committee that allows her to raise money and find stuff before formally launching a presidential bid and sudan's president omar al bashir has addressed the nation on the independence day celebrations as protests of a neven conditions threaten to undermine the planned celebrations earlier police fired tear gas to try and disperse crowds in the capital promised better economic conditions and called upon the opposition to engage in dialogue. we shall enter into a new era where unity is reinforced and harmony is maintained in the whole country all with the aim to face the challenges and threats hovering above our head and here i renew the call to be honorable. united to parade on the good and not be able to join hands to denounce violence steer away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences let's go now to our correspondent have a morgan she is also joining us live from the capital president bashir listing a raft of measures to address the problem for the problems that are plaguing saddam now and have for a while and as he's doing that all the protests over all of thos

police in sudan fighting going to stop protesters demanding the resignation of the president nine people are injured. around six us and this is al jazeera a long way from london also coming up people in the yemeni port city of had data say shelling is continuing despite a un backed truce critic elizabeth warren becomes the best known democrat so far to move towards running for the white house in twenty twenty. the. happy new year from hong kong as the world welcomes in twenty nineteen. sit downs president bashir has addressed the nation on the eve of independence day as protests over living conditions threaten to undermine planned celebrations case of fired tear gas to try and disperse the crowds in the capital khartoum on the thirteenth straight day of protests the president is refusing to apologize for the political turmoil in the country and has slammed the recent protests against rising fuel food and fuel prices to sherry's blaming saddam's economic problems on years of international sanctions most of which have landed him open if following events in concert. today is the thirteenth

hovering above our head and here i renew the call to be honorable sudanese people in and outside of sudan to come together and stand united to parade on the good and not the evil we will join hands to denounce violence steer away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences al-jazeera has obtained video showing saudi agents taking suspected to be the remains of jamal khashoggi to the house of the saudi consul general in istanbul the washington post columnist was killed soon after entering the saudi consulate in the city on october the second his remains have never been found. top courts has rejected a final of pale by prominent activist nobel richard up there was jailed for five years in february he was sentenced for criticizing saudi arabia's ass strikes in yemen and accusing behind prison authorities of torture meanwhile a court in the u.a.e. has also upheld the sentence against activist ahmed months saw for being critical of the government. people in the yemeni port city of data say shelling is still going on despite a u.n. troops who fight has agreed to han

hovering above our head and here i renew the call to be honorable sudanese people in and outside of sudan to come together and stand united to parade on the good and not the evil that we will join hands to denounce violence steer away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences. now for him to negotiate with the people protesting would be very hard that's because the people who are marching out in the streets don't have a certain body that is basically guiding them the opposition has come out and lend it support to those people who are out in the street because they see that these people have a legitimate reason to demand the president step down but then the thing is it's very hard for the president to try to negotiate with a body that is not controlled by anyone at the moment and people are saying that they will continue to protest they will continue to demonstrate in the streets they will continue to make their demands heard but the president is saying that he's very defiant he's not going to step down he's going to try to introduce economic reforms he's goi

sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into nationwide protests that began nearly two weeks ago the investigation will look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have left at least nineteen people dead it comes as security forces again use tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested they are calling on bashir to end his twenty nine year year rule despite his promises to implement reforms to improve people's livelihoods he morgan has the latest from khartoum today is the thirteenth day of protests people once again marched out into the streets protesting president on one of the shoes twenty nine year rule there once again called for him to step down and hand over the government to an interim government until elections are held but the president has seemed very defined over the past few days and he still seemed defiant today yesterday he met with the chief of police and he told them to use less force with the protesters amnesty international says thirty seven people have been killed at least and doz

had i missed with the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into anti-government protests that began nearly two weeks ago the investigation will look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have left at least nineteen people dead it comes as security forces again use tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capitol hill morgan has the latest from car too. today is the thirteenth day of protests people once again marched out into the streets protesting president bush years twenty nine year rule they once again called for him to step down and hand over the government to an interim government until elections are held but the president has seemed very defiant over the past few days and he still seemed defiant today yesterday he met with the chief of police and he told them to use less force with the protesters amnesty international says thirty seven people have been killed at least and dozens and dozens have been injured and even more have been arrested but in today's protests police once again used tear gas and live

sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into a nationwide process that began nearly two weeks ago the investigation will look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have left at least nineteen people dead it comes as security forces again use tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested there calling on bashir to end his twenty nine year old despite his promises to implement reforms to improve people's livelihoods he morgan has the latest from cutting. today is the thirteenth day of protests people once again marched out into the streets protesting president dominant issues twenty nine year rule there once again called for him to step down and hand over the government to an interim government until elections are held but the president has seemed very defiant over the past few days and he still seemed defiant today yesterday he met with the chief of police and he told them to use less force with the protesters amnesty international says thirty seven people have been killed at least and dozens and dozen

sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered an investigation into anti-government protests that began nearly two weeks ago it comes as security forces again used tear gas and life fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested. at least a four people have been killed in a gas explosion in russia as many as forty others a feared trapped under the rubble of the apartment building that partially collapsed following the blast president vladimir putin traveled to the central city of magnitogorsk to visit the injured catherine stansell has more the blast occurred in an apartment block in the early hours of the morning when most people were still asleep. it tore a hole through a large swathes of the nine story apartment building in a city and russia's ural mountains spoke those loose we were all asleep then i woke up with the feeling that i was falling down i thought i was dreaming then i realized i was outside the wall was gone my mother and my son will by screaming. many who survived were trapped in their homes and hutch be rescued those in nearby sections of the

get your perspective on this in very much appreciate that some of the chairperson of yemen aid us now sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into the nationwide protests that began nearly two weeks ago investigation we'll look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have left at least nineteen people dead this comes as security forces again used tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested the korean bashir to end his twenty nine year rule despite his promises to implement reforms to improve people's livelihoods only that's his prime minister sheikh hasina has dismissed calls for a new vote after being declared the winner in sunday's election the opposition has rejected the results accusing the government to vote rigging police say at least nineteen people have been killed in election related violence john structure reports now from the capital dhaka. bangladesh is ruling party still by the thousands in this darkened neighborhood. opposition candidates and their supporters tell us when they try to hang th

coalition forces sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered an investigation into anti-government protests that began nearly two weeks ago it comes as security forces again use tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested. bagley desh is prime minister sheikh hasina has rejected calls for a new vote after being declared the winner in sunday's election the opposition has called for a new vote accusing the government of widespread rigging police say at least nineteen people have been killed in election related violence u.s. democratic senator elizabeth warren has taken a major step towards joining the twenty twenty presidential race after announcing that she's forming an exploratory committee the move will allow her to raise money and find staff before formally launching a presidential bid. in the democratic republic of congo several candidates are claiming they're in the lead in sunday's presidential election counting it continues after the ballots which was hampered by delays complaints of rigging and violence the internet is also being cut in

sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into nationwide protests began nearly two weeks ago the investigation will look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have left at least nineteen people dead it comes as security forces again used tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested there calling on russia to end his twenty nine year rule in the democratic republic of congo's several candidates claiming they're in the lead in sunday's presidential election counting continues after the ballot which was hampered by delays complaints of vote rigging and by violence the internet's also been cut apparent effort to stop speculation about results twenty one candidates are vying for the top office including the opposition's martin. there have been signs of cooperation between libya's rival governments after years of conflict and division this follows several international attempts to bring peace as mark would otherwise had reports now from tripoli police officers from libya's two rival governments met for the f

sudan's president bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into nationwide protests are we going nearly two weeks ago the best to go should we look at how police responded to the demonstrations which were at least nineteen people dead becomes a security force again used tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested there calling on bashir to end his twenty nine year rule despite his promises to implement reforms to improve people's livelihoods morgan his latest now from khartoum today is the thirteenth day of protests people once again marched out into the streets protesting president bush's twenty nine year old they once again called for him to step down and hand over the government to an interim government until elections are held but the president has seemed very defiant over the past few days and he still seemed defiant today yesterday he met with the chief of police and he told them to use less force with the protesters amnesty international says thirty seven people have been killed at least and dozens and dozens have been injured and e

sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered an investigation into anti-government protests that began nearly two weeks ago it comes to security forces again used to gas and live fire to disperse crowds from the capital. at least five people have been killed and dozens of others are missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide in tunisia the mud buried thirty houses in the village of its interest me in west java seasonal rains of course dozens of landslides and widespread flooding in recent days. new york has become the latest major city to welcome two thousand and nineteen. thousand brave pouring rain to packed times square for a string of stop before there was a song but most of the festivities though the organizers paying tribute to the freedom of the press. yesterday with headlines got more news here on al-jazeera right after the crusades. in the history of conflicts between east and west. the mightiest battle between cristiana to slam. a holy war in the name of religion. for the first time. the story of the crusades. from an arab perspective. by the early twelfth century. europe

apparent effort to stop speculation about the results twenty one candidates vying for the top office sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered an investigation into anti-government protests that began nearly two weeks ago it comes as security forces again used tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital. at least five people have been killed and dozens of others are missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide in indonesia the mud buried thirty houses in the village of sanaa has me in west java seasonal rains have caused dozens of landslides and widespread flooding in recent days york has become the latest major city to welcome two thousand and ninety. of these great pouring rain to prime time square for a string of stop performing says there was a somber note to the festivities the organizers paying tribute to the freedom of the press. those headlines got more news here on al-jazeera right after the crusades an arab perspective. luck. let. alone. lucky lucky lucky . the year eleven twenty seven. i made the deans indeed. becomes governor of mosul in northern iraq. its forme

sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into nationwide protests that began nearly two weeks ago if you look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have killed at least nineteen people it comes on security forces again views to some live fire to disperse crowds with a couple call to dozens of protesters were arrested calling on bashir to end his twenty nine year rule despite his promises to implement economic reforms have all been household. today is the thirteenth day of protests people once again marched out into the streets protesting president bush's twenty nine year rule there once again called for him to step down and hand over the government to an interim government until elections are held but the president has seemed very defiant over the past few days and he still seemed defiant today yesterday he met with the chief of police and he told them to use less force with the protesters international says thirty seven people have been killed at least and dozens and dozens have been injured and even more have been arrested but in today's protes

hovering above our head and here i renew the call to the honorable sudanese people in and outside of sudan to come together and stand united to parade on the good and not the evil we will join hands to denounce violence ciro away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences now for him to negotiate with the people protesting would be very hard that's because the people who are marching on to street don't have a certain body that is basically guiding them the opposition has come out and it's supported to those people who are out in the streets because they see that these people have a legitimate reason to demand that president step down but then the thing is it's very hard for the president to try to negotiate with a body that is not controlled by anyone at the moment and people are saying that they will continue to protest they will continue to demonstrate on the streets they will continue to make their demands heard but the president is saying that his very defiant he's not going to step down he's going to try to introduce economic reforms he's going to try to

sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into a nationwide protest that began nearly two weeks ago it look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have killed at least nineteen people becomes a security forces again used tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital khartoum dozens of protesters were arrested calling on bashir to end his twenty nine year rule despite his promises to implement economic reforms. but how to get into we shall enter into a new era where unity is reinforced and harmony is maintained in the whole country all with the aim to face the challenges and threats hovering above our head and here i renew the call to be honorable sudanese people in and outside of sudan to come together and stand united to parade on the good and not the evil we will join hands to denounce violence steer away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences. of cooperation between libya's rival governments after years of conflict and division it follows several international terms to bring peace behooved of the war h

