libya and the regional issues. during these thoughts where it traded that all areas and foreign fighters should not be pulled out of libya this is a precondition to continuing with the negotiations and preparing for the election and december next. similarly. we were keen on emphasizing the fact that a ceasefire lasting cease fire must be observed. the this are meant process must be closely monitored. to begin with would like to extend all thanks and appreciation to the libyan authorities for the warm reception and general generous hospitality i would like to thank my fellow ministers namely the. lady foreign minister of. has been diligently working for this visit we are here today to send out signals that the european union is in total support of libya's. and stability in its peaceful transition towards peace and democracy we are here today. or it's a rate that we are in total support of the peaceful transition as we are fully prepared to cooperate with the national accord government at all these fronts these effor

the divisions began a a rival to rival governments began one in eastern libya one in western libya in 2015 the u.n. facilitated the libyan political agreement that brought the rival sides together they came up with the government of national accord which is the internationally recognized government here in tripoli. but that was after refused to recognize that government as well as the speaker of the brick base parliament so they've been quite divided and you know there's been a lot of division also among the international community which sort of you know put fanned the fire of divisions but now we're seeing that the international community are more willing or want to see a unified libya and m.p.'s after years of visions were actually finally able to meet have a session and give this new national unity government vote of confidence just recently we've seen that both rival governments have stated that they are willing to hand over power so quite a historic day in terms of libya and perhaps the beginning of a serious reconciliation process thank you for that money and life are as they ar

libya's been divided between 2 rival administrations until a recent u.n. banks deal thursday has been declared a national day of mourning in senegal for those killed in anti-government protests then rest was sparked when police detained opposition politician was called last week he's told al-jazeera he's committed no crime there because hoc sat down with him in the capital dhaka. for some months on go is one of senegal's rising opposition leaders for others including the state prosecutor he's a rapist responsible for public disorder after protesters upped it following his arrest last week but sancho who is out on bail says the allegations against him are politically motivated. i have committed no crime we can't trust the justice system in the way the case is being carried out against me the trouble nortons by altering the law in the process or to sentence political opening the prosecutor is not working for the state but. the government deployed extra security forces including the military to end days of nationwide demonstrations rights groups say hundreds

state institutions including the military now the military and libya's divided those in eastern libya controlled by belief or have to and in western libya previously by the g.n.a.s. so the hope is now to this military track that the u.n. is facilitating meetings have been ongoing to sort of unify libya's military ranks but there's also other issues for instance according to the u.n. support mission there's over 20000 foreign fighters in libya so being able to come together 1st unifying libya's military and then and then forcing the foreign fighters out of the business one of the tasks that the governor of national unity will be. will have to focus on also bringing about elections now throughout this throughout last year we saw lections city of new supposedly elections take place in western libya and a few cities in the south but that hasn't happened in eastern libya and areas that are controlled by by have to whether or not elections can take place in december the government's main objective is to leave the country until elections so whether or not that will be able to take place some

libya the government and its people. but then you'd have to work through a backlog that goes back to play 2011 of contracts that would suspend it start would never completed and you'd have to start thinking about priorities for the coming period so how do you at on the one hand keep and minimize foreign interference while on the other hand establish priorities and decide how you want to fund those play oddities it is a task of monumental importance difficulty and certainly one for a country that's just emerging from a civil war and where a national unity government has only been in place now for a few weeks i would say libya is in a better position today than it was just a few months ago but things remain fragile and how far you can achieve all the objectives that the public has that libyans have of the of the country remains to be seen and will be one that will be would have to pay attention to over the next few years what's the best way then the navigating these these kind of clashing in some cases clashing internation

