and what. activity attracted regional international and internal palestinian attention. that. it is not. their brand that. the. heck are you. who are here for that that. to develop their gods feed the palestinian authority decided to do an exclusive deal with the british gas. it would have been normal business a practice to invite international tenders to encourage competition and to get the best deal for gaza and the palestinians. say. i asked why he thought the palestinian authority decided to do the british gas deal. that

and walk. out of the can to talk and yet they were dead. yet if we're not home to him. while he was on and her and looked up with. the known as gaza marine took this unusual diction writer from the start what's more it emerged that in public it's made him miss how. to negotiate with the british guests. but behind the scenes other palestinian authority members were holding separate secret negotiations with the same company but under different conditions. that i had in no going back then the friend. that we had

back at home matters yet for now we are far with i like they have an. economic yanni who would get. well before. they have a shot at all or. on the 19th of october 1909 the palestinian authority there be a signed a contract with the british gas. but the deal terms it contain for all 4 signatories were quite controversial. the contract said that the british guys would receive 60 percent of the gears are even use verb the consolidated contractors company would get 30 percent but verve a palestine investment fund would get only 10 percent.

the palestinian authority also give the developers exclusive frights for the discovery exhibition and marketing of the oil and gas in the gaza offshore area. what the 3 got further going to oversee was another clause. which said that the palestinians were obliged to inform israel of any oil and gas exploration and production in the palestinian territories. this contract was never submitted to the palestinian legislative council or published in local newspapers. but yasser arafat signed the contract. as did my head of mussy then minister of economy and iterate and how to be some sort of the new chairman of the palestinian petroleum authority. i don't.

act. which is either that or i called both model muscly and had to be some sort to ask for more details. but. we did send text message but unfortunately he didn't reply. at the for. us what. some call for. a letter that sort of but i.

mean. in a climate of hola it british gas is now owned by real dutch and asked them to comment on the negotiations and contract with the b a. this is the chill could not advice on our questions above that in 2018 it had reached an agreement with the palestine investment fund the p.i.a.f. to divest its entire interests and operate a ship in the gaza marine license offshore palestine. then you are called has been working at the middle east since to 2014 when i was working on this investigation 2015 the palestinian authority didn't seem to want to talk to me about this topic and i called up several different places i called up the palestinian vestment fund and i tried to figure out who was in charge of this file even i i had trouble even finding out who was in charge of the gas strategy my sense of why they didn't want

to talk to me as a couple of sources told me this this topic is very sensitive you know it's very touchy don't touch it nobody's going to want to talk to you about it. but. over the course of reporting the story i didn't really get the sense that actually it was it was sensitive it was more that i don't think anybody actually knew what the strategy was and therefore nobody wanted to take responsibility on the record for what they were or weren't doing in relation to you as a married. woman at the had that i. did with the poppy and i think. the. layout of shape. was out of the because of the war on. all the animals all of bobbie let alone show for it was that art to be had the. law might have he said. that all of the men had a detrimental young and that had that particular sadness to occur is that i'm a sailor is that mohamed morsi. to her.

this is my mother she also known as her. his name is in the british gas contract as the only representative of the palestinian authority. this is clause in the contract says that rashid who was the economic adviser to yasser arafat was the only person who could act on behalf of the palestinian authority on anything relating to the guy's agreement for the duration of the contract. the developers were also blushed to cuba she didn't formed of their activities. giving muhammad roshi the acts occlusal fry to handle everything in the contract was controversial. there'd be a accuses him of wasting millions of dollars money laundering and him busy link public funds while he was head of the palestine investment fund and if then the

fact the political party means that the she does know a close ally of the deposed leader mohammed dahlan who lives in abu dhabi. in february 29000 the arab interior minister's council issued an international arrest warrant for mohammed the sheet but he still moves if really between me and. i asked her i mean abdul both mohammed rashid and the split in fact. there are number you know what i have them her mother she had another world that's none of her mother's she buckey a fuselage at the golf course they have that and i feel that a lady had what i have. left but you know what a birth. and i've been hammered that level of all that had that and. i said betsy a c.e.o. has so much of a lot of you know how deep and well how the facade how p.t. what and that was so what in the other my left that the that what i had gotten her

mother she had left what and when i cut the deficit but for us the new year when a woman either and at the end of a lot of you also get a lot of. english or try to contact muhammad rashid inviting him to respond to the allegations made by the palestinian authority it during his time in charge of the palestine investment fund. she didn't reply to our message. however he did the response to the arabic version of this phone on a palestinian news website. he denied what he called the false allegations made by you. he said. i challenge anyone to prove there was a new corruption that goes there goes deal i was the negotiator and no one else of a concert at the palestinian governments and international organizations couldn't find a single corruption point and the deal. israel was not

