The killing of george floyd by police in the u. S. And warnings of a big chance for peace between israel and the palestinians because of israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank. And support the n. F. L. Apologizes for not listening to players when they spoke about racism. We the National Football league. Elite says it now stands behind protests against race and justice following the death of joy. And we begin with the latest developments out of libya while Khalifa Haftar has said he supports a cease fire with the u. N. Back to government after months of fighting its been proposed by his allies me gyptian president. Following talks in cairo whats being called the cairo agreement includes a ceasefire for monday and the exit of all foreign fighters after his forces have suffered several setbacks in recent weeks. Well on the american in the fight against criminal militias interior ism we will expel the moose and rees from libya so we can achieve the hopes and aspirations of the libyan people to have a new day of prosperity this will reflect positively on neighboring countries enter the region as a whole or libyas u. N. Recognize governments been gaining ground and says it started an offensive to capture the city of sirte and the strategically military base of joy for thats the major stronghold of hostiles forces in central libya Government Troops have seized the town of bani walid and the nearby city of tal horner as they continue their advance eastwards ok our libyan correspondent mark word of the war head is joining us live from the capital tripoli im awkward lets talk about that meeting in cairo 1st of all what do you think was the purpose of all of that. The government of National Accord here in western libya says that. This proposal but have to for talks and for. Peace negotiations is not accepted in fact this spokesman of the army led by the government of national called mohamed ignore nor has just posted it that he said that quote unquote we do not have time for this nonsense by have to he means of course there that their proposal by digit president for peace talks to end the conflict they are there to rate that have to himself supported by egypt and the United Arab Emirates rejected the. Civil proposals for cease fire and the past including the one proposed by turkey of russia in january. There is no confidence here is a key because it seems that there is no confidence yet in the backers on the regional back or is it supporting the warlords to have that especially each of the government officials here tell us literally that they cannot trust egypt or trust any peace proposal from egypt from the egyptian president namely as long as. Has been supporting get have to was weapons and fighters in violation of the United NationsSecurity Council arms embargo imposed in libya. Since 2011 as you know rob according to the United Nations egypt it has been supporting have thought it was weapons from the. Borders with libya and also. Now it seems that the. Personalities that spoke today the president president. And the speaker of the pro have to talk rubys department i give us a lot and have to himself the 3 of them spoke about what they call the foreign intervention in libya they mean there turkish support to the government of National Court but the government here it applies to that saying that the military and Security Agreement to cede to between the government of National Accord and turkey. Is the government says that it has the right to seal to strike agreements with that tookie as long as it defends the capital tripoli again aswat his calls the aggression by half that his forces or by the military Campaign Launch of the white house for his forces for the past 13 months now the government officials here say that when the when we asked them about their response to the proposal that came out from cairo today they say that did not take the deal i have or the proposal by the egyptian president does not have or does not is not met by by the government response or the government is not responding to this proposal as long as the government is accusing the egyptian regime of violating get the embargo by supporting the world war 3 for have to supplying him with weapons and fighters while hunting for half toes in cairo of course the government of National Court and their forces are making significant gains in libya at the moment just bring us up to date with what the latest is on bot. Well the Government Forces are dancing west of the city at city especially after the reinforcement arrived from the city of misrata and from many other cities in the worst of libya the Government Forces say that they have. Proceeded there near a wish to area about to 80 kilometers west of the city of city meanwhile eyewitnesses and local sources in the city of city say that they have been witnessing get movement but have to his forces today moving out of the city towards the towards the east of the. City moving towards the job for military bases thats the main ng stronghold of have to his forces after the last many years in western libya but generally speaking it seems that after the major setback that have to his forces have been suffering after the series of losses they suffered losing good many. Towns and bases in western libya it seemed that they might to regroup and a military base and center in libya the question now is whether or not the Government Forces will chase them to recapture the Strategic Oil christened in center live in libya also i have to mention rob that the government sources told us that the last 8 fighters progovernment foreign