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in a poor light with a lot riding on this the u.s. president says he wants to continue sanctions against north korea. made the remarks on meeting south korea's president at the white house committee i'll get reports from washington d.c. . 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 your money. since 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 clued in potential joint economic projects between the north and the
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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 the big deal is we have to get rid of the nuclear weapons tensions have been escalated since failed summit with kim annoy 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 as you take care 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 kerry who is dialing back
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xx. that's our job and going to happen and it's step by step it's not a fast process i never said it would be still south korea's moon jay 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 helped at al-jazeera the white house also to come here and al-jazeera including. the choices we face are stark and the time table is clear britain's prime minister defends her decision to delay press it. on the children left behind as parents are forced to find work outside of venezuela more in that state.
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hello again it's good to have you back i do want to update you on what is happening here across iran we have been dealing with the flooding that has been going on since the middle of march and unfortunate as floodwaters are still going to take quite a lot of time to recede in the meantime though we watch what's happening in terms of more rain coming into the area on friday it is going to be some scattered showers so not too bad but we any more rain is nothing what we need right now as we go from friday to saturday though we do expect to see more showers coming into play particularly down here towards the south come across the gulf we're going to be watching this area very carefully for more flooding potential in that area up towards tehran it will be a shower a day feel with a time to there of twenty one degrees the same showers that are coming across the gulf could be affecting the rain here in doha now we've seen plenty of rain in the overnight hours we could be seeing more too as we go through the weekend here are some clouds on friday extending all the way over towards u.a.e. we do expect to see some thunderstorms in there but the heaviest rain should be
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coming on saturday across much of qatar where we do expect to see a temperature here of twenty seven degrees and also a messy day here across much of south and eastern africa and we're going to see some rain across parts of johannesburg but as we go towards saturday things improve and it's going to get a little bit warmer with your history a twenty four. whether sponsored by cats. she chipped strongman is ruling with an iron fist and the silence from his allies is deafening the u.s. was perfectly happy to trade off the march for sea for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even their own citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you want to hear such strong words from let's say berlin or paris or london in cairo on al-jazeera.
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welcome back at the top stories here on the al-jazeera slowdowns opposition groups are calling for mass rallies after friday prayers overnight thousands before a curfew imposed by security forces. on the military deposed president bashir and set up a transitional council. defense minister has been sworn in as the head of the transitional council the army's chief of staff will serve as his deputy counsel says it will govern for two years before elections take place. on the wiki leaks founder julian assange has been detained in the u.k. and is facing extradition to the united states the u.s. wants him to face charges relating to the publication of classified government documents. now aid workers in iran say u.s. sanctions are hampering their ability to help people hit by
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a massive flooding southwest iran is suffering some of the worst floods in decades and more rain is forecast the government's ordered tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in the city of capital of khuzestan province hundreds of villages in the oil rich province have also been emptied of people saying that robbie has been monitoring the aid effort from the capital tehran. 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 not a heavy falls happens you could still she did very severe impact. for example behind me to reverberate. over the communities
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especially communities closer to reverse. still standing in a house shorty's much. it's clear that. there will be still work to do in the short term. especially the recovery face is going to be important to the world health organization and unicef are also helping out germany iraq. pakistan russia and turkey but sanctions seem to be impeding 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. but we've been alerted to evacuate and take on things and the people don't know where they can go in this condition just that. the floods are the worst to hit iran
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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's a condom. in the capitol to run volunteers collect donations for the flood zone. everything that comes through these doors is donated by private citizens and so far 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. by getting. right now we need and machinery to control the water it would be much easier thanks national
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agencies to provide them due to the sanctions price is a much higher if it wasn't for the sanctions we could do much more with the money with connect. the extreme weather came as a shock to iranians who've suffered decades of dry weather with more bad weather forecast volunteers are preparing for things to get worse. old zero to one. the u.k. prime minister has defended briggs it being extended until the end of october to resign may tell parliament that securing an orderly exit from the e.u. required compromise the debate follows a late night decision by the e.u. to delay the u.k.'s departure date by six months and smith reports now from london . corporation now granted an extension to britain's membership of the european union prime 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
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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 it 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 jiang toward younker and other leaders the compromise was because of french president emmanuel 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
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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 of calling for a referendum on any deal with greed 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 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. burnitz al-jazeera.
