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Witnesses say Syrian helicopter gunships have fired machineguns to disperse pro-democracy protests, as the US joins calls for a UN Security Council resolution condemning the crackdown.
Syrian troops with tanks are believed to be moving on the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughur after the Assad regime vowed ‘firm retribution’ on ‘armed groups’ who they say killed 120 soldiers.
Jon Snow
“Many inside America’s so-called ‘Jewish lobby’, are reportedly frustrated with the Israeli leadership’s failure to respond to the developing new order that is flowing from the ‘Arab Spring’.”
A day of two halves: Barack Obama delivers an historic speech to MPs and Lords in Westminster Hall after serving up burgers at a Downing Street barbecue. Follow the live blog for updates and video.
Barack Obama and David Cameron say there is “progress” in Libya and Afghanistan and the UK-US relationship is “essential”, as a Channel 4 News/You Gov poll shows the President is a hit with the Brits.
The Foreign Secretary expels the Libyan ambassador to the UK in the wake of attacks on British embassy premises in Tripoli. It comes after the apparent death of Gaddafi’s son in a NATO air strike.
NATO airstrikes force Gaddafi troops to withdraw from central areas of the besieged city of Misrata but shelling continues.
As the British Government announces it’s sending British military advisors to Afghanistan, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson asks whether the EU could end up fighting on foreign soil for the first time?
Sending British military officers to advise rebels in Libya does not break UN rules, an international relations expert tells Channel 4 News. But a senior MP warns of parallels with the Vietnam war.
With leaders of the UK, the US and France calling on Colonel Gaddafi to step down, a British Conservative MP wants a recall of parliament amid fears that Nato is set on regime change in Libya.
In an exclusive interview ahead of talks in Tripoli with African leaders, Libya’s foreign minister tells Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman he will work for a “real ceasefire”.
Libya’s acting Foreign Minister Abdel Ati al-Obeidi tells the Greek prime minister that Colonel Gaddafi is ‘seeking an end to fighting’ and wants a solution to the crisis
The Foreign Office confirms that one of the most senior figures in Gaddafi’s government, the Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, has quit his post and is now in the UK.
Everything is the same here and yet nothing is. Independent reporting was tough enough during my first stint; now my colleagues, those who have risked their sanity by staying this past month or more, tell me solo journalism is virtually impossible, with reporters frequently scooped up by police and returned to the hotel compound if they try to escape on anything other than an official bus tour.
World leaders are meeting in London to discuss the future of Libya without Muammar Gaddafi.