in line with
the resolution passed
unanimously
on Saturday by the United Nations Security Council. It's thought the Gaddafis' UK assets
amount to
many hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Tunisian interim president has named a new prime minister. He's Beji Caid-Essebsi, and he replaces Mohammed al-Ghannouchi, who resigned earlier in the day. Paul Moss reports from Tunis.
He's a figure from the past. They hope he'll put Tunisia on the road to a new future. Beji Caid-Essebsi served in this country's first ever government as an independent nation. Now he's supposed to
steer
it towards democracy. His appointment follows three days of violent demonstrations here that forced the previous prime minister to resign. What everyone is wondering of course is whether that resignation and the new appointment will be enough to satisfy protesters. Some have said they won't give up until they have proof that free and fair elections are on the way.
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say there's been an attempted attack on President Joseph Kabila in the capital Kinshasa. With more details, Mary Harper.
The Congolese Minister of Information, Lambert Mende, told the BBC a group of armed men had tried to fight their way into Mr Kabila's residence. He said they'd been beaten back by the president's guards after what he described as an
intense
gun battle in which six people were killed. Mr Mende said he had no idea who the attackers were. Some of the gunmen have been captured and are being questioned by the security forces.