A set of base in tripoli its supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east there is the to brooke based government the center of power for warlords. Hes backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the United Arab Emirates frances also accused of providing military support to his forces William Lawrence is a professor at George Washington universitys Elliott School of International Affairs he says governments are ignoring a u. N. Arms embargo on weapons. There are american weapons on both sides chinese drones on both sides russian weapons on both sides and a number of the both the p 5 at the Security Council and number of the other nations that you mentioned and some others are doing things that violate the un embargo and impact whats going on on the ground and so again this u. N. Resolution doesnt solve anything but it may put the brakes on the most egregious actions so take for example france france was supporting have to or so with some robustness until early april but theyve stepped back their support significantly maybe down to almost 0 except for certain Counterterrorism Operations a lot going on on the ground right now and its clear that nations are looking to be opportunistic but not be to agree just in their violations of these International Agreements but right now have to or isnt singing the right notes and isnt conducting himself in a way that indicates that hes ready to make peace sometimes you need more pressure or more negative stories to come to light before enough pressure can be put on him and to that end i should say that have to are now has the large lawsuit against him in the United States other lawsuits in europe investigations being called for at the u. N. Level the u. S. Level in the european level and there will need to be increasing pressure on both sides to behave better and in particular on have to are to be serious about going back to the negotiating table in algeria the anniversary of independence from french rule 57 years ago was accompanied by yet more protests demanding freedom and democracy demonstrators on the streets for the 20th successive friday an end to what they call the ruling elite prodemocracy protests began in february which led to the resignation of longtime president. 2 months later lets bring in a man who back her shes a specialist. On algeria she is joining us from algiers via skype thanks for speaking to us on aljazeera sounds were saying the protests on friday of course coincided with algeria as Independence Day so hugely symbolic but it comes at a difficult time for the country how do you read the current situation. Well this could mean if you actually have to understand is that your army is not a willing to negotiate what the army is willing to act. People and you ask that the president s having chamonix actions then and having a new president not just still behind their back doors and thats something that the people are not ready to accept that they have madly all the people in just yesterday and since theres plenty to react with that they want clear and Transparent Elections so all the issues that have been kicking in are that you are going to have new elections we believe is current you know actually the army has been rejected by the ok well what needs to happen for a meaningful debate to take place between that and the army and the people in algeria. But you can see in our church that you have left the main most mens you have or merest members of governments are members of that we need to rehab trying to size your fortune to come about as they have been so that line. That knows you come back on track tonights president ial elections thats the thats most useful that sems to our staying we dont negotiate with the army of the army it doesnt care an old expense along so that you get this quite. Right if you plan this then you have a 2nd look moms made of members of. Defense unions aleutians parties that are trying to say we are ready to start negotiations with the army thats 1st and politicos will has all arent you sick if the range. Unsearched like as if we just leave them alone demonstrate you have what you call streets and so on and then you have to speak because you arent just new to us then you think the best way to any kind of violence will be well used to listen of being the government of being the army and what it calls. The thats the most current status of members of the army. Well let me ask you this speaking of negotiations on saturday we know that Political PartiesCivil Society representatives the National Personalities as well theyre all due to hold a meeting its being called the National Forum for the dialogue what are you hearing about that meeting and its objectives and whether anything will be achieved in the way forward. Yeah thats made of a movement that was munching in the year he told who has been close to the regime of heart hostility him previously and part of the army and members of independence has to say well what if sign in that there. Is that even within the standards of the society that they want you dont do it on their own so theyre trying to find ways to negotiate with this 1st. Conference all those hospitals that have been made that promise members of the army and the government so we may speak kind of. Come and proposal in the next few days but again these proposed actions i was made to not sell are not directives that at least 2 wells yeah i mean they wont be inefficient because this is really demand Decision Making actors now in algeria those things that have mountains enable low. The army well its a well sure yeah find a way out so what would be acceptable then for the demonstrators and protesters. Well if you look can you mention that specs not just demonstrations yesterday and believe that all of that was this is where hilling now that hes left it were not talking about we have any moral sounds any kind of on the rack no event in the chief or the government where we really want Union Getting rather well i believe that the army at one point to another we have to state the hand and say ok this is what this is what is acceptable to us being. The major reach young people are asking a National Constitution sets not only chance and selection so i believe that thats nonsense not are not those young able to have on those on the system just on those issues and we should not also get that there is not a new fries the out a lot of those generals that are. Buying games. And the willingness to use stars and you can only go so you are right thank you very much for speaking to us from. Skins plenty more ahead on the aljazeera news hour including African Leaders gather a new chair with the goal of creating the Worlds Largest trading bloc. In spore a leader had the actual from a bittersweet day for the sun at the cricket world cup. But 1st opinion polls show greeces ruling party facing a major battle in the general election on sunday after 4 and a half years in power the anti austerity see writs a promise to soften the eurozone strict standards on spending but ended up adopting them instead johnson wrongfulness reports from athens. This charity shop in the center of athens has more and more pensioners as customers under the citys a government they have had their benefits cut twice despite it promising it wouldnt follow the austerity policies of previous administrations after 49 years of work and that is going to received a pension of 1600. 