driving us is a minder from the invernment in tripoli. it's the first timearly a year they've allowed american tv journalists to enter the con,try. in returhe government insists on constant supervision. it's not long before we're completely outside the area controlled by any government. our government minder locks all the doors. our destination, sabratha. it's home to an ancient amphitheater that more recently was the backdrop of a city overrun by terror. is took control in 2015, and asserted its authority by beheading 12 members of e security forces, and setting up its own checkpoints. today, the tables are turned. libyan police loyal to the gokrnment in tripoli now ch for isis militants. one of them tells me the city is safe, but checkpoints are common targets for terrorist attacks, ed any one of these vehicles could be packed wilosives. police are also looking for stolen fuel. isis is known to smuggle it from libya's vast reserves and use the profits to funirt attacks. akes is spot on the map m particularly attractive to terrorists. pa

has been following developments from tripoli. italy's interior minister salvini accuses the migrants of hijacking the tanker tanker picked up the migrants in the international waters and according to a survey me it was loaded with the migrants and was sent back to the libyan capital tripoli we understand that the international waters were the migrants were picked up or risk you'd. patrolled by libya's coast guard and libya's coast guard officials say it's their right to have them a grants and send them back to libya because they believe that the migrants have violated libya's sovereignty by first of all entering get libya illegally and second by sailing of libya insurance also illegally according to salvini the tanker was sent back to tripoli but when it was about six no tickle my eyes away from the capital tripoli it changes its course and turned it back to to the north and we understand that the migrants my. fear being sent back to tripoli because they're afraid that the in my face the same violations the usually face at the ha

but when it was about six no tickle my eyes away from the capital tripoli changes its calls and turned it back through to the north and we understand that the migrants my. fear being sent back to tripoli because they're afraid that the in my face the same violations they usually face at the hands of people or smugglers and that includes extortion beating and in some cases killing rape the u.s. energy secretary has authorized several companies to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia that's according to media reports the reuters news agency says the company is a request of the deals be kept secret russia south korea and the u.s. are all competing to strike a deal with the kingdom which is planning to build at least two nuclear plants are concerns it could fuel a nuclear arms race in the middle east or will set a trend is a nuclear security specialist he says saudi arabia cannot be trusted with any type of nuclear technology. there's a pretty big difference between the iran nuclear deal and the trumpet ministrations attempts to sell nuclear technology to the saudi arabians the nu

as being a legitimate more important this is someone who doesn't control libya he barely controls tripoli and he knew there was in control of the present control that it's better than ever to us having more and more and more support so right liz here guess what nothing's going to happen actually for have to was in riyadh digest a few days ago meeting with saudi leaders. as you say seems to be getting more support he seems to be in the most powerful position right now how do they bending gauge with him. well you know that to be smart indeed indeed indeed it was pretty fucked up i mean didn't have a framework that rubin brought provides follow up to civility it was pretty government put some check on him is ok i'm going to fly and he wants to believe the army but on the for the flight the final would is it the government said the the civilian government this is a form of this can be devised to make this but the big total over here is listen why doesn't want to give up power you didn't give up and militias in tripoli don't want to give up the biggest activity in the west which is the front t

on tuesday rain approaching algiers at thirteen degrees we do have some clouds over here towards tripoli but as we go towards wednesday we do expect those clouds to push towards egypt and twenty seven for cairo. that was sponsored by a town in. tennessee . my prison my freedom my life my languages my occupation.

