but you would accept that the court has been set up with the authority of the un security council, andsband accepted that under the dayton agreement, which he signed in 1995. why does he now say that the court is illegal? mrs markovic, why is that a lie? what he actually signed up to, which is in the dayton agreement, is that the parties agreed to cooperate fully with all entities, including those authorised by the un security council, in investigating and prosecuting war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law. i am puzzled by your answers. i understood that you wished to do this interview and you wished to reply to the questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right in that understanding? can we go back to the time in march when your husband was arrested — how worried were you for his safety when he was arrested? he had a gun with him at the time. were you afraid that he would use it on himself? and he's quoted as saying things like, "you will think differently of me after i'm gone." there was no danger that he was going to com

victims of these atrocities go unnamed seeking justice on the hawks have today gone before the un security council seeking a resolution to combat sexual violence. and making amputees in south sudan prosthetics giving victims of the country's conflicts a new lease on life. they have been taking conservation to the costume in africa's villages we have a report on if it's just save the endangered wild dog in zimbabwe. i'm christi paul come to africa i'm glad you and the issue of sexual violence against women has taken center stage at the united nations today germany as chair of the un security council and several of the countries pushed a draft resolution combat the use off rape in conflict zones to. raise awareness about the issue morag that is a woman who was kept as a sex slave in syria by the so-called islamic states and. he is a gynecologist from congo who's treated women who've suffered injuries after being raped in the d.r. see rape and sexual abuse have been used as weapons of war in several african countries for example celts have done the democratic republic of congo the central african rep

germany calls a special session of the un security council to discuss the crisis in libya but members aspects of a surge in violence in the capital tripoli. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program the long awaited much anticipated move of reports has been published people are now pouring over the four hundred fifty page document which examines alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election and the conduct of president trump and his campaign today a key question is whether the president undertook illegal action to thwart the investigation itself the report says investigators were unable to clear mr trump of having obstructed justice and that there is evidence. he sought to seize control of the inquiry but the report also says there was not sufficient evidence of illegal collusion between the trump team and russian officials the president's legal team claims that modest findings amount to a total victory for the president who himself seemed very pleased i'm having a good day q who is called. no collusion no obstruction. the never was by the way and never will be. set str

having a broader consensus away which greenwald the un security council was getting while the european union and i think. the other a lot of extremely important to begin with president putin is going to have discussion with the chinese new ship on hold again have a joint strategy to handle this crisis because this is a lingering questions and the like and the soul of this in this old east issue this crisis is also a threat. for some allies issued because we don't know at what point of these they have these it's the fact the lock would use a nuclear weapon stated this crisis can explode into a bigger crisis and that would be difficult to control and it really depends in what manner it doesn't garner draw on the genders all of it because they're they're not the kind of the solution that the americans are looking for i think that he's not going to be accepted by the not with you and maybe it may not be acceptable fog fog of the other countries in the region because they have defied leadership of the china of war. but at the same time they've also lawn that the u.s. must withdraw nuclear u

earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent chris buckler and asked him how concerned the un security counciler recent development in libya. i don't think there is any doubt that the security council at this stage is very concerned. obviously the un took the decision to send the secretary general, antonio guterres, specifically to libya to try to deal with this situation, to try to de—escalate the obvious tensions inside tripoli and inside libya itself. it seems that up to this point that has failed, and now they are in a position where they want to try to release a statement that does anything to really try to take away from that tension. certainly if you look at both the un and the g7 group of countries, which includes the us, the uk, france and germany, they are all saying with one voice that more military conflicts, more violence, is not going to solve the real problems inside libya, a country that has been plagued in recent years by chaotic and very tense situations. they are saying it is time for all sides to withdraw and sit back down. but at the same time it is very clear from the fai

have clashed at the un security council over how to tackle. i give the floor to the representative of russia if you have you have the floor and turn on for us the order of the of this week it's the. mr president you can turn your around as many times as you wish but i would take as much time as i need. while the fifteen member body that leads the united nation convened in the security council and the meeting began with presentations by un officials describing the crisis in the country then when member states began to speak mike pence the u.s. vice president represented the usa and gave remarks harshly critical of the venezuelan government he told a heart wrenching story of an interaction he ad with a venezuelan father and his sons from there he went on to call for governments around the world as well as the un itself to withdraw all recognition from the dear oh and recognize one kwaito as the legitimate government the legitimate head of state of that is leyla now there was a response from the russian ambassador who pointed out that the usa has