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fighting continues on the outskirts of libya's capital tripoli between forces loyal to the u.n. batt government and the warlord honey for have to are after offensive was met by fierce resistance on thursday the internationally recognized government says it captured more than two hundred of his men at least fifty six people have been killed in fighting between both sides over the last week. now a crumbling economy and acute food shortages are forcing millions of venezuelans to leave in search of a better life but the migration is creating another crisis affecting the many children left behind. has more now from the capitol. 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 smiley carlos and armando facing a dire economic situation in venezuela their mother was forced to leave the country
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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 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 the pressure and sidey the
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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 a declining 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 a village 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
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the church and its partners need more resources to help them in minnesota. the current situation has led to kids being my larry just discussed 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. sisters on the teachers 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. thousands of people in los angeles california have paid their respects to the rapper and community activist nipsey hussle the thirty three year old was shot dead last month in front of a store that he tried to use to empower his neighborhood streets were filled with well wishers as his funeral procession went through the city
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a letter from the former u.s. president barack obama was read out during his service he praised the artist for inspiring and investing in the community. in india tibetan spiritual leader the dalai lama has been released from hospital in new delhi he's been admitted for a chest infection early this week the eighty three year old exiled fled to india in one nine hundred fifty nine after an uprising against chinese rule failed to better his living in new delhi held special prayers for his well being. and is ready spacecraft has crashed on the moon shattering hopes of an historic controlled landing on manned robotic land encountered a series of technical failures during the twenty one minute landing sequence the spacecraft travel through space for seven weeks in a series of expanding orbits around the earth before crossing into the moon's gravity last week. but it's not all disappointment in space news space x. has made a giant leap in launches first paid cargo and accomplished something else that your eyes may not quite believe under chapelle has more.
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the world's most powerful rocket takes off from cape canaveral in florida on its first commercial flight under the power of five point one million pounds of thrust . already towering more than twenty three stories in height the space x. falcon heavy packs twice as much power as any other rocket on earth. thank you this time back and heavy is carrying a telecommunications satellite into orbit but its future missions will push military satellites very passengers into space for a cheaper price per mission than ever before burn will begin roughly ninety million dollars per much. i.
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was. the company is bringing down costs by reusing its powerful first stage boosters which land themselves at a nearby site thing and for the first time the third rocket lands on a remote landing pad in the atlantic ocean this three for three landing is a technological feat for the company which wants to dominate space transportation enter chapelle al-jazeera. part of a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera for some breaking news out of quests in pakistan police say a bomb exploded in an open air market there are ports at least seven people have been killed and we have more on that as we get it here about jazeera in saddam opposition groups are calling for people to rally after friday prayers overnight
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thousands defied a curfew imposed by security forces a day earlier the military deposed the president a mile bashir in a coup and set up a transitional council or saddam's defense minister has been sworn in as the head of that council as members say will govern for two years before elections are held . being the minister of defense the chairman of the committee to get rid of this regime and to rest the head of the regime in a safe place i also declare the formation of a military transitional council to supervise the to be a year of period. we can take founder julian assange has been detained in the u.k. and is facing extradition to the united states a british court found him guilty of skipping bail back in twenty twelve the u.s. wants him to face charges relating to the publication of thousands of classified government documents. president donald trump says a third summit with north korea could happen the common follows
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a meeting with korean counterpart. moves in washington to try to revive dialogue the north korean leader kim jong un wants the u.s. to lift sanctions before holding more talks but disagrees. we want sanctions to remain in place and frankly i have the option of significantly increasing them i didn't want to do that because of my relationship with kim jong un i did not want to do that i didn't think it was necessary as you know a couple of weeks ago i held it back but i think that sanctions or great now at a level that's a fair level and i really believe something very significant is going to happen we could always increase them but i didn't want to do that at this time the tibetans spiritual leader the dalai lama has been released from hospital he's been admitted for a chest infection in new delhi early this week eighty three year old fled to india in one nine hundred fifty nine uprising against chinese rule. well those are the
