tripoli. it seems that turkey is planning for a long term strategic stage and libya we have been informant todaythat the high profile a turkish dilatation that arrived in tripoli today met with their kidneys depriving minister face of raj and now they're meeting with the head of the high council of his state. their delegations includes the top high profile turkish government officials in all sectors intelligence security and defense energy economy planning so it seems that turkey is it planning to take over all the sensitive issues to iran the important to fires in libya including get the security as you know that the western libya has just. got rid of the war had just. finished the war in southern tripoli and also in western libya the government has just regained western libya and now it needs to bring this to belittle back to the country bring production back to normal especially the oil production and also to rebuild the economy and security in the contrary the u.s. has introduced more sanctions against syria and secretary of state might propose says that it won't stop until president bashar

recognized government took his foreign minister and chief of intelligence made a surprise trip to tripoli turkey is the tripoli administration's main backer and has been instrumental in stopping the advance of the warlord after the foreign minister from turkey mr cover so news visit follows an agreement with russia which backs to push for a cease fire. at least 12 soldiers have been killed in an attack in northern afghanistan that took place at an army post in jaws jaan province some of the 5 soldiers have been held hostage the taliban who claimed responsibility for the attack says the death toll is higher turkey has launched another military offensive against armed kurdish separatists in northern iraq ankara deployed troops in the hof turn in region close to the border to fight the p.k. k. or planes have also been targeting the groups positions around $3000.00 fighters are believed to be in northern iraq turkey the u.s. and the e.u. all list the p.k. k. as a terrorist organization the un human rights council is holding a urgent debate on racism and police brutality in the united states followin

recognized government turkey's foreign minister and chief of intelligence made a surprise trip to tripoli turkey is the tripoli administration's main backer and has been instrumental in stopping the advance of the warlord alif hafta. at least 12 soldiers have been killed in an attack in northern afghanistan that took place some army post in georgia province another 5 soldiers are being held hostage the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack saying the death toll is higher those are your headlines the news continues here on al jazeera off to witness i'll have 30 minutes of news in 30 minutes see that. that's in the end it's a lot to think i don't guess is that what. i think i don't get at the should they set up on a day maybe clean as my do don't they were days that i would be enjoying. this not undertake to look after. so we don't use a good one to me any. minute when i think it is but he says but he doesn't. say by your. beliefs if. i was only well did they. tell us what i mean is this last i mean i would just. what is this like a gallup poll that any black mother would inevitably basic

energyng cease-fire and corporations were discussed in tripoli. turkey been the main backer of the national accord and has been instrumental in stopping -- ofdvance of izmir [indiscernible] we have more from tripoli. informed today that the high-profile letter turkish delegation that arrived -- now meetingy with the high council of the includeslegation high-profile turkish government officials in all sectors. intelligence, security, defense, energy, the economy, planning, so it seems that turkey is sensitiveo take over issues. the important files in libya, including security. libya has just gotten rid of the war. replenished the war in southern tripoli and southern libya. the government has just regained western libya, now it needs to bring stability back to the country, bring production by the normal, especially the oil production, and also to rebuild the economy and security in the country. anchor: taliban fighters have killed at least 18 afghan security personnel into a on checkpoints in the north of the country. died in a raid. the bloodshed comes as

lou says a lasting cease fire and energy corporation were discussed in the surprise visit to tripoli turkey has been the main backer of the government of national court and has been instrumental in stopping the advance of warlord holly for have to quit up to her head has more from tripoli. it seems that turkey is planning for a long term strategic stage and libya we have been informant today that high profile a turkish dilatation that arrived in tripoli today met with you and the recognized a prime minister face the raj and now they're meeting with the head of the high council of his state. of the delegation includes a. high profile. government officials in all. intelligence security and defense energy economy planning so it seems that turkey is it planning to take over all the sensitive issues to iran the important to fires in libya including get the security as you know that the western libya has just. got rid of the war has just. finished the war in southern tripoli and also in western libya the government has just regained western libya and now it needs to bring this to belittle back to

