revealing to us exactly what the issues that they face on the ground in libya are libya will of course be a big issue for discussion here at the munich security conference on sunday there's plenty more to come for that as well as soon as any news comes out of the security conference i'll be bringing it to you here on r.t. paid 6 years on that long drawn out conflict is still a huge focus isn't a great insight there from the head of the red cross thank you for bringing into the. mix one of the french president's closest political allies has withdrawn his candidacy for mayor of paris following a leak of a compromising video online benjamin grivas decision meant to drop out of the race represents a major blow to manu mccrone whose party is suffering a crisis of confidence going to next month local elections shallow dubin ski reports. well the dissemination of these incredible videos and photos has resulted in that shock announcement by benjamin complete benjy of the bill one of the closest allies he hasn't authenticated those videos but it is being reported in the french media as it did r

if you will is heavily subsidized in libya costing around 4 u.s. cents a liter unless the blockade is ended that subsidy is likely to end and prices are predicted to increase significantly and that will only add to the suffering of the libyan people. get and that was a slogan that won it for the prime minister boris johnson with the uncertainty now out of the way the pounds popped higher in britain left the european union on january the 31st but the kind of relationship the country has with the rest of europe has yet to be decided and the process is unlikely to start until march and the u.k. still faces another cliff edge by the end of the year when it could leave without a deal. well according to bloomberg economics the economic cost has already hit $170000000000.00 and by the end of the year that could rise by another $100000000000.00 the u.k. economy is now 3 percent smaller than it could have been if it had maintained its relationship with the mainland all right let's take this on joining us from the studio in london is amish nearest a senior c

we know arms have moved from libya to other places especially the sahara and the. chad basin we know mushing areas have also moved from libya to to now yes specific so these are things they should have thought of how to stop them from moving around and causing conflicts not up parts of the continent so this are things we should be planning about and not just being. i decided line watching a-k. and that allowing him to get the continent professor. will of that change will be a position a change will it have a greater role to play do you think in libya with. south africa so run oppose a chair of the organization taking over from egypt's president who let's face it was was part is that as far as libya is concerned well i really wish that would be the case but. if you just look at things it shows how weak the organization is the irony here is that the buffy on levy spent a lot of money in building the cities at the moment all of these just didn't pay anything back when it comes to just contributing to the conflict resolution. to libya and even what they are offering at

tristen libya is hanging by a thread awarding by a u.n. official as foreign minister is made to try to bring an end to the civil war. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also ahead it's impossible to predict which direction this. will take. the world health organization warns leaders globally to step up preparations against the corona virus outbreak with figures out of china showing a drop in new cases for a 3rd straight day.

extent is the a you failed on libya effectively been sidelined as far as libya and and that conflict spill over into the hell are concerned. it's representative a last minute addition to to the palin conference can it can be a you provide any solution to the conflict in libya or is it now too late for it to get involved as has that moment passed. from the beginning you were sidelined like you are a limitation because in the 1st place when the western wards where getting involved and in the levy and conflicts did the norse actually evolve in you all they were concerned about was to get rid of. gadhafi even president obama said he made a mistake because he planned getting into libya to get rid of gadhafi would up plenty. about the outcome out of fun or get out of his ouster so in the end a you was not involved in getting rid of him that i was involved in plenty of about his after month so up until now the whole of the planning is always done outside of africa imagine even the the piece of meat in there we're been told hold out of africa so op wanted and now everything they've been doin

holds in libya meeting on the sidelines to revive a truce in libya that is a ceasefire in name only leaders were new vows to crack down on anyone providing weapons to the warring parties also coming up as china continues to battle the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus north korea is taking controversial cautions to prevent its citizens from becoming infected the isolated country implementing draconian measures shutting its border with china and placing north koreans were turning from that country on a month long quarantine. thank you so much for your company everyone while on the final day of the security conference in munich a top u.n. official told leaders that the libya arms embargo is a joke on the sidelines of the international meeting officials met to discuss efforts to stem the violence that has plagued this north african country in a civil war with no end libya's right across the mediterranean from europe and 18 staging area for refugees trying to reach the european union delegates at the conference said a cease fire an arms embargo on libya's warring parties agreed in berlin last.

