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Hague’s Libya move less than it appears
Is there less than meets the eye to William Hague’s statement on recognising the NTC in Libya as the government, asks our Political Editor.
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As the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi continues, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson watches Libya’s rebels close in on Abu Salim, the last district in Tripoli held by forces loyal to the despot.
Colonel Gaddafi calls on his supporters to march on Tripoli and “purify” the capital of Libya’s rebels, as International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets neighbourhood groups patrolling the streets.
Exclusive: Colonel Gaddafi’s foreign minister, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, tells Channel 4 News that the dictator’s reign has come to an end.
Libya’s rebel fighters break inside Colonel Gaddafi’s fortified compound as street battles continue in Tripoli. For latest video and updates from Channel 4 News on the ground follow the live blog.
All foreign journalists are released from the Rixos hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli, after being trapped there by pro-Gaddafi forces.
Saif Gaddafi, who rebels said they had captured, has made a public appearance with frenzied supporters in Tripoli, saying that forces loyal to his father have “broken the back of the rebels”.
Three of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons are in custody as rebels say they hold 95 per cent of Libya’s capital. President Obama says it is clear that Gaddafi’s rule is over, but the fight in Libya is not.
Libyans are free to text, call and blog again after a long telecommunications blackout, in a powerful symbol of how the rebels are ringing the changes.
Libya’s six month bloody uprising reaches Tripoli, as rebels launch an intense assault towards Gaddafi’s stronghold.
Libyan rebels take control of an oil refinery in the town of Zawiyah just thirty miles west of the capital Tripoli, in a strategic and psychological blow to Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.
Six months after the war began Libyan rebels seem to be closing in on Tripoli. But would the fall of the capital lead, as one Libyan activist claims, to a “peaceful implosion” of the regime?
As a Scud missile is fired by the Libyan government’s forces, the US Defence Secretary says the regime’s “days are numbered”.
As it emerges Libyan rebel general Abdel Fatah Younes was killed by an Islamist militia fighting on his own side, the Gaddafi regime describes the death as a “slap in the face’ for the UK.
Is there less than meets the eye to William Hague’s statement on recognising the NTC in Libya as the government, asks our Political Editor.