A michael glad you could join me a Major International conference aimed at reaching a peace deal for libya will begin here in berlin in the next hour to libyas main warring parties and their International Backers will seek to thrash out a deal to end years of conflict germany has expressed confidence that an agreement can be reached in the german capital but tensions remain high in libya and the country remains deeply divided. A quiet day in libyas capital tripoli. Libyans awaiting news of sundays berlin peace conference but expectations are low. That regarding the berlin conference if it favors the libyan people libya will of course welcome it but it pavers other matters that we wont be happy if. The truth is the conference of playing a trap to libya i dont think that any benefits will come out of it. There are currently 2 sides to libya the internationally recognized government and the opposition spearheaded by this man general Khalifa Haftar he wants to take power and hes raised the stakes forces supporting general have to have blocked oil exports from key ports in Eastern Libya holding the economy to ransom the country is divided which and you have to protests in western libya the conference in berlin overseen by the United Nations aims to bridge this divide but it wont be easy. Im not so pessimistic to say that will be used as well but im not saying naive to say that it will be the end of International Divisions if we can lighten richies calm down and qualify the divisions especially the regional ones but also internationally divisions that we have seen in recent. Would be very good. 9 years of conflict in libya has slowly turned into a regional proxy war the un wants World Leaders to stop meddling and hopes the berlin conference will be the beginning of the end for foreign interference. Joining me in the studio. Political correspondent hans brand ones im so glad you could join us today how significant or todays International Peace peace talks for the future of libya on should never put too much hope into such conference was on the other hand you have to say its simply significant that all the players that play a role in this conflict and thats quite a lot of them are in fact gathering in one place the fact that people are sitting doll or on the table all of them together that is of quite a big significance is an achievement in itself does not mean that success for this conference is guaranteed but at least people are talking to each other of course we saw general have to our walk out of talks earlier this week in russia thats not exactly a harbinger of good things to come yes and in addition to that. On his side blocking although polls on the eve of these talks popo is in libya and thats really the lifeline for libya as a whole also for the internationally recognized government it is a paul play thats going on general feels that he is in a very strong position here is militarily fairly successful in recent months that turkey has come in on the side of the International Recognized government a government. As advanced as in recent deals in recent months with the aid of russia have come to a standstill so this kind of power plays going on and thats really whats happening at the table that these both these 2 protest is general haftar on they want side and fired all sorrows the leader of the government not really at the table themselves its really that back as from all sides that are discussing issues and libya today heres an interesting thing thing to me now the u. N. Has made it very clear that they want to stop all foreign interference in libya thats whats complicating things and yet the Major Players at this conference are in fact all those foreign entities who believe that they have a stake in the outcome in libya is there room for. A compromise between the 2 warring factions year in their backers feel always have to say there is room there always is room for compromise and this is as i say apollo play it fact that is the point of this conference to bring those foreign backers to a table for them to decide how they want to play out their influence in libya that is as i said russia on the one side turkey on the other side there is the United Arab Emirates and egypt on the side of qatar on the side of the internationally recognized government this france on one side italy on the other side and theres a whole lot of players involved in this in the end it is a matter of finding an agreement between these different powers and that can only happen if they stop supporting the fighting on the ground in other words if weapons could stop being sent there if mercenaries on both sides would be stopping said if the fighting on the ground can be stopped then there is a chance for some sort of political agreement on the ground thank you so much for joining us appreciate it for. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world protesters have clashed with police in the lebanese capital beirut demonstrators threw fireworks and Police Responded with tear gas and rubber bullets its the latest flare up in 3 months of protests against alleged government corruption. The bodies of 11 ukrainians killed when their flight was shot down by iran have returned home ukrainian president Volodymyr Selenski officials and staff from Ukrainian International airlines attended the somber ceremony in kiev last week the Iranian Military down the plane by mistake killing everyone on board. For Hong Kong Police have fired tear gas in a public park as thousands of protesters participate in another antigovernment rally the demonstrators are continuing their calls for democratic reforms and against alleged Police Brutality organizers described todays march as a quote universal siege on communists and the International Community to sanction hong kongs government protests in the territory have been ongoing