had has more from southern tripoli. they have recaptured areas in southern tripoli after a day push to help us forces back to the big city of the city of the huna in fact have started forces have been now have been driven out of all the administrative borders of the capital let tripoli including this air force which has been inactive for the past 4 years as you know have to those forces took control of this airport last year and from here they were launching airstrikes and also rockets to target the government forces locations in many locations in southern tripoli and also there is additional areas in southern tripoli but the government forces say that there is still a problem facing them which is the landmines are planted by have sort of forces and also by the russian medicine is from the bagnall group who have been fighting alongside have some supporters they have been planting many than the mines in the areas they was go from in southern tripoli including it is additional areas and as you know for you that we reporte

who's at the airport in southern tripoli mahmoud what more do you know. we'll we're hearing now. the old international in active airport that has been remember this airport was under control of have to those forces for the past year now it is fully under control of the government of national accord forces after heavy fighting forces loyal to the world lord have good also. military sources with the government say dr the government forces there have been also advancing get in other neighborhoods it near the airport including going to get sort of been a shared area and also were areas near sort of who are now city their major a stronghold for have those forces in the west of the complete in fact the government forces after that he capturing get this airport have been advancing get in the main directions it around did the city of that who are now which is it actually being besieged by the government forces for months now they say that the take control of their city of thought who were then have by by taken then half the us forces lose. the whole west of libya with the exception of th

its forces say they regain full control of tripoli. pushed half dollars fighters from the town of tal the last stronghold in western libya follows weeks of similar defeats on the losses of territory along the coast but half the remains in control of large parts of eastern and southern libya where the oil fields are a correspondent mahmud up to wahid as more from. the government forces pull out and now it will come. out of. the back to the defeat of happiness forces and this is. now by losing the security. that is a major a lost a. western libya as you know that that swift takeover of this except out of tune up that's why. see juror all of this if you're up there who is mainly a tribute to the turkish military support for the government forces and also there was gruel of. 'd russian medicine is one of the bagnall groups have been fighting alongside after forces now. this city the city afternoon at about 75 kilometers south of the capital tripoli is very strategic very significant from here after his forces had a central command over the

its forces say they regain full control of tripoli. pushed half dollars fighters from the town of tal the last stronghold in western libya follows weeks of similar defeats on the losses of territory along the coast but half the remains in control of large parts of eastern and southern libya where the oil fields are a correspondent mahmood up to what he has more from tahu night. the government forces are out and now in full control of this if you're out of. the factory the defeat of hapless forces in the city of. now by losing the security. that is major and lost a single western libya as you know that that swift takeover of the. that's where. all of this if you afternoon is mainly a tribute he did to the turkish military support for the government forces and also there was through all of that russian medicine is one of the bagnall groups have been fighting alongside after forces now. this city the city afternoon at about 75 kilometers south of the capital tripoli is very strategic very significant from here after his forces had a centr

recognize government announced that he had regained full control of tripoli have task forces still hold large swathes of territory in the east and south of libya let's bring in our correspondent mahmud abdel watters just arrived in tire who will tell us about what you've seen since you arrived in what used to be. a strong. hold in the west of libya and what made it possible for the government forces to recapture the city. 2 as you can see here and here behind me the government forces who are now include control of the city of the one i absolutely can get the victory the defeat of happiness forces in the city of huna now by losing the secure. the major and lost a son to hold in western libya as you know that. of the secure for whom the swift seizure of the city after who now is mainly actually beauty due to the turkish military support for the government forces and also the residual of. russian medicine raise from the bagnall group who have been fighting alongside after forces now. this city the city afternoon at about 75 kilometers south of the capital tripoli is very strategic a very s

its forces say they regain full control of tripoli. pushed half dollars fighters from the town of tal the last stronghold in western libya follows weeks of similar defeats on the losses of territory along the coast but half the remains in control of large parts of eastern and southern libya where the oil fields are a correspondent mahmud up to what he has more from talk tonight. the government forces are out and now it will come. out of. the defeat of happiness forces and this is. now by losing. that major i lost a son in western libya as you know that that swift boat of the. that's why. this if you off the moon is mainly actually bt due to the turkish military support for the government force and also there was drool over that russian medicine raise from the bagnall group who have been fighting alongside after the forces now. this city the city have to know about 75 kilometers south of the capital tripoli is very strategic very significant from here. after his forces had a central command over the past year and from here russian milit

