them but one thing we have to note is that this is the longest wave of anti-government protests in sudan gained independence in one thousand fifty six and the biggest challenge to president i'm going to show you who's been very defiant people are saying that they will continue to protest there are multiple protests planned in the coming days and in the coming weeks people are saying that this is a wave that is not going to end till he steps down something he said he's not going to do until elections come next here he may say that here but i know what he's also saying is that he's blaming the protests on foreign agents saying that this long rest is not going to lead to a change of government but how much pressure is this putting on him. well it is putting a lot of pressure diary let's remember that a lot of people have been killed and it's been happening in several cities and town across the country something has never witnessed before protests have happened before against him yes but it's been happening on an individual basis in and now it's the different cities but never at one time but

only one other place in the world where 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 the 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 for two billion dollars this. we needed three billion dollars and we've 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 t

and this period of discontent in sudan looks set to continue. the door such a pari al-jazeera. more now from morgan has been out any of the latest protests she sent us this update. i'm back to bristol with the leaders of the protesters and once again we see hundreds of people coming out to protest saying that the police used live ammunition and tear gas to protest try to kill themselves to protest you know the street was going to shop you know we see people saying that they've had enough of this the fact that they come up peace with the fact that they've left and it's still that they're met with force it's very frustrating for them to say they're just trying to voice their demands that president obama should step down that they want to very decent lives to talk to people yes to talk to people to get to this day that all they want is for their demands to be heard all they want is for him to step down and handle farted into council know these protests are going on for a month three people were killed yesterday two of them from the area where i am right now and people are saying t

the top stories while it says erupted between police and 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

joining this president of sudan doctors union u.k. she says they're concerned about the excessive force being used against protesters by security forces. i think about the shoot to kill him or to shoot through and the fact that the bullet that was used seemed to be explodes when it touches the you know like an object and therefore. it's impossible and it's high it's very difficult to know that that took a number of injuries we know of heart serious injuries and those who have been since that those who have arms or those who hurt me. but then why did you hundreds of people who have been injured minor injuries or i think they decided to really sentence because of gas because you have to know that they're going inside hospitals inside imaginatively comments inside houses. synagogues and recent the guards shoot to kill even inside houses so there is this that. open is a city that's there to come inside protect them we have to remember these are not criminals they should not be chased they should not be it should not be killed the democrat

in sudan for the protests demanding the resignation of president omar al bashir are expected following friday prayers nationwide confrontations between police and protesters on thursday killed three people thank you a child a doctor. a sit in at a hospital in khartoum. u.s. president donald trump says he wants to explore space based weaponry that could shoot down missiles and make the announcement unveiling a new defense strategy at the pentagon. they were obvious president has canceled the delegations the world economic forum in davos next week citing the government shutdown is also scrapped house speaker nancy pelosi upcoming overseas tour a political deadlock between trump of the democrats over his proposed border wall is now in its fourth week. of this senseless shutdown is in thirteen great pain and every part of our country every day the impact spread impacts spread reaching the lives of hardworking americans these are the people who deliver services to the american people we should respect what they do for our country many of them are veterans who have translated their military

in sudan the death of a doctor or a child killed in ongoing confrontations between police and protesters triggered a overnight sit in by hundreds of thousands of people hundreds of. hospital the capital khartoum three people died on thursday when thousands marched in cities across the country for yet another day of anti-government demonstrations. gas to disperse the crowds. least forty people have been killed since the unrest began a month ago. val is live for us in khartoum and. of anger over these deaths over night. in the right the police have issued a statement or so acknowledging the deaths of the. he was among the protestant yesterday and according to my sources our sources and some some of the people who want to do the protests would not. suit our police but it was not intended and those where we need to move on to the government has acted according to the low end of the it is not part of the mission to protest and sit in the city because of the slant the news of the death of a child or a fourteen year old child was professes one goes from yesterday's happy use of us who might hav