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headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after a string of. russian military advisors in africa they're not officially representing the kremlin but working for a private security company russia claims they're helping bring peace but critics say it's a disguise for the expansion of russia's military influence talk to al-jazeera gains exclusive access to a russian military training camp in the central african republic. major turning point. after months of three. protest president bashir thirty years in power to an end so what's next tweet us or leave your comments on our live chat and he'll be in the stream. there is a sudanese defense minister general how dramatically announced that sudan's president
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omar bashir had been arrested and removed from power also declared the constitution suspended and said the country would be ruled by the military for two years as the news broke tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital khartoum in jubilation. it came too late we've all been under his rule for thirty years and feel the step came too late but everyone is happy no. none of these this revolution was achieved by the people. and only those two sources. say i wanted to meet him and everyone will work for a better united sudan sudan is suffering from economic hardship we've had over there those who aren't so happy by the military action and say this is nothing more than a regime orchestrated who are joining us to discuss this from stafford virginia is sudanese journalist. and the khartoum dahlia ruby is a member of the sudanese congress party and here in our studio ahmed could do
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a ph d. student at george washington university welcome to the stream everyone it's good to have you here let's start with the sentiment in sudan summed up for many by this tweet on my laptop this is from inside it's a bittersweet day it had the potential to be the greatest day in our lives the sudanese but unfortunately we are still ruled by the military so there's a lot of work to be done by people at the sit in but then there's an aside here he wants us to still know we are happy bashir is gone for good. describe for us what that moment when the defense minister announced the toppling of the regime unquote what was that like for you. i mean i think the build up to it was more a story. we woke up pretty early in the morning thinking that we were going to hear some great news it took six hours we had the t.v. on and unfortunately we were faced with. an actually a us sanctioned. i'll show. from two thousand and seven
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he's telling us that you know this is transition two years of military regime as if nothing that we have said for years and now for the past six days and for the process for months actually matters and and i think it angered a lot of us and we had a lot of hope at the beginning i mean the streets of up to here where. it was just incredible i don't think any of us will forget will forget these few hours we went spontaneously we went with so much hope. all from all walks of life coming in to gather we've got understanding is that we're going to see the real change that we're standing up for and it is unfortunate what's happening but what what's important is that we have not lost the result we have no intention of backing down we hope. we don't hope we actually know that change will happen i'm being emotional
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i know but change will happen because i think we deserve it and i think that the use of spoken very clearly for all these months it's not the time to back down. yet i think yeah i it's a it's a i think it's kind of a very what's the word it's a very it's a very confusing but time but there's still hope there's there's still a lot of determination i think that statement that announcement was a lot of a lot of determination right then more of a kind of push back the more we're actually pushing forward and insisting. we will be going forward and i think that it's very inspirational to see especially the youth who have been born actually after that. and to see them so inspirationally leading the way and showing us that really to fight all the need for change peacefully fight for change right was an inspiration and then being the ruling
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party there you spoke about the youth and i'd actually like to hear from one of those here because actually still there in the sit in as we speak that she sent us an audio comment on on why she's there and how she's feeling and i think what you are talking about is some of those emotions the hope and the anger as represented in her comment have a listen. good evening this is an abraham from sudan hard time reporting from. sittin in front of the general command of the armed forces headquarters we're still here we're still angry we're still frustrated we're not happy we're not satisfied with the outcome of the. what we could only call a recycling of the same regime that we've taking out to the streets against and we will be here until we get our demands and the committees on the ground are urging activists to stay away from being too noticeable which is why you didn't see her base and that comment there but i spent to talk to us about the emotions that you
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just heard from valley and you heard from the protester there at the sit in that kind of rollercoaster ride i think there's a lot of highs and lows people anticipated a total transformation because the demands have been very clear from the beginning people have said we want the regime to collapse we don't want an alternative that is a face lift to the regime and unfortunately the announcement itself what it showed us is that the region was so strategic in basically recreating itself it also announced the four major elements of the regime or the pillars of support which are the military the nys with its current head the police and the rapid support forces the ourself this is a militia bashir created in the wake of the door for conflict or genocide. to support his regime now these four pillars basically are still in power but without the facade which is the few individuals that were arrested i think there
