Colonel Gaddafi's regime has sent an envoy to London for talks with British officials.

A senior aide to Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif-al-Islam was apparently told the Libyan leader had to give up power.

Sir Richard Dalton, former British ambassador to Libya, analyses unconfirmed reports of other senior Libyans defecting.

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