its forces say they regain full control of tripoli. pushed half dollars funding to us from the town of tal the last stronghold in western libya follows weeks of similar defeats on the losses of territory along the coast but half the remains in control of large parts of eastern and southern libya where the oil fields are a correspondent mahmud up to wahid as more from. the government forces pull out and now it will come. out of. the defeat of half of his forces and this is. now by losing. that major i lost. the west in libya as you know that that swift takeover of the. that's the. lift. this city off the huna is mainly a tribute to the turkish military support for the government forces and also there was through all of that russian medicine is one of the bagnall group have been fighting alongside after the forces now. this city the city have to know about 75 kilometers south of the capital tripoli is very strategic very significant from here. after his forces had a central command over the past year and from here russian military expert

in fact pushing for the military campaign launch of they have to his forces are in tripoli. it is our correspondent in tripoli with that update thank you and now suffer for today an award winning journalist and a libyan affairs analyst on skype from tripoli thank you for your time what's your view on 1st of all the fact that he seems to be on the ground and politically speaking being pushed sideways does he have much of a future. one of the times of the same month i don't really see much for him because i don't think the government the government nice and cold will be willing in the future who said down with him around the. story he lost so much ground so there's no incentive to be able to actually have him. that's one thing the 2nd thing is the entire future of. being in libya whether it's the libya or some of the lion because he. says if you're on the mostly likely the future of the country. through body which has failed miserably. so is there room now to talk or for there to be more substantial talks if you have the likes of a solid solid from the un recognized government

the bombing the tripoli since august 24th team. the support for the fuel offensive wired you were doing a peace process why are they you and secretary general was in talks with heft. and all the developments that have been on that that does not really give it the political credibility to be the peacemaker in the game ending with what was not the case was actually us pointed for a sustained support of that for the fees for process and for many of the u.n. backed efforts now you know to come out of that and the polls after you know the offensive. and now the commentary offensive is focusing well reaching now. to come at this point and propose and demobilization and disarmament process later that really the ginning d.n.a. who successfully did stop the offensive and then launch the confluence of to tell them now and over your weapons to a so-called enemy that no one they did a good night is there to get him on except the egyptians of them off these him and some of the other backers it's like and it's really a noise in the background so

the problem being the tripoli's since august 24th dean. the support for the fuel offensive wired you were doing a peace process why are they you and secretary general was in talks with heft. and all the developments that have been on that that there's not really given the political credibility to be the peacemaker in the ending that it was not a it was actually a sport that for a sustained supporter that for the peace for process and for many of the u.n. backed efforts now you know to come out of that and the polls you know the offensive failed and now the commentary offensive is focusing well reaching now. to come at this point and propose an demobilization and disarmament process later that really the ginning that d.n.a. who successfully did stop the offensive and then wants the consequences to tell them now and over your weapons to a so-called enemy that no one needed a good night is there to get him on except the egyptians of the op these and some of the other backers it's like a it's straight a noise in the background so who would tak

that the government in tripoli has rejected the. ceasefire proposal by egypt a few days ago given the pretext that egypt or any deal offered by egypt is rejected because egypt is accused of being a major supporter of the warlords have to end of the military campaign he launched on the capital tripoli in fact many govern. officials here in tripoli accuse the egyptian regime of sending get weapons and fighters to the world a lot of that have to but now that russia is trying to play a peaceful rule in the libyan crisis this could have been also. could have been arranged with that turkey because we. has been holding bilateral talks with russia in the regard to the libyan crisis but russia itself as you know kim has been accused by the government of last of a chord has been accused of sending get troops the russian most readers and also fighter jets to the world to have to but the fact that this potential meeting is kept secret until this moment could be because many local allies in the west of libya might not accept any peace deal with

president who is threatening to send troops over the border called on the government of national accord in tripoli to stop its offensive against tough task forces they've been chased from western libya after suffering a series of defeats the city of sirte is potentially the next major battleground it's under the control of have to fight is the pinned down by forces of the internationally recognized government in tripoli it has military support from turkey france's president says that turkey is playing a dangerous game that can no longer be tolerated russia's foreign minister has called for an immediate cease fire to be implemented on all sides so a lover off says that he and egypt have agreed with moscow's approach to ending the conflict we have 2 correspondents in libya in a moment we'll speak with that malik trainer who is in this russia but 1st let's get the latest from the one head who is in tripoli mahmoud why is the internationally recognized government refusing to have anything to do with arab league sponsored peace talks. well