after government forces we took western libya reports of mass graves rumors in the city of 2 who know where have to this military command center was base according to officials at least 139 bodies have been recovered so for the families of those killed want justice and those responsible to be held accountable before any reconciliation process can begin but for m.p.'s and certain ones a vote is a new beginning the parliament convened for this is story for the sake of reuniting libya and giving confidence to the government that we see a glimmer of hype and an end to the institutional division. this is an important lesson that the libyans have been waiting for in order to unify the country after there are no longer 2 governments in libya international support for libya's new unified government has been pouring in but the road ahead is filled with many challenges according to the u.n. support mission here there are more than 20000 foreign fighters in libya forcing them out will not be an easy task but without doing that holding a fair and democratic nationwide election in december could p

libya's a very key security and geo political issue a stable libya means they have a chance to curb migration and to stabilize the entire region also means a steady flow of oil libya has africa's largest cruise. reserves and so it's a potentially very rich country it's also very underdeveloped that's been made worse by the years of conflict in the years of violence so lots of potential for foreign investment and for contract for construction contracts to rebuild the country and you know many countries have their eyes on it egypt for instance is looking for those contracts tricky as well and the new presidential the head of the presidential council today is in egypt meeting with president sisi he's expected to fly out to istanbul later on tonight to meet with president. many thanks for that malik trying to live in tripoli. plenty more ahead on the news hour including doing everything they can to survive we report on the plight of abandoned children encountering. another pandemic monster in from brazil it's death toll crosses 300000 at hospitals a breaking point. and in sport the olympic torch

the divisions began a a rival to rival governments began one in eastern libya one in western libya in 2015 the u.n. facilitated the libyan political agreement that brought the rival sides together they came up with the government of national accord which is the internationally recognized government here in tripoli. but that was how after refused to recognize that government as well as i give us a lot of the speaker of the brick base parliament so they've been quite divided and you know there's been a lot of division also among the international community which sort of put fanned the fire of divisions but now we're seeing that the international community are more willing or want to see a unified libya and and m.p.'s after years of visions were actually finally able to meet have a session and give this new national unity government a vote of confidence. still ahead on al-jazeera the 6 week conflict in the garden that killed thousands we hear from the survivors shell shocked from injuries and accompanied an under-aged to challenge vast numbers of migrant children face trying to enter the

in libya as part of its to prove the new interim unity government is part of a u.n. backed deal it will be in place until hellacious can be held later this year to be has been divided between 2 rival the ministrations until a recent peace deal. so a senate inquiry is underway into the killing of dozens of judges and lawyers in the philippines during president rhodri could deter his war on drugs at least 54 have died since he took office 5 years ago mr riscoe lawyers representing people accused of terrorism or drug related crimes would speak to correspondents at the senate in manila where the inquiry is taking place one of the hoops to achieve for this inquiry. well is senators who are part of the justice committee are actually trying to find a way how the government can bet their protect those who work in the legal profession for fashion a majority of those have been killed or actually working in many provinces who represent activists journalists and indigenous peoples i mean nic the numbers speak for itself out of the 54th killed only 5 cases were actually filed in

the foreign ministers of italy germany and france are in libya's capital tripoli for talks a national unity government was sworn in earlier this month it's meant to unify the war torn country and steer it towards elections later this year al-jazeera traina is live for us now in tripoli what are we expecting to come out of this meeting today mullet. well i think 1st 1st and foremost it's a great sign of support libya's new unity government they'll be discussing several issues including migration flows also be discussed in the road map to elections elections are set to take place according to the agreement by the libyan political dialogue forum in december later this year also be discussing the mechanisms to removing the over $20000.00 foreign fighters in libya that's according to the u.n. support mission but it appears that there is an international consensus for this government to succeed and for elections to take place in december. many libyans are hopeful that's the case but we have to remember we've been here before you know in 2015 u.n. facilitated agreement and morocco gave power

and a subcommittee is who we turn to to talk libya is the founder and director of the sadeq institute the 1st public policy think tank in libya he's in a sample today nice to see you and as we hear and have heard the name. after the war very many times but not so much the people under him can you tell us any more about mohamed el what a folly and how important he was in the scheme of things what about the boy simply he was a relentless and merciless killer i mean you know that the testimony of not only those that have been documented by the i.c.c. but the hundreds of families as documented by human rights watch and understand international and the many thousands more that have lived in but i was in fear of my mother a fairly i mean over the last several weeks we've seen this the abuse of this man who stands behind the word count or the term counter-terrorism in just abusing that word gutting of any meaning you know kidnapping civilians we've just seen over the last several days the number of civilians that have been found but i was 11 or 14 depending on whose numbers you take but at l