a signatory to the contract but seems to have been if it is from it considered a pretty elusive place of course we have a duty for the electing when aircraft how to. shop and for us to any other. look to solve the you know what we want we have a little economic repeating it difficult year in an animal yet don't keep a list except i'm going to get in must can you spot and you. can even. hear me a philistine your heart is sore with callao off well come on in italy. after the contract was signed there were negotiations between the british guys and israel about buying gaza from the gaza marine project. israeli guys and energy expert i meet more was among those who advised the israeli government over 30 projects to

develop gaza. that was 336 kilometers off shore gaza gaza city. in water depth of 650 meters was to develop a subsidy but when pipeline. to ask along is there any way there is an area of a lot of very large area. british girls plan to do a gaza treatment facility in ashkelon and the field could have been remotely controlled. gas is measured in d.c. and billions a few cubic meters it is important to no. forward. viable development of the marine market to for at least 2 b.c.m. period should be. should be developed so because otherwise. there was no thoughts such economic the ability to develop this field know such

a market does not exist in the palestinian authority the market even. today the palestinian authority is very very small very very limited maybe half of a c.m. a perspective power station in jenin in other words. 0 point one c.m. for a power station in gaza altogether it can sum up to about one see above so the market for this gaza is basically is. on the 27th of september 2000 palestinian a president yasser arafat gave the green light for drilling to start of the gaza cost. the next day the right wing israeli politician ariel sharon's approve accretive visit to the aqsa mosque compound it triggered violence which he quickly lit to the 2nd intifada. 5 months later sharon

was elected the prime minister and the next few years so there's really palestinian relationship deteriorate badly the peace process stalled completely. but the guys who continued behind closed doors. the palestinian the regime minister as a michele one held secret talks with his israeli counterparts just if but it's. a show as currently chairman of the palace time when a 3 authority. i tried to contact him but he refused to talk about his role in gaza money. and he was not and. all the palestinians i contacted whose names came up in research into the gaza marina project declined to be interviewed for this approach. however we did manage to speak to the

former israeli minister for infrastructure and energy use if but it's clear he spoke about his secret negotiations with as. i had big ocean asians with mr us on the show or from the family from the tribe a show of very prominent known in the us he actually risked his life to negotiate with me honestly at the high days of being a father he came to jerusalem east jerusalem but then at least we consider it as one city to negotiate with me and to keep on developing the field because he thought that it was good politically for him i'm telling you he risked his life i have no doubt i i was know it for effect because we have to guard him not from us from extremists in the arab world in the palestinian world and he did whatever he could do you know order to develop. but it's good allies is how sensitive this

whole subject is for palestinians. we said that we had it right to speak to us from a show where mohammed and other to be a figure as mother they had all refused to be interviewed i think they're free fall from extremists that would do externally that was to expose the story i think they are afraid. after civil the rounds of secret negotiations israel and that be a reach an initial deal guess for electricity. i reached a deal with the palestinian authority mind you at that time goes i was ruled by fatah not by hamas and i reached a deal with them that we the israeli we shall not pay money for the gas to them we shall use their share a. to reduce the debt they owed the israeli electric company they

owed a lot of money i think they still do. for delivery of electricity n b what we will do is we should be able to substation near the border of gaza and against the gas will supply electricity. there be a agree to the israeli attempts even though they didn't favor the palestinians after all the gaza was in their waters but sharon rejected the deal because the palestinians he claimed might use that even you to support what he called terrorism . the british guys realize the deal with the israelis would not be easy. in 2003 a british guys announced that israel was love the only player of the table and that it was also talking to egypt about the transporting gaza from gaza through its