a high ranking delegation from turkey makes a surprise visit to libya will be live from tripoli. a new u.s. sanctions going to effect targeting any person or entity that supports the syrian government. china and india are trying to calm tensions after a deadly clash over a border dispute over the side say no shots were fired but that 20 indian soldiers died in a massive brawl were iron bars and wooden clubs were used as weapons top diplomats from the 2 countries have spoken over the phone and agreed to deescalate the situation as soon as possible the disputed border lies in the gulf on valley region in the himalayas a tico has honey on has more. in the remote western himalayas there is little evidence of what let indian and chinese soldiers to the worst of violence in decades. india and china share of the world the longest unmarked border. chinese military drills like this one have become more common both sides have increased their military presence in recent months with tension rising over who owns what land. the border has been disputed since india and china went to war in $106

internationally recognized government turkey's foreign minister and chief of intelligence both visited tripoli turkey is the government's main backa and has been interim instrumental in stopping offensive other warlords khalifa haftar and those other headlines we'll have more news here on syria after counting the cost next. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week india prime minister narendra modi rushes through the labor reforms as the pandemic and his own economic failures crash the indian jobs markets also from a trade war to a new cold war china time who its grip on hong kong the united states sanctions chinese officials through it all can hong kong remain ages number one financial center. and modern shout and skin design of the types of role

recognized government turkey's foreign minister and chief of intelligence made a surprise visit to tripoli turkey has been the main backer of the tripoli based administration and has been strong mentally in stopping the advance of warlord holly for hafter visit follows an agreement with russia which backs hafter to push for a ceasefire after his forces were pushed back away from the capital violent arrest of a nurse at a protest in paris is causing outrage in france riot police were filmed removing the woman from a crowd of demonstrating health workers who were demanding better pay for their work during the pandemic one point offices dragged the 50 year old woman by her hair but police say she was arrested for throwing objects that about last more. i believe posted online video of this arrest caused a flurry of indignation on social media a nurse at a protest in paris will choose day is held down by police officers surround her before school in her own way blood is again on her face health workers were demonstrating for higher pay they dedications been revealed to during the convict pandemic say

tripoli. it seems that turkey is planning for a long term strategic stage in libya we have been informant today that the high profile turkish dilatation that arrived in tripoli today met with the recognize depriving minister of phase saraj and now they're meeting with the head of the council of his state. of the delegation includes a. high profile. government officials in all. intelligence security and defense energy economy planning so it seems that turkey is it planning to take over all the sensitive issues to iran the important to fires in libya including get the security as you know that the western libya has just. got rid of the war has just. finished the war in southern tripoli and also in western libya the government has just regained western libya and now it needs to bring this to belittle back to the country bring production back to normal especially the oil production and also to rebuild the economy and security in the contrie. turkey has launched another military offensive against armed kurdish separatists in northern iraq deployed troops to the afternoon region close to the border t

fight is the pinned down by forces of the internationally recognized government in tripoli it has military support from turkey france's president says that turkey is playing a dangerous game that can no longer be tolerated russia's foreign minister has called for an immediate cease fire to be implemented on all sides so a lover off says that he and egypt have agreed with moscow's approach to ending the conflict we have 2 correspondents in libya in a moment we'll speak with that malik trainer who is in this russia but 1st let's get the latest from the one head who is in tripoli mahmoud why is the internationally recognized government refusing to have anything to do with arab league sponsored peace talks. well

recognized government turkey's foreign minister and chief of intelligence made a surprise trip to tripoli turkey is the tripoli ministrations main backer and if it ends terminal and forcing the advance of warlord khalifa haftar are they foreign ministers visit policy or agreement with russia which backstopped are to push for a cease fire. time for weather now everton that tell us about what's happening in north america so going on to be honest with you richelle was small but choice. cold rain snow the lot is a bit of everything absolutely let's start with the rain 2 areas of cloud here this one just spinning off the rockies that's making its way further research words pushing over towards the lakes as we go through the next couple of days the next area cloud of rain that's just there around the carolinas pushing up into virginia this one isn't going anywhere too quickly it's been there for the last couple of days it'll be there for the next couple of days as well this law that have drawn in on a chart here the blue line just coming down out of canada pushing down towards the southwest that marks

