faultlines investigates the long lasting trauma inflicted on communities the aftermath mass shootings in america on al-jazeera. sudan's military says it's negotiating in good faith but warns protesters against violence and economic disruption. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm martine that is also coming up brother's religious government says it's putting down a small coupe of the opposition leader kwang going to claim support from soldiers. for the first time in two hundred years a japanese emperor abdicates his through. the u.n.

warns bad weather is making it incredibly difficult to reach thousands of survivors and cycling can it be. don't take the lower into your own hands that's the warning coming from sudan's ruling military council to protesters who are still on the streets calling for an immediate civilian government the military said in a press conference it's negotiating with protest leaders in good faith. the main protest group accuse the military rulers of trying to break up a sit in in the capital khartoum protesters have been gathering there to demand an immediate handover to civilian rule where they were the. we are responsible and we have to take responsibility as a military council as

a transitional military council we have to protect the citizens and protect the law we will not accept any chaos or attack on civilians and their properties and properties of the state and we will do this firmly and in accordance with the law this is what we wanted to clarify to the sudanese people we did not want to add insult to injury. all right now let's talk to our correspondent mohammed values there in khartoum and mohammed the tone coming from the military council seem to be one almost of warning to the protest is. not science and that's not going to sit well with the protesters because they have been saying that this language from the military side has to do with what's going on in the negotiations you know the last round was held yesterday and we heard those contradictory statements from the two sides the military saying that there is. and there is a possibility of an agreement on all matters but on the other hand we hear the

protesters say that no it was a difficult negotiation that the military is refusing to give any concessions no agreement on any of the main points including the level of representation on both sides of the joint council and also lots of other issues here on the ground where i stand this is the sit in and it is closed to the military headquarters this is where the power play takes place or saw in a parallel line with the negotiations so here people do stuff and say stuff that they think will affect the negotiations the military are saying that the public or there has been this up to the toad's has been blocked that supply lines have been stopped and that this situation cannot continue so the protesters receive this message as a. warning and they receive it as intentions an expression of intention is to disperse the sit in that was met during the night with

a more vigorous reaction by the protesters not even in the city but also across the capital khartoum we have seen them burning ties and go in out into the streets late in the night and on to morning so that overreaction or that strong reaction from the protesters is an anticipation of what they think could be any tension on the part of the military to disperse the sit in the protesters think that the city is their main strength and their main power behind the negotiations and if they lose the city if people go home then no single concession will be given to them at the negotiation table and protests is no doubt will be all the more concerned by the fact that this morning i was coming from had met who is one of the most feared former members of the bashing government. right committee and he's walking a very tight line between popularity and unpopularity because he was you know on

the one hand he was seen to be the hero the militant one of the military heroes behind the toppling of bashir the period used to. to fire on civilians he refused to give civilians he says a lot of i should ask him and told him that there is a religious fight that allows the government to kill a third of the population and that's when he had a change of heart and decided to stage the course so on the one hand he's a popular among most of the of the protesters but now they began to see him as a man who is standing for another entity who is talking to foreign powers who is trying to may day the role of the military who is more and more being more more aggressive against the protesters and that is causing you know causing some change with regards to the position of. the protesters regarding you saw his piece trying to combine that heritage of being the man who saved the civilians and who toppled

the regime and also the man who wants to save power and who wants to protect the prestige of the military and the police of the military ruling the country and they see that as a contradiction he has either to stand on the side of the public or to stand on the side of the military and they say they cannot stand more years of military regime in this country mohammed vile our correspondent there live in the center of khartoum by the city where the protesters are gathering now we can speak to have his mohammed is director of the civil society group justice africa he's also joining us from khartoum thank you for talking to us what did you make of the tone and the language being used by the military today. i think it's clearly shown that these military generals you know how very bad intentions towards the protesters or lucia is because i don't see an intention to peacefully plant

the power to a civilian administration they are buying and running on buying one when they saw but who drove the few minutes of protest to steer the course they tried to make this you have most of you if you want to kill the people he can't kill them. that door locked and now what i do isn't that i'm going to protest from achieving the optimum or before i really she let's let's not get too far ahead let's just have a look at this situation where we are now what the military said is that they have been incidents of looting trespassing roads are blocked bridges a block to they've been festive even been attacks on on ordinary civilians i mean so the picture that was being painted was one of a gradual if you like breakdown of laura no that does that not concern you. no i think these protesters are being on the streets for more than four months there is

nothing normal. no one instance of violence of looting or anyone's vandalism you know what the companies are providing to actually provoke those to stab or behavior to claim that the protest is not peaceful i think what is the make this what make what actually threatening the peace of the security the position of the military don't they don't want to actually transfer power peacefully they won't they don't want to agree on a constitutional peaceful arraignment to transfer power and move and move the control of brooklyn one bridge and one road is not a stopping the country what is probably the country move on their attitude. and they have to change that if they i really want to continue to force but we cannot by the staff of flame that people are not serious our people are good things are not looting i've been on the protest every day and i've seen how peaceful and how

