so a lot of people are pushing for settlements in libya and for union in libya against daesh, and we are mentioning france here because france has a lot of influence in the area where these two tribes live, where these conflicts were raging for the last 12 months, you yufed to be under french direct supervision in the tbaitd are 5t remains france has a lot of interest in having this dpreavment signed but once given the problem is, it's not only france oral jeer ya an egypt. fighting against each other in the proxy war in libya and in another way. >> that's why the diplomacy situation in libya, how much confidence do you think there's in the new ambassador? >> in him personally, a little bit better than that the libyans had in his pred said, in a very bad situation because of the reputation because of the reputation of his pret said for libya. so the new envoy is now having several meetings. he had single meetings in tunisia and now wengt to co-but for the time being everybody is skeptical and the agreement that he is trying to sign for all libya between all libyans is still far far a

. >>> for most of my life, libya was a word with bad associations. libya meant gadhafi. libya meant terrorism. >> pan am flight 103 went down in a blazing fireball. >> libya meant a bad place where a comical, megalomaniacal dictator was the absolute power. nobody in libya, however, was laughing. >> reports of explosions. >> clashes between rioters and security forces. >> in 2011, what was previously unthinkable happened. the libyan people rose up and fought for their freedom. >> heavy battles raging around the libyan capital. >> they fought like hell. >> the rebels are about to force gadhafi's complete departure. >> and they recorded the whole thing on their cell phones. >> libya! ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ >>> it's amazing arriving here after all you see on tv these days that libya is, in fact, functioning at all. but it is

the deal between two tribes in libya which will allow hundreds of thousands of displaced people to return home. me is at victory. he is starting with action against venezuelan >>> france has used its aircraft carrier for the first time to launch air strikes against i.s.i.l. it comes as president francois hollande ramps up efforts to assemble a coalition of countries to fight the islamic state in iraq and the levant. he started the week with visiting the bataclan club with the british p.m. david kilometer ran. 89 people were killed there in the paris attacks ten days. next francois hollande travels to washington where he meets obama on tuesday. on wednesday he is meeting chancellor merkel back in paris and then to meet putin. all of this dip loam as the patrol is patrolled by thousands of police and soldiers on its third day of lock down. schools, the metro rail work and museums are all closed. >> reporter: in position and operational, the aircraft carrier is taking off, bombs loaded. a spokesman said the first of the acts were in iraq. the action coincided with francois hollande meeting u

libya has many problems. there has been trouble struggles between two parliament. the united nations is trying to broker a national unity deal. the deal in doha could be a step towards that goal. al jazeera, doha. >>> now, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with the israeli prime hundredster benjamin netanyahu today. carey is in the region to help to tried to end the recent waves of violence. since the beginning of october, 92 palestinians and 16 israelis have been killed imtiaz tyab is live for us in west jerusalem. mr. kerry will try to bring down the temperature here. how will he achieve it? >> reporter: that's a very good question. a question many here in israel and indeed in the occupied pal palestinian territoriesing asking themselves. just what the u.s. secretary of state can do to calm the violence that we have seen now for nearly two months, violence which has claimed the lives of dozens of palestinians, over a dozen israelis and continues nearly every day. we don't know at this stage what the u.s. secretary of state will be saying, we do, h

he was killed, in libya by an air strike. now, he's said potentially to be involved in mass executions, maybe to the one back in february. not first time the u.s. has struck what they consider terrorists in libya with the first time they've gone with isis. libya is long known to be a stronghold for isis. last year, some of their propagandas to put killers on boats on their route through turkey and greece. but a sign of the extent of their reach and it comes, too, i think, because france is coming to terms with the scale of the problem faced for over a year now, at least. almost a year ago precisely to the day there was an isis propaganda video released that showed french citizens themselves burning their passports and appealing to french at home who couldn't perhaps join them to do it at home. it's called what are you waiting for is the title. the notion being, if you're upset at french prohibitions, quote, there are cars and weapons available to you. you can take the fight to them inside your own country. this has been a lon

particularly in libya, the isis presence in libya is quite significant. it is a function of the vacuum that was left behind in libya when that civil war just took way too long to conclude. it led to all these malicious -- they took advantage of it. so now they find themselves with the dominant force. they control territory. there's no one attacking them there. and from that is where they can recruit and train people and ultimately export them to conduct these sort of attacks in europe and beyond. and as i said, they aspire for the same thing here in the homeland. >> what do you do? you're running for president. >> you have to hit -- >> you have said that isis is contained. he says well, i meant geographically that they're contained in the battle in iraq and syria right now. >> that's off. >> what would you do? are you going to start bombing these training camps? start stopping them? >> yes. >> okay. details. >> absolutely. we would need to target these camps and begin to target them. i think that we also are going to need the involvement of u.s. special o