after hours at least on the back foot but tripoli is no more stable than other parts of libya it is a host of militias in that saroj has to keep happy how can turkey help maintain the stability in tripoli when there are so many different militias involved in in the city that there are you know a lot of different groups different militias and it is itself the challenge of governing the capital in any in a given area but what we what we experienced after turkey intervened militarily we saw a command a single strategy coming out of a single chain of command so turkish military his role in tripoli has been has been through move through as well as the stuff officers of the armed forces and they proved to be quite competent of let's say commanding there is there in different militias in the in the same direction you know throughout throughout the operation taken over what is. not taken over the southern suburbs so i think you know turkish turkish military presence that proved to be to the efficient in terms of you know merging all those differences. for the for the say in a more getting rid of pop stars and russian and i think this this experience shoul

in tripoli often inflicting indiscriminate damage. with turkey's extensive military aid to the un backed government this year changed it as the genie started to receive turkish. namely the ballot. to these drones with a limited range or not as capable as the wing longs still gave the g.n.a.t. the ability to strike have to us forces interrupt his supply lines and protect its own units he advanced catching their enemies by surprise this tripoli's troops counterattacked. man saw. after doesn't have that many friends in the east unified support will that be now cracks more obvious in showing over that will it be time who else could take over from him do you think this is difficult you know have to buzz and listen i mean i mean i've i personally said that they might tell us that you know your lines of supply make no sense attacking the west in such a way makes no sense but it is his problem is that it doesn't listen believe it or not i mean i'm coming more and more and more convinced that politicians. can't control libya at least right now the kind of g

power it has its sort of strategic interests in libya as well let's remember that for turkey and supporting the tripoli based government is yes about saving the government but it's about turkey's staking its own job political interests and financial interests in the libyan waters as well so it's a very complicated chess game that is the played out as well claudia good to me we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed thank you. one more ahead on the news hour including on the march in mali protesters have a surprising ally who's backing their demands for the president to resign. we're in lebanon to hear who's comparing the country to a sinking ship. in support of the rare sound of a full football stadium the game returns in vietnam with no limits on finance. after nearly 2 weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality several u.s. states are taking steps to reform controversial police practices and many are police where george floyd's died while in police custody chokeholds and neck restraints are banned but as she have a town say reports from washington d.c. those policies aren't being

tripoli which is the last of stronghold of help that his forces in the west of lives. and this all comes as libya's prime minister. is in ankara to meet his turkish counterpart president typo on turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government in its fight against all italy for half time there speak to soon and correspondent any some bold so how's this announcement by libya's government of national call that they are in complete control of tripoli being received by turkey's him. well qualities are very good news for the turkish side to swallow that has been supporting the jna military and logistic wise especially after the port was recaptured by the genii forces after mid may and turkey is the turkish military also were rary opposed to about that and there were rumors in ankara that the turkish military may deploy its troops out of a t a airbase and continue its training and equipping operations for the jna forces so that of course these are very important steps because. these are crucial territories for the jenae which also makes the makes turkey as the king maker in the libyan conflict because turkey is not only equipping and training the military for jenn

us forces as they closed in after hours fighters controlled the red areas and the tripoli government held both. when turkey sent in fighters in military equipment to support forces in tripoli they started making important territorial gains by may they had seized a watch here airbase used by half hours warplanes to attack tripoli pro-government fighters then recaptured most territory surrounding the capital the seizure of the city of tire mint have to have lost his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces are battling for control of sirte the hometown of late longtime with our feet well honest al gore marty is the founder and director of the libya focus think tank said the institute he says hell if i have to leadership could be in jeopardy. the cheerless little trick is how close they are taking and i think they would be mistaken to think that there's a problem now but until they go she is there is a position of weakness and they're in a position of strength the real question is how russia and have the u.a.e. completely abandoned their project in libya or have they just moved on and perhaps m

connection to him and this comes as the libyan prime minister fires out to tripoli based government of national accord is in turkey holding talks with the turkish president over the situation in libya turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government and it reiterated it will continue to do so heidi 5 toss fighters launched an offensive to seize libya's capital chest over a year ago. not to lebannon where money exchanges have ended a one month strike after reaching a deal to control the volatile kerensky markets the government had blamed them for the devaluation of the lebanese lira but with foreign currency in short supply it's fear the attempt to stab to market will do little to ease the country's unprecedented economic crisis then a harder has our. money exchangers are back in business after a month long strike they were protesting against the crackdown by lebanon's government after it blamed them for the rapid devaluation of the local currency believe us it has lost more than 60 percent of its value since october they've now agreed to an exchange rate cap hoping it will drop to $3200.00

