class. citizens military rulers say they could call actions within six months if there is no agreement on the transition plan with the opposition. and how he didn't and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the secretary of state's my copay or makes an unannounced visit to iraq as tensions continue to mind between the u.s. and iran. for their lives thousands of syrians leave it alone as government forces stand their russian allies on the rebel held province.

and just two hours and so polls open in south africa the a.n.c. is facing major challenges in its bed to hold on to twenty five years of power. and there's been a twist in the stalemate sit on the militia will lose are saying they may call for an election within six months if they do not reach an agreement swith the opposition the army agrees in principle with the opposition's proposal for a transition government but differences remain over the length over the incident periods and who will eventually lead the country to morgan has more from the capital khartoum. nearly a month after ousting its president of three decades army bashir sudan's military council and the opposition coalition's attempts to form a transitional government don't seem to be getting easier the opposition presented

the ruling council with its vision for the transitional period in early may on tuesday the military council responded. with. the document doesn't mention the other political forces that are partaking in the transition that would elect a prime minister and sovereign council members as well as other ministers it doesn't even mention the transitional military council which alongside the alliance for freedom and change and other forces we see as important in the election process for these important posts the opposition coalition is made up of political parties civil society groups and the sudanese professionals association they have been leading protests in sudan since december i say every day the demonstrations were initially over price hikes that then turned into anti-government protests leading to a sit in in front of the army headquarters in early april the coalition says their vision for the transitional period is based on the demands of the protesters it's includes a four year transitional period

a presidential or sovereign council an executive council headed by a prime minister with a civilian majority a presentation as well as a legislative assembly made up of one hundred twenty to one hundred sixty members forty percent of which must be women and an independent judiciary. we need. this is our message to all demonstrators that peaceful work is what has led to our victories and that's what will help us achieve all the goals of the sudanese revolution and we shall not respond to provocations. meanwhile the sitting continues with protesters saying they'll keep the revolution peaceful and keep their demand for civilian transitional government white house or. we are the people of the revolution here we're all demanding a civilian government no matter what will be here to the demand is met and that is the popular demand the only tool duct can actually accomplish our demands is to continue insisted any and to continue our strikes on civil disobedience

disobedience the military council and the opposition coalition may have more talks in the future as it tries to steer sudan out of the impasse it's currently in but the ultimate decision makers are the protesters here who say if the outcome of the negotiations doesn't appease them they'll continue with their states and until they see the change they've been demanding people here say they started their revolution that ended a regime of thirty years and they're happy to continue until the military council hands over power no matter how long that takes morgan al-jazeera harts home. the u.s. secretary of state has made an unannounced visit to iraq mike from payors trip comes amid rising tensions with iran the u.s. has deployed more warships to the area which it says is a response to the threats posed by tehran thousands of american troops are so base in iraq. he said. i just. find it hard to sit. next to.

him and in. fact. actually. just. should have written say has more from washington d.c. . michael pears spent about four hours on the ground in iraq speaking to various officials including the prime minister on the way there he spoke to reporters he was asked so why the sudden trip to iraq canceling a trip to germany to talk to merkel from perry gave three reasons first of all he did put it in the context of the increasing escalation of rhetoric from washington against iran and he said that he wanted to and reassure the iraqi leadership that the u.s. stood ready to to continue to ensure that iraq was a sovereign independent nation which led to a question from a reporter on board a plane well do you have some intelligence that iran is trying to make iraq less of

a sovereign nation of the trying to overthrow the iraqi government to which compare replied narrative that he didn't want to imply that this is all just in keeping with the national security strategy of a drop of ministration had laid out at the beginning of the presidency and it's those sorts of comments the leading to the great deal of skepticism we're seeing in washington a surprising amount of skepticism for washington about whether there really is a threat from iran or whether this is this is escalate to rhetoric from those within the administration who just want conflict with iran there is quite a debate go under way now in in washington about that ahead of a man leverett's is c.e.o. of strategic political risk consultancy she says the u.s. has a coherent strategy to undermine iran. it certainly is an escalation of rhetoric and now we do have an escalation in action their aircraft carrier was on its way and in fact when reporters asked at the pentagon about any imminent iranian threat

that this aircraft carrier was in response to they said they were unaware that perhaps you know bolton knew something that they didn't or something that occurred within twenty four hours when they last assessed it so there is a disconnect between the u.s. military the state department and the white house in terms of how the united states is responding or is perpetrating a more escalate tory posture in the middle east but it's not something that is the result of just chaos disorganization or a lack of intelligence here or there certainly is and this is where i would disagree with some other analysts i think there is a coherent strategy coming out of the white house from president trying. to advise or bolt to and from. to take whatever action they can to weaken iran in the region that is their goal and i think they're taking whatever steps they can to do so and take advantage of whatever they can the united states is standing in many ways