wise are these young men and women that's right not acceptable of the i guess the only leverage really that the the protest of the revolution has is fat city and the ability to keep up the pressure upon the military council by maintaining their presence. yeah i think if they don't want to actually allow the peaceful transfer of power to civilian administration what is going to happen is we're going to have to look only in front of the military what the but in all of us are done. now today people are coming from the effort from the five that's what that coming to doing people are coming from other parts of the building and that is not going to stop you know today from him it'll be another is not going to actually it's good people we're not good people they're never scared from at bashir and his militia they not going to get i think what they need to do is to do the right thing the transfer the

power to the people the legitimacy which they have is from the protest because otherwise we could see that the mother who actually did that is that is not to say but say far i mean the military council have they have they have their free pizza that they're willing less to transfer power eventually eventually being the key word and they're talking about the composition of the committee that would oversee the transitional period why is it you don't have faith in this military council to do an affair to them because these are been the creation of the regime and all these generals are part of that is if there are no papa because there will never progress in bother me to discuss energy they are on hand we can the creation or pursuit we know that we could not that is not support us in politics we want to see our didn't progress toward transition of power to civilian rule we want to see them

at this in but the mom of the protests which have they have they have a lot of rights of more than seventy martyrs you know for this we need a duly transfer of power to a degree in democracy we don't actually buy any promises empty promises from the general and that is not acceptable to have his mohamed thank you very much for talking to us. that's a venezuela where the government says it's failing with an attempted coup by a group of soldiers the opposition leader one guy does a page in a video surrounded by soldiers at an app is said to be in the capital caracas another opposition figure a little bolder lopez he's been freed from house arrest he says it was the military the freed him now i don't know is saying this is the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas maduro live not to our correspondent on the line today is a bush is in neighboring argentina today so what are you managing to pick up about

what's going on in caracas right now. shelley quinn a very very agitated morning. what we know is that very early in the morning of the song a group of armed forces of the young very national guard against the government. consume their lives for the moping and then they hated the lived a very good and safe within the air in the center of product as it's called like that of the old i'm from there with. the local one well you know calling going to the military to relatives of the village perry to the people of one point i can take to the streets they said that this is the first state the last case before they called operation freedom in order to get the president to any qualified or out of office it's very very difficult to know exactly what's happening in venezuela we know that the government is saying that there's an attempt to cool i don't see administration that they're trying to pretend and that it's being carried out but

a very quick more group of members of the military not clear yet how big this actually is and how many people are we why don't right now we've known that in the past to the opposition for example has tried to enlarge you know when i'm going to people wakening venezuela and at the same time venezuelan government has repeatedly said that they bring trying. true. but the united states is again. given it will among other things today sir let me just tell you what we're seeing because we're looking at a live shot live picture coming from. i think an airfield in caracas it seems as though there's tear gas being used there are a number of people with flags we've seen the lopez himself we've seen one as well leopard a lopez has been embraced embraced by several people and there are

soldiers now it's really difficult to say how many are involved but it doesn't look to be a huge number of people but there is tear gas and as i say there are the these two prominent opposition leaders the minister of defense i'm just looking at the latest lines today's of the minister of defense has said that they are managing a small a small coup of officers who are affiliated with the opposition so a small coup is what the government is saying today is a. yes most definitely and that is what they will likely say in events such as their gone i'm very very difficult to know exactly what. does this lead or why though has disappointed known that in the past month there's this whole situation began in venezuela several people have tried to live up a bit against the government of going to model and many have been detained some

have died many have left the country going to brazil and venezuela let's not forget that until now what we know is that the armed forces the leadership of the armed forces has remained loyal to the call of model especially because of a clear role that the they in the administration i mean they're in charge of not only of the ministry of defense but they're in charge of the ministry of economy of interior to other members of the military close to governors in several states of venezuela so there's a very very close to be interested become the government of me going to my daughter to go eat and this is a thing that child of former president will travel you say it's a civilian military alliance and that's why it's very difficult a very same time very important to know how big the situation ongoing right now like i don't know that we're building in crack that is and how many people are actually supporting quite why go and that's something that we're going to probably find out in the next few hours today thank you for that today's about correspondent

reporting live from neighboring argentina now we can speak to demetrius bantul is a political analyst he specializes. on venezuela and he's in the capital caracas thank you for talking to this what do you know about the current situation in the venezuelan capital. good morning if it is still very arab in the morning i would just wake up or hear him close to my heart sulking for the norm and let's go all on the streets and from what we have seen through the social media. most you can cause a bit in the reason it doesn't but. i believe that it is a it is. something like our an uprising of. some that is to get out of a one way door and the. eastern part of caracas in one their military