accord have recently crossed forces loyal to world 24 have to back from the capital tripoli the genie's backed by turkey who says have to its forces must withdraw from 2 key regions if there is to be any ceasefire there has been a blast near the iranian capital video shared on social media shows the explosion which happened northeast of to ron about 1 am local time the cause is not yet known now the battle against corona virus has led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the united arab emirates the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the countries will work together in research and technology he says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u.a.e. doesn't formal diplomatic relations with israel. the 2nd largest ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly 2 years and more than 2000 deaths the epidemic broke out in the eastern democratic republic of congo in 2018 efforts to tackle the virus were hampered by rebel groups operating near the ugandan border and an antiviral drug developed a treaty bola patients will not be widely available in europe to treat p

that last year there was an entire campaign to seize controlol of tripoli,i, suppteted covertly by the uae, by russia, by egypt. turkey t took intervevention toa different level by intervenining openly. time, very at the few people in western governments expected this kind of interventntion by turkekey. sense to which this has shifted the balance of power has surprised a lot of people, yes. reporter: i want to go back to also the fact that there is no international mediation effort. the e u.s. specialal envoy posin is empty now. you hear of european countries, the u.s., saying we need a practical solution. there is no negotiation at the national level. how do you expect a political solution in that situation? it is actually quitee a meaningfulsee u.n.-led process, or even a meaningful political process at all,l,-under the current circumststances. on the one hand, we have russia and turkey with an unprecedented libya over which wouould exexert inflfluence over any negogotiations. , this issame time probably not in russia's info -- interest, because it could threaten their military presence in libya. states whove other

foreign powers for failing that attempt to take control of the capital tripoli both have to and named turkey dejection president said it foreign. backers as you know that that's because turkey. has shifted the power of balance on the ground in favor of the government of national court the government of national court it says that the whole this visit the whole this whole initiative is an attempt to save have to that's why it does not find it listening years at least for the time being in in the western a camp led by the government of national court the government says that the corporation the military corporation was circular which it has shifted the power of balance has saved the government forces and brought the momentum back to the government is it by virtue of an official agreement at military and security agreement. sealed between. the government of national court and the. government in november last year and the government says that as it is the government representing libya in front of the international community so it has the right to strike a deal with the other government other for

ankara to meet his turkish counterpart president richard firebird a wild turkey has been for illicitly and militarily backing tripoli government in its fight against war locally for hospitals forces seem cosier lou has more on turkey's reaction from istanbul. the 2 leaders are going to be are actually talking right now the meeting has already started and the main focus of the meeting is a political solution political over a solution in libya because we know that russia and the u.s. are urging for a cease fire in the b. about yesterday as the turkish foreign minister put through during a live interview turkey doesn't want to lose time for any more talks about the cease fire because cease fires in fragile countries like libya and syria have proven to be fragile to that's why i chose all the turkish foreign minister focus that all parties who support the ceasefire in the area should actually be now supporting a political solution and they will of course for turkey it's not only in libya is not only we have because turkey has signed a maritime zone deal with which which to which protects turkey's rights and interests in

after besieging tripoli for a year haftar is now forced to withdraw after turkey intervened in support of suraj and both camps are now facing off near the strategic town. of sirte so the big question is libya abouts to petition. well i think that for ththe first time in the history of libya's cononflict off thehe last tenen years- there is actually a reaeal riskk thatt things will ultitimately move towards a partition but we're not quite there yet. right now- i'm the cute chris is about t te conflict will take a an entirely new term what i is this tenensin intervention by egypt- which would mean that the conflict is no longer a proxy war. as it was until now but it t could evolve into an open confrontation b between- different statess in india itself. there iss also the possibilityy that this will ultimately become a frozen conflict and that could. eventually lead towards partition- but what we're talking about medium term scenario is that right- you mentioned egypt- and i mentioned the town of sirte- the chips in a present i been fought to hunt cc said. that if the forces allied- with

tripoli. and the libyan prime minister fires also raj but the turkish president in ankara reza diaper the ones as turkey will increase its support for the rush but that have to under the biggest obstacle to peace of course you can follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com back with the news hour in 30 minutes but next it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us. a vigil in defiance for the 1st time. to remember the tiananmen square massacre it comes to impose a national security law on the 70 autonomous territory so will the city's democracy movement survive this is inside story. hello welcome to the program and it's. held a candlelight vigil to remember.

