UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has sidestepped calls to apologise for his comments about clearing bodies from a Libyan city.

LIBYA’S new leadership reaffirmed their commitment to democracy and good governance yesterday as they worked on how to spend billions of dollars they have been given from the frozen assets of fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s 40-year regime appeared to be crumbling today as euphoric Libyan rebels swept into Tripoli amid calls for the leader to “go now”.

Hundreds of rebels have launched a broad offensive against government forces in western Libya and seized three small towns, spokesmen say.