next government offensive is likely to target the city south of tripoli. it is the last and major stronghold in western libya. al jazeera. tripoli. daily coronavirus deciles surged to a new hyatt, which continued to ease restrictions. while the senate goal appears to be -- senegal appears to be winning its battle, restrtrictis are e pushing people to the lim. >> fine and clear throughout much of australia. we cannot say the same about new zealand. you can see this world to it. that is an area of low pressure and that will bring more rain showers on friday, mainly to the north island. fairly strong winds at times as well. there is another system beginning to creep into portions of the south island. the system will bring rain showers and brisk winds into much of tasmania and fairly cloudy conditions across much of the coastal areas. fine and dry out across the west. temperature is around 25 degrees, which is about six degrees above the average for this time of year. we will see a few more showers just impacting these coastal areas and it should be mostly dry

the why does our correspondent in tripoli libya thank you. last hour we spoke to moustapha for toting an award winning journalist and a libyan affairs analyst who told us the tripoli government will never agree to any settlement with asta i don't really see much of her for him politically speaking i don't think the government in tripoli the government national accord will be willing to in the future to set down with him around to devote to it and. after he lost so much and are gone so there's no incentive for the bieber in tripoli if you actually have him. around the negotiating table that's one thing the 2nd thing the entire future of the faster and i would also added very well being in libya whether it's the libya somewhere or is on the line now because he bet everything that has a future on the moon mostly and likely the future of the country on his gun ban to through body which has failed miserably so far i'm quite certain that the possibility of replacing mr hucker has already been discussed between the russians and the egyptians and the

which east and south let's bring in our libya correspondent mom or dad while hard who joins us from tripoli mahmoud let's start with the offensive on search for us what more you hearing what's happening there. we have just been told by a military sources with a government of national cord now near the syrian city confirming that the government forces are vance ing and they also have to his forces in sight tripoli are being now there was through and got from the city especially after the government to announce had this military offensive to be captured in the city the military sources also say that. have to reserve a warplanes it targeted their locations this morning 2 times. no casualties have been reported the city of. venice which because it to links western libya was eastern libya and also its location on the coast and its proximity to the oil minister nations and oil fields in the oil slick chris into area. the government forces have been sending good enforcement from the city especially from the city of misrata to the front lines in and around and wished. and blue green tower and about

after the fall of a lot of those forces knew that they could not hold on to tripoli offensive. began to withdraw some of their troops and don't want to or the news from taiwan or comes after the g.n.a.t. went to moscow and after the meeting between and again and said i was the president of the g n a where it's believed that turkey and russia are now negotiating a framework of cooperation so i don't know today it's unclear whether it fell because of the military attack by the d.n.a. forces or whether this is part of a negotiated exchange between the russians and between 'd the turks with regards to libya but in terms of its significance it means the end complete end of half that as tripoli offensive and the military solution that has that offered to those powers that wanted a military solution is no longer on the table and we're back to the status quo as it was before the beginning of the tripoli offensive east and west this summer you say that this is significant in terms of the balance of power by to have to i still control significant parts of libya itself so what happens nex

and maybe is un recognized government says it's regained full control of the capital tripoli after a year of fighting the hot. head of the still very hot across much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula we've seen one of 2 bits and piece of travel to turkey and still we are watching this the remnants of that recent system which brought the flooding into southern amman is still continuing to impact these southern and western areas of yemen it should begin to push into the southwest of to go through friday if you will in the east was over turkey and then look at these temperatures again another 14 on celsius on the winds a little bit stronger there as you go through friday and saturday but it doesn't really help with the time which is another 49 in q $846.00 in baghdad and then you dropping to $44.00 in doha then down into southern africa plenty of activity through central regions out tools the gulf of guinea and as it is through friday the rains could be back in the forecast and some pretty strong wind sutton across the east coast as the tanzania opt into wards the kenya is mos

on thursday the government forces regain full control of tripoli as dorsett reports. celebrating another important game. forces for the un backed government of national accord in control of tohu now the city was the last major stronghold of world war khalifa haftar in western libya in the mosul after we were all keen to achieve the victory without hesitation there is a big difference between a solid fighter who fights for his cause and another one who does have weapons without a cause will be defeated if you don't have a cause to fight for we have a cause france the air of the thousands here the turkey's military support has helped the internationally recognized government of national accord to a series of territorial gains in recent weeks. as well as ending have 2 hours 14 month attempt to capture tripoli that led to battles in the capital southern suburbs and rocket attacks on the city center. after our self declared libyan national army which is backed by russia the u.a.e. and egypt said its troops were being withdrawn from tripoli in order to give the ceasefire ta