quentin sommerville, bbc news, tarhuna, libya. china has warned other countries not to criticise its radical overhaul of hong kong's political system, which tightens beijing's control over the terrritory. a foreign ministry spokeswoman said any attempt to pressure china over hong kong would fail. new measures will halve the number of directly elected seats while only candidates considered patriotic will be allowed to run. i spoke to ramon yuen, one of the district councillors for the hong kong democratic party. he described the move as a "trampling of democracy". i asked him if this was the end of the road for me democratic hopes there. we will fight for democracy, for the law of human right, no matter if we have an election or not. but you can see such decision by beijing is ridiculous and trampling democracy, because under the new scheme, nearly half of the legislative council a0 will be appointed by beijing or those who are in power. actually, such decision violates commitments that are written in the basic law that the ultimat

libya's parliament to prove that a new interim unity government is part of a u.n. back to the place until elections could be held later this year maybe has been divided between 2 rival administrations tilt the recent past. the united states is imposing sanctions on 2 children of mammals a military deed and on the line over violence against protesters washington this president all their assets and his blackness to 6 companies that they control sanctions have already been imposed on iran and other top military figures of the us condemned what it described as here if attacks against unarmed protesters at least $65.00 people have been killed in protests since the military seize power last month. well i understand national says an analysis of more than 50 video shows may miles military is engaging in premeditated killings and deploying battlefield weaponry a warning some viewers may find lower but manny's report to stop. the. neon most military is using increasingly beaten tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield its targets protesters and bystanders across

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the military now the military and libya's divided those in eastern libya controlled by. and in western libya previously by the g.n.a.s. so the hope is now to this military track that the u.n. is facilitating meetings have been ongoing to sort of unify libya's military ranks but there's also other issues for instance according to the u.n. support mission there's over $20000.00 foreign fighters in libya so being able to come together 1st unifying libya's military and then and then foreseen the foreign fighters out of is just one of the tasks that the governor of national unity will be. will have to focus on also bringing about elections now throughout this throughout last year we saw lections city of new supposedly elections take place in western libya and a few cities in the south but that hasn't happened in eastern libya and areas that are controlled by by have to so whether or not elections can take place in december the government's main objective is to leave the country until elections so whether or not that will be able to take place some some people are concerned th

and forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up libya's new government to set to officially take over at the latest step in bringing peace to the country . experts from the world health organization are to meet to discuss the astra zeneca vaccine as more european countries suspend their rollouts. we're going to pay the bill so we should be the ones making the decision making noises on coronavirus and climate change we meet the young with a passion for politics. the u.s. secretaries of state and defense a big on the 1st overseas trip with a diplomatic visit to allies in asia and in the blink of a lloyd austin start at the top in japan speaking right now at the end of some of the meetings with the japanese counterparts for a few minutes let's just listen in response capability of our annoyance that is my view on the transformation of the u.s. forces the foreign ministers welcomed the progress and reconfirmed that the current agreement will be implemented by the construction of the game every place make a facility. we again time frame to it that relocation to him is the only so

made the announcement after a meeting with the chairman of libya's presidential council he's part of an interim government agreed by rival factions it's a sign of a charming stability for the country after years of conflict with russia butler has more from paris. president and vice president of the presidential council. the french president. said that they had a very frank and fruitful talks with the french president. has said that falls will. give its full support to libya's new interim government and he also made that announcement that the french embassy in tripoli will be reopened on monday it has been close to 2013 now that was something that the president all the presidential council mohamed. welcomed as a very positive sign he said that he was a great by the fact that. so much support for the new interim government and for its mandate which is to try and guide libya to elections at the end of the year the french president said that the priority really for libya is to try and maintain a cease fire he also called on whole international powers including russia and turkey to leave