emoticon for apparently in tripoli. and this video was filmed near let's watch it and then you can explain the new video this. week. so. just the opposite. that said they saw the light sadistic. said you know. he's got a good look of yeah and then you know what. even though you know it happens because the victims tell you their stories in the car on a video and you see it with your own eyes. you really get to see it again after you know. so to be with the other girl and they filmed it then let them go home i don't want to kill those two. there's another one we don't see and was also part of the group. he was sitting back there. they did everything to him to go down his pants and shove the gun into him some of the penetrated him like this here in the video who. when i asked if i could put it in the report he said no no you can write everything but that. i wanted to help him. ok. i understand. in libya people say yes hell. if you say that guy was mistreated. instead of saying it's wrong they say what did he do to deserve

i'm not accountable apparently in tripoli. and this video was filmed near let's watch it and then you can explain video of this so go to. the police. just. said he saw the light sadistic so. i said no. he thought of the could yeah and then you know what imad. even though you know it happens because the victims tell you their stories in the car on a video and you see it with your own eyes. to feel really good to see if it came after you know. so to be with the other girl and they filmed it then let them go home until they killed those two. there's another one we don't see and was also part of the group. he was sitting back there. they did everything to him to go down his pants and shove the gun into him some of the penetrated him like this here in the video. when i asked if i could put it in the report he said no no you can write everything but that. i wanted to help him. ok. i understand. in libya people say. if you say that guy was mistreated maybe instead of saying it's wrong they say what did he do to deserve it you know th

also illegally according to salvini the tanker was sent back to tripoli but when it was about six no tickle my eyes away from the capital tripoli it changes its course and turned it back to to the north and we understand that the migrants my. fear being sent back to tripoli because they're afraid that the in my face the same violations the usually face at the hands of people of smugglers and that includes extortion beatings and in some cases killing three. a court in chile has over the roman catholic church to pay compensation to three victims of the country's most notorious paedophile priest the appeals court ruling means the church will pay one hundred fifty thousand dollars each to the three men however the judge dismissed criminal charges against the priest fun and. because of the statute of limitations questions have been raised in the u.k. parliament about british involvement in the war in yemen the opposition labor party is demanding answers after british media reported that special forces had been involved in firefights with yemen's who the rebels the government's also been q

went up a lot he joins us live from the capsule tripoli just remind us why the show are all filled was shut down and why it's been reopened. will laura it's lawlessness in the south of the country use on with groups including local citizens just went into the shut our oil fields in december and on the ninth of december and they wanted to put pressure on the government of national accord to provide this ours with more services to improve security they think that this was is marginalized so they wanted to put pressure on the national accord government in tripoli so the went into the shut up will field and they stopped production and the also abused the workers inside they dismissed the workers from the oil field now we understand that during the last three months a peaceful hand over of the shut our oil field happened to the favor of forces loyal to the world a lot of khalifa haftar which is targeted a military campaign in mid january to take control of sort of strategic locations look asians in the souers including oil fields and airports now in general the peaceful hand over of oil fie

head is following developments from tripoli. which is allied with the e.u. and the baghdad government of national accord have declared a state of alert and general mobilization to around five thousand fighters with their weapons to move towards the city of sirte that is following a move by a detachment belonging to the warlord khalifa haftar at around four forty kilometers to the south was from the city of namely to the town of bor how the in the south of cities now. commanders say that the are going to face to have to forces and they also say that what happened is a kind of provocative acts by have to forces to test and intimidate the adversities at the same time they say that that also is a kind of a propaganda by have to his forces to show the public that they can gain ground easily now have those forces have taken pictures of their. early years they were occupying and they also have taken videos and posted them on facebook and in muscles commanders say that this is a kind of propaganda to show the public there have to his forces can gain more ground rule

and saudi arabia and egypt and the government in tripoli is concerned that's the have the could be used by these countries to further advance their own agenda in libya the u.n. is trying other this meeting which is going to happen this afternoon to convince all the parties to negotiate a new political framework there would unify the security apparatus the army and also move forward with the with the government is going to be followed by a national conference in the darkness in the south of libya next next month but i have to say the tension is mounting in libya and many factions in the country are extreme or a critical of the u.n. and of the united nations envoy larsen salome thank you very much for that for now that is hashem live in tunis thank you. now protesters have rallied in southwest yemen calling on saudi backed government forces to take full control of thise province. but the fighters have besieged the city of fires for more than four years an estimated two hundred thousand civilians have been caught up in the fighting most of the city has remained under the control of governm