this is isis' stronghold in libya. because there is no functioning government in libya, there is concern among many in the intelligence committee that libya could be a fall back base of operations for isis if the terror group suffers unsustainable losses in iraq and syria. for months, officials in washington warned of isis' growing strength in libya. >> libya is the province or affiliate we're most worried about and the hub from which they project. >> isis established a strong presence in the coastal city of gaddafi's hometown. they said it will be no less than raqqah. isis' chief stronghold in syria. >> the islamic state in syria is being run as a colony by the islamic state in iraq and syria. they have send them to libya to implement a very similar style of rule. >> analysts say that means more patrols that shut down media outlets, beauty salons, any western influence. >> the routine, which is the daily life of the people, they have their own education system, justice system, police, islamic police, yes. >> reporter:

libya criticised his acceptance of a role in the united arab emirates dema. >> the u.n. refugee agencies is expecting 5,000 migrants to arrive on shore. the prime minister visited the island of lesbos. he spoke about the need for an agreement. the registration process must be given in turkey, not greece. >> i think the key issue is not to encourage the people to take the risk to lose their life in the sea. and the only way is to give the hope that some day they will have the chance to be this mechanism for settlement from the court to europe. >> attention assist turning to the drama that the refugee crisis is inflicting. one group is using humour to provide comfort and psychological support to those in need >>> for a short while, the children were transported. overcome with all-consuming joy that made them forget unrelenting sadness. >> it's been a long time. my daughter lost a father. she is recovering. >> on lesbos, enjoyment is in a short supply. >> most of the children have been camped out in the parks lot for days, this is a much-needed dose of levity for a group of

tell you about a ceasefire deal between two tribes in libya to allow hundreds of thousands to return home. ♪ and fresh from celebrating his victory argentina's new president gets down to business starting with action against venezuela. ♪ hello france has launched its first air strike against islamic state of iraq and levante from the aircraft carrier and as francois hollande ramps up powerful western countries to fight i.s.i.l. with this in mind he started the week visiting the bataclan club with david cameron and next travels to washington to meet barack obama on tuesday and wednesday he will meet the german chancellor angela merkel in paris and on to moscow to meet vladimir putin and this is the belgium capitol patrolled on the third day of lock down and schools and metro rail network and museums all closed and more on that in a moment but first this report from andrew simmons in paris. >> reporter: in position and operational the aircraft carrier with war planes in action. the first mission over iraq and syria are reported to have begun. the 20 aircraft on board this nuclear p

we are not going to repeat our mistake in iraq and libya. we have are a plan and we have our be plan. in this actually the meeting finished. there's why did it not actually establish institutions and libya? why did it not tried to reform them? okay the united states is the most advanced country in the world. it's the biggest empire. it's the strongest empire in our history. okay they invaded iraq. why did they not bring sectarian to iraq? they are a multicultural country. they need help establishing a quality. how do you make people coexist with each other?? we did not apply the same rules to iraq and this is why we have a problem in iraq and syria. >> thank you sir. >> yes another question please. my question was, does he have any further comments to make about the role of iran. and just to follow-up on what he was saying, some say the middle east is not ready for democracy and we can't force it there. >> so when we think about the future of the region, after the islamic state, scholars disagree about whether liberal democracy democracy is

libya's rival governments. he'll take over the uae's diplomacy academy. it has brought a furious response from the tripoli-based government which has asked for an investigation. let's go live to gabriel elizondo who is at the u.n. for us. what do we expect to hear from leon today? >> reporter: he is giving an address to the security council right now. this is a regular update to the security council on the fragile political situation in libya. the u.n. is trying to negotiate some sort of power-sharing agreement between the two governments there. the government in tripoli and the house of representatives based in tobruk. however, this has been overshadowed by leon apparently taking a job at an uae think tank, run by the government, and apparently negotiating this job while he was still the u.n. special representative to libya. this is so important because the uae is a key backer of the house of representatives. so it is being looked at as a potential conflict of interest. it looks bad on him personally, but beyo

southern libya has a complex mix, some of them extend into neighboring countries. libya has many problems, since last year there's been bloody power struggle between two competing governments and parliaments. one is based in the capital tripoli the other in the eastern city of tobruk. the united nations is trying to broker a national unity deal. the deal done in doha could be a step towards that goal. omar al saleh, al jazeera, doha. >>> houthi and government forces are battling for control of yemen's third largest city ta'izz. the city is a strategic position, to aden where the government is based. the saudi led air campaign began in march in support of the government and since then u.n. says 5700 people have been killed and more than 2.3 million displaced. gerald tan has more. >> reporter: the push for ta'izz. it's been a week since progovernment fighters launched the offensive for yemen's third largest city. supported by the saudi led coalition in the air and on the ground they're trying orecapture control but groups of fighters loyal to the former president sal

