Libya 'surprise' at pay-out row

A senior Libyan diplomat has said there was "surprise" that the issue of compensation for victims of the IRA has been raised again.

Speaking on Al-Jazeera TV Abd al-Ati al-Ubaydi said the British government had been told some time ago that it "was not open for discussion."

He said "domestic political pressures" on Gordon Brown had led to the compensation issue being raised again.