year ago following accusations by khartoum that the eritrean government was supporting rebel groups in sudan both countries deployed troops to be eastern border town of casella over the dispute what led to this. on this day we salute our fellow brothers in eritrea the president government and the people from this spot in kursaal i announce that our border without a trial is now open your trains are our fellow brother and we are on the same boat it is true that politics can tear us apart we have more than politics that brings us together our historical relations territorial proximity and blood by. taking you live now to caracas where venezuela self-proclaimed leader is speaking. we can overcome it went to parole poverty the poverty that we're living in now i give the flu right now to the caretaker president. played out of the wide. are frankly i don't know being introduced now. to the people dallas office university in caracas or expecting him to outline his plan for the country let's hear what is going to say. that. good afternoon everyone. firstly i need to thank. first lane each and every

the two sides between the two countries now on bashir it has been touring in terms of the regions in sudan after this wave of protests trying to send messages from the government that the government is trying to help people the government is going to ease the economy of the population and this decision today comes in that context as well. let's bring you more on the new plan by european leaders to continue doing business with iran despite u.s. sanctions really got on my file was the fellow for the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations joins us now live from london good to have you with us so how is this mechanism supposed to work in a way that it avoids u.s. sanctions well essentially what this mechanism is doing is taking out the necessity for financial institutions and banks to be engaged to facilitate trade between european companies and iranian companies and where u.s. sanctions have been most powerful is to essentially create a sense within the banking and financial community in europe that they would risk losing their business with the u.s.

been closed for a year after khartoum accused the eritrean government of supporting rebel groups in sudan both countries deployed troops to the eastern border town of the disputed them as one comes at a time the growing protests demanding president bashir step down amid violence more from khartoum president obama bashir seems to be sending two messages one of them is to the region he has been in egypt over the last few days and immediately after that visit we see him opening the border with thirty three or one of the countries that have sided with egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind in the blockade against qatar internally we see that this is a very important message for the people of on the border with eritrea last year in june when the border was closed after reports that it and egypt were organizing the military exercises their populations on both sides of the border how tremendously suffered because their livelihood depended on exchange of commerce and also on movement between the two sides between the two countries now omar bashir has been touring in terms of the r

been closed for a year after khartoum accused the eritrean government of supporting rebel groups in sudan both countries deployed troops to the eastern border town of salah during the dispute the announcement comes at a time of growing protests demanding president bashir steps down ahmed vile is live for us now in khartoum so is this part of a broader normalization of relations between the two countries. some it looks like the normalization even though we haven't seen the taking place ahead of this announcement between the two countries we know that president model bashir has been touring both internal regions trying to appease the sentiments about these protests and so on disgruntlement on happiness with the state policies but also he has been touring the region has been to egypt as we know the latest country he visits so we see in this service here see in this decision both internal and external messages it turns out he's trying to. give a message of you know of help and you know to the to the people of because they have been suffering from the closing of the world the for a year now in

on tuesday sudan's intelligence chief announced that arrested will be really the ruling national congress party says it understands the grievances of the youth and will try to make reforms. we've embarked on a youth to youth dialogue to accommodate the dreams and aspirations of young people that have not been met by political parties we understand now that the political reforms have addressed the grievances of politicians but not everyone in sudan these youth are aware and are connected to the issues facing the nation even if they're not politically. the protests have become the biggest challenge to president bashir and his ruling party since he came to power and in a country that has seen two uprising which led to new governments this is the longest wave of anti-government protests some analysts say that attempts by the government to appease those protesting and the demonstrations. government releasing the prisoners is an attempt to show those protesting that the government is serious about wanting dialogue with the youth but hours later they arrested opposition figures this will agitate

the vice president of sudan's main opposition party has been arrested and then let go it happened hours after the intelligence chief ordered the release of protesters who'd been detained some of those who were left behind bars say they were physically abused by security forces here morgan reports from khartoum in the safety of her home sato which is not her real name recounts the details of what happened to her nearly two weeks ago she says she was taking part in anti-government protests in the tombs eastern district of butchery when security forces started firing tear gas and live ammunition which forced her and more than twenty others to seek shelter in a home. armed men broke the door and stormed into the house they treated us like war criminals not like unarmed protesters they arrested us and told us to walk in front of us as we walked the men started touching the girls including me on our private parts and called us demeaning names they took us to an open square. and some were brutally beating the boys. anti-government demonstrations started in mid december over rising bread prices

on tuesday sudan's intelligence chief announced that arrested will be really the.

