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21 August 2011
Last updated at 20:21 ET
Downing Street has said the "end is near" for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi and called on him to "go now", as rebel forces advance into Tripoli.
"He has committed appalling crimes against the people of Libya and he must go now to avoid any further suffering for his own people," a statement said.
Rebels appeared to be meeting little resistance after a day of fierce gun battles in and around the capital.
Nick Clegg is expected to address the situation in Libya in a speech later.
The deputy prime minister, in a speech to a British Council seminar in London, is expected to say that the government has learned - from the invasion of Iraq - the importance of planning for the peace.
"The decision to support military intervention in Libya was not one the UK took lightly. Particularly not by those of us who opposed the invasion of Iraq," he is expected to say.
"We went to Libya with a clear humanitarian mandate. And tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of lives have been saved since. But, we also knew that inaction would have threatened the Arab Spring as a whole."
Saif arrested Col Gaddafi is believed to still have thousands of armed followers in the capital although reports suggest a number of them have surrendered to the rebels.
Television footage showed civilians cheering opposition forces, waving flags and firing celebratory shots as they passed in their pick-ups.
A convoy of Libyan rebels has rolled into central Tripoli past celebrating crowds. They appeared to meet little resistance and civilians emerged to cheer them, waving flags and firing celebratory shots as they passed in their pick-ups.
It is unclear how much of the city is still under government control, but the International Criminal Court has confirmed the capture of Col Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam.
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"He has committed appalling crimes against the people of Libya and he must go now to avoid any further suffering for his own people," a statement said.
Rebels appeared to be meeting little resistance after a day of fierce gun battles in and around the capital.
Nick Clegg is expected to address the situation in Libya in a speech later.
The deputy prime minister, in a speech to a British Council seminar in London, is expected to say that the government has learned - from the invasion of Iraq - the importance of planning for the peace.
"The decision to support military intervention in Libya was not one the UK took lightly. Particularly not by those of us who opposed the invasion of Iraq," he is expected to say.
"We went to Libya with a clear humanitarian mandate. And tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of lives have been saved since. But, we also knew that inaction would have threatened the Arab Spring as a whole."
Saif arrested Col Gaddafi is believed to still have thousands of armed followers in the capital although reports suggest a number of them have surrendered to the rebels.
Television footage showed civilians cheering opposition forces, waving flags and firing celebratory shots as they passed in their pick-ups.
A convoy of Libyan rebels has rolled into central Tripoli past celebrating crowds. They appeared to meet little resistance and civilians emerged to cheer them, waving flags and firing celebratory shots as they passed in their pick-ups.
It is unclear how much of the city is still under government control, but the International Criminal Court has confirmed the capture of Col Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam.
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