do not match the demands of the people and one month after president obama was ousted queues for food fuel and cash a common in sudan basic commodities are in short supply and the political crisis grinds on my mother has more now from the capital khartoum. a position are saying well there malt totally all polls too are a time to talk with the transitional military council they say they do not like that talk to us the transitional military council has been a time for any different from those of the former. but they say they face a mo bigger problem which is divisions within the opposition forces for freedom and change to themselves last week difference as a margin between the civil society we which is led by the sudanese professional association which is the likely been behind the protests and sudan's forced into a position. they traded is false and all kinds of comments against each other

in the media and now they are holding talks to try and. bring opposition unity box about they can face the transitional military council from a united front and of course there is a race against time saddam is facing so many problems including the economy where people are facing so many shortages of most of the basic necessities. douglas johnson is a historian and author of several books on sudan including the root causes of sudan's civil war he says the armed opposition hasn't been able to form a united front yet. military says that they must stay in control for the security of the country but the military of the areas where there is insecurity where there has been i prefer eating in the blue nile in the nuba mountains and

darfur these conflicts were initiated by the military so the armed opposition unfortunately hasn't been able to coalesce to present a united front but if there is some real violence against demonstrators in the major cities of sudan this might bring the on the opposition and the civilian protesters much closer together and you could see an escalation of violence in other parts of the country. and not necessarily just the terms and not necessarily in the areas that are currently in conflict with the government. still ahead here on al-jazeera in a show of force the u.s. sends another warship and aircraft to the gulf region. also ahead supporters of venezuela's opposition leader he has called for a nationwide protest as the government cracks down.

the law get a welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across china we are looking at fairly dry conditions across much of eastern china along the coastal seaboard now things are going to be changing as we go through the rest of the week and into the beginning of the week but here on sunday temperatures into the high twenty's for taiwan we're talking about 30 degrees there for monday though shanghai your temperatures are coming down but the rain is also coming into play but for hong kong it is going to be more humid with a temperature of 30 degrees as you make a way over here towards india dry and hot across much of the subcontinent we are picking up some showers down here across carola those showers are going to continue as we begin the week as well so for bengaluru you will be right on the edge of the showers with 33 degrees there and then as we go towards monday heavy rain down here along the coast up towards cool kind of though it is going to be hot at $36.00 in katmandu we could expect to see some showers in your forecast for the temperature

there of 28 degrees and then very quickly here across much of the gulf here on sunday here daryn we do expect to see some clouds pushing through that could even have a few showers or 2 as well temps are there on sunday at $37.00 degrees abu dhabi at $33.00 but as we go towards monday the temperature does come up to about $39.00 degrees over here towards mecca it is going to be about $41.00 and riyadh with sudden your forecast at $36.00 degrees. leverage years. of duction killings and unanswered questions we don't know what happened sorry we can't heal faultlines investigates why native american women are vanishing in disproportionate numbers in the us the search. for missing and murdered indigenous women. on al-jazeera is still searching these days

you have to work in. welcome back ok let's recap our top stories so far today here on al-jazeera 4 people including 3 gunmen have been killed in an attack on a luxury hotel in the southwest of pakistan a separatist group called people look just on liberation army claimed responsibility for the attack in the port city of quater. yemen's who the rebels have started redeploying forces from 3 strategic ports now this pullout is expected to continue for several days under u.n. supervision data salif. are important for the supply of food fuel and humanitarian

aid but millions of yemenis depend on. one other story in south africa the governing a.n.c. has retained power after weapon states jump the election but with a historically low share of the world to the a.n.c. has won with more than 57 percent of the votes giving president several ramaphosa another 5 years in office. there are rising tensions between the u.s. and iran in the gulf region washington. sending an aircraft carrier has deployed b. $52.00 bombers to qatar these latest deployments only add to a significant u.s. military presence across the gulf the data base in cats is the forward headquarters of the u.s. central command it's the largest u.s. military base in the middle east but far from the only one the u.s. navy's 5th fleet has its headquarters in bahrain there's been an american military presence in kuwait since the 1991 gulf war and u.s. forces also make regular use of facilities in oman and the united arab emirates for

than 15 years there's been no formal u.s. military presence in saudi arabia u.s. operations at the braves just ended in 2003 however ties between the 2 countries militaries are strong and the kingdom has long been a major buyer of u.s. weapons america's support for the saudi campaign in yemen has also become a significant political issue in the united states rodger shanahan is a research fellow at the lowy institute for international policy and formerly an australian army officer he says the narrative surrounding this u.s. deployment of warships is more dangerous than the deployment itself. i think we have to separate the actual deployments tens of kerry a better program and a 52 proclaimed and perhaps a patriot missile batteries something that is new york separate those from the langley sits in a from washington so the narrative washington is only hardening of the approach to