we have protests on the streets in sudan against the 30 year rule of bashir. we have the decisions by the united states to pull troops out of syria, and assad apparently resurgent with diplomatic sites reopening in damascus. what for you is the standout thing we should look for in the region in the year to come? the most important thing is how president trump decided to pull out all the american troops from syria. this is really a turning point. there are several interpretations for it. the first interpretation that president trump decided to leave the middle east completely, he said we said we lost about $7 trillion in the middle east and gave nothing. so we had to cut our losses short and leave. there is another interpretation saying that americans are pulling out because there could be a war against iran in the coming year. or maybe in the coming two years. so they believe that. so he needs flexability in case that situation arises? he doesn't want troops in syria to be captive or a target for attacks on groups. i'm saying the second interpretation. israeli

hovering above our head and here i renew the call to be honorable sudanese people in and outside of sudan to come together and stand united to parade on the good and not the evil we will join hands to denounce violence steer away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences that britain is increasing patrols of the english channel after a rise in the number of refugees and migrants attempting to cross from france twelve people including a child with the latest arrivals they were detained on a beach in kent the u.k. home secretary says around two hundred thirty three people have tried to come over in december and declared it a major incident. rescue workers in russia braving subzero temperatures to try to find dozens of people they fish are still trapped in the rubble of a collapse apartment block it was brought down by a gas explosion on monday just east of moscow as many as forty people still missing . brazil's new fall right president has to be sworn in later today tuesday j.-a both sonata is a divisive figure his praise the country's possibility leaders john

hovering above our head and here i renew the call to the honorable sudanese people in and outside of sudan to come together and stand united to parade on the good and not the evil we will join hands to denounce violence steer away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences. kibera celebrating sixty years since fidel castro's communist revolution and inspired and guided left wing governments throughout the region and beyond daniel shyam looks at the influence of cuba had and perhaps still has in latin america. the bearded ones as they were called road into heaven or on the first of january nine hundred fifty nine on a wave of optimism after overthrowing the repressive but sr regime it was a new dawn and many didn't expect them to survive long especially as the united states actively try to undermine fidel castro's government most notably back in the failed one nine hundred sixty one bay of pigs invasion and imposing an economic blockade survives to this day still a colonial was a friend of castro's. on the meaning of. the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution

surprisingly that's what twenty two opposition parties also announced this afternoon along with the with the sudan reform now party withdrawing from the national government twenty two opposition party also said that they want president obama to push you to step down and to and his ruling party as well to step down and that they should hand over the the government to an interim government and to elections are held and for remember yesterday president ahmed and wish you said that he wants to dialogue with the people he wants to. make an all inclusive government but it's very hard to see how that's going to be possible when his current government is being one when the queen people are pulling out of the current government bit by bit so heather how much pressure is all of this putting on the president. well it is putting a lot of pressure on him because let's remember people are protesting for two weeks coalition and the coalition is coming in as you said people are withdrawing all governments are withdrawing sorry opposition parties are withdrawing opposition parties are now demanding that he step do

very defined to hold on to power it's not clear where this would go but it's very obvious to see that sudan is going to go through a rough time before they eventually come out of this crisis. south africa's government is introducing a minimum wage ahead of this year's general election president that is promising millions of workers a better pay as he seeks to increase his voter base in rural areas the bill has been criticized by opposition parties who say it was rushed through parliament critics say it could lead to increased unemployment and some business owners won't be able to afford to pay the minimum wage of one dollar forty an hour. the french government has responded to the yellow vest protests by offering billions and concessions and that's accelerated plans to tax high earning tech giants companies like google apple facebook and amazon will be charged for the so-called gaffe attacks starting in the new year the measures are expected to raise around five hundred seventy million dollars for france and twenty nineteen but earlier we spoke to a technologist and arald vulcan and he says

pressure is mounting on sudan's president omar al bashir to resolve the growing political crisis after opposition parties joined course for him to step down one of the opposition party said is withdrawing from the cabinet after weeks of anti-government street protests a woman has more from the capital cutting. thousands have been demonstrating in sudan demanding president obama to bashir step down now twenty two different opposition parties are also calling on the president to resign. the government needs to end its real and step times we need to form a provisional council and a transitional government that will run this and used to prepare us for the new elections. the opposition groups say they will submit a memo with their demands to the president on wednesday in a further set back for the government another opposition party has announced it's withdrawing from the cabinet will. we realize the consequences of the current events and we are proud of our historic stand being in the thick of it therefore we decided within our political bureau to withdraw any representation we have in any