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and to better regulate artificial intelligence those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour the news up to stay with us. in 1900 years was discovered in the eastern mediterranean of the coast of gaza. the palestinian authority there be a sign the contract with the british gas for the company to exploit and sell the gas in a project called gaza money. untamable miss how to fill jazeera arabic and i'm asking why this gas has not been exploited for 20 years and why the subject has hardly had any international coverage. one possible market for the guys was israel but the brain minister ariel sharon it looked the deal because he was

concerned about the palestinians making it even you out of it. then it go to more complicated. a british gaza try to do a deal with egypt to distribute the gaza gas via pipelines. not knowing that egypt was doing a deal to sell its own gas to israel we in gyptian deal quote unquote was presented. one time to the prices were very low and the quantities were actually unlimited which was. looked unrealistic at at the 1st place. mobil it was a little razzle for us leni. it's not really on me that the fault i had that it would it really really was the adult as of the year in journalist or even homer for him feel very little look at mumbai office than your bible up offered only in one

outdoor obama can be more plain yaml your boss the as a philistine of a tele a letters but they have this a lot of. images different than. it was now that the british guys and they be realize that they had to guess that they couldn't sell. if you don't have as long as you don't have markets for this guy so the value of his guards is nearly is almost 0 and the fact is that we have seen the new 18 years following their discovery in this field was not discovered. a minute. and was that is that what all of that would be pretty much for the people. in january 2006 and a shutdown suffered a stroke and went into a coma. you would olmert became acting israeli prime minister. mean

white house must win the palestinian legislative council elections and form the government this complicated things on the international stage. how mass was asked to recognize the state of israel and all the peace deals done by the b. . but how mass refused and israel and egypt and sanctions on the beach in the west bank and gaza. the. use of elements and there was a previously a palestinian unity government in gaza and the east back from march to june 2007. use a film and see was communications minister and i asked him if he was told about the gears the. it was a lot. more

to the. saphir ready. were you could go. along with. the palestinian unity government ended in a split in the in june 2007 and have mass took full control of gaza. and israel you would almost popularity fell as israeli prime minister but on the gaza front he decided to hold his own negotiations with the british gas without any involvement of the palestinian authority. in the u.k. british guys was experiencing it's only frustration with the gaza project it was

entitle to a 60 percent share of revenue under its deal with the pm but was not it extracting any gas and israel had no bad. guys feet. almost irish talks with the british gas via the u.k. government under tony blair. but the talks failed and the british gaza closed down its offices in israel. when the british and us thought it says that israel has the palestinians to run some have been on the gaza many universes that would have meant there was a freedom of information act that was submitted with their u.k. government by an organization i think tank called a shop aca which is a palestinian virtual think tank the freedom of information documents that have come out actually showed that israel had commercial reasons and it said that they

would not allow palestinians to access their resources until the palestinians can guarantee that they would sell gas to israel at about a 3rd of the price of the gas on the international markets so they were essentially seeking or trying to force the passing years to pay about $2.00 per and maybe to you and i rather than $65.00 to $7.00 which is where was the price of gas at the time and for b.g. which is a private company that wouldn't have been profitable so essentially there was no commercial. viability for the project anymore because of the restrictions that israel put on. with a change of government in egypt in 22 of its borders with gaza would open this enabled how must reform its 2nd government and revisit the gaza guys project. these pictures which are made public for the 1st time. in 22 by

a local gaza company attacks applauding the guy's feet using the list of liberal myth of technology. divers spotted these bubbles under the sea but. they believed they were from the gas field so samples were taken for further examination. he was involved in this a project and says that the local company got hold of maps and other data about possible in you guys fields of gas but this was why there's really a blockade of the 30 was tightening.

but. almost all the. rubbish. story in. the. can infer that. this was the equipment used to try and tap into the gas field. services just said that gas lay at around 600 meters below the sea but. never thought i would go. to the internet and to do the job or that was he. couldn't she couldn't afford her so her know her.

thought on. the caribbean. was most wonderful for me automated well as officially the only one. in a couple of hours. couldn't hurt at all of course we. had for his love so. these attempts only lasted for a few months as israel and egypt tightened the blockade on gaza even further. a mother teresa. the man had the worst going to theatres than a. counterpart on the. iraq war a. feel for the moral hit us or you can go to the bone sure to clear the

homeowner. brother nor that an affair and. that look in her can. witness very. early. look in how they learn. the matter and not. new york or in a shop. more recent research suggests that the number of gas fields and the quantity of gas in the gaza field could be greater than the official figures. as to. us then you are correct if she thought there might be more fields than those in the original gaza marina project. so you're asking is it only the 2 hours yet no it's possible there could be many other wells i've read in places from experts that it could be up to $88.00 wells and the pattern is that the area can't be explored

at this point given the the limits that the israelis put on the maritime territory for the palestinians. looked at ibrahim's safe is a former jordanian minister for energy and mineral resources. he was a member of the official team that held talks with the palestinian authority about buying and importing into jordan. in the head with fear i asked him if he thought there were more gas fields waiting to be discovered because it can really afford the time and i'm going to have. a new team is. what i will be plagiarism and i like this are. going to sort of model a mother with an egypt when the bill doesn't. exist we have

