Alex Ritson

That's the internationally recognised government in Tripoli.

You still have other forces that are very much at play there.

And they were discussing closer military cooperation, also the extension of

of Libya's military presence in the country.

That had also happened just as these talks were taking place.

And really, I think it's all about Turkey in the sense that it has built up a more and more kind of dominant position in Libya.

particularly since its intervention in 2019.

Back then, there was a major turning point.

Forces from the east had essentially laid siege to Tripoli, and this internationally recognised government was really only in control of perhaps a few streets in Tripoli.

It was the military intervention by Turkey which turned the tables on that, and this strongman, Haftar, who had been leading Turkey

what he called the Libyan National Army, which was originally based in Benghazi, without getting too deep into the complications, but he was seen as the strong man in Libya.

It looked like he was about to take over.

That was stopped.

Since then, Libya has used that to build closer military, of course, political and economic ties, but not just with the internationally recognised government in Tripoli, but also with Haftar and with the eastern powers to try and really square that circle.

And also, you know, one doesn't know where this is leading and how much this is in good faith, but to try to bring those sides together and to finally have a formal end to what's been a continuing low rumbling conflict, despite the fact that that moment of greatest danger for the government in Tripoli has passed.

And General Haftar's moment as the absolute key player with a lot of backing from regional powers has also faded.

Sebastian Usher.

In Egypt, specialists have begun restoring an ancient ceremonial boat built nearly 4,000 years ago.

The vessel dates back to the reign of one of ancient Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Khufu.

It was discovered nearly 60 years ago in a sealed pit near the famous Pyramids of Giza.