still ahead on the program the deputy head of sudan's opposition is questioned by security officers as protests against president bashir continue. and naive and wrong president from his own intelligence agencies often better assessment differs from his. hello again to welcome back well here across parts of china we are seeing some rain still over the next twenty four to forty eight hours but then things are going to be improving particular up here towards the northeast so here's that rain we're talking about all dealing with a system that's also impacting parts of japan as well in china though it's mostly going to be the rain we're talking about where temperatures here in shanghai at about twelve degrees here on thursday by the time we get to friday things improved but temperatures do come down we expect to see a high temperature of only nine degrees there but overnight clear skies in the overnight lows going to get down into the low single digits down here towards homecoming though it is going to be a nice day if you with a temperature of twenty one degrees well across the northern pa

sudan's security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government demonstrations but vats failed to dampen protests calling for an end to the thirty year rule of president and well bashir dozens of died in clashes with police since demonstrations began in december. five people have been arrested in connection with friday's dam collapse at a mine in southeast brazil eighty four people are confirmed dead nearly three hundred still missing. a man from honduras has become the first asylum seekers to be sent back to mexico under new measures in force by the u.s. government at the so-called remain in mexico policy requires some asylum seekers to return across the border instead of waiting in the u. s. . there's a lot more news coming up right after in search of putin's russia. russians are famous of their cultural legacy music ballet literature art but can tradition and conservatives if a source of stick nation and authoritarian rule. live long between the state and culture of russia has always been strong too strong for some perhaps. one post said that patrice taken so

again sudan's president refuses to die away despite an order to release hundreds of protesters also in sports. celebrations as counselor into the final of the asian cup for the first time by trashing the u.a.e. in a grudge match. so the british parliament has given the go ahead for treason made to return to brussels and try to secure a better deal but one of the u.k. prime ministers most important to go shaping tools was from her hands he's also voted to block a new deal breaks it not even bother explains what it means for the u.k. and how the e.u. has reacted. oh. outside the u.k. parliament the debate was fierce that is jesus bricks it is still as divisive as ever and as the prime minister opened the debate on plan b. she referenced the enormous defeat the commons gave her withdrawal agreement two weeks ago the vote was decisive and i listened so the world knows what this house does not want today we need to send an emphatic message about what we do want to hear the opposition labor party back to an amendment ensuring parliament would get time to vote on ways to prevent a no deal bre

sudan's intelligence and security chief has ordered the release of all people detained during anti-government protests that began last month that's according to the information ministry the protests across the country began over cuts to bread and fuel subsidies but have now grown into holes for an end to president bush's thirty year rule to venezuela where the opposition leader why doe's says he's confident he can oversee a peaceful transition of power from president nicolas maduro on monday the u.s. imposed its toughest ever sanctions on venezuela's state owned oil company paid a vesa and froze seven billion dollars worth of of its assets the u.n. is also warned that the government crackdown on adding the do a protest as as led to a record number of arrests just from twenty third of germany that if you recall the biggest wins here there were at least we now believe six hundred ninety six people determined. throughout the country as a whole law as a store receiving information. which they're verifying. this is the most the highest number of detentions recorded in a single day since that for a

two hundred thousand people most of them refugees from sudan spilling out state even this remote town and looked about banned hospital for all their medical needs they would has destroyed almost the infrastructures which are in the up and they are. almost always including mother countless people with street living there in the process or who do you know visions of the monetary working to the capacity that they're supposed to.

