In Libya, explosions and heavy gunfire has been reported from central parts of Tripoli. Eye witnesses said fighting is also on in some neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital. Gunfire erupted in the besieged city after the break of the dawn-to-dusk fast of Ramadan. Tripoli residents said fighting had broken out in the eastern neighbourhoods of Soug Jomaa and Arada. The scale of the unrest was unclear but speculation was rife that Gaddafi's 41-year rule was close to collapse.