大象传媒

Alan Johnston introduces despatches from 大象传媒 correspondents around the world. In this edition, Gabriel Gatehouse visits the frontlines of fighting around Misrata in western Libya, while Bethany Bell sees echoes of the past in the funeral of Otto von Habsburg.

All in it together - the mood around Misrata

Colonel Gaddafi seems as determined as ever to fight on in Libya. Just the other day he swore he'd never leave the people who have, as he said, "sacrificed" themselves for him. But what about those willing to sacrifice themselves in the effort to oust the Colonel? What sort of people are the rebel fighters?

Gabriel Gatehouse met and talked to them, on the dangerous fringes of the city of Misrata.

End of a (dynastic) era

The last Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was Otto von Habsburg. He seemed destined to live a life of pomp and pageantry and palaces. But his family lost its throne at the end of World War I. So Otto went to his grave last weekend with none of his father's grand titles - he was just plain "Mr Habsburg".

Bethany Bell watched as he was laid to rest in both Austria and Hungary.