now they've been more anti-government protests in sudan's capital khartoum they coincided with a visit by president bashir to egypt where he accused the media of exaggerating the extent of the unrest morgan reports from car to. it's his second visit outside his country in less than a week as to dance president armorel bashir faces continuing calls back home to end his thirty year rule and step down calls that started six weeks ago and to which he has remained defiant to heat on. there is a problem in sudan we cannot claim that we don't have a problem but some media take it out of size and dimension it is an attempt to clone what is being called the arab spring in sudan it has the same slogans programmes and requests it also has the same use of social media however the sudanese people have learned the lesson that they have seen what happened in some of the states that went through the so-called arab spring and its negative implications wedding the sudanese people are very alert and will not fall into anyone's trap to destabilize sudan. the demonstrations started in mid december and the

of size and dimension it is an attempt to clone what is being called the arab spring in sudan it has the same slogans programmes and requests it also has the same use of social media however the sudanese people have learned the lesson that they have seen what happened in some of the states that went through the so-called arab spring and its negative implications god willing the sudanese people are very alert and will not fall into anyone's trap to destabilize sudan. the demonstrations started in mid december and the city of odds over rising bread prices it quickly spread to other parts of the country with thousands taking to the streets demanding that and bashir who's been in power since one thousand eight hundred nine and his rule security forces are accused of using excessive force with bullets and tear gas used to disperse peaceful unarmed protesters. the government says twenty nine have been killed since protests began rights groups say that number is at least fifty with dozens more injured. opposition to bush years rule is not only in the streets some political parties have lend

wheat bread now accounts for two thirds of regular meals in sudan. just to give you an idea about how much bread an average family of five individuals in sudan need for the daily meals each individual that i'm here needs six pieces of bread if i try to put all the quantity they need in my hands. it's not possible this is just the shell of two people. the crisis got worse when sudan couldn't grow or buy enough wheat saudia and r.t. companies grow millions of tons of wheat here on least or purchased land but they send it out of the country now sudan with its over two million hectares of fertile soil but even oil and the gigantic underground lake the newbie in beijing is begging for outside help to satisfy its demand of wheat to feed the hungry population of nearly forty million. just to say it's too late to come these cards bread will overthrow this regime as it happened before here in sudan. i. assume so his words is a code by these protesters david chance. some advice of just khartoum. still ahead on the news hour confrontations between palestinian p

his life now they symbolize the slow descent of sudan from relative ease to utter the situation. everything was much better they miri was a strong leader we had a great culture to sit in the span was equal to four dollars but now it's crisis everywhere and people have nothing to eat we don't want to know the origin of that crisis the sudanese government agrees was a shift the country made from agriculture to oil during the one nine hundred ninety s. but the hustle and i mean some of the model who indeed it's called the dutch disease when easy only revenue shift attention away from traditional resources such as farming we've had it in sudan but now we are addressing the problem through new strategies and more focus on agriculture. in two thousand and ten sudan exported nearly half a million barrels of oil a day but a year later south sudan gained independence and took most of the oil fields with it by then the iconic cultural sector was already suffering from neglect and there was another shift happening the moment. in the past sudanese households relied mainly on sorghum for food

the crisis got worse when sudan couldn't grow or buy enough wheat saudia and r.t. companies grow millions of tons of wheat here on least or purchased land but they send it out of the country now sudan with its over two million hectares of fertile soil that even oil and the gigantic underground lake the newbie in basin is begging for outside help to satisfy its demand of wheat to feed the hungry population of nearly forty million. just to say it's too late to come these cards whole bread will overthrow this regime as it happened before here in sudan. i. see a sense of his words is a code by these protesters david champs. mohammed via. khartoum. thousands of people are once again protesting on the streets of the french capital but this time the demonstration is against the ghetto rest movement which has been rallying against president back home their opponents have joined together to call for an end to the violence threats and verbal abuse which they say characterized the recent protests attash about reports now from paris. a new citizens movement in france created o

the crisis got worse when sudan couldn't grow or buy enough wheat saudi and r.t. companies got all millions of tons of wheat here on least or purchased land but they sent it out of the country now sudan with its over two million hectares of fertile soil that even oil and the gigantic underground lake the newbie in beijing is begging for outside help to satisfy its demand of wheat to feed the hungry population of nearly forty million. say it's too late to come these cards bread will overthrow this regime as it happened before here in sudan. i. assume so these words is a code by these protesters david chance. of just. another weekend of protest in paris people who oppose the yellow vest antigovernment movement a gathering in the french capital they call themselves the blue vests the red scarves and say the yellow vests have created a violent and destructive agenda as for the yellow vests they marked eleven straight weeks of demonstrations on saturday they first rallied in november against a proposed increase in fuel taxes that was they just scrapped it since grown i

