Libya war: strike against Gaddafi

Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Benghazi have tonight released an SBS team captured in eastern Libya. But why did they arrive by helicopter and at night when they could have entered the country by land?

The Director of the London School of Economics resigns, admitting the university’s reputation has suffered as a result of its ties to Colonel Gaddafi and Libya.

Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi launches a major air and ground assault on protesters and rebels who have taken control of towns and cities in the east. Lindsey Hilsum reports from the frontline.

Colonel Gaddafi warns of “bloody war” if there is outside interference in Libya, as a Middle East expert tells Channel 4 News the stalemate could continue, leaving Libya a broken country.

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.

Shots have been fired into the air at the border of Libya and Tunisia. Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson says around 20,000 people are waiting at the border.