officials said attempts to stop the fighting in libya and an arms embargo to the country were failing. europe's inability to provide effective leadership in ending that libyan conflict was a key topic at the munich security conference that wrapped up on sunday libya is still awash with arms and fighting is still raging despite a previous agreement reached in germany last month a top u.n. official at the munich security conference said the truce had been violated $150.00 times since then and she said efforts to cut the flow of weapons had been equally unsuccessful arms embargo has become a joke and so you know we all really need to step up here and. it is complicated because there are violations that are you know happening on land sea and air and that all needs to be monitored. in libya fighters loyal to the internationally recognized government control only a small area around the capital tripoli most of the rest of the country is in the hands of the rebels a month after germany hosted the libya conference and by len its participants gathered around the table again this weekend in mun

deputy envoy on libya said that the treaty in libya he's hanging by a thread in the embargoes or jokes are his words were much more strong than those that were in this statement agreed by the foreign ministers ok and libya of course is not the reason why all the ministers came to attend the munich security conference in that meeting big splits were on display over the leadership of the western world and the transatlantic relationship let's take a closer look. from the opening moments of this year's conference the tensions between europe and the u.s. were front and center and saying stuff abandoned to our closest ally the united states of america under the current administration rejects the idea of an international community and. great again great again if necessary also at the expense of maybe. that was a preview of starkly different visions of the european u.s. alliance depending on who you ask it's either on life support or in good health. and happy to report that the death of the transom. is grossly over exaggerated french president emanuel mccraw insisted that europe must become mo

official told leaders that the libya. is a joke officials met on the sidelines to discuss efforts to stem the violence that has plagued the north african country in a protected civil war libya is right across the mediterranean from europe and the country from which the refugees in bach on a perilous journey trying to reach the e.u. libya is still a wash with alms and fighting is still raging despite the ceasefire agreed in germany last month. a top u.n. official at the munich security conference said the truce had been violated $150.00 times since then and she said efforts to cut the flow of weapons have been equally unsuccessful the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we are presently to step up here and. it is complicated because there are violations that are you know happening on land sea and air and that all needs to be monitored in libya fighters loyal to the internationally recognized government control only a small area around the capital tripoli most of the rest of the country is in the hands of the

but with the french and ceasefire in place schools in libya's capital tripoli are beginning to reopen their doors for now at least. this man though general highly for hafta has been fighting hard to take this city. with the help of his cell stop militia he already controls most of this oil rich nation a nation that's been in chaos since the 2011 nato backed up rising the top old colonel more gadhafi it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waited in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fire as a un backed government and russia supporting hafta moscow has denied past reports that it sent to mercenaries to reinforce the general's fight is but last month turkey confirmed it had deployed troops to help also rise in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. in a bid to break the deadlock germany hosted an international peace summit in belin but the cease fire and arms embargo that followed that january meeting have continued to be violated. please raise their heads. own wednesday the u.n. security council passed a resolution calling for a last ing cease fire in libya w

official calls the libya. a joke bad off the genny holds a briefing on the sidelines of the security conference in munich to revive a truce in libya that is a cease fire tonight. deadly storm dennis battles britney extreme weather claims at least 3 lives and leaves thousands of homes on the border authorities are warning more of life threatening flooding days of disruption. i'm anthony howard thanks for your company u.s. passengers stuck on a cruise ship in japan are being evacuated after an anxious 14 day quarantine period on sunday will start things reported another 70 and fictions of the run of our sample of the dawn princess bringing the total to of the $350000400.00 americans boarded buses to take them to charter flights leaving for the u.s. many believe to go home off to what was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime but it's likely they'll have to spend another 2 weeks in quarantine after arriving in the u.s. . in north korea meanwhile there are no official reports of cases with verifiable information f