quentin sommerville, bbc news, tarhuna, libya. germany has announced it is restricting the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine to people over the age of 60. the decision comes after more than 30 people developed a rare blood clot in the brain after receiving the jab. around 2.7 million people have had the astrazeneca vaccine in germany. jenny hill has the latest details from berlin. germany concerns focus around what i now 31 cases. these are cases that 4—16 days after they received an astrazeneca jab developed a very rare form a blood clot on the brain. there have been five such cases in uk. here in germany nine people have died. and the vast majority of those affected were either or middle—aged women. now, we don't know whether that's significant. it mayjust be that younger women are disproportionately recognised in the —— represented. angela merkel announced the decision tonight. she said this is all about trust. she didn't want, she said, to sweep these very rare, very serious cases under the carpet. nevertheless, this does p

is a positive factor not only to libya but all neighboring countries libya's territorial integrity and sovereignty as a principle beyond any negotiation and will be achieved by the national unity government we also reiterate that all foreign fighters and mercenaries be driven out of our home soil based on these principles we discuss the following issues 1st to immediately resume the tasks of diplomatic missions embassies and consulates and sickened to reboost confidence in all state institutions and private sectors in order to restart the economy and bring it back on its feet. china is live for us in tripoli malik it's worth pointing out that some of these countries were in opposite sides during the libyan conflict now they are here together what is the significance of that. well that's right italy and france have been known to have quite quite some tension in their stance as in libya but i think this shows is a big sign of support for libya's new unity government it's a sign of unity among the e.u. and i think in general that there's a consensus consensus among the international commu

libya's new government is set to officially take over in the latest set to bring peace after 10 years of conflict. and the european medicines agency said to discuss the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine as more countries course the rollout. of the u.s. secretaries of state and defense of use the 1st overseas trip to reify washington's commitment so it's east asian allies and today blinken the lloyd austin have been holding meetings in japan they say that washington is prepared to push back against beijing's growing influence in the region rob the bride reports now from seoul. this high level visit is confirmation of east asia its importance in the world view of the new u.s. administration of president joe biden and the mission took particular an aim at the human rights record of me and in china in burma the military is attempting to overturn the results of a democratic election and is brutally repressing peaceful protesters and trying to use coercion and aggression to systematically erode autonomy in hong kong undercut democracy in taiwan abuse human rights in changing and tibet japa

10 years of civil war more than half a 1000000 people dead and millions forced to flee their homes libya swears in a new cabinets the latest phase of a landmark agreement to restore peace. and indonesia becomes the latest country to stop using the astra zeneca vaccine because of concerns over side effects. let's begin though with a developing story out of nigeria where there's been another kidnapping gunmen have taken children and teachers from a primary school in the barren inquiry counsel area in northwestern could do in a state says in nigeria's capital a bugger and it seems almost unbelievable really but we're now talking about yet another school kidnapping in nigeria will watch in awe at the stage. well basically gunmen were briefed on motorcycles by the. wait residents are talking about the gunman at least 12 motorcycles went to the school and kidnapped 2 at least 2 members of teaching staff and students who arrived early at the school and then they head off into the bush with them before that they also rustle cows and attacked some villages what we know right now is that one indiv

libya's ceasefire is revealing the horror of its civil war. some of the bodies were dumped here only last year. many bound, blind-folded and tortured. in these graves, they've found men, women and children. 140 bodies and counting, a tally of the world's brutality carved in the desert sand. this is a town of ghosts where the dead are buried twice. today it's ismael's turn. this number might match his body to his family's d.n.a. it's one of 13 burials today. abdul mahmoud has lost everything. ismael was his brother, the fourth member of his family he's brought to this cemetery. >> they took my family from their homes. they were just civilian. in october 2020, militia came in stars that belonged to the state. they took them away from their homes and killed them. >> and others are still searching for relatives who fell foul of the local militia. translator: if you have money, you die. you got in discussion with me, you die. you don't support me, you die. you die for nothing. >> this is what happens when a state collapses, when militia men, warlor