chapter seven of the united nations charter group by the security council with the power to enforce blockades it is part of the power of the un security council has which includes the power to wage aren't action so this sort of thing comes very close to the kind of armed action that is in the in the u.n. charter so i did they were quite there yet but the distance is very small let me go to you. obviously countries like china or are most likely going to ignore this a great deal of iranian oil is purchased by the chinese this is a huge i mean smaller countries you know if we really are getting back to the one thousand center of you're a small country you're going to have to do what the hedge amounts of the world demand but china is a peer of the united. states and this type of policy would certainly undermine the chinese economy and we have we don't we shouldn't forget global oil prices are likely go up it's a fool's errand to believe the saudis in this is what the trump administration believes that they will be able to pick up the slack that's unlikely well it's not only the big country of. the european union who are against t

back to the program a un security council meeting on the crisis in eastern ukraine was held thursday here representative called the session in response to a new russian initiative that will make it easier for people in the war torn regions of donetsk and lugansk to obtain russian citizenship in the bullpen has the details now the fifteen member body that leads the united nations held a meeting to discuss the situations of the peoples of ukraine now there is widespread condemnation by the united states britain france and other countries of russia's recent decision to decree that people living in ukraine's eastern region have the right to apply for russian citizenship by president of ukraine signing of the decree is yet another interference or deduction for the internal if over an independent state brutal way alicia. told you integrity and the unity of ukraine moving into local and when you. we're not interfering in ukraine's internal affairs and we're not engaged in creeping on exaggeration which is giving people the opportunity to solve critical problems with ortiz in kiev have refus

germany calls a special session of the un security council to discuss the crisis in libya but members are split over a surge in violence in the capital tripoli. i'm filled a welcome to the program. u.s. attorney general william barr has held a news conference detailing key aspects of his release of the reports redacted copies of special counsel robert miller's report into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election campaign to be made public shortly it's only general said that the report confirms that no americans and no one in the trump campaign colluded with russia to influence the election like on the question of whether president trump attempted to thwart the investigation like the attorney general said he concluded that the president's motives were known corrupt and that influenced his decision not to bring charges for obstruction of justice so here it is as any general william. as the special counsel report makes clear the russian government sought to interfere in our election process but thanks to the special counsel's thorough investigation we now

or correspondent helen humphrey followed the meeting of the un security council force here's her assessment german foreign minister heiko mass called the adoption of this resolution a milestone moment but the text certainly was very watered down and that was at the request of the u.s. mission which took issue with the text mention office of five as access to reproductive and sexual health care the us seeing that as a tacit endorsement of abortion and so u.n. diplomats scrambled to remove the mention of that entirely earning some rebuke from other missions namely the u.k. france belgium and south africa or one of which say that survivors of sexual violence should have the option of considering terminations of pregnancy in the wake of rape that said overall this is symptomatic of a wider charm campaign to remove financing for these issues we've already seen the trump administration in recent months take away funding to n.g.o.s working with survivors of sexual violence to carry out abortions so overall this is certainly a setback for how effective the resolution will actually be france's marki

the un security council has called for an immediate end to fighting in the country. the forces of libya's most powerful warlord, khalifa haftar, are advancing from the stronghold of benghazi closer to the stronghold of benghazi closer to the unity government in tripoli. clashes has been reported just 50 kilometres from the capital. ramzan karmali reports. he was meant to find a solution to an escalating problem, but the un secretary general‘s mission to tripoli appears to have failed for now. the united nations remain available to facilitate any political solution able to unify the libyan institutions. libyans deserve peace, security, prosperity and the respect of their human rights. he was there for talks with general khalifa haftar from the self—styled libyan national army, but they broke down. khalifa haftar‘s troops are under orders to get to tripoli in order to overthrow the internationally recognised government. in fact, there were some reports they had moved further north, coming as close as a0 kilometres from tripoli, by taking the village of suq al—khamis. s

