i mean i think tonight it's a very important i mean the history of sudan i mean first of all we have to give credit to the protestors and their incredible organization and the sudanese professional association and making this change possible but tonight from everything i've heard and read and seen so far protestors and members of the street are defying the curfew and i think this is going to be a large task for the regime and an oath and his legitimacy and whether or not he's able to clear the streets and drive the potent approach and drive the demonstrators and protesters and those who have brought about this change. from the streets of khartoum but i don't think you'll be able to do it i mean how worried should we be it seemed to have a moment our correspondent was telling us a little earlier that a lot of people are still heading down to that the military hike command the main headquarters for the military they're not going home there is a curfew in place so they are defying the new wrenching. i

know exactly and i think i think we have to be worried about what kind of violence the regime will resort to but at the same time i think if we listen even to speech earlier this morning there is a strong signal that the sudanese armed forces and security services are no longer willing to follow the commands of the sudanese high command and so i think that's what we have to watch for this evening we've got the leader of the sudanese congress party saying the military need to sit down with the leaders of the sort of revolutionary forces if you like they need to sit down and work out what sort of a transitional council can be in place is that how you would see possibly this moving forward. i think that's exactly what has to happen now and i think even some of the vagueness in the in the formation of the military transitional council leaves open the possibility that they will be able to work out especially

after they see that they're not able to get the demonstrators off the streets they'll be able to work out a transitional council that i don't think will be able to include people like you are now as the eventual leaders of sudan. but perhaps with new faces different ranking members of the military and civilian leadership perhaps that is the path forward for a successful transition alan young speaking to is there from philadelphia thanks so much for joining us. still to come on the al-jazeera news hour. the choices we face are stark and the time table is clear one day after meeting the e.u. prime minister tourism a tells you k. in peace time is running out to strike a bricks and deal the children left behind us parents are forced to escape the crisis in venezuela to find work and school or to find out which chain ground the final spot in the n.b.a. playoffs and the other officer.

a court in london has convicted the founder of wiki leaks for skipping bail in twenty twelve joining us on she pleaded not guilty faces up to twelve months in prison earlier the forty seven year old was dragged from the ecuadorian embassy by police after ecuador's government revoked his asylum status where we challenge reports from london. they've been waiting a long time but seven years after julian assange first entered ecuador's london embassy to escape the british legal system police officers began ecuador finally tired of its troublesome guest and revoked his right to asylum within hours he was in a u.k. court and the u.s. confirmed it wants him extradited i've just been with mr sanchez in the police cells he wants to thank all of his supporters today on going to war and he said i

told you so the wiki leaks founder always said if he left his ambassadorial refuge he'd spend years in jail in the u.s. he's wanted there for publishing government secrets but there were sandra's friends some high profile he's a courageous whistleblower because he's been told which i did not see his health it's been undermined in all the stuff but fortunately his brain and his immune system cities are principles and. i mean that's the way you know he's a freedom fighter julian has his supporters here in the u.k. but the district judge here in space was not one of them he said that a sound his behavior was that of a narcissist you cannot go beyond his own self interest in finding guilty of the charge of skipping bail back in twenty twelve and has sent his case to the crown court for sentencing the more serious extradition process will get under way at the

beginning of may in twenty ten wiki leaks published footage provided by whistleblower chelsea manning of u.s. soldiers killing civilians in iraq the u.s. said the hack posed a grave security risk but the website also leaked e-mails from the inbox of ecuador's president and first lady sanders hosts words amused. the patients of ecuador has reached its limits on the behavior of mr song he installed electronic and distortion equipment that was not allowed he blocked the security cameras of the ecuadorian mission in london he has confronted and mistreated guards he had access to security files of our embassy without permission other former supporters won't forgive him for the twenty sixteen us election they think the wiki leaks publication of democratic party e-mails may have tipped it for donald trump and even though sweden has dropped sex assault prosecutions that led to his first u.k. arrest for some he'll remain a suspected rapist. how to zero london well i'm joined now by one of the legal

