. . -- in "the stream". libya descends into chaos more than a decade after muammar gaddafi lost power. why it is on the brink of war and what another failed state would mean. filipinos join the fight with americans in world war ii, why the veterans with us are fighting now to make good on a families. >>> going high tech - programming for peace, and why youtube is on board. >>> so glad you are with us on "the stream", where you, the viewer, helps drive our conversation. my cohost and digital producer brings in all your interaction. you are talking about libya, and something that could unify the country in all this chaos, it's hard to unify that. >> we hope to unify. there's so many divisions inside outside libya, this is a hashtag "i want my country back" and, "keep calm, love tripoli", that is divisive. and barack obama in an interview called libya his biggest foreign policy re gre. >>> the hope and optimism seems to have come to a halt in libya as it's embroiled if civil conflict. three years after a mass uprising and coalition overlieu president muammar gaddafi, the country is grapp

towards the parties in libya? >> yeah, i think there are some grounds. >> and when i meant the special representative, i have to be candid having listened to him. >> we have at least got people talking. we have people with a focus on a catalytic event. the growing presence of isil in libya, which is i think, no cussing the minds of both people on the sides of the civil war. >> >>. >> it's a nuisance, to say the least. >> foreign secretary, quizzing you? >> thank you rngs foreign secretary. >> do you agree that peace keepers will be needed in libya? and, if so, has the u.n. government made any commitments? >> we haven't made any commitments. we've discussed on friday and saturday. >> i think we recognized in discussing this european union that there would be a strong expectation that the european union would take the lead in providing peace keepers. that is not to say a military force to subdue the warring factions. but more of the policing force to maine tan a peace that had been established. libya is very much a step in business with roots through to the gulf of guinea, which is the s

libya's army chief calls for international help as u.n. brokered peace talks are set to get underway. ♪ hello, this is al jazeera live from doha also on the program, tunisia ordered troops the street as nine people arrested over the museum attack. backing down on his preelection promises, israel's prime minister appears to make a u-turn on his support for a two-state solution. and total eclipse, we are tracking the best solar blackout in years. ♪ libya's new army chief is warning fighters from islamic state of iraq and levante will make their way to europe if no one stops them and calling for military assistance and says libya natural resources have made them a target for i.s.i.l. and they took over two cities along the mediterranean coast like and taking place in morocco to end violence and restore order in libya and from the ousting of badty almost four years ago groups battling to control the country, internationally recognized government driven out of capitol and unable to establish authority, forces loyal to tripoli based general national congress claims to have tak

adds extra urgency to talk talks talks in libya. >>> hello, a series of attacks targeting houthi rebels have killed at least 90 people in yemen. three suicide bombers detonated ex expleasives at mosques. >> reporter: the attackers new the mosques would be packed for friday prayers. in the heart of yemen's capitol, two mosques were targeted. both longed to a second of shia islam, the power base for houthi fighters who control the capitol. witnesses say the first explosion was inside the mosque another went off at the gate when people fled. more attackers targeted another mosque. rescuers struggled to deal with the high number of casualties. one after the other, dozens of bodies were taken out. the hospitals appealed for blood donations. the attacks happened a day after intense fighting at the airport in the southern port city of aden. that's where yemen's president has been trying to build a power base ever since he was forced out of the capitol by the houthi advance. for hours intense battles raged between his supporters and fighters two support another former president, saleh. a

incredibly complex civil war. if i was to point to one dividing line in libya that i see is sufficiently explanatory that helps us understand this conflict, it is really the split between the old order, the old officer class, the old technocrats, old regime and younger what i would call revolutionary camp. some of this revolutionary camp are, in fact islamists some are islamist fighting groups that had ties to al qaeda. some are brotherhood. but i think that is the real dividing line. where we are stuck right now is in a vicious cycle of mutual demonization and wild exaggeration. on the one hand you have the camp in the east that is led by general heftar, there is an excellent profile of him in the new yorker this week. that is sort of using the counterterrorism card to paint his domestic opponents, the islamists, as terrorists. and on the other side i was in tripoli on the islamist side. and you have this camp saying this is a conflict about the return of the deep state. we don't want the old officer corps coming back. and the heftar is gaddafi part two. we're stuck in the

instability. barbara barbara barbara bodine takes part. >> i just returned from libya and i can't emphasize enough that this is a conflict that's reached really dire proportions. since the civil war started, you know, last year in may, about 2500 people have lost their lives. that may seem is a paltry sum compared to syria. but this is a small population in this country. and the other ripple effects have been quite dire. massive refugee flows. the plummeting of oil production. and then most recently as we've seen the growth of the islamist in islamic state in libya. we can walk back the back to the nato and failure to assist the libyan government but i think what we're reel living is the aftershock of gaddafi's divided rule policy. that is civil war that reflected his 40 year rule of tierney. the way he gutted institutions, the way he played communities off against one another. and i think obviously the biggest failing of the transitional government period after the fall of gaddafi was the absence of a government that could project its authority that had the means to enforce its rule, that

