aid delivery is in jeopardy, nato consider sending ground troops to as libya to protect humanitarian help. egypt and's prosecutor ordered the arrest of hosni mubarak and his two sons. the colombian president says that his country is part of the solution when it comes to fighting the drug trade's. nato has not excluded the possibility of deploying ground troops in libya to protect aid workers according to the german nato geral ian interview. germany has signaled its willingness to send troops to libya as part of a humanitarian mission. the u.s. military is continuing to fly missions in support of rebel forces in spite of their announcement earlier this month they would no longer deploy or pains -- warplanes over libya. and they are getting ready for a major offensive which they believe is imminent. the war between supporters of the long-term leader can rebel forces seems to have reached a stalemate situation. neither side is capable of winning by military means. the international contact group on libya gathered onwednesday to discuss the situation despite differences, they all agree o

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north africa is not far away and they have been flying sorties to bomb targets in libya. paris wants to see more of the same from nato. the foreign minister says it is imperative to stop the forces from attacking this besieged city. >> nato has to play its role in full. nato wanted to take military command of the operation that we have accepted it. they have to play their role in stopping muammar gaddafi from bombing the population. >> in the a spokesperson has rejected the proposition. they said they have done a good job removing the threat posed by the forces. >> when you look at what we have done over the last few days, taking out numerous tanks, armored personnel carriers, destroying ammunition storage as, i think we're doing a great job with the assets we have. >> on the front line in libya, rebel forces need all the help they can get. they're using makeshift weapons to defend the western gates of this city. forces loyal to muammar gaddafi are just a few hundred meters outside the town. >> until now, nato has been almost totally united on its approach to libya. what

they said there could be no peace in libya while pataki remains in power. on friday, nato fighter jets bombed targets in tripoli, got the's home town. -- gaddafi's, countered the opposition says they have stopped gaddafi bus trips from the advancing into the city center. >> thousands marched in anti- government protests across the viet -- syria on friday. security forces used batons and tear gas to prevent marchers from reaching the city center. new internet footage shows the brutality of syrian secity forces dealing with the demonstrators. voices can be heard encouraging people to torture them up more. other images show the crowd toppling a statue of the former leader, the father of current president. thimages arere reportedly from the former president come town. scores of jordanian protesters have turned out in the capital to call for political and economic rorm. they carried signs calling for the dissolution of parliament. opposition groups want the country to move toward a true constitutional monarchy, but the prime minister. they are demanding a modern

particularly from libya. a lot of people who are not fleeing troubles themselves are using the occasion to move across into a european member state as -- under the guise of troubles in libya. that sounds like a harsh response, but there was a real fear expressed among member states that once these doors are open, countries like the u.k., france and germany will see a big influx of refugees eventually. they are determined to wait until the time is right to do that. >> the situation in north africa means we will see an increasing number of migrants. does the european union need to change its approach? >> it probably will in the long term. germany did offer to take 100 refugees coming from all the as a token, but they said we're not taking economic migrants taking advantage of the situation in north africa. >> thank you for joining us. we leave you with the latest news headlines.

in libya rebel forces have been trying to retake the oil port of brega after days after fighting. this despite after coming under heavy fire from forces loyal to gaddafi. thheavy shellg pmpd them toash out at nato. they say nato is not doing enough to protect them and to stop artillery attacks by gaddafi soldiers. >> despite the latest setbacks, the rebels aren't giving up hopepe fresh supplies for frontline fighters are being distributed at this check point near ajdabiya. a spokesman said their withdraw on tuesday had been a tactical move. >> everything is ok. our soldiers are checking the area. sometimes gaddafi's forces shoot at them, and then they pull back. >> further east, near the city of tobruk, rebels are preparing ship their first batch of oil from rebel controlled refineries this tanker can carry up to a million barrels. rebels say they've agreed on an export deal. the money gains will enyaibl them to buy companies to continue their fight against muammar gaddafi's regime. >> aigovernmenprotts contued in yemen wednesday with tens of thousands turning out in the city to c