fight is the pinned down by forces of the internationally recognized government in tripoli it has military support from turkey france's president says that turkey is playing a dangerous game that can no longer be tolerated russia's foreign minister has called for an immediate cease fire to be implemented on all sides so a lover off says that he and egypt have agreed with moscow's approach to ending the conflict we have 2 correspondents in libya in a moment we'll speak with that malik trainer who is in this russia but 1st let's get the latest from the one head who is in tripoli mahmoud why is the internationally recognized government refusing to have anything to do with arab league sponsored peace talks. well 1st of all the tripoli because the government is accusing the egyptian regime which has called for this summit of attacking libya sovereignty of declaring war war on libya and violating the sovereignty of libya by declaring war and by threatening to intervene militarily militarily in cook in case the government forces move on the strategic course to the city of sirte and now we have just been told that li

government in tripoli was having to defend the capital from attacks as forces closed in have to forces control the area in red and the u.n. backed government forces held the area in blue went turkey sent in fighters and military equipment to support tripoli's government in january it began making important territorial gains by may government forces had seized air base used by have to warplanes to attack tripoli well tripoli as government then recaptured most territory surrounding the capital the seizure of the city of the hauler went after lost his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces are battling to control the city of sirte and that's where mom gadhafi came from malik traina has been following the offensive by government forces and sent this report from misrata . we were with the g.n.a.t. forces in every grain the situation was very tense when we witnessed. at least a half self-styled libyan national army carry out various airstrikes on the reason an eval brain this resulted in several casualties within the g.n.a.t. force there but now military sources are telling us that they have entered syria now syria is in central lead to is to teach a clear located afte

speaking on a visit to turkey, libya's prime minister said control of tripoli was just the start of are determined to defeat our enemy and take control of the entire nation, and for the eradication of all those who threatened our democratic free state. translation: turkey will continue to stand with the right side. we will never leave our libyan brothers. our support to libya's recognised government will continue. with its vast oil reserves, libya could be one of the richest countries in the world, but the rule of gaddafi, followed by years of violence, have left the country devoid of infrastructure and security. horn blares. diplomats now want to restart talks to bring about a ceasefire, with hope of long—lasting peace for the people of this north african nation which has been ripped apart. rich preston, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: pulling down the statues of america's slave—owning past: confederate monuments are removed in the wake of protests. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the o

soraya on that have to and his forces are the biggest obstacle to peace turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government in its fight against the warlord and his forces. still ahead on al-jazeera over the lock down protests over senegal state of emergency turned violent. and we look at why the covert 19 death toll continues to soar in mexico to stay with us. hello the rain is building again in southern china is the seasonal rain and the usually effects china and japan moment is just skirting the far south or from sure more like the q shoe meaning it take care remains in the fairly warm weather with a few showers that warm but less sherry weather extends right through most of china but as you can see from shanghai sayas woods is likely to be wet the orange center suggest where the heaviest rain is it tends to drift science which does extend these woods as well so hong kong is always in that mix indeed the forecast for hong kong taking you through sunday monday in tuesday's school the thunderstorms in the morning less so on tuesday and the constant temperature regime and of course it is humid h

anchor: were you surprised by turkey's decisive and open intervention backing the government of national record? besiegedall that hee the capital tripolior a year and many peoplple thought t he d gain conontrol. suddenenly, things have turned around totally. >> yes. i think a lot of people were surprprised. i think he was also surprprisedy the interventntion of the scale d opopen intntervention. campaign, the entntire welld control of tripoli supported openly by the uae, russia, and egypt. intervention to aa different level l by intervening locally. i know at the time, very few people in western government expected this kind of intervention by turkekey. i think ththe extent t to whichs has shifted the balance of power has surprised a lot of people. anchor: right. i want to go back to the fact that there is no international mediation effort. the u.n. spepecial envoy divisin is empty now. they left a month ago. europeaneveryone, countries, t the u.s., sayayinge need a political solution, but there is no negotiation at the international level. how can you expect a political solution in that situation? well, it is a actually quitite m mean