meanwhile off the coast of libya the ngo ship ocean viking has rescued over 80 migrants they're among thousands of migrants still trying to reach europe by making the dangerous crossing of the mediterranean in small overcrowded boats. storage was on the vessel when the migrants were spotted just over 70 nautical miles off the libyan coast here's this report. from the deck of the rescue ship ocean viking nicholas romaniuk is scanning the sea for a boat with migrants on board. the ocean viking is about 130 kilometers off the libyan coast that means it's in international waters. we have to look for a possible what a boat with acts of war. if you have a visual border control pilots are in radio contact. the border patrol is searching the area with small aircraft or helicopters they say they think the spotted the migrant boat going to people on board. the migrants boat is now clearly visible. degree of. rescue doing these are ready to be deployed tom he is one of the most experienced stuff when it comes to see rescues even though he tells his colleagues what he knows about the refugees so

development back said and i want peace for libya i want good for the people of libya we don't want any more war you know horton have an after is killing our children and displacing so many people we rise for this revolution with our brothers and aced for nothing else but to bring a civilian government to libya. the international airport in tripoli was again a force that closed today because of what authorities say was shelling close call a body off the school says despite the celebrations on this very special day marking the start of the revolution that overthrew normal gaddafi no i mean years ago libyans remain very afraid for their future because there seems to be no last think political solution to this most recent crisis in sight charles travel al-jazeera misrata. with us on skype now from new jersey in the u.s. is jason paki's the founder of libya analysis consultancy focusing on the shipping and oil industry there thank you for your time jason just before we get to the issue of the. embargo and trying to enforce that just the fact that we are at 9 years now it is extraordinary is

official calling the arms embargo on libya a joke quote we report on a special meeting is of unity security conference focused on why efforts to restore peace in that country are failing. and in the bundesliga bind crush cologne and go back to the top of the table they're back in the groove and it's looking ominous for the rest of the german topflight. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us on the show today the number of people infected with a coded 1000 corona virus has now surged past the 70000 mark here's the latest figures from the chinese government is reporting just over 2000 new cases today a slight increase after 3 days of lower numbers there have been 105 new deaths from the disease bringing the total number of dead to almost 1900 since the outbreak began 2 months ago. william yang reports now from seattle gun city and province on tight new restrictions there residents are not being permitted to leave their homes or use private vehicles. while the u.s. has evacuated hundreds of americans from a cruise ship in the japanese port of yokohama that ship has been in quarantine for n

day knows libya well. she's a french lawyer specializing in international law and has 20 years of experience tracking sexual violence in conflicts around the world. in 2013 she helped draft a law aimed at protecting rape victims under the gadhafi regime but that is just lation was never elected. by dates experience is that the war crimes do not simply go away if no legal action is taken they would continue to be committed. we are. a team it's not just me and imad we have many libyans here and we have our needs work inside on the ground and what we are trying to do we have trying to collect a lot of documentation from different organizations as sense 2011 since ok since just some analysts and 1000 to look. there is sometimes not just militias. do the crime there is people are working for ministry of the. ministry of fun tear out can deal with this kind. you know that recently at the i.c.c. for rape you know the case bamba he was sentence and he didn't rape nobody but you was you were sentence for rape becau

i'm convinced this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up libya's prime minister dashes hopes of quickly reviving ceasefire talks the kucing international powers of failing to enforce an arms embargo. chinese doctors and nurses are offered salary bonuses even preferential treatment for their children as incentives to work on the coronavirus front lines. and the e.u. takes on ai trying to resolve the real life time limits caused by our financial intelligence. syria is experiencing its biggest exodus and 9 years of civil war nearly a 1000000 people most of them women and children have now fled the province the country's last rebel stronghold pro-government forces a valve to seize control of the region but turkey has warned of an imminent attack unless the regime ends its assault aid agencies are overwhelmed with the u.n. calling it a humanitarian catastrophe mike hanna reports from the u.n. we have missed repeated weiland confrontations between turkish and syrian government forces were it support the russian federation is actively engaged in support of the syrian government's milit

