Médecins Sans Frontières tells Channel 4 News its doctors have been "patching up detainees in between torture sessions" in Misrata's prisons. The charity is suspending its work there as a result.

Gaddafi's body is reportedly set to be handed over to relatives as Libya looks forward to its first elections for more than 40 years.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's wife and three children have fled to Algeria. In Libya, the rebel council says it is an "act of aggression" that Algeria let them in the country.

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Libyans are free to text, call and blog again after a long telecommunications blackout, in a powerful symbol of how the rebels are ringing the changes.

In his first speech since the launch of a major rebel offensive, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urges Libyans to "get ready for the fight", urging them to liberate the country from Nato and traitors.

Anti-Gaddafi forces enter the city of Zawiyah, a key strategic target just 30 miles from the embattled dictator's stronghold in Tripoli.

Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi could stay in the country as long as he relinquishes power, according to Foreign Secretary William Hague.

French claims that Colonel Gaddafi is ready to step down are just internal political posturing says defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.