Mexico takes a dispute with bolivia to the International Courts of justice. And 15 years after a devastating tsunami killed hundreds of thousands of people of many across asia many of those survivors are still struggling to deal with their loss. A fair warm welcome to this hour of news libyas internationally recognized government has made a formal request for Turkish Military support thats according to the Reuters News Agency turkeys president has already said that he would be willing to send soldiers to tripoli politicians and ancora could fall within the next fortnight on whether to approve that deployment well Turkish Forces would be tasked with fending off isis loyal to warlord holly for who began a military offensive to capture the libyan capital in april after is backed by the u. S. Egypt russia and jordan and in the past 3 hours egypts president has ours u. S. President donald trump. To use his influence to end what he called quote illegal foreign interference in libya often tripoli his head with our top story. This is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where theres been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. Forces loyal to warlord liefer hefted are now using artillery fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading have to us forces as they take control of civil important locations including military camps near the salafi de neighborhood. 2 key says its a planning to send troops to help you and your kidneys the government it wants to prevent have to those forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president. Says parliament will voting january on a mandate to send troops to libya in charlotte 6 years in the god willing on the 8th or the 9th of january we will pass this in our parliament we will be responding to the invitation i we have given i will give all forms of support to the tripoli government which is fighting against just general backed by arab countries and europeans. During a News Conference in tunis libyas interior minister the war need that libyas neighboring countries will be affected if true police falls he says have to risk being backed by civil regional countries. We know very well there are a mirage he forces an airbase in the east of the country there are also forces from sudan and chad they have all been brought by have tara has given them bases and airports in libya without any agreements we hope that this situation is worsening as half those war planes target civilian locations in and around tripoli. Who has voiced concerns. Over a possible Turkish Military deployment to libya while president has done said last week turkey will not stay silent over what he called russian backed mercenaries supporting cast are after his forces are supported by advanced weapons and troops from several countries including russia france the United Arab Emirates and egypt turkey appears to be one of very few friends of the tripoli based government who are prepared to offer more than mere words to support it. Would have to go ahead it is here to pretty. Well the conflict in libya is having a destabilizing effect across the region and as we mentioned in tips is calling on the u. S. To intervene as well she have returned see his in washington d. C. Hi there she hops what is the u. S. Position then. And that is what we frankly dont have a clue about it has changed so often theres never really any and a firm line on whats the u. S. Official position is on libya all we get is constantly shifting messages whether this is to do with strategic ambiguity well thought out Foreign Policy or whether its to do to factionalism and confusion within the Trump Administration itself as to what it stands for what it wants to stand for is unclear but we have this phone call between the u. S. And egyptian president s this is what the the us readout is regarding libya the leaders rejected foreign exploitation and agreed that parties must take urgent steps to resolve the conflict before libyans lose control to foreign activists not one of those foreign actors is going to egypt and presidency who was on that call lets look at the objection media and look at that presentation of that conversation l. C. C. Asserted to the american president egypts support for him following the libyan people in achieving security and stability as well as stressed the importance of the role of the Libyan National army after us forces in fighting terrorism that frightens the whole middle east region. That would seem that theyre all on the same page but that means that the us is with egypt in supporting. The american position has changed quite a bit initially it was with the un with the internationally recognized position of supporting the government in tripoli that i was reported in around may that egypt and saudi arabia lobby door trying hard to start being more positive so we say to general have to and that was followed in may with a phone call between dogs from that which was seen as deeply symbolic or apparently they talked about how a vision for libya thats pretty significant stuff given that might compare just a few weeks earlier had been had been condemning. But then we had those reports which russia still denies of russian mercenaries all mercenary. That hes being paid for by russia who are actively supporting health and then we had an official statement from the state department pompei or another saying look there has to be a cease fire immediately we dont necessarily supporting after so long clip but they were saying that this has to stop and now we have this phone call between sisi there and trump apparently theyre all the same page so does that mean then that the Trump Administration is back in with her and the egyptians and so on so we dont