Live Blog - Libya Feb 23

(All times are local in Libya GMT+2)

February 23, 2011

3.16pm: Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal reporting from the Egypt-Libya border says roughly 20, 000 have already crossed over the main land terminal between the two countries, carry many things including luggage, satellite dishes and washing machines.

2.55pm: It has been quite calm in the cities of Beida and Benghazi on Wednesday, Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from the city of Tobruk. But militia are still said to be roaming the streets.

2:23pm We're now broadcasting live from inside Libya; specifically, from the eastern city of Tobruk, which we hear is under protester control. Our footage shows an anti-Gaddafi rally, with people holding "Free Libya" signs.

2:08pm A contact with friends and family in Libya has set up a YouTube channel to pass on videos from the troubled country. One is particularly interesting, because it appears to show clear footage of a Chinook transport helicopter flying over what we've been told is Jomhouriya Street in Tripoli. Separate witnesses have reported that armed troops, possible the "mercenaries," have been moving about the capital using such helicopters.

1:55pm The European reaction to Libya begins to get stronger: Following on the French president's call for EU sanctions, UK prime minister David Cameron has said he wants to see a full UN security council resolution regarding the bloody violence in Libya, the Reuters news agency reports.

URL du live: http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/02/22/live-blog-libya-feb-23