advisers geoffrey robertson thanks very much for coming into al-jazeera and that's all i'll ask you why now what is it that is changed now that decided that they should go in and. i'm spoken to mistress in the embassy a couple of weeks ago and he said look they got me because mike pence has been to ecuador all the americans. made to ecuador i'm the collateral. on the deal. he's been i think googly paid for by the americans who've always wanted to get him to deter whistleblower. publishers who publish evidence of their war crimes and we all remember the killing of reuters journalists from the helicopter and he nudges down the long tunnel of

extradition he may not be extradited it was tracked of stocked with chopped up. magistrate cook insulting him calling them liars and said that while the person. was very unimpressive when he got three british ministers badmouthing him you wonder the outside world must wonder whether he can get a fair trial with this judge denying an adjournment and rushing him almost. rushing him to. justice of a sort it was very quick i just want to ask you a little bit about the extradition i think you were involved in and the extradition charges in twenty ten we're talking to are washed correspondent slightly early and he was saying what they seem to have be taking him up on isn't the links passe it's to do the hacking of the link or that's

a bit premature they've charged him and i think this is carefully has been deliberately play by the americans and the british spin doctor or two they voted charged him with one of it which carries a five year prison sentence we know they've got more and they've got sixty days in which they can add further charges and they can even add with the approval of the british government charges after a successful x. traditions so this is no there was an indication last year that the charges they want to bring against him carry up to forty five years in prison so it's early days how does this compare to the case of edward snowden who is being i suppose you could say protected in russia what sort of. legal representation in fairness i suppose he going to get in britain or will i think ultimately leave his side today which was a disgrace in my view but from judges he'll get

a very fair hearing as to whether america has this kind of exorbitant jurisdiction that can pluck out a publisher if they can park out. sonds they've got the editor of the guardian of ishmael and so forth they've got this theory you know america boasts about freedom of speech in the first amendment but the trumpet ministration is arguing that the first amendment doesn't apply to non americans or british or or arab or straight in journalist so they can deny him the protections but can they get him can they reach out across the sea and bring some money in who's published true information we walk which has me elite so it's a question of freedom of speech ultimately the british jews will have to decide whether they're going to throw a journalist to the wolves. where they say the we have freedom of speech in

britain and we respect it but they need is for the americans to decide how we watch wave interests jeffrey go on for sometime and thank you for every year i think thank you. prime minister has defended extending breck set until october thirty first one she holds negotiations with the opposition labor party so reason may tell parliament that securing an orderly exit from the required compromise their way it follows a late night decision by the e.u. to delay the u.k.'s departure date still the end of october and it's meth reports from london. corporation now granted an extension to britain's membership of the european union strive minister to resume a told parliament it was something she'd never wanted the choices we face are stark and the timetable is clear i believe we must now press on at pace with our efforts

to reach a consensus on a deal that is in the national interest i welcome the discussions that have taken place with the opposition in recent days and the further talks which are resuming today this is not the normal way of british politics and this is uncomfortable for many in both the government and opposition parties the six month brags that extension the e.u. has given the u.k. was longer than mrs may had wanted but shorter than that suggested by european commission president. and other leaders the compromise was because of french president emanuel mccrum he'd said a long delay would undermine the project of european integration. u.k. opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn described the need for a second extension to bragg's it as a diplomatic failure but he said he was committed to continue talks with the government labor will continue to engage constructively in talks because we respect the results the referendum and we are committed to defending jobs industry and

living standards by delivering a close economic relationship with the european union and securing frictionless trade with improved rights and standards mr korwin also left open the option. calling for a referendum on any deal agreed with the government if the political parties agree a way forward then the u.k. could avoid taking part in european parliamentary elections and leave the e.u. before the october thirty first deadline even if both sides do find some way of coming together the e.u. withdrawal deal will still contain a clause guaranteeing an open border between northern ireland and the irish republic whatever happens in future e.u. u.k. negotiations and it's this backstop that has prevented previous attempts by the prime minister to get to a deal through parliament and so far there's no indication that m.p.'s will be any less divided on this in six months than they are now. al-jazeera.