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were a couple things that many people work spectating for example the movement that actually spearheaded the transformation the professional association was completely sidelined and ignored by the military. this was the movement that actually forced the military to make this move along were you expecting what like a nod to validate that that absolutely meant well if they don't understand absolutely people expected that this movement that brought us here needs to be a part of this moment and they weren't which was a huge disappointment and i think that at this stage people are not going to accept anything short of a full inclusion of the civilian opposition parties there are these signatories to the freedom and change charter which was written by the professionals and signed by the vast majority of the civilian and some of the armed opposition groups in fact
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in the unified behind this movement unfortunately they're not playing a role at the stage which is very disappointing so before we go too much further i'm hoping you can tell us a little bit more about this minister of defense we have this week from most a former stream gas and a member of the diaspora he says this is a symptom of larger issues lack of strong institutions and political accurate and this is a bad remakes to the sheriff team and an insult to the sudanese people the defense minister was handpicked by al bashir after the revolution began and he's an alleged war criminal so what do we know about general i would. who has it been a long time member of the military and the government was there also. and if you don't mind for some time. he's going to be. part of the surest close circle of allies and that's why he was brought in and the shortly after the
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bashir step to a speech to be closer within the circles system. so i mean he was hand-picked in the anticipation i did read from bashir for changes that were coming and. you know this this seems to be just the shuttle arrangement of heads of government rather than any genuine the transformation or. acknowledgment of the necessity of transition into something new. so i wanted to share they said because there are so many tweets on him and what this means khalid here writes changing faces doesn't change the character of a regime and so i think better to some that out than this guess that a circulating online this is all that ziad who tweeted at the resemblance is impeccable physically and figuratively so slight tongue in cheek there but it is
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a guess that is transposing on the best she enters a photo with jenna general even a house photo and you can see what people online feel about this does that surprise you at all that you have the fact that this is what happened this is what is replacing how many bishop. i think that development of the pride were more it related to who how much regard they had the word of that awareness and knowledge of the people in the street today. and pointed out i mean that history the history of sports that are being as part of the transition as well and i wouldn't tell we all a lot of people know about it and a lot of people have not not not know our expectation to follow it but i kind of wanted to go back to what i meant or thing. related to there. to the sorry i keep forgetting i meant related to the declaration yeah so relief exactly
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ration. i would say i would kind of slightly disagree that that there hasn't been enough that been done the declaration the forces the signatories of the declaration went in on the eighth of april with their statement asking for five specific things number one is obviously the toppling of the regime or of of bashir as well of the other points these this statement was read out in the sit in first day or the eighth and ninth as well as today. and people got a lot of you know they recognize that they've heard it and they've supported it and today they actually did a very clear call for people not to go home and this is going to continue until until the transition actually happens and i think it's very important for us to point out that there is an actual elected body with the professional association in it but as well as said the sudan poland and civil society alliance and
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others the national national union is one of. the conversation the conversation has been always kind of undermining the strength of this umbrella and how how much more clarity that we actually have on transition and i don't think people are recognizing that there is there is a lot of court. it's been done for the past few months and now they're here. for more civilian. agent an actual transition that is not have to focus extremely militant groups this for two years. there is there's definitely room for that this this alliance or these forces have how the position to speak internationally are really going to mend as well as. the term yeah it's just i mean just to reiterate the point i was trying to make is that the military itself did not take these forces into account that is absolutely right the actors played a very central role they help mobilize people they help organize people they help
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people help people get on the streets and vocalize their demands but the military ignored that completely i mean more or less it said that we're going to take over the state we're going to dissolve the government arrest a few folks and hold on to power for two years that is not something that the signatories for the freedom and change charter are calling for and they're not accepting it as dahlia said very accurately they're not going to go away they're going to continue the protests and hopefully be able to materialize some sort of real change because i think what we risk is a situation similar to that of egypt after two thousand and eleven where the people came out on the streets there was real mobilization but the military basically co-opted that created the sort of transitional period and was able to recreate the region and that's a fear that we really worry about. you know i mean i think there are some people
