they hand over power to civilian rule of the reports now from the capital. under the scorching sun thousands of protesters gubba outside the sudanese army headquarters in ca to look for friday prayers. the someone is haven laden with political messages condemning the of deposed former president omar al bashir messages to the demonstrations continue until the protesters achieve their goal i return to civilian rule in sudan. a soon as the press over the now familiar chance filled the road it will not then we need a civilian government to set up a foundation for a modern sudan followed by elections that have integrity and represent the will of the people. and there's not a seven hundred of the former regime divided the people through segregation and racism and today we are united as one nation without tribe creed or color we are

ready to develop a progressive sudan the protesters walk compt outside the military told us even before bashir was removed from office although the transitional military council has given in to some of them to be amongst the protesters are still digging in for a fight and refusing to discuss the feeling here is that the council is simply bite i'm hoping the protesters won't be disappointed and then go home despite international support for the protest as the ten member military council has so far resisted calls for a transition to a civilian administration they argue any small vacuum could propel sudan into a civil war three council members submitted their resignations on wednesday under pressure from protest leaders who say they have presented the interest of all bashir to aldridge and the three good jubilation among the protesters who mosque in that tens of thousands for what organizers hoped would be a million strong march in the past few days the numbers have been bolstered with

many people arriving from other parts of sudan to join the sit in. the tom sedan. well the. correspondent joins us here on the news they have reached agreement in certain areas do they feel they can build on those areas and move forward now. peter that's the hope among the people who are sitting here. that was led to more than two weeks now the scorching sun they say they expect to come from those negotiations between members. from the military side the committee has just been formed and it is holding its best meeting this afternoon. we'll talk some consultations between the components of the protest movement before

they go to that meeting and they have very powerful demands. during that meeting including. sticking points in. the council should be civilian not only with limited military representation something like this in the council already if you is to accept and also the other point is how many years the proposition should take protesters say they need four years to. smooth the pot for an election they need to get rid of corruption they need to make it to them before many. things for us to do with. their military say they need. to. give we seem to lost connection the moment in khartoum we'll go back to him i'm sure in the coming

hours. lots more still to come for you here on the news hour including the u.n. secretary general criticized for his handling of china's treatment of one of its ethnic minorities. and later on we'll look at how one community in sri lanka is living in fear of retaliation after the attacks last some of the sports news and some of the hurricanes blow away the islanders in the n.h.l. playoffs details in about thirty minutes or so. the damage is being assessed after the most powerful ever cyclon to hit more than mozambique cyclon kenneth was dispersed in the indian ocean after ripping off roofs and power lines across we're all areas the un has warned of a flooding risk along the coast another cycle and devastated more populated areas in southern mozambique two months ago it is the first time in recent history to cyclists of hit mozambique in one season. there will be an urgent need for shelter

clean water sanitation and hygiene kits food and non-food items power generation and telecommunications equipment facts from kenneth may require a major news humanitarian operation at the same time that the ongoing cycle a diet response targeting three million people in three countries remain critically underfunded. main story out of europe this hour just a day to go before spaniards hold their general election in one of the excuses independence movement in catalonia many in that region are hoping sunday's results will help their cause so independence leaders have been rallying their supporters some of them from president jonah hole is in barcelona. the letters of support arrived regularly after eighteen months in prison and on trial in madrid catalans haven't forgotten pro independence former interior minister do hakim for him and his wife laura and their daughters know that you are came hasn't forgotten them

monsanto doesn't doesn't like deserters us. saying it because next year we don't celebrate together and he's with us and. the trial of twelve cattle and independence leaders on charges of rebellion sedition and misuse of public funds follows the region's referendum and unilateral declaration of independence which was met by police violence in two thousand and seventeen it's taken on heavy significance for a movement struggling to reassert itself last in search of a way to achieve its goal. i see very clearly that people don't feel like compromising in this ends up giving up of recognizing a mistake or renouncing it i don't see that it is possible that some people may think that we need more time that it doesn't have to be an immediate but i don't see any reason nation at all. if not now then what is to happen in the interim at