really we dont really know whats going on we dont know if this is policy or just part of that pulling back from the middle east where donald trump as we love long reported feels he doesnt have a dog in the fight of the time if the europeans want to get involved everyone else will get involved let them sort it out obviously there are other people in the top of ministration who feel differently so i think it just occurred to me that watching that piece the some of the reporting you did just a moment ago january 8th one of the parliamentarians in libya said we will vote on this by john who the 8th that actually is what i believe that im a putin is supposed to be in turkey meeting type. 2 in or greater new gas pipeline and by the way a lot of this is to do with gases is often the case so thats quite significant if they have a parliamentary vote while putin is that already though whispers of putin and coming together with some sort of Important Initiative while hes that putin not terribly happy about the idea of turkish intervention but this is adds to all this the general confusion in a very very complex proxy war so you have a chance of there joining us from washington d. C. She had thank you. Lets take a look at the white impacts of the libya conflict while libya is a major Transit Route for migrants and refugees heading to you theres also new maritime border deal between the government in tripoli and turkey a corridor between the 2 but tension clearing the way for oil and Gas Exploration but greece egypt and israel of poles that agreement and speaking of oil libya is no reserves are amongst the largest in the world in fact nearly 50000000000 barrels and well William Morris is a professor at George Washington universitys Elliott School of International Affairs he joins us live from our studio in washington d. C. And William Lawrence very warm welcome to the program in your review what is turkeys endgame here and how would their backing on the ground of the un backed government change the shape of of this conflict well its kind of a win win for turkey on the one hand i dont think anyone really wants to send in troops and hes been signaling in various ways including to the tunisians that theres a cease fire coming that hed prefer not to bring in troops and on the other hand if he does send in troops though those can be used for the defense of tripoli from the 3000 sudanese mercenaries and 1000 russian mercenaries and and other increasing troop levels it also sends a psychological message both militarily and also regarding the internal an extra line says in libya regarding the libyan conflict and it also helps get us to the berlin peace conference in january because if tripoli falls that completely changes the turner of that discussion then if tripoli is holding up and theres an actual cease fire and peace deal that can be negotiated and william other likely to be behind the scenes conversations here between russia and turkey is there an element of brinkmanship in what were seeing here or what we think we might be seeing year. No question and ive seen 10 different versions among the analysts of the deal that could be in the making whats being discussed the turkish form is hers mr was just in moscow having discussions there was a talk of an igloo for trippy a tripoli deal where the russians would be given more of a way forward in italy in any exchange for stepping back in tripoli and increasingly the syrian and and libyan theatres are overlapping in the turkish russia negotiation and putins also been very astute here because with an increased turkish presence that also is part of his desire to decrease nato influence in libya so its turks instead of nato and then hes got that other arms deal with turkey which hes trying to cut in and nato has influence and be his relationship with turkey as well so all of those issues are interconnected now and william whats your view on the the u. S. Position or lack of a clear position while its true that trump has been all over the place and every time he calls him he seems to shade toward taft our but after the phone call on april 4th the white house in the state department immediately walked it back every time trump makes one of these phone calls or tweets to the the larger u. S. Government will walk it back because its really not in the u. S. Interest to change sides in support have to are when have to himself is committing most of the war crimes is having the greater destabilizing effect in libya and is generally not been much of an ally in fighting terrorism in fact it was mostly the western government that got isis out of the coastal and city areas in in libya and have to have barely lifted a finger and so theres a lot of skepticism about how far across the u. S. Government even if somehow some time sisi can can convince trump to to do some messaging on behalf of how far. William laurance there professor George Washington universitys school of International Affairs william as always thank you iraqs president says hed rather resign the name danny as the new Prime Minister has already been rejected by protesters barham salih has been trying to find a replacement for. The who stepped down last month is decision to quit has done little to satisfy the protesters whove been demanding a complete overhaul of the political system those are the reports now from baghdad a political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraqs president has sent his Resignation Letter to Parliament Saying he would rather step down that approve a new Prime Minister in a 3 page statement barham saleh said out of my kenya so avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name downey as a candidate for the next Prime Minister i dani is the governor