to be positive and preserve their country and not listen to cause the destabilize sudan and its security with the demonstrators making it clear that they want change now the protests are becoming the longest since a gang gained independence and the biggest challenge to president obama to bashir since he came to power twenty nine years ago morgan caught on. still ahead on al-jazeera a nation in mourning after a car bomb attack on a police academy in colombia killed ten people. sorry. but. only just learning to read why a twelve year old from honduras who tried to get into america is desperate to have another go. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. and we're watching some very active weather make its way across the middle east at the moment has that system that brought us all rain and snow from turkey down towards egypt actually and is now edging its way towards the east still bringing us some heavy rain and snow and some pretty strong winds as well as it gradually makes its way towards the northeast it's also having an effect on the weather for t

a child and doctor are reported dead in the latest protests demanding that sudan's president step down a car bomb explodes at a heavily guarded police academy in the colombian capital killing at least nine people donald trump cancels a trip to afghanistan by u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi in a spat over the shutdown as polls show that his approval ratings are forming and less meta and more grains nuts fruit and vege scientists work out the ideal diet for the health of the planet and its people. and i'm leah harding and doha with all the day's sport as twenty three time grand slam winner serina williams dominated the third round of the australian open in melbourne we have that story and more later in the hour. a child and doctor have been reported after the latest protests across the than the man being the president omar al bashir stands down police used tear gas and live ammunition to the spurs crowds trying to march to the presidential palace but he remains the find denouncing the protesters us traitors and announcing a pay rise for civil servants to try to quell the anger here but m

for us in bogota they have been more protests in sudan prompting the u.n. to warn the government against using excessive force the demonstrations have become the long as sendmail sustained against president omar al bashir the protesters want him to resign blaming him for the weak economy and rising prices saddam's government says twenty four people have been killed since the unrest began four weeks ago but why schools put that cigarette more than forty morgan is in khartoum with more i'm currently in peru where people have been protesting once again people come out to the streets to protest against present owner should have been asking for him to step down for the past four weeks the longest protest in strengthening tendency if you see behind me and the people burning up people and the other side of town employee here have been tear gas actually police firing live ammunition to try to disperse the crowd that has not stopped them they've been dispersing in different parts of the town and it's not in the two that came out today several other cities at least t

warned sudan's government against using excessive force to stop protesters calling for their president to resign. president trump to unveil a rebound to u.s. missile defense strategy that's expected to include sensors in space. and less nice and more grains knots fruit and vege scientists work out the ideal diet for the health of the planet and its people. follow doctors in zimbabwe say sixty eight people have been treated for gunshot wounds off to days of violent protest scores of others have been seriously injured demonstrators angry about a steep rise in fuel prices have been confronted by armed police the u.s. embassy in zimbabwe says it's alarmed by the violence and has called on president assad moving gaga to restore internet access to social media sites was a bar when state television says six hundred people happy arrested since monday including labor leaders and prominent rights activists like pastor evan aware eight he was among around seventy of those detained people really appeared in course in the capital harare. was about was president has been criticized for twenty saying

has warned 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

there will be more protests across sudan as the un warns the government against the use of excessive force the demonstrations have become the longest and most sustained since long time president omar al bashir has been in power they wanted him to step down over a week on a me and rising prices sudan's government says twenty four people have been killed since the unrest began four weeks ago but rights groups put the figure more than forty. volleys our correspondent force live in khartoum and the public really at large still not very happy with the government's handling of the economy all the steep rise in price prices of really basic goods and those demonstrations continue even beyond the capital. well so here it is the most stations are considered the longest wave of protest against the government since the independence of sudan and they have been now spreading across the country today for instance the the organizers call for widespread protests and that includes khartoum and at least eight other cities in the east and in other parts of the country here in khartoum or does this try t

south sudan has been in conflict since twenty thirteen the war has divided the country among ethnic lines two hundred thousand people most of them refugees from sudan split state even this remote town and looked it up and hospital for all their medical needs they would has destroyed almost the infrastructures which are. almost always including mother would always obstruct. the process of you know vision of the mother to walk into the city that they're supposed. to because i believe they will go for news explosions and gunfire at an upscale complex in nairobi will have a live update from kenya. on housing seeker this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the debate to begin in the u.k. parliament before the vote on prime minister may's plan to leave the european union as. the prosecutor has faced such as fate.

