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Libyan leaders arrive in Paris for talks to restore order in the count

The rival factions are hoping to agree on a political roadmap, including elections

United Kingdom

Britain apologises for appalling treatment of Libyan dissident & his wife

UK intelligence services helped the CIA abduct Abdul Hakim Belhadj and his then-pregnant wife in 2004 from Thailand to return them to Tripoli, where Abdul was tortured. Now Britain has admitted its mistake and paid compensation.

Malta

Volunteer pilots ready for take-off to help save migrants in the Med

‘Pilotes Volontaires’: two Frenchmen used their savings to buy a light plane, aiming to search the sea off the Libyan coast and help NGOs save migrants in distress.

World News

As it happened: Thursday morning, May 3

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happen this morning.

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Libya

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly attack in Libya

Suicide bombers stormed the head offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and setting fire to the building in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group.

World

'They beat you everyday' - the migrants turning back from Libya

Euronews has been to Niger, where many migrants are returning after facing tough conditions in neighbouring Libya

World News

Ex-French President Sarkozy says accusers make his life 'hell'

The former French president mounted a robust defence of his conduct and promised to make his honour "triumph"

France

The Euronews interview that is key to the investigation into Nicolas S

Seven years on, the shockwaves of Saif Gaddafi's words are being felt.

France

Gaddafi’s son offers evidence that Libya funded Sarkozy election bid

Saif al-Islam, son of Libya’s ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi, welcomes Nicolas Sarkozy’s detention – and offers evidence for claims first made to Euronews that Libya funded the former French president’s 2007 election bid.

France

Sarkozy questioned a second day over allegations of Libyan funding

The former president has dismissed the Libya allegations of receiving money from the dictatorial regime of Kahdafi, as 'grotesque' and a 'crude manipulation'

France

Sarkozy funding scandal: what does it all mean?

Euronews explains what the Libyan case, how it all started, the biggest players in the case, and what could happen next for the former French president.

Libya

Hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya

Rescue ships and Libya's coastguard picked up several hundred migrants on Saturday. Libyan coastguard vessels intercepted three migrant boats off Zawiya, just west of the capital, Tripoli.

Libya

Libya repatriates 250 African migrants

They were the latest to be sent home as part of a voluntary deportation scheme

World

Libya to mark 7 years since revolution

Since the fall of Gaddafi in 2011, which led to the disintegration of the security apparatus, Libya has been torn apart by the struggle for influence

World News

2018 already proves deadly for migrants

Less than two weeks into the New Year and 81 migrants have already died trying to reach Europe.

Greece

Greek coastguard intercepts ship carrying explosive materials

The vessel Andromeda has been impounded in Crete. Authorities say it was bound for Libya and was carrying materials that could be used for making bombs.

Italy

More than 370 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

Early on the morning of Boxing Day (December 26), rescue workers spotted more than 130 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean, some 40 kilometres off the coast of Libya.

World News

Mediterranean migrant deaths down in 2017

The UN migration agency says there's been a 40 percent drop in the number of migrant drownings in the Mediterranean

Libya

Libyan coast guard picks up more than 250 migrants trying to reach Ita

World News

Amnesty International report on Libya sounds alarm in Brussels

EU officials and elected representatives scramble to damage control after accusations of governmental "collusion" with criminals and people traffickers.

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