he's dedicating a lot to say. what i want to makes the woman. president omar al bashir is charged with killing protesters security forces face new allegations of brutality against demonstrators. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a curfew imposed across sri lanka after attacks on mosques and muslim businesses and social media is shut down taking the trade war up another level china strikes back at the u.s. with even more tariffs. trying to bridge differences over iran america's top diplomat all surprise talks with e.u.

foreign ministers. began with breaking news coming out of sudan where ousted president omar al bashir has been charged with killing and inciting to kill protesters and the uprising that began last year it's not clear what punishment he would actually face according to human rights groups more than 50 people were killed in the government crackdown and there are now concerns over the use of excessive force on protesters by the country's new military rulers this time north of khartoum. with the latest from khartoum so he this is a pretty big announcement what else do we know. world what we do know is that the state of the state prosecutor is charging the president with inciting to kill the protesters since december we're talking about at least $100.00 protesters according to the central doctors' committee which has been telling and keeping track of how many protesters have been killed most of them due to direct hits by security forces

during the past 5 months they're saying that at least 100 people have been killed and many of them also have been killed inside detention facilities which are run by the national security bodies so they're saying that the prosecutor is saying that they're going to be charging or they are actually charging the president with be a with the one inciting the killing of those protesters and those who have been targeted by the national security forces and it's not only him his aides his close aides and members of his cabinet will also be charged now how much life sentence or how much a punishment he will get how many how many years in prison and if there will be a death penalty we're going to have to wait until he 1st appears in court people still don't know where presidents are going to bashir is the military council is saying that he is behind bars in corporate prison but people are yet to see him so protesters on the streets are yet to be assured that he is actually in jail and will be facing trial for the charges that are going to be brought against him so where do things stand. going back and forth between the protesters and what it is

they want and what the military council seems to be 0 open to. well the military council today sat down with the opposition coalition to try to sort out in our in their differences. differences between them regarding how long the transition period should be how many how much a presentation each side should get so the military council came out today and said that they have agreed on the structure of the transitional government but they yet to discuss the how long the transition period should be and how much their presentations so that the military council and the opposition coalition are saying that they have basically made some kind of improvement some kind of progress regarding how to proceed to form a transitional government but the protesters on the ground are not happy there has been rising tension between the military council and protesters 3 protesters have been injured due to live ammunition which has been fired by the rapid support forces when protesters tried to confront them for blocking access to one of the bridges to one of the bridges which protesters the area the area of the sit in

front of the army headquarters so a lot of protesters are angry because they've been fired are they saying that they're peaceful and it doesn't seem to be that this tension doesn't seem to be easing anytime soon so at the moment despite the progress between the opposition coalition and the military council protesters on the ground are not happy morgan live for us in khartoum thank you and overnight curfews being enforced nationwide after attacks on mosques and muslim own businesses other governments walking social media apps to prevent the spread of false information sparking revenge attacks alleges tension is high following the easter sunday attacks last month with chilled at least 250 people. and as has the latest from harbor on a. the island wide police has been brought in to clamp down on tensions that have been erupting faults of the country the police obviously trying to get a handle on the situation over the last 48. 70 had flashpoint obviously

given the tensions we've seen a number of business. being set up on the last. sort of violent and tense there were several it is where there were. a few that had been imposed but now we are seeing. 9 o'clock local time. and will continue to be tomorrow now the police trying desperately with the military and the armed forces to ensure that they contain the situation from spreading the trade war between the u.s. and china being stepped up even further in the past few hours officials in beijing have announced they're raising tariffs on $60000000000.00 worth of u.s. imports starting june 1st response to the announcement from donald trump on friday that the u.s. is doubling duties on chinese products with $200000000000.00 for talia tory measures have rattled global stock markets and heightened fears of

a prolonged trade war between the world's 2 biggest economies brown has more from beijing. as for the impact on chinese consumers from this trade war it's really hard to detect certainly there are no signs of panic no long queues outside of shops but several months from now if president front delivers on his promise to basically you know tax everything that china exports to the united states then of course you could start to see a negative impact but of course you know the state controlled media here will make sure that no negative coverage appears in the media and of course unlike president donald trump xi jinping doesn't have to worry about reelection and of course less than a few months from now we will be entering the election cycle in the united states and the feeling among some analysts is that because of that china is playing for time it knows that in the swing states there are farmers who are being hurt by