. brokers peace talks resume in libya, as the country's army chief warning about the growing threat of isil. >>> plus we'll show you a new machine that promises to create water out of thin air. >>> and it's the tenth time it has happened in the 21st century, a total solar eclipse wows thousands in europe. ♪ >>> we begin in yemen are houthi rebel strong holds have been targeted in three attacks. 90 people have been killed including three houthi leaders. in the first attack suicide bombers targeted mosques during friday prayers in sana'a. one of those mosques, a local media are reporting that a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mosque. a second suicide bomber detonated his explosives when worshippers tried to escape. osama has more. >> reporter: the attackers new the mosques would be packed for friday prayers. in the heart of yemen's capitol, sana'a two mosques were targeted. both belong to the power base for houthi fighters who control the capitol. witnesses say the first explosion was inside the mosque. another went off when people fled. more attackers targeted another mosque. res

>>> 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 fo

strongholds in yemen three are dead, including top clerics. >> in libya the army chief warns about the growing reach of isil. >> tapping into water technology. we'll show you a new machine promisessing to create water out of thin air. >> it's build as a tech friendly way to hail a cab but will it bump uber off the road to success? >> three explosions hit houthi strongholds in yemen killing more than 52 people and injuring at least 100. >> in the capitol sanna suicide attackers targeted two mosques during friday prayers. thee clerics connected to the houthi movement are among those killed. local media reports one of the suicide bombers detonated his device inside the mosque, a second suicide bomber then set off explosives outside when panicked worshipers evacuated the mosque. the latest blast was heard near a government compound in sadr city. no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. we have more. >> the attackers knew the mosques would be packed for friday prayers. in the heart of yemen's capitol sanna, two mosques were targeted. both belonged to the power base for houthi figh

. there has been a lot of concern about what has been going on in libya and the jihadi groups that have set up camp there h. of course both libya and tunisia do share a very porous border. it has been -- there's been a lot of smuggling across the border when it comes to weapons. it laz been a source of concern for the tunisian government. but if we look at what's been going on in libya since 2011 with the overthraw of the kadafi regime. the country has turned into a failed state. there is -- it's a very chaotic situation there. it has been awash in weapons and militias. this has -- it created that fertile ground. it was ideal for various jihadist groups that we've seen over the past few years -- we've reported on this since 2012. they have etup bases in libya, training camps from different countries, including tunisia would come into libya and get their training and go to syria after that. and, of course we have seen the conflict the situation in libya, this instability spreading and spilling over across the borders. even back in 2013 january, the attack on an algerian oil facility acro

sana'a. >>> also coming up talks resumed to find a way out of libya's political impasse with a warning that agreement must be found urgently. >>> and we meet the team backing up iraq's history for generations. >>> and the cellular eclipse thrill stargazers in the arctic but clouds spoil the view for others. ♪ >>> hello, a series of attack targeting houthi rebels has killed at least 90 people in yemen. the government compound in northern yemen was also targeted. >> reporter: the attackers new the mosques would be packed for friday prayers. in the heart of yemen's capitol, sana'a two mosques were targeted. both belong to the sect of islam who control the capitol. witnesses stay the first explosion was inside one mosque. another one off at the gate when people fled. rescuers struggled to deal with the high number of casual advertise. dozens of bodies were taken out. the hospitals appealed for blood donations nchlts >>> the attacks happened a day after intense fighting in the airport in aden. that's where yemen's president has been trying to build a power base ever since he was forced ou

ground. one from libya, one perspective from tunisia. both of those attacks that we've seen there claimed responsibility from isis. my first question to you is -- do we know if this is isis? they said it's claiming responsibility. is there proof this could be them and if it is them what does this say about the reach, the ground they're gaining? >> the first point i would say to your viewers that we should not buy the claims of daesh or isis. we have no credible evidence about who are the perpetrators. of course, isis would like us to believe they are spreading far, gaining followers, invincible and what have you. it's their interest but yet we don't have any credible evidence. the point i would stress this virus, this virus of extremism is really poisoning the veins of arab and muslim politics and it is spreading near and far. regardless of whether isis or the so-called islamic state is behind it you have like-minded groups extremists who believe in this particular ideology and, yes, isis is gaining, you know foot holds in libya, in yemen, in tunisia, pakistan afghanistan, west af

escalating violence forces 11 of libya's oil fields to be shut down as rival governments get set for peace talks. south sudan's rival leaders miss a deadline for a peace deal. >>> and secret surveillance allegations u.s. police are collecting data from phones around the globe. ♪ >>> egypt's interior minister mohammed ibrahim has been sacked as part of a government official, he is being replaced by magdy abdel-ghafar. omar has the details. >> reporter: it is the first cabinet cabinet reshuffle under president al-sisi. eight ministers have been sacked including the ministers of tourism and culture, but the most important was the sacking of general mohammed ibrahim. he was a long-term security officer under toppled president mubarak. he was appointed in 2012 under egypt's first elected civilian president, mohammed morsi. supporters of morsi accuse the minister of collaborating with the military to orchestrate the coup against the president. ibrahim lead the violent crackdown on the muslim brotherhood and their support base. between 400 to 800 people were killed in cairo when security forces

