding a hamas t.v. station militants in gaza fired more than two hundred rockets into israel most

but he by international law can't sell it only the recognized government can he needs the capital tripoli must be liberated and will not remain in the wrong hands the armed forces will act after making proper assessments we will move on tripoli at the proper time make no mistake the libyans understand well what the europeans are up to and why they're backing different sides. of course there is. negative intervention from some countries which we've mentioned during several meetings and it's a national forest this needs to be taken into account and this should be it can sleep over the international position towards libya and the direction of libya so that we can overcome this crisis. israeli airstrikes in gaza have killed at least three palestinians according to local health officials. during one of the raids the headquarters of the mass t.v. station was destroyed the moment of the strike was caught on camera the israeli military says another seventeen militant targets were hit the ad rates were in retaliation to cross border rocket fire israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has held im

this was the capital, tripoli, in september.ar the prison where hashem abedi is being held. the prime minister insists the suspect is safe. the pain does not end for the families of the victims, but there may now be hope that someone will stand in the dock. orla guerin, bbc news, palermo, italy. much more to come on bbc news, including this: is thailand's military government using a campaign against so—called fake news to silence its critics? the bombastic establishment outsider donald trump has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local campaign headquarters, and the heavy, routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced round their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before th

backs the tripoli government general haftar has the support of egypt and russia the united states is there to of course keen to bolster its influence in the resource rich north african country libya's difficulties are further complicated by the competing interests of european union rivals italy and france both have energy investments in the country and back opposite sides while france wants to stabilize the lawless south with its proximity to former french colonies in the hell italy wants an end to the flow of migrants across the mediterranean if all concerned camera leave behind the new un plan that would be a minimal measure of success here but it would amount to little more than a contribution to the peace process still a long way from peace itself to own a home al jazeera parliament cicely. well despite u.s. president all trans claims to have neutralized north korea's nuclear threat there is evidence that young is moving ahead with his ballistic missile program sixteen had been bases mostly scattered in remote mountainous areas have been identified in a report based on new commer

foreign powers within fluence in the region so fires who heads the un backed government in and around tripoli will be joined by general. whose breakaway army holds much of the east battling for control of the south meanwhile are ethnic tribes and cross border criminal gangs while the un backs the tripoli government general haftar has the support of egypt and russia the united states is there to of course keen to bolster its influence in the resource rich north african country libya's difficulties are further complicated by the competing interests of european union rivals italy and france both have energy investments in the country and back opposite sides while france wants to stabilize the lawless south with its proximity to former french colonies in the hell italy wants an end to the flow of migrants across the mediterranean if all concerned can rally behind the new un plan that would be a minimal measure of success here but it would amount to little more than a contribution to the peace process still a long way from peace itself jonah hill al-jazeera palermo sicily. dozens of ethiopian gove

bringing stability to the north african country italy's premier presided over a hunch shake between the tripoli based un backed prime minister fires seraj and his rival general. is the commander of the self-styled libyan national army that is based in libya's east but while he's attending the conference he's made it clear he's only interested in meeting leaders on the sidelines jonah hill joins us live now from palermo where the summit is taking place what's come out of the meeting so far china. well this this summit this conference is basically over now thirty countries represented here talking about libya's future but really it was only that meeting that mattered just the two men and their foreign backers a handful of countries in a room together. after shaking hands as you say their paper appearing to look chordal leave and happy in each other's company the first time they've met since may at the end of the conference we had a press conference given by decepticon to the italian prime minister the host here and the u.n. envoy for some salomé and mr sullum a described that meeting as being unu

across the mediterranean that has a front with it and that's going to bring some showers to parts of tripoli today twenty two degrees in your forecast tunis will see some showers as well with attempted there of about seventeen but we do expect to see some clearing here in tripoli with a partly cloudy day in terms of twenty one degrees. the wind sponsored by cats on race. getting to the heart of the matter how can you be a refugee after you while. borders between five safe countries facing realities that's from the very beginning go to school providing context housing is not just about four walls and a roof hear their story and talk to al jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the sour in your leaders are meeting in brussels to approve a final agreement this special summit is meant to decide the details of how the u.k. will leave the block. a search and rescue operation is underway in uganda after a party boat capsized in lake victoria twenty five bodies have been recovered so far but it's thought more than one hundred people were on board twenty six survived france's president ha

this station in tripoli is more than a century old.toman empire, but at the end of the first world war, the empire was carved up by the victorious powers, britain and france. the destruction of the ottoman empire and the collapse of the ottoman empire was imminent in a way, not because it was intrinsically weak but because the foreign superpowers wanted it gone. everything you see around you is a product of world war i. and here are the faces of descendants of french—african troops brought to lebanon to fight for the allies. they now live in a rundown area known as the "house of slaves". fatima, now in her late 70s, tells me she knows little of her family history. all the photographs she had were destroyed during the lebanese civil war. she says she's endured racism throughout her life. translation: i am only annoyed by the remarks i hear while walking in the market, when people say, "here come the blacks, here come the blacks." i would reply by saying we are god's creation. they would answer, but we do not have this complexion in leba

forever once again the rain swings in from the atlantic to the moroccan coast and we still have a tripoli and the western side of egypt just about but then it's fairly dry all the way down through north africa one to showers in liberia and sierra leone otherwise nothing much. i think this is fun for me to think i'm having fun. if she. isn't her controversies hunters and beaches. just as it is time to. thank. the racing to someone not just looking. welcome back critical top stories a turkish president you're type one says they shared already a recording is related to the murder of jamal khashoggi with saudi arabia the united states person france and germany meanwhile yemeni military officials say pro-government forces of seized the main hospital in the key port city of data where they stepped up their offensive on the french and u.s. presence of smoothed over ace add on defense as they met in paris with their attendant while one commemorations on his way to france donald trump attacked emanuel markdowns call for a european army. you know the stories we're watching the democratic republic o

structures in tripoli so a rivalry between italy and france whether that's been put to bed here we've yet to see journey thanks for that jonah how in italy how soon lanka supremes court has blocked the president's move to dissolve parliament it is the latest twist in a constitutional crisis that began when president martelly policy be seen as sacked and replaced the prime minister alive now to sri lanka's capital colombo where we have a bernard smith so to tell us more about the supreme court ruling. well this is a real slap down because president from the supreme court it said that there is a case to be answered in an argument that the president has acted unconstitutionally in dissolving parliament and setting new elections in january and things have really gone from bad to worse for president serious a innocency fired prime minister with a single of the prime minister has said well i'm not going you this is been unconstitutional president says i've got the numbers in palm and so will recall parliament to prove that i'm right and my replacement is the just prime minister mahinda raja

this was the capital, tripoli, in september.ing held. the prime minister insists the suspect is safe. the pain does not end for the families of the victims, but there may now be hope that someone will stand in the dock. 0rla guerin, bbc news, palermo, italy. the government has reversed its decision to delay a cut to the maximum stake on gambling machines, known as fixed odds betting terminals. the former sports minister, tracy crouch, had resigned over the delay, which was until the autumn of next year. now the reduction of the maximum stake, from £100 to £2, will happen next april. here's simon gompertz. roulette and other casino games offering a frightening scope to lose money. in just a ten—month period, more than 200,000 sessions led to losses of £1000 — hence the clamp—down. but at the beginning of this month, the sports minister, tracey crouch, resigned, saying the government wasn't moving fast enough and she's gathered support from dozens of fellow tories. they have caused endless harm, terrible damage to families. the fi