these terrorists and these are farmers who may not be able to endure a 2nd year of losses america's top diplomat has left brussels for russia by pompei i met a foreign minister is discussing how to save the $2015.00 nuclear deal iran a start and pull out of the deal and resume uranium enrichment and a t.v. interview pompa pump a said the u.s. is not looking for war with iran britain has warned of the risk of accidental war. foreign policy chief is encouraging both sides to talk rather than issue threats. michael pale heard that very clearly today from from us not only for myself but also from the other ministers of even the states that. we are living in a crucial delicate moment where. the most relevant. attitude to take the most responsible attitude to take is what we believe should be and that

of maximum maximum restraint voiding any escalation on a military side. same as robbie is following reaction in tehran. well iranians will also tell you that they've been saying all along that they do not want a confrontation they do want not want a conflict but they won't back down from a fight both sides at some point have said that an open conflict is not something they want but both are on a very aggressive footing and iranians will point to the fact that mr pompeo maybe saying what he's saying now but the fact is that very publicly they made a great demonstration of sending more american military hardware to iran's doorstep iranian leaders both civilian and military have responded very very angrily to that in the last several days in the past week now as far as mr pompous comments with regards to what the iranian people might want what the iranian people might deserve iranian leaders and iranian people here in the country will be listening to that

and be thinking that they really got what they wanted from the 2015 nuclear deal that was improving the country's economy it was a policy success for the moderates for the reformists in government and it was going towards changing the dynamic between the united states and iran as far as negotiations as far as talking before the deal was signed in 2015 there was a run up of months and years of of talking to each other so there was a creation of forward momentum with the deal iranians have been saying that the united states pulling out of the deal is a signal that it cannot honor its agreements to the mystery surrounding the fate of 4 ships off the coast the government confirms that the commercial cargo ships were subjected to what they call acts of sabotage near port which is $140.00 kilometers south of the strait of hormuz that's where about a 3rd of all oil at sea is traded so here is how this all played out on sunday

morning iranian and lebanese media outlets airports of explosions at the city's ports that already said the reports were accurate but hours later the u.a.e. said 4 commercial ships were subjected to what it called. sabotage operations near its territorial waters saudi arabia's energy minister said 2 of its oil tankers were among those attacked on monday a norwegian shipping company said the haul of its tanker was damaged by an unknown object off the coast of the united arab emirates iran is describing reports of attacks on saudi arabia and u.a.e. ships as alarming and called for an investigation egypt in bahrain the gulf cooperation council general and the arab league have all denounced the act of sabotage sweetness reopen the rape investigation and julia sanjian is seeking his extradition from the u.k. wiki leaks founder was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 years after jumping bail he denies the swedish rape allegations for 9 years ago the u.s. also wants to extradite

a song over wiki leaks release at thousands of classified documents. i have today taken the decision to reopen the preliminary investigation if the uranium going out and he came off to review in the preliminary investigation in its current state my assessment is that there is still probable cause to suspect that mr sounds committed great. britain has more from london. the reason why mary and ny the prosecutor back then decided to hold the case against julian 2017 was because she saw no prospect of being able to continue pursuing the case here at the time was still holed up in the ecuadorian embassy and did not appear keen at all to come out and face those charges so she felt it was actually pointless pursuing that times have changed and of course the decision last month of the ecuadorians to expel julian assange from their protection he was then arrested and is now currently in a british prison serving a sentence for having jumped bail gives the opportunity now for the swedes to

resurrect the case against him the investigation against him at least and continue with that investigation with a view to bringing charges perhaps it was interesting to hear the deputy chief prosecutor there she said she was starting the investigation again and she had not yet decided whether there was sufficient evidence to actually lay charges against you in songs for rape nevertheless after the complaint complainant had approached the prosecutors in sweden she decided that it was worthwhile opening the investigation i think it's worthwhile getting a reaction from julian assange just side as well wiki leaks editor in chief kristinn hrafnsson has issued a statement today saying he said the case has been mishandled throughout the south was always willing to answer questions and reopening the case now will give julian a chance to clear his name that's the reaction from wiki leaks. on al-jazeera.