u.s. president says he wants to continue sanctions against north korea for now made the remarks during a meeting with south korean president in the white house can really help. under pressure to get the united states and north korea to resume talks south korea's president met with u.s. president donald trump at the white house and praised the work he's done so far. since you made chairman kim and you initiated personal diplomacy with him we saw dramatic significant reduction of military tension in the korean peninsula and now pieces prevailed and also in terms of the north korean nuclear program all the korean people now we believe that you will be able to solve the problem through dialogue the u.s. wants permanent denuclearization of the korean peninsula south korea is pressing for compromise occluding potential joint economic projects between the north and

the south if north korean leader kim jong un takes steps toward denuclearization and idea trucks so far there are various smaller deals that maybe could happen things could happen you couldn't work out step by step pieces but at this moment we're talking about the big deal we have to get rid of the nuclear weapons tensions have been escalating since failed summit with kim in illinois in february trouble walked away from kim's offer to dismantle parts of the aging yongbyon nuclear facility in exchange for economic sanctions relief and even as the u.s. last month canceled joint military exercises said to agitate kim the north has not ruled out resuming nuclear and missile tests it has also issued a stark warning aimed at the united states promising a blow to hostile forces who miscalculate the impact of economic sanctions on the north. still this has deterred from another meeting with kim who is dialing back

expectations it's hard someone could happen and it step by step it's not a fast process i never said it would be still south korea's moon in is under pressure from north korea to get donald trump to compromise moon's own political legacy is on the line as he tries to kick start talks amid heightening tensions and uncertainty kimberly health at al-jazeera the white house. still to come on the al-jazeera new salary aid workers say u.s. sanctions against iran are hampering their ability to help people who've been affected by some of the worst flooding in decades and why many consumers in ten k. are now struggling to afford importing goods and sport to baseball players breaking them drunk so surveillance camera will be here with that story.

hello again and welcome back to you international weather forecast here across parts of northern europe it feels more like winter than it does spring temperatures are barely getting out of the single digits here across many parts of northern europe we're talking about berlin talk about london and that is all because we do have some winds coming out of the north in the north east said makes it feel much colder than it should be this time of year that's going to stay over the next few days and it's going to stay rainy down here across much of the south we do have a couple of his low pressure that are turning bringing in a lot of rain across much of the area we're also picking up some snow in the overnight hours particularly in those higher elevations but still up towards the north as we go into the weekend those temperatures are still well below average for this time of year where across the northern part of africa we are seeing some warmer temperatures across much of eastern libya you can see here but gazi those temperatures reaching to about twenty seven degrees that's all because we are

getting a slowly breeze there but it's only going to last here on friday by the time we get to saturday that area of low pressure begins to make its way towards the east we start to get more of a northerly breeze so you can be dropping to about eighteen degrees there but over here towards parts of egypt you're going to be seeing the heat as those winds come out of the south for us one attempt a few of thirty seven for cairo attempt to them of thirty four. we live in a time of war and tragedy is crimes against humanity. activist repression. enforced disappearance arbitrary arrests. extrajudicial executions brutal torture the list goes on. to investigate who judges the criminals. who compensates the victims

the international conference on national regional and international mechanisms to combat and ensure accountability under international law. organized by the national human rights committee. united nations human rights office of the high commissioner. european parliament. and global alliance of national human rights institutions. welcome back these are the top stories here on al-jazeera a new interim leader has been sworn in after

a military coup ended the thirty year rule of president omar al bashir he's been replaced by a vice president and army general. manager council will run the country for a year transitional period thousands of people are defying a curfew imposed by the new military ruler protesters say changes don't go far enough and are demanding a revamp to the whole regime. a court in london has convicted the founder of wiki leaks for skipping the in twenty trials earlier on thursday he was arrested after british police dragged him from the ecuadorian embassy. the world's largest election is taking place in india and it won't end for several weeks nearly nine hundred million people are eligible to vote across the country in seven phases is being seen as a referendum on prime minister narendra modi elizabeth per annum reports from noida

in which a pro desh india's most populous state. happy to have their say voters lined up across the country to choose who ran the world's largest democracy for the next five years mind he won the constituencies voted in the first phase of the six we collected which ends on may nineteenth where the two hundred million people author predations india's most populous and politically important state they say the road to the prime minister's office cuts through and the big issues affecting the country aren't shop focused here. i have one development for my village electricity could draw good to cities for my children. if not. let enter more he came to power promising development jobs and a stronger economy but on employment is at a forty five year high and the economy has slowed. i heard