troops turn the tide over the past month reinforced by military support from turkey they pushed after his fighters out of tripoli suburbs and several coastal towns in western libya and now they're heading towards have to his power base in the oil rich south and east the jna forces are closing in on the city of sirte and joe for air base both an a.o.l. fields that have to shut down earlier this year cutting off billions of dollars of income after all its foreign backers russia the united arab emirates and egypt a watching closely egypt president abdul fatah. proposed a ceasefire earlier this month but turkish leaders dismissed it as an attempt to save half the awful of his battlefield losses since he says the egyptian army is ready to cross the border and intervene if dna fighters attack sirte. dr didn't if some people think if they can cross a line in places that matter to us in the search all true for that's a red line any direct intervention from egypt has now acquired the international legitimacy whether within the framework of the united nations charter or based on the sole legitimate authority elected by th

weeks ago cortically on this idea of trying to arrange some sort of talks the turkey sent a high level delegation to tripoli to speed up the establishment of its military bases giving an indication that turkey believes that time is limited to pursue this military operation i think you just doesn't want to get him to saying that if you force me i will get involved egypt once everybody to go to the negotiation table egypt was not necessarily wholly in favor of the tripoli offensive but they do back half that they do back i get assad if they do back the eastern bloc egypt believes that given its economic crisis given the various regional issues if the libyan war cannot continue if it is going to threaten the domestic stability of egypt egypt is essentially saying to jeanne a look you proved yourself you ousted half the turkey came in to bail you out come on the message has been received let's sit down and let's talk about this the g. and a are saying listen we're on top there's no reason to sit down let's take as much as we can and this is why egypt is saying that if you push as much as you can i will bring th

tripoli. these troops of manage the task of military support from turkey. has substantial military support from egypt, russia and the uae to name a few. for the un backed government interest the support of turkey, qatar and italy. government interest the support of turkey, qatarand italy. now, government interest the support of turkey, qatar and italy. now, the egyptian president speak from cairo alongside his ally has unveiled fresh peace proposals. it is our honour that the declaration comes from egypt, we want a peaceful solution to this crisis that includes the unity and safety of national institutions. earlier, the un backed government also known as the government of national accord said it intends to go deeper into territory held in perhaps this timing of the plan comes as no surprise that. be appreciate what you're doing to help the libyan army in the fight against terrorism. we urge you to do more to stop turkey bringing weapons and mercenaries in the fight against terrorism. we urge you to do more to stop turkey bringing weapons and mercenaries int

tripoli. these troops have managed the task with military support from turkey.ided regional backing. the general has substantial military support from egypt, russia and the uae, while the un backed government enjoys the support of turkey, qatar and italy. now the egyptian president speaking from cairo alongside his la has unveiled fresh peace proposals. translation: it is our honour that the declaration comes from egypt. we want a peaceful solution to this crisis that includes the unity and safety of national institutions. earlier, the un backed government, also known as the government, also known as the government of national accord, said that it intended to push even deeper to territory held by the general, so perhaps the timing of this plan comes as no surprise. translation:. we appreciate what you do, we ask you to do more to stop mercenary and weapons coming into libya. there has been a cycle of political talks, fresh alliances between armed groups, and then more fighting. what many will be asking now is whether this initiative will succeed in restoring any

the map and un backed government forces the area in blue that when turkey sent in fighters and military equipment to support tripoli's government in january important territorial gains began by may government forces had seized air base used by coughed as warplanes to attack tripoli. tripoli's government then recaptured most territory surrounding the capital after recapturing the city of tar huna had lost his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces are battling for control of the city of sirte more my good duffy's hometown are libya correspondent mahmud on the walk and he's joining us live from the capital tripoli mark let's just talk about this push on sort of forest what do we know about what is happening there. the heavy fighting is going on near. the end that's about 80 kilometers west of the city of sit as the government forces have bought france it towards the city of the city of sit it meanwhile military sources of the government have just told us that half that its forces are have to prove how to draw have targeted the asians or today and that resulted in 8 death is on the side of the governmen

