President weighs in over concerns for russian Opposition Leader alexina violet talked to still refused to relocate him to a different hospital. Draft dodgers and inspiration for a nation why south korean pop stars are causing controversy over Compulsory Military Service. We begin with breaking news out of libya where rival factions of called for a cease fire both the u. N. Recognized government in tripoli and the 2 broke parliament allied with warlord Khalifa Haftar of called on their forces to stop fighting they said the move was aimed at ending foreign interference in libya after his campaign to take the capital tripoli was pushed back by Government Forces with support from turkey russian mercenaries have been fighting on have to side something happened is editor in chief of the International Interest a Current Affairs not assist magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he joins us now via skype from london sami put this into context for us what do you make of it. I think
And a controversy is brewing over whether south korean k. Pop stars b. T. S. Should be allowed to dodge a military service requirement. And you have to go with sports and nearly a year after began football 0 police is set to reach its conclusion after a coronavirus hit season with 5 time champion severe taking into milan for the trophy. Libby is a warring factions have declared a cease fire the internationally recognized government in tripoli and its rival based in the eastern city of to broker have ordered their forces to stand down both sides say theyll come up with the security arrangement for the city of sirte the fighters from both sides are gathered at the tripoli based government also wants the drill for air bags to be deemed. Militarize surge is a key gateway for libyas oil exports to World Markets and is currently under control of forces loyal to warlord holy for half the hour this is finance of course for production to restart for the benefit of all libyan people and it calls
Woke up this morning to learn of the news and many are shocked and horrified including myself and i think this is sent out a very very negative message and of course it must have a Chilling Effect on people who want to speak out and particularly on the news media so this is a very very Disturbing Development although maybe maybe not unexpected but i and people say that hong kong no longer has the rule of law so i hope that jimmy lie and those of the people who have been a rest will be able to have their rights protected and of course if the authorities have evidence i hope they will come out with it because such allegations have been made for a long time and up to now they have to do is no evidence i think that we have seen quite oh increasing amount of selfcensorship amongst the news media some local media even say that that maybe there are some current politicians that they may not or should not interview and they are stories they should not write and also the edge of made telling th
Didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all these people cannot so what can we do what they did was return to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours but this time they say they wont be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster wont hold senior officials accountable. We are not leaving if you go to them or us in this country and you know what the people always pick and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge i
Well i think the very real win for the Afghan Government and the Afghan People will be if we make concrete progress towards peace im sure that the president will be confident that this strength of his hand as he tries to set the conditions for the negotiations will draw a fence in a start to each afghanistan towards peace so yes it will strengthen the president s art there were some people of course who thought that they could get unconditional release of these prisoners and that there would be negotiations starting next week for anybody who thought that this may be a disappointment but we have to have a show of the of the Afghan People broadly speaking at the in favor of negotiations and Peace Process and the afghan president empowered to try to take that for us maybe its maybe its inched us its just towards the taliban to be fairly here at least with what theyve achieved so far this year through negotiations promise of u. S. Withdrawal out of reduction of u. S. Air pressure on their