under siege

by forces from the neighbouring city of Misrata in recent weeks. Unlike previous arrests made a former regime figures, pictures have yet to emerge.

In the town of Bani Walid itself, the stronghold of former Gaddafi's supporters, there have been clashes between government forces and armed groups.

Suspected militants of the Islamist group Boko Haram have killed several people in the town of Potiskum in northeast Nigeria. It follows bombings and gun battles between the military and the Islamist militants. Here is Will Rose.

The violence in Potiskum town has reached an

unprecedented

level. After days of gun fire and bombings, there have been several targeted killings. The police confirmed that the suspected Boko Haram militants stormed the home of the retired head of customs, took him away with his son, and then shot them both by the road to the south of the town. The police would not confirm other reports from residents of Potiskum that a retired policeman was also killed along with two of his children.

News papers in Brazil accounting for some 90% of the market have stopped to allowing their material to be listed in the Google news web search engine. The Brazilian paper say Google news has refused to pay for using their headlines and was driving traffic away from their own websites. Google criticized their

stance

saying its platform provided a way to make journalist’s content available to more people.