for months. Did you correspondent has been reporting from the center of the demonstrations earlier he told us what he saw. Yeah there was this siege on communists or early today mood was quite tense from the beginning because police had only allowed part of the rally to happen the people were allowed to assemble but they were not allowed to march. There were searches conducted before heavy Police Presence then from what i could see some protesters started smashing traffic lights and police moved on with force and dispersed the rally some arrests were made what were seeing now most people have left now the scene police is still there they are conducting occasional searches a few people have been arrested now after this demonstration mainly there is no solution to the crisis that underlies this conflict and the demands of the protesters or the protesters feel their demands have not been met there is no dialogue between the government and the opposition so it is there that none of the issues that underlie this conflict have been resolved and that is why protesters decided to come out again well 1st fire now floods in australia heavy storms have hit the east coast and while the rains have helped put out some of the devastating bushfires theyve also caused flash flooding for residents and rescue teams the wet weather is a mixed blessing the rains finally fell spilling relief for people. As well as wildlife i love. The rain is welcome its putting out bush fires and helping improve conditions for the firefighters trying to get a handle on the many fires still burning but theres also been flooding. Here whove been rescued from the fires now have to be saved from the floods. You. Saw. 100 year threshold. Just a few locations which saw. Its its not very widespread after australias most devastating fire season on record due to manmade Climate Change large areas a left with little vegetation and hard drive ground its the perfect conditions for flooding storms hit the countrys east coast and dumped 2 months of rainfall overnight in some parts the government has received huge criticism over its handling of the fires and now theyve got another serious environmental risk to mitigate. Well drama surrounding the crown Britains Queen elizabeth has reached an agreement with her grandson prince harry and his wife megan that will allow them to step back from their roles as working members of the royal family they will cease using the title. And will no longer receive taxpayer money last month they said they wanted to lead a more independent life. The 1st time meghan there in white was Seen Holding Hands with prince harry in public she may have known then that she might never again be simply Meghan Markle in the eyes of the media. And every mention thereafter she would be tied to harry and his royal mess. And that meant more Media Attention than she may have even imagined. Even after a spectacular wedding the british media especially the tabloids disrupted dismayed and eventually helped disengage or exit prince harry and his wife meggan from royal service. Next it has tended to divide. In an extraordinary silver way its interesting that the millennial tend to be sympathetic towards the whole the baby boom tend to be disapproving of them all the whole. Of neither of them particularly want to pay for them Public Opinion in britain may be divided Public Opinion a tourist sites in britain are decidedly on the side of harry and maggie and i think its very good about america. I think anyway thats because theyre going to have a lovely life i wish them all the best i feel that it would be a great step to them be unhappy are next for the happy happier couple and attempt at a more ordinary life split between britain and north america where some day they may be introduced as 1st meghan and then her husband harry. In mixed martial arts irishman Conor Mcgregor made light work of his opponent american donald and his return to the ultimate fighting championship known as u. F. C. In Las Vegas Mcgregor pummeled surround me with a series of punches in the 1st round forcing the referee to step in and stop the fight after only 40 seconds making it a technical knockout mcgregor becomes the 1st u. F. C. Fighter in history to secure a knockout victories across 3 weight divisions and featherweight lightweight and now. In saturdays late match League Leaders r. P. Leipzig played host to promote promoted side. And even though i have proved themselves hard to beat this season like to get past the berliners 31 to retain their standing as the leagues top docs. Leipzig boy wonder coach goes man led his team into the 2nd half of the season sitting on top of the bundesliga but it was the up starts from berlin who drew 1st blood to us both to opening the scoring in just the 10th minute much to the delight of the legions of visiting fans Sebastian Anderson outfoxing a defender and putting through on goal have leipzig came out swinging in the 2nd tower though and it took old Reliable Team over just 6 minutes to equal the of this time both to failed to clear a long ball instead feeding it to van. And 6 minutes later leipsic took the lead ourselves its hitting the target to light up the home crowd have the austrian there to clean up after some pinball and power it past keeper of it. Then in the waning minutes venice struck again to back his brace and become the just leaguers top scorer have turned provider this time and vanna controlled the ball and banged it in to seal the leipzig win. 31 the final score and now goes man can be glad hes got his number 11 to rely on. You are watching the news the live from berlin up next world stories look at how angry east germans storm the secret Police Headquarters 30 years ago a Michael Okuda from all of us here thanks for watching we will have more news in 45 minutes. Carefully. To be a good. Actually