libya's u.n. recognize government and warlords. vended with no agreement they met in geneva the conflict is high on the agenda at an african union summit which begins later on sunday turkey has sent reinforcements into northern syria that's after regime forces took the town of sokoban italy province talks with russian officials have been taking place in ankara to try to deescalate the situation and targeted because just had its hottest day ever recorded the reading of 8.3 degrees celsius was taken at an argentine research base it's nearly a full degree warmer than the previous record it's counting the cost. we talk about the biggest problem facing and they are the endemic corruption and we listen so if you place china's enemy of ours and that's really the news we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that. just 0. counting the cost on al-jazeera your week you look at the world of business and economics this week france in africa despite value to stop propping up strongman on the continent france is backing a libya

is those that come into libya trying to get through libya to get to europe they used to go on boats most of those boats now are not going people are trapped in libya with this ongoing conflict tell me about those africans who are trapped in the via i think one of the specificity of the libyan context is indeed that while you have been local conflict. the libyan conflict ongoing you have on top of it a migration movement which comes from subsaharan africa from west africa through libya into a dimity terrain and europe and as everybody knows since 20151415 days has become a major humanitarian crisis in particular those who have been sent back who have been picked up in the mediterranean who go into libyan retention migration retention centers in which we see unfold a major humanitarian crisis with little access and little your money terry and space to really operate so a very difficult situation on top of the libyan dynamics that we have talked about that beginning one more chance for diplomacy here in munich the secretary general of the u.n. has described the situation with the invol

following discord over measures to help stabilize libya e.u. foreign ministers have reached an agreement critics were outspoken austria wanted to block a new naval mission for fear it would encourage more migrants to attempt crossing the mediterranean as they try to make their way to europe. first the sophia mission in the mediterranean off the coast of libya will be stopped secondly we've agreed that we want to military mission and not a humanitarian one and it will focus on the arms embargo the task of the original even naval missions sophia was to fight arms trafficking and people smuggling but it frequently rescued refugees at sea the new mission will involve aerial as well as naval assets primarily in the east mediterranean that's where there's more arms trafficking and fewer refugee routes the naval mission will be ended if ships continue to take in migrants. it's fundamentally important that the european union acknowledges its responsibility to take action and play a role in ensuring the arms embargo will no longer be violated that's wha

the meeting in libya is over now. what's the big takeaway for you. well 2 main points that indicate steps toward real follow up to that berlin summit in january the 1st one is that the members of this meeting today here in munich decided that a follow up committee will be established at senior official level it will have a rotating chairmanship it will be essential hosted under the un auspices and it will seek to ensure that there is a real follow up both to the berlin agreement and also to the un resolution that was agreed upon just this past week 2nd aspect and this is very important as you mentioned the weapons embargo that was agreed on in berlin with the aim of drying up the supply of support to the warring parties in libya and believe me they are receiving a lot of support from various actors international actors that embargo was violated almost as soon as the participants left berlin now this meet this declaration put out today very clearly deplores those breaches and says that all parties are committed to taking effective steps toward a monit

development back said and i want peace for libya i want good for the people of libya we don't want any more war among horton have an after hours killing our children and displacing so many people we rise for this revolution with our brothers and aced for nothing else but to bring a civilian government to libya. the international airport in tripoli was again a force that closed today because of what authorities say was shelling 20 score a body off the school says despite the celebrations on this very special day marking the start of the revolution that overthrew normal gadhafi you know i mean years ago libyans remain very afraid for their future because there seems to be no last thing political solution to this most recent crisis in sight charles travel al-jazeera misrata. the united nations has 900000 civilians have now fled the fighting in northwestern syria just since the beginning of december and is calling it a horrifying new level of humanitarian crisis the syrian government offensive to retake the last rebel held areas has created what is the biggest single civilian displacement

says an arms embargo in libya has become a joke as diplomatic efforts continue to find a solution to the conflict. plus a u.n. push to get more countries to help millions of afghan refugees based in pakistan. to flights evacuating u.s. citizens who are stuck on a cruise ship with hundreds of coronavirus cases on board have now left japan those who are infected are staying behind the ships being quarantined in the port of your karma $355.00 passengers tested positive for the virus among them $44.00 u.s. citizens who were treated in japanese hospitals what china's now confirmed another $105.00 deaths on sunday raising the total number of dead on the mainland to 1770 around 2000 more people have tested positive for the virus and another person has died outside of china a taxi driver in taiwan became the 5th atallah to outside the mainland and elevate chinese tourist in france was the 1st to die outside of asia other deaths have been reported in hong kong japan and the philippines well katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrina said nearly 2000 new cases being reported 105 more d