well it is important i mean turkey is the determining factor that has aided the g.n.a.t. and depending tripoli and also winning all of these towns over the last couple of weeks i mean the stunning victories that we have seen from all the way in tripoli and extreme west to the mortars of tunisia and all the way to the east to search for us would not have happened without turkey so it does it is a critical factor in this it is a country that will determine and will be a major player in the future of libya the united states of course is always an important element in in the international conflict the united states has raised the real story against russia. evidence that russian. mercenaries from the wagner group have appeared in libya and we have seen thousands of them evacuated or retreat. over the last couple of weeks which is what exposed. to all of these defeats i mean showing that it was without russian mercenaries haarp that would not have been able to do to lay a siege on tripoli so they're nice bases is very interested in libya now because of the russian element but it's also of course wit

tripoli have failed. then come the foreign players the g.a.a. is supported by turkey as well as qatar and many western countries while the l.n. a's main backers are russia the united arab emirates and egypt these foreign powers have increasingly intervened flooding libya with weapons and drones ignoring a u.n. arms and banner. at high profile peace talks in berlin earlier this year all parties agreed to more strictly enforce the embargo but a binding truce remained out of reach. with libya's so unstable the fear of resurgent islamic terror and a migrant exodus has many european neighbors worried. let's take a closer look at this we have our us al gore marty he's a political analyst from libya's 1st a think tank they say deck institute but welcome to day w. so we have russia and france agreeing to stabilize libya what does that mean. regretfully i don't think it means much because france has given latent support diplomatically speaking to the limit for the last 5 years or so given military support according to the new york times last year the pressure forces were being

erosion that has to and this whole system of the biggest obstacle to peace turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government in its fight against warlords khalifa haftar forces . further we've had a fruitful meeting with mr soros that will contribute to the peace security and welfare of the libyan brothers maintaining stability in libya as soon as possible is a priority for ticky as we have stated ever since the beginning of the ongoing crisis the solution can only be achieved with the political process under the auspices of the united nations the u.s. navy veteran michael white who has been detained in iran since 2018 and has not been released and is on his way home it comes following an iranian scientist arriving back into iran after being freed from a prison in the united states donald trump has thanks switzerland for their assistance with the release. and state back taxes from china and iran have allegedly targeted the email accounts of those working on the u.s. presidential campaigns of joe biden and donald trump according to a senior google security official this attempt is the latest indic

foreign polars for failing that attempt to take control of the capital tripoli both have to and named turkey the egyptian president said it foreign. backers as you know that that's because turkey has shifted the power of balance on the ground in favor of the government of national court and the government of national accord says that the whole this is visit the whole this whole initiative is an attempt to save have to that's why it does not find it listening years at least for the time being in in the western a camp led by the government of national accord the government says that the corporation the military corporation was. has shifted the power of balance has saved the government forces and brought the momentum back to the government is by virtue of. an official agreement that military and security agreement is sealed between the. government of national called and the government. all $57.00 members of a special police unit in new york state have quit after 2 officers were suspended a video showed the officers pushing an elderly man to the ground causing him serious injuries the majority o

tripoli was having to defend the compton. closed-end forces control. all the area in red and the u.n. back government forces held the area in blue when turkey sent in fighters and military equipment to support tripoli's government in january it began making important territorial gains by may government forces had seized. used by have to as warplanes to attack tripoli tripoli's government then recaptured most territories surrounding the capital the seizure of the city of tire who are meant that have to last his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces are battling for control of the city of sirte where moammar gadhafi used to live jason park is a nonresident fellow at the middle east institute and founder of libya analysis i'll see and to be in affairs consultancy joins me now from the chin in new jersey good to have you with us on the program again is it checkmate for have to and is it sort of a last ditch attempt sort of to gain something from a future libya that he can get involved with or is he actually irrelevant now well you're right in pointing out that that well for tripoli is completely over that's been checkmated but