germany holds a special section of the un security council to discuss the crisis in libya because members are split over a surge in violence in the capital. i'm phil go welcome to the program. the long awaited much anticipated move the report has been published people are now poring over the four hundred page document which examines an alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. and action and the conduct of president trump and he's come painting one key question is whether the president undertook illegal action to thwart the investigation itself the report says that investigators were unable to clear the president of having obstructed justice that there is evidence that he sought to seize control of the inquiry but he also says it was not sufficient evidence of illegal collusion between the trump team and russian officials. of the president's legal team a claim that most findings amount to a total victory his president trump a short while ago i'm having a good day q it was called. no collusion no obstruction. there never was a better way and it never will be. well he's happy

britain has been trying to get a resolution on a ceasefire through the un security council. adopted, it is not expected to have much impact here on the ground. there is a sense here of a city in waiting, a city being left to its fate. in tripoli, once again, it's time to bury the dead. civilians killed this week by rocket fire as they slept. mourners blamed the military strongman besieging the city, general khalifa haftar. critics say he wants to be a new gaddafi. prime minister sarraj, very nice to see you again. libya's internationally recognised prime minister has held him off for two weeks, but he's looking weary and sounding worried. translation: this is a dangerous turning point. it's a confrontation between supporters of democracy and supporters of authoritarian rule. i'm really astonished by the stand of the international community. gunfire. it's less a matter of taking a stand, and more of dodging a bullet. these battles are raging around seven miles from the prime minister's office. all this in a week when a un—backed peace conference was supposed to be held, but t

cameroon at the moment where the country is on fire and we can't even get it on the agenda of the un security council so i still think there is a. glaring gap between pretty words and consistent action in obviously i think we need to close that and consistently uphold our responsibility to protect people around the world when they're faced by these most conscience shocking crimes and how do we cause that gap what does that needs to be done do you feel in some way that this is a responsibility of world leaders or do you think perhaps that given the violence that we see on a daily daily basis perhaps people become desensitized to this how do we close that gap. well i think there is a sense of kind of i don't know quite what to call it but a kind of atrocity attention deficit disorder i think the world seems chaotic to people can be very to proceed in demoralizing for people and so the tendency is to want to look away but i think there is something there is you know it's incumbent upon our leaders it's incumbent upon the u.n. you know united nations to not look away and to be involved and i think if you

violence against women has taken center stage at the united nations today germany as chair of the un security council and several of the countries pushed a draft resolution combating the use of rape in conflict zones to noble nori it's all there to raise awareness about the issues. that is a woman who was kept as a sex slave in syria by the so-called islamic state and dr dennis he is a gynecologist from congo who's treated women who've suffered injuries off to being raped in the d.r. see rape and sexual abuse have been used as weapons of war in several african countries for example south sudan the democratic republic of congo the central african republic and morally all countries torn by years of conflict when it comes to rape in conflict impunity is still the. home the perpetrators of those who carry out and direct violence usually escape justice or even sanction i'm now joined by dr chu say to me a big issue he's an author and specialist on gender based violence and she's based at the university of stanford in the united states well come to you dr what perpetrates is i want to begin by asking you t

occur everyone is working on that through their channels we already spoke about this in the un security council the situation is extraordinarily disconcerting and we cannot accept further developments particularly military escalation. as government backed forces deployed to defend the capital tripoli the risk of an escalation to all out civil war remains alarmingly high and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. in venezuela rival political factions are taking to the streets as the power struggle intensifies between anti-government and loyalist factions self-proclaimed president on why go urged his supporters to maintain pressure on president nicolas maduro and anger is mounting over the collapse of public services and repeated power outages across the country. in sudan protesters converged on the army headquarters and the president's residence in the latest demonstration of force against president omar al bashir thousands marched through the capital khartoum chanting peace justice and freedom point opponents claim government mismanagement has brought soaring food prices

rape during the bosnian war the year after in two thousand and thirteen julie addressed the un security council on sexual violence the world has yet to take up war zone rape as a serious priority hundreds of thousands if not millions of women children and men have been raped in conflicts in our lifetime the numbers are so vast and the subjects so painful that we often have to stop to remember that behind each number is someone with a name a personality a story and dreams no different from ours and those of our children following julie's appeal the security council adopted its broadest resolution on sexual violence in conflict before their bodies are able jolie has continued to advocate for more action on sexual assault wherever she goes demanding that survivors be heard and cared for perpetrators prosecuted and that organizations including nato and the u.n. do more just operate the world. joly the seems to take the job pretty seriously what about all the celebrities who fight for good causes they effective indeed they always necessary what you know it really depends on how credible they are and

victims of these atrocities go unnamed seeking justice on their behalf have today gone before the un security council seeking a resolution to combat sexual violence. and making limbs for amputees in south sudan how prosthetics are giving victims of the country's conflicts a new lease on life. and then taking conservation to the costume and.