alone but i also think that it's a deliberate intent particularly from national security adviser bolton i worked with him in the bush administration in his view what i observed personally is that it's best for the united states to go along the united states demonstrates its omnipotence its power its unilateral. posture in the world as the sole superpower when it can actually go it alone and force others whether they're allies or adversaries when the united states can force them to toe the american line that's when the united states is demonstrating its strength and in terms of how bolton sees the world that's when the united states is successful well separately iran is planning to come back cold some. all entry commitments under the nuclear deal but foreign minister german serif says tehran will remain parts of the agreements washington we impose sanctions on iran ever since it would drew from the pact last year or diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations iran is using

the anniversary of the u.s. pulling out of the nuclear deal to announce what it says or its own countermeasures now we don't believe that iran will be completely pulling out of the deal itself bought is going to try and ease some of the constraints on it particularly regarding research and development these were the comments of an iranian delegate at a nuclear related meeting here at the u.n. in accordance with its recognized rights in the j c p u a will soon docked appropriate measures to preserve its supreme national interests. iran has never abandoned its inalienable rights to nuclear technology and it will never do so in the future the u.s. will be responsible for any consequences of its or reckless policies against the chase if you weigh the iranian state news agency says the president has done rouhani will be writing to the five remaining signatories of the deal the u.k.

france germany china and russia they are bastards of those five countries and to ron will be invited into the foreign ministry to be briefed by the deputy foreign minister and the foreign minister of iran mohammed job it is a relief will be right to get technical note to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief frederica mogul remey the one country that won't be briefed by iran of course is the united states it's put more military resources into the persian gulf tensions are unlikely to decrease any time soon. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province scimitar whitening government offensive acts find russian air power the u.n. is calling for urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have killed at least twenty civilians rebels are promising to fight back in a car has more from beirut. it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to

one hundred fifty thousand people on the move heading north towards the border with turkey escaping what has been described as the fiercest bombardment in months. death and we only brought what we can we have nothing but syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern adlib and northern hammer it's been more than a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation and a recommitment to the cease fire especially after schools and health facilities were targeted. the un is closely monitoring the situation in the demilitarized zone there are contingency plans in place and beside being revised in terms of supplying country but at the same time we are also reports. of the operation to be ongoing minds in the region syrian government troops have for the first time pushed

into rebel territory taking some ground in northwest and it's only the beginning of what is expected to be a difficult and costly battle. against political blackmail under military pressure. by the russians to enter our pure and they were right to land will be met with fire the next box will be fateful hour and it will be surprised to see how. long with. groups are the dominant force in this area they have refused to abide by the ceasefire agreed by turkey and russia last september russia and syria say the military campaign is against those so-called radical groups but those fighters are embedded among the civilian population russia has accused turkey of not fulfilling its commitment to clear a demilitarized zone from the so-called radical groups and open highways that link cities held by the government but turkish officials argue

a war with. other armed groups would only endanger the lives of civilians and has been trying to push for a negotiated solution. now the syrian army and its allies are trying to forcibly dislodge them at least from the countryside and a few kilometers into an area that was supposed to be a buffer zone the army hasn't announced the scope of its operations but there is no indication it involves recapturing the entire province especially since turkey continues to have a military presence there and still maintain a strong alliance with russia. the cia has warned norway that a palestinian activist and asylum seeker living there is facing a threats to his life from saudi arabia it about daddy has been under the protection of norwegian police since april twenty fifth is a prominent critic of say the crown prince mohammed and some man he spoke to us are

their own cheese de. mcbee a minute forty fifty dollars most of my activities in the last two years have been to focus on the human rights violations in saudi arabia this became even more so after the killing of my dear friend jamal for shoji this is where my work became even more focused of course there are a number of issues that could be the reason they are targeting me but i can't reveal these issues until i coordinate with the authorities. still to come on al-jazeera will have the latest in the crackdown on the opposition in venezuela and the drive in and goler that has left more than two million people struggling to get enough food. hello there we're expecting more severe storms over parts of north america over the next few days so thanks to this weather system here it's already given

a few tornadoes and damaging winds and some very large hail stones as well and that system is only slowly edging its way eastwards and as it does so it's going to continue to feed us with some severe weather so most at risk there is texas over homer and into kansas that's where we're most likely of seeing the or tornado over the next couple of days that system is tapping into the moisture from the gulf of mexico so for many of us here we're going to see a lot of rain over the next day or so and the ground for some of us is already waterlogged so the rain won't be needed towards the west it is karma here for san francisco will be getting to around twenty seven degrees for the central americans a good deal of cloud in the southern half of our map but here there will also be a little bit of sunshine coming through in between further north where it looks clearer there will be more in the way of sunshine but i think for some of us particularly in cuba there's a chance of see one or two for the shop showers later on during the day and talking of heavy showers there's been plenty of them over parts of parable i am in northern

