other villages in western libya have been the focus of battles for two weeks. it left civilians struggling to avoid the cross fire much people say under the former leader they suffered. now they are suffering again. in an attempt to end the misery, a special representative for the u.n. support measure in libya met with leaders in tobruk. they were forced from office when the supreme court annulled the parliament. it remains internationally recognised. the new government, under the general national congress in tripoli criticized the u.n., accusing of it being bias and insisting it should respect the court's decision. the u.n. says it is not representing anyone particularly and the path the country is on is dangerous. >> the military option means that a lot of time of fighting, losing lives, losing time, wasting pressure time that the country needs to resume the transition to build the state. this is why the world is trying to support these political dialogue to reach solutions. >> reporter: peace has been allusive with rival leaders showing no signs of being rea

their home was looted and their village in western libya destroyed. after a battle between rival militi militias. >> everything was taken away. we are upset. what can i say. thank god my children are safe. everything can be replaced. >> this man and other villagers have been the focus of battles for the last two weeks. the fighting left civilians struggling to avoid the crossfire. people say under former leader they suffered. now they are suffering again. in an attempt to end the misery, the special representative for the u.n. support mission in libya met with the former government minister on monday. they were forced from office when the supreme court annulled a parliament. it remains internationally recognised. the new government under the general national congress. it accused the u.n. of being biased and wanted to to respect the court's decision. the u.n. officials say it is not representing anyone in particular, and the path the country is on is a dangerous one. >> military option is a bad option for libya. it means a lot of time of fighting, losi

western libya. the sound of airstrikes echo for kilometers. where the battle is most fierce. on one side the so-called tribes army, the group aligned with the general haftar. >> today we lost 14 fighters and more 23 injured by the airstrikes by the enemy. they targeted a residential area. >> reporter: with the country awash with powerful militia, rival governments in libya and tibruk, libya is in the heart of statelessness. at the heart, oil. and libya is sitting on the country's biggest oil terminal. fighting in this oil-reach region has forced terminals nearby to close. >> the attack on the oil region clearly shows that libyan dawn wants to be in fully in charge of the oil resources we need fond to sponsor their terrorist operations. just like other terrorist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> reporter: complicating matters further, the group has established a couple of the city. now plans to help libya dawn fighters. al jazeera. >> former u.s. vice president dick cheney has again defended brutal interrogation techniques that the cia used during his time in of

libyan military soldiers said the movement based in western libya was responsible for the attack in a separate incident, the largest oil export terminal caught fire when it was struck by a rocket during fighting. the controversial film about a plot to kill the north korean leader has opened in some american sin masses. it's been released online in the united states by sony pictures. several independent pictures organized midnight screenings of the film called the interview. it was cancelled last week after a huge cyber attack when the white house has blamed on north korea. our correspondent has more from los angeles. >> well, i think people universally say they are glad they got to see this movie. the reaction to the film itself, well, it's very silly. it's a farcical plot to assassinate the north korean leader, the humor in the film is dubious to say the least. there is a lot of foul language in the film. it's ok. this kind of genre has its place. people were going to see it, perhaps not in such large numbers as now, but i think almost universally they are saying that the point of wh

. >> reporter: smoke rises in western libya. the sound of airstrikes echo for kilometers.he battle is most fierce close to the border with tunisia. on one side the so-called tribes army. the group aligned but not formerly sided with. on the other side the forces of libyan dawn, a loose coalition of militias proudly associated wit associate--broadly associated with the tunisia government. >> they targeted a residential area. we managed to repel them back. >> with the country awash with powerful militia and rifle governments, libya is in a state of lawlessness. at the heart of the fight is oil. in the east libyan dawn is advancing on the country's biggest oil terminal. fighting in this oil-rich region has forced them to close. >> the attack on the oil region colorly shows that libyan dawn wants to be clearly in charge of the oil sources to responder their terrorist organizations just as there arist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> complicated matters further, they have established a council in the city. they now plan to offer help to libyan dawn fighters in b

