The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned the military escalation in Libya, amid fears of a renewed civil war.
It follows bombing of the capital's airport by the Libyan National Army who are trying to take control of Tripoli from the western-backed government.
Nick Harper reports from the UN in New York:

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