a few months of i have to mean how do you feel should it get out of here and work that does have. the power. because. it can feel the amount of the perspex are going up. so you know not there are at least 8 gas fields of gaza but no one knows the exact number. is there as currently takes all the guns available and the international community appears to take no action. there is evidence that by 2012 israel extract it 42000000000 cubic meters from the muddy p. field leaving it severely depleted. that would have supplied the palestinians with enough gas for 15 years in mid twenty's if indeed the center for social multinational corporation saw more

based in amsterdam published a report about the activities of noble in energy called beneath the troubled waters . noble in the regime is based in houston texas and is extensively involved in the development and exploration of israeli licensed off shore gas fields in the eastern mediterranean very port is extremely detailed but one of its conclusions is that the company has potentially contributed to a violation of the collective right of self-determination of palestinian actual gas was indeed drained from the board of field due to gas extraction from the noah field it could be argued that noble energy participated in an act of pillage in violation of international humanitarian and criminal law which could also incur criminal liability. or ask nobody in the regime to respond to these

allegations. very blight seeing their video petitions comply with their own code of conduct and the laws of the united states and the governments where they operate. we are confident we have not extracted gas from outside our israel easy license areas or had an adverse impact on the ability of others to develop their resources . what kind of report to you and i can give you any report you all very well and. you know why by the way. nope you're looking at the geological lier. now let's assume here is the geological layer ok full with gas now i pump here this is my territory and the palestinians are here now when i pump here of course the layer begins to dissolve now gas begins to move from this

side to that side because if i pump here then this side is getting deployed do i pump. palestinian gas or the gas good question depends who we are asking depends what kind of answer you want. if you're a palestinians of course it's another part of the of the occupation of the terrible things in the horrible atrocities we committed against them if you're an israeli of cause you don't peoples geological layers do not know borders borders do not exist in geological layers i mean you play you play geologic you play geology and geology is you know they don't know borders. this map was a drawn by jim sister and the department of international affairs at the trinity washington university in the us it shows the authority of the waters of the coast

of gaza and israel. since 1909 the palestinians have only been allowed to explore the small green area area. istook or argues that the international maritime you know gives the palestinians that i took the border they're much bigger area and that. this potentially contains further gas fields which would be of huge benefit to the palestinians if they were allowed to exploit them. the mary b. field is an example of why it is important for the palestinians to take steps to declare an exclusive economic zone it isn't that could possibly allow it within the palestinian exclusive economic zone. however because the palestinians did not make a claim to it israel was able to start production and essentially deplete the field if the palestinians do not take steps to claim an easy it's possible that other

areas of enormous economic value could be in essence claimed by israel. and once the resources are gone they're not coming back. coming from so many of the. powers that be to maintain and one could leave them on at the now as well i mean you know. if you're. even going to. speed to campaign i mean you do a lot of support for us then you have to have to shovel for the thing if you had a bit of a levy is there will be 2nd coming. and so i mean you have to put in vessel for this we needed to be a shuttle for the really think about was that had been going on but what it had done became you could get a shuttle full of any well you models and probably have a ship with. a shovel for the fleet difficulty of. living is a large natural gas field in the military of the coast of israel due to come online

later in $29000.00 and what would have been an extraordinary deep in the $24000.00 that palestinian authority announced a plan to buy gas from. so back in 20152014 before the p.a. had agreed to buy gas israeli gas from leviathan which was an interesting prospect given the gas that was already in gaza marine and the deal was eventually called off under i think i believe under pressure from from the b.d.s. movement who were quite upset that the palestinians would buy israeli gas when they had their own gas just sitting off the coast. i think it was something that the p.a. decided decided against because politically it just wasn't palatable and it put them in a bad light and other the jordanians did end up buying gas from the riot and so and

why did why did it happen i think public say that he was under pressure from the israelis to buy at what it was it called after b.d.s. movement pushed against it. i think the issue is very sensitive. for the palestinians to discuss. i think it's. in the hands of. of. and he's the head of the palestinian investment fund so none of the. politicians always of the professionals in palestine are willing to discuss the issue it is a sensitive issue in this respect. in february 26th the real dutch shell the british gas and so technically became the new developer of the 2 gaza marine gas fields. but in marshy 2018 announced it was giving up its stake in the undeveloped gas field of gaza.