and egypt he has repeated evolved to send troops to invade tripoli. i asked mr good terrorists if it was still possible to narrow differences between a settlers and hafter despite failed attempts in the past. and there's possible exactly all of the usual stories some for arson fires because of the millions of illegals themselves. resize the region of the solution the united nations special envoy. told libyans the april meeting in qatar miss near the border with algeria could be a crucial part unity for libyans and the eighty year transitional period and hold parliamentary and presidential elections the international community wants libya's rival factions to set aside their differences and build a unified government there are also growing calls for a strong army that could defeat human trafficking armed groups and put an end to instability but that could be a distant goal with a deepening political divide between the authorities in the east and west of the country. now the u.s. government says it's cussing aid to el salvador guatemala and honduras pres

bring that to narrow the differences between the two key players phases of ours reimers a base in tripoli read a good general khalid behalf that based in the east despite attempts in the past to bring about a permanent solution to the crisis in libya but the government base in tripoli is lashing out of the international community and the u.n. in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda of khalifa haftar hold many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas ilithyia. protesters have been rallying in southwest yemen calling on saudi backed government forces to take full control of the province. or what they find as have the sage the city of fires for more than four years an estimated two hundred thousand civilians have been caught up in the fighting most of the city has remained under the control of government forces but what is regularly attacked with artillery shells and sleipner fire. u.s. president donald trump is reported to have demanded north korea hand over its nuclear weapons that they had our s

has more from tripoli. libya's national oil corporation or in new c that is the state oil third says that the force majeure a status has been lifted on i'll share our oil field around seven hundred fifty kilometers to the south from the capital tripoli i'm sure our oil field the biggest oil producing field in libya was shot down on december ninth by armored groups and also a local militias in the south who wanted to put more pressure on the government of national accord to provide more services and to improve security to their areas and now three months of shutdown of production has cost the libyan treasury around one point eight billion dollars that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord honey for have to manage it to get into the oil field by field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have to forces now the general prosecutor of libya says the armored groups responsible for shutting down and shut our oil fields are wanted now the n.o.c.

emirates and egypt it's less than forty kilometers from sirte five thousand troops aligned to the tripoli based government are due to start arriving in service on monday to bolster defenses more that joins us now live from tripoli so there's a look like on the verge of a major clash now is that where we're heading. well. commanders of the and in most wars forces that is the government force of the forces allied with the e.u. and backed the government of national accord have just declared a state of alert and general mobilization to their fighters are under five thousand fighters of alban yellow muscles with their various weapons have been told to move toward the city of around two hundred fifty kilometers to the eastern was from the city of misrata to defend what they call or to stand up to what they call any aggression from have to force and that is following their move by a small detached detachment going to have to his forces and i wonder for forty kilometers to the east in the south was from the city of said it yesterday have to as forces reach it the town of ball had the south of sai

in the past to bring about a permanent solution to the crisis in libya but the government base in tripoli is lashing out of the international community and the u.n. in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda of the whole many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas in libya. the families of kenyan passengers who were killed when an ethiopian airlines plane crash last month have begun holding funeral services without the remains of their relatives they were told it could take months for the remains to be identified catherine sawyer has more now from. a funeral service like no other. thing is rift valley. eight people from this area died in the airlines crash that killed a hundred and fifty seven people last month most of them kenyans here family neighbors and friends come to say goodbye to a wife. and three grandchildren it is a different location for all of us it is not normal it is different but today we are doing these mass and memorial service without our families. there have been several such

in the past to bring about a permanent solution to the crisis in libya but the government base in tripoli is lashing out of the international community and the u.n. in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda or khalifa haftar hold many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas in libya pope francis has arrived in morocco for a two day visit focusing on interfaith relations he was greeted by king mohammed the sixth the head of the roman catholic church is. hoping to improve dialogue between christians and muslims last month he became the first pope to set foot on the arabian peninsula when he visited the united arab emirates but there was a troubling incident along the motorcade route in the city of robot a man was seen running towards the moroccan king's car security personnel scramble to stop the man apprehending him just meters from the king. plenty more ahead on this news hour blocked out again venezuelans enjoy another major power loss and its rival leaders are blaming each other plus. the. keny