libya's un recognized government says it's regained full control of the capital tripoli after a year of fighting for hafta. here's the coronavirus is now out of control in nicaragua and people are blaming the government last. tensions high in hong kong as thousands defy a police ban to mount the 31st anniversary of the chinaman square crackdown. a new mourning relatives civil rights leaders and politicians have held a memorial for george floyd a black man whose death in police custody sparked an outpouring of anger across the u.s. and the world when i was at the ceremony in minneapolis stood for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the length of time a white police officer knelt on floyd's neck ignoring his cries but he couldn't breathe through and staff has brought police violence against black civilians back into the spotlight a civil rights activist reverend al sharpton gave a unity for floyd saying it was time to stand up in his name. joel which flowage story has been the story of black folks because. 401 years ago. the reason we could be we wanted and dream debian is you kept your me on our

says it's also retaken and abandoned the airport insult in tripoli. the police officer who knelt on the neck of george floyd in minneapolis is facing a more serious charge of 2nd degree murder 3 other officers on the scene have now been charged with aiding and abetting murder. 3 men charged with the murder of a black man in the u.s. state of georgia jews who appear in court at aubrey was chased and shot 3 times by a retired white police officer and his son in february they were only charged in may after a video of the shooting in brunswick led to nationwide protests a 3rd man who captured the killing in the camera was later charged with felony murder. and god has not lie for us in miami with the latest no idea there were big protests about this case around the country what do we expect was going to happen today. well what was seeing today is not a hearing that decides these men's innocent fulfilled this is a hearing to decide whether they can go to trial but there is so much at stake here remember that gregory and travis mcmichael basically armed them

the bombing the tripoli since august 2014. the support for the fuel offensive why are you were doing a peace process why are they you and secretary general was in talks with have. and all the developments the pep and that does not give it the political credibility to be the peacemaker in the ending that was not the case was actually us pointed for a sustained for that for the peace for process and for many of the u.n. backed efforts now you know to come out of that and the polls after you know the offensive. and now the commentary offensive is focusing well reaching now. to come at this point and propose an demobilization and disarmament process letting the really the ginning d.n.a. who successfully did stop the offensive and then launch the confluence of to tell them now and over your weapons to a so-called enemy that no one needed a good night is there to determine on except the egyptians of the op these and some of the other backers it's like a it's straight a noise in the background so who would take this seriously in any

but in tripoli the un recognized government commanders said they don't recognize the ceasefire and they'll continue to in their words liberate our land the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the cities of defeat that have suffered the over the last 2 months and it's practical exit right now. from the west of libya suggests that in fact the cairo initiative or because i don't like liberation is what it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of afghans project trying to protect what remains of his military forces in the east after us forces have suffered significant setbacks in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including bani walid as government of national accord forces continue to drive have to use fighters from western libya moment but we're not after announcing full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing have to our stronghold city of tarhouni on friday. jna forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte another half to our stronghold and hometown of libya's former lea

says it's also retaken and abandoned the airport in southern tripoli. britain's prime minister is urging world leaders to unite against disease as he hosts a global vaccine summit joining the coronavirus pandemic representatives from over 50 countries will join boris johnson the leaders want to raise more than 7000000000 dollars loss and is director of the vaccine confidence project at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine joins me now via skype from london good to have you with a scan on the program quite a successful day really at this conference in london we're getting news of the german chancellor having pledge 600000000 euros to the appeal hello heidi can you hear me in london heidi lawson. yes yes heidi it's good to have you with us again i just was saying that the german chancellor has pledged 600000000 euros to the pledging conference it seems to be in quite a good day i think it it's been a very good day. for the. for the mission. it's really been in fact i have i've been i expected it to be generous but it's been better than i exp

the problem being the tripoli's since august 24th dean. the support for the fuel offensive wired you were doing a peace process why are they you and secretary general was in talks with have. and all the developments the pepin on that that does not give it the political credibility to be the peacemaker in the ending that it was not a it was actually a supported for a stance for that for the peace for process and for many of the un backed efforts now you know to come out of that and the polls you know the offensive. and now the commentary offensive is focusing well reaching now. to come at this point and propose an demobilization and disarmament process later that really the ginning d.n.a. who successfully did stop the offensive and then launched the confluence of to tell them now and over your weapons to a so-called enemy that no one needed it could not is there just in the army except the egyptians of the op these and some of the other backers it's like and it's really a noise in the background so who would take this seriously in any way.

