22:16 BBC Dr Sunita Singh, who teaches at the University of Sirte, tells the BBC’s Newshour programme gunfire has been heard for the first time in daytime.” Dr Singh says every student has been given a gun to protect themselves against any sort of invasion. Dr Singh’s description goes on: “In the past week, every boy has been given a gun for self-protection. My students told me they couldn’t come to class, they said, ‘We have night duty, we can’t come.’ They are protecting the city and many of them have been armed. Maybe they can sense that they are losing ground so they are trying to do their best to protect themselves. They know the battle has reached them and they have to fight it.” The BBC‘s John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf about the downed fighter jet here 20:53 Iyad El-Baghdadi has just posted an updated strategic map of Sidra Bay. Click on the image for a .
20:33 Foreign Policy reports that Ban Ki-moon will appoint the former Jordanian foreign minister as special envoy for Libya. Read it here