the national level spain's socialist government may pay a heavy price in this weekend's election for its attempts to negotiate over catalonia a surge in support for the far right nationalist rocks party risks dragging the entire political landscape to the right making a compromise over cattle and separatist aspirations seem less likely than ever if there is a shift to the right and the radical right in spain everything is going to be more difficult because these parties in the right have the explicit proposal of imposing self direct rule on that alone yet again so it's not going to be only a matter off of the in the pendants project but they're very. very core of the self government and the old don i mean that was recovered during the north of democracy and so perhaps inevitably there's a quiet shift towards a more pragmatic approach is this it is hard to see the republican unless the main

political party of the roughly fifty percent of catalonia some support independence some of its leaders as you can see are in prison addressing the crowd here by live video link the message increasingly is that unilateral action didn't work the way forward now is through does long and political legitimacy. that means winning as many seats as possible in the national parliament and influencing change from within the dream of independence isn't getting any closer but it does remain very much alive al-jazeera barcelona. members of the trade union movement want the european union to stop giving too much power to employers for testers surrounded the e.u. headquarters in brussels aiming to pressure politicians in next month's european parliamentary elections the european trade union confederation says the only way to save democracy is to make sure that workers benefit from rights growth and higher

wages. well british voters are also due to take part in the e.u. election because of the delays to the brics it process lawrence lee has been looking at how voting to elect members to the european parliament is being seen by some as a second referendum on brics it. european elections are close battle lines are being drawn on friday the centrist liberal democrats launched their campaign inviting voters squarely to reject bracks it's against them the new bracks it party which demands leaving the e.u. as soon as possible whichever side gets the biggest share of the vote will claim it has a mandate to force the british government to back its position but the two million british citizens living on the continent very many like this group in portugal want to vote to stay in the e.u. but now it appears the option may not be open to them many have received identical letters from local authorities like this one advising that ballot papers won't even get sent out before may the tenth at the earliest people may not be able to return

their ballots in time due to the very short notice that we've been given to arrange these elections it will not be possible with the timetable and the reliance on our printers to provide supplies for the postal packs for them to be mailed earlier than this date. i think given the enormity of this all of this won't change. the potential of how people perceive citizens actually see all in the chain tools accents and if we are not. the same team assuming the majority of british ex-pats supported you membership not being able to vote in time would hurt the parties but don't practice the reason why this matters is because in the u.k. the european elections are being seen effectively as a sort of mini second referendum on whether the country should leave the european union pitting nigel farage is progress to party against

a gaggle of others including the liberal democrats who want to stop bricks it at all costs and the polling is sufficiently toit's that the inability of british citizens on the continent of folks could make a major difference yes i am very very worried about this it's very clear that u.k. citizens in the e.u. want to take part in this election many of them were not allowed to take part in the referendum three years ago this is their opportunity to have their say on whether they think that we should stop brics it something that would dems want to achieve if they're going to miss out simply because it takes too long to issue the ballot papers or the postal system in their in their respective countries in the e.u. doesn't work very effectively or because they can't secure a proxy here in the united kingdom that could skew the results the pro remain parties already accused to being slow off the blocks in preparing their pitches for the elections martin remains may already have made their minds up who they want to vote for but if people living abroad cannot exercise their choice it would be

hugely controversial gloriously al-jazeera and other. thousands of protesters in the libyan cities of tripoli and misrata against the warlords only for half the us attack on the capital nearly three hundred people have been killed and more than one thousand two hundred injured in that offensive. but up to one hundred reports now from tripoli. here in the main square in the libyan capital libyans have come out to condemn what they call the military aggression by have started forces on the capital tripoli also in other cities on the west of libya including the city of misrata libyans have taken to the streets to condemn the military escalation this is the third friday in a row since their military escalation is started on april fourth the protesters here say that they are calling on the international community including