thousands have been demonstrating in sudan demanding president almighty bashir step down now twenty two different opposition parties are also calling on the president to resign. the government needs to end its real and stop times that we need to form a provisional council and a transitional government that will run this new stage to prepare us for the new elections. the opposition groups say they will submit a memo with their demands to the president on wednesday in a further set back for the government and the opposition party has announced it's withdrawing from the cabinet will. we realize the consequences of the current events and we are proud of our historic stand being in the thick of it therefore we decided within our political bureau to withdraw any representation we have in any official post. the crisis started two weeks ago with protest in the city of overbred shortages and rising prices that's quickly spread to other parts of the country and turned into demonstrations calling on president and bashir to end his twenty nine year old amnesty international says at least thirty sev

pressure is mounting on sudan's president omar al bashir to resolve the growing political crisis after opposition policies joined calls for him to step down one of the party said it's withdrawing from the cabinet after weeks of antigovernment street protests hiper morgan has more from the capital khartoum. thousands have been demonstrating in sudan demanding president almighty bashir step down now twenty two different opposition parties are also calling on the president to resign as. the government needs to end its ruling step times we need to form a provisional council and a transitional government that will run this and used to prepare us for the new elections. the opposition groups say they will submit a memo with their demands to the president on wednesday in a further set back for the government another opposition party has announced it's withdrawing from the cabinet will. we realize the consequences of the current events and we are proud of our historic stand being in the thick of it therefore we decided within our political bureau to withdraw any representation we have in any of

thousands have been demonstrating in sudan demanding president almighty bashir step down now twenty two different opposition parties are also calling on the president to resign. the government needs to end it's really a step times that we need to form a provisional council and a transitional government that will run this new stage to prepare us for the new elections. the opposition groups say they will submit a memo with their demands to the president on wednesday in a further set back for the government and the opposition party has announced it's withdrawing from the cabinet. we realize the consequences of the current events and we are proud of our historic stand being in the thick of it therefore we decided within our political bureau to draw any representation we have in any official post. the crisis started two weeks ago with protest in the city of overbred shortages and rising prices that's going to spread to other parts of the country and turned into demonstrations calling on president and bashir to end his twenty nine year rule amnesty international says at least thirty seven peo

distillation of passes in the senate so we haven't really moved on that far pressure is mounting on sudan's president omar al bashir to resolve a growing political crisis opposition parties have joined calls for him to step down following weeks of anti-government protests and one party says it's withdrawing from cabinet morgan has more from the capitol hill but thousands have been demonstrating in sudan demanding president obama to step down now twenty two different opposition parties are also calling on the president to resign has. the government needs to end its real and step we need to form a provisional council and a transitional government that will run this and used to prepare us for the new elections. the opposition groups say they will submit a memo with their demands to the president on wednesday in a further set back for the government another opposition party has announced it's withdrawing from the cabinet will. we realize the consequences of the current events and we are proud of our historic stand being in the thick of it therefore we decided within our political bureau to draw

president to resign like the opposition ones but with more protests planned and a defined president sudan's are ahead may not be easy people morgan al-jazeera the tomb. to the head on al-jazeera i new book reveals the planning behind the murder. plus. and hong kong reporting on whether china's new e-commerce laws will be effective and wiping out counterfeit goods probably online marketplace. from dusky sunsets over the sprawling savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis the skies are clearing temporarily across iran as this cloud newsies was beating the cold dropping snow now afghanistan the next development is already taking place in the eastern mediterranean because it's not going to sit there loads of rain seems like the incident overseas that some height that was for toss into lebanon most likely overnight and then syria and northern iraq had to sweep through fairly quickly such that but i would give you a look pretty similar to be honest longshore breeze sixty in beirut in the rain but this rain has ganged up against the high ground of west and iran producing i would think flooding

