BBC News with Julie Candler

The Libyan prime minister has been forced to step down after parliament rejected his second and final attempt to form a cabinet. Mustafa Abu Shagur was Libya’s first elected prime minister after the overthrow and killing of Mouammar Gadaffi last year. Rana Jawad reports from Tripoli.

In the end, it was the loss of the hands of the assembly that voted Dr. Abu Shagur as prime minister last month. His second and latest propose for nomination of his cabinet earned for no confidence vote from 125 members of the 200 member congress. Libya’s short left prime minister elected, Mr. Abu Shagur proposed an emergency cabinet list with a small number of ministries. He described the country as facing dangerous challenges. The latest events are likely to be seen by some as the result of party politics overshadowing the country’s need for a government to move it forward.

People in Venezuela are voting in a most hotly contested presidential election since President Hugo Chaves came to power 14 years ago. Mr. Chavez is seeking another 6-year-term to continue what he calls a socialist revolution. His main rival, Henrique Capriles, is backed by a broad coalition of opposition parties. Sara Granger is in the capital Caracas.

We went out this morning to polling stations and saw thousands of people waiting to vote and that some indications of how supporters on both sides feel it very important to go and have their say and made their decision. Because I think for the first time many people in the opposition feel as if they have a real chance of winning, a real chance of challenging Hugo Chaves and of course Chaves has many strong supporters who will felt it very important to try to maintain their president in power. So a lot, thanks to everybody, and overseeing that means much more likely there will be a high turnout.