we go to sudan now where police have been firing tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital hard to him they're calling for president tomorrow bashir to step down protests broke out last month of a rising food prices in cashel teaches international rights groups say at least forty people have been killed since the unrest began. but the government says the death toll is twenty four. zimbabwe has more than double the price of fuel overnight as the country struggles with its worst petrol shortage in a decade drivers have been queuing outside petrol stations in some cases for several days the fuel shortages began in october and a nation suffered a severe economic downturn in recent years the government says cheap fuel has caused the issue. of the government. but the budget for the economy will be released. there will. be going to be in good. a crackdown on a fuel pfaff by mexico's new president that led to long queues for petrol is starting to affect the wider economy stallholders at the central the a bus stops in mexico city latin america's largest wholesale market say

eleven people in the whole of last year in canada applications made by migrants in syria eritrea yemen sudan djibouti and turkey are actually most likely to be accepted unlike you would say the united states below with us now a journalist for the gulf matters joining us live from london as well and canadian yourself so let's talk about the canadian well let's talk about this particular issue first with the half she is just one girl in this what a lot of people are saying to me on social media you know really pleased for her but she's just one girl does she become almost in a sort of perverse way almost a poster girl for what the canadians want to do with immigration. well it's it's possible they do i think canada has a much different view of immigration and the americans are particular don't trump and generally canada and historically has been welcoming of immigrants to the country i don't see it as necessarily making her a poster girl for a new strategy the strategy is is continuing perhaps it emphasizes somewhat her situation i think i would say it is in some ways connected to this ongoing

findings published for two thousand and eighteen the bottom five countries all burundi child south sudan central african republic. or of those on africa why is the. well again it might be tending to say there is an african syndrome here but i would not advocate that i think each one of these countries is facing challenges central african republic essentially strife conflict and the falling apart of many of the structures that actually would sustain development in a country such as chad we have first of all the challenge that it is a vast country to this day central government services in education in health don't even reach a significant part of the population so we are essentially dealing with countries that either are still a very early stage or putting the basic infrastructure human but also into the services access to electricity health education in place and then you have countries that are really falling apart again over civil strife conflict or wars and unfortunately. a significant number of those countries still are falling on the african continent joseph is going to be playing a

rights groups are accusing sudan's government of using excessive force against demonstrators including injured protesters receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the second city of durham and. the u.s. military says it has begun pulling out equipment but not troops from syria a coalition spokesman refused to reveal further details of the withdrawal including when some of the two thousand american troops my eve secretary of state my point is in the region to reassure allies following donald trump surprise announcement of a troop withdrawal more than three weeks ago. a saudi woman who fled to thailand saying she feared her family would kill her is on her way to canada after being granted asylum that's according to the head of immigration in thailand where half mohammad knew and had barricaded herself in an airport hotel room and launched a social media campaign that received global attention the canadian prime minister has now confirmed asylum request was granted you're up to date with all of our top stories we'll bring you more on everything in the news hour in twenty five minutes

friday's prayers in sudan ended with calls for more protests demanding the resignation of president obama to be here and the calls were heeded in several cities security forces again fired tear gas at some protestors even hospitals have been in the firing line in what amnesty international is describing as an outrageous violation of international law security forces time to hospital on wednesday they were looking for protesters injured during anti-government demonstrations in the man sudan second largest city bullets and tear gas were fired at patients and doctors they've walked out on strike in protest the sudanese government says it's investigating what happened. to forces actually follow the protesters inside the hospital. and they used as a live a mission. horrible situation even though from the. situation that i can hold with all that's considered a war crime when's this protest in and demand were reported to be the largest in three weeks of demonstrations against the twenty nine year rule of president obama to be sheer police and security forces have responded with force at least th

i it seems they are no red lines for security forces in sudan even hospitals are in the firing line i and what amnesty international is describing as an outrageous violation of international law security forces started to hospital on wednesday. i was among the people who treat the protesters enjoy doing anti-government demonstrations in their mon so don second largest city. bullets and tear gas were fired at patients and doctors walked out on strike and protest was the sudanese government says it's investigating what happened. to forces actually follows a protest of inside the hospital at that time. you have to use jail guys alive a mission. a horrible situation and i think even in conflict situation that i can hold with a lot of concern that a war crime was a and wednesday's portis an older man reported to be the largest in three weeks of demonstrations against a twenty nine year old of president omar al bashir. police and security forces have responded with force at least three people were killed on wednesday whitestrips say the number killed since protests began is at least forty t

sudan second largest city. bullets and tear gas were fired at patients and doctors who walked out on strike. was the sudanese government says it's investigating what happened. the forces actually followed the protesters inside the hospital and i thank them. and say use do you guys a live i'm a nation. horrible situation i was in even conflict situation that i can hold with a lot consider it a war crime. i am wednesdays portis an older man group.