this is the old inactive international airport in southern tripoli and it's now under the control of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of national called after the managed to drive out forces loyal to the world literally for half the from here that happened after heavy fighting as you can see. the remains of the fierce battles that happened here over the past year have those forces the made in control of this airport for the past year and now the government forces say that they have also managed to push back house that its forces beyond the administrative borders of the capital tripoli this airport has been very strategic for both sides from here have those forces used to target the government forces locations with heavy weapons and also with airstrikes the problem remains as the government forces say in the land mines planted going hazardous forces in the vicinity of this airport which pose a threat not only for the government forces but also for the displays the civilians who cannot wait to return home now the government forces are preparing for a fresh offe

very nice government in tripoli. the number of deaths worldwide from growing a virus has just passed 400000 that's according to a tally by b. u.s. based johns hopkins university and its total infection count since the pandemic began is edging toward 7000000. protests against police brutality and racial discrimination continue to grow across the u.s. as tens of thousands of people marched to demand reform and scenes often more festive than tents people demanded change following george ford's death in custody pedicle plane will wrap up a fence outside of washington after this report from she had her tonsils. it was the biggest demonstration in the nation's capital since george floyd's death 2 weeks ago tens of thousands gathered to protest across d.c. many feeling this is a turning point feel that god it feels like i get to be a part of history and a part of the group of people who are trying to change the world. unlike previous protests that have followed incidents of police brutality it was clear this wasn't just abo

government in that regard to that session or are mahmoud i'm going to i hope from tripoli. nearly 20 people have been killed in afghanistan after taliban fighters carried out attacks on military posts in 3 different provinces on monday earlier the same day gunman opened fire on a car in kabul belonging to the afghan attorney general's office 5 people were killed in the attack they were all lawyers working to facilitate prisoner releases the releases are intended to build trust between the afghan government and taliban ahead of peace talks. still ahead on al-jazeera why the restrictions lifted too soon rotavirus cases spied consulting us states downplaying concerns hong kong's leaders say the controversial new security law will safeguard human rights. and the usual. widely scattered throughout much of indonesia but also the next couple days we will see more in the way of rain across central and southern areas of the philippines but also that rain quite heavy across into borneo to the north and the west finally a dry a day wednesday on thursday across sumatra and also java we

as well as ending have 2 hours 14 month attempt to capture tripoli that led to battles in the capital southern. suburbs and rocket attacks on the city center. after our self declared libyan national army which is backed by russia the u.a.e. and egypt said its troops were being withdrawn from tripoli in order to give the ceasefire talks a chance to who now was the main launch pad for the offensive against the capital that have to use force has finally abandoned this week g.n.a.t. commander said forces had reached the center of town huna after entering from 4 sides. but the l.n.h. continues to control in eastern libya where there is a parallel administration into broke as well as large parts of the south where the main oil fields are located the united nations has warned the recent flood of weapons and fighters to both sides in libya risks in a major new escalation has those offensive on tripoli had 2 key strongholds into it was launched from 2 key strongholds the 1st was a what the or the airbase that was taken not too long ago and the 2nd was. after the fall of the what the other half

should be the only legitimate body in a presenting libya abroad not the one who is in tripoli for us thank you and. we've also got my trainer he's out in the coastal city of misrata east of the capital and sent this report the g. and a with turkish support has been able to take control or take back western libya or other now position to the west of sirte and what we're seeing is a lot of you know political maneuvering by various countries but what's important to note is that these forces that are in the west of sirte are primarily from the city of misrata and they know the area very well they know the territory the ins and outs of sirte they they went into certain 2011 and captured and killed more mortgage duffy and in 2016 when i still took control of these are the same forces that went into sirte and liberated it from isis of course they did that with american support u.s. africa command carried out airstrikes at the time and we saw we saw u.s. delegation coming into libya yesterday meeting with the d.n.a. janay leadership so you know forces here on the ground say they will not neg

means the in build his military campaign to seize the capital tripoli but house continues to control eastern libya where there is a paddle in administration in toppled as we'll as large parts of the south with the main oil fields are located in the united nations has one recent flood of weapons and fighters to both sides in libya risks a major new is killing has those offensive on tripoli has launched from 2 key strongholds the 1st was a what was taken not too long ago and the 2nd was. after the fall of the what the forces knew that they could not hold on to. the offensive so they began to withdraw some of their troops and you diplomatic effort is underway to try to restart talks on the last thing ceasefire and indeed years of conflict since have to launch a military campaign known as operation dignity in the east of the country in 2014 called up and were paid. to hona. are still ahead here in algiers. 3 years on since the blockade of qatar by its neighbors we look at how the dispute is being played out online. and the un again warns about potential war crimes in the democratic repub