. >> what about the chances of a rebel uprising like there was in libya? >> i don't think that we can compare syria to libya. this is a very different society. president assad cannot be a war againstt his population because this is not a country that you can close down. they cannot live in isolation. they are by nature and economy and open country, they need to interact with the world. this can probably go on for a couple of weeks but not for a very long time. >> what do you think will happen over the next few days in syria? >> i think that we will see more bloodshed but we will also see political moves, maybe even moves in the army. >> thank you for talking with us. >> you are most welcome. >> the military remains firmly in the hands of president assad, the narrative of this revolt is being written by the syrians at home and abroad that want reform. a network of syrians are using a network within the country to bring the news to the outside world. they spoke about their hopes and fears. >> the syrian resolution is planned and carried out from this apartme

rebel forces in libya satanic rebels were killed in a nato airstrike. a number of them also wanted an incident which occurred when they were a travelling theyjdabiya and brega. reports indicate nato planes and mistook rebel vehicles for khaddafi forces and follows a similar incident in the same area last week that left 13 rebels dead. france says ivory coast's defeated president gbago as you were the 1000 soldiers still loyal to him and of the john. 200 are deployed in the provincial palace where he is still holed up in a bunker. he is surrounded by the forcof the esident-elect ouattarra refusing to surrender. last night french troops had to rescue the japanese ambassador after gunmen broke into his residence. >> french forces handed out helmet and bulletproof vest -- but approve best to civilians before they were evacuated from this hotel. they have been unable to leave four days. >> we never thought we would get to this point. all the civilians are caught in a trap. and there is no and -- and in sight. we do not know what will happen tomorrow. >> in a

in libya, fighting between rebels and forces loyal to muammar gaddafi has spilled over into neighboring tune. gaddafi's forces have reportedly regained control of a border crossing. libyan officials say that some rebels retreated into tune knew in thisia. and they had rocket attacks. in cities across yemen, thousands are protesting what they call a savage massacre. crowds gathered in the capital where wednesday people killed people in a demonstration. protesters are calling for the long-time ruler to step down immediately. he is expected to sign on sunday a deal brokered by gulf states that call for his removal in 30 days. syrian president bashar al-assadad is losing more suppo within his old ranks over the regime's violent crackdown. over 200 members of his baath party resigned on wednesday. tanks are now patrolling most of t country. groups say morthan 450 people have been killed in anti-government protests since march. the u.n. security council tried this week, but failed to agree on a statement condemning the violence. >> opponents of syrian president bashar al-assad say they won't

and britain have set -- sent a secret intelligence agents into libya, despite their insistence they will not use ground troops to help overthrow gaddafi. >> as we heard in that report, nato is unwilling to arm libyan civilians. why are member nations divided over the issue? >> it is simply because the number of nato nations -- a number of nato nations have made it clear they do not believe that will be covered by the current u.n. resolution under which nato is operating there. that resolution is designed primarily to protect civilian life, but it also sets up an arms embargo. therefore, a number of countries have made it clear that the idea of giving weaponry to one set of libyans would simply be a step too far. >> in yemen, their rival demonstrations for and against the president there on thursday. thousands of anti-government protesters were joined by the members of armed forces, demanding that the president steps down. the opposition has rejected an offer that he stay in office through the end of the year with his presidential powers transferred to a caretaker government. the people h

. >> a fairy has docked in a turkish port with more than 350 people wounded in the fight in libya. most people on the turkish ship our young rebel fighters. many have gunshot wounds. a turkish medical staff has transferred them to hospital by ambulance and -- by ambulance and helicopter. they will remain in turkey until there will again. in yemen, three people have been killed in the capital in fresh clashes between anti-government protestors and troops backing the president. demonstrators seeking his removal took to the streets of the capital and elsewhere in the country despite a crackdown that has seen dozens killed and many wounded in recent weeks. the president has reported to attend mediation talks wh the opposition but has spurned calls for him to leave office. in germany, the pro-business fdp party is looking for young people and one person is seeking to fill the role -- that is philipp rosler, the current german health minister. but he has his eye on the job as the next fdp party leader. >> philipp rosler faces a difficult task of leading a fdp out of crisis. if elected, h