strategist space when this thanks very much still ahead here on al-jazeera sudan's president is offered help from abroad as antigovernment protests continue at home. allegations of torture zimbabwe's security forces accused of excessive force. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never seems. less like warrants a spell of quiet weather now across the middle east a little more cloud just coming in as we go on through the next couple of days for something see that cloud there just about the black sea caspian sea through the caucasus so pushing its way little bit a tattoo just coming into the eastern side of the mediterranean so possibility of some light showers coming through but i think for the most part it will be fine and sefl nineteen celsius in baghdad and in kuwait city back cloud coming down across iraq into the far north of saudi arabia but not really making too much progress as we go on through the next couple of days meanwhile further east is find at it strike rest sunshine in kabul's had just hit at around three degrees celsius twenty three celsius the full ka

of a ninety government activists arrested in sudan and sold out zero she's had no word on her husband's whereabouts sudanese american rued one diode was detained six days ago once downward is in the u.s. to help free him. zimbabwe's human rights commission is accusing security forces of systematic torture after recent protests that turned violent president amisom men on guard is promising an investigation the u.s. senate is likely to vote this week on bills that could if passed in the month long possible government shutdown the competing proposals by republicans and democrats would see several federal agencies react it's a long this government shutdown in u.s. history with hundreds of thousands of workers going without a paycheck may scares president has responded to last week's pipeline blouse with measures to improve living conditions the program focuses on jobs and chins in credit for farms ninety three people were killed trying to take fuel on friday. that's it son fair game his coming right up i don't know. a colleague must much hussein is now being held in pretrial deten

on a protest there's a back on the streets in sudan as anger grows over the government's crackdown on dissent the opposition says forty seven people have now been killed since demonstrations began last month in the government raise the price of bread. and an anti-government activist in sudan has gone missing sources have told. was arrested by security agents he was last seen on wednesday when he went shopping in the capital zimbabwe's human rights commission is accusing security forces of systematic torture after recent protests turned violent president emerson mongo is calling for a national dialogue to address the protests over rising living costs but i goggled condemn demonstrations which he said were not peaceful but he also criticised the police response. well he made those comments just hours after cutting short his trip abroad way he'd been looking for foreign investment shah bellus reports. zimbabwe's president emerson men and descended the steps of his least seven eight seven digit this is one of the world's most luxurious private planes he had used it for a fundraising mi

there's anybody that level of food insecurity and that south sudan but there are ten times as many people in yemen at that catastrophe level so reaching them is absolutely a first priority the stories my colleagues tell me of what they're seeing on the ground what i've seen for myself seeing starving children in hospitals all the evidence is clear this is a really big problem and we need to scale up our assistance now that peace agreement. the first steps have been taken should help us with that but we need some other things as well we need all the parties on the ground to make it easier for the aid workers to get to the most vulnerable people we need to pump more money into the economy we do need to ask for more money for our appeal the u.n. appeal last year we also had two billion dollars this. we needed three billion dollars we got most of that next year though we need four billion dollars because what's happened during the course of twenty eighteen is that millions more people become vulnerable when you come to run those operations where the situation is getting worse not bette

from nigeria ivory coast gambia and sudan while on a rubber dinghy that sailed off the libyan coast more than two thousand people drowned or went missing while trying to reach europe last year in sudan more protests are expected over the next few days demonstrators are planning to hold a march to the parliament this was the scene in the northern region of my house on saturday villagers chanted slogans calling on president omar al bashir to step down what began as an outcry over the rising cost of bread has turned into the biggest challenge to bush's twenty nine year rule several people have been killed in the government crackdown over the past few weeks. tens of thousands of women have taken part in rallies around the wilds to mark the second anniversary of the fast women's monch the movement of volved in response to the election of president donald trump and calls for more equality the main event was held in the u.s. capitol hill elizondo has more from washington d.c. . thousands of women here you know central washington d.c. all of them with a very big big message that they want t

anti-government protesters at a funeral in sudan's capital hard to. thousands of turned up to mourn the death of a six year old man who was shot by officers for offering refuge to demonstrators. north korea's leader go shake her nuclear diplomacy has held talks with the u.s. president donald trump and the secretary of state might pay a can young child arrived in washington on thursday and two leading democrats a vow to investigate claims that u.s. president donald trump instructed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress a buzz feed news website is reporting that cohen was told to deny he'd been in negotiations with russia to build a skyscraper in moscow. well in all the stories we're following the democratic republic of congo is rejecting the african union's call to delay the final result of last month's disputed presidential election a you won't see announcement to be postponed because of concerns of electoral fraud provisional results declared opposition need to fix this you katie the winner but they are being challenged by his rival modify you do you accuse us to she k

official results which have declared this rival felix katie the winner. overnight protests in sudan's capital khartoum after three people were killed during confrontations between police and protesters on thursday a doctrine of child amongst the dead five to try to break up the crowds weeks of demonstrations around in the resignation of president bashir but he is blaming the protests on foreign agents yes president donald trump says he wants to explore space based weaponry that could shoot down any missiles made the announcement was unveiling a new defense strategy at the pentagon and that called north korea an extraordinary threat well that review came on the day top envoy landed in washington d.c. to discuss a second summit between donald trump and kim jong un kim yong jol has been leading denuclearization talks with the u.s. and is expected to meet secretary of state mike pompei o on friday and all jumpers cancel the delegations the world economic forum in davos next week citing the government shutdown scrapped house speaker nancy pelosi as upcoming overseas or abysmal deadlock bet

against the use of excessive force in sudan as reports continue of live ammunition being fired by security forces have also used tear gas on demonstrators who are calling for president bashir to step. ten years the red cross says everyone missing after tuesday's attack in nairobi has been accounted for at least twenty one people were killed says this in retaliation for u.s. president's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. of the british prime minister treason is having talks with opposition party leaders in the hope that they might work together on a deal for the u.k.'s withdrawal from the e.u. the government survived a no confidence vote called by the opposition on wednesday. but human rights watch says the reputation of saudi crown prince mohammed bin has been wrecked over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in its latest report it says the case has exposed a pattern of lawless behavior by the saudi leadership which he calls autocratic and specifically criticizes the u.s. u.k. and france for refusing to stop arms sales to the kingdom the report documents nin