has been refusing to sign off on a spending deal unless it included funding for his border wall in sudan twenty two opposition parties have called for parliament to be dissolved and president omar bashir to step down following protests over the cost of living the body say a transitional government should be set up to pave the way for elections. internet services in the democratic republic of congo are expected to remain cut off until election results are announced on sunday and adviser to president joseph kabila says access was shut down to stop people speculating about the outcome of the vote several candidates had came to be in the lead in the lection to choose a successor to. the un special envoy to somalia has been ordered to leave accused of interfering in the country's internal affairs the government issued a statement saying nicholas hay some would no longer be allowed to work in somalia on monday hey some had urged the government to save god human rights he had written a letter demanding answers over a civilian deaths during a protest last month. and two indian women have defied

wednesday is refusing to sign off on a spending deal unless it included funding for his border war in sudan twenty two opposition parties have called for parliament to be dissolved when president omar bashir to step down following protests over the cost of living authorities say a transitional government should be set up to pave the way for elections internet services in the democratic republic of congo are expected to remain cut off until election results are announced on sunday and adviser to president joseph kabila says access was shut down to stop people speculating about the outcome of the vote and two indian women have entered a hindu temple in a southern state of carola which has banned women from set for centuries this comes after hundreds of thousands of women formed a human chain across the state they were showing support for a quarter that lifted the ban on women of childbearing age entering the site hard line conservatives have been blocking entry to the temple since last september. those are the headlines on al-jazeera india's lady cops continues next year do stay with us. a co

well still ahead here on al-jazeera in sudan opposition parties join coles for president bashir to step aside. and standing their ground we'll tell you why millions of limited in southern india a formed a human chain. howlers when tessa's snow on the way it should be no great surprise but been fairly mild recently all this cloud tipping down from the north back i mean from the atlantic so it's been nice in spain and portugal temperatures in there are figures that will probably continue for another twenty four hours they would have a single figures as a normally brings the breeze brings six down to london seven to paris but keep twelve in madrid obviously the white is snow and that's briggs it could be significant in the alps are running at three austria and to lower land in poland germany better routes ukraine as the balkans as well this week in code isn't subzero but it might well feel it with the strength of the wind it comes up against a developing storm in the aegean so huge amounts of rain seemed likely greece and turkey with snow to top it off this is more of a winter scene than w

weeks of straight protests across sudan and the president remains defiant. the largest opposition b bloc is calling for r an immediate transition toward democracy. govovernment does not have the ability to overcome the economic crisis because the economic crisis is basically a politicacal crisis and its solution is a political one. must bee, a new regime created. >> the opposition submitted to sudan's leader a list of demand including the dissosolution of parliament and the forming of an interim government to hold early electionons. to tatakell on the e armed the side of the people to be able to achieve a peaceful political -- to prevent bloodshed. has ruled thent country with a benign fist since 1989. on new year's eve he admitted sudan was facing challenges due toto rising prices and soaring inflation. he is determined to hold onto power and quell the unrest. several opposition figures have .een arrested infor more on the situation sudan, i am joined by an activist. tell us a bit more about the mamain grievanceces of the protesters who have been out for tw

a second party has withdrawn from sudan's ruling coalition putting more pressure on president omar al bashir amid nationwide protests save the living conditions those two political groups have joined the opposition parties who are pushing for bashir to step down he's rejecting that demand on monday al bashir ordered an inquiry into the police response to demonstrations against him which at least nineteen people have been killed. that brazil's new president. was sworn in calling for unity and promising to free brazil of corruption and crime as well as improve the economy opponents worry about his far right to police more now from john home and he was there. standing in the shadow of her hero christina new year's day is the start of change help me that. it's the opportunity for the country to grow it's an opportunity to stop being the country known for corruption and this opportunity is named. to. fulfill the joy you've been to model for years he was a low profile congressman now he's been catapulted into power as the leader of south america's biggest economy but the far right populist