a lot of expectations from who i watered and now i want someone new but said well what about it going to be in this manner but the main opposition congress party is hoping to capitalize on that sentiment that promised voters millions of new jobs as well as a guaranteed minimum and come for the poorest. and the government is facing criticism elsewhere too many voters in the northeastern state of us some are against a bill which will grant citizenship to refugees from neighboring countries so long as they're not muslim while that legislation has been criticized as anti muslim in other parts of india those who oppose it and say they'll become a minority in their own state margaret to trigger the citizenship bill should not pass otherwise our future in assam is in danger but despite all these issues the government has focused its campaign on national security following february's attack an indian administered kashmir aid in which at least forty soldiers were

killed a group based in pakistan claimed responsibility and india responded by launching air strikes against targets across the border. clearly the north fighting this election once performs. it's. him or did it were him or did we choose whether that pays off or the b j p will be known when the results are announced on may twenty third elizabeth parata al-jazeera noida. political crisis a crumbling economy and acute food shortages are forcing millions of venezuelans to leave their country and search of a better life but the massive migration of people is creating major new issues for many of the children were being left behind jim our child has more from the capital caracas. at age sixty two lopez didn't expect to still be raising children but that's exactly what she's doing she's responsible for her three grandchildren dennis molly carlos and armando facing

a dire economic situation in venezuela their mother was forced to leave the country in search of work it's a situation that's been repeated across the country with parents leaving their children in the care of their extended families or neighbors out of despair and on the running of broken my daughter left seeking a better future she was already a widow with three children and even though she worked hard to hear what she'd make wasn't enough i tried to support her but all i get is six dollars a month in pensions she now senses money so that the children can eat at least. hyperinflation caused in part by u.s. sanctions has reduced the country's cash flow by more than fifty percent with unemployment on the rise children are increasingly being left behind while their mothers and fathers search for work. the second up clinic in caracas specializes in helping children deal with trauma its head psychologist tells me that in the past few months his clinic has witnessed an exponential rise in the number of children

suffering as a result of being separated from their parents we see. britain and sidey the sense of abandonment from their parents we see through a. performance of the school the impact on children as a result of the political crisis in the sanctions on venezuela is far reaching aside from those being separated from their parents manu tradition is on the rise and schools are being affected true with teachers going on strike over lack of pay one of the trademarks of the socialist government from the days of president hugo chavez was its investment in education its introduced policies that allowed for poor venezuelans to go to school and university but with the climbing economy and the impact of u.s. sanctions the government isn't able to provide education for everybody and that's why schools like this one in one of caracas is for villas or shanty towns run by the local church and funded by international n.g.o.s are becoming ever more important. sister rizana herrera tells me that she too has seen things getting

worse for children in recent weeks and it means that the church and its partners need more resources to help them through this in minnesota. the current situation has led to kids being my larry he's got several consequences on the children psychologically biologically and intellectually my colleagues tell me they've noticed the children are now slower at learning things they don't understand things as easily as before they fall asleep or sometimes even faint. sister rizana teaches the children that god will never abandon them for every day she comes back home she must think of ways to reassure her grandchildren that their mother hasn't abandoned them either. caracas. on. international committee of the red cross says it's reached an agreement with the government to expound a differential in venezuela on this in america to lucy and human joins us live from

the capital caracas so how soon come expect this aid to arrive the sia hello so well there are two parts to this there is the international committee of the red cross which has just sent a delegation here and the international federation of the red cross which is the sister organization which is in fact even broader both of these have been negotiating with the government of president nicolas my little home as you may remember for a long long time had absolutely refused to acknowledge that there was a humanitarian crisis here in venezuela while the opposition had done exactly the opposite gathering food and medicine and other supplies at the border with colombia with brazil and trying to bring them in here by force against the governments will finally there has been a negotiation with both sides the opposition and more importantly with the with the government to allow these supplies to come in the international committee of the red cross we understand will be bringing in. things as soon as this weekend to the

f r c we'll be bringing in food and medicine for the most needy to supply at least six hundred and fifty thousand venezuelans we believe sometime in the next two weeks although they're keeping the details very much close to their chest but this is about to happen very very soon and clearly these venezuelans a need it's not soon enough so the red cross are also be making prison visits. yes the i.c.r.c. was able to go into venezuelan prison for the first time in nearly seven years which is very significant then perhaps the most significant part of all is that they were given access to the military prison of rommel there that's where some sixty nine political prisoners are being held reportedly and dismal conditions we have spoken to the families of some of those prisoners particularly those of military officers who are accused of having tried to organize an insurrection against president nicolas maduro they say that they were tortured beaten that they