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who want to put it to. you know the protesters had high hopes in in the army as historical national institution that went into being on their sides. that that perception i think is a little bit naive it may be true for the junior officers for the middle range officers but you know bashir who has been a part of the army for a very long time and knows the army very well. and he is a shrewd politician and i think it's a mistake to underestimate. how he should miss his ability to build alliances and is survived for thirty years and you know that's that's not an immediate past. you know it is it isn't that surprising i think see. the way things are going on you know this is
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a high amount quite risky right right so. that the army will have intervened on behalf of the people i think really needs to be. reassessed i think it will take more than just you know protest or to you know again this is it's been a very long time it has interests the army has its interest in terrorists security apparatus has trench interest in the state. and so forth like egypt. so i think it's going to take north then. then you know the protests that we see and it's going to be a longer better right i would say that it's i mean i i totally agree with you somalia but i think there was a very clear position from these actors saying we don't want you to replace bashir
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we want you to remove bashir and lay the groundwork for a transitional process and i think that's what you're alluding to. but there's something else i think the point that most people kind of overlook is that the military for the past several decades has been the region right so we want to see when we talk about you know changing the regime we're actually asking a central pillar of the rejean to actually create a transformation in which it's going to remove itself from the center of power and that's very difficult and i think that's what it's my it was alluding to it's very dangerous one other point i want to add is that. historically. there have been four coups prior to this one every cuckoo was very seamless for the simple fact that when the military spoke things were final in fact when the defense minister spoke things were final but what did we see today we we saw a six hour delay in which there were
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a lot of you know people want to wear of what's happening and the result of the amounts mage showed us that basically it was obvious that the military had to get the ok of the nys the ok of you are a self and other security apparatuses and that is where bashir was talking about this he was so strategic in making sure that there's a balance of power between those who have the monopoly over violence right and at the end of the day he's actually in a much safer position today than he would have been if there was a change in the structure of the regime so i think that is a fascinating point and that i hear you trying to get in i wanted to i want to raise you want to bring up a couple of our viewers though because you all have mentioned several things that are making our viewers go this sounds familiar so we have several people from zimbabwe chime in this is just one this is neighbor who says the sudanese people need to learn from what happened in zimbabwe and make sure the entire regime is going out for good the military need to protect the people during this transition
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moment not take over power there must be a change in the regime to bring about change we also have several tweets from egypt in other places around the world to people trying to give some advice to the sudanese protesters but tell you what if you want to. i don't want to go back to the point zero magnitude about that particular creation for the military i think and it was going to happen having throughout the been that a lot of people who are kind of a bit demoralized about the news and announcement. before prior to departure big behave we had no expectation of protection or or. any sort of responsible behavior toward the protests there and indeed big big hit on the country we were actually quite afraid of all uniformed and uniformed militia including the army. and the park because they've been you know i wouldn't say big but it would be the images of the army helping out and you know and protecting us
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had been problematic because kind of people expectation of something that we've endured for three periods which is even if they're not here to protect that even if individual where doing that out of even information we can expect so much out of the military that have systematically killed death and been violent and brutal towards us and i think as you pointed out it is it is kind of naive expectation to say that these six days are going to somehow delete this trail of of the harm that they've done and as i say to all the protesters that i spoke to today is that you know just delete this six days and they expect ation that you have to go back to the same fear you had not fear but the same expectation they had six days ago which is that there is no one out there out of this regime that will actually help us or protect us and will they had the same commitment six days ago on the contrary to what the even scarier because they were less numbers and they were less you know i
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mean there was a lot of numbers but not as much as they say and i think that we have to be very harsh with ourselves and very honest with the fact that we are actually in you know not in this with the military there are no good guys in that in that mix. i know it might be a little bit sure but this is i think what's happening and we have to we have to realize the history of these people and i hear people online saying actually it's realistic that you mentioned the expectations of a few days ago so i want to take our viewers back just a few days really so much has happened to this photo this is one that was circulated very widely it was taken by a photographer. and you can see a woman on top of a car and this woman actually a twenty two year old student. take a look at what these protests looked like just a few days ago. god. god. god. god god.
