Gaddafi loyalists advance to east

Forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are moving into rebel territory in the east, taking a small town and bombing an arms dump.

The BBC’s John Simpson in the nearby city of Ajdabiya says the 100-vehicle convoy is expected to advance towards it, after taking the town of al-Brayqa.

The city’s defenders are in a high state of excitement and expecting an attack, our correspondent says.

In two weeks of unrest Col Gaddafi has lost control of large parts of Libya.