. >> reporter: smoke rises in western libya. the sound of air strikes echos for kilometres. where the battle is fierce, close to the border with tunisia. the tribes army, aligned but not formally sided with the general. on the other side forces of libyan dawn. a loose collision of militias. >> today we lost 14 fighters, and 23 injured in the air strikes. that they targeted a residential area and a quarry. we took the forces back to the area. >> with the country awash with militia, and rival governments in tripoli and tobruk, libya is in a state of lawlessness. at the heart of the fight is oil. in the east libyan dawn is advancing on the biggest oil terminal. fighting in this oil-rich region has forced the nearby terminals to close. >> translation: the attack on the oil region shows that libyan dawn wants to be fully in charge of oil resources that they need, in order to sponsor terrorist organizations just like has happened in other parts of the world. >> reporter: complicating groups is a council of the city has been formed, and plans to over help to libyan dawn fighters >>

their home was looted and their village in western libya destroyed after a battle between rival malitia everything taken away and we are very upset and what can i say, thank god my children are safe. everything else can be replaced. >> reporter: and villages in libya is the focus of battles for the last two weeks. the fighting is leaving civilians struggling to avoid the cross fire and people here say under former leader gaddafi they suffer and now they suffer again. in an attempt to end the misery the special representative for the u.n. support mission in libya met in tabrook on monday and forced from office recently when the supreme court anulled the parliament but remains international recognized and under the congress in tripoli criticized the u.n., accusing it of being bias and insisting it should respect the court's decision and u.n. official says the organization is not representing anyone in particular and that the path the country is on is a dangerous one. >> the option is a bad option for libya and it means a lot of time of fighting, of losing lives, losing time, wasting preci

. >> and other villages in western libya have been the focus of battles for the last two weeks. the fighting has often left civilians struggling to avoided the cross fire, people here say under former leader they suffered. now, they are suffering again. >> in an attempt to end the misery, the special representative from the u.n. support mission met with former government leaders those leaders were forced from office. but it remains internationally recognized. the new government under the general national in tripoli, has criticized the u.n., accusing it of being based and insisting it should respect the court's decision, the u.n. official says the organization is not representing anyone in particular, and that the path the country is on a dangerous one. >> it mean as lot of fighting loses lives, wasting precious time that this country needs to resume the transition to build a state to build a democracy, and this is why the world is trying to support these political solutions. but peace has been allusive. with leaders showing no signs of being ready to put down their weapons and c

. >> smoke ices in western libya. the sound of airstrikes echos for kilometers. the battle is fierce near the border of tunisia. the group aligned but not formerly sided with former general haftar. on the other side, libya dawn broadly associated with the tripoli-based government. >> today we lost 14 fighters and more than 23 injured in the airstrikes by the enemy. that they even targeted a residential area in a quarry. they managed to repel their forces back. >> with the country awash with powerful militia, the rival governments in tripoli and tribuk, at the heart of the fight is oil. they're advancing on the country's biggest oil terminal. fighting in this oil-rich region has forced other terminals to close. >> the attack on the oil region clearly shows that libya dawn wants to be fully in charge of the oil forces that they need in order to sponsor their terrorist operations just like other terrorist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> reporter: the group has established a council of the city. now plans to offer help to libya dawn fighters in bengah

. >> smoke rises over western libya. the sound of air strikes echos for kilometres. the battle is most feaierce, cle to the border with tunisia. the group aligned. not sided with the former general. on the other side the forces of libyan dawn, a loose coalition of militias, associated with the military-based government. >> today we lost 14 fighters, that they targeted a residential area, we managed to repel the ground forces back to the area >>> with the country awash with powerful militia, and rival governments in tunisia and tobruk, likia is in a state of law -- libya is in a state of lawlessness. the militants are advancing on the biggest oil terminal. fighting in this region forced the nearby terminal to close. >> translation: the attack on the oil region shows that libyan dawn wants to be in charge of oil resources that it needs to sponsor terrorist oppositions, just like other terrorist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> complicating matters, the group has established a council in the city. it plans to offer help to fighters >>> al jazeera continu