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god. please background there tenting found out a revolution and out of what the woman in that photo tweeted there she said sudanese women have always participated in revolutions in this country if you see sudan's history all our queens have led the state it's part of our heritage i'm very proud to take part in this revolution and i'm glad our revolution has achieved its first goal resigns but it's my it of course as i had mentioned this is happened before this is not the first popular uprising so based on history what do we know of history that tells us what should happen next is my right i mean that's that's the important any bigger question i mean should learn to speak. in a cycle simply didn't know if every government since nine hundred fifty six this is not the first time the first uprising it was a military government in one thousand sixty four in the region and then again in
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ninety five i think the question should be in the fact. that organizers is if become if one comes out of this into a genuine civilian government how can politicians how care activists say mistakes that were made in sixty one thousand nine hundred eighty five american that's the big question there's been this. cycle share that he is author of called addiction to failure i think that's something that we also need to keep in mind i mean there is a song it's not just giving with the sheer it but caring without the military it's creating a genuine political culture that allows for the exchange of ideas for peaceful exchange of powers where also their news of different backgrounds can occur and spirit in building their country. i thought i find it yeah i'd like to have kind of
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respond to the rest of my and i think that there's a lot of you know there's a there's a similarity to our two previous into partners but i think there is there is there are some some effect some factors in on the themes of that i think for those who don't think i'm sorry ok go ahead ari yes so. i think what type spoken to a few people. with with the armed rebel groups or yeah. it's obviously like anything and i rebel group. that one of the things that they were saying is that this this change this time is that the participation of these groups. from the beginning as opposed to the last two in which it's mostly let's get the revolution going finish it and let it go at the table and discuss peace and and do war and i think this time it's very different from day one that these groups are part of
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a part of this this process and there's there's definitely at the agenda the number one priority in the transition period for the for the war issues and i think in the past. there has been challenges because of that because you know obviously development a lot happened with peace and peace is at the forefront of this revolution i'm hopeful that this this will actually make it a much stronger stronger process for the future and more long lasting i think the representation of are definitely not the right that he. is saying i'm so sorry that i'm so sorry and that you have because there are so much more to discuss more than thirty years in power for a minute but she had and of course there's only one show that we can do today but this conversation will continue online hash tag a.j. stream i want to end with this tweet from basics osama says we will continue to protest until this regime ends once and for all it's hard but we will do it enough is enough so that we have wealthy online. the.
