We begin in greece where the libyan warlord only for have to is due to hold talks with the Prime Minister and foreign minister its all part of the latest International Effort to end the conflict in libya athens has criticized this exclusion from a u. N. Backed peace conference on libya said to be held in berlin on sunday it says it should be included because tripoli signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey well on the ground in Libyas National Oil Corporation says its warehouses have been bombed several times during fighting it follows a recent attack on a fleet of trucks revenue from the company is a key source of income for the internationally recognized government in tripoli the violence threatens to disrupt the countrys supply of fuel. When the agreement ignores greeks the rights in parts of the mediterranean thought to be rich in natural gas giants are open it explains from. General have to visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the gre
For abuse of power gets underway hes called the proceedings totally partisan. Political orderly for have ties in greece as part of an International Effort to end the conflict in his country hell meet the Prime Minister and the foreign minister of athens has criticized its exclusion from a u. N. Backed peace conference set to be held in berlin on sunday it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey has more now from athens. General have 2 hours a visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the greek side which was pointed li excluded from the libyan peace talks in berlin this week and the greek side is deeply aggrieved by this because it has a stated interest in the outcome of those talks greece has said that it demands as an element of any libya solution the scrapping of a deal but the Libyan Government in tripoli signed with turkey last november whereby they demarcated a corridor all of water across t
A corridor of water across the Mediterranean Sea as their maritime jurisdiction but that infringes upon areas that the greeks also claim is their maritime jurisdiction and the issue is very heated because both the greeks and the turks plan to explore for undersea oil and gas in these areas which are enormous thousands of square kilometers of Mediterranean Sea the greeks have not been invited to berlin precisely because of this reason because they have a particular interest in the outcome but that is in congress is what the European Union said last december thats when europe sided with greece to say that the agreement between libya and turkey is illegal it produces no legal consequences for the greeks in other words it doesnt its not binding legally upon the greeks and that it should be scrapped on the contrary the e. U. Believes that that agreement creates insecurities and instability in the Eastern Mediterranean but clearly there are limits to European Solidarity with greece as were s
Im phil gale welcome to the program Donald Trumps son in law special advisor. At an economic summit in bahrain today presenting part one of a u. S. Plan to revive the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process it will focus on investments in the palestinian territories with a broader political strategy expected later the plan calls for a 50000000000. 00 Investment Fund to be spent in the palestinian territories as well as neighboring countries over the next 10 years. Our thought was that it was better to put the economic plan 1st its less controversial lets let people study it get feedback what we need of show people is that for a lot of years theyve been theyve been the unifying notion of the arab world has been blaming all of their emails internally on israel and what we want to show people is that if we resolve issues with israel a lot of the opportunities that the leaders can provide to their people from within will hopefully give people a more hopeful out of. Palestine policy follows from
To the militant group itself. Also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to read to take disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appealed for calm. And from great hope to great misery south sudan is one of the worlds newest states but today millions of people there are reliant on food aid we have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and to feed her family. Plus calls for justice grow louder in malta following the murder of anticorruption journalist tough enough to leave. And following the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse allegations stories of Sexual Harassment sweep across social media using the hash tag me to. Im sara kelly welcome thanks for joining us. U. S. Backed fighters in syria have retaken rocca the city that the socalled Islamic State considers its capital now troops fighting i say that they have captured one of the militants last holdouts that is of course the citys hospital but there are still pockets of resistance