00 a month that is now down by a quarter but when youre familiar. I used to buy a newspaper i stopped that i used to go out for coffee with friends i stopped it i used to buy a packet of cigarettes a week i cut that now i just sit locked in my home pensioners one of the most hard hit constituencies of the greek crisis and they helped elect cities in january 2015 to endorse geraghty in july that year in a referendum 62 percent of greeks voted against further austerity instead cities are capitulated to greeces 3rd emergency loans and partial spending cuts we about turn was unpopular but it balanced the budget and kept greece in the euro zone there are many people who vote that series are in because syria see it as it had been promising there will. Be a mystic. Achievement of their voting them out because. They did the right thing they did what was practically big and practically feasible. Last year greeces eurozone partners who are its main creditors said it was no longer dependent on their emergency loans and was fit to return to the markets series a pronounces it a victory. Then we came to unite all greeks we combined our stream without this unity we would not have emerged from austerity austerity policies so unpopular opposition parties could not resist attacking them thats why a conservative government unseated a socialist one and was in turn seated by serious Political Parties failed to form a National Front to face a National Emergency for the past 4 and a half years it has seemed that caesar was immune to the political cost of will stare a tea because it was a new Political Force having never held power before it wasnt responsible for bankrupting the economy but now that greece has graduated from its state of emergency the greeks appear more willing to accept that they too were to blame for overspending their way into debt and ready to come to terms with the Global Economy again. Aljazeera athens lets get some perspective on the elections and bring in yanis could some tissues in European Affairs analyst joining us live from athens thanks for being with us on aljazeera so how big a battle is the ruling party facing in sundays election. Well its a very difficult task for the root who governing party to remain in power all polls show that the Opposition Party in new democracies leading by 8 to 12 points so everyone is almost convinced that there will be a victory by the Opposition Party the main question that comes for tomorrows election is with the be an absolute majority for the opposition and if the opposition will need to have a coalition with other parties in the parliament so which way will it swing then will there be an outright majority or how do you see it playing out well it largely depends on how many of these will reach the threshold of 3 percent to go into the parliament there is the former finance minister spot the he is the struggling to enter the parliament and also in the north or orthodox far right party that tries to enter the parliament so were not sure yet if there will be a constellation that will enable an absolute majority so its still some question marks regarding tomorrows elections and of course its been all about the economy in the recent elections in greece that has been the dominant issue is it more of the same in this election or are there other issues that matter this time around. Well the economy is already the main subject in this election because the series of promised in 2015 to fight to stay ready and to have the economy grow again but the higher burden of taxation that has come upon the middle class especially the middle class has turned people from this kind of this part of the society against syriza and the now in favor of voting for the Opposition Center right party so its the economy again but this time not about anger but the bob hope which of the 2 main parties is better suited to have the economy grow again and have a new jobs being created and and if there is a win as the polls you say seem to suggest for the center right new Democracy Party that is mitts attack its its party how big it shifts would that be for the country while we can that the major sifts the Foreign Policy will almost remain the same we expect some additional credibility regarding the position of greece within the European Union regarding corner me the new Democracy Party is promising wide range reforms to make a more market friendly environment to have investments come in and to have the economy grow again so there should be positive momentum in the markets the Stock Exchange has been rising recently the greek bonds have been very low yields seem very low yields so there we will see some positive mood in the next months the question mark is whether the government will be able to implement these reforms and whether there will be some rejection from the unions and also from the opposition for these reforms all right well see what happens we thank you very much for speaking to us from athens. Thank you for having me in a few moments well have the weather with every turn but still ahead on the news hour. Competing rallies as well as Independence Day opposition protesters are countered by a military show of force led by president. They may look content why lifes not so lost for more than just the buffalo in a World Heritage sites. And in sport with leo where in brussels the city hosts the opening stage of this years tour de france. Sponsored by. Hello there we still have plenty of heat across southern parts of europe or further north anything really freshening up and you can see this line of clouds just around the western side of russia down across ukraine and slogging its way further towards the west and that marks the boundary between the hot air down towards the south and all these areas of High Pressure further north where youve got the the cloud in place and you see the i said fairly tightly packed there as we got the freshening winter to continue to dig their way in over the next couple of days to 21 celsius 22 celsius there for warsaw and berlin on saturday afternoon further to further south there we go into the thirtys thats where the heat remains in place glorious sunshine continue but as we go on through the next 24 hours or so we start to see the clouds building the colder air undercutting very hot air causing some pretty big down pauls we are like to see some flash flooding in one or 2 spots large hail 70 some thundery downpours and thats the setup for sunday quite a nasty day setting in actually a brisk wind around the Baltic States 1819 degrees there for a time for warsaw 22 celsius there in london as we go on into the early part of next week well that wetter weather continues to drive its way further southward stewards than that. 