i tried to get an interview with someone from to ask why they had pulled out from the gaza marine deal. but chill declined my request. so what next for the guys feel distant needed to contain a 28000000000 cubic meters that's the total consumption of frisbee in for an entire here. so it's my understanding that shell had a 55 percent stake in gaza marine so now the palestinians are left trying to find a company to pick up this 55 percent of the guys in marine park. is a kind of like us to what i did you know when i would not. be admitted. what

i did i was a local system up all of your. friendly. out of it. was over there when you were sick and i came to. show the. liberal book or got me at least one is to give them is to really value. we give you what. we have learned in. the poor and you will never have when the shakeout of the hard work to be taken over to all of us from our family that we have it when can we want you to have a few more bitter if you have them. this is a palestinian government the comment dated june 25th. it gives the minister of foreign affairs the power to contact the russian and chinese companies to blow to the guy's feet. in committed the freedom to contact. them while the has it done and to dip in more or must live on but then after that

and topped off with the left. they have a 2nd coming to a pot of milk. michael merely kabir. and that they would let them give a sham if you don't want to who are shocked. shocked at for this to me and so what going on with them at the moment of a side. unfortunately for the past and hands in gaza if you look at the past 2 decades if that's any anything to tell us what the future is going to be like i think we're in a waiting in a waiting period where people in gaza are going to be in the dark looking out into the ocean at gas flames coming from from the fields that they could be producing on and they're not and that's purely because i don't think that this gas will be produced until there is a political agreement between israelis and palestinians and between hamas and fatah

. that if between fatah and hamas shows no sign of being resolved. as for israeli palestinian politics the picture is no brighter. in average 2019 a coalition led by binyamin netanyahu the right wing likud party won the israeli parliament 3 elections this is not good news for the palestinians. have a better life nor is the u. a smoother east advisers their approach to the region or based on what we have seen so far. it's hard to see how the dormant in the resource in the east room with the theory and can't benefit the palestinians in the near future anymore than it has in the past 20 years.

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a civil disobedience campaign begins with reports that at least one protester has been killed. also fighting between demonstrators and police in kazakhstan during elections to replace the longtime president. of half a 1000000 people across the streets of hong kong in protest of them all change that would allow extraditions to mainland china. at the sign described as the birthplace of civilization which archaeologists warn is crumbling before our very own oh yes i'm leah harding with spore and it's bad news for russia tracks world governing body refuses to lift russia's doping ban saying they're backsliding we'll have more for you coming up this hour. hello welcome to the news are a campaign of civil disobedience has begun in sudan and opposition groups have promised to continue their protests until the military to give up power many people

seem to have heeded the call for a general strike such as an airport workers here we can see bags piling up inside a terminal building there's been no official word from the military genter so far this sunday but an associated press journalist saw members of the paramilitary rapid support forces formally the militia deployed in various areas of the capital jamaal a shell begins our coverage sunday marks the beginning of the weaken sudan but rather than work commutes and traffic jams the streets of khartoum are empty these videos appear to show that the public has heated the calls by pro-democracy groups for civil disobedience and a general strike. the movement for freedom and change together with the sudanese professionals union had announced sunday's action in response to the military gintas seizing of power and the continued crackdown on protesters. it's still not known how many people were killed by the security forces during last week's

massacre when the main pro-democracy sits in was forcibly dispersed but a sudanese doctors group puts the toll in the past week at 117. videos like these continue to emerge showing that while the military gentle talks about dialogue its personnel are trying to beat the people into submission but we know what. we hope that our brothers in the other groups respond to our colfer dialogue without preconditions what's at stake is the nation we value the efforts of our friends who are concerned about developments in sudan we want to reach an agreement but if we don't then we will form a government. despite an attempt by the if european prime minister to mediate between the gents' and pro-democracy groups being received well by both sides security forces arrested several of the group's leaders within hours of the if european pm departing called dome the man believed to be calling the shots in the military council is its vice presidents mohamad hum done committee the former

warlord in his notorious jungle weed forces have been accused of committing war crimes during the darfur conflict that doesn't bode well for sudan's pro-democracy protesters added to that's the military's leadership has held several meetings with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salomon and mahratti de facto leader mohammed bin zayed and egypt's kuti their turn presidents are different the all of whom have been accused by human rights groups of cracking down on free speech. the main groups behind sudan's revolution have insisted they will remain peaceful and not to give up their demands for freedom despite their dream to violence general strikes like sunday's are an example of peaceful resistance but in a country with a history of conflict in a region where revolutions have turned into civil wars there is genuine concern for sudan's future. or just iraq well that desire of the president of sudan