work of gunmen trained in libya. >>> ethiopia destroys $20 million dollars worth of poached ivory. plus -- [ cheers ] >>> a celestial show for sky gazers as parts of the earth are plunged into darkness by a total solar eclipse. ♪ >>> attackers targeting houthi rebels have killed at least 127 people and injured another 345 in yemen. suicide bombers detonated explosives at two shia mosque in the capitol sana'a during friday prayers. three houthi leaders are among the dead. there was also a blast in northern yemen at a houthi strong hold. islamic state of iraq and the levant has claimed responsibility for those attacks. this just a day after 13 people were killed in aden. rival forces clashed at the international airport, and military jets opened fire on president hadi's compound nearby. >> reporter: the attackers new the mosques would be packed for friday prayers. in the heart of yemen's capitol, sana'a two mosques were targeted both longs to the sect of shia islam, the power base for houthi fighters who control the capitol. witnesses say the first explosion was inside the mosque

al jazeera live from london. also coming up the u.n.'s libya envoy insists piece talks will continue despite fierce fighting in and around tripoli. nigeria's presidential election debate goes ahead without the main opposition contender. why a may in peru wants to paint over every mural in lima's historic center. with start in yemen where houthi forces have seized control room of the airport of the third largest city, taiz. the shia group is in charge of a large swath. taiz is a key targwhere president hadi has taken refuge. at his request, the u.n. security councile sub sill is due too meet in an hour. he says his decision is appealed at al-qaeda in the us lammic state of iraq in the levant who say they bombed two mosques on friday and a sign of how much the security situation has deteriorated, the united states has withdrawn all of its remaining personnel including special forces from the country. natasha gname reports tore gas, gunshots and anger on the streets of taiz. protesters are angry about pro-houthi forces arriving in their city: we refused, reject and denounce the

activist. the u.n. wants talks to continue in morocco on wednesday. >> libya only has two options. political solution or destruction, and we very well know that the destruction is not an option. i know that everybody here today wants an united libya. a democratic libya. a libya that enshrines the principles of the 17th of february. >> 2 million libyans have fled over the border for security in tunisia. but once there many find it difficult to make a living. >> in a hotel in tunis mohammed remembers life in libya. his house in the capitol of tripoli was raided by fighters. he's from a town in the west. >> it is very hard. i spent 30 years building my life, and in a split second it was lost. i have to start from crash all over again. >> this is why libyans are leaving. this is the aftermath of an airstrike in tripoli. the conflict is being fought in the air and on the ground. hundreds of people have been killed since the beginning of the year. tunisia offers libyans safety but little more. they can't buy property so they represent, which pushes up the cost of living. >> if we don't

live from london. also coming up: >> libya's u.n. recognized government will hold airstrikes for three days to help the peace talks now underway in more cock row. >> the family of the argentine state prosecutor found dead say independent tests show he was murdered. plus: >> in eastern ukraine an investigation is underway into the cause of a major mining accident. >> we begin with news of a major reshuffle of egypt's government. eight ministers were sacked in a move the prime minister said was designed to inject new blood into the government. the biggest casualty is the interior minister who's held the post since before sisi took power. he's been criticized by human rights groups over crackdowns on protestors. the government is under pressure over failure to prevent attacks by armed groups, especially in sinai. >> it is the first cabinet we shuffle under president al sisi who staged a coo in 2013 and later won presidential elections. eight ministers have been sacked, including the ministers of tourism and culture but the most important was the sacking of general ibrahim a long ser

at any speed only on al jazeera america ♪ libya army chief and u.n. broken peace talks are set to get underway. ♪ hello, i'm live from the al jazeera headquarters in doha and also on the program tunisia orders troops on the streets as nine people are killed in the museum attack. backing down on a promise, the prime minister makes a u-turn on support for palestine and a few places where the solar blackout may be best seen but will they be disappointed? libya's new army chief is warning fighters from islamic state and levante is going to go unless stopped and they are a target for i.s.i.l. and comes after the armed group took over two cities along libya's mediterranean coastline. >> translator: coming from boko haram and the desert to benghazi and planes to the military base in tripoli, what we need are weapons and ammunition, and the army is growing everyday and increasing in numbers. >> factions due to take place on friday in an attempt to end violence and restore peace and after the ousted of gadhafi and the government has been driven out of the capitol and unable to impose aut