the east for little parts of libya you're going to be seeing the rain continue here anywhere from tripoli over towards benghazi but for egypt really not looking too bad we are going to be seeing a partly cloudy day here in cairo and from morocco things are getting much better a few partly cloudy conditions we do and a temperature about twenty two degrees there. eastoe war where on live t.v. and it's taught us is to be able to be concise expressing the exactly what is happening in the moment and what it means. or if you joined us on sat israel there's an apartheid state and ethnic cleansing of the palestinian people this is a dialogue everyone has a voice and we want to hear from join the colobus conversation. watching. the top stories right now. the coalition with six other parties. says the coalition will have two hundred fifty five to five hundred. percent of their. own prime minister. seven people including four children have been killed in an air strike on a hospital and yemen military coalition led by saudi arabia is being blamed. on the algerian army has called for a constitutional

tripoli feel. i prefer that brought out information. so there was a kind of a combination of the a sympathetic government and by the mid thirty's very substantial focus or activism . there were industrial action there were sit down strikes which were very frightening to. ownership. have to recognise a sit down strike is just one step before saying we don't need bush that we can run this by yourselves. and business was told you're in the business press say in the late thirty's they were talking about the hazard facing industrialists and the rising political power of the masses which has to be repressed things were on hold during the second world war but immediately after the second world war the business offensive began in force. test partly yack. yack. to restart many ave in labor management relation. to mccarthyism was used for a massive corporate propaganda offensive. to attack union. increased sharply during the reagan years and reagan pretty much told the business world if you want to illegally break bergen izing efforts in strikes

the authorities in tripoli have recently ramped up the rhetoric against the u.n. accusing it of failing to rein in general holly for a rival to surat launch a military campaign to expand his influence in the south accusations dismissed by the international community which hopes a national conference due in april my chart. put a political settlement. there is a new energy and a growing interest among libyans which shows a desire to build a state based on institutions to serve the people and bring things back to normal we have to remember that libya is a rich country and has a lot of resources. in the eighty's says the revolt that toppled the libya has been marred by violence and political instability there are two competing powers in libya the government of general accord based into a pulley and backed by the un but general is effectively running a rival government in the east backed by the u.a.e. and egypt he has repeated devout to sent troops to invade tripoli i asked mr good terrorists if it was still possible today there are differences between us. despite fail

there are have has more from tripoli. libya's national oil corporation or in new c that is the state oil theorem says that the force majeure a status has been left did on i'll share our oil field around seven hundred fifty kilometers to the south from the capital tripoli i'm sure our oil field the biggest oil producing field in libya was shot down on december ninth by armed groups and also a local militias in the south who wanted to put more pressure on the government of national accord to provide more services and to improve security to their areas and now three months of shutdown of production has cost the libyan treasury around one point eight billion dollars that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord honey for have to manage it to get into the oil field and. field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have to forces now the general prosecutor of libya says the armored groups responsible for shutting down and shut our oil fields are wanted now the n.

and egypt he has repeated evolved to send troops to invade tripoli. i asked mr good terrorists if it was still possible today there are differences between a settlers and hafter despite failed attempts in the past. and there's possible exactly all of the lesions or just. some four hours of the fighting because you have the leaders the leaders themselves invited to resign his definition of a solution the united nations special envoy be told libyans the april beating him how did i miss near the border with algeria could be a crucial part charity for libyans and the eighty year transitional period and hold parliamentary and presidential elections for the international community wants libya's rival factions to set aside their differences and build a unified government there are also growing calls for a strong army that could defeat human trafficking armed groups and put an end to instability but that's going to be a distant goal with a deepening political divides between the authorities in the east and west of the country. to. protest as rallied in southw

