Now, but first, its time for hardtalk. I will hardtalk. I will be back in half an hour. Hardtalk is on the road in benghazi, libya. Im stephen sackur. This city has been ripped apart by six years of conflict. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands have fled. Eastern libya and the west are run by rival Political Institutions but there is now something resembling a functioning authority here, imposed by the military strongman in eastern libya, Marshal Khalifa haftar. Can the commander who once served kadhafi pull libya back from the brink . Myjourney to libya starts with a little piece of history. The first scheduled flight bound to benghazi in three years. The citys airport was closed down by heavy fighting in 2014. Back then, jihadists seized most of the city. Those days are over. Thank you. 0k, bye. So here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city. The terminal building is nothing but a shed. There arent many flights. But to the people of benghazi, this
Now, but first, its time for hardtalk. I will hardtalk. I will be back in half an hour. Hardtalk is on the road in benghazi, libya. Im stephen sackur. This city has been ripped apart by six years of conflict. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands have fled. Eastern libya and the west are run by rival Political Institutions but there is now something resembling a functioning authority here, imposed by the military strongman in eastern libya, Marshal Khalifa haftar. Can the commander who once served kadhafi pull libya back from the brink . Myjourney to libya starts with a little piece of history. The first scheduled flight bound to benghazi in three years. The citys airport was closed down by heavy fighting in 2014. Back then, jihadists seized most of the city. Those days are over. Thank you. 0k, bye. So here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city. The terminal building is nothing but a shed. There arent many flights. But to the people of benghazi, this
Now, but first, its time for hardtalk. I will hardtalk. I will be back in half an hour. Hardtalk is on the road in benghazi, libya. Im stephen sackur. This city has been ripped apart by six years of conflict. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands have fled. Eastern libya and the west are run by rival Political Institutions but there is now something resembling a functioning authority here, imposed by the military strongman in eastern libya, Marshal Khalifa haftar. Can the commander who once served kadhafi pull libya back from the brink . Myjourney to libya starts with a little piece of history. The first scheduled flight bound to benghazi in three years. The citys airport was closed down by heavy fighting in 2014. Back then, jihadists seized most of the city. Those days are over. Thank you. 0k, bye. So here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city. The terminal building is nothing but a shed. There arent many flights. But to the people of benghazi, this
Bit of help. And, most of all, some understanding. The foreign secretary borisjohnson travels to libya to urge military and political leaders to restore peace and stability in the north african country. And test match special is 60 years old today we look back at that very british institution. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, there is a very tough draw for Tottenham Hotspur and celtic, as this seasonss Champions League groups are revealed. Good evening. Net migration to the uk thats the difference between the number of people entering and leaving has fallen to its lowest level for three years, mainly because of the large numbers of eu nationals whove decided to leave. Its prompted warnings from employers about the risk of labour shortages. The latest figures from march 2016 to march 2017 show net migration now stands at 246,000. Thats a fall of 81,000 compared with the previous 12 months. More than half of that change is due to the fall in net migration of eu citizens which is d
In benghazi, libya. Im stephen sackur. This city has been ripped apart by six years of conflict. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands have fled. Eastern libya and the west are run by rival Political Institutions but there is now something resembling a functioning authority here, imposed by the military strongman in eastern libya, Marshal Khalifa haftar. Can the commander who once served kadhafi pull libya back from the brink . Myjourney to libya starts with a little piece of history. The first scheduled flight bound to benghazi in three years. The citys airport was closed down by heavy fighting in 2014. Back then, jihadists seized most of the city. Those days are over. Thank you. 0k, bye. So here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city. The terminal building is nothing but a shed. There arent many flights. But to the people of benghazi, this feels like the lifting of a siege. This is what the war left behind. Entire neighbourhoods of benghazi deserted,