and all the help they can get in mozambique survivors from not just one but 2 cyclists. reporting from protein island in norway or an area rich in biodiversity but author and across the big oil company. how there were at the moment of the next 2 days the levant should stay dry the climate is not there as you can see but it is around to the north and to the east particularly over iran and i think that will be the place where we see shelves of a fairly readily as far north as toronto and beyond to the shows the caspian up into as i was advised as well occasionally turkey looks dry the tension bay routes up to about 26 or up to 39 and baghdad so we are you know on the borders of the 40

mark proper summer and daily these showers could repeat themselves in iran here we are again on the western side of the high ground and towards shiraz north was and eastwards but come the other side down to the iraqi plain $41.00 degrees $27.00 in beirut are the pictures the south generally speaking is still dry but not bone dry we are going the daily potential of thunderstorms on the western side of saudi the higher ground but near mecca for example it looks like down the gulf we got a bit of a breeze trying to pick up from the north the temperatures still in the high thirty's and with increasing cloud that could end up being a little humid certainly in bahrain show wise there you go to go to the high ground in western saudi or you'll notice down in yemen near santa it could also be thundery.

you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories now prosecutors have charged also president omar al bashir with killing and inciting to kill protesters during the uprising that began last year and it's not clear what punishment he's likely to

face putting to human rights groups more than 50 people were killed in the government crackdown and there are now concerns over the use of excessive force on protesters by the country's new military rulers this time 4th a cartoon. dorothy's have imposed a nationwide curfew after attacks on mosques and muslim own businesses government says it's also blocked social media apps to prevent the spread of false information sparking revenge attacks the list just alleges tension is high following the easter sunday attacks last month that killed at least $250.00 people. trying to says it's raising tariffs on $60000000000.00 worth of u.s. imports starting june 1st it's in response to trump ministrations decision on friday to double duties on chinese products with $200000000000.00. britain france and germany are appealing to syrian government leaders to order a stop to the military offensive on rebel help provinces government forces backed by russian airstrikes renewed their assault on it live in hama promises late last

month and estimated 155 people have been killed since then and close to 200000 syrian forces forces people rather have been forced from their homes. cholera is on the rise in yemen recorded more than 200000 suspected cases this year and seasonal rains are helping spread the disease among both many and others in parts. exposed to the elements hungry and struck by disease africans who have crossed the sea from. a better life are the latest victims of yemen's cholera epidemic this dusty hospital courtyard in the southern province of lahiji has become a makeshift ward the security forces brought the sick from a migrant detention center but the hospital was full many have already died of the disease there's barely enough food and water and hospital staff work with limited

supplies to keep survivors alive. today we were fed during lunch one piece of bread and one flat bread nothing much and the people here are still hungry it is not enough there is so much heat and there is no air conditioning in the detention center even the water is a little not good enough for drinking it's estimated that more than 4000 african migrants are in yemen security forces in the cities of aden island huge have detained them in camps where poor conditions have allowed the epidemic to thrive. they're dying before our eyes and we cannot do anything there are still cases to come just a few minutes ago the authorities called and told us that there were still more than 100 cases in which the patients were critically ill the destruction wreaks by yemen's 4 years civil war has created prime conditions for the spread of cholera fighting and as strikes have damaged sewage systems and water stations and many

people don't have access to clean water color is spread by contaminated water causing dehydration through vomiting and severe diarrhea. in the capital sana'a health workers go door to door giving children the color f.x. the it's a slow process but these drops could mean the difference between life and death in march the u.n. reported that the number of suspected cases had increased by 150 percent in the space of a month and a quarter of those affected are young children might as we'll be go to hell as is and give the vaccines and educate people because it's a very dangerous disease back steams cannot ensure immunity and their fat sickness declines rapidly after a year but this temporary measure is the only option to help stem the spread of cholera an epidemic adding to what's already regarded as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. a palestinian activists efface