think essentially that is germany's argument as it bort this resolution to the table of the un security council in new york rape as a weapon of war is an international war crime that's been set out under the geneva convention for the past seventy years and germany's argument essentially was that it is time to end impunity it's time to send a fact finding missions collect evidence and prosecute the international criminal court obtain justice for these survive as all of these atrocious war crimes if you compare it to other war crimes for example when there are allegations of genocide when there are allegations of chemical weapons attack being used fact finding missions sent that said though a lot of resistance now to this text at the u.n. security council and also mentally we could see is a very wanted down version of this text amounting to little more than an informal walking group on women peace and security helen hunt for your reporting there are a short while ago in northern ireland dissident group of the new irish republican army has said it killed journalists laura mckee during last week's

occur everyone is working on that through their channels we already spoke about this in the un security council the situation is extraordinarily disconcerting and we cannot accept further developments particularly military escalation. meanwhile russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met his counterpart in cairo egypt he said also it could be involved in a political solution in libya and blame nato for creating the crisis. we advocate there should be no unilateral attempts to appoint a guilty persons the reason for the libyan. crisis is what nato members did to this country in two thousand and eleven. since then it has become a destroyed failed state was a black hole through which terrorists and illegal arms smuggling go to the south an illegal migrants flow to the north. as the un recognized government deploys its supported militias to defend the capital tripoli the risk of an escalation to all out civil war remains alarmingly high. to greece now on saturday protests between migrants and police on the border with north macedonia turned violent around two thousand migrants started demonstrating

the un security council is set to hold another emergency meeting on the escalating violence in libya at least forty seven people have been killed in the latest fighting after forces loyal to the warlord holly for have to carried out an air strike on tripoli's main airport. you're speaking of the house nancy pelosi wants the president to end american involvement in the war in yemen by signing a resolution passed by congress last week lows he says the situation in yemen has left an indelible scar stain on the conscience of the world donald trump or said he'll veto the measure. on the holiday rental company air b.n. b. will allow property listings on the israeli occupied west bank reversing its previous starts but it says all profits made from rentals in the west bank will be donated to charity but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after life abstention thanks so much for that. methamphetamines for me in ma a flooding into countries across asia. one zero one east asks why i. can't seem to stop the myth. on al-jazeera. it's a mobile world. with colds texts and

germany begins a month long term chairing the un security council today it takes over from france with the two countries pledging to continue their close coordination both want to focus on crisis prevention in africa and securing support for the un mission as an excuse in ukraine's presidential election a comedian with no political experience as one i strongly dover incumbent president a petro poroshenko. t.v.'s don't bother me as a man ski. said but he still faces a rather partial. i feel a former prime minister yulia timoshenko a trial in some players. japan has announced them of the year of the incoming m. from. the japanese were. pursuing harmony the names kept secret ahead of today's announcement of current temperature. in the month the first time in history and for a step down two hundred. and sunday's local elections in turkey have been described as a stunning setback for the country's president rhetoric time the main opposition party the secularist republican people's party of c.h.p. looks likely to win control of the two biggest cities ankara and istanbul many voters say they

germany has called for an emergency meeting of the un security. council to discuss a search and fighting in the libyan capital tripoli forces loyal to libyan army commander are battling to seize control of tripoli from the internationally recognized libyan government shelling of tripoli has increased and more than two hundred people have been killed since the offensive began this month. images of war intended to demonstrate the progress of khalifa haftar tars troops this may be propaganda but it does show that the battle for tripoli is escalating. this week the city center was hit by rockets for the first time emergency workers reported civilian casualties according to the u.n. at least a hundred ninety people have been killed since fighting began in early april. for libya's interior minister the conflict has reached a new level of illegality and this is a community. and. it is beautiful but you cannot believe the one he killed his people like this and that the united nations is evacuating migrants and refugees from camps in tripoli's south to rescue them