also coming up the rights groups condemned sudan's government for attacking anti-government protesters receiving treatment to hospital. u.s. president donald trump visits the border with mexico to make a case for funding to build a steel barrier. iran high on the agenda as u.s. secretary of state might bump a heads to bahrain the first gulf stop in his middle east. so many miles high court has rejected the appeal of two reuters journalists who were arrested while investigating the killing of ten muslim or hindu men in rakhine state in two thousand and seventeen the court has maintained the seven year prison sentence handed down to well known in charge. the pair maintained their innocent i'm a frame by police let's go straight to scott height limits following the story from bangkok scott tell us the latest nic well yeah this all came down within just the last hour or so and a sense of what the court said the high court and yangon said that they're up holding the ruling they rejected this appeal saying that there was enough evidence that they were innocent in this and they also went on t

people have been killed in wednesday's antigovernment demonstrations in sudan riot police fired shots at crowds and to disperse what they say was an illegal gathering police confirmed the deaths there but they did not say what caused them protesters are demanding president on modern bus your step down he held a pro-government rally in hearts and blame the protests on what he says are external forces demonstrations began in december over rising prices and food shortages well for a country that hasn't had much internet service since these protests social media has played a vital role to get information out of sudan sorry you have that story from yet it's not in a lot of parts of saddam but if you want to find more about the protests and see what people are actually saying in the country then these are the sorts of key words that you're looking for in english sudan uprising revolution and this is the hashtag both boats and that more than most of them front pictures of those being killed rather that was killed on wednesday are being shed on social media and these are actually the latest v

at least three people have been killed in more anti-government demonstrations in sudan protesters are angry about rising prices and the unstable economy they want president to step down even morgan has. was. for three weeks now this has been the scene in many parts of sudan people coming out to protest against president obama to bashir is twenty nine year rule and demanding that he step down. or what are you rather we are under a dictatorship for thirty years they have used religion to stand power now is the right time for people to come out and protest you can see them firing tear gas you could even be a weird agent we citizens just want our rights to eat and drink and live with dignity like anyone else in the world. on wednesday thousands came out once again to protest in on demand as they attempted to make their with religiously diverse templi to handle demanding that the president resign i was the police responded to using tear gas i was in life in mission to disperse the crowd. as seen different than the one in the capital khartoum where the first pro-government rally was held si

the president of sudan has rejected demands for his resignatio despite three weeks of protests. omar al-bashir insisted today that he will leave only he's voted out.po he took wer in a military coup in 1989. as al-bashir spoke, hundreds of anti-government demonstrators marched in the city of omdurman. they headed for parliament before police intervened. thousands of garment workers in bangladesh took to the streets for a 4th day, demanding better pay. protesters shut down factories apd blocked roads on the outskirts of the cital, dhaka. that set off clashes with riot police, who used water cannons and batons to disperse the crowds. local reports said one demonstrator was shot dead. in the philippines, a colossal crowd of catholic faithful joined in a daylong procession for the "black nazarene," a centuries-old statue os christ. up to five million peoplehe mathrough manila alongside the carriage holding the statue. many said they believe it has healing powers. >> ( translated ): first my daughter had crvcer and she ed, she survived cancer twice. o en my husband got a lung disease

deadly protests in sudan.