leadership for the 1st time in the country's history but the proposal was swiftly turned down by the tripoli based administration the head of the high council of estate told al jazeera that any deal offered by the egyptian rejean is the rejected the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered over the last 2 months and its practical exit right now. from the west of libya suggests that in fact the cairo initiative ration as it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of office projects like to protect what remains of his military forces in the east have to his forces have suffered significant said backs in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including a benny will lead as d.n.a. forces continue to drive have to his fighters from western libya moment but i'm not i'm going announcing full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing half there is a stronghold city of thought who now on friday government forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte anot

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

tripoli's government then recaptured most territory surrounding the capital after recapturing the city of tar huna had lost his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces are battling for control of the city of sirte more my good duffy's hometown are libya correspondent mahmud on the walk and he's joining us live from the capital tripoli mark let's just talk about this push on sort of forest what do we know about what is happening there. the heavy fighting is going on near. the end that's about 80 kilometers west of the city of sit as the government forces have bought france it towards the city of the city of sit it meanwhile military sources of the government have just told us that half that its forces are have to prove how to draw have targeted the asians or today and that resulted in 8 death is on the side of the government forces meanwhile local sources eyewitnesses inside city at city say that they have been noticing have to his forces are. leaving the city with the ability of vehicles towards the east it seems that the might pull out as the government for us is advan

and egypt said its troops were being withdrawn from tripoli in order to give the ceasefire talks a chance to who know was the main launch pad for the offensive against the capital that have terrorist forces finally abandoned this week. g.n.a.t. commander said forces had reached the center of town huna after entering from 4 sides. but the l n a continues to control in eastern libya where there is a parallel administration into broke as well as large parts of the south where the main oil fields are located the united nations has warned the recent flood of weapons and fighters to both sides in libya risks in a major new escalation has those offensive on tripoli had 2 key strongholds into it was launched from 2 key strongholds the 1st was a what the or the airbase that was taken not too long ago and the 2nd was. after the fall of the what the other half those forces knew that they could not hold on to. tripoli offensive so they began to withdraw some of their troops and don't want to hold a news from total one of comes after the d.n.a. went to moscow and after the meeting between and again an

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

so confident that it has control of tripoli. well the robber taking control of this inactive the old international airport the government forces that managed to move beyond their port and push have to his forces back beyond the minutes that they have bulldozers this southern borders of the capital tripoli now this ignorance of this airport as the military commanders of the government here tell us it is that it they now have stopped tufted its forces from targeting get many areas inside tripoli by. airstrikes and also by sending in rockets from this airport now this airport remained for one year and that helped us forces control and the government forces say that they were engaged in fierce of battles over the past year until they finally managed to be captured this airport the government forces say that to their diddy captured or their control of the airport is partly thanks to the advance of the weapons it provided to the government by turkey as you know this is. by virtue of the military and security agreement cede to between

un recognized government celebrate the collapse of khalifa haftar out as 14 month offensive to take tripoli. hello the us president donald trump has been criticized for invoking george floyds name while taking a victory lap over lower than expected jobless numbers is likely election rival joe biden called his remarks despicable floyd was killed in police custody after a police officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes the death has led to 10 days of protests across the u.s. hopefully george is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that's happening for a country there's a great day for him it's a great day for everybody it's a great day for everybody this is a great great day. in terms of equality new figures for may suggest the american economy is already starting to recover from the pandemic but it's not great news for everyone in march 1 point 3000000 people lost their jobs due to a blocked on measures aimed at containing the virus taking the unemployment rate to 4.4 percent a further $20600000.00 jobs were lost in april when unemployment hit a record high of 14.7 p

which also indicates that the government of national accord here in tripoli is not very keen to. localise that it is it is being engaged in talks again with the. administration in the east but generally speaking. russia seems to be keen now in. offering a peace deal especially after it has been accused by the government of supporting the warlord $24.00 have to with the medicine rhes and weapons and medicine is from the wagner's group and also weapons including get jets ok thank you for all that that's mahmoud are the one who our correspondent in tripoli now sami hamdi editor in chief of the international interest which is a risk consultancy he's on skype from london sami nice to see you initially when i heard this news it seemed like sort of muddying the waters again but i guess it once again points to. khalifa haftar being taken down a few notches again and becoming perhaps in the eyes of russia less that significant. i think russia is trying to lessen from have the power but not entirely get rid of him i think that the proof of that is that in cairo it was both regular salary a