some news about his brother muslim men who went missing on the twentieth of january after protests in sudan's second largest city home to a man. we were directed to inquire with national security and we were told to fill out a form and we did that but haven't heard anything yet we did that on the twenty first and don't yet know where he is we don't know how he's doing if he has access to food or water or place to sleep thanks six weeks of antigovernment protests started on the nineteenth of december over rising food costs the cries were changed to calls for president bush here to end his thirty year rule. refusing to hand over power security forces have been criticized for firing bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters. the government says twenty nine have been killed since protests began rights groups say at least fifty have died widespread arrests have also been reported with activists and opposition figures targeted sometimes in their homes. there's growing concerns for their safety the government's long been criticized for torturing dissidents and activists sometimes resulting in deat

while protests are being called against sudan's president omar al bashir hundreds of people have been arrested during a government crackdown on demonstrators and their families want answers about their whereabouts you are morgan reports now from khartoum. starts his day in the capital with phone calls and internet searches he's hoping to hear some news about his brother muslim men who went missing on the twentieth of january after protests in sudan's second largest city man. we don't know where he is we checked hospitals but he wasn't among those injured those who were with him during the protests said that he was arrested by armed masked men and trying to pick up we haven't seen or heard from him since. thanks six weeks of anti-government protests started on the nineteenth of december over rising food costs the cries were changed to calls for president obama to end his thirty year rule. is refusing to hand over power security forces have been criticized for firing bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters. the government says twenty nine have been killed since protests began rights

including searching for his brother but concern is growing among families of protesters detained in sudan. we meet the woman blazing a trail and transform unvetted life in the pacific on a nation on a walk to and sports naomi always makes it to. end of road by winning the australian open details coming up later in. the un's human rights investigation looking into the murder of saw the journalist jamal khashoggi has sought access to the crime scene and the saudi consulate in istanbul and miss kalamata has also asked to visit the kingdom bot hasn't received a reply from the authorities catamount has the un special rapporteur on executions is set to arrive in turkey on monday she says the inquiry is a crucial step towards full accountability for the well as the executive director of the arabs and to washington d.c. and he says there is growing pressure on the united nations to pursue its own investigation. there has been a lot of international pressure directed at the particularly office of the secretary general at the un to initiate some response if you will some initiate some investigation

conflict searching for his brother why concern is growing among families of protesters detained in sudan and in sports naomi are soccer makes it to grand slam titles and by winning the australian open details coming up later in the program. to brazil now rescue workers in the southeast have digging through mud and debris looking for hundreds of people still missing after a mining dam burst on friday it happened near the town of virginia in the southeastern state of maine. thirty four people are confirmed dead after more bodies were recovered state prosecutors have frozen one point three billion dollars worth of assets belonging to the mining company valley to pay for damages the country's environmental agency has already find the company sixty six million dollars well daniel as at a relief center near the former genial he sent us this report. this is the money relief center on the outskirts of the town though. the closest town to the birth. of the mines people have come here to get food to get medicine to get relief supplies but also to look for it to look for answers to the whereabouts

relatives of protesters arrested in sudan are growing increasingly concerned about what's happened to them hundreds have been detained during the six weeks of protests against rising prices and president omar al bashir is thirty year rule and the families of those arrested say their whereabouts are still not known him morgan has more now from khartoum. a label has and starts his day in the capital with phone calls and internet searches his hoping to hear some news about his brother was a man who went missing on the twentieth of january after protests in sudan second largest city on demand. we don't know where he is we checked hospitals but he wasn't among those injured those who were with him during the protests said that he was arrested by armed masked men and trying to pick up we haven't seen or heard from him since. thank you. six weeks of anti-government protests started on the nineteenth of december over rising food costs the cries for change to calls for president obama will be sure to end his fifty year rule but she was refusing to hand over power security forces have been crit

