Key points
1. The first shots have been fired in Libya by French military jets enforcing the no-fly zone voted for by the UN
2. French aircraft are preventing forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Gaddafi from attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says after a meeting of world leaders in Paris
3. French aircraft also flew over "all Libyan territory" on reconnaissance missions, according to French military sources
4. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tells journalists he believed British, French and Canadian aircraft would launch the first airstrikes, a BBC correspondent reports
5. Earlier, Pro-Gaddafi forces launched an assault on Benghazi, a BBC journalist witnessed. A jet appears to have been shot down over the city
1. The first shots have been fired in Libya by French military jets enforcing the no-fly zone voted for by the UN
2. French aircraft are preventing forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Gaddafi from attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says after a meeting of world leaders in Paris
3. French aircraft also flew over "all Libyan territory" on reconnaissance missions, according to French military sources
4. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tells journalists he believed British, French and Canadian aircraft would launch the first airstrikes, a BBC correspondent reports
5. Earlier, Pro-Gaddafi forces launched an assault on Benghazi, a BBC journalist witnessed. A jet appears to have been shot down over the city