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What happened to the Kadhafi family after Libyan leader's death

After nearly a decade of pre-trial detention in Lebanon, Hannibal Kadhafi, one of longtime Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi's sons, was ordered by a Lebanese court on Friday to be released on bail.

Since a NATO-backed revolt toppled and killed Moamer in 2011, the Kadhafi family have scattered across different parts of the world.

Here's a look at where some of its members are today.

- HANNIBAL KADHAFI -

Hannibal Kadhafi was arrested in Lebanon in 2015 and has since been detained pending trial.

A picture allegedly found on a laptop of Hannibal Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, in Rome

BBC accepts sanction over 'misleading' Gaza documentary

The UK media watchdog on Friday sanctioned the BBC for a Gaza documentary whose child narrator was later revealed to be the son of Hamas's former deputy minister of agriculture, branding it "materially misleading".

The broadcaster earlier this year apologised for "serious flaws" in the making of "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone" and pulled it from its platform after a backlash.

The broadcaster said it shared the blame for the "unacceptable" flaws with UK production company Hoyo Films.

The UK media watchdog Ofcom has sanctioned the BBC over 'unacceptable flaws' in a documentary about the Gaza war

Trump says he expects expansion of Abraham accords soon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states.

"I hope to see Saudi Arabia go in, and I hope to see others go in. I think when Saudi Arabia goes in, everybody goes in," Trump said in an interview broadcast on Friday on Fox Business Network.

Trump said he had had "some very good conversations" as recently as Wednesday with states that have indicated their willingness to join the accords.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an event to make announcements on fertility treatment coverage, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

UN says 560 tonnes of food entering Gaza daily since ceasefire but more needed

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday it has brought about 560 tonnes of food per day on average into Gaza since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect, but that still fell short of the scale of need in the enclave.

With famine conditions present in parts of Gaza, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher said on Wednesday that thousands of aid vehicles would now have to enter Gaza weekly to ease the crisis.

Trucks carrying aid wait at the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing to southern Gaza, amid a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in southern Israel, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

UK regulator says BBC's Gaza documentary broke broadcasting rules

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's media regulator Ofcom said a BBC documentary about children's lives in Gaza narrated by the 13-year-old son of a deputy agriculture minister in the Hamas-run government broke broadcasting rules.

It said the failure to disclose the position of the boy's father was "materially misleading".

The BBC removed "Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone" from its online platform in February, five days after it was broadcast.

Its own investigation found in July that the programme had breached its editorial guidelines on accuracy.

Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

UK govt aims to reverse ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Villa game

The UK government vowed on Friday to do everything to allow all fans to attend a match between Aston Villa and Tel Aviv Maccabi after anger at a ban on the Israeli team's supporters.

Birmingham-based Villa said on Thursday that the club had been informed by the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) -- responsible for issuing certificates for matches -- that no away fans would be permitted at the Europa League game on November 6.

The Safety Advisory Group is the body responsible for issuing safety certificates for every match at Villa Park

Analysis-Ceasefire offers Israel opportunity to end its international isolation

By Lili Bayer

(Reuters) -A ceasefire in Gaza is raising hopes among many in Israel that the country can begin to repair its image abroad, after months of deepening isolation due to thetoll of the two-yearconflict.

Public opinion in the West has shifted significantly since the war erupted following Islamist group Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel,in which some 1,200 people were killed and251taken hostage.

Palestinians, who were displaced to the southern part of Gaza at Israel's order during the war, walk along a road as they attempt to return to the north after a ceasefire, in the central Gaza Strip, October 10. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Saudi Arabia in talks with US for defence pact, FT reports

(Reuters) -Saudi Arabia is discussing a defence deal with the United States which it hopes to seal when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House next month, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

A senior Trump administration official told the Financial Times there were "discussions about signing something when the crown prince comes, but the details are in flux.”

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on during a signing ceremony at the Maximos Mansion, in Athens, Greece, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi

Nearly 900 mn poor people exposed to climate shocks, UN warns

Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday.

"No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air pollution, but it's the poorest among us who are facing the harshest impact," Haoliang Xu, acting administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, told AFP in a statement.

The upcoming UN climate summit in Brazil 'is the moment for world leaders to look at climate action as action against poverty,' the UN says

New Zealand reimposes sanctions on Iran over nuclear non-compliance

By Lucy Craymer

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New  Zealand is reimposing sanctions on Iran due to concerns about Iran's non-compliance with itsnuclear obligations, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement on Friday.

The statement said the reimposition of United Nations sanctions is a result of Iran not complying with the terms of the internationally recognised Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action which was signed in 2015, and will take effect on October 18.

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters attends a press conference, following his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Beijing, China February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Laurie Chen/Pool/File Photo