this hour including searching for their loved ones the families of protesters protesters arrested in sudan who are increasingly worried about what's happened to them the hard won peace agreement in northern ireland comes under threat from dissident republicans and the ongoing wrecks and uncertainty plus in sports peter peter will be here with the story of the dream doubles debut tournament at the australian. hello storms of once again been battering turkey we've had a report of a tornado and then tell you and this is the reason for this circulating low but not all the energy is disappearing from now the rain is easing and so is the picture for sunday will be a little bit of rain still to come for cyprus in the sun and turkey but otherwise things are much quieter all the way back to the alps where the next system is on its way in single figures you'll notice but not particularly cold really so it's raining at least at first fellow levels for the whole lot between sunday and monday is pushing down across central europe into austrian hungary and played a lot of wet stone at the time she's the

more protests are expected in sudan after the leader of the largest opposition party called on president and i'll brush it to listen to people's demands and quit rights groups say at least fifty protesters have been killed in protests now in the sixth week and what began as an outcry against the rising price of bread and fuel has grown into the biggest challenge against precious thirty year rule reuters news agency is reporting the european commission has added saudi arabia to a draft list of countries that pose a threat to the european union the list includes countries seen as having a lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering saudi arabia is already under international pressure over the murder of journalist to marcus o.-g. other countries already on the list include iran iraq syria yemen and north korea the provisional decision needs to be endorsed by the twenty eight e.u. states before being formally adopted such as he reported on the israeli software used to spy on murdered saudi journalist american soldiers say they're being investigated in targeted by internatio

more into government protests are expected in sudan on saturday on friday the leader of the largest opposition party called on president. to balance of people's demands and give up power rights groups say more than forty protesters have been killed since the demonstrations began last month. the demands of the government to step down and be replaced by a national interest government has to achieve comprehensive peace freedom and human rights and implemented emergency economic program to lift the suffering of the people. hundred thirteen people were detained in egypt last year for criticizing the government that's according to amnesty international which says they were peaceful expressing their views obviously also says critics are often sent to solitary confinement or are effectively abducted the rights group warns it's now the most dangerous time in each its recent history to speak out against the government that has been the response from the egyptian government that regularly dismisses allegations of rights violations hussein bomi is internationals egypt research and he says a huge variety o

in sudan the leader of the largest opposition party has called on the government to bow to mass protests and give up power so they can mock the address hundreds of supporters at a mosque in khartoum human rights groups say more than forty protests as of been killed since demonstrations began last month irani started out as protests against rising food prices but i've grown into an uprising calling for an end to president omar bashir is nearly thirty year old. and has a wave of optimism across the democratic republic of congo people welcome their new leader the public is eager to see how phoenix just a key will deal with high unemployment corruption and providing basic services common to miller has our report from kinshasa. it was just as former president joseph kabila took office eighteen years ago that abraham when lumumba opened this roadside printing shop he says he started the business after he couldn't find a job in a country hit by high unemployment now that new president felix she said katie's been sworn in abraham says things may be different. i think with the new elected preside

in sudan the leader of the largest opposition party has called on the government to bow to mass protests send give up power city comedy addressed hundreds of supporters at a mosque in khartoum human rights groups say more than forty protestors have been killed since demonstrations began last month the rallies started out as protests against rising food prices but have grown into an uprising calling for the end of president omar bashir nearly thirty year rule. the commands of the government is to be replaced by a national in cream coconut whose job is to achieve comprehensive peace freedom and human rights and implement an emergency economic program to lift the suffering of the people. in the united states a longtime ally of president donald trump has been charged with seven crimes as part of the investigation into russian meddling in the twenty six thousand election roger stone is accused of being a conduit between times campaign and wiki leaks and lying about it political gain has a story from washington. walking out of the federal courthouse in florida roger stone seems to be channelin

will be ready for prosecution you know credible international or international court the leader of sudan's largest opposition party has called on the government to give in to mass protests and step down so they can be addressed hundreds of supporters at a mosque in a car full of human rights groups say more than forty protestors have been killed since demonstrations began last month people are calling for the end of president omar al bashir is twenty nine year of war. now there's a wave of optimism across the democratic republic of congo this people welcome the new leader the public is eager to see how felix chester kerry will do with high unemployment corruption and providing basic services for me the men of reports from kinshasa it was just as former president joseph kabila took office eighteen years ago that abraham limber opened this roadside printing shop he says he started the business after he couldn't find a job in a country hit by high unemployment now that new president felix security has been sworn in abraham says things may be different. i think with the new elected president t