as a possible threat from saudi arabia says he's being targeted because he exposed details about the crown prince l. of a doubt he says after the death of a saudi journalist. and samon shifted his focus towards arab activists opposing have says his work with the washington post on our jeff faces triggered more hostility from saudi arabia by 2017 certainly by 2018 arabic language twitter went from being the heart of the stuart full dynamic public's our public sphere to being a swamp presided over by some of the troll most her solo qahtani and his minions the leading twitter intellectuals from saudi arabia were silenced jailed exiled or killed m.b.'s on qahtani managed to subvert twitter from being a tool of free expression to a weapon for social control and propaganda very used twitter to manufacture and

engineer public opinion to push out propaganda to mob dissidents to disrupt conversations and to deliver threats. we know a lot about saudi hacking capabilities we know what kind of software they use but in my informed opinion the most valuable piece of software that's b.s. owns is not pegasus it is arabic twitter m.b.'s has killed for twitter before and it looks like it's not done killing for twitter to get no my late friend was very well aware of this too was anguished over the state of the of free expression in the arab world and here are you realize the power of and importance of twitter during the last year of his life he started 3 significant initiatives 3 significant ideas aimed at for claiming this public sphere. also closed until pains midterm elections seen as a referendum on president record a territory inherited as home area of our city early on monday turkey's allies are

expected to gain seats in the upper house senate and that could help him push through controversial policies real alan durbin as more from manila. as people turn up early to vote there is a strong sense of excitement but as the hours dragged by that's changed to frustration. they have been lining up for more than 4 hours because they said our machine broke down so hard mccluster believes both theirs are lining up to be accommodated by one machine thousands still we would like the boat because it only happens every 3 years michael carey new says he doesn't mind waiting for long as he starts long and hard about who to vote for but i will only put those who are treated done something for us not pollute the sense of only speak to us during campaign season. here at this polling station in downtown manila it's hot and clams and the situation is similar around the country but people here tell us they

don't mind the heat and the queues as they are determined to make their voices heard in this elections but there are widespread allegations of vote buying and electoral registration machines not working properly leading many to question how credible the results may be. some of those machines broke down completely leaving officials to count votes by hand or try and find their own ways to make them operate. this is how you do you like these so it works according to the commission on elections these machines were only being piloted for possible use in the 2022 presidential elections and there are bigger concerns one election commissioner says there's been bribery and corruption and confirmed allegation. some votes have been bought the police say they've arrested more than $300.00 people for vote buying something officials say they're looking out for this midterm

elections is seen as a test of president 30 go to tear does popularity a lot is at stake critics say if he is able to gain full control of the senate he'll be able to expand his controversial policies like the so-called war on drugs that's left more than $5000.00 filipinos dead and is growing ties with china which are seen by many here as a threat to the country's sovereignty to terror to has been widely criticized for his hard line policies but this spite all these worries and some bitter election campaigning men here see they still feel cautiously optimistic and they're determined to protect their democracy. dogon when the. prime minister has been knocked out of the presidential race so. conceded defeat a few hours after the polls close on sunday it fell to qualify for the runoff vote due on the 26th of may and economist who is promising to build

a well 1st date will be up against a conservative former finance minister for the top post millions of people in southern africa are having to rebuild their lives after one cycle own was quickly followed by another last month or so bob i'm allowing an mozambique or all hard hit especially on the island of abel off the coast of northern mozambique has been to see how the survivors are picking up the pieces. this is the 1st time he says combat evil island since his last month his family home is gone so to have all his belongings. before.

