Leak. Turns of thousands of people are on the march in washington d. C. Taking a message against Police Brutality to donald trump. And sympathy in london with american anger black lives matter demonstrators condemn the killing of george florey. Welcome to the news hour Libyan Government forces are heading into the stronghold of warlord Khalifa Haftar that is sending on sirte just hours after have to announce that he supports a ceasefire with the un backed government its been proposed by his ally egyptian president sisi following talks in cairo the socalled cairo agreement to include a ceasefire from monday and the exit of all foreign fighters but the internationally recognized government is ignoring the cease fire call. Has the latest. Proposing a peace deal in cairo egypts president abdel fatah was warlord Khalifa Haftar whose 14 month offensive to capture the libyan capital tripoli collapsed this week and im saying it is time for a ceasefire and all foreign fighters to leave come out ahead of him about a lot of money in the Initiative Aims to guarantee a fair representation of libyas 3 provinces and a president ial council elected by the people under the supervision of the United Nations to manage libyas leadership for the 1st time in the countrys history but in tripoli the u. N. Recognized government commanders said they dont recognize the cease fire and theyll continue to in their words liberate our land the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered the over the last 2 months and its practical exit right now. From the west of libya suggests that in fact the Cairo Initiative or because i dont like liberation as what it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of afghans project trying to protect what remains of his military forces in the east after us forces have suffered significant setbacks in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including bani walid as government of National Accord forces continue to drive have to use fighters from western libya might want but would not after announcing full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing have to our stronghold city of tarhouni on friday. G. N. A. T. Forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte another half to our stronghold and hometown of libyas former leader Moammar Gadhafi and if one of the new political back in cairo after explained his reasons for the cease fire. Have welcomed the american in the fight against terrorism and criminal militias we will expel the mercenaries 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 and to the region as a whole while saturdays focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene following an airstrike near al jazeera as live Camera Position in a brain just south of misrata another reminder that a lasting peace appears far from reach in this oil rich country dorset a pari al jazeera. Well in trainer has been following the offensive by Government Forces and has more for misrata. We were with the g. N. A. T. Forces in every brain the situation was very tense when we witnessed. At least a half selfstyled Libyan National army carry out various airstrikes on the reason in abu brain this resulted in several casualties within the g. N. A. T. Force there but now military sources are telling us that they have entered syria now syria is in central lead to is to teach a clear located after war the Khalifa Haftar is forces witnessed a string of defeats in in the west including his stronghold sort of suit was a was was was essential place for him to perhaps have a stronger position in power and possible peace talks now for now forces your military officials and political officials here tell us that they will not accept Khalifa Haftar as a partner in any future peace talks they believe that the the destruction and the displaced people that that that that tripoli has witnessed over a year means that he is not a partner in peace. The forces have entered suit and and they they expect or they tell us they expect to take full control of the city of sirte the the commander of the Search Operations earlier told me that they were witnessing a monitoring of forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar beginning to withdraw from the city from from last night so forces loyal to flee the have to began. With drawing towards Eastern Libya after a string of defeats in the west. Lets take you back a few months in january the u. N. Backed government in tripoli was having to defend the compton. Closedend forces control. All the area in red and the u. N. Back Government Forces held the area in blue when turkey sent in fighters and military equipment to support tripolis government in january it began making important territorial gains by may Government Forces had seized. Used by have to as warplanes to attack tripoli tripolis government then recaptured most territories surrounding the capital the seizure of the city of tire who are meant that have to last his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces are battling for control of the city of sirte where Moammar Gadhafi used to live jason park is a nonresident fellow at the middle east institute and founder of Libya Analysis ill see and to be in Affairs Consultancy joins me now from the chin in new jersey good to have you with us on the program again is it checkmate for have to and is it sort of a last ditch attempt sort of to gain something from a future libya that he can get involved with or is he actually irrelevant now well youre right in pointing out that that well for tripoli is completely over thats been checkmated but the struggle for profit up the succession continues so the ceasefire talk in cairo is irrelevant