of buster province he was nominated for the role by the largest bloc in parliament. That coalition is made up of mainly rainin backed political groups which is why their candidate is being furiously rejected by their opponents i dont he was picked to replace the uphill mettie who resigned in november after months of antigovernment protests but the governor has been accused of neglecting his own province busser is home to more than 70 percent of iraqs oil reserves but locals dont have the basic necessities like clean water and reliable electricity i dont think they will accept his resignation i think they will try to convince them is that you must accept our candidate in a way or another but i dont think he will accept that he will try hard also to push over in just someone who is independent transputer own didnt inside the political process and look for the future of iraq. Protesters have strongly rejected i can his nomination and thats the reason president saleh for not approving the choice it now means since mattys resignation no party has proposed a candidate who has been acceptable to all sides the protests which began here in early october have been about demanding political change in iraq a new electoral law was finally passed on tuesday which seemed to please morsi rockys and now it is the latest move by president saleh to reject i dont is candidacy is likely to strengthen the demonstrators position for such a pari al jazeera baghdad well mother her shame is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he says iraq is going through a dangerous moment for the complicated by irans influence. I think president barham sala deserves a lot of credit for. The position that hes adopted hes event he effectively is you know pushing the limits of the law in order to preserve political stability in the country and i think what he needs right now is some of vocal support from protesters on the street from the senior clerical establishment ayatollah sistani and from other Political Parties i think that will perhaps provide him with more. Political capital to try and navigate this very dangerous moment that iraq is passing through the people of iraq are not fully sovereign and what i mean by that is that you know the United States but particularly the Islamic Republic of iran has a huge amount of influence over the. Character and the nature of you know the ebb and flow of iraqi politics last month the New York Times and the intercept published these you know secret cables that effectively you know documented that iraq is a vassal state of the Islamic Republic of iran so any type of you know decision on who will be the next Prime Minister who form the next government is deeply dependent on what the Islamic Republic of iran wants to do and this just complicates you know the political. Debate inside iraq today. This plenty more on the news hour including Benjamin Netanyahu holds on to the likud partys leadership ahead of israels 3rd party mention election in less than a year peace in india accused of using Excessive Force against people protesting against a new citizenship law. And sport 13 points clear liverpool lay down a bit more curry in the Title Premier League race of people will have the details. The un has condemned an artillery attack on a market in northern yemen near the border with saudi arabia 17 people were killed including 12 ethiopian migrants who the say the market in sabah province has been targeted 3 times just one month the side of you a Coalition Fighting in yemen says it will investigate that attack us president dollars from possessed Syrian Government and its russian and it rainy and allies to stop the bloodshed in libya province the fighting in the last rebel controlled area has forced 130000 civilians from their homes and thats just this month there have been weeks of artillery bombardment and airstrikes by russia and the Syrian Government well our White House Correspondent kimberly how could now on the significance of the timing of trumps tweet. This tweet from the u. S. President comes on the heels of statements by the u. N. Secretary general where there has been a very strongly worded statement regarding the military escalation the concern about the impact on civilians and also the call for sort of a sation in the violence in terms of the hostilities given the fact that those impacted have been children so there is a concern sort of the world is watching at the u. N. Level you add to that that the u. S. Congress has been also watching very closely the escalating violence in fact so much so it pushed through a pentagon budget that included very tough sanctions against syria russia and also iran for alleged war crimes the president signed that into law on friday so it appears that this is on his mind and you have to remember in the context of this is the fact that the United States has already launched air strikes in syria on 2 occasions once and 2017 once in 2800 so theres no other way to read this except that the u. S. President has essentially alerted the world and the countries involved putting them essentially on notice that if people are questioning the relationship of the United States president invited the turkish president to washington last month there was also a bilateral offsite unplanned unscheduled meeting that took place in london at those nato meetings so there is real questioning about the relationship the loyalties of turkey and many people putting that into the microscope here in the United States looking at the president wondering with this tweet what are you doing. Well president range of tile bardot and has warned that turkey simply cannot cope with another wave of refugees from india province on its own russian backed Syria