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

head in tripoli most of this is a significant development is it not. well yes indeed it is but also it's so controversial so controversial because so far this meeting get to happen today is kept secret until this moment we do not know for certain who decided to keep it secret but we know that the officials here in the capital of tripoli they they try to keep it a low profile because we know that many allies local allies of the government here in tripoli are against that meeting do not accept that meeting with a pro or have taught a speaker of the eastern the parliament a given the fact that the east of apartment has has supported and backed the war on the capital tripoli and meanwhile this is as this is the 1st time that has the 2 rival officials. will meet but meanwhile also the allies the local allies in the west of libya who are with a government of national accord blame the government for. dealing with russia to begin with the accuse russia of sending a mercenary is that have been fighting alongside have that as forces in southern typically and als

tripoli offensive. began to withdraw some of the troops and you diplomatic effort is underway to try to restart talks on the last thing ceasefire and indeed years of conflict since have to launch a military campaign known as operation dignity in the east of the country in 2014 with up were. torn up. now france says it has killed the leader of al qaeda in north africa the french defense minister says other lot of conduct al was killed on thursday in the northwest mali town of tessellated several of doctors in a circle were also killed in that operation now police in mali have fired at protesters after tens of thousands gathered in the capital calling for the president to resign demonstrators say abraham and his government have failed to tackle a worsening security situation because haq reports. gunshots outside the presidential palace overwhelmed police and the military attempt to disperse the defiant crowd calling on president. to step down it was clear we should be last 14 months i think the people com

of tripoli and also an appreciation of that sensitivity from russia yesterday said. is believed to have a sect his economy minister in a sign that the d.n.a. are starting to clash with one another would disagree with one another we heard the reports that is in moscow but it hasn't been officially announced because i was worried about the backlash that might come about from his supporters from the g.n.a.t. forces but it appears that russia is trying to bring about some mediation turkey is trying to help this mediation along and some other issues in an awkward position whereby if he seemed to be excited about these talks he would lose domestically but if he doesn't go to these talks then he risks jeopardizing the turkish support and indeed the his general leadership of the g.n.a.t. . city council as a minneapolis a promising to dismantle and rebuild the police department it's a response to the death in custody of george floyd which sparked protests in the u.s. and around the world i call him reports. a movement that shows no signs of abating across the united states an

he led a coalition o of forces o hoped to assssume power with him in tripoli. tensisions o onw both sides including in the east. expect a f frozen conflict that continues at a low level with a continuing threat of escalation in central libya woulbebe in haftar's favor. he cannot lead his coalition t o a settlelement. he would lose his influence in eastern libya if a settlement were too happen. thank you veryy much for your time, and thank you for watching this interview. stay tuned to more news here on "france 24." ♪ woman: the most significant intelligence to date on islamic state. man: a vast cache of information about tens of thousands of i.s. fighters. man 2: absolute gold mine of information of enormous significance. woman: a huge blow to islamic state's operations. [echoes] ramsay: i'm stuart ramsay in turkey, and this is "hotspots." tonight, we're going to take you behind the scenes of the world's biggest and hardest-hitting stories. we uncover a terror group's secrets... man: to have that kind of information is just, i would say, unprecedented. ramsay

your dreams have been that the walls of tripoli you have been supporting. to keep your hands of him leave libya and the libyans peace. for me my fellow. friend mr president. we should seize this opportunity to take our natural resources to higher level so yes hand in hand with turkey as we will benefit by their spirit. and investments. we are adamant that we will be able to and this is confident and we look forward to the future cooperation with the corporation and we look forward to this is based on the mutual cooperation that all fronts between our respective countries in addition to the historic friendly bonds between our respective labels once again. express our apparition and gratitude to president government and people for the warm reception generous hospitality and i once again. for their fallen and i pray to god. to grant speedy recovery to the one to thank you very much. you want to know jazeera it is 1436 g.m.t. and this has been statement that has been made by the turkish president of egypt. followed up with a statement by the prime minister of l