, libya's rival factions are resuming peace talks in the moroccan capital. the legally installed government and the rival u.n. backed government based in tobruk have welcomed a new u.n. draft proposal. and here is some of the details of what could be a landmark deal. now, the u.n. proposal calls for the formation of a national unity government comprising of technocrats. the house of representatives would be based in tobruk and would include members from the other side so from both sides of the dispute, a presidential council would look after the implementation of the agreement during a transitional period. hashem ahelbarra is our correspondent who has been monitoring the talks. he joins us from outside the venue in the moroccan capital. it's positive that there's a draft proposal on the table. how acceptable is this proposal as it stands to both parties to this conflict? >> martine, i was talking to members from both delegations and they say they welcome the talks and are willing to move forward to pin down the details of a comprehensive agreement. they want to go through some de

in shape. >> the situation on the grouped in libya is deteriorating rapidly. the words of u.n.'s special envoy as he reports to the u.n. security council. the u.n. calling for an immediate cease-fire. they've called for the arms embargo to be lifted, and they say they were tarted by airstrikes by forces holy to their rival in tibruk. >> right now we're in the airport. as we head to the international meetings we were attacked, and these are plumes of smoke from the airstrikes. this is an effort to sabotage the libyan government. i stress we're still going and we'll represent the government that will unite libya. >> meanwhile fighters affiliated with isil have attacked an oil field destroying all equipment at the site located in sirte. they launched a counterattack. there were no casualties as the oil field was set alight. we go to james bays from u.n. heat quarters in new york. it seems to be unraveling rather fast. >> if does. and i think they saw how difficult it's going to be to bring peace to libya after four years of turmoil. you have heard about the recent airstrikes. that w

each other. libya's feuding factions refuse to meet face-to-face. >>> still searching for the truth, chinese families demand answers after mysterious disappearance after flight mh370. >>> after the drug lords we look at how normal at this is returning after the arrest of notorious cartel leaders. >>> but we start with breaking news. a car has plowed in to pedestrians in jerusalem injuring at least five people. the incident happened outside of an israeli border police station on the line separating west and east jerusalem. israeli police say the driver of the car was shot at the scene. we'll give you an update with more details as we get them. >>> a senior al-nusra front commander has been killed in a syrian government air strike. the syrian state media says he was killed in a special army operation on idlib on thursday. here are the details. >> reporter: this is an al quada training camp 16 years ago. where some of al qaeda's top commanders today were being trained. this man was among them, a top command fore al qaeda's branch in syria called the nusra front. he was killed in ray sy

misrata to meet libya dawn a powerful militia accused of tearing the country apart. >>> head to head - did they see eye to eye. greek and german leaders give few clues as to how they go bust >>> supreme court strikes down a law allowing people to be arrested by police for comments online >>> first the u.n. special envoy to yemen says talks aimed at resolving the crisis there will appear in qatar. houthi fighters are in yemen's third-largest city tiaz. the escalating violence is pushing the country towards civil war. we have more. >> reporter: this is a country on the brink of civil war. the residents of tiaz are not going violently. thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters. in return they are fired on and tear gassed. the third largest city was taken on sunday with government buildings and international airport under houthi control. yemen is divided between a north controlled by the houthis, backed by rain and a south dominated by supporters of ousted president abd-rabbu mansour hadi. now the country's foreign minister is appealing for help from the gulf cooperat

envoy to libya says there could be an agreement between the two rival governments within days. they said they could form a unity government, despite the fighting taking place in libya. peace talks nearly collapsed after the u.n. recognized tobruk government launched air raised on the capitol killing a senior rival commander. there's might go in the city of ms. rat atmisrata. in the city, people are pushing back at isil. >> it was the second bombing in a week. security buildings were targeted. sunday, a car bomb went off outside the intelligent headquarters in misrata. no one was injured. libya's central city has been spared the violence in many areas of this vast country over recent months. that is why the recent explosions are seen as an attempt to destabilize misrata. >> misrata is involved in a multi-front war. for months, the city's brigades have been battling forces allied to general haftar and the tobruk government on many front lines. a group associated with eyes jill declared war on this city. >> this is the eastern gate of misrata. the security is tight. 250 kilometers from here

diverted to militia groups. >>> the increasing concerns moon libya's neighbors that violence among militia groups, up to 2 million libyans have fled to tunisia, almost a third of libya libya's population. as nazanine moshiri reports. >> mohamed are remembers life in libya. his house in the capital tripoli, was raided by fighters. he is from a town in the west. >> it is very hard and it hurts. i spent 30 years building my life an and in a split second it's over, i have to start all over again. >> this is an aftermath of an air strike in tripoli. hundreds of people have been killed since the beginning of the year. tunisia offers libyans safety but little more. there is no work and many libbians livelibyans live off their safety. >> if you can't give a hand to the libyans where will they go? they don't have any choice. >> translator: the situation in libya scares me. it's dramatic and bloody. we are not used to this as muslims. this tear nice us because libya is on our border. >> it's deployed soldiers to the border area. tunisia recognizes both of the rival governments and trying to

