France's Defence Ministry has acknowledged that US-made missiles captured from the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) belonged to the French military.

Some 2,800 people have been displaced by fighting between rival militias over Tripoli, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Libya said.

The death toll from weekend fighting in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi between troops loyal to a rogue general and Islamist militias has risen to 70, according to the country’s health ministry.