are changing quickly a few weeks ago khalifa haftar his forces were on the outskirts of the capital tripoli they fought a 14 month battle to remove the u.n. recognize government of national accord or the jna but the warlords campaign failed and he's been in retreat sense jane a troops turn the tide over the past month reinforced by military support from turkey they pushed after his fighters out of tripoli suburbs and several coastal towns in western libya and now they're heading towards have to his power base in the oil rich south and east the jna forces are closing in on the city of sirte and joe for air base both an a.o.l. fields that have to shut down earlier this year cutting off billions of dollars of income after all its foreign backers russia the united arab emirates and egypt a watching closely egypt president abdul fatah. proposed a ceasefire earlier this month but turkish leaders dismissed it as an attempt to save half the awful of his battlefield losses since he says the egyptian army is ready to cross the border and intervene if dna fighters attack sirte. dr didn't if some peopl

well 1st of all the tripoli because the government is accusing the egyptian regime which has called for this summit of attacking libya sovereignty of declaring war war on libya and violating the sovereignty of libya by declaring war and by threatening to intervene militarily militarily in cook in case the government forces move on the strategic course to the city of sirte and now we have just been told that libya libya's internationally recognized government it is planning to darwin size its diplomatic representation in the arab league on account of what it calls the double standard policy you believe is adopting specially in regard to the libyan next crisis now the government in tripoli is. accusing the egyptian regime of for mentoring in fact fueling the conflict by being biased in dealing with the libyan crisis by backing and supporting the warlords really for have for several years now and their foreign ministry at their tripoli base the government is also accusing the arab league of violating its own it's the league's own internal panel by holding this summit without consent of the

means the in build his military campaign to seize the capital tripoli but house still continues to control eastern libya where there is a parallel administration. as we'll as large parts of the south where the main oil fields are located the united nations has won in recent a flood of weapons and fighters to both sides in libya risks a major new is killing the sion has those offensive on tripoli has launched from 2 key strongholds the 1st was the one that was taken not too long ago and the 2nd was that. after the fall of what the us has those forces knew that they could not hold on to. the offensive so they began to withdraw some of their troops a new diplomatic effort is underway to try to restart talks on the last thing ceasefire and indeed years of conflict since have to launch a military campaign known as operation dignity in the east of the country in 2014 called up and were paid. to haul now. now france says it has killed the leader of al qaeda in north africa the french defense minister says the lot of direct al died in an operation on thursday and the town of tessellated and northw

not most of the last had has the latest from southern tripoli helped out of the forces have been now have been driven out of all the administrative boulders of the capital of tripoli including this airport which has been active for the past 4 years as you know have to his forces took control of this airport last year and from here they were launching airstrikes and also rockets to target the government put in the occasions in many locations in southern company and also it is edition areas in southern. hong kong's legislature has criminalized insulting china's national anthem the vote was delayed after several pro-democracy politicians were kicked out of the legislative council chamber during the debate on the bill under the law all those considered to have misused of mocks the end some could be sentenced up to 3 years in prison. the anthem bill passed on the anniversary of the 1909 months square massacre large crowds amassed in hong kong for a memorial vigil in defiance of a ban on mass gatherings police refused permission for the event because of the coronavirus pandemic but protest

civil war are changing quickly a few weeks ago after us forces were on the outskirts of the capital tripoli they fought a 14 month battle to remove the u.n. recognize government of national accord well the jna but the warlords campaign failed and he's been in retreat sense jane i troops turn the tide over the past month reinforced by military support from turkey they pushed have to fight is out of tripoli suburbs and several coastal towns in western libya and now they're heading towards have to his power base in the oil rich south and east the deny forces are closing in on the city of sirte and base both fields that have to shut down earlier this year cutting off billions of dollars of income after all foreign backers russia the united arab emirates and egypt a watching closely. egypt's president abdul fatah i.c.c. proposed a ceasefire earlier this month but turkish leaders dismissed it as an attempt to save half the awful on his battlefield losses since he says the egyptian army is ready to cross the border and intervene if g.n.a.t. fighters attack sirte. dr didn't if some people think if

cease talks their commitment to engage with the tripoli government towards a political negotiation that could potentially lead to a unified libya and also some reference to the 3rd track which is a financial track of course there is little hopes that this will have by and with the tripoli based government. and their backers turkey so it's a very uncertain outcome and as we see the other sort of variable that is in the air is what will the g.n.a.t. do militarily if the jenae continues its offensive to suit and beyond to georgia maybe to eastern libya then even this egyptian led attempt to greenhouse there are no new longboard on a peace process will vanish overnight if i have to his forces control still a great deal of libya and much of the areas that they control include the oil fields no when it comes to leverage does that mean that a political solution cannot be fun for libya i'm less it includes probably for half dollar in some form. that's it the lid at prices is that threefold crisis it has a military component because it's there's a wall between 2 rattle military clinicians there'