influence from any number of terror organizations. >> the situation in libya, i want to come back to that. libya, of course in chaos right now with one governments. how has that affected neighboring countries like tunisia? >> tunisia has played a very neutral role in what's happening in libya. it is seen by many as the switzerland of the region. it has maintained good relations with the tabruk government recognized by the u.n. and the tripoli court-appointed government. it's also tried to maintain relations with the former general hafta, who is now the military commander of the tubuk side of libya. it has been affected and closed its air space to western libya. it has accepted libyan refugees. there were 3 million libyans living in tunisia at the moment. it has found a lot of weaponry on the border between tunisia and libya. it's tried to maintain this distance and not get too involved in the operations going on in libya. but there is one connection which i'm sure we can maybe explore. on saturday a man wanted in an as sass nation he was killed on saturday in libya. we don't know if

e. i'm ray suarez. ♪ >>> hope for peace in libya. rival factions inch closer to form a unity government. ♪ >> hello, this is al jazeera. i'm in hoe dah. -- doha. fireworks over syria. the u.n. security council approves a resolution condemning chlorine attacks. >>> top brazilian politicians to face the heat. the supreme court there approves an investigation on their alleged role in a massive scam. >>> schools in sierra leone to reopen. parents are worried after new ebola cases are reported in recent weeks. ♪ >>> hello. the coalition forces in iraq have driven out isil. the town under isil control. the u.s. military say the forces carried out 26 air strikes in the operation. jane araft joins us on the phone with more on this. jane how significant is this gain then by iraqi forces in the overall battle against isil? >> reporter: it's significant, but the fact is that the iraqi military along with these u.s. air strikes actually broke the siege of baghdad a couple of weeks ago. so what the americans are announcing appears to be even morris -- more isil fighters out. it's sign

you now to libya, where the head of the u.n. support mission in libya is briefing the u.n. security council on the situation in libya. let's listen in to what he has to say. >> of their country's national unity, and territorial integrity are real and imminent. as difficult as the past few years may have been to their country, the libyan people have not given under hopes and aspirations for a modern libyan democratic state based on the rule of law and respect for human rights. tomorrow's meeting in morocco is an important opportunity to honor the sacrifices that libya libya's people have made in their quest for a life of dignity and respect. and for a country that favored the interest of future generations. difficult decisions and compromises will be needed but libya's leaders must be rest assured that as they make these decisions, the united nations and the international community will be their partner in this difficult journey ahead. thank you very much. [ speaking foreign. ] >> okay. that was the head of the u.n. support mission in libya, briefing the u.n. security council via tel

with student demonstrators. >> tribal leaders non-governmental organizations and the u.n. libya representative on the capital anyeries governments are considering a proposal to form a unity government. the deal could be signed wednesday. inside libya the u.n. raised parliament based in tobruk and swore in its army chief. he is been leading fighting against groups that backed the legally installed government in tripoli. some mop fors are worried arms could be diverse r. verted to militia groups. there are increasing concerns among libya's neighbors that violence could extend across borders. tunisia is now home to almost a third of libya's population. life for people who vice president escaped isn't easy. >> in a hotel in tunis muhammed remembers life in libya. his house in the capitol tripoli, was raided by fighters. he's from a town in the west. >> it is very hard. i spent 30 years building my life and in a split second, it was lost. i have to start from scratch all over again. >> this is why libyans are leaving, this is the aftermath of an air strike in tripoli. the conflict is

30 minutes. meeting libya dawn. one of the powerful militias accused of tearing the country apart. >>> head to head, but did they see eye to eye? greasegreece and german leaders give few clues as to how they will prevent athens from going bust. >>> get out move facebook. india strikes down a law allowing police to arrest people for comments online. ♪ ♪ >>> the u.n. special envoy to yemen says talks aimed at resolving the crisis there will be held here in qatar. houthi fighters are now in generally's third largest city. jamal has warned that the escalating violence is pushing the country towards civil war. charlie has more. >> reporter: this is a country on the brink of civil war. but the residents are not going quietly. thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters in return, they are fired on and teargassed. their city, generally's third largest, was take own sunday with government buildings and international airport now under houthi control. yemen is increase big divided between a north controlled by the houthis who allegedly are backed by iran and a south do

. >>> talks between libya factions are set to resume on thursday and special envoy is working to a unity government because despite the falks fighting continues and the field commander for malitia that backs tripoli has been killed by fighters and he was killed on monday by forces loyal to the rival u.n. backed government based in tibrook and he was in the 2011 revolution against the former president moammar gadhafi and forces loyal to the government shot down a fighter jet owned by the malitia and backs the government in tripoli saying the plane crashed because of technical fault. spokesman said one pilot died while the other was arrested. libya's dawn main political military base is city of misrata east of tripoli and they are the most powerful of groups after the revolution and seized weapons from forces loyal to the deposed libya leader and consolidated their power base. and as we report from misrata their support is key to any deal on a national unity government. >> reporter: it has long been criticized for acting as an independent state. it has been accused of using military