doctors union the u.k. and spokeswoman for the sudanese professionals association joins me now from norwich via skype in the u.k. good to have you with us miscible julie we just begin with the fact that sort of it's difficult to be specific as you just sort of don't want to jeopardize your contacts on the ground but how well observed all successful has this day of sort of civil disobedience been and what areas seem to have been most affected. information that you are getting as you said there's a lot of obstruction because of that and the security austerity measures but it's very different sectors and despite all of the effort yesterday. and about threatening a lot of the professionals how of the ground realities affected the work of medical professionals and also for the public who are trying to gain access to the facilities jury in this day of civil disobedience should they need medical care. we

are very concerned it's not about about the civil disobedience at all this has been going since the 3rd of june that there has been abstraction for medical care 1st of all for those who are injured in this it and the clinics were set around it invaded it abused the doctors were abused as well and assaulted and taint the same happened in other hospitals in the last few days about the invasion and assault of the doctors the fact that if people are not dying by life bullets they are dying because they cause excess health services the journey from home to the hospital is that you can't be detained you can't be killed the doctors themselves it's not safe for them to work in the hospital you don't reach the hospital the other thing is even if you need your medication to leave your house and go to the community

pharmacy can be a challenge and therefore there has been an absolute you know we have been since the 3rd of june calling all of the human rights organization and other n.g.o.s to support that the medical care the human rights and that should be delivered to the people of sudan and of course the that's a very serious situation and so the one of great concern for certainly those under trying to understand the situation on the ground i mean where does the doctor's association for example stand when it comes to this proposal of talks from the military we hear that they want to talk and yet you're telling us that the ground reality is that even if you raise your head above the parapet you could get shot at . does your military council is held responsible for the massacre on the 30th of may and what happened under so they failed to protect the people of saddam the vice president of this council is only there the

early show they don't go eat that there is a group and they are linking this where to the national intelligence services to try and change activists at the moment. the council has to respond by swift and small. part of the show this video government of the legitimate request of the people of sudan so this is what we have asked for. a year the e.u. all of the policy makers that it's time to hand over no more but that's all very well in terms of a demand but at the end these stages these scenarios take small steps and we've seen everything going backwards in the last few weeks what is it going to take for you to actually or for your groups to come to the table come to talk what do the

military have to do. you want to say for them to gain your trust. i think today has proved that transitional knows your current so let's not have any mandate it's very clear that it spawns from the people of sudan so actually we don't have to compromise anything at all what is have to have to happen that this has to be mediated and monitored because we have been trying to get this achieved since the 11th of april and they have been trying their best for you. that is false and therefore they cannot be trusted so at the moment as i said as with most well. so forth it sort of served by the home ok miscible julie just briefly you just talked about a conversation that is monitored and observed by all sides yet we've had these european prime minister come into sudan to try and mediate and monitor he said he

just left the country and then we've seen opposition leaders arrested it seems that the military themselves are not allowing that mediation to move forward yet they they have saying it publicly but not sort of doing it to in terms of the rock the actions. that's just add to our sort of insistence that people at the moment are very clear that there is no need to discuss anything it's what we need this creating the declaration of freedom and change and you and the e.u. and the toy and all of the other policy makers have to make sure that this is implemented the people of sudan have led a very civilized peaceful resistance and their financial mysie council the joint joey the national intelligence service says are dragging us towards violence

and towards mass killing because therefore the will have to stop that as soon as possible most of the what certainly does happen in the coming hours of the moment a sign of the geneva in origin eastern england thanks so much for joining us thank you. on to the day's other news now protesters and police affording kazakhstan's capital during elections to replace the only president the country has haven't known demonstrators in nor soltani are calling for a boycott saying the vote is far from sad voters are choosing a successor to new assault on this a virus who led the country since kazakhstan declared independence from the soviet union in 1991 and he stepped down in march. doc i have is the interim leader backed by nasa via phone he's expected to win robin foresty war cosmos in the capital. these are completely extraordinary things because there are hundreds of protesters

clashing with police in the capital city on election day people are being see they've been put into buses and those buses and it's in me but the protesters are pushing back against the buildings moving now involved you know how to get more toward what you want to try to stop these police from leaving. put those buses on and it looks like at the moment the crowd is stronger than the police i've been speaking to some of them they say they're just. exercising their democratic rights that others have told me that they are supporters of a man who. lives in exile and leads a political party that has been outlawed in this country and prescribed as an extremist organization. now at least half a 1000000 people in hong kong and hit the streets to protest against a controversial extradition bill they fear the proposed changes would allow.