one of libya's rival government. the u.n. security council is holding a briefen on libya with the envoy speaking. let's go lye to gabriel elizondo who is at the u.n. headquarters for us. gabe, what more do we know about the u.n. envoy leaving his post and why? >> reporter: well, he was planning to leave his post. he has been on that job for a little over a year now. he is giving a briefing in the next few minutes to the u.n. security council. it was a planned briefing kind of wrapping up his tenure, but it has been overshadowed by controversy, that he was allegedly negotiating a job at a think tank while he was wrapping up his tenure in libya as well. this is important because leon was the key figure trying to bring both sides together to bring together a unity government in a u.n.-backed plan in libya, between the general national congress and the house of representatives. this is important because the house of representatives is supported by the uae, so the fact that he was potentially negotiating a job with the ua

body, we all know that libya is attempting to form a government. can you enlighten us on the status of that? >> yes. mr. chairman, we have been making, with our international partners and our regional partners in the area, some progress over the last few weeks to establish a government of national accord. we were very hopeful on october 8th as i mentioned in my statement that when the special representative of the u.n. announced the possible officers of the new government, that that would move forward quickly. it hasn't. but we are still hopeful that this is the direction it will take. we're not there yet. all of the regional partners, our international partners, there's still dialogue going on by my counterpart and special representatives out in the region doing outreach on this stuff. but our goal is that they will work towards establishing this government of national accord. we feel it's critical because without an inclusive government that brings in after the parties, as many parties as possible. we don't see that substantial progress can be ma

air strike in libya was not untold. the overall leader of isaiah al bag taddy, a senior defense official told me that two american f-15s conducted the air strike yesterday against the head of isis' libyan affiliate. i'm told he had connections to isis in raqqah and with the leader baghdadi. the air strike was planned days prior to the paris attacks. the target truck just outside the libyan port city, home to radical islamic groups including isis. in february you'll remember egyptian warplanes wom s bombed islamis targets after islamist state released a video of christians being killed on the shores. peter cook says the target may on that have been in the video. they say on november 13, the u.s. military conducted an air strike in libya. and while not the first u.s. strike against terrorists in libya, this is the first u.s. strike against an isil leader this libya and it demonstrates we will go after isil leaders wherever they rate. a spokesman tells me that not only was that one young american killed in paris, but there

when you look at this, and i want to get to the significance of libya and isis in libya in just a moment, but when you look at this, it is astonishing what we've seen, the fact that isis has claimed responsibility for downing that russian jetliner in sharm el sheikh egypt, that you saw the coordinated attacks in beirut with 43 people dead. six coordinated attacks here now, colonel rick francona here in paris friday night across this city, and my question to you, is this centralized? do you believe all being executed or led by a mastermind or group of masterminds, or are these different groups with the same mission? >> i think we've got to reassess how we've looked at them. i think many of us thought they didn't have this kind of capability to coordinate these kind of attacks all over the region, and now in europe. we've known they've been able to coordinate attacks up and down iraq, all up and down the valley, but for them to conduct these operations in europe, i think, we really were surprised. but there's got to be some centralized direction to this, because it's just too organized. >>

isis has a foothold in libya. isis is able to co-opt and influence foreign terrorist fighters and other terrorist organizations and other criminal organizations in north africa. they're a transnational threat and they're a transregional threat, as are all the threats that we deal with in africa in our assessment. cross regional, transregional, and transnational, and that's an important takeaway, and it's about building networks and organizing yourself on the continent to be able to get at these threats. although isis is a concern, so a al shabaab, so is the lord's resistance army in central africa and the 43 other illicit groups that operate in that area that operate in that area but don't get much press. boko haram, aqim and other small groups in that area. >> stick with isis for a second. what type of activity are you seeing between isis in iraq and syria coming into africa or vice versa? >> well, like i said, it's transnational and it's transregional. so isis in north africa is in libya. they feel that that is