there was an international embargo on flying in libya. and space at the time so she called he had to fly from damascus to the closest location to libya. multum. he would then finish his journey by sea. this would have been the opportunity must sad was waiting for. it gave him the chance to get to chicago outside syria. key dawn was a step ahead of him and got to mull to before he did. on the 4th of october 1905 shikaki also arrived in melter from damascus and went immediately to the port to sail to tripoli. but he don't buy that it's time they would wait for chicago his return trip. meanwhile shikaki arrived in libya and made for sirte to meet gadhafi. show you do. for your local for. the present it can create them can look at the future but on that who knows that you are with a whole lot of the. gun if you will read it for the bottle to him and leave your father where a body would have a good they've been or will be no more at lot of the need but then become us all because jerry. lewis what. if a limited 100 motions were not used. to be.

and their conditions in their their countries of origin so as long as the conditions in libya and the conditions of the country or country of origin are what they are people are going to choose to make this journey regardless of whether or not there are either unable ships from the states or n.g.o.s boats in the region let's talk about the conditions in libya michael there are around 2000 people migrants in cancer at the moment believe hundreds of thousands of migrants are living in libya what are the conditions that they're facing there. the conditions in libya obviously are very difficult for everybody including the libyans themselves the conflict has intensified in the last couple of months and that trend looks like it's set to continue. within libya which is always a country of migration and an end destination for many migrants there are many hundreds of thousands of my clients who are employed here and integrated into the fabric of the local communities but for those who are caught up in the cycle of detention and exploitation and trafficking petitions are very very difficult so

arms embargo on libya is being floated so much that it's been described by the u.n. as a joke a previous naval mission to stop people trafficking answer and force arms controls collapse last year after disagreements with this silly. i would assume libyan opposition libya is also about the security of europe so everyone must be aware that we have to make a contribution to ensure our security here in europe those who are thinking about migration must realize that these problems can only be solved in libya is no longer a failed state when there is a security structure with which we can work. china's military is sending hundreds more doctors and nurses to war hunt to reinforce the fight against the corona virus the number of chinese nationals killed as wise and close 21870000 people infected japan has confirms 99 further infections on board a cruise ship quarantined in the port of your homma near tokyo hundreds of american passengers have been flown home 14 of them have the virus. a suicide bomber has killed at least 7 people and injured 50 in pakistan police in courts o

says the arms embargo in libya is a joke as people mark the 9th anniversary of the fall of dictator moammar gadhafi. and the u.n. push to get more countries to help millions of afghan refugees based in pakistan. there's been an upturn in the number of new coronavirus cases in china after 2 days of decline nearly 2000 more people were infected that's a rise of nearly 5 percent well 105 deaths reported on sunday raising the total number of dead in the mainland to 1770 most of those were reported from who province that's the center of the epidemic another person has died outside of china a taxi driver in taiwan became the 5th a tallahassee outside the mainland an elderly chinese tourist in france was the 1st to die outside asia other deaths have been reported in the hong kong japan and the philippines and 2 flights evacuating u.s. citizens who were stuck on a cruise ship with hundreds of coronavirus cases on board have now left japan those who are infected staying behind on the ship is being quarantined in the port of hama. 355 passengers tested positive for the virus well katrina you joins us

of libya. we do not want anymore war. >> as part killing our children and displacing so many people, we rise for this revolution with our brothers in the east for nothing else but to bring a zillion government to libya. -- a civilian government to libya. >> the international airport was again forced to close from shelling close by by military forces. despite the celebrations on this day, marking the start of the revolution that overthrew gaddafi nine years io, libyans remain afraid for their future. there seems to be no lasting legal solution to this recent crisis insight. nations says 900,000 civilians have fled the fighting in northwestern syrian since the beginning of december, horrifying new level of humanitarian crisis. a syrian government offensive to lot retake the lateral held areas crated one of the biggest civilian's placement in the whole nine years of war, half of the 3 million billions living in idlib had already left other areas. -- 3 million civilians. assad hasat bashar said he

