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Protesters storm Libya’s parliament buildingamid political impasse, electricity cuts Several tv channels stated that protesters had managed to penetrate the building and committed acts of vandalism, even as media outlets confirmed-images of thick columns of black smoke coming from its perimeter as angryyounger protesters burned tyres. Other media reviews stated part of the building have been burned. The parliament building was empty as Friday falls on the weekend in Libya. Libya's parliament, or House of Representatives, has been based in Tobruk, loads of kilometres (miles) east of the capital Tripoli, due to the factan east-west schism in 2014 following the rebellion that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi threeyears earlier. 

A rival body, formally known as the High Council of State, is based in Tripoli. Images Friday confirmed that aprotester using a bulldozer had managed to smash through a part of a gate, permitting different demonstrators to go intomore easily, even as automobiles of officials have been set on fire. Other protesters, some brandishing the greenflags of the Kadhafi regime, threw office files into the air. Libya has continued numerous days of energycuts, worsened by the blockade of numerous oil centers towards the backdrop of political rivalries. "We need the lights to work," protesters chanted. Lawmaker Balkheir Alshaab advised Libyan channel Al-Ahrar: "We should realize our failure and without delaywithdraw from the political scene." Talks fail to resolve stalemate Presidential and parliamentary elections, firstlyset for December last year, have been meant to cap a UN-led peace process following the end of the last major round of violence in 2020. But the vote never took place due to numerouscontentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls' legal foundationamong rival power centres in the east and west.

The reasons behind the delays in Libya's 'impossible' presidential vote The United Nations stated Thursday that talks between the rival Libyan establishments geared towardbreaking the deadlock had failed to solvekey differences. Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh and High Council of State president Khaled al-Mishri met at the UN in Geneva for three days of talks to discuss a draft constitutional framework for elections. While a few development was made, it was notsufficient to move forward toward elections, with the two sidesstill at odds over who can stand in presidential elections, stated the UN's top Libya envoy Stephanie Williams, who facilitated the talks. The prospect of elections seems as remote as ever for the reason that HoR, elected in 2014, appointed a rival authorities to replace that of interim high minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, arguing that his mandate has expired. Recent weeks have seen repeated skirmishes among armed groups in Tripoli, prompting fears of a return to full-scale conflict. Libya's National Oil Corporation stated Monday that a blockade at oil installations in the centralcoastal vicinity of Sirte meant it may declareforce majeur, a degree liberating it of contractual obligations due to circumstances beyond its control. A blockade of major oil export terminals and numerous oilfields began in April, after the eastern-based parliament appointed former interior minister Fathi 

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