and africa are the most affected regions we've seen a lot of countries in africa including the d r c sudan cameroon have a months long shutdown and it's english language speaking region so this is a big concern it looks like it's just getting more and more popular now as we head into twenty nine thousand especially when governments have something like elections or protests all of a sudden the internet just happens to go down and they say it's for safety but oftentimes it is to prevent freedom of speech in those areas there is a troubling trend there crime that's in our social media editor karl thank you so much. to sports now and today is the fiftieth birthday of former formula one driver and the seven time world champion has not been seen in public since a major skiing accident in france in december twenty third teen little is known about his current condition his family issued a statement on facebook saying you can be sure that he is in the very best of hands them that we are doing everything humanly possible to help them please understand that we are following michelle's wishes and keep

mean this goes beyond just the d r c in the past three months we've seen partial or full shut downs in sudan and in cameroon and it seems to be a growing trend i was shocked by the statistic in two thousand and sixteen there were seventy five internet shutdowns around the world one hundred ninety last year so more than doubling age in africa those are the most affected regions and often see this during protests or in this case during elections coalescent thank you so much. german chancellor i'm going to decision to open the country's borders to a wave of refugees in twenty fifteen divided the country the debate over how the new arrival should be integrated has dominated german politics ever since a string of violent incidents has also fueled social tensions over migration the latest being in the south of the country. in northern bavaria for the past few days the small town has been hitting the headlines across germany last saturday for asylum seekers are alleged to have a costed and attacked passers by twelve people were left injured everyone here is talking about the incident. as a starter

villains we have brought security we've started precedented dialogue because these are the people of sudan. israel wants to make prison conditions even worse for palestinian inmates public security minister says jails will remove cooking rights start rationing water and reduce prisoners' autonomy and also lose the right to be housed with members of their own factions done says the measures are designed to deter future acts of violence. and we say in the palestinian territory because twenty eighteen was a difficult year for people living in besieged gaza we saw people rise up against the israeli blockade and those protests continue there were also several escalations in tensions between israel and the palestinian group hamas but those were eventually resolved by egypt as well as the un so what's changed for palestinians in the girls a strip for this new year seventy deca has a look. if anything defines the last year in gaza it is this thousands of young men already struggling because of the blockade now physically crippled. by good going to that has the year is over and nothing is improving

sudan's president omar bashir is under immense pressure to implement reforms as he tries to overcome sometimes violent protests against his rule going to rest has prompted two of the nineteen parties in his governing coalition to defect bashir insists the protests against him are being whipped up by foreign enemies and the economic problems are due to international sanctions. we are under siege we face war we have lost our main revenue but we still stand firm we are suffering but we still stand firm and we are working hard to sort out all the problems despite the siege we have put an end to the villains we have brought security we've started precedented dialogue because these are the people of sudan. those were the headlines to be more news in half an hour with marty but next on al-jazeera and inside story so to stay with us. taxing the internet tech giants like google and facebook generate huge revenues now they're being made to pay big taxes but also called digital taxation work and what will it mean for online business this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i

sudan's president omar al bashir says the greatest against him of being whipped up by foreign enemies and international sanctions is under pressure to implement reforms as he tries to overcome opposition to his rule. and u.s. president donald trump's described syria's war as nothing but signed and death while defending his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the country the president still hasn't provided a timetable for the military as it is now just last month. by let's go back to our top story and that is of course the laces on the. we can now speak to abraham fire in the same c. a professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies he's with us nile festival the announcement coming. from saudi state media that the judicial process is underway we presume in riyadh how much faith should we have in that given that we can't see any pictures nobody is there to witness it i mean can we believe that this actually started well first of all we don't know with of this is happening or not we our only source here the state media. there is obviously serious credibilit

villains we have brought security we've started unprecedented dialogue because these are the people of sudan but our correspondent have a morgan has more from them. president bashir said he is going to try to improve the living situation for thousands of people who have been protesting for a few days now now protests have been going on for more than two weeks people have been demanding that president are going to share step down and his twenty nine year rule it all started in the city of god but on the nineteenth of december when the people complained about the increased prices and the high inflation rate which was seventy percent one of the highest in the world now that's quickly escalated to people demanding that president i'm going to shoot step down and hand over rule to an interim government until elections are held people have imports i think by thousands coming out to the streets saying that they want to topple the regime and they want to see a new government being formed so that the economic situation will improve obviously in response to his promise which was not said for the first