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backing down protesters in sudan are continuing. to demand more change as the military forces out the president omar al bashir. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the wiki
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leaks founder julian assange is a rest about the ecuadorian embassy in london his asylum status is revoked. a race against time more heavy rains forecast for iran as it battles to recover from flooding. as fighting continues outside the libyan capital we meet the people in the city worried about their lives and livelihood. some breaking news out of pakistan where at least sixteen people have been killed in a bomb blast in baluchistan police say it exploded in a market in the southwestern city of quests dozens of people have been injured welcome joins us live now from karachi come out so what more details are emerging about this bomb attack in quite a. which
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is situated in. the normally gold friday morning for shopping for. the attack taking place at an explosion took place at about nine fifteen local time headed down at least sixteen people have been. dead. because dozens wounded in this particular bomb blast the deputy inspector general and that at least sixteen people have been. much greater member. just coming out several months. and baluchistan have seen relatives. so there will be a big question. such a busy. well sudan's opposition groups are calling for people to rally after friday prayers on
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thursday the military ended president omar al bashir his thirty year rule and set up a transitional council security forces ordered a curfew overnight but thousands of people defied it even more when reports from khartoum. this was how the end of thirty years of rule looked when president are many bashir was deposed by his vice president and defense minister tanks trental through the capital cheered on by protesters followed by an announcement on state t.v. sudan's fourteen million people had waited six hours to hear. the minister of the vans the chairman of the committee to get rid of this regime. the head of the regime in place i also declare the formation of. the two the year of period more than one hundred eighteen others close to him bashir have been arrested and political prisoners released as
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a protester who was arrested by sudan's intelligence agents in january a lot of emotion. and. hope for the country. higher bread prices provoked the first protests four months ago the quickly expanded into demands for the president to end his thirty year rule declared a state of emergency in february which reduced the revolt against him. but since saturday thousands of demonstrators have been camped outside the military headquarters in the town close to the president's office the residence at least twenty one people were killed when security forces tried to break up the sit in. six of the dead are reported to be soldiers who intervened to defend the protesters from security forces the military high command has said it understands that him. and for bashir to go and is also determined not to allow chaos the. demand
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has increased the number of participants of the people has interviews as well there was more. action to the military and part of the leadership in particular and i think that put more pressure on the military institution as a whole for that reason i think they felt the heat and they have to make action hours after the announcement the military council was sworn in led by the defense minister ahmed. marking the start of a transitional period set to last for two years but the takeover isn't welcomed by some protesters on the streets who say they want to accept a military transitional government a sentiment echoed by some opposition leaders have heard the statement read by the minister of defense is categorically rejected by us we will not accept a half victory we need a whole and complete victory as anticipated and wanted by our martyrs so we have
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decided to continue the sit in in front of the general command headquarters the citizens will also continue to take to the streets paving the capital everywhere nationwide don't be scared and don't retreat we will continue our path until the end. meet a curfew came into effect at ten pm local time but hundreds defied it continuing with the tent in front of the army headquarters demanding a change to the hours old transitional council minister denise fear that with bashir gone and many rejecting the new military government there could well be that chaos army commanders want to avoid more going on to their own hearts and. well the international community is cautious about the coup the united nations is to hold a special meeting on saturday the u.s. france and germany requested the meeting they want a peaceful transition to civilian rule washington says it strongly supports a democratic sedan and is urging a rapid handover and the e.u. is also calling on the military to make a swift transition to power but the african union says the military takeover is not
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an appropriate response to the crisis. wiki leaks founder julian assange has been convicted of skipping bail in the u.k. he was arrested at the ecuadorian embassy where he's been confined for seventy is now faces extradition to the united states for a challenge has more 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 offices hold him out again ecuador had 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 just fame with mr sanchez in the police cells he wants to thank you for all of his support is today on going to morsi 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 to
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a sandra's fans some high profile he's a courageous whistleblower because he's been told she did not and say this helps it's been undermined you know all this stuff but fortunately he was brain and here's a new system to nice high principles a missing debit and not enough away from you know and he's afraid of life joining us on she has his supporters here in the u.k. but the district judge here in this case 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 he found him guilty of the charge of skipping by 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
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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 chalons how to zero london. aid workers in iran say u.s. sanctions are hampering their ability to help people hit by widespread flooding areas in the southwest are suffering some of the worst floods in decades and more
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rain is forecast the government's ordered tens of thousands of people leave their homes in the city of. people have been evacuated from hundreds of villages there are reports from tehran. 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 not a heavy falls happens you could still she did very severe impact. for example behind me to reverberate. on the sites if she nobody communities especially communities closer to reverse where walter is she still standing in a house shortly as much. as it's clear that. there will be still work to
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do in the short term. especially the 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 impeding 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. and a study done but. we've been alerted to evacuate and take on things and the people don't know where they can go in this condition just that. 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
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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's a condom. in the capital to herat volunteers collect donations 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 in 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 the. right now we need some boats and machinery to control the water it would be much easier thanks national agencies to provide them due to the sanctions price is a much higher if it wasn't for the sanctions.

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