al jazeera where every. time. reports of firing at protesters in sudan as anger spreads against the killing of 4 students by security forces. and how he'd seen this is al-jazeera my from doha also coming up the british prime sinks to a record low as boris johnson toughness a stance on praxair it will take look at how that might affect the u.k.'s economy.

up to 60 inmates are killed during a prison riots were seen by evil gangs in brazil. afghans seek to preserve what's left of a cultural legacy that was decimated under taliban rule. but 1st there are reports that on security forces are using live ammunition against protesters gathering in near the capital khartoum thousands of people are joining mass rallies across the country after 5 protest us including 4 students were shot dead by police on monday but the growing anger has forced the head off the military genser to respond saying the killing of peaceful students is a crime that requires immediate accountability well opposition groups are demanding an investigation into monday's killings and how some. when what happened in l a

boyd is the straw that will break the military council's back we need to know who committed the massacre and the military council has to address them and seen them to court if they don't then let this council and the professionals association and the coalition of freedom and change go to hell. to live there to have a morgan in address of a capital of neighboring ethiopia and have a strong response there from the military joined would you say they're feeling the pressure yes indeed had the military council rally response to protestors that this time around they've seen thousands of students not just from high school but from universities as well coming out to condemn the violence that happened in a little bit yesterday they are saying that killing of students is unacceptable especially because they came out demanding better conditions the reason that for them out is that when they went to school they found that there was no bread and there was hikes in the price of transportation as well as lack of fuel so they came up protesting that situation and were met by security forces which led to the

deaths of at least 5 people including a high school student so protesters on the streets in court all are saying that the military council and the opposition coalition will as the forces of freedom and change shoot holes negotiations and plan to form a transitional government and that there should be just as an accountability 1st now spoken to some activists just a few minutes ago and they're reporting that security forces are using live ammunition deployed to disperse protesters in the city of in their mind as well as trying to use tear gas to disperse but says protest is in the capital for 2 but they're saying that that will not stop them and they will wait and continue to protest until there is justice and accountability. how do you think this is likely to affect the talks we see in the opposition on the military will those. well talks have been postponed several times already and it is going to be postponed again to the opposition coalition has sent a team to the city over a long way to look into the issue of the deaths of the protesters and to the

condolences to the families of those who were killed and they're saying that at the moment they want to focus on what happened so at this has had an impact on the talks it's already delayed so it's already been delayed several times the opposition and the military council are on the final details of the constitutional declaration that he be the document that outlines the rules of the various our institutions in the transitional government but they are yet to meet because for existence on the street are saying that there should be no talks so this is definitely having some impact and protesters are saying that if the opposition coalition goes forward with their talks then they will lose face in back to fall election. carol those protests are so very much ongoing for now though heber morgan the lifers in at the sabah thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest and we will of course keep on top of events in sudan as the day progresses. now the alleged mastermind of the september 11th attacks says he may be willing to help

victims families and their lawsuits against sizing of arabia that's according to reports which say that in return for the check muhammad's wants the government to abandon its beds to execute him classical hand reports from washington d.c. . the survivors and victims of the september 11th attacks believe saudi arabia was behind it and they are suing to prove it now they might get help from an unlikely source suspected mastermind khalid shaikh muhammad in the lawsuit lawyers asked to speak to muhammad and he made a surprising response seeming to offer to cooperate against saudi with a condition remove the possibility of a death sentence writing in the absence of a potential death sentence much broader cooperation would be possible the president who often sides with saudi could face pressure this time to make the deal that it could virtually bankrupt saudi arabia all their assets in the united states and elsewhere could be. seen so the incentive for mr trump as opposed to others

to wave in is not very great but still it may be in the year 2020 that the united states population in general is not going to be sympathetic to mr trump running in seeking their vote if it looks like he's taking the side of saudi arabia over the victims of $911.00 and on the senate floor monday saudi arabia a source of extremism and bloodshed in the world a clear indication that the country's relationship with the united states is strained senator citing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi as one reason the war in yemen another. by now we are well acquainted with what has been at best the incompetent and at worst criminal actions of saudi arabia's air strikes in yemen all evidence suggests that the saudis have been tension only targeted hospitals bridges power stations apartment buildings weddings schools and yes even

a school bus filled with children his plea to senators override a presidential veto and stop an $8000000000.00 arms deal with saudi it failed to get the votes needed the bill on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of united states but the pressure on saudi continues in the u.s. house of representatives a committee has released a report on ties between the trump administration and saudi in the united arab emirates the investigation focuses on attempts by saudi to obtain nuclear technology according to congressional investigators the relationship was so close that when candidate trump was scheduled to give a major energy speech his close friend tom barrack circulated the draft among iranians saudi officials and then passed suggestions back to mr brock who conveyed them to trump campaign chairman paul man of fort the house says it will continue to investigate the relationship and the senate says it will continue to try and block the arms sales meaning regardless of what the president wants saudi arabia will

