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British and French helicopter gunships have attacked Colonel Gaddafi’s forces, amid criticisms that the scale of NATO’s involvement is suffering from “mission creep”.
Rebels are given a financial lifeline as allies seek to unlock Libya’s assets. A lawyer tells Channel 4 News the allies are now aggressively targeting Gaddafi while in Misrata the struggle continues.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survives a bomb attack in the capital Tripoli which kills his youngest son and three grandchildren, the government says. NATO insists individuals have not been targeted.
There was a split between the UN Security Council’s permanent members when they came to vote on a Libyan no-fly zone resolution. So who voted for what – and why?
The alliance enforcing Libya’s no-fly zone is “reaching crunch point”, a former NATO consultant tells Channel 4 News, as Italy proposes a rival solution of a ceasefire and exile for Muammar Gaddafi.
Pentagon says NATO attacks have reduced Gaddafi’s ability to control his ground forces and he is reportedly arming volunteers, as rebels enter Ajdabiya from the east.
In the face of Gaddafi’s continuing defiance in Libya, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes for Channel 4 News on the weaponry gathering to enforce the No-Fly Zone.
Benghazi celebrates as the UN Security Council imposes a no-fly zone over Libya authorising “all necessary measures” to protect civilians just hours after Gaddafi threatens “no mercy and no pity”.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon considers the prospects for the British-sponsored resolution that calls for the establishment of a no-fly zone over Libya which is now under discussion at the UN Security Council.
As Muammar Gaddafi’s forces claim to have regained control of Misrata from rebels in the western Libya, the US has said it will back a UN resolution to impose a no-fly zone over the country.
Will Japan premier Naoto Kan’s handling of the tsunami disaster mark him out as a great leader – or could events of the last few days do for him what Hurricane Katrina did for George W Bush?
Libya becomes the first member state to be suspended by the UN Human Rights Council after a day of tension and the prospect of military action and civil war, as our Correspondents in Libya report.
Kenyan premier Raila Odinga tells Channel 4 News a peaceful conclusion to Ivory Coast’s political crisis is still possible, despite the breakdown of talks on Monday.
Ken McCluskey, new leader of the country’s biggest union, pledges to lead the fight against the coalition government’s cuts – and refuses to rule out the possibility of a general strike.
A NASA unmanned science satellite films dramatic never-seen-before impages of the sun – including extreme close-ups of solar activity.