base which is really it is a place. that i just mainly opposition on and i also in all. of the government just the same. people actually called me last fall out to defend the. president man who don't rightly know how significant is it that because we're looking at pictures of lopez how significant is it that he's been freed from house arrest he claims by the military. or are it is absolutely significant here look on the lawyers is it barry porter inside the position here he has been a man or a white door and the part about in the military and security forces and it's a legacy of three the wall that got a lot of our tool to shop order going door. to bring down

a. model i think it's very significant and i think it is. an order and the next chart their. standard may have been last months in qatar in the initial in the. now our correspondent was just on the line she's covered venezuela extensively and she's talking about there being a. a civilian military alliance the leadership of the military have stuck solidly haven't they with the government of nicolas maduro who do you imagine these soldiers who are working apparently working with and lopez who do you imagine them to be a what rank do you imagine them to be. a rule most say by the few generals and the. lower and i don't buy that this is a money one article they're almost laser but there are

a few generalities and in most lowered our. air a soldier's budget we don't know what year big government or usually the defense minister said but they will not. be are not great thoughts and the. sub-warden there will be a bit. by the number two or the government. he called in disobedience to god. who will by last who defend him ok i'm asking you to speculate a little bit here but how do you see the next couple of hours going you've got what clearly is a disruption of some significance given the fact that the lopez has been released from house arrest by members of the military it would appear there is tear gas being used against what clearly appear to be some soldiers who are

going against orders so how might this develop. i think there. will be if. all the locks were gone mystery in bismarck will become bigger and be sure there will shortz pressure or government to be up at me. door in the lot as it doesn't happen. i've got eyes in play. all right demetrius plan to thank you very much indeed for talking to us live from caracas as we look at those pictures those live pictures of this is in caracas. there is there is tear gas being used we've seen both opposition leaders of border lopez who claims to have been freed from house arrest by members

of the military plus we've seen one. there. analyst dimitrius says just suggested that the next couple of hours will be pretty crucial in terms of working out how many people might come out onto the streets to either join with what appears to be a small rather contained uprising or whether they will follow the president's call heed the president's call and assemble at mit or flautists palace in support of the bolivarian revolution that's a situation right now in caracas in venezuela begin to look at some other news now and japan's emperor akihito has formally abdicated now during the ceremony in tokyo he thanked the public and said he prays for peace the ritual which involves handing over the chrysanthemum throne to his son took place at the imperial palace crown

prince now he table now become emperor this is the first abdication in more than two hundred years. so since my enthronement it has been thirty years all my duties as employers were put into effect through sincere a t and wishing for the peace of all japanese people and that has been my happiness in my duties as a representative and symbol of japan and to be allowed to partake in this task i offer my gratitude to morrow we will start a new imperial era re wa my sincere wish is for further tranquility and peace and this is the wish of the emperors and myself when the prime minister shinzo of a fact the imperial couple for their service through japan's toughest times but i said. as the people of japan have walked along with the emperor in this era during this time the emperor has wished for the happiness and tranquility of the people and has julie conducted an official duties as

a symbol of the people of japan so here we wish for the further prosperity for the imperial household and i would like to further extend my gratitude to you today. more now from our correspondent in take care wayne hey. it was a very brief ceremony lasting only around ten minutes inside a room of the imperial palace on a very gloomy evening in the japanese capital tokyo more than three hundred people inside that room for the ceremony to see the abdication of emperor akihito they were members of the imperial family of course members of government led by the prime minister shinzo are there who formally announce the abdication of the emperor this all came about after a surprise speech from emperor akihito in two thousand and sixteen in which he said that he was concerned that his age and his health would mean that he wouldn't be

able to carry out his imperial duties to the best of his ability he didn't say he wanted to abdicate he couldn't use that term because it was effectively against the law there was no law in japan to allow for abdication but he sent a very clear message to the government and opinion polls among the japanese public clearly showed that they supported his wishes to stand down so the government was really left with no choice the year after to pass a one off allowing for the abdication so as japanese say goodbye to emperor akihito they prepare to welcome in the one hundred twenty sixth emperor that will be crowned prince. who will ascend the throne and become emperor on wednesday algeria's former prime minister is appearing in court as part of a corruption probe that's according to local media made. is being investigated over

allegations of misusing public funds is one of many senior officials including the finance minister and several billionaires who faced judicial investigations earlier this month long time president after lizzie's beautifully stepped down under pressure from demonstrator. and the military. the catholic church in sri lanka will resume mass on sunday may the fifth after a break since easter attacks the archbishop of colombo cardinal malcolm ranjit spoke earlier of his dissatisfaction with the government's investigation so far here just it to take the right security measures before people take the law into their own hands. instead of going along with the government commission doing this that there be any early description we do that. uses the authority and this is that he. is the only.