are we going to send them into libya? is this really a problem that can be solved through military measures? asiem: we need to mobilize all the western world in the sense that everybody who shares our values in this conflict and maybe the yemen situation can be solved with local allies, can be solved by negotiation, same for libya, but we need to be aware that we can't wait any longer and we can't treat this in a piecemeal way. we need to work together with all means at our disposal to fight jihadism. melinda: alan posener, germany's foreign minister said this week that without a really effective political strategy for the region, all the military measures in the world are going to have limited effectiveness. he has a point, doesn't he? alan: of course he has a point. and of course what he means is for instance, one of the main creators of isis was assad, the syrian dictator who has claimed many more lives n syria than i.s. has. isis is a reaction so there is a difficulty there. the problem is although you say asiem that

libya is failed state. i would argue lebanon where there is massive refugee crisis is failed state on the border with syria. so you've got three, 3 1/2 failed states where you have this kind of situation exploding, and the question is, can you possibly get it under control unless you say you will put boots on the ground in those three countries. war against terrorism drastically, this would be generational endeavor. this is not something to do in year are two or three. i don't think there is appetite across america to do that. i don't think there appetite for any administration to do especially after all the time we spent in the middle east. steve, you're write, we can pick at margins. great, glad we got the guy. this guy is significant. the next guy will be insignificant, if you want to get isis, you have to undertake a war that will last probably a generation. the question are we prepared to do that? i guess the answer is no. >> harris, you have a breaking news. a statement from the family? harris: with m

envoy to libya is urging politicians to vote on an agreement. it is in addition to deep division between two parliaments. >> reporter: this is the man tasked to bring warring factions in libya to the table. he has met the two governments house of representatives and the general national congress in tripoli. he is pressing the unity of government. >> i do not want to open the agreement as it stands now. it should not be changed if there are things not yet resolved, we can discuss it. we should go for a rapid signature of the agreement now on the basis where it was left off. >> reporter: libya has been struggling with two rival parliaments and no government. the leadership have reservations about the deal. the tripoli national congress has accused the u.n. led peace mission of taking sides. leon has taken a job in the united arab emirites. it agrees to the positive elements of the draft agreement, but has serious concerns about the vision that was set out by leon. it's waiting for an answer from the u.n. about the leon scandal and all for an end t

we are not good to repeat our mistake in afghanistan, iraq, libya. no, we have or a plan and we have our bee plan. is our b plan. until now we have never heard anything like this. >> do you see any sign that western government has those sorts of plans for the post islamic state in syria? >> i can't see it. i remember i went by the office in britain to speak with the prime minister before the need to intervene for the behavior. i say look, i know you are preparing for some sort of intervention, you have to be very careful because al qaeda will be there, there'll are about 2000 on the other side. this will be a straight route for immigration and i would not be surprised if they would smuggle or mangled among those. you have to be very careful. seriously, in six minutes, they do not want to listen. also people who are talking about the middle east from distance. they they don't know the feeling there. look is what happening. okay these but what is happening after that. have we established good governments there? have we established stark security polici

, and it became a disaster, a lot of fighters went from libya to mali and this is when the war started in mali. during that time period, boko haram appeared to have working relationships with some of the extremists operating in mali. boko haram, i think last march, they became members of the islamic state, so-called islamic state.&p however, other groups, those organizations are still operating under al qaeda. >> so, we should see this as an al qaeda affiliated attack? >> this is absolutely al qaeda affiliated attack. and interestingly enough, last month al qaeda said that mokhtar was dead and didn't say how he was killed. maybe he was hit in libya, but it took him a while to die but we can't verify the statement but it said that he was dead and we have to look back and dig the to this statement and see, was it something that mokhtar put out to release pressure on him or was he actually killed? >> was this group so -- did it hinge so much on him as a personality and a leader that you would expect his group to fall apart, if he was dead? would you expect them to be able to pull off a bi

, after libya became a disaster, a lot of fighters went from libya to mali and this was when the war started in mali. during that time period, boko haram appeared to have some working relationships with some of the extremists who are operating in mali. now, boko haram, you know, i think last march i believe if i'm not mistaken they became members of the islamic state. so-called islamic states. however, the other groups over there, those organizations are still operating under al qaeda. >> we should see this as an al qaeda affiliated attack, not an isis affiliated attack? >> this is absolutely an al qaeda attack. as for mokhtar belmokhtar and what the french minister said i think it's interesting that mokhtar belmokhtar did it. interestingly enough last month al qaeda said that mokhtar belmokhtar was dead. and they didn't say how he was killed. maybe he was hit in libya. but it took him a while to die, but we don't know. but al qaeda put out a statement, we can't verify that statement. it's an al qaeda statement saying that mokhtar belmokhtar was dead. so that's interesting now. we ha

