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Washington Post Watergate journalist Bob Woodward said Thursday on CNN that dramatic hearings by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection are having such a significant impact that at least 20% of Republicans would now like to figuratively push Donald Trump off the cliff.

Whether Republicans are watching the hearings or not, a lot of them know that the earth is shaking, Woodwards Watergate partner Carl Bernstein added in a panel interview with Anderson Cooper.

Why is the earth shaking? Because both the committee and the Justice Department know that before, during and after Jan. 6, there was a massive obstruction and conspiracy from the president down ... to not allow the transition of power, Bernstein said. What we do know, factually, is the Justice Department has the evidence of this massive conspiracy and cover-up, he added

John Dean, a Richard Nixon White House counsel who flipped on him, said the insurrection proceedings are working much better than the Watergate hearings, with very effective ... presentations. Theyre probably getting to Trump because they are so effective. He appreciates good media.

We forget how protracted the Watergate hearings were, Dean noted. They were seven months. I didnt testify for a few hours; I testified for five days, eight hours a day. They were grinding.

Woodward agreed that the House select committees hearings are very dramatic.

I think if you can step back, whats going on here right now in the Republican Party ... 50% roughly of the Republicans would walk off the cliff for Donald Trump, said Woodward. Now I think at least 20% want to push him off the cliff.

And 30% are fixated on simply winning, Woodward noted.

If theres one lesson from writing three books about Trump, spending hours interviewing him, there is the lexicon: Win. You have to win. And they want to win, he added.

Voters can make the calculation: Is this a winning hand with Donald Trump or not? And its eroding. Whether significant, we will see.

The hearings are uncovering meaty, dramatic information, Woodward said.

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The leaders of Libya's two legislative chambers will meet in Geneva next week for last-ditch talks on a constitutional basis for elections, the United Nations said on Thursday, as tensions in the war-torn country are again on the rise.

Two security forces clashed in Tripoli late Wednesday, killing one fighter and damaging property nearby, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, further demonstrating the tense ties between powerful factions in the Libyan capital.

A young man was also killed in a traffic collision as he fled the area along with other civilians, his friends told Reuters.

Two forces associated with the Presidential Council exchanged gunfire in a central part of Tripoli, ministry spokesperson Abdel Monaem al-Arabi said, adding that an investigation into the cause of the incident had begun.

"I saw people running and cars rushing onto the opposite side of the road from fear," passerby Ali Errhoma, 31, told Reuters.

Much of Libya has for years been dominated by rival armed forces that control territory and vie for position while formally acting as paid elements of state security.

Tensions over a political standoff between the government that was installed last year through a U.N.-backed process and a rival administration appointed by the parliament have added to fears of an escalation.

A Reuters reporter said the area where the clashes took place was quiet on Thursday, with shop owners repairing damage to windows and normal life returning.

National elections have long been held up as a crucial element in any long-term solution to Libya's decade of chaos and conflict since the 2011 NATO-backed ousting of Moammar Gadhafi.

Presidential and parliamentary elections that were planned for December 2021 as part of a peace process after a truce in the civil war in 2020 fell apart at the last minute because of disputes over the rules.

Libya's rival factions have since come to a standoff over how to move the political process forward and who should rule the country in the meantime.

The eastern-based House of Representatives parliament said in December that the Tripoli administration of prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah had expired and it announced a new political roadmap and appointed Fathi Bashagha to replace him.

However, Dbeibah has rejected the parliament's moves and refused to hand over power, leaving Bashagha unable to enter Tripoli or take over control of the government.

Under an internationally recognized 2015 political agreement, major decisions need the involvement of both the House of Representatives and another legislative body, the High State Council, which is in Tripoli.

The United Nations has been facilitating talks between the two chambers in Cairo to try to bridge their differences and find agreement on how to hold elections to resolve the crisis.

However, the U.N. special adviser to Libya, Stephanie Williams, said the final round of talks between delegations from the two chambers ended this week without a breakthrough.

The talks between parliament speaker Aguila Saleh and HSC head Khaled al-Meshri, announced by Williams on Twitter, may represent the last chance at diplomacy for now.