high command has brought this issue front and center during germany's term as chair of the un security council must also coauthored an opinion piece in the washington post with actor angelina jolie urging the perpetrators of sexual violence be brought to justice while presiding over the council germany introduced a resolution which would make it easier to prosecute rapists and help victims among its supporters not. z.d. activist and nobel prize laureate who survived years of i asked captivity and rape in her speech she criticized the u.n. for taking little action after use e.d.s. came forward to describe their ordeals it was also not so if i think we were hoping that our testimonies would pave the way for bringing us to justice. however thousands of ideas elements are free thousands are detained without trial they just don't know if if we come here today to ask that those perpetrators of genocide be brought to justice. i'm all clooney the international human rights lawyer who represents nadia and other war crimes survivors give a strong call to action against i.a.s. comparing passing the resol

now the un security council will hold another emergency meeting on the situation in libya if fighting continues there dozens of people have been killed in recent days including at least thirty five thousand loyal to warlords and if a hostile his forces are trying to take the capital it's forced the un's envoy to libya to perspire on a national reconciliation conference which was supposed to happen next week and the u.n. is trying to get refugees out of detention centers near tripoli these are people who've come to libya from other countries in the hope of crossing the mediterranean sea and reaching europe ahead of the un's refugee agency tells our desire the fighting is making the task of moving people to safety difficult. you know it's always been quite difficult to conduct this operation in libya which is an extremely fragile country not just in security terms but in institutional terms with many parts of the country controlled by militias by armed groups but now the danger has escalated this morning in spite of that my colleagues braving the bullets really literally managed to evac

now the un security council is set to hold another emergency meeting on the escalating violence in libya at least forty seven people have been killed in the latest fighting after forces loyal to the warlord the have to carry out an air strike on tripoli's main airport well that's prompted the un's envoy to libya to postpone a national reconciliation conference scheduled for next week meanwhile the u.n. is trying to get refugees out of detention centers near tripoli but the head of its refugee agency has told al-jazeera the fighting is making those efforts increasingly dangerous. you know it's always been quite difficult to conduct this operation in libya which is an extremely fragile country not just in security terms but in institutional terms of as well with many parts of the country controlled by militias by armed groups but now the danger has escalated this morning in spite of that my colleagues braving the bullets really literally managed to evacuate the hundred and fifty refugees from one of the of those terrible detention centers to a safer place but for how long will we be able t

envoy for libya is warning of a broader escalation in violence the un security council met in an emergency session to discuss the battle for control of tripoli but it failed to agree on a draft resolution calling for a cease fire. well those are the headlines join me for more news here after inside story do stay with us. a cycle of fear a report shows journalists are facing increasing cost still be around the world the dangers are not just in conflict zones harassed persecuted and sometimes think mkhize they are facing a new threat so what's caused press freedom to deteriorate globally this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm a media freedom is in decline and journalists around the world are working in an intense climate of fear this year's evaluation by reporters without borders shows a market drop in the number of countries where it is safe for journalists to work and it says political leaders rhetoric has fueled violence against them in many parts of the world the world press freedom and the index covers the state of journalism in one hundred eighty countries it found

. >> germany is calling for an emergency meeting of the un security council to discuss a surge in fighting in the capital. forces loyal to the commander are trying to seize control of the city frorom the internationally recognized libyan government. two have been killed since the offense began. images of war intended to demonstrate the power of the troops. it shows that the better for tripoli -- the battle for tripoli is escalating. this city was hit by rockets for the first time. emergency workers reported civilian casualties. according to the u.n. at least 190 people have been killed since early april. for the libyan interior minister, the conflict has reached a new level of illegal. ity. >> it is unbelievable. you cannot believe that one would kill his people like this. >> 2700 people are trapped close to the front and could get caught up in combat. >> they are trapped by the fighting so it is a race against time. it is a matter of life or death. it is critical that we relocate them to safety. >> the bombs a are getetting clr and worries that the fighting may escalate closer are growing

forward it's it's not a surprise if if that increases we know that russia has vetoed the recent un security council resolutions on ceasefire and the cease fire in libya. in the east across libya but specifically nice is been a major. economic economic pressure for the governments for the local authorities to to provide funding for teachers for civil servants to ensure that the economic cycle continues to flow and a lot of that a lot of the pressure is coming because the central bank in tripoli is ensuring that none of the funds goes into un embargoes and u.n. sanctions and. to prevent that money from leaving from from going to purchase weapons but we've also seen the forces as they advance over tripoli and seized many small towns they have taken on accounted for sums of money from commercial banks creating an even more pressuring situation on the locals on salaries in the area so i guess the fundamental question is are his backers prepared to continue their support of him for what looks to be at this stage a pretrial. war had been fought in the first instance and able to quickly come in and take tr