parts of argentina recently yet more wet weather is expected here as we head through wednesday and it sticks around for thursday as well. in two thousand and eight zero documented a groundbreaking ski. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme helping change the face of india. super thirty on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera quick reminder of the top stories this hour citizens military rulers are saying they may call an election within six months if they do not reach an agreement with the opposition as a news conference in khartoum they admitted differences remain over who will eventually lead the country. your sexual states mike pompei o has made an unannounced visit to iraq amid rising tension in the region the u.s. has deployed to more warships to the area which it says is a response to actions by iran. iranian foreign minister just it's a relief says tehran which will remain parts of the nuclear deal but iran's president is expected to a nine song where to stay an end to some voluntary aspects of the agreements u.s. reimpose sanctions on iran ever since it withdrew from the part last year. at the

u.n. secretary general is calling for an end to for an answer ference in libya a security council committee has established that the united arab emirates gave military support to have to its forces for years violating an arms embargo under chapelle as more. a series of drone strikes near the libyan capital last month is being investigated by a u.n. panel of experts at least six nighttime raids were carried out striking military camps of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government. photos of fragments from those strikes analyzed by weapons experts point to a chinese weapon system known to be operated by the united arab emirates a key backer of warlord tarr who is currently leading the offensive on tripoli. united nations monitors have repeatedly accused the gulf state of violating the weapons ban in support of have to his forces last week the u.a.e.

minister of state for foreign affairs anwar garg os said that abu dhabi's priority in libya is to counter extremism and terrorism and support stability he also claim that extremist militias continue to control the capital and are derailing a search for a political solution while libya's foreign minister has responded saying that such remarks are a tool of war and undermine the efforts of building a democratic civilian state indicating the glaring contradiction of the u.a.e. minister's remarks in which on one side he confirms his country support for stability in libya while at the same time he supports the war on tripoli and ignores that what have is doing in tripoli is outright terrorism. the un security council has assessed that have air forces are too old to bomb at night so to carry out nighttime raids someone would have had to violate a longstanding arms embargo. security council experts believe the u.a.e.

is flying chinese made drones out of air base in eastern libya a u.s. c. report from twenty seventeen also details the ways the u.a.e. has violated the embargo for years the u.n. asking the iraqis to explain why they transferred attack helicopters and other aircraft capable of dropping laser guided bombs to air bases under have to control along with armored vehicles and hundreds of non armored vehicles that can easily be mounted with machine guns and other heavy weapons you have to put and i heard a lot of it was well that we this is a neutral committee that works under the u.n. report clearly shows that the u.a.e. and in particular up with the. not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied half there with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the un writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al-jazeera. venezuela's supreme court

says ordered the prosecution of seven politicians who supported last week's colfer an uprising by opposition leader one on tuesday he addressed the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and turn on president nicolas maduro richey police stops journalists from entering the assembly and the u.s. is lifting sanctions on venezuela's former chief of intelligence after he broke ranks with president maduro u.s. vice president mike pence made the announcement sent the annual washington conference on the americas it is time for the supreme court in venezuela to return to its founding purpose if the supreme court of venezuela does not return to its constitutional mandate to uphold the rule of law the united states of america will hold all twenty five of its magistrates accountable for their actions

so i came today to be very clear united states of america will continue to exert all diplomatic and economic pressure to bring about a peaceful transition of democracy in venezuela but those who continue to oppress the good people of venezuela know this all options are on the table not series of oh has more now from caracas. very early in the morning the supreme court here in venezuela announced that they were initiating a criminal actions against opposition lawmakers. from the national assembly here in venezuela they said that they were accused of treason and rebellion of being part of what the government here says was a cool to remove a little out of office later on we saw the constituent assembly which is a legislative body created by the government to in

a way replace the national assembly because it's considered to be in contempt of by the administration to vault to strip from immunity those same lawmakers this is not the first time that something like this happened it happens with opposition leader one way the last month and it doesn't mean that they are going to be detained of any type soon but it shows in a way that the government is very very serious about what happened here in venezuela one week ago and it does not want to go and noted what one way though is saying is that they will continue to challenge the administration here that the government is becoming more repressive because they cannot solve the problems that venezuelans are facing every day from shortages of food of medicines among other things one way though has already acknowledged that he's attempted uprising that happened last tuesday failed and now they're trying to figure out what they're going to do next and what we saw this day is vice president mike pence in the

united states trying to add pressure to the military here in venice where less saying that they were lifting the sanctions for example from a high ranking former intelligence officer that rebelled against the government of nicolas maduro and is currently in hiding so what the united states making it very very clear that the military if the military. turned the table at the possibility of military intervention here in venezuela is still an option but they're still using the possibility of sunshines among other things to increase pressure on the administration. and within twenty six millions safe africans will vote for a new president so on wednesday of the ruling african national congress for most likely when it is expected to lose votes compared with previous elections the party has been accused of corruption and doing a purge job so having services to millions of people al-jazeera is a familiar miller has more now from cape town. on prime real estate along cape