". tonight, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. oa. >> as isil says that left 23 dead. >> in libya the human toll being felt as the fight intensified against isil in the country's northwest. and villages and former rebels team up to save the sacred trees from the booming trade in illegal logging. at least 13 people have been killed. forces loyal took control of the international airport in aidan and the south from fightingers who support the former president alley abdullah saleh. nearby con pound where president hattie was staying the palace was bombed by fighter jets. this is just a month after he fled house arrest, and attempted to threing again. in many ways this is a battle between two rival groups but between two men. >> forces loyal to president hattie retake the airport from special forces loyal to the former yemen president. it was a short but tough battle lasting four hours. with passenger planes within range of the bullets they had refused to give up their arms and fortify themselves and than retake the airport. the fighting got so intense, that it was shut down and they are

farmers in zimbabwe at the start of the selling season. >> libya's national oil company has shut down production because of the escalating violence in the country. libya dependency on oil for nearly all its income and the u.n. recognized administration in tobruk made an appeal for help. >> an attack on libya's oil facility last month left it inoperable. it's one of several fields targeted in recent weeks most of them with fighters linked to islamic state of iraq and the levant. they destroyed equipment at an oil field wednesday. monday, another field and a pipeline carrying crude came under attack. these facilities were also hit last month. at least 14 were killed. in a country plagued by war in recent years, libya's oil industry is a prime target. production has fallen from 1.6 billion-barrels a day before the revolution that overthrew gadhafi to under 300,000-barrels a day. libyan oil corporation won't be fulfilling its contract. it might close all fields and ports if the security situation doesn't improve soon. libya's two rival governments are still in a power struggle. a del

fe at any speed only on al jazeera america >> libya' naturallibya's natural resources have made it a target. >> translator: they come from mali and also from sudan what we need are weapons and ammunition. the army is growing every day and increasing in numbers. >> u.n. led peace talks between rival factions, in an attempt to end the violence and restore order in libya. since the ousting of former president moammar gadhafi unable to impose its authority. rival forces, claims to have taken over the town of nefalia in eastern sirte to attack oil needs in the region. and a nearby misrata bomb has killed one person out of the army camplet. zeinacamp. zeina khodr has the story. >> reporter: these men who belong to the libya dawn coalition, were ambushed on sunday. it is an offense to gain control of the oil rich region and its sea ports. >> they were taken over at dawn. >> reporter: for the past few months libya's rival parties have been more intent on fighting each other send troops to sirte and surrounding areas was the first time a local force declared war on libya's branch ever i.s.i

pursue i.s.i.l. fighters, saying yemen was descending into libya style strip and is mobilizing forces against i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. >> they crossed the red lines, violating everything everyone is targeted. the groups feel no same where the elderly, hospitals, mosques - the aim of crime humiliating people into surrender. that is something we will not allow >>> meanwhile, the u.n. security council is holding a meeting on the crisis now. al jazeera has obtained a draft statement expected to be discussed. it says: it denounces the houthi's refusal to withdraw from government offices, specially in the capital sanaa >>> earlier the u.n. special envoy to libya was speaking about how talks were progressing. >> for the moment - and i hope in this will be the case throughout the week - the parties are staying. some of them are now in consultation - the case of representatives from tripoli. they are consulting. but i have encouraged them in these consule stations to keep -- consultations to keep a constructive spirit. to remain engaged. the mood is positive. and i hope that the decision

and i'm jane and coming up, in the next 60 minutes libya army chief gives a chilling warning about i.s.i.l. growing strength and callings for more weapons to fight them. tunisia two gunmen who carried out wednesday museum attack were trained in libya. tapping into water technology we will show you a new machine that promises to create water out of thin air plus it's just the tenth time it happened in the 21st century, a total solar eclipse woes thousands in europe. ♪ we begin this news hour in libya where a new army chief is warning about the spread of i.s.i.l. and believes the number of people fighting under the i.s.i.l. banner is around 7,000 and he is warning that if the group is not reigned in it will spread to europe. >> translator: they come from mali and boko haram and desert to benghazi and sedan bi-planes to the military base in tripoli and the men are available, the army is growing everyday and increasing in number. i.s.i.l. concentrates on libya because it is a state with a small population and vast land and it's easy for them to spread and thought it would be easy to

the arab spring bather than many in the region. and a lot has been going on in libya recently. could we have anticipated that they would have been dragged into the chaos as well? >> i mean one of the reasons why tunisia's revolution wasn't violent in the same way, is because it doesn't have the same history of violence doesn't have the sectarian divide like other countries. it's a small, tiny country. . it is not that rich or powerful. it has been playing a very neutral role. it has consulates both in tobruk and tripoli, it has good diplomatic relations with both sides in that conflict at the moment. but one thing it hasn't been able to get a handle on is the fact that so many tunisians have been heading to iraq and syria to fight against bashar al-assad initially, but now more for isil. your political analyst mentioned isil. people linked to isil actually praising what has happened in tunisia. there are armed groups either linked to al-sharia, or fighters who have been trained in libya or iraq and syria linked to isil. i'm sure the tunisian authorities will be looking at thos