honey for have to advancing on tripoli after he ordered them to quote liberate the capital the un security council says it will discuss the crisis on friday but the country's interior minister says the un backed government has lost its trust in the international community which has been unable to solve the unrest in the past overnight have to us forces took control of the town of gharyan just down the main highway from tripoli and would have been well had reports it's all happening while the u.n. secretary general is in town. a display of military strength from fighters loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar posted this video online which appears to show. heavily armored vehicles moving towards the capital. in an audio message have the cold on his forces to move on tripoli are you are locked our last hours are courageous heroes the time has come to advance towards tripoli go forward confidently those who want peace will not be harmed as we don't come as conquerors only use force on those that fire on you those that stay home are safe and those that raise the white flags will also be safe the un recog

the un security council called on libya's rival factions to avoid bloodshed as a commander from the eastof the country advance assist troops towards the capital . limits that are the current injured on i'm not through but in the struggle. and as israel prepares for elections some of those vying for the prime minister posts and sparked controversy with their tough anti palestinian platforms .

ambitions to hold on to power about an hour ago so dons deputy permanent representative told the un security council all sudanese will be invited to shape the country's future. the nikodim. the military transitional council was responding to the sudanese people's aspirations for change and works to protect the lives of its citizens as well as their well being this council will be the guarantor of a civilian government to be formed in collaboration with the political forces in stakeholders no party will be excluded from the political process including groups moreover the suspension of the constitution could be lifted at any point in the transitional period could be shortened depending on developments on the ground and agreements with stakeholders saying with the story however protest organizers are skeptical and they're calling for more demonstrations more now from. one day after sudan's military deposed president on. the head of the military council's political committee defended the coup at a news conference in the heart of the he said the military has no plans to stay in power and promised the new

the un security council called on libya's rival factions to avoid bloodshed as a commander from the east of the country advances his troops towards the capital tripoli. for her usual i'm not at all where you are from. prepares for election the some of those vying for the prime minister a real. controversy with their. homes. it's midday here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from our studio with me today welcome to the program. wiki leaks claims to have obtained a press strategy agreed on by acro in the u.k. in the event its founder julian assange is extradited to the u.s. the whistleblower was granted asylum in ecuador as embassy in london almost seven years ago and you can see live pictures now from outside the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's been residing for nearly seven years room is all circulating that he's about to be kicked out potentially handed by britain to the americans according to wiki leaks ecuador. broke the terms of his asylum with the u.k. giving assurances it won't let the u.s. sentence him to death u.s. federal prosecutors are investigating

the issue of abortion and how you just explained it, do you think that was made clear to the un security councildo you think thahat was communicicated as cleaearly asou just communinicated it? sybille: i do think it was, and i i think that is just an n isse that we see t the u.s. . with a prpresident who declares h himsf getting evevery woman he w wanto get. th issue of women's rights in the whole world is facing a a bg backlash as many human rights issues, and that is just one example of it. brent: this resolution, at least it helps to raise awareness about t this problem andnd the problelem of impunity. what has to be done now? sybille: i think itt is very portant t to really putut all effoforts together to implelemet the reresolutitions that had ben there, including the new resotion which has some good pieces in itt and s some new w s in it. because as nanadia just said, it not about not havaving thee legal framewowork, it is about implemementing it. all women activists around the world are waiting for ages for really big steps to be taken. brent: sybille fezer, repeat sheet you taking the ti

and again as a product of the headlines on al-jazeera the un security council has told libyan war and his forces to stop their advance from the capital tripoli secretary-general antonio terrace has met both the un recognized government and half there to try to deescalate the situation or the security council fears that the fighting will threaten talks to rebuild libya's fractured political system. we are very concerned that the events over the last two or three days in libya specifically the military activity was. towards tripoli and we are very clear today in calling for. to withdraw to previously held positions and to cease military activity there is no military solution in libya and we need to see everybody getting back into the political process besides. buy gas and sell our interest you don't know. hundreds of thousands of algerians have rallied in the caption for the seventh week they are demanding more changes despite the resignation of longtime president of the lousy with the flicka the country's intelligence chief who was a close ally of with a flick of was reportedly fired o