in red here and un by government forces the areas in blue now when turkey scenting fighters and military equipment to support tripoli's government in january important territorial gains began this is the picture by may government forces had seized air base used by hostiles warplanes to attack tripoli tripoli's government then recaptured most territory surrounding the capital after recapturing the city of tal who not lost his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces battling for control of the city of sirte gadhafi hometown. is director of the brookings doha center he's joining us now. good to have you with us let's talk about this meeting that was happening in cairo how much of that was an attempt do you think to try to find some sort of political solution to the all of this with a cease fire and how much of it was actually about protecting khalifa haftar are i think a lot of it most of it was about protecting khalifa haftar and its international sponsors. plenty of opportunities in the last 56 years for political resolution had emerged and yet it was consistently have to that had turned down the chance

jan and that have turned his forces are the biggest obstacle to peace turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government in its fight against the wall ought to have khalifa haftar let's get more now from sin and pursue in istanbul for reaction out of turkey cause the leaders standing side by side at that press conference very clear in not only their friendship but their direction that they want to go in a news also breaking that turkey libya plan to advance cooperation in drilling in the eastern mediterranean to further benefit from natural resources so they are sort of planning long term sinan. exactly especially since the maritime deal signed with the d.n.a. between jenae and turkey this is a bone that cannot be broken from perspective because that maritime zone do you. assure his interest and rights in the eastern mediterranean actually a few days ago turkey's energy minister and now is that in maximum 3 or 4 months to work you would begin its drilling and exploration operations and in the libyan sure so today it was confirmed by mr starr rise and mr dunne during this presser of course mr

tripoli. prime minister faisal suraj broken using anchor alongside batch of type thirty one. turkey's president his troops fighting alongside the libyan military. threat let me have a trick play of a takeover by forces loyalal to warlord general khalifa haftar has been propelled. for now. celebrationn and gunfire att tripololi internationonal airpot forcrces allied with the us susupported governmenent savings now taking control of all entrance and exit p points in te key city of tripoli after capturining the airportrt from because this one. is. it would mark another defeat for hipsters east based libyan arab armed forces but analysts warned it was too early to conclude that the fighting over tripoli was finished s since twenty fifteen lib has been divideded betweween two govovers one in the east and one in the west. hifter is east based forces launched an offensive in april last year to capture tripoli from the west basased government of national accccord. the offensive has had the backing of russia france egypt and the united arab e emirates. it's troops had made some games are in th

tripoli. gunfire and singing these troops have managed the task with military support from turkey. regional backing. general haftar has substantial military support from egypt, russia and the uae, to name a few, while the un—backed government enjoys the support of turkey, qatar and italy. now, the egyptian president speaking from cairo alongside his ally, general haftar, has unveiled fresh peace proposals. translation: it is our honour that the declaration comes from egypt. we want a peaceful solution to this crisis that includes the unity and safety of national institutions. earlier, the un—backed government, also known as the government of national accord, said that it intended to push even deeper to territory held by general haftar, so perhaps the timing of this plan comes as no surprise. translation: we appreciate what you are doing to help the libyan army in the fight against terrorism. we urge you to do more to stop turkey bringing weapons and mercenaries to libya. libya has been torn by violence since the overthrow of colonel muammar gaddafi in 2011 by nato—backed forces. si

surprised by turkey's- decisive and i would say very open intervention- backing of the government of national accord- let's just recall that- khalifa haftar besieged thehe capital tripoli for a year and many people thought that he would gain control. suddenly turn around please. yes i thinkk that a lot of people wewere surprised i am personanally was also surprised by an event ininterventition o off the scald open intervention- yes to bear in mind that. last yeaear you know the entire campaign- buyer hostile to seize control of tripoli well.. eighty sure. turn kate took into to entirely different level by to be in a open right i know that at the time very few people in western governments expected desktop intervention- by turkish- and i think the extent to which this is realllly shifted the b balane of. how right those people yeah. right the- and to go to hold the fact that there is no international a mediation efforts i mean the u. n. speciall envoy- the positionn is at ti now husson salami lefef a few months ago so. everyone in country do you. so we need a politicacal solution but thehers no. negotiation at the international level hall can you expect the political si