people in this country do not trust in government agencies and organizations. we only. go to get you must. respond this to see the mission. prominent afghans amazing for a second day in the capital kabul for discussions between various groups about what to do with the taliban the meeting is known as a lawyer jirga and has traditionally been a way to bring afghans together for centuries but many including the taliban they are boycotting the event saying it would not be productive and another of them not to attend is the country's second most powerful man the chief executive abdullah abdullah iran's president has some rouhani has said he will not let america succeed in reducing its oil exports in

a speech from tehran on tuesday president rouhani said in the coming months america would see for itself that iran can and will continue to sell oil in the face of increasing pressure the same as ravi has more now from the strait of hormuz. when iranian leaders say that they have the responsibility of keeping the strait of hormuz secure then that's what they're talking about warships escorted by small speedboats with mounted machine guns patrolling the waters around iran southern coast in the distance dozens of transport and cargo ships visible at any point in time give a sense of how much traffic these waters see on a daily basis iranian leaders have said time and again that it is in their interest and everyone's interest to keep the strait of hormuz open to the free flow of ships that move goods and especially oil but the presence of battle ready boats like this are meant to send a message about who iran considers as being in charge of these waters this is as

close as we can get to one of the runs warships the navy here takes the security of its vessels very seriously especially around the waters of the strait of hormuz where boats like this one have the job of policing traffic but also looking out for american warships and with ongoing u.s. sanctions iranian leaders civilian and military alike have promised over and over again that if iran can't sell its oil and ship its oil through these waters then no one will and if it comes down to that then boats like that one are how they intend to keep that promise aid agencies say they're struggling to deliver aid to ms and b. because of heavy rain which is causing flooding and mudslides at least thirty eight people have been confirmed dead after last week cycling kenneth interrogation be had for latest. tina shoot and her family salvage what they can from their flooded home like thousands of houses in the cool city of pemba it was badly damaged by cycling kenny. i think everything inside the house is wet t.v.'s match says beds

freezes fridges everything that was on the ground weather experts say cyclon can it was the strongest ever recorded in no the mozambique it was the second storm and. six weeks to hit the eastern coast of southern africa mozambique's government says two hundred thousand people are at risk they urgently need shelter and water purification but aid agencies say bad weather is hampering the efforts to reach survival. this supplies that were trying to come in couldn't land because of the rains and this is something that's going to be a challenge in this operation for the days ahead because the forecast is that we will continue to have rains for at least the coming days cycling kenneth rip through beeks northern province of cabo dealt with wind surges about up to two hundred eighty kilometers an hour in some areas entire villages were flattened in pember roads have been washed away and roofs ripped off houses radical behravesh

the cost to rebuild this home who will have to demolish it and start again with a new house aid agencies say they desperately need money to respond to what they describe as an incredibly difficult situation in mozambique victoria gate and be al jazeera. time for us to recap the main stories here at al-jazeera sudan's ruling military council says they're negotiating in good faith with protest leaders but they're warning against further blockades and disruptions to daily life earlier the main protest group accuse the military of trying to break up a city in the capital to where they were the. we are responsible and we have to take responsibility as a military council as a transitional not city council we have to protect the citizens and protect the law

we will not accept any chaos or attack on civilians and their properties and properties of the state and we will do this firmly and in accordance with the law this is what we wanted to clarify to the sudanese people we did not want to add insult to injury. venezuela's government says it's dealing with a coup attempt by a group of soldiers opposition leader who has appeared in a video surrounded by soldiers at an air base said to be in the capital caracas another opposition figure lopez has been freed from house arrest he says the military let him out says the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas maduro has begun. japan's emperor akihito has formally abdicated during the ceremony in tokyo he thanked the public and said he prays for peace the ritual which involves handing over the chrysanthemum throne to his son took place at the imperial palace crown prince not

a heater will now become empress. algeria's former prime minister is appearing in court as part of a corruption probe according to local media reports are made. is being investigated over allegations of misusing public funds he's one of many senior officials including the finance minister and several billionaires who are facing judicial investigations earlier this month long time president step down under pressure from demonstrators and the military. the catholic church is to resume sunday mass on may the fifth after a break since easter attacks the archbishop of columbus spoke earlier of his dissatisfaction with the investigation so far right there is the headlines coming up next it's inside story.

it's a treasure iran has made before but this time the stakes are higher to the u.s. strangling iran's oil exports threatening to shut off the strait of hormuz one of the world's most important shipping lanes but one of the consequences not just for iran but the region and the global oil markets this is inside story. hello and welcome to inside story on camels santa maria when you think of important waterways in the world you probably think of places like the sewage of the panama canal is vital manmade shipping lanes which transfer.