the united nations and they reappear in union to put pressure on have to stop the military escalation on the southern outskirts of the libyan capital the protesters here today are also condemning targeting get his attention areas especially after the u.n. or the kidneys the government accused half the forces of committing war crimes by thought of getting the residential areas and killing innocent civilians including women and children the now denouncing what they call the military rule they say that have to want to impose the military rule in the west of the country here there are portraits of international leaders and the protesters here today are blaming these leaders for what they call supporting the military campaign led by the world cup if i have to the protesters here today say that they will continue

protesting here every friday until have those forces moved back to the east of the country. in algeria thousands of demonstrators were back on the streets for a tense week and a row they want all those associated with. the old regime of president abdelaziz bouteflika to go he resigned earlier this month after pressure from the military the police have been unable to break up the protests despite the announcement of a presidential election on july the fourth so it's ok not what we did all of them will be gone and they will be judged and the money in the properties will all go back to the people that's what we're looking for we don't want them just to lead we want to be judged so that's what we want to learn. this corrupt system is playing a dangerous game my dear brothers algerian people we must remain united i swear to god if we separate because of racism or regionalism i swear the system will not only last for years but it will last for centuries and we will go back to

marginalization corruption and the abuse of power. in southern afghanistan the security forces of free dozens of prisoners from a jail run by the taliban u.s. special forces joined the raid in zabul province the jail house mainly security force personnel some are reported to have been tortured during the detention. and us government commission on religious freedoms is calling on the state department to act against saudi arabia the kingdom executed thirty seven people on tuesday one of them crucified after his killing saudi state media said they were convicted of adopting an extremist ideology and forming terrorist cells some were convicted of killing security personnel in a bomb attack activists and groups such as amnesty international say it was the biggest ever mass execution of shias in the kingdom the e.u. says it's concerned that it will stoke sectarian tensions more than one hundred saudis have already been executed this year last year's total was one hundred and

forty nine. we have staff joining us here on the news with your weather forecast but also still ahead. on the job. but the exact. giant. grieving family demanding answers as u.s. police tactics are again called into question. some places we've been one even let us use the toilets and my kids have been denied water how could you deny a child water also ahead how some foreign migrants are staying there welcome mexico . is one step closer to get another title boss all the details when we can.

head over in the northwestern parts of europe the some pretty stormy weather at the moment the winds have been particularly strong over ireland so far and you can see that little circulation that crossed us and that's what brought us all incredibly strong winds around ten thousand homes are without power at the moment thanks to that storm and now as you can see it's over britain and so that's where we're seeing the strongest of the winds at the moment it's mostly in the south and the west is where we've got the worst of the weather so they could well be some more damaged more homes without power and maybe some branches down as well if that system continues to work its way eastwards for many western parts of europe at the moment actually it's generally looking fairly unsettled and fairly cool but in the east of europe it's very very different so this is the temperature out there and you can see the dark blues and the greens in the western parts of europe where it's cool but in the east where the orange colors are that's where it's really very warm and for some eastern parts of europe we've had temperatures as high as they've ever been for this time of year say really very warm all that warm weather though is

being pushed out of the way by the whole with. front that's working its way eastwards so many places that have enjoyed some warm weather recently i go to see those those temperatures go down the plughole as we head through the next few days was always maximum on sunday when i may be fourteen. the weather sponsored by a catamaran way is. to. cut down. just. may on al-jazeera. as the world's biggest democracy goes to the polls we focus on the economic challenges facing india and the rise of cultural nationalism and new series of you want a winning environmental show which meets some of the people striving to protect twenty five years after coming to power can be a.n.c. maintain its political dominance in south africa and

a muslim documentary series called from lives of two young lives in rural kenya and up in brazil over the past twenty years and with breakfast still looming and populism on the rhine across europe will these elections become a referendum on the move so many on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching news a lot from my headquarters here in doha these are top stories the curfews in place in the part of sri lanka where a police raid turned deadly overnight in the command to say they found the bodies of the fifteen people following a shootout in connection with that used to sunday bomb attacks. in sudan several