. >> reporter: smoke rises in western libya. the sound of airstrikes echos for kilometers. the battle is most fierce at the border of tunisia. at one side the so-called tribes army, the group aligned but not formerly sided with former general haftar. on the other side the forces of libyan dawn. a coalition of militias loosely associated with the tripoli based government. >> today we lost 14 fighters and more than 23 injured in airstrikes by the enemy. they even targeted a residential area. we managed to repel their armed forces back. >> with the country awash with powerful militia and rival governments in tripoli and tibruk. libya is a in the state of lawlessness. fighting in this oil-rich region has forced other terminals to close. >> the attack on the oil region clearly shows that libyan dawn wants to be fully in charge of the oil sources that we need in order to sponsor their terrorist operations. just as other terrorist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> complicating matters further, there are plans to help libyan dawn figh fighters in bengahzi. >> the ira

. >> one of the things we have heard his isis is moved into western libya. is that something you are seeing is low? >> there is intelligence community that has reports on map but most of it is over the eastern. >> libya in the east, what is your assessment of how many, what kind of isil fighters you are seeing in the east? today at the network network and are you saying command and control? >> it's mainly about people coming for training and logistics support right now for training sites and that's what we see right now. as far as a a huge command-and-control network we have not seen it yet. >> you are seeing isis training sites in eastern libya? >> the numbers are somewhere around a couple hundred is the estimate but again we don't have a specific precise assessment right now. >> what you are seeing going on as boko haram as well as al-shabaab, in the last several days would he think is going on with them? al-shabaab as well, where they getting theirs and to potentially see isis connections using new aqap connections? can you walk us through at? >> the al-sh

. >> benghazi, of course, one of the things we heard is isis is moving to western libya. is that something you are seeing? >> we will continue to watch that. the intelligence community has mixed reports on that but we will continue to watch that most of it is over the east. >> a couple of things. libya. in the east. what is your assessment of what kind of isis fighters you are seeing in the east. do they have at network? are you seeing command-and-control? >> it is mainly about people coming for training and logistic support right now, training sites and that is what we see right now. as far as a huge command-and-control network i have not seen that yet. >> you are seeing isis training sites in eastern libya. >> the numbers are somewhere around a couple hundred is the estimate but we don't have a specific precise assessment of that right now. >> as long as you are here, what you are seeing going on. we see a lot of violence in the last several days, what do you think is going on with them? elson bob as well, we are -- where they're getting their support with isis connecti

. >> african leaders are calling on western countries to intervene in libya, warning violence could destabilize neighboring nations. there has been chaos in the last months in libya, rival governments competing for power as fighters from have launched an offensive to seize major oil facilities in the east of the country. fighting's forced two terminals to be shot down. >> one of the reasons behind a flood of migrants across the mediterranean moving to france and hoping to make it to britain in search of a better life. for thousands, the port is the end of the road. >> the port of calais, the closest french town to england. the iconic white cliffs of dover are visible. for the migrants held up, that is their destination. as their numbers grow, tensions between them and the town's residents increase. a member of the local counsel owns a bar not far from a migrant makeshift camp. >> business has gone down, people are suffering. they are desired come to this neighborhood especially after the problems in the summer with the migrants fighting on the streets. >> the people of calais are uncomfortable,

family in the gaza strip struggling to get back on its feet after israel's offensive this year >>> libya's western city of misrata has been hit by air strikes as violence continues between rival governments. forces loyal to the tobruk government carried out the air offensive after the rebel group tried to seize the port. there were no reports of casualties. >>> we are approaching a grim anniversary. in a few hours three al jazeera journalists would have been imprisoned in egypt for a full year peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested on december the 19th 2013. they were falsely accused and convicted of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood and danking egypt's reputation abroad. they say they were simply doing their jobs as journalists and are appealing against their convictions. six other al jazeera employees were falsely accused and convicted in their absence >>> press freedom is said to be at its worse levels in more than a decade. the 2013 index found 66 journalists have been killed. covering conflict in places like syria, iraq and ukraine. more than 200 journalists ha