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Request to arrange a special meeting next week on Irans Nuclear program to hong says it will gradually reduce its commitment to the pact on less europe does more to save it. On the un Security Council has condemned the attack on a Migrant Detention Center in libya its also calling on the warring sides to commit to a cease fire and deescalate fighting in the capital. They were a state of california has been hit by a magnitude 7 point one earthquake just a day after another record breaking tremor and. Hundreds of after shots fired crews are putting out gas fires and emergency workers are assessing the damage. The political power struggle in venezuela has been on show during Independence Day celebrations president Nicolas Maduro and Opposition Leader held rival rallies to denounce other terrorism reports. On the streets once again Opposition Leader why they will ask people to join him in a march towards the military counterintelligence directorate in that i guess a state security body accu stop torturing a navy captain said was plotting against nicole a mother with the opposition says he was tortured to death. By the same way a dictatorship is what we have its a dictatorship that we are fighting and when they ask how long why havent you been able to succeed its because its a dictatorship its not an excuse im not excusing myself its you my responsibility of the actions we have taken and of the actions we will take and what we try to accomplish accompanying our people. The United Nations human rights body this week released a report denouncing the serious abuses committed by muddled Us Government and lawful deaths in socalled anticrime operations persecution and torture of the opposition and the roshan of democracy in this Oil Rich Nation excess of a little force has repeatedly been used against protesters my office has also documented excessive use of force in the context of Security Operations by the special Action Forces with multiple killings mainly of young men many could constitute extra judicial killings and should be fully investigated with accountability of perpetrators and guarantees of non recurrence. At the traditional Independence Day celebrations. Presided over a parade of tanks and jets surrounded by those in the military still loyal to him. Nobody should ever be mistaken the empires of the world should know venezuela is and will irrevocably remain independent and sovereign now and always but should know this and those who dont should be aware the un report despite being described as one sided and biased may have struck a chord with some venezuelan officials since 22 prisoners were released on friday among them a judge and a journalist human Rights Groups say there are over 700 Political Prisoners in venezuela whose rights have been violated over and over again weve documented that abuses by innocent and Security Forces are systematic and are part of a systematic pattern of abuse this report does not clearly state so and what is necessary is to determine clearly the governments responsibility for the humanitarian crisis this is not the consequence of an actress disaster and the government has to be held accountable for venezuelans are struggling with a crisis that has forced the millions to leave the country u. S. Sanctions have added more pain leaving many of those who have stayed to believe that only a change at the very top will help them improve their lives. African leaders are meeting in asia where to move forward with a joint free trade pact aimed at creating the Worlds Largest trading bloc the african Continental Free Trade Area agreement aims to unite all 55 members of the African Union into a Single Market of 1200000000 people the agreements designed to boost trade between african countries by removing tariffs taxes and other barriers and allow african businesses to grow by giving them access to new markets in neighboring countries the pact was 1st proposed in 2002 and was given a boost this month when nigeria which is africas biggest economy committed to signing up at the summit in midair imo the driessen joining us from is u. S. Capital in the army so whats the feeling of success there 100. 00 nations optimistic of a breakthrough. Well basically everybody is optimistic about the breakthrough here to 2 countries have signed up to it the biggest countries in the continent biggest economy is has given assurance that its going to sign on so also its been what we like to hear from who we are yet to hear from is actually eritrea and a lot of people here from leaders to economists Business Concerns everybody is confident that the rest will join the bandwagon but what many africans economies do ordinary people on the street not clear about and theyre concerned about is this continent being turned into a what a major way how small producers from outside the continent they have their numbers yes may agree that its 1200000000 people on the continent but with weak economic base are very spotty at that eventually turning companies are sort of proxy out on the african continent and start manufacturing and aging the businesses in africa out of the way but somebody to give us more or shed more light on this and what insurances and confidence the Business Community has its nigerias one of the leading up because entrepreneurs. 1st nigeria 22. 