where shelling in weeks pushes libya's peace process to the brink we'll have the latest on the ground in tripoli. on patrol with the democratic republic of congo's army as they fight rebels responsible for a series of attacks in the east. so that a strike on turkish soldiers inside syria is increasing tensions on its borders and prompting concerns about where a new escalation might all lead an emergency meeting of nato ended with it calling for syria and russia to halt their offensive take he says $33.00 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday night to express solidarity with turkey but offered no additional support on the ground turkey has begun retaliatory strikes and says it struck more than $200.00 syrian government positions russia denies involvement in the soldiers' deaths and vladimir putin spoke with turkey's president had about a few hours ago and they've decided to stick to the 2018 deescalation plan but that so-called safety zone is where most violence is taking place shelling an asteroid's have displaced more than a 1000000 people since december. well as marber repor

arms embargo on libya is being floated so much that has been described by the u.n. as a joke a previous naval mission to stop people trafficking and to enforce arms controls collapse last year after disagreements with italy well in a moment we'll have the latest from libya but 1st a live to dominic casey in in berlin dominic the german foreign minister heikal marks says this agreements has been reached what else would he have to say. to the masses saying that this is a big step forward for the burnin process the goal being to prevent further arms supplies reaching the civil war parties in libya that reference of the berlin process is harking back to the conference that was held in the german capital bringing together many of the key players if not all of the key players in the libyan scenario plus international represent representatives from the international community to try and thrash out a way forward in libya now the point here is there have been stumbling blocks and sticking points but one of the key things for mr mass for germany has been the need for greater

conference in munich to revive a truce in libya as a cease fire in 1000. plus deadly storm dennis passes britain to extreme weather claims at least 3 lives and leaves thousands of tons on the port authority is a warning more life threatening flooding and days of destruction apply. a math anyhow thanks be from pany u.s. passengers stuck on a cruise ship in japan being evacuated after an anxious 14 day quarantine period on sunday authorities reported another 70 infections of the corona virus on board the diamond princess bringing the total to weibo $350.00 of the $400.00 americans boarded buses to take them to charter flights leaving for the u.s. many believe to go home after what was supposed to be a trip of a lifetime but it's. likely they'll have to spend another 2 weeks in quarantine after arriving in the u.s. . in north korea meanwhile there are no official reports of cases with verifiable information from the isolated country very difficult to obtain young recently announced a raft of new measures designed to stop the virus known as coded 19. north kor

conference in munich to revive a truce in libya and its cease fire in name only. plus vaguely still didn't as bad as britain extreme where the claims at least 3 lives and leaves thousands of homes on the border already sold wanting more life threatening flooding and days of disruption via. a math and how to welcome to the program hundreds of americans have been flown back to the u.s. after spending over a week in quarantine aboard a cruise ship in japan it comes off the japanese health officials announced 70 new corona virus infections on sunday bringing the number of cases aboard the diamond princess to 355 of the 3000 people remain on board officials say passengers who test negative for to the virus and showed no symptoms will be allowed to leave on wednesday. the diamond princess fenced off at the dock site in yokohama but for some at least a way out after more than a week of uncertainty. buses pull up next to the ship ready to pick up some 300 americans who have chosen to squat quarantine here for quarantine back home. carry this is there are about to step int

is criticizing efforts to stop weapons from reaching libya and what e.u. foreign ministers are planning to do about it and the bonus league of bahrain go back to the top of the table after a crushing cologne they're back in the groove and well that's not good news for the rest of the german top flight. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining me to china is reporting an increase in the number of new cases of the coronavirus reversing the trend of the last 2 days i would government also said the number of dead now stands at 1800 and that more than 70000 people are infected with the virus across the country. trying to keep the boredom at bay and who has the chinese. city hit hardest by the corona virus outbreak medical stuff at this hospital have been trying to motivate the patients of today stuck in hospital many welcomes the relief. from normal would call a sions in this makeshift hospital are all of mild symptoms and they can manage their daily lives still it is hard for them to be stuck in here we want to make something to keep them busy as a part of our wor