Although all sides have said they do not want or expect another round of warfare, tensions between rival factions in western Libya have shown signs of escalation in recent weeks.

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The UNDP reported Tuesday that the Libyan National Planning Council, supported by the UNDP in cooperation with the United States Institute of Peace, conducted a workshop that brought together representatives from the Eastern and Western Libyan Audit Bureau (AB) and the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) from the 16th to the 18th of June.

The UNDP reported that the AB and ACA discussed the ways to further their cooperation and reunification. These talks resulted in a formal commitment between the representatives to create joint committees that will meet regularly and transfer vital information needed to conduct their work in combating financial and regulatory corruption in state institutions.

This breakthrough progress toward reunifying Libyas institutions will significantly assist Libyas goal of reunifying all its state institutions, the UNDP reported.

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Speaking at the French-Libyan Business Forum on Monday (20 June) at MEDEFs Paris headquarters, Mohamed Raied, head of the Libyan General Union of Chambers of Commerce, stressed that Libya is more willing to increase closer relations with France and Europe in a way that serves all sides.

Raied called for increased economic and commercial exchange and removing their obstacles, including the resumption of work at the consulate in Tripoli and the issuance of visas for Libyan citizens, as is the case with several other embassies of friendly countries in Tripoli. He also called for action to encourage French companies to return and work in Libya.

Raied gave a brief overview of the economic situation in Libya and the great opportunities available for cooperation with France in many fields, especially in view of Libyas capabilities and resources, and the development it needs in various fields.

Solar energyHe highlighted the possibility of cooperation to contribute to the production of solar energy and to address the problem of the high prices of many commodities in Libya that were affected by the economic crisis by opening supply lines from French companies producing commodities.

Digital economyRaied highlighted the digital economy and referred to Libyan participation in many international forums, pointing out the importance of intensifying cooperation in this field.

He emphasized that Libya is open to the French experience in the areas of transportation, infrastructure, education, industry and trade.

The Libyan participants at the event included a large number of members of the Libyan-French Chamber, the National Oil Corporation (NOC), a number of directors of oil companies, senior officials of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), the Telecom Holding Company, representatives of Libyan banks in Europe, several lawyers in France, several heads of companies and bodies with commercial and service activities in Libya, and several of business leaders.

On the French side, Philippe Gautier, Director General of MEDEF International and Jrme Barthe, President of the French-Libyan Chamber of Commerce, the Director of the Middle East and North Africa file at the French Treasury, and the participation of nearly sixty French business leaders active in several fields.

The event was organised by the French Employers Association (Mouvement des entreprises de France / Movement of the Enterprises of France MEDEF) and the French Libyan Chamber of Commerce.

It was co-chaired byPhilippe Gautier, Director General of MEDEF International and Jrme Barthe, President of the French-Libyan Chamber of Commerce.

MEDEF is the largest employer federation in France originally established under another name (CNPF) in 1946. It has more than 750,000 members, 90 percent of which are SMEs with fewer than 50 employees.

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Libya was ranked 14 on the Arab world and 151 globally on the Global Peace Index of 2022.

The Institute for Peace and Global Economy indicated that Libya had witnessed a remarkable improvement in the security level, while the volume of military spending amounted to 10.5% of the gross domestic product.

The institute said that Libya recorded the highest increase in stability in the region and the highest improvement in the world, as its score improved by 5.6% in the Global Peace Index for the year 2022, despite remaining one of the least peaceful countries in the world.

The institute added that Libya had witnessed a deterioration in only one indicator, which is the funding of UN peacekeeping operations, while it recorded the highest improvement in peace and security, violent demonstrations, refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as perceptions of criminality.

The institute said that Libya still faces many challenges to peace, yet the field of safety and security improved by 8.3%, driven by a decline in violence and indicators of refugees and internally displaced persons, at a time when the number of deaths of victims of violence decreased by 21%.

It also referred to the decrease in deaths due to the ceasefire agreement between the former Government of National Accord and the forces of Khalifa Haftar in October 2020, saying that even with this decrease in deaths, the indicator of the intensity of the internal conflict remains high.

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Libya ranked 151 on Global Peace Index 2022 - The Libya Observer