iran and its use in a normally sequenced military deployments to back that up so i don't think we should be overly concerned at the moment the possibility of a poll or decision makers making the wrong decision based on that is hype and so i think the language surrounding these deployments is probably more dangerous than the deployments and so and the u.s. is certainly said to talk about ramping up the pressure and it's not only the military pressure from announcing names deployments being something more than they probably are but the thing that has been ramped up has bayne the economic purchase so hussein not only coming out of the j.c. that also more recently. the waving all of those citations of the way it is for iranian oil exports through now sensation in the entire the iranian revolutionary

guard corps and very recently was sane sanctions against the iranians till now and the new me just she so. i think people probably paid too much attention to this military aspect and not not attention to the economic aspect which is probably where the where the herd is being kill nice taney the u.s. and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after president trump threatened to impose tariffs on all chinese imports the latest round of negotiations ended in washington with no breakthrough but china's top trade negotiator says the meeting was constructive from beijing. well the question now of course is the proportionality of china's response china has warned of counter measures without specifying exactly what those measures would be but lou her who has been leading the chinese negotiating team has said the talks are going to continue he said there's been a twist but the talks are not over and they will resume in beijing in

a few days time it seems but lou her there's also conceded that there were disagreements during the discussions china wants the united states to lift those tariffs if a deal is done he also admits that one of the other sticking points has been how much china has agreed to purchase from the united states but generally his language so far has been very measured by overdrawn we have come here with sincerity on behalf of the chinese government are 2 sides of conducted candid and constructive talks we both agree that the 2 sides need to maintain the good momentum of the consultations despite some temporary friction and obstruction we also agreed to meet again in beijing to continue the consultations in the future. president xi jinping is aware that in the united states president trump has the support of the democrats on this issue and of course this tariff war comes at

a time when china's economy is continuing to slow and this is a key year in china as well the communist party is 100 years old and in october it will be 70 years since the founding of the people's republic a year that the chinese leader cannot afford to appear weak particularly during trade disputes with the united states but on the issue of trade this is perhaps the one area where the u.s. and china can do a deal because china is much more concerned right now over taiwan and the support that the trumpet ministration is giving to the independence leaning leader of the island republic. turn our attention to venezuela where opposition supporters are gathering for a protest in the capital caracas these are live pictures from there. the man whose monks but challenge the president nicolas majority leadership has called these nationwide protests on weapons to quite as deputy. was arrested and later sent to a military prison for taking part in last month's failed attempt to do. a

course in sri lanka has given permission for d.n.a. tests to be carried out on one of the suicide bombers in the easter sunday attacks to confirm he was the suspected mastermind mohammad ran in the town of. some of the families of those involved in the planning of the carrying out of the attacks which killed more than $250.00 people. moment with said his mother mother struggled to explain what happened in sri lanka on easter sunday hoarded emotions actually i don't have words because. things go on my sister live is gone she is pregnant. she has. his sister who is in custody was married to a. police killed me as well he was defending people involved in the attacks in this

safe house 5 days after the easter sunday bombings twin craters formed by some of the explosions to rip through this house in sign the matter in culminating there were 15 people including 6 children who were killed here authorities say that if the safe house hadn't been found there's no telling as to the damage the people here could have caused yes his family paints a different picture of the men. here is really kind of everybody knows. everybody in north and carpenter is a very kind of a glowing. piece of mind and he has a very good connection with his family. i don't know what was happening his mind i think actually he has. brainwashed. some people doesn't think. a number of those involved in the attacks related

and lived in this part i'm pretty all within a few 100 meters of each other we also met the mother in law of one of the easter sunday bombers in a twist of fate her daughter was killed in the sign the better to read a sister in law of another bomber also spoke to us they both said they did not know the plot. mohammad zahir and seen here just before he detonated his bomb at the shangri-la hotel was the leader of a local group linked to i still police told large 0 that his wife who survived the sign the murdered read is being questioned by investigators with advice from doctors who are treating her. she has admitted to being among this group of 3 women buying clothing at this department still a few weeks before the attack members of the muslim community here say the killers have no place among them. they are not muslims those involved are not muslims

we have proved that we didn't accept their bodies there's no connection between islam and suicide and i'm going to go forward the relatives of the killers say they did not nor their intentions not everyone here believes them but lankans will now have to find a way to move forward without waiting for the division and then there's 0 east in sri lanka. in hong kong pro-democracy politicians have come to blows with those loyal to beijing over the government's bed to allow extradition to mainland china was some trying to stop all those debating amendments to the extradition will changing the law would allow suspected criminals to face me national security charges in china opponents say it's an erosion of hong kong's independence. south korea's the place to be if you want to get a glimpse of the future of electric cars 0 emission technology is on show