to the talks between libya's rival governments. >>> remote arctic villages are plunged into total darkness by a total solar eclipse. >>> and i'll have your sport. ♪ >>> a series of attacks targeting houthi rebels have killed at least 127 people and injured at 345 in yemen. suicide bombers detonated their weapons in mosque in sana'a during friday prayers. there was also a blast in a houthi strong hold in northern yemen. islamic state of iraq and the levant has claimed responsibility for the attacks. this just a day after 13 people were killed in aden. rival forces clashed at the international airport, and military jets opened fire on the president's compound nearby. >> reporter: the attackers new the mosques would be packed for friday prayers. in that's right of yemen's capitol, two mosques were targeted. both belong to the power base for houthi fighters who control the capitol. witnesses say the first explosion was inside the mosque. another went off at the gate when people fled. more attackers targeted another mosque. rescuers struggled to deal with the high number of casualtie

closer to bridging a divide in libya. up next why rival factions could soon be signing a ceasefire agreement that was unthinkable days ago. ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy coming up how the weakening of a major drug cartel is changing one mexican state and the new problem it is bringing to the surface. >>> a palestinian man rammed his car into a crowd. witnesses sayyaf hitting the pedestrians the man got out of his car and tried to attack others with a knife. in november at the same intersection, another palestinian drove his car into a crowded train platform killing one person. >>> a curfew is in effect in one area in india after a mob beat an accused rapist to death. a documentary has been banned over fears it will incite violence. >>> one of the most powerful democrats on capitol hill may soon face corruption charges. the justice department plans to charge robert menendez. he came out swinging and held a press conference a short while ago, saying he acted appropriately and in accordance with the law. >>> rebel fighters in libya attacked an oil field.

hour. we're live in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes the u.n. brings libya's rival governments together in morocco for another round of talks but the fighting on the ground continues. >>> at least 17 miners are dead in ukraine after an underground explosion. more unaccounted for. >>> security forces in mexico capture another leader of a violent criminal drug cartel. and unveiling hidden treasures we look at a rare collection of artwork from north korea. now the u.n. envoy to libya say the situation on the ground is quickly deteriorating. they have addressed the u.n. security council video i can't via a video link to libya. they would hold talks with the rival tibruk-based government. now they say that there have been further airstrikes of tripoli's airport. >> right now we're here at the airport for meetings. as you can see hyped me, there's are blum of the smoke of the airstrikes. this is yet another attempt to prevent us from going to the meetings and sabotage the effort of the libyan government. i stress that we're still going and we'll represent the government that will uni

fired upon when they didn't respond to calls to stop. for the first time libya's rifle of political factions are meeting face to face at union challands backed peace talks. the european union said it would step up it's role to help with issues. libya's two rifle government do appear to be making some progress. >> libyaen rifle factions are close for clinking a political deal. they agree in principle on implementing a peace fire putting out militias from the cities and forming an international government. the two delegations need to travel to libya to consult with their government in things go well they'll return to the moroccan capitol rabat for final ceremony. >> there are signs of a deal. we've now moved to a new face. with the u.n. we're starting to talk about guarantees that once there is a deal we'll have a government that has a clear mandate. we will submit a draft to the united nations on a comprehensive deal with all the guarantees and so form a government as soon as possible. >> a deal was almost unthinkable a few days ago. the bitterly divided of east and west libya don't

fighting inside libya threatens to derail peace talks being held in more morocco . andand an australia detention center claimed abuse. >> and is serbian pass with a special greek connection. >> we begin in yemen where the security situation is deteriorating quickly edging the country close for civil war. houthi rebels are moving south and 20 of their fighters have been killed in battles. shots have been fired as protests take praise outside of security force buildings. houthies are accepting hundreds of fighters to the area by hair. twin blasts hit two out mosques and 137 people were killed. well saudi arabia have reacted to the twin mosque bombs in sanaa and the kingdom denounced the terrorist attacks. and stressed the need for all political parties which support the security of yemen to participate in negotiations in riyadh. the spokesman for the houthi fighters say that saudi arabia does not really want peace and they say the man that they support, hadi is working with al-qaeda. >> a lot of al-qaeda fighters are in these villages. let me tell you that's are the results of

london. coming up, the fight rages on in libya. delegates headed to morocco for talks when the government say they were targeted by airstrikes airstrikes. 17 dead after an explosion in an eastern ukrainian mine. 16 are still missing. >>> mexico captures it's second drug lord in a week. >>> the boston bombing trial gets under way with tsarnaeve lawyer saying that he did participate in the attack. we begin in libya where fighting rages on even as members of both rival government head to morocco for talks ending the chaos. one group of delegates say they were targeted by airstrikes by supporters loyal to the government in tibruk. >> right now we're right here in the airport. as we're here for the national dialogue meeting unknown airplanes carried out airstrikes these are plumes of smokes created by the airstrikes. they're here to sabotage the meetings. we're still going and we'll respect the government that will unite libya. >> forces loyal to the tripoli government after they attacked oil field in sirte. she haven't called for an immediate cease-fire. but libya's deputy ambassad

