Senator John McCain was taken first to Benghazi's Liberation Square, where he received an
enthusiastic
welcome from local activists. He saw the photographs on display there of the hundreds of Libyans who've disappeared and have been missing since the uprising began in February. He welcomed the deployment of armed drones but said Nato still needed more American air support in order to protect civilians. Senator McCain also called for wider political recognition for the Libyan opposition.
The President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has ordered troops from all sides of the country's conflict to return to barracks. Mr Ouattara, who recently won a power struggle with his rival Laurent Gbagbo, said law and order would be
maintain
ed by the police. There were clashes on Thursday in the main city Abidjan between different armed groups loyal to Mr Ouattara. The BBC correspondent there says these groups, some of them undisciplined, are
perceive
d as a threat by civilians.
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The French presidency says it's considering suspending the Schengen accord, which allows the free movement of people between most European Union countries. The move is
in response to
the influx of thousands of migrants fleeing the
upheaval
in Libya and Tunisia. From Paris, Hugh Schofield reports.
Italy has recently granted temporary permits for some 20,000 Tunisians who fled to the island of Lampedusa. Most of these migrants are now trying to exercise what they see as their rights under Schengen to come to France. The French government says that this is not acceptable. Its suggestion about suspending Schengen is a dramatic and highly controversial attempt to force the debate.