all to sudan now where the leader of the largest opposition party has called on the government to bow to mass protests and give up power saw that day addressed hundreds of supporters at a mosque in hard to human rights groups say more than forty protesters have been killed since demonstrations began last month the rally started out as protests against rising food prices that have gone into an uprising calling for the end of president tomorrow bashir is thirty year rule. why do you feel the seller mullard really show me. the demands of the government to step down and be replaced by a national interest government whose job is to achieve comprehensive peace freedom and human rights and implemented emergency economic program lift the suffering of the people that are more on the story now from head to logan is in heart in. following friday prayers dozens came out to protest against the government of president armitage bashir people have been doing straining for five weeks now demanding that the president and his thirty year rule and step down and dissolve the government they've been demand

now to developments in sudan where the leader of the largest opposition party has called on the government to bow to mass protests and relinquish power so the address hundreds of supporters at a mosque in hard to human rights groups say more than forty protestors have been killed since demonstrations began last month a rally started out as protests against rising food prices that have grown to an uprising calling for the end of president tomorrow bashir has thirty year rule that morgan brings us more on this story now from hard to. following friday prayers dozens came out to protest against the government of president armitage bashir people have been doing straight in for five weeks now demanding that the president and his thirty year rule and step down and dissolve the government they've been demanding for an interim independent government to be formed until elections which they say they want to make sure are credible free and fair are held and that a new government is formed now president obama bashir has been defiant he said he's not going to step down until elections are held next year

of gaza in sudan the leader of the largest opposition party has called on the government to bow to mass protest and give up power. the addressed hundreds of supporters at a mosque in hard to human rights groups say more than forty protestors have been killed since demonstrations began last month the rallies started out as protests against rising food prices but have grown to an uprising calling for the end of president on what is best years thirty year rule. the demands of the government to step down would be replaced by a national interest government whose job is to achieve comprehensive peace freedom and human rights and implemented emergency economic program to lift the suffering of the people. we're taking you live to miami in the u.s. that is roger stone he was recently arrested today in fact as part of special counsel robert muller's investigation into possible russian collusion in the twenty sixteen election and he was subsequently released on a two hundred fifty thousand dollar bond so there he is making his first appearance since died in miami florida and stone is facing severa

more anti-government rallies are expected across sudan on friday activists say at least two more people were killed during protests on thursday which carried on through the night the government says twenty nine people have been killed since december but wise groups dispute that figure and say it's much higher the u.s. senate has again failed to end the partial government shutdown now in its thirty fifth day a republican and democratic parties try to pass competing bills but neither had enough votes president donald trump is refusing to fund government departments until he gets billions of dollars for his mexico border wall. you're up to date with headlines on al-jazeera much more on our website at al-jazeera dot com the stream is up next stay with us each year childhood ends for an estimated fifteen million girls globally omeri before the age of eighteen. young girls compelled to marry after fleeing the war in syria share their stories and talk to him just zero. hi anthony ok and i'm really going to do a update on the war in syria it's a show that you our community voted for so join us

reports of protests taking place in at least three major cities in the interior these include port sudan and then he got out of an important development also is that a larger than ever before we have reports of protests in smaller villages in the in the far flung parts of the country so by far we can say that this is the biggest turnout of protesters across the country since the beginning of this movement that started more than a month ago. just a carry there has been sworn in as the new president of the democratic republic of congo takes office after last month's bitterly disputed election for me the miller reports we can shasta. was arriving at the palace of the nation to be sworn into office felix to secure the city to become the democratic republic of congo's fifth president since independence from belgium in the one nine hundred sixty s. but for many congolese the ceremony matters deeply in a country having dealt with decades of conflict and violence it's the first peaceful handover of power since independence and a symbol of change after eighteen years of rule under joseph kabila.