one day to bolster defenses would have their head is following developments from tripoli. which is allied with the e.u. and the baghdad government of national accord have declared a state of alert and general mobilization to around five thousand fighters with their weapons to move towards the city of sirte that is following a move by a detachment belonging to the warlord cleaver have to around forty kilometers to the south was from the city of namely to the town of bor hurdy in the south of it city now. commanders say that the are going to face are to have to forces and they also say that what has been is a kind of provocative acts by have the forces to test and intimidate the adversities at the same time they say that that also is a kind of a propaganda by have his forces to show the public that they can gain ground easy now have those forces have taken pictures of their. early years they were. ok buying and they also have taken videos and posted them on facebook a banana muzzles commanders say that this is a kind of propaganda to show the public that have to this forces

one picked them up at some point yesterday yesterday morning the captain began taking them back to tripoli. but when they were around six nautical miles from the libyan coast this small group of five or six people were in teams that looks like it was five and seemed to have rounded on the captain and his crew and ordered him to change course and force him to head north and we found out that the situation was the ship was heading towards more the centrally yesterday evening. maltese coast guard intercepted at some point early in this morning you know three four am and thankfully the. intervention was a pacific one there was no move this seems to have been no violence the a.f.m. the armed forces of malta took control of the of the vessel and led a tour toward his course as i mentioned the european rescue mission sophie has been stopped or does this latest incident indicate that very few jews are going to use more and more desperate means to come to europe. it's hard to tell i my personal sense is that this could be a turning point but not rather than for the refugees themselves for the migra

the other in the eastern city of kirkuk or that the well head has more from tripoli the head of the united nations support the mission in libya. the general national conference which is going to be held in the city over the dermis between the fourteenth and sixteenth of april is going to host from one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty personalities according to. those personalities are going to represent all. groups and the united nations support the mission in libya has been working for the past one year and a half trying to reach out to all libyans in all cities and areas says that the majority of libyans want elections as a way of the current political impasse so says that the elections should be putting an end to the transitional stages in libya he also said that the outcomes or the outputs of the general national conference should be indicted by libya's legislative bodies if not. has been eluding or one that if not then international players alongside below libya local player players will be looking for other options. the u.s. and israel have reaffirmed their partnership to c

in the past to bring about a permanent solution to the crisis in libya but the government base in tripoli is lashing out of the international community and the u.n. in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda or khalifa haftar hold many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas in libya but francis has arrived in morocco for a two day visit focusing on interfaith relations he was greeted by king mohammed the sixth the head of the roman catholic church is helping to improve dialogue between christians and muslims last month he became the first pope to set foot on the arabian peninsula when he visited the united arab emirates but there was a troubling incident along the motorcade route in a city of robot a man was seen running towards the moroccan king's car security personnel scramble to stop the man apprehending him just meters from the king in other world news venezuela's government and the opposition are expected to hold rival marches across the country this week the opposition leader one guy joe c

ordered his men to leave after talks with members of libya's unity government that there has more from tripoli. libya's national oil corporation or in new c that is the state oil says that the force majeure a status has been lifted on i'll share our oil field around seven hundred fifty kilometers to the south from the capital tripoli assure our oil field the biggest oil producing field in libya was shot down on december ninth by armored groups and also a local militias and the sow's who wanted to put more pressure on the government of national accord to provide more services and to improve security to their areas and now three months of shutdown of production has cost the libyan treasury around one point eight billion dollars that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar managed to get into the oil field by field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have to forces now the general prosecutor of libya says the armored groups responsible for shutting down and shut our oil fields are wanted now the n.o.c. says that

minister met vini has welcomed the maltese intervention but would have been well he has more now from tripoli. the maltese government is expected to conduct an investigation with the migrants who are accused of hijacking get the vessel but it depends on where the crime was committed and some of those migrants could be proved innocent because the captain of the vessel according to the maltese navy stated that he and the other crew members were threatened by the migrants and force it to change the vessels course back to the north we understand that the migrants are afraid they could be returning to libya because the fear that they could face the same violations the usually face at the hands of people smugglers in libya multis prime minister joseph muscat. that. is going to follow the international rules in this respect but as for libyan coast guard libya's coast guard officials say that it's their right to capture the migrants as long as they have entered libya illegally and have sailed of libyan sure illegally we understand that some of those migrants could be proved innocent and they can appl