sudan's president omar al bashir has promised economic reforms as he battles calls from protesters and opposition parties to step down two parties have withdrawn from the national coalition government amid ongoing demonstrations but the president remains to find people morgan reports from the capital khartoum. for more than two weeks his opponents have been calling for him to step down but almost bashir says he's going nowhere amid a crisis he blames on international sanctions. you know about a dish. we are under siege we face war we have lost our main revenue which was the south spectrum but we still stand firm we are suffering but we still stand firm and we are working hard to sort out all the problems. the protests in sudan started over the state of the country's economy with people complaining of bradshaw's he has a high prices those complaints then escalated into calls for the president to resign curfews and emergency rule were imposed in some cities with some social media platforms blocked by the government the sudanese authorities say about twenty people died in the protests mar

the protests in sudan started over the state of the country's economy with people complaining of bread shows weakness and high prices these complaints then escalated into calls for the president to resign curfews and emergency rule were imposed in some cities with some social media platforms blocked by the government the sudanese authorities say about twenty people died in the protests march by police using tear gas and live ammunition to disperse pounds opposition parties say the figure is higher. order the images out of the. we've gathered the figure of about thirty nine killed are missing says thirty seven put the numbers we have are from our offices in various parts of the country who are working for the protest to continue to the regime is overthrown. and recent days more protests have taken place just this one in the eastern city of port sudan once again her demands for a government to step down as events are going to bashir has announced measures he says will improve the economy and reduce inflation but his critics are not impressed they say they've heard his promises time and t

sudan's president tries to stem the tide of protests with another appeal to the people. and the evidence the announced pullout of u.s. troops from syria has intensified the fighting there. the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi has hailed a new door in as a democratic party took control of the lower house of congress pelosi welcome to the most diverse group of representatives in american history with more women elected than ever before but she says working with the republicans who still control the senate will not be easy she has a valid to keep presidency in check its first mission is to end the partial government shutdown which is now in its third day. our nation is in a storage moment two months ago the american people spoke and demanded a new dawn they called upon the beauty of our constitution our system of checks and balances that protects our democracy remembering that the legislative branch is article one the first branch of government co-equal to the presidency and to the judiciary. for more on this let's cross live to al-jazeera as ro

sudan's president tries to stem the tide of protests with another appeal to the people. from the waves of the sales. to the contours of the east. hello it's raining again in central china you wouldn't think so we're in the middle of winter but it is we turn the wind back in from the side just from the cloud movement so the streak of rain. goes from union right up towards shanghai size east and this is front of the wall in twenty two and sunshine are going northward it's not that cold but i think we will see a bit of snow develop round will hang just as an example whilst the rain exists. a lot of cloud to boot a lot of four to a suspect much of it sticking to the south that also activities unusually got this tropical cyclone here on its way to make landfall in sutton tartans shouldn't happen in january but it is happening it's going to enhance the already wet weather and turn it into rather severe gales and wet weather i think some damage is likely in this part of thailand the thing will go across thailand head out towards the andaman sea during saturday i suspect and it'

extradition case at the top of the agenda now they appear to be putting it at the top of the agenda sudan's president omar al bashir has promised to push through economic reforms as he defies calls from protest as and the opposition to step down she apologies if withdrawn from the governing coalition as anti-government demonstrations continue but president bashir is refusing to budge he morgan reports from the capital khartoum for more than two weeks his opponents have been calling for him to step down but only bashir says he's going nowhere amid a crisis he blames on international sanctions. the fish are. ok we are under siege we face war we have lost our main revenue which was the south spectrum but we still stand firm we are suffering but we still stand firm and we are working hard to sort out all the problems. the protests in sudan started over the state of the country's economy with people complaining of bradshaw's he has on high prices those complaints then escalated into calls for the president to resign curfews and emergency rule were imposed in some cities with some social media pl