are bringing you the latest developments from sudan now where is two protesters have been killed the deaths were announced hours after security forces fired tear gas at protesters in the capital hartin university students while president and lara bashir to step down protests have broken out in several sudanese cities following a call by trade unions for a mass rally they have been daily demonstrations against the shares rule since last month the government says twenty nine people have been killed in the on rest but rights groups are saying that the death toll is much higher how many vote has more now from hartin protests took place in several parts of khartoum to the out of seventeen locations that were programmed by the organizers at least ten have been confirmed to us so protesters came out in the streets vodou than ever before in the cup of coffee to a month or so we have reports of protests taking place in at least three major cities in the interior these include port sudan but then he got out of an important development or so is that a larger than ever before we have reports of

well we spoke to the minister from affairs and he said that the current situation in sudan with the we were at a government protests will not impact the peace talks it's expected to go on for fourteen days two weeks and it's bringing together at least at least one hundred people including civil society leaders u.n. representatives ear president representatives and of course members of the armed groups now we spoke to some of the armed group leaders and they said that they are very optimistic this time around that they really want to see peace materialize in central african republic but they also said that because they're basically being very cautiously optimistic and that if talks to not lead to a concrete peace deal signed then they will go back to fighting once again with the government. all right thank you very much the latest on those talks about morgan in khartoum or to zimbabwe now the army there is saying soldiers accused of beating this during recent protests are impostors security forces have been cracking down on violent demonstrations that began last week after the price of

over mike hanna al jazeera washington security forces have fired tear gas at student protesters in sudan's capital khartoum the university students were calling for president on modern pressure to step down protests have broken out in several sudanese cities following a call by trade unions for a mass rally there have been daily demonstrations against syria's thirty year rule still ahead right here on out there at the moment nobody knows what to get ready for confusion and fear leave people in britain reporting food and medicine in case of a no deal burke said thailand prepares for its first democratic vote since a military coup five years ago. hello again welcome back to where across lavonne we are watching a weather system out here across parts of the mediterranean you can see all the clouds right there making their way towards the west so as we go from friday and into saturday we're going to be seeing an increase of rain as well as winds across much of that areas of iraq are really not looking too bad here on friday but then as we go towards saturday we're going to be seeing more clouds

security forces have fired tear gas at student protesters in sudan's capital khartoum the university students want president iran bashir to step down protests have broken out in several sudanese cities for a call by trade unions for a mass rally they have been daily demonstrations against bush's thirty year rule since last month's moments are his long term situation in khartoum. protests took place in several parts of khartoum to the out of seventeen locations that were programmed by the organizers at least ten have been confirmed to us so protesters came out in the streets larger than ever before in the cups of coffee to a month or so we have reports of protests taking place in at least three major cities in the interior these include port sudan but then he got out of an important development or so is that a larger than ever before we have reports of protests in smaller villages in the in the far flung parts of the country so by far we can say that this is the biggest turnout of protesters across the country since the beginning of this movement that started more than a month ago. st

reports of protests taking place in at least three major cities in the interior these include port sudan and then he got out of an important development or so is that a larger than ever before we have reports of protests in smaller villages in the in the far flung parts of the country so by far we can say that this is the biggest turnout of protesters across the country since the beginning of this movement that started more than a month ago still here. i think that's a great blotch on the incredible country that we all of you know donald trump is forced to wait until the partial government shutdown is over to deliver his state of the union address and the bricks that count says warning it may fly some of its operations out of britain. in a welcome back warehouse parts of china we're not seeing too much and terms of rain over the next few days we are going to be seeing some cooler temperatures though coming in from the north particular up here toward shanghai so today and going into tomorrow we're going to be seeing a high time for here on friday at about twelve degrees but notice as we g

secretary general is calling on all sides to pursue every effort to prevent finals in sudan one person has been killed and several others injured after fighting broke out between national intelligence service and ami troops overnight on wednesday the incident in port sudan is the first of its kind since on thai government protests began a month ago. katie is about to be sworn in as the democratic republic of congo's new leader of the nation ceremony is underway in the capital kinshasa this mosque the first peaceful transfer of power since the country gained independence from belgium u.s. president donald trump has been for suppose for his annual state of the union speech or until the possible government shutdown is over the move was welcomed by house speaker nancy pelosi who called on trump to accept a funding proposal to end the shutdown now in its thirty fourth day you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera the news will continue here after inside story to stay with us. italian leaders attacked the french president over immigration in recent days to senior politicians have called on a