former government. ministers to be produced following the arrest truly of the through a president bush protesters at the three week city and outside the military headquarters in khartoum put on the immediate civilian rule. also damage being assessed after the most powerful epicycle in the northern mozambique the un's want to flooding was along the coast. some muslims in sri lanka say that since the easter sunday attacks they're scared about the future despite calls from local religious leaders for unity florence live from now gone but. they fled persecution in pakistan and thought they had found refuge in sri lanka some of these ahmadi muslims have been here for seven years or more but they're once again looking for a place to accept them they say they no longer a few safe in the gumbo after the easter sunday bombings some people here blame them for the attacks my house or bank my old geezer to bring to my door and or

their windows or damaged my going to put out and there is turning on me and a priest done that by going i cannot reschedule hundreds of them are sheltering in a community center in a nearby town but they'll have to move again because the locals here don't want them either and moving back to nigger isn't an option for now. emotions are still running high after sunday's suicide bomb attack on st sebastian church. the white flags lined the streets a symbol of mourning banners hang as a sign of remembrance for those who died. on the streets are remind us that security remains tight. worried about reprisal attacks the government has advised muslims not to gather for friday press at mosques were the heart of negaunee town which is normally busy and bustling instead many businesses

are shut people choosing to remain at home because of the fear of more attacks. is a mostly christian town in buddhist majority st lanka for generations muslims have lived here without incident and many here want it to remain that way. we don't want to blame anybody when peace and harmony. and. i think the government will have to ensure security and peace so that the relationship between the different communities don't deter me. no one can say for sure how badly the easter sunday bombings may have damaged ties between the mix of communities here florence al jazeera sri lanka. south africans are celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the end of apartheid president says

the day of freedom won't be forgotten the great tragedy of it was done to raise with great deliberation. africans of different races. was it and the scale of human endeavor and. war the. tragedy of forty eight was that deep division. was. well much progress has been made since nelson mandela's revolution to end white rule but not nearly enough according to critics of the governing african national congress. from johannesburg. mark them an e.c.g. members a feeling of euphoria in mounting ninety four when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became south africa's first black president she believed ending a white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority after decades of oppression since then

she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years. and open up my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and house in order to eat something before going to bed so why should i take my id book and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet. he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the african national congress led government. jobs. we are hungary is because of those guys not the. only. thing for the people to protest over poverty poor public services and unemployment happen almost

daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people even no real knowledge we have all the successes not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions i've been built since one thousand nine hundred ninety four but there are still housing shortages blamed in many on

corruption and millions of south africans continue to live in abject poverty they won the right to vote twenty five years ago today the struggle is with economic freedom which many say still feels a long way off. al-jazeera. sunday's legislative elections and the new you will have no opposition politicians on the ballot paper the election commission says groups opposed to the government were unable to meet new requirements. from the commercial capital. campaigning for these elections has been everything but business as usual there are two parties able to field candidates for eighty three national assembly positions and they're both pro-government. according to the electoral commission none of the opposition parties met the requirements of a new electoral code and charter of political parties one view from the eligible republican party is that the opposition parties simply couldn't get organized in

time to meet the requirements. it's also about taxes most of the national assembly members who cannot take part in this election have been in government over the last ten years and have properties and business interests and companies and now they can't meet their tax bills so they're not eligible for us in the republican party we are not only proud to be taking part in this election we're also doing our best to defend the constitution. as well and that's not the view from the other side opposition politicians believe the eligibility ruling is a deliberate move to fill the national assembly but candidates that will comply with the president's agenda to force to do so don't. just like if it's a legislative coup and for us in opposition it is not acceptable we cannot endorse what's happening whichever way you look this is an unprecedented situation so much so the response of religious leaders traditional regional chiefs the west african bloc. and non-governmental organizations and also the president to intervene