its a ruse to detract Media Attention of course when youre on the back foot militarily a ceasefire would be very convenient to stop that meeting but no one on the ground is paying attention to that and theyre pushing the advantage of search for very soon and most interestingly is a turkish frigate are on their way to the oil crescent to ruslan of and were seeing essentially a very fluid movement and we dont know where it will and indeed i mean its seems that one of the main questions should also be why people into who didnt fight what happened sort of to the component l. M. A. Parts of this fight this sort of rolled over. Well thanks for pointing that out thats a great mystery because weve always heard that truck with its attachment to former gadhafi officers and the important coming out militia would be the last stronghold for the l. And a and that they would fight to the last man but weve seen a traditionally libyan pattern of warfare play out here which is that an Occupying Force pisses off the locals so much that by the time theyve been see and their electricity is out and theres not enough food they abandon the people that they supposedly sided with and though they former occupiers have to flee so all of the games that weve heard about in your program have been won by turkish drones and air support and theres been very little fighting on the ground so we dont know of other components of have tires support what so abandoned him and also of late into time with a lot of fluid movement indeed the moment is that if that fluid movement runs to the diplomatic circles because we dont have russia and egypt as 2 major allies of hafter more wonders where their support really years if it is there at all anymore because in russias case theyre also well embedded with the syrians and theyve got that conflict also that theyre involved with. Well thats right the final analysis of what plays out in libya will be decided in regional and International Capitals but because both libyan coalitions dont answer to a given person another is halfhearted control the other day and surround it doesnt control the g. N. A. S. Mind forces its not as if ever a decision made abroad can be enforced through those commanders think were going to have to settle militarily and until that point talk of cease fires or distractions but at some point when things do settle then its in those capitals abroad that a new idea or approach to libya will have to take root and that will have to involve economic reform paying back payments restarting of oil and essentially a new structure for a unitary libyan state and thats not being discussed yet yet so were going to have to weigh in just about the g. And a little bit as well because basically they are seem to making advances very very quickly in areas that we thought they wouldnt be able to recapture so to speak are they stretching themselves too thin and could they leave themselves for a counterattack. Its a great question im wondering the same the g. N. A. T. Is probably not calling the shots but certain misrata and south commanders it doesnt seem like theyre going to listen to reason so yes they might be overstretched themselves going from the answer to its ruslan oath and then it would be open for a counterattack but i dont see that counterattack is likely because after a certain discredited inside libya he promised tripoli he promised her supporters the moon and that he didnt deliver so theyre not fighting for him theyre very quick to throw down their arms and run away and this is millions who used to support them seem to be fed up because what did they get for that support they got Power Outages and they didnt get their salaries and they had to wait to get food so its quite likely that there wont be much fighting just racing back and forth in the desert and weve seen that as a typically libyan way of warfare could there be an attempt to depose after yes it would have to be the egyptians emerys and russians working together with midlevel officers in the l. M. A. To put someone in place who can shore up the support of the moguls in the east while theyre so protecting the legitimate interests of those outside players indeed or not as libya will always keep us on our toes and indeed yes indeed it is a very fluid situation even in the coming hours for the moment jason patric there joining us from protection in new jersey thank you so pleasure though what began as an antigovernment protest in lebanons capital over the handling of the economic crisis is causing new tension in beirut Security Forces on the streets hundreds of people have turned out to call for the government to resign over the state of the economy the lebanese are facing their worst economic crisis in decades with around 30 percent of the population out of work and attempts by protesters to march to the center of the city was blocked by the army as rival groups appeared with water is what has been following the protests from the capital beirut. The army Security Forces are out in force you can see them in the distance they used tear gas to push antigovernment protesters away from the main square in central beirut some of the protesters tried to storm the Parliament Building and really weve seen scenes like this over the past 2 months since october since a protest movement to try to talk to all a Political Class that has been in power for decades a Political Class that people here believe are corrupt and are responsible for driving lebanons economy into the ground this is only on one side of the square 2 hours ago we were on the other side of the square where antigovernment protesters were not facing off with the military but with supporters of the Ruling Alliance