libya has many problems. since last year there has been bloody power struggle between two competing governments and parliaments. one is based in the capitol, triply, the other in the eastern city of tobruk, the united nations is trying to broker a national deal. >>> and still ahead, a year after the shooting death of tamir rice, angry family members are still calling for answers. >>> and in a $160 billion drug merger could be a bad deal. ♪ i just had a horrible nightmare. my company's entire network went down, and i was home in bed, unaware. but that would never happen. comcast business monitors my company's network 24 hours a day and calls and e-mails me if something, like this scary storm, takes it offline. so i can rest easy. what. you don't have a desk bed? don't be left in the dark. get proactive alerts 24/7. comcast business. built for business. >>> officials in new orleans are frustrated by a lack of tips after 17 people were shot at a park on sunday. the mayor said he is outraged by the shootings, c

gabriel elizondo reports. >> reporter: enter nar dee own leon the outgoing envoy to libya giving his last brieflying on the fragile political situation in the country. >> why i have always remained hopeful about the chances of libya's leaders reaching a peaceful agreement. but it was overshadowed by leon himself i spent over a year trying to bring about a power sharing agreement between the two governments. but at the same time he was negotiating a high-paying job with the united arab emirates a key backer of the house of housf represent government in talks with their rival the general national congress or g.n.c. it's called in to question his impartiality and the president sent a letter to been ki-moon which says in part the timing of the envoy's new job while he is asking us to accept his suggestions as fair and an biased shows disrespect to the libyan people and their sacrifice. this new job puts at risk the did he instruction of the political process we asked leon about that. the g.n.c. sent a letter to the security council questioning your impartiality given your upcoming job wi

is backing its outgoing special envoy to libya amid allegations i've conflict of interest. bernadino leon will move for a new role in the united arum emirates which which is seen as a supporter of one side in the conflict the u.n. says he worked tire ilsley for peace. >> reporter: the outgoing u.n. envoy to libya giving his last briefing to the security council on the fragile political situation in the country. >> while i have always remained hopeful about the chances of libya's leaders reaching a peaceful agreement. >> reporter: but it was unexpectedly overshadowed by leon himself. he spent just over a year trying to bring about a power sharing agreement between the two self declared legitimate governments but at the same time, he was negotiate be a high-paying job with the united arab emirates the key backer of the house of representative government in the talks with air rival the general national congress or g.n.c. it's called in to question leon's impartiality and the president of the g.n.c. sent a letter for the secretary energy ban ki-moon which says in part the timin

. >>> for most of my life, libya was a word with bad associations. libya meant gadhafi. libya meant terrorism. >> pan am flight 103 went down in a blazing fireball. >> libya meant a bad place where a comical, megalomaniacal dictator was the absolute power. nobody in libya, however, was laughing. >> reports of explosions. >> clashes between rioters and security forces. >> in 2011, what was previously unthinkable happened. the libyan people rose up and fought for their freedom. >> heavy battles raging around the libyan capital. >> they fought like hell. >> the rebels are about to force gadhafi's complete departure. >> and they recorded the whole thing on their cell phones.

libya is a failed state. a third of libya pledges allegiance to isis. i fault hillary clinton and president obama and the neo conservatives within my party like rubio who have been eager for war in libya and syria and iraq. they want a no-fly zone in an air space where russia is already flying. this is the kind of stepping it up to a debate over who best would be commander in chief that we really need in our country. >> i want to turn to a couple of domestic issues, if i could. yesterday hillary clinton proposed changing marijuana from a schedule i to a schedule ii narcotics so researchers can do more study on the impact of medical marijuana. you've been outspoken about the need for the federal government to kind of back off applying federal law on marijuana. what is your take on her move? >> i think she's recognizing public sentiment. i've been here for my entire career wanting to reform criminal justice. during the clinton era, the drug laws that bill clinton and some republicans voted for have locked up a generation of young black men in our country.

southern libya has a complex tribal and social mix. it's home to african toareg and arabian tribes. some of them extend to neighboring countries. since last year there has been bloody struggle between two competing governments and parliaments. one is based in the capital, tripoli, the other in the eastern city of to tobruk. the u.n. is trying to broker a deal. al jazeera. >> mali president says the messina liberation group is behind the attack. officials say they're now pursuing multiple suspects. ahmed idris reports. >> a handful ever staff returned back to the hotel. they weren't allowed back in. he is still shaken after coming face to face with the attackers. >> translator: i hid in the kitchen after the gun fire became intense. two men came in and sprayed the kitchen with bullets. they saw my leg, shot at it, but missed. i heard them speak, it wasn't french, wasn't malian, and wasn't english. >> seeking to carve a country out of this vast land locked inflation might be responsible. a group allied to al qaeda says it carried out the attack and identified the two gunmen. >> eviden

