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a nationwide curfew. on the hidden treasure in peru why thousands of prices artifacts need a much bigger. we begin this news with dramatic developments in sudan tear gas and live rounds have been used against protesters on the streets of the capital khartoum at least 3 protest as a soldier have died. at least 40 people have been reportedly wounded by gunfire when early on monday security forces were accused of using excessive force on protesters in the north of khartoum talks are ongoing between the opposition coalition and the military the 2 sides of now agreed to a power structure for the country's transition following the military takeover on april 11th but they've yet to hammer out the details so let's just take a step back and remind you of how we got to this point. i'm arrest in sudan began

in december when the government decided to triple the price of bread where protests over that move soon grew into demonstrations calling on president bashir to resign the protests became more widespread element with force dozens of people lost their lives but many demonstrators then started staging a sit in outside the military headquarters in the capital demanding that the army force al bashir out on the 11th of april that's exactly what happened bashir was ousted in a coup and placed under arrest a transitional military council then took over and they agreed in principle with opposition parties to form a joint body that would oversee the country's affairs until elections are held but there continues to be disagreement over the composition of the body well let's talk to element as it made he's the spokes person for the sudanese professionals association that's the group that led protests against president omar al bashir he joins us via skype from like saying element of the let's talk 1st about these latest clashes between protesters and security forces with reports of

a number of deaths there also accusations of excessive force being used why are we seeing this escalation now do you think actually it is clear is creation fixed expiring now because it seems that the country is going towards peace group fully agreement between the military council and of course this or freedom and change therefore there are some. axis inside so that. they doesn't benefit. so they are trying to dismantle and. destroy. whatever agreement is going. and how much is it what's your response to these charges brought against the former president omar al bashir and how robust is the evidence against him. 1st of all the military council job is not to charge anyone with anything it's just to hold

them until they. give the government to a civilian government civilian government civilian government under. and even then . the jail system these are the ones who are responsible about charging people and. making all the right lawns right in that transitional period but many sudanese people don't have faith in the justice system until they see bashir include i don't believe to be held accountable for the crimes they say he committed yes because. people a lot of people they don't have the face on the system because of it's the same system that was running in adverse years redeemed that's right we are insisting on . transferring the power to the civilian government. so we can.

reform the system and. reappoint. independent and clear judges in the system instead of the ones who have been both by the old regime and we know but talk for sure to tomorrow between the military and the opposition coalition is that likely do you think to make any progress and what does the sudanese professional vexation want to see come out of the talks. actually we already settled those talks 1st of all we solved one of the major issues by. agreeing on the shape of the government that should be governing the transitional period and tomorrow we will be discussing. the percentage of each in 3 levels of the government and also be discussing the period itself but this transitional plan is taking quite a long time in one of the main obstacles here elements of. the main obstacles where

there was. a misunderstanding about the system that would be governing the country in the spirit of all people knows that didn't have being done by a presidential system and we are talking about the parliament the parliamentary system in this transitional period there is an understanding we have in this finds itself after we sought it out with the military council. the negotiations went forward most of the day and therefore tomorrow we are planning to go through the next why are the transitional period itself and the practice of each in every and each level of government. how important is it for the military council and the opposition to reach a deal on the transition of power as soon as possible because the longer the talks

go on the move frustrated the protesters will get. of course. the u.s. or sudan is one is a very prestigious country it's located in a very busy strategic location and the peace and stability of sudan is the system of stability of the whole region in the risky and. in the gulf area and also it's very important that the civilization that is this important also for europe there for all all parties. or any. government position towards the civilian and democratic government and of course our people as the citizen they are they have they have done this for the past 5 months and more so we will keep continuing if if if anything doesn't go

as planned as the declaration of freedom and change how much is the ultimate thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera well if you live now to muhammad in the sudanese capital khartoum mosul just bring us up to date on these clashes then between the security forces and protesters that's resulted in a number of deaths i mean what's happening at the moment. well cull has a ton to the square where the clashes begun about a couple of hours ago but the streets of cut to clogged with traffic some of the main streets of the central part of the cup it's all been closed by the police and military people we really saw people honking and frustrated motorists trying to get with the ministry and police to open the streets. been statements issued by vol the military council as well as

the sudan opposition movement and particularly the sudan the sudanese professional association which is the civil society wing of the opposition movement which is largely behind the porters the been hopping not only against al bashir but also about square us at the military headquarters putting so much pressure on the ministry of consul to hunt all of our power to some sort of civilian or 40 and then tuck. commonalities in the statement issued by both thirty's with the military accusing forces who are bent on scuttling the talks between the opposition and the transitional military council. occupying some parts of the square and then cutting fires and. causing the clashes between the soldiers who they say what their specific and for the protection of the protesters and the protesters

now the sudanese professional association is blaming what it calls for when months of the former g.m. that are g.m. of president on one house in the bashir who they say want to see a continuation of the status school and not want to see the talks succeeding so. there. similarities in what both say but the proper thoughts will lead me to tell you that the transition a minute you council has been planning this for a while we so tension building up in the past 48 hours today it's reached a fever pitch we so as soldiers bank with tunde by the protesters who are money the entrances to the square we also saw the protesters crowing closing some of the main streets saying that they were expecting some sort of action from the military and they did not want to be caught unawares yet and i mean all this stuff we're seeing