00 nonprofits and also an economist so whats your worries about this africa trade agreement there are concerns from within and outside the continent that eventually africa would turn into a big dumping ground for western products or products from asia my warrior but this for africa the trade agreement is not one about the off on the fence or something done because in between percent on a time like to follow you through the economy we need to open our back and i mean that our country is in traffic that picked the last room i said im on for time that we need to consider we need to support our small i mean thats going to happen to support by big businesses so that we can track production but the continent can become the continent compete with europe and asia i speak of those defined as it to me is going to find a song that does a lot of things for what in entrepreneurship i thought about i suppose young couple months or been close to an angle for some people underestimates. The capacity of the Young Africans to fix things and hightails is a cause and try to advance every year between abilify nato troops because then you know you have the left on the list and by the time the show is to support your graphic i would support it thousands of times i do not work because they dont want my kids are what is out of all those and i see it wrong in general it is wrong in the world but that its being done to be shown desired to do things and if for instance with laundry i suppose it will go 5 years ago western so fight fight i mean saw a look back im looking for it but from what that some of these entrepreneurs up top from what i know thats what they should what we can do i can say is that what we had to be able to do these political psychological close to small fortune to force a bilingual to come into the africans in. For what else is it to support this father through collaborative effort was truly a legendary enterprise this is not a couple to evacuate companies are cutting back the Production Base on the continent its actually we care about it well when compared to asia and europe and how the congress stuff like this is not how do you how do you keep it so with that in that some things are more secure elainas on the he may show rather than a politician by the level to find out with a level that is not in it is to do well to dig into the good to do better with this knowledge or is it to come off of scare them that is a way to which cancel plans of fancy clothes and taekwondo we can all do our work into the interest that it is so for 15 percent for years with no you must improve your productive theres ample extra plastics to build to take advantage of the leverage and by the way. When we go are we preached we tell the Water Conservation africa is your group come this want to come i said top flight with an africa please there were going to do so want to create jobs unemployment by people who want to improve the Economic Growth but it will be with a crisis on the continent a war start of internal strife do you think theyre coming why do how was i developed an acolyte is is because of foresight in college of listlessly because why young was once what were they when they basically recounts is this is a problem because the truth is what you see the Glass Half Full or stacked you here or there was a sample being a been expected now thats a kind of have to look moscow have to study i think there is a lot more to talk about when it comes to investing in africa now back to daryn all right there is thank you very much for that. In hong kong it appears there is no end in sight to the political crisis thousands of mothers have rallied to show their support for the citys young protesters they accuse the police of using Excessive Force when a small group of them stormed the citys legislature on monday the governments refusal to shelve a controversial extradition bill has triggered weeks of mass protests most of them Peaceful Demonstrations are planned for sunday now vigils are being held to honor 3 prodemocracy protesters who have died one fell after hanging a banner and another in an apparent suicide macbride has more from the morrill service. Fellow students and staff gathered here at this University Campus in typos up at the border with Mainland China to remember the life of. A 1st year 21 year old student of Creative Arts who this time last week took her own life by jumping from the 24th floor of the building where she lived but before doing so scrolling on the wall that she was taking her own life because of the extradition bill issue saying that hers was a small sacrifice that maybe it would help to fulfill the wishes of 2000000 people. Fellow students have gathered here but also other people involved in the protest movement to remember her life we are hearing speeches they have been singing songs and there will be another couple of Memorial Services for at least 2 other protesters who have taken their own lives the organizers of these events have to be extremely careful that they give people the chance to remember the person whos gone and to pay their respects but without politicizing the issue or making the person into a hero or a martyr that other people might be tempted to follow which obviously would add further to this tragedy malta has agreed to take in 54. 00 people who were rescued off libyas coast on thursday the migrants were struck at sea italie argued over who should let the rescue ship docked a similar number of migrants already in malta will be sent to italy in return for accepting the latest. You know asco the uns cultural and Scientific Agency has unveiled the 1st batch of sites that will be added to its World Heritage list this year so its holding its annual meeting in azerbaijan and topping the list is the ancient city of babylon after 3 decades of lobbying efforts by iraq it was the center of the babylonian empire 4000 years ago. And in the ground near the brazilian city of Rio De Janeiro have also been chosen theyre recognized for both their natural as well as their a cultural significance icelands joe Cole National park has been picked for its stunning Natural Beauty and geothermal activity the area covers 14 percent of the country and includes volcanoes melting glaciers and explosive craters and china also gained a listing its Migratory Bird sanctuaries in the eastern jan su province the interim title wetlands contains 3 Ecological Systems and is home to 33 endangered species well 3 years ago another iraqi site was added to the World Heritage lists but the People Living in the marshlands of southern iraq the marsh arabs say their new status has not improved their livelihoods Charles Stratford reports government negligence and Climate Change add to their daily struggle. The sun rises over the marshes of suddenly rock what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. To people as far back as the syrians more than 5000 years ago. In the early 1990 s. Saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. When the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned to demolish the dams that had deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression of the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of Saddam Hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but life here is exceptionally hard