at least three demonstrations are killed in anti-government protests in sudan as president bashir tries to rally his supporters in khartoum. president trump slams his meeting with democratic leaders is a total waste of time one of the latest from washington. cautious optimism holding in her data from yemen's u.n. envoy but the humanitarian situation is getting worse. with sports shooting star from football's asian cup touch of course spy turkmenistan's captain that. we've got all the action for you in sports. at least three people have been killed in more anti-government demonstrations in sudan the protests as angry about rising fuel and food costs and one president bashir to step down but he remains defiant and the morgan has the latest from. was it. for three weeks now this has been the scene in many parts of sudan people coming out to protest against president obama to bashir is twenty nine year rule and demanding that he step down was the word of whether we are under a dictatorship for thirty years they have used religion to stay in power now is the right time for people to come out

for unity and accusing foreign powers of stoking the rest the demonstrations have spread across sudan since mid december they began over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption this year sudan's president for nearly thirty years remains defiant that you know. we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agendas being operated by outside forces to the sudan however we reiterate those who are seeking power they are welcome however there is only one route to grab power it is the ballot box it is only through transparent free elections and it's up to you the sudanese people to decide morgan has more from car too. president bashir spoke to his supporters today he basically called for this rally this pro-government rally to show the world that he still has supporters and the fact that that people have been demonstrating over the past three weeks demanding the regime change those people do not represent the whole of sudan so he came out today in a rally in one of the squares in the capital city hall to him and he s

war protests against sudan's president omar al bashir is he addresses a large gathering of supporters in the capital. the stars of five days of debate in the u.k. parliament leading up to a crucial vote on the prime minister's breaks that deal with the e.u. . president u.s. president donald trump calls illegal immigration a humanitarian crisis the democrats accuse him of stoking fear. and from flexible t.v. screens to intelligence household devices we check out what's on offer at the consumer electronics show in las vegas and on peter stammered with the developments in the investigation into state sponsored drug use by russian athletes moscow says it's ready to hand over material from its anti doping agency that in more sports news coming up. an anti-government rally is underway in the sudanese capital khartoum keeping up the pressure on president to step down just a few hours. addressed his supporters in the city calling for unity and accusing foreign powers of stoking the unrest legislations have spread across sudan since mid december it began over the rising cost of food and fuel a

sudan's president supporters against protesters declaring a massive a new push to bring him down. the taliban cools off talks with the u.s. funding afghan and pakistani officials to consider their next move is. doom and gloom over one of the world's biggest electronics shows with fears innovators have run out of new ideas i'm joined again with your sports mohamed salah wins the african player of the year for a second season in a row we'll hear from him later in the news hour. donald trump has declared his country faces a crisis of the heart and soul and televised address where he again demanded money for his mexico border wall the nine minute primetime speech blamed his political bibles the democrats for the standoff over immigration which has shut down parts of the u.s. government mike hanna has more from washington. the deadlock between congress and the white house continues democrats refusing to provide funding for a wall on the southern border president trump adamant he will not accept any budget bill that doesn't this is a humanitarian crisis a crisis of the heart and a crisi

unfortunately those who are conspiring against sudan have been able to plant some agents and some traces in our midst unfortunately that meld inside those with weak souls those who vandalize and in the meantime our people have been building and developing every day to renew projects but on the other side they want to destroy my greetings to the military forces which have guarded the nation and protected it and broke down all conspiracies by the colonizes disappearances and their agents now this is not the first time that the president has spoken he has spoken on the eve of the country's sixty third independence anniversary and he said that he was going to increase the living wage and he was going to try to improve the economic situation but that did this did not stop the protests forces have been going on going including today and more are planned in the coming days now the government has been criticized for using what has been termed as excessive brutal force they just haven't have been killed in the process according to enter into the human rights group amnesty international but the go

now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news right around the world and in sudan the president has praised the army for defending the country as antigovernment protests continue onward and bashir addressed a military parade in at pera that's the city where protests over rising prices and government corruption started three weeks ago the rallies have spread nationwide calling for bashir to step down after nearly thirty years in power more than eight hundred people have been arrested and nineteen have reportedly died during the protests but rights group amnesty international disputes that figure and puts the death toll at thirty seven in nigeria there been protests demanding better minimum wages the government had agreed to an amount but some states said they could not afford to pay it labor unions say all states must agree to pay a minimum wage of eighty three u.s. dollars per month currently the lowest paid civil servant receives around fifty u.s. dollars a month british prime minister to resign may has held another a cabinet meeting as speculation grows about her gov