on the streets this evening mohammed is that pretty much a reflection of the frustration by the protesters at the slow pace of the transition. i'm intentions have been grueling ever since the talks between the transitional military council on the opposition. movement that bloc and they have been tense of try and kick start the process once again on monday they say the met and had made some good progress which makes the whole timing of this of violence tonight really q.t.s. because it's not in the interests of the transitional military council as well as the sudanese professional association and the opposition movement as a whole as well as the protesters to. clash at this time with the transitional military council and the security forces of the time when their progress and what

they're calling clear progress particularly on agreeing on what structure the transitional joint council will take so i mean which mix. i mean which makes their claims that there are outside forces trying to cut all the peace talks. some sort of possibility but again anything is possible tension has been building the protesters have been come outside the military headquarters for almost 5 weeks now and at the center and that's the point they were fast losing hope. but they always maintained that peace and have been trying to be us organized as possible while the protesters have been telling us is this clash has happened is it's not them but the military has also been another explanation for the whole thing saying that there are people who

have been getting out of the square and going closer to the presidential palace which is now the city of the transitional military council mama just a final thought from you away from those clashes that we've seen on the streets what more do we know about these charges against the former president omar al bashir and how significant. well they are the last of a number of charges that will be filed against the president in the coming weeks and months but this particular charge here schools run the killings of protesters during the months between december and pool when dozens of protesters were killed by the security forces of course the president will say have been very heavy 100 and that is part of the charge should in trying to quell the protests and this past the protesters would become outside the military council musing excessive force and that is the 1st initial charge he's been charged with but many more to come all

right mother in khartoum mohamed thank you. know what unnamed u.s. officials says initial assessments suggest that iran may have been involved in attacks on 4 ships of the u.a.e. coast early on sunday officials from the united arab emirates confirmed that the commercial cargo ships were subjected to what they called acts of sabotage near the port of genera the incident happened a 140 kilometers south of the strait of hormuz through which about a 3rd of all oiled traded through those through earlier on monday a member of iran's national security commission said that whoever is behind the explosions is trying to instigate a war by stunted tesh fear from a quarter of them han what happened at the port of fujairah is still vague and unclear but it seems that there are some in the region who want to drag trump into a war and we are dealing with some issues with very high historical responsibility i think to talk about explosions in for jerry's just

a hasty scenario and suffers many shortcomings whoever stands behind this is pushing for a failed plan. in jordan joins us live now from washington d.c. so ross tell us a bit more about what the pentagon's been saying about this incident. well we just heard from the pentagon terrine and they're saying that they cannot confirm what is being reported by the associated press that according to an unnamed u.s. official the initial assessment by the u.s. military at the request of the united arab emirates is that it is highly likely but not confirmed that iranian or iranian proxies were behind the attack on 4 vessels including one. 2 saudi vessels and one emirates the vessel in which all 4 of these ships were were hit with some sort of explosive and they all have a $5.00 to $10.00 foot wide hole at the waterline of their vessels none of the vessel sank but certainly they were crippled and had to be brought out of service

there all that will be confirmed by the state department is that at the request of the u.a.e. the u.s. military is helping with an investigation so again no confirmation to al-jazeera from the pentagon that this initial assessment has been reached but it is out there in the in other press reports so we should make that very clear to our viewers certainly this is raising concerns about the growing tensions between the united states and iran brian hope who is the state department's special envoy for dealing with iranian matters would not say anything more about what his department believes might have been behind the attacks that happened off the foods our report on early sunday right rose in jordan there in washington d.c. ross thank you. now the european union has told my comp a.o. that it fully supports the international nuclear deal with iran and called on the

u.s. to show maximum restraint pompei are held talks with the e.u. foreign ministers during an unexpected stopover in brussels the block's foreign policy chief expressed concern that u.s. strategy towards tehran carries grave risks last week iran announced it was scaling back some commitments under the 2050 nuclear deal. michael bell heard that very clearly today from from the us not only from myself but also from the other ministers of human 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 that we believe should be and that of maximum maximum restraint avoiding any escalation natasha bottle has more now from brussels. well the u.s. secretary of state might pompei may have come to brussels hoping to persuade e.u.

foreign ministers to drop their support for the 2050 iran nuclear deal but he would have left disappointed the e.u.'s foreign policy chief federica more greeny made it very clear indeed that member states still feel very committed to the iran deal she said that it is still the best bet for regional security and earlier in the day we heard from some foreign ministers including the german foreign minister heiko massoud said this deal is all about stopping iran from having nuclear weapons well more greeny also called on both sides on both tehran and washington to deescalate tensions she called for calm and she called on iran to continue complying with the 2015 deal she said that was extremely important so for iran had and as long as it does keep complying then the e.u. would support it ever since the u.s. pulled out of the deal and reimpose sanctions on iran it has set up

a payment system called instax which deals with some a certain amount of trade between e.u. and iranian businesses but so far that's only for small and medium businesses so it doesn't mean it means basically the big multinationals in iraq iran and daimler will be unlikely to resume trade with iran because they will not want to risk u.s. penalties nevertheless more greeny says in stocks which was supposed to be up and running in a few months may now be up and running in a few weeks and that perhaps is an indication that e.u. member states are serious about trying to look as if it least they are doing more. resembles your obvious falling reaction in.