the state of play in Libya

1917: More from the BBC’s Jon Leyne in eastern Libya: This whole area, maybe even as much as half of the country, is under the control of the opposition. There’s not a big fear that Colonel Gaddafi is going to retake this area, it seems to have gone too far for that. The fear is how much havoc he will wreak in a last stand in Tripoli. He is retreating to an ever smaller circle.