. >>> african leaders are calling on western countries to intervene in libya, warning ongoing violence could destabilize nations. libya drifted into chaos, with two rival governments competing for power. fighters launched an offensive to seize oil facilities in the east of the country. it forced two terminals to be shut down >>> well, the chaos in libya is one of the reasons behind a flood of migrants across the mediterranean. many travelled to france, hoping to make it to britain in search of work and a better life. for many, the calais port is the end of the line. >> reporter: the port of calais, before the town to flnd. -- england. on a clear day the white cliffs of dover are visible. it is the destination. numbers of migrants grow, tensions in the town increase. a member of the council owns a van not far from a migrant makeshift camp. >> translation: business has gone down. people of calais are suffering. they are scared to come to the neighbourhood, especially after the problems in the summer with migrants fighting on the streets. >> reporter: it's scenes like that that the people

. >>> african leaders are calling on western countries to intervene in libya, warning that the ongoing violence could bestablilize neighbouring nations. libya has been in chaos with two rival governments competing for power. fighters from the libyan coalition launched an offensive and are trying to seize major oil facilities in the east. the fighting has caused two terminals to be shut down. >> chaos in indonesia is a reason for violence. many flee to france and hope to make it to britain. for thousands, the channel port of calais is the end of the road. >> reporter: the port of calais, the closest french town to england. on a clear day the english coast and the iconic white cliffs of dover are clearly visible, for the 2,500 migrants holed up in calais, that is the destination. as their numbers grow tensions between them increase. a member of calais's local council owns a van not far from one of the migrants makeshift camps. >> translation: business have gone down, people are sufferingment they are scared to come to the maybe our hood, specially after the problems with the migrants on

because isil now is getting some regional movement around, we've seen them move into libya and into westernbian peninsula, they will start to merge. and it literally becomes a force that we're going to have to really deal with and pay close attention. and like you said, the focus now comes on the leadership and network, that we have to put a network on, and tried to destroy that network. >> there are still reportedly hostages or questions about the hostages from turkey and britain that this cell still has. what's the impact likely on those countries? we know that brint, they don't pay a ransom. and does this accelerate an effort to get those hostages. or does there cause there to kind of back off knowing that those hostages could be killed, if they get an idea that these countries are moving in quickly? >> well, victor it literally becomes across the spectrum. you'll get politicians -- you know, the families. it's a tragic time to the families. and my heart goes out to the somers family. they want their loved ones rescued. if that can happen, but at the same time, they don't want to push th

coming to us from libya and according to our sources and military airplane belonging to the rent renegade shelled a food warehouse and this food warehouse supplies the whole area in western and we know there have been casualties as well as injuries. we are not sure yet of the numbers of people but we will bring you more information on that as it becomes available to us here at al jazeera. we will take a short break but here is what is coming up, on the news hour, will an early election be called in israel, we will be live with the latest on that from jerusalem and barack obama pledges to trade of what he calls distress following the ferguson shooting and also in short we will take a look at the impact of head injuries in american football following the suicide of the college player, back in a moment. ♪ hello again, you are with the al jazeera news hour, the top story al-shabab fighters in somalia saying they killed 36 workers and it's close to the border and crossing over to speak to a former army kernel as well as security consultant joining us from nairobi and clearly this is an entry point for al-shabab fighters in kenya and what will the kenya government do now? >> i

western propaganda, there are many who would talk about russian propaganda currently. thank you, dmitri babich, political analyst. >>> now u.s. commander has confirmed for the first time that isil training camps exist inside eastern libya. ahead of the u.s. africa command say that washington is monday monitoring activity there is. >> it's about people coming in for training and logistics support for training sites. that's what we see right now. as far as a huge network, we have not seen that yet. the numbers are somewhere around a couple hundred is the estimate. but again, we don't have a specific, precise attemp assessment of that right now. >> syria's president bashar al-assad has sol told magazines that the u.s.-led coalition airstrikes against isil are not working. he also said that he wasn't focusing on his future as president. he said a captain does not think about death or life, he thinks about saving his ship. if he thinks about sinking, everyone will die. >>> the united states is set to pull $5 million to fund the campaign against isil. some of that money will go to kurdish peshmerga forces. but they are saying that they must follow international law. peshmergvideos have surfaced showing peshmerga shooting fig