a major exhibition in g. ju reports from the island aiming to become the 1st in the world to be carbon free by 2030. the show brings together everything you need for an electric future. yes the cars both the sensible ones and the fun ones and all the other everyday variables to service in a world beyond fossil fuels all using the same advances in electric engine and battery technology but in all shapes and sizes even one made using a 3 d. laser printer. i think we have passed the inflection point and avi's have become the norm the better prices come down by more than a 3rd so vehicles cost less as well. for an expo promoting green transport j.j. who is the perfect stage. a large volcanic island off south korea's southern coast

it's famous for its rugged good looks. a tourist destination that knows how valuable its beauty is and how vulnerable to climate change. because of that it's committed through renewable energy and electric vehicles to being completely carbon free by 2030 and the entire jeju island is a natural treasure we wondered how best to preserve it and when it came to transport we decided to go electric the jeju seems perfectly placed for such an experiment an island with relatively short driving distances well suited to electric vehicles and with a semi autonomous government able to pursue bold policies when it comes to embracing the electric vehicle juju is already way out in front of all the evey's in south korea right now a quarter of them all here on this one island but it's still got a long way to go to be 100 percent carbon free. the vast majority of vehicles still

use fossil fuels but the government is quickly putting in place the resources needed to encourage people to go electric visited by toners who took the provincial government is providing enough support in terms of regulation and funding transport companies are also replacing their vehicles so i'm sure we can achieve that goal. as the quest continues others in asia and beyond watch with interest what jade you can do maybe they can do also. rob mcbride al-jazeera j do south korea. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories 4 people including 3 gunmen have been killed in an attack on a luxury hotel in pakistan southwest a separatist group called people launch a star liberation army claimed responsibility for the attack in the port city of.

the attackers. the gunmen then entered into the hole and there was action from the military forces nearby. and evacuate and they get. and then. according to the military and i did read they were ok now that situation definitely under control the liberation army has taken responsibility. to see rebels begun redeploying forces from 3 strategic ports now the pullout is expected to continue for several days under a u.n. supervision. important for the supply of food fuel and humanitarian aid that millions of yemenis depend. south africa's governing african national congress has retained power after weapons seized general election but with historically low

vote share the a.n.c. has won with more than 57 percent of the votes giving president several ramaphosa another 5 years in office. the world health organization says more than 450 people have now been killed in the battle for the libyan capital tripoli the un security council has called for a ceasefire as warlord after his campaign to capture the city shows no sign of stopping. opposition leaders in sudan are rejecting calls by the military council to resume negotiations within 72 hours to help form a transitional government protesters say the military's proposals do not match the demands of the people. opposition supporters have gathered for a protest in the venezuelan capital caracas. a man who's mounted a challenge to the president nicolas maduro his leadership called for the nationwide protests against the crackdown on opposition leaders his deputy was arrested on wednesday and later sent to a military prison while other politicians are sought refuge in embassies those are

your headlines the news continues after a full lines i'm back here in 30 minutes see that. she's an amazing kid. she was just. always trying to help others. and i don't think tottered take care of herself. so it's 10 years on in years you're still searching you're still searching the streets. here. across the united states indigenous families are searching for their loved ones.

for closure and we tell each other what do you think she said this was a. cry for help did she prayed. show. in body. and searching for answers why their family members were taken from them. but ones traveled across the u.s. to look at what's behind the crisis of indigenous women going missing. and ask what more can be done to stop it the one food good. food good news or what. i mean we're. the. we've come to camp in washington just south of

seattle. tina russell is showing us some of the places where she's going to search for her niece alyssa c. and we had search parties doing all this area over here this was because i actually had a dream i found her body back there why do you keep the fliers in my car and i never know when i need to make copies of meet somebody i'm talking about a list on how to move wired sometimes it's just a beach in a park me i'm not going to go to the beach and just walk along the beach or i don't know flyers and when. it's been just over 10 years since alyssa's family saw or heard from. she was 21 can see of the red dress yes so i made this red dress and eventually going to put a charm on and put it on a skirt that i'm making for myself right now. no see you and that is the cutest good to ever actually did not like this because she did not appreciate my overjoyed because i heard too you know it was a kid out of time for the family back then what about alyssa's mother was dying