you were talking about libya in particular and how the smuggling operations are working in libya. could you say more -- just to use libya as an example of what is going on there on the coast. >> well, i would say just the european union did have capacity-building mission in libya. and they were trying to help their navy and coast guard. but the conditions became -- they were no longer permissive and they had to leave. in the past, libyan coast guard has been trained by western countries. but right now when you have no effective border control, it makes it very difficult. so just that vector of 140,000-plus people coming basically from the north central africa from libya, you don't know where that money is going, you just don't know who is facilitating that there. and so i would hope that -- >> could you describe the smugglers a little like travel agents, you know. >> right. i mean, this is definitely -- when organized crime is involved, transnational organized crime, they want to make things as easy as they can for really their victims, if you will. and so it is almost like a trav

he is convinced that the intervention in libya was not handled well. when he is increasing the refugees to come to the u.s., he does not mention the libyans at all. i think there is a blind spot where the libyans are concerned and if the panel could share their thoughts and that, i would appreciate it. very few refugees from libya are libyan. they are coming from further points south africa. about a quarter of from a richer ia, nigeria, bangladesh, mali, senegal. them are not considered people seeking protection from many of those countries. gambia. ghana, be --re not considered to there countries are not at war. their asylum approval rate eric -- already over 80% in europe. syrians over 90%. , they are sudanese among the top groups. probably moreded than half get a silent. -- asylum. the problem with libyan departure is there mostly from western libya which is not controlled by the libyan government we talk to the by the islamic libyan government. that coast is lawless. we don't have the power. the europeans don't have the power. nobody is the power t

was the best of intentions in libya, but the things just haven't worked out that way. it is been the case again and again on the african continental that u.s. has thought fighting wars on the cheap, you know, would work forces out for them, but again and again, just hasn't. you talk about the new normal concept. because of the tragedy of benghazi, the loss of life there, the u.s. has used that as , some i say, in excuse to expand around the continent. as a result, there now in -- they are now a weapon of contingency security locations, csl's, basically austere bases that can be ramped up in very -- very quickly. the u.s. maintains rapid response forces in spain and in italy. and these forces are designed to deploy to these 11 csl's across the continent's of the u.s. can respond in the event of another because i does benghazi-type crisis. whenever u.s. boots on the ground, whenever it builds bases, these things have a tendency to more beyond their original -- what they were originally set up to do. i think in the future, you will probably see them as launching pad for o

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in libya, the state and its institutions had been hollowed out after 40 years of dictatorship. when the dictatorship went, the institutions rapidly collapsed. but the big difference between libya and syria is that in syria this time we have firm international commitment from all the backers of a future syrian government around the table at the vienna talks. the commitment is clear, to preserve and develop the state in syria, and allow a new representative government to govern for all its people. mr. speaker, i have attempted to answer the main questions, why? why now? why us? is it legal? what are the ground forces? is there a strategy? what is the endpoint, and what is the plan for reconstruction? i know that this is a highly complex situation, and i know members on all sides will have complex questions which i look forward to trying to answer this morning. when will be a confusing situation in syria with regard to russia's intervention. mr. speaker, let me reassure the house that the american-led combined air operations centre has a memorandum of understanding with the russia

chief negotiator in libya is stepping down to take a job with a gulf country which supports one of libya's rival governments. he is to work for the united emirates which supports the u.n. backed government in the eastern city of at you before you can. he'll take over as head of the academy. response from the tripoli government has asked the u.n. to investigate, warning that leon's appointment risks destroying the political process in libya. >> in pakistan, the search continues for up to 150 people trapped after a factory collapse. at least 21 people are confirmed to have been killed in lahore. it's not clear what caused the collapse, but there was structural damage in the area after last week's earthquake. let's go live for the latest from lahore. it's now nighttime, how are the search and rescue efforts progressing? >> it's the second night since that tragedy happened. the rescue teams are still busy in this industrial state. it's about 30 kilometers south of lahore on the main road to moltan. this is the hub of pakistan's industry. the building that you were talking about was unfortunate

because from the air, we saw it even in libya, when you have an air campaign that ends without boots on the ground, it doesn't -- >> actually, i think in libya, the biggest problem was the aftermath, it wasn't just the fact there weren't enough boots on the ground, there was no serious political transition put in place and why there is chaos in libya and why we don't want this to happen again in syria. this is why this has to be thoug thoughtfully prepared. it cannot be improvised. >> you have what you tell your citizens to make them comfortable what you do abroad and you have what you need to tell them to make them safe here at home. they hear the sirens now. they need something different after in a tack. they hear the word islam and islamism and radicalism. they don't know which to believe and hear about refugees in human need and refugees who are actually terrorists. what do you tell them about how to understand the threat? >> french people are familiar with the threat of radical islam. they have for a long time, the first time we were attacked by terrori terrorists, radical islam

