BBC News with Jerry Smit.

The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has made an

unprecedented

leap from the edge of space. Mr Baumgartner stepped out of the capsule on the end of the helium balloon that had taken him to an altitude of 39 km. He sped towards the landing site in New Mexico at more than 1,000km an hour, breaking a high altitude record that had stood since 1960. At a press conference, Baumgartner described his moment a doubt just before jumping.

What appeared at the time when I really thought I'm in trouble because I have manual push button where I can release a drogue chute which push me out of the flat spin. But at the same time, I knew that if I push that button, the thing is all over. We are not gonna fly

supersonic

. And it's hard, when you fall down at that speed, you have to make that decision, you know, somehow we have to make that call, do I push that button and stay alive, or do I fight all my way down and break the speed of sound and after a couple of seconds, I had that feeling, I get it under control and I did. That's the reason why I broke the speed of sound today.

The constituent assembly in Libya has elected Ali Zidan, an independent, as the new Prime Minister by a large majority, he has 15 days to propose a new cabinet. From Tripoli Rana Jawad reports.

Local observers see Libya's new Prime Minister-elected Ali Zidan as a liberal with a strong personality. He served as the Europe representative to the former transitional government, and was seen as a key player in convincing the ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy to support the uprising against Colonel Gaddafi. His election comes at a critical time with pressing issues like the lack of a government control over security in the country and the need to stabilize tense areas in western Libya, there recently witnessed deadly clashes.