fighters today in todays fighting they were killed by a poor health drawings they believe that the art of immorality supplied drones. Go ahead giving us that update from tripoli thank you very much indeed ok here are some of the main events that have happened in the be of this year in january tripolis u. N. Backed government was defending itself from attacks by Khalifa Haftar its forces which were closing in on the capital after us forces control the area in red here and un by Government Forces the areas in blue now when turkey scenting fighters and military equipment to support tripolis government in january important territorial gains began this is the picture by may Government Forces had seized air base used by hostiles warplanes to attack tripoli tripolis government then recaptured most territory surrounding the capital after recapturing the city of tal who not lost his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces battling for control of the city of Sirte Gadhafi hometown. Is director of the Brookings Doha Center hes joining us now. Good to have you with us lets talk about this meeting that was happening in cairo how much of that was an attempt do you think to try to find some sort of political solution to the all of this with a cease fire and how much of it was actually about protecting Khalifa Haftar are i think a lot of it most of it was about protecting Khalifa Haftar and its international sponsors. Plenty of opportunities in the last 56 years for political resolution had emerged and yet it was consistently have to that had turned down the chance to engage with those initiatives his international sponsors also did not support many of these initiatives i think in the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the cities of defeats that have to have suffered that over the last 2 months and his practical exit right now. From the west of libya suggests that in fact the Cairo Initiative about kind of declaration as what it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of half the project trying to protect what that means of his military forces in the east and to try to actually address the rift that had emerged in the last few weeks between him and the very man that dissipated with him in the press conference that they get us out of this is no secret i get asylum had put a number of political ideas on the table in the last few weeks and those create a lot of tension between him and after that so the egyptians it seemed to me up stepped in to try to address that if to buy them some time try to create. Some sort of a momentum to slow down the cities of military defeats and these advancing forces which if they did so that in the next few days they could very well over the next few weeks take all the control over the major of oil export and production facilities. In the east of libya and that would begin the process of have thought of total collapse in my opinion so this is a rescue mission by president assisi for a project that he and his regional allies had invested billions of dollars in a lot of Political Capital and now is the time to try and. Contain the damage and beis themselves some time to go back to the negotiating table in the event that there is the the start of a process if you like of the opportunity of some sort of political resolution to this but. Still doesnt have the confidence anymore of those who have been supporting him and the foreign governments like united out of amulets and russia and so on whats the likelihood that we might see them bringing pressure to have somebody put in to replace huffed at that negotiating table that president basically what a lot of people have been speculating about inside of libya in the last few weeks have to be in the stubborn person that he is the individual who cannot be trusted who seems to want to defy logic and the advice of those who support him and have extended the lifeline of military equipment intelligence and capital abroad should their on out of options what should he in fact change his mind when he leaves cairo and heads back to. The east of libya over the next few days. There is speculation that in fact is the regional sponsors and the tribal base that he has relied on for so much support over the last few years might force his exit in fact that our reports about discussions on the way people out of ewing in their options you know the kind of catastrophic military defeat that is forces have suffered in the west of libya cannot be underestimated and its bound to change the calculus of a lot of political military activists both in the east of libya but also outside to yourself we appreciate to your opinion on this thank you very much indeed telling yourself director of the Brookings Doha Center. 30 more ahead on the news hour including within lebanon to hear whos comparing the country to a sinking ship. A sinister side of a coronavirus outbreak well look at how criminals have become more brazen in chile. And in sports the rare sound of a full football stadium the game returns in vietnam with no limits on found. Dozens of people across the u. K. Are taking part in marches in solidarity with the black lives matter protests thats an honor of george floyd who was killed in Police Custody in the u. S. These are live pictures of londons Parliament Square protesters raising their fists and taking a new fire observed a minutes silence for the victims of Brutal Police brutality in the u. S. The demonstrations will continue on sunday with once planned in several other cities lets go to john holl in london there are of course lockdown restrictions to some degree in