asking for help was that who were rescued by this merchant ship flying a foreign flag six miles from tripoli they hijacked the freighter saying no do not go south go north they're not castaways pirates italy's a coalition government sets out to goal of curbing migration into the country while the european union has announced it will suspend maritime patrols that have rescued thousands of refugees and asylum seekers instead of plans air patrols and close coordination with libya which is the main starting point for refugees and migrants trying to cross the sea from north africa to europe we spoke to london metropolitan university senior research fellow george somewhere who thinks that the immigration crisis is nato's fault. well i think it's the problem the europeans are going to have is that you have this very powerful forces. within europe that welcoming the migrants i'm sure that the initial response of the multi-source origins will be we are not letting anybody in. but now with. the human rights the amnesty international the george soros crowd will say by god this is inhumane european civi

the ship after they realized they were being taken back to libya mahmoud everyone has latest from tripoli. the maltese government is expected to conduct an investigation with the migrants who are accused of hijacking get the vessel but it depends on where the crime was committed and some of those migrants could be proved innocent because the captain of the vessel according to the maltese navy stated that he and the other crew members were threatened by the migrants and force it to change the vessels course back to the north we understand that the migrants are afraid they could be returning to libya because the fear that they could face the same violations the usually face at the hands of people smugglers in libya but. prime minister joseph muscat we did that. is going to follow the international rules in this respect but as for libyan coast guard libya's coast guard officials say that it's their right to capture the migrants as long as they have entered libya illegally and have sailed of libya ensures illegally we understand that some of those migrants could be proved innocent and they ca

total over here is this a lot doesn't want to give up power you don't want to go up and militias in tripoli don't want to give up the biggest activity in the west which is misrata sure doesn't really get going so what did what is next is mrs summer up to sort of a new wait outside to pretty full in mother to get fluids and then it'll be invited by just putting this with open arms so this so-called quartet wants to draw up a roadmap to elections in libya just how far are we from that process today. i don't i just as all of the last state in the international community in the quarter a long time ago they talk and nothing comes out of it libya has been there eight years in this city citizenship where should this trip that's the every single way that ended even with thousands upon thousands of illegal immigrants coming in from africa or a beef smuggled to malta incertitude in the hunger of the libyan the libyan pound now was for want to have pounds to the dollar that was ten dollars was spent on the news of physics cream problems and if these guys are arguing twenty four hours a day as a listen

asking for help it was but who were rescued by this merchant ship flying a foreign flag six miles from tripoli they hijacked the freighter and saying no do not go south go north they're not castaways they are pirates italy's coalition government has set a goal of curbing migration into the country while the european union has announced it will suspend maritime patrols that have rescued thousands of refugees and asylum seekers instead of plans air patrols and close coordination with libya which is the main starting point for refugees and migrants trying to cross the sea from north africa to europe political analyst nicola mccall which thinks the european union's migrant policy is still not effective enough. of course they're looking for better conditions they think that they have been brought to believe that the right thing by reading in europe we will have pre-social security they will have nice houses they will have a better conditions than those they are having today so that is why some of them are ready to risk their lives and lives with their loved ones with their. families and some of the

couldn't north korea south korea and then borders open between tripoli people can imagine it can travel to north korea to china the middle east asia in order to shearing the billion so this is a complete different imagination about the wall this is we call a climate where content their minds it previously the island mindset so it's oh so you know this is a very symbolic action. you just train trip brings through these sort of korean people's minds and at the same time you know or definitely historically historically the similarity between north and south korea might press with a war there was war between vietnam and now is the it's in north korea and his dates and then the claim that they won the war against united states and north korea was so claim that they want to scream war against with my state so same time vietnam saddest and still maintain this on some sort of a social is the system right so this is maybe chinese model part of china is available now in north korea is very interested in vietnam for their economic growth i just want to go back to your point about the change right