since being overthrown british investigators made trips to libya. british police do not know who fired the shots from inside the building that killed yvonne fletcher, but hope pro-muammar gaddafi activists from the time will come forward with fresh information. >> they may be in london, anywhere in the middle east, libya for around the world. we are appealing to those men to come forward, examine their consciences because allegiances change, and we want them to come forward to speak to us. >> yvonne fletcher's family says the one regret is not to see anyone prosecuted for her killing. they hope she can solve the case. >> ahead on al jazeera. belgium steps up security in the wake of the paris attacks. we'll have the latest, plus. >> i report from western ethiopia, on the blue nile, one of the largest buildings. the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. dam. s >>> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, france confirms that the man they believe planned last friday's attacks in paris was killed in a raid on wednesday. france's prime minister says it's

, and it became a disaster, a lot of fighters went from libya to mali and this is when the war started in mali. during that time period, boko haram appeared to have working relationships with some of the extremists operating in mali. n boko haram, i think last march, they became members of the islamic state, so-called islamic state. however, other groups, those organizations are still operating under al qaeda. >> so, we should see this as an al qaeda affiliated attack? >> this is absolutely al qaeda aff affiliated attack. and interestingly enough, last month al qaeda said that mokhtar was dead and didn't say how he was killed. maybe he was hit in libya, but it took him a while to die but we can't verify the statement but it said that he was dead and we have to look back and dig the to this statement and see, was it something that mokhtar put out to release pressure on him or was he actually killed? >> was this group so -- did it hinge so much on him as a personality and a leader that you would expect his group to fall apart, if he was dead? would you expect them to be able to pull off

, and it became a disaster, a lot of fighters went from libya to mali and this is when the war started in mali. during that time period, boko haram appeared to have working relationships with some of the extremists operating in mali. boko haram, i think last march, they became members of the islamic state, so-called islamic state. however, other groups, those organizations are still operating under al qaeda. >> so, we should see this as an al qaeda affiliated attack? >> this is absolutely al qaeda affiliated attack. and interestingly enough, last month al qaeda said that mokhtar was dead and didn't say how he was killed. maybe he was hit in libya, but it took him a while to die but we can't verify the statement but it said that he was dead and we have to look back and dig the to this statement and see, was it something that mokhtar put out to release pressure on him or was he actually killed? >> was this group so -- did it hinge so much on him as a personality and a leader that you would expect his group to fall apart, if he was dead? would you expect them to be able to pull off a big

president obama confessed the intervention in libya was not handled well. when he is increasingly refugees to come to the u.s., he doesn't mention the libyans at all. i think there is a blind spot where the libyans are concerned. if you could share thoughts on that i would appreciate it. >> very few of the refugees coming through libya are libyan. they are coming from points further south. the sea arrivals to italy, about a quarter are from a reach. another 15% from nigeria. sudan, gambia. bangladesh. of those, all but two of those countries are sub-saharan african countries. many of them are not considered, people seeking protection from many of those countries. senegal, ghana gambia. they are not considered to be refugees. their countries are not at war. the reach reasons, their rates are over 80% in europe. syria is over 90%. somalians and sudanese are among the top groups. they are regarded probably more than half get asylum. the problem with the libyan departure is they are almost all from western libya which is not controlled by the libyan government

british investigators have made numerous trips to libya. british police still don't know who fired the shots from inside this building, but they are hoping, in particular, that pro-gadhafi activists from the time will now come forward with fresh information. >> they may be in london or anywhere in the middle east, libya, or around the world. we're appealing to those men to come forward to cam min their consciouses, because allegiances change over time, and we want them to speak to us. >> reporter: her family say the one regret of her father who died recently, was not seeing anyone prosecuted for her killing. now the u.k. is hoping to finally solve that case. >>> now thursday is world toilet day to highlight how 2.4 billion people around the world don't have adequate sanitation. in south africa, more than 10 million people have poor sanitation with water very much in short supply. other solution are being sought to deal with this. >> reporter: this woman was overjoyed when she heard her home would be fitted with a toilet. but that excitement