england but it looks as though the crowd is largely ignoring them. I think that is a point of of concern as you say theres very little evidence of social distancing taking place here a lot of must wearing going on but not in strict alignment with the lockdown restrictions in place as you say and that is a cause of some anxiety for senior politicians and Health Officials as well who urged people not to turn up here and if they do to observe social distancing the restrictions say no gathering in groups larger than 6 well both of those genes if you like are largely be naughty and i think that is a point of concern these protests have been growing through the week as you said not just in london but in other cities growing in 3. See and a number theres no sign of that slowing down people are angry people are determined to show their solidarity with the events of the United States but also taking the opportunity here in the u. K. As weve seen in other countries to point out to call out Police Violence police abuse of institutionalized racism as they see it in this country as well the sorts of things you see on banners being held messages like silence violence the u. K. Is not innocent no justice no peace no racist police all pointing to perceptions of police abuse that have been going on in this country people will tell you here for years so those are some of the anxieties that are on display here concerns about racism in the police force in this country solidarity with whats happening in the United States but also a heightened sense of concern if not in this crowd here but elsewhere certainly about what this may do for the spread of coronavirus im of course join and thats a significant point isnt it because corona virus is still a major issue in the u. K. Its something the government is still trying to deal with as well as dealing with bragg brags that theres a lot going on for Boris Johnsons government at the moment to handle it in the. Yes yes absolutely britain one of the worst affected countries in the world theres no doubt about that things are not improving nearly as fast as people would like them to be and of course the run of virus is a little context. Sorry about the. Language thanks thanks guys sorry about the language there but you get a sense of the sort of volatility of the crowd here and some of the emotions on display coronavirus very much the context within which all of this is happening it has added to racial tensions in this country new analysis as confirming statistics that black asian and minority ethnic groups socalled brain groups are far more likely to die from coronavirus than their white counterparts evidence as well of just proportionate handing out of fines and penalties by the police towards the a and e. Groups over white people who adds to a disabled volatile sense within which all of these hes taking place at a very difficult time and hes going to. Join us thanks very much indeed that is join a whole life for us in london a quick apology to any viewers who might have been offended but any of the language that was shouted or vera join us shoulder there obviously join us reporting live this very little control that we can have over the crowds under those circumstances. After nearly 2 weeks of nationwide protests against Police Brutality several u. S. States are taking steps to reform Controversial Police practices chokeholds and next was strained so banned in minneapolis where george floyd was killed after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes some of the states have also banned the practice and i felt commissioner Roger Goodell has apologized for the way the u. S. Football league has handled players protests against Racial Injustice and Police BrutalityColin Kaepernick and others began kneeling in 2016 as the National Anthem was played bryant reports. When n. F. L. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National Anthem 4 years ago the move divided the sport and the country in some corners he was celebrated for highlighting issues of Police Brutality and systemic racism people are really feeling theyre actually men and really feeling like you know what this might not be something i experience ideally basis but its not right that these other people are going through this but by others he was criticized threatened he lost his job with the San Francisco 49 ers and hasnt been hired sense now the head of the u. S. Football league has admitted it mishandled the situation with the National Football league in it we were wrong for not listening to n. F. L. Players earlier and encourage all to speak out peacefully protest. Read the national. Believe lives matter the price relations are especially explosive in the us right now are likely going to take her bright young man and the active kneeling has taken on new significance since george floyd died in minneapolis after a Police Officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds as he big. Is venting. The n. F. L. Apology follows the release of a video by several players who included the specific demand that the n. F. L. Say black lives matter what would it take for one of us to be murdered by Police Brutality was through the mind organizer of the players video Michael Thomas of the new Orleans Saints has praised the n. F. L. Though some believe the apology isnt sincere its looks like more p. R. Hes responding to what players have said matches the players started all wrong calling happening he never mentions calling government you midges the players this is what in a tragedy is that the same protest of our cities across america were in a fill