now the rain has eased aid workers a sturdy managing to reach more remote areas and small islands in some places the damage is extensive patients had to be evacuated from this hospital when the storm hit thousands are now homeless. in schools and community holes even in this old fort. the 16th century building survived the people who lost their homes say they feel safe leaving because it's so strong but conditions families the drinking water close it and food. aid has started to arrive by road but many people are still waiting for help. many crops in northern must. we are grateful for the help. but we need more it's not just food people also need medicines clinics and was destroyed. mozambique was still

struggling to deal with. when the 2nd one struck this is already considered one of the poorest countries in the world and the building will cost a lot of money and. how do. it while and mozambique heavy rain in the southern u.s. has triggered floods damaging homes strong winds have brought down power lines from texas to mississippi leaving many without electricity and more flooding as expected as. since trains are expected to rise further over the next few days. norway has are in billions of dollars export oil and gas and it still person vast untapped resources. in areas for action biodiversity reports are scoring pressure to stop drilling the far north of norway is spectacular a lot of mountains and fuel general beauty it's an important fishing area and as you can imagine it brings in the tourist dollars this is actually the highest mountain. particularly in the folk nile and we're getting up close to nature is

what you do. the problem is the wealth of little lies beneath the waters for a long time let's hope niland have been in the crosshairs of the big oil companies because their geologists know that in these cross through waters lies unarmed tall feel what an estimated 60000000000 dollars and their bosses or their license to explore in the past this has been supported by the government and for many it's a big concern i'm going to see them all against oil but i'm also really afraid of the damage as it can happen if there is a big always did so i wouldn't take the risk. but things may be changing recently norway's opposition labor party withdrew its support for lafitte next gratian meaning now there's a majority in parliament to keep the islands off limits the young people today and they are more important about the future climate change. votes.

and i think the fish wrists and the tourism industry is the future more than oil and gas especially in the. arctic areas. norway is a nation made rich by 4 decades of oil and gas extraction the sovereign wealth fund with a colossal one trillion dollars so every move away from fossil fuels is significant and the climate crisis is also more real it's close up in our face you have to do serious stuff the next 10 years. and educated people in already understand that that's it when we start to understand that there will be some changes on the silty even maybe a politically the size of the market will change to the amount of consumers will demand. we're happy with that we're making progress but for those in the face and who rely on these waters in fear the potential impact of oil spills is still skepticism we're never gets. the fully. fully no for oil exploration

so for me it seems like it's only in the until it's yes and when it's yes there's no turning back at a time when the world needs to radically cut back on fossil fuel emissions it will become increasingly home for the nation to justify new extraction contracts especially in these waltzes. al-jazeera the lifted islands norway. take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera stance prosecutors have charged also president omar al bashir with killing and citing to kill protesters during the uprising that began last year it's not clear what punishment he is likely to face according to human rights groups more than 50 people were killed and the government crackdown and there are now concerns are they said excessive force on protesters by the country's new military rulers and this time in the north of khartoum there have been talks of main opposition leaders and the military council to come up with an

agreement on who should rule sudan and for how long till new elections are held people morgan has that update. the military council today sat down with the opposition coalition to try to so it's out in our in their differences they've been differences between them regarding how long the transition period should be how many how much the presentation each side should get so the military council came out today and said that they have agreed on the structure of the transitional government but they yet to discuss the how long the transition period should be and how much the presentation so that the military council and the opposition coalition are saying that they have basically made some kind of improvement some kind of progress regarding how to proceed to form a transitional government but the protesters on the ground are not happy there has been rising tension between the military council and protesters going towards up imposed a nationwide curfew after attacks on mosques and muslim owned businesses the government says it's also box social media to prevent the spread of false information sparking revenge attacks which is tension is high following the easter sunday attacks last

month which killed at least $250.00 people china says it's raising tariffs on $60000000000.00 worth of u.s. imports starting june 1st it's in response to the trumpet ministrations decision on friday to double duties on chinese products worth $200000000000.00 the leaders are urging the u.s. to show maximum restraint and not escalate tensions with iran your secretary of state my problem peo was in brussels were e.u. foreign ministers were discussing how to say the 2015 nuclear deal britain has warned the u.s. of the risk of what it calls accidental war with iran those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera we'll have much more news at the top of the hour in the meantime inside story is up next.

along the gulf off the ships are attacked off the u.a.e. coast does it mean for global oil supplies can anyone secure shipping lines in the false region this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam he's a than sabotaged and significantly damaged saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers were attacked off the coast of the u.a.e. but all the also cold.