southern libya has a complex mix, some of them extend into neighboring countries. libya has many problems since last year there's been bloody power struggle between two competing governments and parliaments. one is based in the capital tripoli, the other in the eastern city of tobruk. the united nations is trying to broker a national unity deal. the deal done in doha could be a step towards that goal. omar al saleh, al jazeera, doha. >>> russian president vladimir putin has decided to ease a ban on equipment and technology. the move allows russian firms to provide financial aid to tehran. earlier this year, tehran and six other nations signed dealing in exchange for lifting of international sack sanctions. >>> secretary of state john kerry made his comments today in abu dhabi where he met with arab leaders to discuss the war in syria. caresyria. kerry is scheduled to meet tomorrow with other leaders. >> i hope against hope that mr. kerry will succeed in getting from netanyahu to carry out his obligations to accept the two states under 1967 lines, to stop settlement

it warns that leon's appointment risks destroying the political process in libya. leon has spoken again of the difficulties involved in establishing a workable peace settlement for libya. >> the absence of effective authority is manifesting itself and growing insecurity and criminality across many parts of the country. the growing influence of terrorists and other extremist groups is posing a dire threat to the very authority of the libyan state. the cruelty and bar barety witnessed in areas under their control, an omen of what may yet come unless there is a united action to contain and eliminate this growing threat. >>> a palestinian has been shot and killed by israeli forces in hebron. israeli police say he was armed with a knife and was attempting to stab soldiers. that brings the total number of palestinians killed during cent tensions to 74, and the number of israelis killed to 9. >>> rescue teams are searching through the rubble of a collapsed factory in pakistan. at least 21 people died in wednesday's incident. but it's not clear what caused the buildings co

envoy to libya defends his change of jobs. critics say it derails the peace process. >>> the battle for syria's highways. the government takes control in aleppo but loses a key supply line in hamas. >>> the japanese chapel of love made it to the final of this year's world architectural festival. >>> the latest in sport coming up for you during the malaysian grandz pre, the same thing happened to rossi's motogp title hopes. details are coming up. >>> egypt's president sisi says he's ready to work with all our friends to ensure the safety of foreign tourists after the sinai plane crash. he's been meeting prime minister cameron in london and hundreds are protesting his human rights record. cameron says it's more likely than not a bomb was the cause of the sinai crash. flights on the uk will resume on friday. >> reporter: finally laid to rest, her 6-year-old school canteen worker, devoted mother and grandmother and the first of the 224 victims to be buried. as investigators in the sinai increase the search area around where flight

far beyond iraq and libya and syria. we are seeing french, russian, libya. we see them targeting saudi arabia, bangladesh, and attacks that seem to me that isis wants to create more operational cells worldwide to create it is truly being accepted on a global level. and that is head-butting with major superpowers. that keeps it relevant. >> you are speaking in terms of the perspective of isis, they need -- they are attempting to convert a fairly small significant number of people to the belief that they are indeed the sort of one true path for their believers and in order to do that these acts of violence are the means of essentially producing the facilitating that. >> absolutely. the means of violence, it is a way to reassert itself. and threats to france has been uttered by a jihadist spokesman saying we will take paris before we take rome, before we take liberia and so fon. we are going it take paris first. that is against paris intervening along side the united states. >> kevin, there is also the fact that isis, because they are essentially fighting dozen

. >> not to mention isis in the sinai, isis which has a huge base in libya right now. congressman moulten of massachusetts, great of you to join us. >> thank you. >>> ahead, how the attacks are defining one governor's race in the u.s. we are live from paris. please stay with us. ideas are scary. they come into this world ugly and messy. ideas are frightening because they threaten what is known. they are the natural born enemy of the way things are. yes, ideas are scary, and messy and fragile. but under the proper care, they become something beautiful. hey! how are you?g? where are we watching the game? you'll see. i think my boys have a shot this year. yeah, especially with this new offense we're running... i mean, our running back is a beast. once he hits the hole and breaks through the secondary, oh he's gone. and our linebackers and dbs dish out punishment, and never quit. ♪ you didn't expect this did you? no i didn't. the nissan altima. there's a fun side to every drive. nissan. innovation that excites. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to tak

president obama confessed the intervention in libya was not handled well. when he is increasingly refu to come to the u.s., he doesn't mention the libyans at all. i think there is a blind spot where the libyans are concerned. if you could share thoughts on that i would appreciate it. >> very few of the refugees coming through libya are libyan. they are coming from points further south. the sea arrivals to italy, about a quarter are from a reach. another 15% from nigeria. sudan, gambia. bangladesh. but two of those countries are sub-saharan african countries. many of them are not considered, people seeking protection from many of those countries. gambia. ghana bey are not considered to refugees. their countries are not at war. the reach reasons, their rates are over 80% in europe. syria is over 90%. d sudanese areer danny among the top groups. they are regarded probably more than half get asylum. libyanblem with the departure is they are almost all from western libya which is not controlled by the libyan government that we talked to but by the islamic govern