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Migrant shipwreck survivors 'sent to bombed Libyan detention centre'

Most of the survivors of the worst Mediterranean shipwreck so far this year have been transferred to a Libyan detention centre that was hit by a deadly airstrike this month, according to the UN refugee agency.

United Kingdom

Brother of Manchester Arena bomber set to be charged with murder

The younger brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber will be charged with murder after being extradited to the UK, police say.

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Rescue ship carrying 41 migrants flouts Italian ban to dock

The ship from the Mediterranea NGO docked in Lampedusa "out of necessity" on Saturday afternoon. Another rescue ship, the Alan Kurdi, from the German NGO Sea-Eye, carrying 65 migrants is currently waiting in international waters off the Italian island to dock.

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Why won't the world condemn Libya's Khalifa Haftar?

Euronews takes a look at why the UN Security Council failed to condemn a recent attack on a migrant centre in northwest Libya, and the background players supporting the country's national army chief.

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Dozens killed in Libya after air strike hits migrant centre

At least 40 people were killed after an air strike hit a migrant detention centre in an eastern suburb of Tripoli.

Libya

Tensions mount between eastern Libyan forces and Turkey

Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar said they destroyed a Turkish drone parked at Tripoli's only working airport on Sunday, halting civilian flights as tensions between Ankara and the eastern administration mounted.

Italy

Italy lets 10 stranded migrants disembark NGO ship but row deepens

The German maritime rescue NGO rescued the 53 migrants off the coast of Libya on Wednesday but has been unable to disembark them after Italy refused them entry with Salvini ordering law enforcement on Thursday to prevent the boat from entering Italian waters.

Libya

Escaping Libya: a special report as warlords lay siege to the country

As part of a Euronews special, Anelise Borges travels to Libya to meet with those who are desperate to escape the war-torn country,

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Euroviews. Libya’s fragile economic gains thwarted by the unnecessary war ǀ View

When the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) was formed in Libya in December 2015, it was facing an enormous amount of work to restore the country’s social fabric and rebuild its devastated economic structures.

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Euroviews. Europe's inaction on the civil war in Libya will bring crisis to our shores ǀ View

It isn’t hard to see why Ghassan Salamé accused the global community of lacking the ‘moral motivation’ to end the Libyan civil war. After all, his comments followed Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a warlord and dictator-in-the-making.

World

"Foreign interference" has prolonged the crisis in Libya, Prime Minister tells Euronews

Fayez al Sarraj, Prime minister of Libya's United Nations-backed Government of National Accord, has told Euronews that "foreign interference" since the fall of General Muammar al-Gaddafi eight years ago had damaged the country and prolonged its crises.

Libya

'Haftar's troops are criminals and thugs,' Libyan PM tells Euronews

"They are criminal gangs, ideological groups, thugs and outlaws," al-Serraj told Euronews in exclusive interview

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Libya managing migrants is 'like a sick doctor treating patients'

Putting unstable Libya in charge of managing Europe-seeking migrants is like "a sick doctor being asked to treat patients".

Libya

'They started to shoot": NGOs raise alarm on Libyan detention centres

Migrants and refugees caught in the Mediterranean are brought back to Libya and kept in detention centres where they are particularly vulnerable.

Libya

Clashes on outskirts of Libya's capital Tripoli kill 15

At least 15 fighters under the command of strongman Khalifa Haftar were killed in clashes with forces linked to the UN-recognised government.

Europe News

Libyan ambassador to the EU: Libya is seeking international guarantees

As the UN and the EU ask for a ceasefire in Libya, the national unity government asks for a strong signal from the International community

Tunisia

'They went under one after one': Survivor recounts migrant boat horror

A survivor of a migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean has told how he watched fellow passengers slip away and sink to their deaths.

Tunisia

Death toll from Tunisia migrant ship disaster rises to 65

It's prompted warnings that more migrants will die unless search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean are strengthened.

Libya

Libya calls for help against rebel offensive

The Libyan government calls for international support to halt the Eastern rebels’ assault on Tripoli.

World

Libyan Prime Minister brings message of migration increase to Europe

Libya's UN-backed prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj will hold talks in Rome today with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, amid a deadly military escalation in Tripoli.

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