Britain accused Col Muammar Gaddafi of 'losing his grip' on reality as the Libyan dictator defied Nato air raids and rebel action on the streets of Tripoli by claiming to be in control of his capital.

The Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said RAF fighter jets had played a "significant" role in Nato attacks on Col Gaddafi's forces in the last 24 hours.
The air assault, in which RAF Tornado GR4s struck with precision-guided Paveway bombs in and around Tripoli, came as pockets of rebels rose up overnight in neighbourhoods across the capital, sparking heavy street fighting for the first time in the city since the rebels took up arms.
Gunfire, anti-aircraft fire and explosions rang out across Tripoli as rebel commanders hailed the start of an attack on the dictator’s final stronghold.
But in a typically defiant audio message broadcast on state television early on Sunday, Col Gaddafi claimed to have repelled the rebels in the city.