libya's new government asserts are officially take over the latest step to bring peace after 10 years of conflict. and the european medicines agency is set to discuss the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine as more countries because there were lights. and therefore english premier league football club was this a goalkeeper only a part of a series ok after being replaced under a new concussion substitution rules their game against liverpool. the u.s. secretaries of states and defensive use their 1st overseas trip to reaffirm washington's commitments to his east asian allies and city burn can and lloyd austin have been holding meetings in japan they say washington is prepared to push back against beijing's growing influence in the region mcbride has more from seoul. this high level visit is confirmation of the stages importance in the world view of the new u.s. administration president joe biden and the mission took particular an aim at the human rights record of me and in china in burma the military is attempting to overturn the results of a democratic election and is brutally repressin

quentin sommerville, bbc news, tarhuna, libya. the german chancellor angela merkel has agreed to suspend the use of the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine for those under the age of sixty. the decision comes after more than thirty people developed a rare blood clot in the brain after receiving the jab. around 2.7 million people have had the astrazeneca vaccine in germany. the move, agreed with the 16 federal states, follows the recommendation of the independent vaccine committee. translation: the recommendation of the vaccine commission _ is based on the fact that in recent weeks specialists have noted very rare but very serious cases of thrombosis in people vaccinated with astrazeneca. these are findings that neither the vaccine commission nor we can ignore. that is why the federal government and the regional states have decided to follow the recommendation of the commission. canada has also decided to pause use of the astrazeneca vaccine in people under the age of 55, i spoke just now to drjoss reimer who's the medical lead on mani

his meeting with officials from beijing next week and the new interim unity government is approved in libya its 1st major challenge will be to hold elections later this year i'm german ash with sports the international olympic committee says it is prepared to wait before deciding whether to run out overseas fans at the take your games and after more than a year out injured roger federer makes a winning return to reach the course of finals that qatar open tennis tournament. target and $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief bill has passed in the u.s. house of representatives is one of the largest economic rescue packages in u.s. history and the 1st major legislative victory for the biden administration the president will sign the bill into law on friday it includes $1400.00 checks to individuals earning less than $80000.00 a year or couples i think less than 160000 the bill also has the biggest increase to federal health aid since the obama era of food. able care act around $34000000000.00 in subsidies will go to expanding that coverage around $55000000000.00 will be allocated to increasing cov

here in western libya they see him as a war criminal so. they won't accept him or at least the people with weapons won't accept them here but in eastern libya he has support so there's a lot of questions that still need to be answered but there is hope and for the most part most libyans or almost all libyans can agree that they want to see elections whether or not that can take place needs to be nice to be seen but the hope is that come december a nationwide election can happen for the update thanks so much money trying to force that in this process. so the girls opposition politician who has accused the president of being responsible for last week's violence sancho serous for taking part in an authorized rally triggered days of demonstrations 2 people were killed in confrontations between protesters and police who is also facing rape charges heated noisy accusation which he says is part of a plot to bar him from standing in the actions in 2024 nicholas time because more from dhaka he wants to capitalize on the unprecedented movement that w

the president and vice president of libya's presidential council. the french president about all macro i think lease a palace and they said that they had a very frank and fruitful talks with the french president now. has said that for all this will give its full support to libya's new interim government and he also made that announcement that the french embassy in tripoli will be reopened on monday it has been close to 2013 now that was something that the president of libya's presidential council mohamed hellman fee welcomed as a very positive sign he said that he was a great by the fact that michael had shown so much support for the new interim government and for its mandate which is to try and guide libya to elections at the end of the well the french president said that the priority really for libya is to try and maintain a cease fire he also called on all international powers including russia and turkey to leave the country he said it was absolutely fundamental that libya is returned to the libyan people that there is stability and security in a