haven't been well fed and so this visit by the i.c.r.c. would at least seem to open the way for some kind of scrutiny into the prison system albeit under very very strict rules of confidentiality in other words the i.c.r.c. will not be revealing its findings but at least they're going to have more access and the families of the prisoners and human rights organizations hope that this will bring about some kind of help and change in the conditions there so many factors to see in human there with the updates on the venezuelan crisis in caracas . the european union is edging forces loyal to general khalifa haftar to stop their offensive on the libyan capital tripoli the block's top diplomat for the recount mongery knee has called on all parties to immediately cease military operations the statement on the situation in libya was held up for a day as france and italy sparred over how to handle the escalating conflict

clashes are continuing on the outskirts of tripoli between forces loyal to the u.n. by governments and the self-styled libyan national army led by general after. the united states has denied entry to a palestinian activist who helped start the campaign to divest and boycott israel obama guti co-founded the b.d.s. movement. calls for boycott divestment and sanctions to pressure israeli policies against he was told of his denial before boarding a flight in tel aviv he was intending to go on a speaking to and attend his daughter's wedding the u.s. has not commented on the matter. of the good he says the incident went to stop his movement. when we continue our b.d.s. movement for palestinian rights because they will not deter us yes it hurts for me to miss my daughter's wedding but the events that were planned for me in the united

states whether a target kind of his school of government or new york university or the u.s. congress or many other events are going ahead i will be there. in person but that events will continue my interviews with the media i was supposed to have three or four media interviews a.p. new york times reuters it has exploded to many many many requests for an interview so they cannot silence i will reach out to many many more people after this and we will continue intensifying the b.d.s. movement to pressure israel to recognize our basic rights under international law and aid workers in iran say u.s. sanctions are hampering their ability to help people hit by massive flooding southwest iran is suffering some of the west flooding in decades and more rain is forecast the government has ordered tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in the city. capital of kazakhstan province hundreds of villages in the oil

rich province have also been emptied of people by a mass robbery has been monitoring the aid efforts in the capital to africa. landing into her on the first flight for the u.n. high commission for refugees thousands of blankets cooking supplies sleeping mats and tents to help flood victims the u.n.h.c.r. works in iran primarily with refugee communities aid workers say at times like this helping with flood relief is the right thing to do but it was not easy u.s. sanctions meant weeks of extra bureaucracy. a few weeks ago now to the most heavy falls happens you can still see to very severe impact. for example behind me to reverberate. all the sites over eighty communities especially communities closer to reverse where water is she still standing in a house shortly as much. as it's clear that. there will be still work to

do in the short term but that's a specialty to recovery phase is going to be important the world health organization and unicef are also helping out germany iraq. pakistan russia and turkey but sanctions seem to be indicating a coordinated crisis response they still say we have this for for now the government and local communities are doing most of the heavy lifting soldiers and volunteers clearing the rubble diverting water building dikes and distributing supplies but large areas in western iran remain under water. we have been alerted to evacuate and take things that people don't know where they can go in these conditions. the floods are the worst to hit iran since the one nine hundred forty s. killing dozens injuring hundreds and displacing half a million people millions more need some sort of help. the government has set up temporary shelters and is promising compensation but entire farms have been washed

away and the repair bill is estimated at one billion dollars. it's a hefty cost as american oil and banking sanctions target iran. economy. in the capital to herat volunteers collect donations bound for the flood zone. everything that comes through these doors is donated by private citizens and so for volunteers who've been at it for about three weeks have collected and dispatched thirty truckloads of supplies worth tens of thousands of dollars to flood hit areas all over the country communities hit hardest get first priority and volunteers say american sanctions are making their job much more difficult to say that by getting on so you may say right now we need some boats and machinery to control water flows it would be much easier if international agencies to provide them due to the sanctions prices are also much higher if it wasn't for the sanctions things wouldn't be as expensive and we could do much more with the money with collected.