:00:23. > :00:26.Good afternoon. Britain says it is sending medicine and food to Libya,
:00:26. > :00:30.where humanitarian aid is urgently needed after days of fierce
:00:30. > :00:36.fighting. The United Nations has warned that widespread for teachers
:00:36. > :00:41.of water, food, fuel and medical supplies in Tripoli at putting the
:00:41. > :00:51.lives of millions at risk. NATO carried out further air strikes
:00:51. > :00:51.
:00:51. > :00:54.overnight on pro-Gaddafi targets In Tripoli at least, this conflict
:00:54. > :00:59.was beginning to move to a new phase. The battle for the city is
:01:00. > :01:04.almost over and that, for many, is cause for celebration. There had
:01:04. > :01:08.been reports of sporadic violence, even in the areas of Tripoli which
:01:08. > :01:14.are now under rebel control. This shooting year a central hotel was
:01:14. > :01:18.blamed on Gaddafi loyalists, in a nearby building. The biggest crisis
:01:18. > :01:23.in the capital now is a shortage of basic goods. There is no running
:01:23. > :01:28.water and hardly any electricity in a city of 2 million people. The
:01:28. > :01:32.supply of water, which usually comes from the desert, has been
:01:32. > :01:36.disrupted by the fighting. Restoring it will take some time.
:01:36. > :01:42.Still, many returning residents who abandoned the city and have been
:01:42. > :01:46.virtual prisoners in their homes are just happy that the fighting
:01:46. > :01:49.has almost come to an end. TRANSLATION: I've been away from
:01:50. > :01:54.Libya for five months. Gaddafi soldiers were looking for me. I
:01:54. > :01:59.arrived from Tunisia, thanks to God. This is an historic moment in my
:01:59. > :02:02.life. We pray for the martyrs and wish they go to heaven. As we saw
:02:02. > :02:07.yesterday in an abandoned hospital, where dozens of bodies lay
:02:07. > :02:10.unclaimed, most people will put up with the shortages because the
:02:10. > :02:15.majority of Libyans are happy to see the end of the hated, despotic
:02:15. > :02:25.regime. But if this crisis deepens, particularly in the capital, the
:02:25. > :02:26.
:02:26. > :02:31.lack of a new political leadership Let's go live to Tripoli. Just how
:02:32. > :02:36.serious is the situation? It is very serious. It could get a lot
:02:36. > :02:40.worse. The Transitional Council has, in the last few minutes, promised
:02:41. > :02:46.that they will start to distribute fuel and all kinds of fuel in the
:02:46. > :02:52.next few hours. In the next few days, more of the aid which has
:02:52. > :02:56.been donated from Qatar, the UK, Jordan, which has been delivered to
:02:56. > :03:00.Misrata, that will start to come in by sea. Hopefully the humanitarian
:03:01. > :03:04.crisis will be averted. But the situation is already quite bad.
:03:04. > :03:08.Fighting continues elsewhere in the country. The big problem is that
:03:08. > :03:12.Colonel Gaddafi remains at large. Many people in the fighting will
:03:12. > :03:17.continue until he is found. That remains a priority for the rebel
:03:17. > :03:22.leadership. But they say the lack of water and fuel may be addressed
:03:22. > :03:25.in coming days. A Libyan diplomat suspected of
:03:25. > :03:30.killing the police officer Yvonne Fletcher has been identified by the
:03:30. > :03:35.Daily Telegraph. WPC Fletcher was shot outside the Libyan embassy in
:03:35. > :03:39.London in 1984. The paper claims that Abdulmagid Salah Ameri was
:03:39. > :03:42.seen firing shots at protesters. The Government says it will be
:03:42. > :03:46.raising the issue with the new Libyan administration.
:03:46. > :03:50.More than 2 million Americans have been told to evacuate their homes
:03:50. > :03:54.as they brace themselves for the full impact of Hurricane Irene,
:03:54. > :03:59.which in the last few minutes hit the US Atlantic coast. With
:03:59. > :04:02.widespread flooding and power cuts forecast, people are being told to
:04:02. > :04:05.prepare for the worst. Several states have declared emergencies
:04:05. > :04:09.and the New York transportation system is being shut down.
:04:09. > :04:14.All packs of Nurofen Plus are being recalled amid suspicions of
:04:14. > :04:17.sabotage. Five boxes have been found to contain medicines made by
:04:17. > :04:21.other manufacturers, including an and an anti-psychotic drug.