town's waterfront is a bolding that was once a medical residence it became vacant when the city moved its nurses out in twenty fifteen two years later people who had nowhere else to live moved in one of them a sixty nine year old sicilian mother bella what is it democracy you can leave a wherever you like to be. there's no rich or poor people we are all the same and we out to stay in the city. in a group here the conditions are not great sanitation is poor and space is a crime and despite the government building millions of free homes south africa still has a shortage of two point three million as other africans prepared to vote they are a number of issues that may influence who they vote for land ownership and the redistribution of wealth rising unemployment and a poorly performing economy are just some of the concerns that people want the

government to address the governing african national congress has been plagued by one corruption scandal after another it led to the resignation of president jacob zuma. as the party works to renew its image under the leadership of so roma pour some it's also fighting a declining support it's back not only its traditional opposition democratic alliance but also a rise in populist voices like that of julius malema of the economic freedom fighters the one six percent of the vote in its first election and poll suggests that support could double a greater number of small parties are emerging good is led by patricia dillo who form the party after splitting from the democratic alliance a n c one of the old parties they have perfect accord option the d a they only need the

all party to probe take that really they don't care about the poor and what we need you need an alternative in this country that stand up for the who are there fight for social justice the a.n.c. spent much of the campaign like managing its mistakes and asking its supporters for forgiveness commentators expect the party will hang on to power but it's not clear how comfortable a majority it will have from al-jazeera down. i millions of people in angola are struggling to find and often does a major drought scrips the country with no sign of rain supplies of drinking water are running dangerously low to have a junction reports. for maria and her family this is a daily task here in angola southern coon and province they're taking what they need for cleaning cooking and drinking if they can find water finally they come

across some rainwater collected in a hole dug by road builders despite it being unclean they are overtaken by thirst. them with sad. we drink this water say to gates cows ducks and pay nice along with all the animals we also consume this water even though animals deficit in urine and head to the united nations agency for children unicef says recent rainfall in angola has been erratic and below what's expected. and that's worsening an already severe drought two point three million people are now struggling to get enough food in the southern province of crude in which borders namibia unicef says the approximate number of people in need has tripled from two hundred fifty thousand in january to eight hundred fifty thousand in march maria and her family are among them but. today they've even found enough water to wash their clothes.

angola's president declared a state of emergency in january and acknowledges people need help. this year we are concerned with the upcoming months especially the next four to five months until october which is the time the rains begin we believe that until then the situation we saw in namibia and k'naan will get worse therefore the emergency program should be expanded so that we no longer lose cattle and human lives in this region. the oil producing country has suffered an economic crisis since oil prices fell five years ago and unicef says the government led response isn't getting the funds it needs weaving maria her family and many others facing a struggle that's only getting worse mohammed al-jazeera now the carmaker poor she has agreed to pay a fine if almost six hundred million dollars so the german government's for chasing on its diesel emissions tests is the latest find for porsches orders for fog in the

after is admits it's a tampering vehicles so high it's their pollution levels the four year legal case has cost the company more than thirty three billion dollars and there's much more on this story and others on our website the address for that is that we don't have that al-jazeera dot's cult. selves zero these are the top stories said ons military rulers are saying they make on election within six months if they do not switch and agreements with the opposition as a news conference encourage seen their basic differences remain over who will eventually lead the country if a morgan has more from khartoum. the opposition coalition and the military council

still have a lot of differences to try to iron out the opposition coalition is still insisting on a four year transitional period as for that plan that they presented to the military council now the military council was responding to that proposal that was offered by the that was presented forward by the opposition coalition they said that they want to hear transitional period the other issue that the two sides are yet to sort out is how much representation each side gets the military council has been insisting that they either want a majority representation or an equal share of power during the transitional period with the opposition coalition but the opposition coalition has been saying that they've been protesting for the past five months to have a civilian government they are ok with the military representation but they want to be the ones calling the shots the u.s. secretary of states has made an unannounced visit to iraq my compose trip comes amid rising tension in the region the u.s. has deployed more warships to the area which it says is in response to actions by iran. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province of

the middle whitening government offensive backed by russian air power the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have killed at least twenty civilians the cia has warned norway that a palestinian activist you seeking asylum is facing a threat to his life from saudi arabia it about daddy's a critic of saudi crown prince mohammed and so money and venezuela's supreme court has ordered the prosecution of seven opposition politicians who supported last week's call for an uprising by the opposition leader want to see if i'm going to address the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and turn on the course material. the headline news continues on. the web. we'll.

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