up in the next half hour peace talks begin but not with each other. libya's feuding fab shuns refuse to meet face-to-face. after. >>> after the drug lord we look how normal at this is coming to. after the a rest of know or notorious cartel leading. >>> families demand to know where flight mh370 we want. ♪ ♪ >>> the senior commander of the al-nusra front has been killed in syria. he died in a government air strike in the city of idlib on thursday. initially the nusra front claimed he was killed in a u.s. drone strike last week. now the group is confirming his death in idlib along with several other commanders. zeina happenedder happenedder is live for us there. tell us more about the air strike. >> reporter: yes, al-nusra confirming it lost several commanders including the number two in the organization. considered the military brain behind the office. we haven't heard from the leader of the movement. there were some reports yesterday he was in the meeting. this is still unconfirmed. >> reporter: what we know is there was a meet of high-level commanders. when the meeting wa

we'll see you online. >>> the u.n. enjoy to libya says the situation is deteriorating rapidly as two rival governments prepare for another round of talks. ♪ >>> we'll have the latest from u.n. headquarters in just a minute. >>> ukraine east prime minister accusing pro-russian separatists of holding up rescue efforts following a deadly mine explosion. >>> security forces in mexico capture another leader of a violent drug cartel. >>> and we look at a rare collection of artwork from north korea. ♪ >>> the u.n. envoy to libya says the situation on the ground is quickly deteriorating. he has addressed the u.n. security council via a video link from libya. representatives from the court appointed government in tripoli have reportedly left for morocco where they will hold talks with the tobruk-based government. there has been tit-for-tat violence on both sides. isil affiliated groups have clashed with government forces at a oil field. and jets from the tra brook-based government have targeted forces also in sirte. james tell us more about what the u.n. special representative for lib

would be inviting protracted conflict in the vein of iraq, libya combined scenario. >> reporter: the security council meeting comes as tear gas, gunshots hit the streetser streets of taiz, yemen's third largest city. protesters are angry that houthi have arrived in the city. >> we refuse, reject and denounce these militias. we'll surround these barracks with our bodies until they leave. >> first the houthies overtook the capital of sanaa and now they're closing in on president hadi and his stronghold in aden. they once again called on the houthi to halt their advance. >> the security council condemns the unilateral actions taken by the houthies which under mind the political transition process in yemen. and express deep concern. >> the u.n. council are trying to broke arrest peace deal. but a houthi leader on sunday seemed to reject those efforts. >> the security council usually supports the defender against the victim. it only meets when it's evil conspiring hands are in a difficult situation. >> so far no actions by diplomat it's here at the u.n. has halted or even slowed the polit

iran's ideology. ♪ um lauren taylor live from london. also coming up: intense fighting around libya's capital kills a militia leader loyal to the tripoli government and threatens peace talks. caught in the crossfire, child victims of the bombing in aleppo. ron nationalinguclear talks. stopping mother's tears, in naples' most violent neighborhood. >> hundreds of houthi fighters are advancing in southern yemen intensifying the conflict. 20 houthis rebels have been killed. as natasha gname, the u.s. pulled forces out of an air base in southern yemen. >> people gather to protest against the arrival of pro-houthi forces in their city. thing i want to drag us in to war and we refuse. >>> a helicopter flying over a military convoy below was a sign that pro-houthi courses might be closer to a collision course. hadi has been in aden since he was forced to flee the capital. the editor in chief says it puts them on the path to least resistance to aden and the president. >> there are those who oppose them but they are not armed. they are not quayle. they protest against the houthis but they will

. >>> and libya's oil fields get shout down. >>> exports down pollution up we'll look at how china's growing economy will effect global markets. >>> and secrets released. allegations that u.s. government is collecting phone records from around the globe. >>> we begin with egypt. where the interior minister has been replaced as part of a government reshuffle. he headed the police force which has been criticized by human rights organizations for the crackdown on protesters. he was the interior minister under the ousted president as well as under the current leader. for more on this government reshuffle in egypt, let's talk to a resident fellow at city university in new york. very good to have you with us. let's talk more about the interior minister, because this seems to be the most significant replacement in this reshuffle. tell us about who he is and why he was so controversial. >> many reasons that made that man a controversial person. the fact he served under two governments, under two regimes made him controversial. he served the government of mohammed morsi that was toppled on ju

libya's state oil company it shut down production. >>> an american ambassador attacked with a knife in south korea. pyongyang says he deserved it >>> economic growth down poll pollution up china's leaders meet. >> soccer - a last-minute deal to avoid a strike allowing a new season to get under way in the m.l.s. >>> so then libya's national oil company declared production is shut down because of escalating violence in many oil wells. libya depend on oil for its income. and the u.n. has made an appeal for help. >> reporter: an attack on an oil facility last month has left it unoperable. most by by fighters linked to islamic state of iraq and levant. they destroyed equipment at an oil field on wednesday. a pipeline and oil field came under attack last week in dahra. 14 were killed at the mabrouk oil field. lib why's oil industry is a prime target production falling 1.6 million barrels before the revolution with muammar gaddafi, to 300,000. there has been so many asacks that the nation -- attacks that the national oil corporation said it will not fulfil the contracts, saying it may close a