Libya war: strike against Gaddafi

After a year of major change in Libya, a doctor and filmmaker based in Tripoli writes for Channel 4 News on the daily challenges in hospital and on the streets around the city.

From the Arab Spring to the eurozone crisis, Channel 4 News casts an expert eye on the events that changed the world this year.

Overjoyed at the prospect of returning to the UK for Christmas, HMS Ocean’s crew decided to make a festive video to the tune of Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You.

Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the surrender of Abdullah Senussi, the most feared enforcer of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime.

As a mob awaits him on the runway, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi veers between fear of being lynched and bravado at meeting the same fate as his father, a taped conversation with his captors reveals.

The arrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s son and heir apparent Saif al-Islam in the southern desert is a chance for the Zintan fighters to redeem themselves, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says it will investigate allegations of crimes committed by Nato forces as well as by the rebels and Gaddafi regime.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor says he has had “informal contact” with Libyan fugitive Saif Gaddafi over his surrender to the war crimes court.

Muammar Gaddafi and his son were buried in a secret desert grave this morning, says the National Transitional Council, ending debate among Libya’s new leaders.

Millions are expected to party through the night as Libya celebrates the official end of the war against Colonel Gaddafi’s regime.

Gaddafi’s body is reportedly set to be handed over to relatives as Libya looks forward to its first elections for more than 40 years.

I’ve spent much of today with the Al Ghiran brigade, the fighters from Misrata who caught Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday. They are proud of themselves, writes Lindsey Hilsum.

As Colonel Gaddafi’s body lies in a fridge in Misrata, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets the men who captured him hiding in a drainage pipe – which is now a symbol of new Libya.

The world reacts to the end of Colonel Gaddafi’s 42-year grip on Libya as the US warns of “difficult days ahead” following his death. Meanwhile, Gaddafi’s burial has been delayed.

Gaddafi’s bodyguard claims that the former dictator’s son, Mutassim, was “in charge of eveything” from the start of the war, as questions emerge about how the Colonel was killed.