quentin sommerville, bbc news, tarhuna, libya. northern ireland's first minister has called for the police chief to resign following a decision by the public prosecution service not to prosecute those who attended the funeral of former ira leader bobby storey lastjune. it has been one of the most controversial events of the coronavirus pandemic in northern ireland. the senior republican's funeral saw crowds of more than 2,000 people in the streets at a time when strict rules limited public gatherings. labour is demanding what it's calling a "full, transparent and thorough investigation" into the former prime minister david cameron's dealings with the businessman lex greensill, and his financial services company, greensill capital, which collapsed earlier this month. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng defended mr cameron today, saying he did not think he had done "anything wrong." all three heads of the armed forces in brazil have resigned together in protest at what they see as an attempt by president bolsonaro to exert undue c

because their feet had taken towering libya $42.00. overthrowing the country's king and branding himself a revolutionary leader. the reason to trauma speaking of our beauty and the stomach socialism that is rude prove authoritarian and corrupt with graphic displays of violence and bloodshed often broadcast in the same state china and it has made the speech. central to good duffy's room with his cult of self defined by his eccentric plan of showmanship the thinkers and the speech was a textbook example it was a moment that put together rhetoric and spectacle starting with the setting a military compound in the plants of tripoli. i think the. allies izzie as has sanctuary it says has like a safe haven and a symbol of resist. the place is so eerie because parts of it have been subject to an air strike by the us and 1986 and get duffy kept it the way it is as a symbol of how he resisted him very alyson when called in is him so for him it was a very important setting because that place is filled with simple the statue of the fist crushing a

we went into libya to be stabilized libya and syriathe same things and yemen as well. there should be an adulation of knowledge andlearning for our interventions make things worse , not better . >> thank you senator, i certainly agree that non-military tools in the toolbox are carried with them far fewer risks. i opposed the war in iraq and i agree with you onyemen . on trying to describe is that when these situations arise, it is a question almost of lesser evils that the choices are very challenging. >> thank you, senator kane. >> thank you mister chair and congratulations ambassador for yournomination .. human rights advocate and played a number of goals with the obama administrationincluding un ambassador now you are set to take the helm of a critical engine . humanitarian assistance around the globe so i want to ask you questions that combine all the rules about what you might do at usaid but alsohow you see the challenges that affect the committee . you began your paragraphs with four gargantuan challenges one was democracy i want to talk to you about that. we're

libya's new governments are set to officially take over in the latest step to bring peace after 10 years of conflict. protesters in yemen support city of aids and storm government offices angry about the worsening economic situation and. i know there are concerns with china's destabilizing action here secretaries of state and defense are in japan to strengthen relations with china top of the agenda. and this poor english premier league football club awards a say goalkeeper with back to show is ok inconscious after being replaced on the new concussion substitution was during their game against liverpool. well during the past several days a number of european countries hold that their use of the astra zeneca vaccine they're citing concerns about a few cases of blood clots developing in people who received it well in the past couple of hours the european medicines agency has been meeting to analyze the safety of the covert 1000 vaccine and we are expecting to hear from them shortly safety experts from the world health organization are also missing on cheese day to look at the astra zeneca w

libya's parliament has approved a new interim unity government as part of a un backed deal it will be in place until elections can be held later this year libya had been divided between 2 rival ministrations until a recent peace deals. the secular state says washington plans to take further action against those responsible for human rights violations in hong kong the warning from anthony blinken comes ahead of a planned meeting next week with top chinese officials he says he'll be laying out his concerns on a range of issues including the enforcement of a controversial security law in hong kong and china the treatment of ethnic minorities. the united states is imposing sanctions on to children of myanmar military dba and all. over violence against protesters washington has frozen all the assets and blacklisted 6 companies they control of the u.n. says $67.00 people have been killed since the coup last month the security council has agreed to a statement condemning the military's use of force. ivory coast prime minister i meant it becky arca has died at the age of 56 the government say