by professionals of sudan does that give this protest more power. well yes i mean let's realize that at this point it's seems to be every level of sudanese communities we're looking at people who have been facing economic crisis lower class lower income people who are also looking at people from middle class people who are well off there are protesting because it's going from the economy and our people are protesting the government itself that it's not just about the fact that the country is facing high prices and inflation they think it's the way the country is governed the fact that they can't express themselves freely you know journalists are being people can't come out and just express we've seen teachers yesterday just holding banners and being detained and beaten and arrested just because of that so it's not just about the fact that things are expensive in the market but there is no fuel and has quickly escalated from the economy to now the government and the fact that there's so many restraints that the government is imposing so many restrict

the protests are now in their third week with more to come in the days ahead sudan's government says eight hundred fifteen people have been arrested since the protests began but opposition groups and activists say that number is well over a thousand the opposition also says security forces are intimidating people and journalists the news of the demonstrations from spreading the government says nineteen people were killed in the protests but amnesty international says the number was nearly forty in the first week alone the head of the police says his forces did nothing wrong that's out of. work as. the incidents and violence are caused by those who want to destroy and loot and those who have alternative agendas for used weapons and burnt institutions and instigated people to protest against the nation the place of handled the protesters with the highest level of professionalism and self restraint. demonstrators say they will continue to protest against president bashir this room the government says it will remain in power more lives are expected to be lost and even more are expected t

program a military coup attempt fails in gaol and with two suspected plotters killed and five captured sudan says it's arrested more than eight hundred people since anti-government protests began last month and president trump is to address the nation and visit the border with mexico as they exist in over funding for his war. in sports a winning start one of the favorites to lift the asian cup south korea beating the philippines one in the opening three. we begin the news hour in bowen where the government says it's retained control of the country after an attempt to overthrow president ali bongo was undergoing medical treatment in morocco soldiers took over the state radio station in a dawn raid that security forces stormed the building and killed two of them arresting the coup leader and four other alleged plotters nicholas hoch has more. lieutenants who although beyond kelly from the presidential guards burst into the national radio and television center calling for a popular uprising against iran's president. the eagerly awaited day has a right when the army has decided to put itself on

place in sudan fire tear gas and stun grenades as protests against president omar al bashir continue driven by anger over rises in food prices and government corruption. is the russian orthodox church celebrates christmas it bases its biggest splits in nearly four centuries as the ukrainian church to claire's independence. a disappearance out of the desert is given a lifeline thanks to the internet. donald trump's national security adviser says u.s. troops will not leave syria until i saw as defeated in the region john bolton was speaking in israel where there's been concern over president donald trump's a but abrupt announcement rather in december that american forces are to pull out bolton says there is no timetable for the withdrawal which was initially expected to take weeks at a press conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he also said that he doesn't want turkey to take military action against kurdish fighters in syria who've been backed by u.s. forces. we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a wa

thousands marched through sudan's capital of khartoum today to demd that president omar al-bashir step down. the demonstrators chanted "freedom, peace, and justice" as rcthey battled security fo. the protests started weeks ago over poor economic conditions, and authorities have since resorted to using curfews, tear gas, stun guns, and l ammunition to break up the demonstrations. at least 40 people have reportedly beeprkilled in the ests. the u.s. military confirmed today that an air strike in yemen on j al-badawi.led jamal he was an al-qaeda operative accused of involvement in that ck on the u.s.s. cole that killed 17 sailors in october of 2000. he was indicted by a u.s. grand hajury in 2003 anded with 50 counts, including murder of u.s. military personnel. on tomorrow's news hour the latee on the .cntinuing stalemate in washingtonand our series inside yemen continues with ato visihe oldest orphanage in the middle east. that is it for this week's newshour weekend, i'm harink sreenivasan, tou for watching. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group a

police in sudan have used tear gas and stun grenades to stop anti-government protestors from reaching the presidential palace it's the latest in continuing demonstrations against president omar bashir which began nearly three weeks ago now anger over rising food prices and government corruption have brought calls from assured to step down after nearly thirty years in power at least nineteen people have died since the unrest started with some rights groups putting the figure much higher to morgan has more from the capital khartoum. anti-government protests are in its third week once again you've seen people marching out of new streets demonstrating against the rule of president obama of this year they saying that they want president obama to shoot to end his twenty one year rule and step down something he said he's not going to do so people are saying that they will not stop protesting and demonstrating on the streets and so the president gives into their demands now we've seen people being separated from the crowd into protests using live ammunition and tear gas something that has hap