alyssa's here in this is it was his brother henri. knew she was going to be there much longer. i told the list talked to her on the phone she said life ok. i'm on my way. and she in all the years her mom was sick she was always there she would just go somewhere and be. not show how. she might be like she. that was the last time barbara anyone from the fair. spoke to her. a few days later alyssa's mother died and there was still no word from alyssa everything happened so fast with my sister being. it's like there were so many blows we were just thrown into

a turmoil too many witnesses come forward now as a witness that they saw alyssa talking to somebody in a green truck with a plates. that was one of the only leads that turned up after a listen was last heard from a witness said they saw her talking to a man in a green truck at this intersection. another important development in the case was that the camp police received a 911 call from melissa's cell phone. the night when it turned out to. sergeant tim ford was one of the original detectives on melissa's case and heard the 911 call it almost like sounded like. the call cut and police were unable to pinpoint a location just really bothers him and and i want to know when you listen to it you know when you're out you can hear her voice go. maybe go out and i remember.

bothers me that we would never ever get any credible. evidence pointing to anybody and. with no answers from authorities the family including alyssa's little brother jim are are left wondering what happened last friday. and. if she's still alive or gone every time somebody they find a body every single time there's a body found on the news there's a pos. it's literally like you're dead for a moment because you have to wonder is it a list i think of called the corner more than. anybody should in a lifetime. the family can only search wait and hope including alyssa's daughter who was only 3 years old when she went missing she had this big string of beads and she would hang it on the door selling case her mom came home she could hear the

beats rattle. we don't know what happened so we can feel. for relatives of people who go missing finding closure is often impossible. and stories like alyssa's are all too common in the united states or native americans go missing at a disproportionately high rate. 2 hours away from where alyssa was last seen is the optimum nation. of the very thing and there is. a pain in her. words. to put this theory in place. how the others. i mean his rights know i have

a problem here here we are not in a fit. and homemaker and i have this. letter from the army next. and mr bradner family member today this is about our community our family our loved ones here. people are meeting here to raise money for the search efforts of risen to strong a 31 year old mother of 4 who went missing and october 5th in the french and we can tell. i'm going to be her voice. across the country indigenous communities have been trying to draw attention to cases like recent us do you want to give them anybody else here that's here and there are still there. but advocates and family members have started to raise

awareness about the high rates of violence the disproportionately impact indigenous communities. part of the problem is that government agencies don't have comprehensive data on how many people in the us are missing we can't solve problems we don't have. we can't prevent violence that we don't bother to pay attention to a needle casey is a doctoral student who has built a database to keep track of how many indigenous women in the u.s. and canada are missing and have been murdered whatever information we get is just kind of handed to us with no context or explanation and there's never any opportunity to include us in that data collection or analysis process so really what we're trying to do is find and gather as much information as possible to support times the native communities in making you know effective data driven

decisions on how to protect our women and girls in need as documented over 1500 cases in the u.s. dating back to 1975 percent of the cases of just from the past 2 decades people ask me a lot you know why or why or why are native women going missing or being murdered what's the reason and the reality is unfortunately there is no one reason i think the one unifying factor would be colonialism and i'm going call your occupation it teaches people whether you know native or non-native it teaches folks to undervalue native women to see us as less than human to see us as exotic and sexy and easy to use and abuse when you talk to family. are there any commonalities in their experiences with law enforcement i think you know why in general commonality that most families experience is that law enforcement. are not helpful especially in the beginning hours when it matters the most so whether someone has gone missing or has

been killed. usually there's very little communication with families families are often not made to feel as if they're being heard and i know that these banners are missed. this may be making. personal. and may. feed into. this why wait. you know. every family who has somebody who's missing or who has experienced that at one point or another they know the scale and the magnitude of that crieff and confusion and frustration that comes with the process of trying to search an advocate for a missing loved one imagine that 10 fold 50 full of

a 1000000 like we don't know. the ripple effect is so much becker than any of us are even able to measure. in the backyard. i would hope for people of her. because she always used to be up there the matter what time of day it was my to be up there. the biggest one. we'd always live through and i'm back yard but that's where we would. we wouldn't hear her but we'd hear her by. one of the most important things law enforcement can do when someone goes missing is to act quickly. that didn't happen in the

case of 14 year old he scott on the northern cheyenne reservation in montana she was this place this ball of light that was just. the last time her mother paula spoke to her it was a friday evening last december and he called to ask if she could go to a basketball tournament and i told her no i mean you can't you ground it. and she said ok i'll be home in a bit tonight so last i heard. when he didn't come home. paula 1st took to social media to ask if anyone had seen her. 5 days later she and her husband nathan went to the local law enforcement the bureau of indian affairs or b i a a federal agency the reason why i was down there is reaching out to them is because i needed help to look oh where.