1817: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for "reconciliation" in Libya, in a telephone call with opposition leader Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, a UN spokesperson says.
On that same theme, Rowan Cole tweets: I wonder if #Gadaffi will be found in a hole like Saddam in a few weeks/months time?
1811: The BBC's Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera, says British intelligence agencies will be keeping an eye out for the elusive Col Gaddafi - whose whereabouts remain unknown. Will the hunt end with Col Gaddafi emerging from a hole in the ground as Saddam Hussein did; or will he end it all in his bunker like Hitler did?
1806: If you're just joining us, welcome to the BBC's live coverage of events in Libya. We're bringing you the latest updates from our correspondents, expert analysis and your reaction from around the world. You can contact us via email, text or twitter. We'll publish what we can. You can also follow the unfolding events on BBC Arabic.com.
Jody Raynsford tweets: Good to see the rebels have found the obligatory bust of the dictator to give a good kicking to in front of the cameras. #libya
1752: Mr Gamaty says rebels believe Mr Gaddafi is either still in the Libyan capital or close by.
1751: Rebel spokesman Guma el-Gamaty tells the BBC that the images of rebels in the Gaddafi compound, climbing on the golden fist, are hugely symbolic for opponents of the Libyan leader.
Channel 4's Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson tweets: Much of Tripoli is quiet at the moment but the situation is volatile and it changes hour by hour #libya #c4news
Live pictures show parts of the compound is on fire
Al Jazeera is currently broadcasting live pictures from inside Gaddafi's compond.
James Bays of Al Jazeera is reporting 1km from Bab Al Aziziya stating that the Rebels control most of the city. The latest pictures from Al Jazeera clearly show Rebel Fighters inside the compound.
Al Jazeera's James Bays is reporting the Rebel Fighters have entered Bab Al Aziziya
From The BBC
1613: Pro-Gaddafi forces defended the compound but that defence has now stopped, Reuters reports.
1610: And that rebels have been seen inside the compound firing into the air in celebration.
1608: Reuters is now citing its reporters as saying that rebels have entered Bab Al-Aziziya.
1607: The Tripoli skyline a little earlier, with smoke rising near the Bab Al-Aziziya compound.
1559: Humanitarian update: Robin Waudo of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Tripoli that there are increasing numbers of casualties. "Some of the medical facilities are being overwhelmed, because the medical workers are not able to come in due to the security situation," he told the BBC World Service.
1555: Baroness Ashton relayed details of a conversation with rebel council chairman Abdel Jalil, who told her that rebels are in control of 80% of Tripoli. "He anticipates it will take a while for that to move further forward," she said.
Al Jazeera's as he was reporting live was shot at by a sniper while speaking to the current fighting.
3.05pm: Al-Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from a roof top in Tripoli, says he saw Grad missiles being fired from Gaddafi's compound at rebel positions.
He also confirms seeing Nato planes flying overhead but said he did not see Nato airstrikes against the compound. Bays said the rebels may control more of Tripoli than Gaddafi forces, but but "the reality is that there really is no control."
2.54pm: British and Nato military commanders are planning what they hope will be a final onslaught on Gaddafi's forces, write Richard Norton-Taylor, Luke Harding in Tripoli, Julian Borger and Christopher Stephen in Misrata.
After being caught by surprise by the speed of the rebel advance on Tripoli, Nato chiefs have ordered what defence officials on Tuesday called a "tactical pause" in the bombing campaign.
But the pause will not last long and the bombing of what strategic targets are left in Tripoli will resume possibly as early as Tuesday night, alliance officials said.
The Guardian has learned that a number of serving British special forces soldiers, as well as ex-SAS troopers, are now advising rebel forces, though their presence is officially denied.
Two thousand rebel reinforcements arrived in Tripoli on Monday night, after breaking through government lines near Zlitan, according to Guma al-Gamaty, the London representative of the rebel National Transitional Council. "They should make a difference," he said.
More rebel fighters arrived by boat, and a separate convoy of rebel jeeps and artillery was heading west from Misrata, according to rebels in the eastern city which had been besieged by government forces for five months.
The sudden advance on the Libyan capital suggests that co-ordination between the rebels and Nato planners is not as effective as has been widely assumed.
Al Jezeera's Zeina Khodr reporting from the front of Qaddafi's compound that NATO has verified that they have bombed a wall opening the way for the rebels to advance. She further stated that snipers had been hiding in trees om a hill just in front of the compound. Rwbel fighters where taking refuge under an expressway overpass.
From The BBC
1459: Here are some suspected pro-Gaddafi fighters being led away earlier. There have been widespread calls for rebels to avoid retribution - including from the rebel leadership.
1451: And on Col Gaddafi: "Catching him of course will allow a lot of people to kind of address their grievances... but to be honest, having him or not having him, catching him or not catching him, it's neither here nor there. It think it's more important that we get on with our lives."
1449: More from rebel spokesman Hany Hassan Soufrakis on Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: "He was captured and apparently he escaped; that's the information we're getting. To be honest, it's an embarrassment," he told the BBC World Service.
1438: And Nato's Col Roland Lavoie on the mystery surrounding Col Gaddafi's whereabouts: "Where is Gaddafi? If you know let me know. We don't know. I don't have a clue and I'm not sure actually that it really does matter... He is not a key player anymore."
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