BBC News with Mike Cooper

Forces loyal to the internationally recognised President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, are surrounding the main city Abidjan, where Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to give up power. A BBC reporter in Abidjan said there had been fierce clashes around the national TV station, near the presidential palace. Mr Ouattara says he's ordered the closure of land, air and sea borders. Earlier, he imposed an immediate overnight curfew on Abidjan. Mr Gbagbo's London spokesman Abdon Bayeto told the BBC that the president's forces would fight on against Mr Ouattara.

忠于国际社会公认的科特迪瓦总统瓦塔拉的力量包围了主要城市阿比让，而巴博则拒绝出让权力。BBC驻阿比让一名记者表示，国家电视台周围总统府附近发生了激烈的战斗。瓦塔拉表示他已下令关闭海陆空边境。此前，他下令立即在阿比让实施夜间宵禁。巴博驻伦敦发言人Abdon Bayeto告诉BBC，总统的军队将会奋力抵抗瓦塔拉。

"Laurent Gbagbo is going nowhere. He's the president-elect of Cote d'Ivoire, and he is going to be, you know, a such president until the five years to come. That's what our constitution recognised."

“巴博总统不会去其他地方。他是科特迪瓦的当选总统，未来的五年之内他都将继续担任科特迪瓦总统，他是我们的宪法认可的。”

The US Defence Department says the air campaign against Colonel Gaddafi's forces has knocked out much of his military capabilities, but rebel forces are still heavily outnumbered. They also insisted it was now up to countries other than America to train or support the rebels. Nick Childs reports.