supporters of the Ruling Alliance there to try to storm the main square where antigovernment protesters were camped out and. The army has to sound in between the people at the divide is deep the tensions are high you can see the Security Forces trying to push away the progovernment antigovernment protesters from the square so they can no longer try says storm government buildings so seas like this have been playing out in the lebanese capital over the past few months Economic Conditions are only worsening anger is growing and really is a call to action today was was an attempt to relate to the revive this movement and to remind those in power thats quote their socalled revolution is still alive and it hasnt gone away. Well plenty more ahead here on the news hour including. A sinister side of the corona Virus Outbreak we look at how criminals have become more brazen in chile and thousands across australia take part in black lives matter protests to all of george floyd and denounce Racial Injustice at home. There will be large rallies in cities across the world as the death of george floyd in the u. S. City of minneapolis spurs a movement against racism from paris to london from tunis to sydney people have been out in their thousands right now who washington d. C. Large crowds are marching from all directions towards a white house one of the streets they are passing through on route has had blocked lives matter painted across several blocks its been 12 days since george floyd died after a policeman knelt on his neck as he was being arrested President Donald Trump is at the white house this weekend while we have to be standing by in new york but 1st lets talk to hygeia castro she is in washington d. C. And the numbers swelling on the streets of the capital. Right now and just in the last hour or so the only thing. They have down there or the white house. Thats about every way you can them to hear this is. The most profound that we have. Down there in the Nations Capital made their voices heard before the white house and things began days ago in the fortys here were expecting anywhere between 5000220000 extension 0 people protest. Georgie boy the demand for it and can explain just to be made in the wake of this how did increase it was for black americans and crack down on police. Tallit and the vibe of this contest here has been one that has been so far very positive there have been no scenes of violence that we have seen play out the day after people here with families and small children distributing water and food to the protesters now of course we are at the doorstep of the white house you cant see past all the people here but just on the other side of this group of people is the fans of the magnificent report of my plans is the white house itself with the force of president from inside and these protesters have been marching down the street past the black flies matter merle that you were disappointed i was just new to the city of d. C. Yesterday and they happened theyre sending us closer they can get to the white house chanting black lives matter and told him how the president trusts the protesters here are very angry at the president saying that he has not taken their concerns seriously now President Trump is home at the white house this weekend he has no scheduled public as hands and he has suggested that with elise and number selling the anime may be on the way down from the burning fires endemic that alone may address the concerns of black and brown americans there Say Something that is not the case we havent seen people from all walks of life and all ages but we havent seen here at least in this spot is a military presence that we know has been given such made such a difference in the lives those residents of washington d. C. And with some days and that maybe. The pentagon has stepped. Up the role of the National Guard are still 5000 troops in the capital city but they havent forgotten this plan as of yesterday and about 1600 active duty military members of the orders refer to their home base is certainly in a nutshell a deescalation on the side of until its very close 2 on the protesters themselves. To have announced the looting that took place earlier and these protests again now its all about this he will demand that they say that. In this country recent poll shows that ive heard of america and the factories in your work there so how did you come straight washington d. C. Thank you well lets go a little bit further along the east coast and join christine salumi in new york and the scene seemed pretty similar where you are to kristen. Now protesters here in new york are showing no signs of backing down the demonstrations have been continuing pretty much around the clock several scheduled for today and you can see the size of the crowd behind me its thousands of people have gathered here in Washington Square park in Lower Manhattan a lot of people here actually march from way out of town over 100 bucks to get here and this is a continuation of what weve been seeing for the last week with demonstrators just appearing all over the groups jamming together marching shutting down traffic largely peaceful and what we saw last night in fact is only 40 arrests of demonstrators thats the fewest arrests weve seen. In the last week at the high point 700 people were arrested after a night that was somewhat confrontational and violent looting happening no reports of looting in the last night or 2 no serious reports there are again only about 40 demonstrators were arrested for being our last heard here was acknowledge that it was a peaceful situation and whats interesting now is prosecutor is the district attorneys here in new york are