however the president says the polls on sunday should go ahead the assembly failed to reach an agreement on a constitutional way forward following the announcement in march that the opposition parties were ineligible. according to a prominent civil society activist what's happening takes the country back decades . it's unfortunate it's sad and it's a step back for a democratic tradition and been in and it's contrary to article three of our constitution since multi-party democracy and the people of britain have had the right to vote with legitimate option and this is a part of their sovereignty and now millions of been any use will be denied that right. as the country prepares to vote many are wondering what will happen next as they find themselves in unfamiliar territory i'm a blessing al-jazeera. human rights activists aren't happy about a visit china by the head of the united nations antonio good terrace is being

accused of ignoring what activists say is the persecution of the weaker muslim minority as a diplomatic editor james bays the u.n. secretary general in beijing for a summit marking china's belt and road initiative an ambitious global network of infrastructure and trading projects all linked to china something that in itself is far from uncontroversial and tonio good terrorists did make a public speech in china but there was no mention of the we go community inching zhang a glaring omission according to human rights groups who claim as many as one million we get as could be being held in detention in an article for the washington post the executive director of human rights watch kenneth roth detects a pattern he writes could terrorists should show that he can fulfill the full scope of his responsibilities as un secretary general he's excessively quark diplomacy is selling short his position on the promise of the united nations the secretary

general has only once publicly spoken about the we get issue this year and that was to decline to answer a question i know that there is a dialogue between the office of their commission human rights and the people's republic of china in that regard i am not in a position to give any details at the present moment and probably if a would be talking about it i would make it more difficult for him to succeed china has considerable clout at the un as one of the five permanent members of the u.n. security council is that why the secretary general is pulling his punches the secretary general has been anything but quiet on his defense of human rights globally i would refer you to a number of speeches he's delivered of the human rights. council in the way also that he has really mainstream. all of human rights in all of the un's work does he make a different calculation or speaking out on human rights issues that involve human

rights abuses by permanent members no i don't think there is that calculation his goal is to promote human rights he will do it differently at different times the u.n. says the secretary-general brought up all the relevant issues when he was in beijing they say they'll give more details in the coming days i can tell you no one here is expecting that to include a full some denunciation of china's human rights record james zero of the united nations cars and cattle are two of the main sticking points in trade talks between japan and the united states donald trump well conscience who operates the white house after pulling out of the trans-pacific partnership trade deal two years ago the us president says a new bilateral agreement could be signed as early as next month. staying in the states a police officer in america has been jailed for twenty five years for the murder of a black motorist the case has again focused attention on inflame tensions between

black americans and the police the killing was caught on tape along with other instances of officers using unnecessary force and gallacher from miami. this was the day the family of curry jones had been waiting for him twenty sixteen to thirty one year old broke down on the side of the road when police officer newman rodger drove the wrong way up an off ramp stopping just meters from him the court was told roger didn't identify himself to corey jones and drew his weapon prosecutors say jones who was legally armed thought he was being carjacked and drew his own legally held firearm and ran away roger fired six shots killing the musician and youth mentor. have never. yet. he has not altered a word

a week before roger was sentenced video emerged of two what officers pepper spraying punching and slamming the head of fifteen year old deluca roll into the ground police accuse the teenager of taking an aggressive stance but both officers have since been placed on paid administrative assignments and charges against the fifteen year old have been dropped his mother says it should never have happened in the first place. is nobody. like you is. if that was me my. it wouldn't give me a time what they owe a lot to every police and probably would have been my door and the people who i think the plaza protect my children heard. on thursday yet another video emerged showing a police officer slamming a teenage girl to the ground earlier benjamin crump says the conviction of newman rodger is a staunch but doesn't happen often enough it is a milestone for many black americans not only in florida but all across the united

states so we think the prosecutor's office we think the court for giving equal justice.