coming in to speak to us the key to turn goma really appreciate miriam thank you when now we go to sudan where police have been using tear gas and stun grenades to stop thousands of anti-government protesters reaching the presidential palace this is the latest in a series of demonstrations against president tomorrow bashir which began on december nineteenth anger over rising food prices and government corruption have led to calls for bashir to step down at least one thousand people have died since the unrest started but some rights groups are putting the figure much higher they were morgan brings us more now from the capital hard to him. anti-government protests are in its third week once again you've seen people marching out and streets demonstrating against the rule of president obama and bush are they saying that they want president obama to shoot to end his twenty one year rule and step down something he said he's not going to do so people are saying that they will not stop protesting and demonstrating in the streets and so the president gives into their demands now we've seen people

police in sweden have fired tear gas to disperse and police in sudan have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators who gathered after friday prayers protesters want president bashir to step down they're angry over rising food prices and government corruption at least nineteen people have died since the on unrest started last month hiper morgan has moved from khartoum. once again we've seen people coming out and protesting against president i'm going to sure is twenty nine year rule they said they want him to step down and that they want an end to his rule now president bashir has been facing this for three weeks now but he said he's not going to step down and give in to the demands of the demonstrators he says that they've been infiltrated by foreign forces and that rebel groups from darfur are also part of a big plot to try to topple his regime and his rule and his government as well but obviously this has not been going on this is not started to randomly it started with hiked red prices and high inflation one of the highest in the world at seventy percent but that's

moving to sudan now where police fired tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters chanting anti-government slogans as they left a major mosque after friday prayers the incident took place in durham and it was smaller than all the demonstrations we've seen in the country over the past two weeks the protesters want president to step down they're blaming him for rising food prices and government corruption at least nineteen people have died so far since the unrest began last month morgan has more now from khartoum. once again we've seen people coming out today to protest against president obama to share and demand that he step down and his twenty one year rule that was all started two weeks ago when people started complaining in the city a lot about about the rising price of bread and other living commodities they say that inflation which is about seventy percent is quite high and very unbearable for many of them that quickly escalated into protests demanding that the government shut down president obama was here has been very defiant in the process thought that he said he was going to try to

promises over and over again now let's step back and see what three weeks of protests have done to sudan. educational institutes have been closed down social media platforms like twitter facebook and what have have been blocked by the government so that people cannot call for protest that is filled happening despite the government shutdown of social media so people are saying that they will continue to protest amnesty international says at least thirty seven people have been killed but the government is the beating that figure and says only nineteen have been killed and several have been injured in the protests but people have been very defiant they say they will continue to protest this if they will continue to demand that the president step down and the president says he's also going to be very determined to stay in power until elections in twenty twenty so it's not clear where this would end and how long it would go on for but what what is the fact is that president bashir has never had to face like the protests this long before he has faced protests during his rule yes but never for

circumstances lots more to come here in the news hour including more protests against the government in sudan where they live in the capital call to. target all of germany's political parties except one we'll tell you who wasn't touched and in sports manchester city inject new life into the race for the english premier league title that's all still to come. reports say eleven people from the same family have been killed in airstrikes by the u.s. led coalition that's been citing eisel in syria local sources say the attack happened at the village of a shuffle and the day was or province as close to iraq's border is an area controlled by ice so well it comes as a joint investigation by al jazeera and the intercept reveals the u.s. military has intensified its bombing campaign against isis in the region since president trumps announcement of the withdrawal of u.s. troops the report says the faces attack in the past week occurred in the village on the euphrates river is held by isis fighters. also dozens of people have been killed in days of fighting between rival groups in northern syria a bomb o

the protests in sudan started over the state of the country's economy with people complaining of years and high prices 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 crowds opposition parties say the figure is higher. we've gathered the figure of about thirty nine killed are mostly says thirty seven but the numbers we have are from our offices in various parts of the country who are working for the protests to continue to the regime is overthrown in recent days more protests have taken place this one in the eastern city of port sudan once again her demands for the 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 that heard his promises time and time again during his twenty nine year in power and they've

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

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