in the coming hours libya's newly sworn in unity government is expected to begin its work the u.n. backed efforts is meant to help bring stability ahead of elections in december but us with an estimated $20000.00 foreign faces still in the country security will be a challenge for the government trying to reports now from tripoli. after years of divisions libya's new unity government is formed in the eastern city of 2 brooke. 35 ministers including the country's 1st female foreign minister were sworn into office. the ceremony was attended by members of parliament the new presidential council as well as several investors and broadcast on most t.v. channels here on what many are calling has. their main goal to leave the country until nationwide elections are held in december and. now is the time to live instead to give each other and forget the past. after years of divisions infighting and after many months of negotiations we're now able to announce a new government that unifies all libyans. the new prime minister abdul hamid to be has promised to improve government services and unify

libya swears in a new cabinets the latest phase of a landmark agreement to restore peace and egypt becomes the latest country to stop using the astra zeneca vaccine because of concerns or side effects such as to. and beyond say makes music history by winning the most grammy awards on records announced and how much now have all the sporting including questioner now those calls a hot chick to keep eventis a slim feria title hopes on life. but 1st let's begin with a developing story out of nigeria where there has been another kidnapping gunman have taken children and teachers from a primary school in the barren inquiry counsel area in northwestern could be in a state this is the 2nd kidnapping in katrina in a week. as it. is capital a bridge and joins us now. tell us about this school kidnapping. in fact if we are counting an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap most students over the weekend just 48 hours after the fust incident last week of this this the 3rd kid not being in kabul in a state this week alone in the last one we can loan so it's 20 we're getting that approach we're getting i spoke t

nicholas hock, al jazeera. >> and interim unity government has been sworn in in libya. it was approved last week and a u.s.-backed effort to bring stability before elections in december. we report from tripoli. >> after years of divisions, libya's new unity government was formed in the eastern city. 35 ministers including the country's first female foreign minister, or sworn into office. the ceremony was attended by members of parliament. the new presidential counsel, as well as several ambassadors, and broadcast to most tv channels and what many are calling a historic day. their, main goal to lead the country until nationwide elections are held in december. >> now is the time libyans to forgive each other and forget the past. after years of divisions and fighting and many months of negotiations, we are now able to announce a new government that unifies all libyans. >> the new prime minister has promised to improve government services and unified state institutions, but that will not be easy. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the challenge facing this government will be

well that's right well i think 1st and foremost shows a signal of support to libya's new interim unity government you know libya has been plagued with political divisions really that was fueled by foreign actors and now we heard from libya's 1st female foreign minister in her 1st televised statement to say that libyans demand foreign fighters to leave the country according to the u.n. support mission there's over 20000 foreign fighters and mercenaries in the country at the moment with an estimated believed to be an estimated $2.00 to $3000.00 russian mercenaries belonging to the wagner group thousands of genji weed and sudanese fighters as well as syrians on both sides of the conflict so really these foreign fighters and mercenaries are seen as a obstacle for this new interim government they're tasked with holding a fair and nationwide elections in december so forcing these foreign mercenaries out of the country is critical for that to take place but we also heard her say that she she hopes that these foreign foreign boys will begin opening up their diplomatic offices here in tripoli t

and our neighboring forget this is our 0 ally from joe also coming up libya's new unity government is about to take power it's part of a u.n. backed efforts to bring peace. experts from the world health organization now to meets to discuss the astra zeneca vaccine as latvia joins the list of european countries suspending their rollout plus a mythos of partner. dutch confirmed on wednesday and we meet the policy calling for them to racism in the netherlands. the u.s. secretaries of state and defense of used the 1st overseas trip to take a hard stand against china and stapling cannot lloyd austin have been holding meetings in japan they say that washington is prepared to push back against beijing's growing influence in the region the u.s. defense secretary added that announcing regional lives says is essential to confront what he called china's coercive and aggressive behavior i know japan shares our concerns with china's destabilizing actions. and as i have said before china is a pacing challenge for the department of defense and we know that competing in today's shifting global dynami