supported government in libya has suspended its participation in talks in geneva aimed at salvaging a fragile cease fire the announcement came after forces a rebel commander hell if i have to are stepped up attacks on the libyan capital tripoli hitting its strategic port rebel groups now controlled most of the country . well off the coast of libya and geo ship the ocean viking as rescued nearly 200 people there among thousands of migrants still trying to reach europe by making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean in overcrowded small boats did his main drag storage was on the vessel when it spotted the migrants and he sent us this report. from the deck of the rescue ship ocean viking nicholas romaniuk is scanning the sea for a boat with migrants on board. the ocean viking is about 130 kilometers off the libyan coast that means it's in international waters. we have a look for a possible water boat with knives there are acts of war. already if you have a visual border control pilots are in radio contact all right. all the border patrol is searching the area with small aircraft

this is due to every news line from berlin a new vent to stop the brutal civil war in libya the conflict is still awash with weapons all now the european union has agreed to wear new a naval mission enforcing the u.n. arms embargo but will it be enough also coming up on the rise again china reports that the number of people infected with the coronavirus has gone up after 2 days of an apparent trough in cases almost 90 percent of the new infections are in the city of war hot plus the people line up for grid in sujata shortages of fuel and foreign currency are also hampering the country's economic revival we hear from the man even to usher in democracy after decades of dictatorship. and in the fullness like a buyer to return to the top of the table after crushing cologne they're back in the groove and that's not good news for the rest of the german top flight. thank you so much for joining us the european union has agreed on a new naval mission to monitor at the un embargo on arms deliveries to libya in a foreign ministers meeting in brussels today were split over whether to resume the mis

who chairs the african union high level committee on libya said the idea is being discussed. we are waiting for the deliberation by the a huge peace and security members but personally i believe whatever africa speaks in one voice it always wins battles and i think yes the time has come this libyan crisis this crisis in the sahara which poses a real menace to all africa gets the interest of all countries of the continent and we think that we will have a response toward the united nations secretary general antonio terrorists who is here to attend the summit said you representatives will be integrated within the you and mission in the libyan capital as the beginning of a stronger old for african nations in the global effort to stabilize the war torn country but he made it clear that such efforts may never work if foreign interference in libya continues. it's evident that the crisis is being seriously aggravated by the presence of forces and equipment from many other countries in clear violation of the mandate of the security council but then we have to reestablish the sovereign

this is intended to be a follow up to the summit on libya that was held in berlin in january and that resulted in an agreement amongst various interested parties to this conflict of whom there are a great number because in addition to the warring parties a number of european countries. russia turkey all have have various interests in this to in this conflict so that agreement at the berlin summit basically sought to prevent the warring parties from getting access to support and weapons because all of these different players have been feeding them both however there was no binding there were no binding measures agreed upon in berlin and now the question is how can this agreement really be given given teeth so to speak so the idea is to discuss among other things whether a european naval mission in the mediterranean should be revived that was originally intended to prevent human smuggling in the mediterranean but would now essentially be looking for weapons shipments to libya and stopping them this is a very controversial matter it will surely take a lot of discussion but the munich sec

now well libya is a context in which i.c.r.c. has been increasingly involved over the last couple of years because after the terrier rating situation and the expanding warfare in particular since april last year when the attack on tripoli was launched and the bigger frontline evolved in densely populated area around tripoli we have seen 152200000 people displaced we see multiple frontline still in the country active in which the i.c.r.c. entertains for offices in all parts of the country in tripoli misrata and it's up high in the south so a big operation which is not typical of. many other i.c.r.c. operations because as everybody knows libya is a country which has been well off for decades and oil rich and resource rich and therefore not their primary clientele for humanitarian operation but it has degraded in tall a conflict to reality which now becomes a humanitarian crisis now throughout this conference you're going to be having talks with representatives from libyan authorities what are you going to be discussing and what do