likely stay in the u.s. headlines for the forseeable future political gain al-jazeera washington. so because the senate wallsten say will to block the arms deal the u.s. government is free to push ahead precision guided munitions and releases equipment worth over $8000000000.00 will be sold to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. a weapons monitoring agency says a 5th of all u.s. arms sales between 20132017 were society to its own around $9000000000.00 at least $6000.00 civilians have been killed in yemen the majority by say the u.s. coalition airstrikes many senators fear the weapon sales will make the u.s. complicit in more killings well under smith is media coordinator for the campaign against the arms trade he says public pressure is needed to force the white house to change its attitude toward saudi arabia. the message being sent from the white

house is very clear that arms company profits are more important to the white house when human rights of people in saudi arabia and for human rights of people in yemen but the fact that it's even gotten this far is unprecedented the fact that we have seen both houses in the united states both the house of representatives and the senate condemning arms sales to the largest buyer of u.s. weapons is with a precedence of i have no date for pressure will continue but the message being sent by donald trump and his colleagues is that we would rather sell weapons to save the arabia than do what we can to put an end to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world we hope that people who vote for donald trump are just as appalled by these arms sales as people that don't vote for donald trump but this isn't necessarily an issue about donald trump or an issue about republican party this is an institutional issue donald trump may be a particularly protest example of that but he is following

a policy which has been in place for decades with has been republican administrations or democrat administrations both parties historically have been more than happy to arms exports ahead of human rights and have been extremely costly with. the british pound has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in almost 2 and a half years analysts warn the currency could fall further is the likelihood of the u.k. leaving the european union without a deal increases british prime minister boris johnson wants a new brics it deal with the youth leaders and is refusing to meet them until the agree to renegotiate join a whole has more from london. well dramatic it may be but it's no great surprise this for all in the value of the pound it has fallen on aggregate for the last 3 years since the brakes at referendum in june 2016 now reaching its lowest point since march 2017 that was the date when the article 50 process was triggered giving

the u.k. 2 years to reach a deal to leave the european union and that exit date has now been delayed twice to october the 31st the new deadline and that is now in the focus of the minds of investors as they look at boris johnson the new prime minister's promise to take the u.k. out on a buyout over the 31st come what may do or die deal or no deal in the warre for investors is that this process this brinkmanship strategy with the european union boris johnson saying he wants a deal demanding such a high price for that deal the removal of the dreaded northern ireland backstop that the e.u. are almost certainly not going to comply leading this country if not inevitably will irreversibly certainly forcefully towards that no deal breaks it that investors are pricing out into the value of the pound their concern of course that are no deal breakers it would so chaos on financial markets the world economy this

is the biggest the 5th biggest economy in the world it could tip britain into recession pro breaks it supporters of course say that all of the consequences of no deal are overplayed investors certainly as far as the value of the pound is concerned not taking any chances. protesters in hong kong have caused rush hour chaos spy disrupting subway trains demonstrators stilts car carriage doors from calls and preventing trains from departing some stations swelled to capacity as the protesters state. buses were brought into a large traverse to continue their journeys our reporter sarah clarke was that's the protests. it's peak hour here in hong kong where one of the busiest china lines of the out of districts said that feeds these commuters off from here into talent and hong kong island as you can see china behind me it's not where you live it's rather patterns and it's here it's creating committee tiles and these protesters are blocking the doors and trying to stop these kinds from leaving but at this

tides are something that isn't now getting angry so you can go i support the protesters but i don't agree with all those ways they choose to protest. or they do not represent us it's not going to help if they keep protesting like this this protest here was empty out which is the railway station of the well but she's been you know it's a part of i was a little bit a participant continue throughout the week and that includes another rally on friday another one on sunday as well as sunday so as you can see despite calls from the government and from china to china pull back these protests movements and stop these rallies the test growing it. still to come on al-jazeera democrat party politicians hoping to get a chance to become president are getting ready for a 2nd televised debate and growing calls to nullify a deal forcing central american migrants to claim asylum in guatemala rather than

the u.s. . hello . and again welcome to the look at the international forecast is looking dry across japan over the next couple of days but you see this area of cloud just running out to the east china sea pushing across north korea easing up towards that far eastern side of russia a little bit of cloud save into those northern parts of japan but just some places the fray to the fun north of the country well it's a dry him it is getting up to 33 celsius in tokyo and also want to send a cloud of dry moving across the korean peninsula will begin to nudge a little further north with tending to peter out as we go through tuesday mentees by choose day could just catch wanted to show it to the eastern side of the mountain over towards tokyo but for the most part it is going to remain settled not to settle across the far south of china may have this developing tropical system

here bringing some very heavy rain flooding rains lightly just around hong kong homewards day it will not just well little further north which as we go on into thursday big downpours here and that wet weather really gathering around the gulf of tonkin some more heavy showers into southwest china at all certain northern parts of vietnam in the mix as well as the northern parts of the philippines some big downpours coming in here the next couple of days and that rain pepping up on thursday. take the worst possible material you radiate grind it into dust comparable to flour and make up. and put it into place where people live it is a cause a loss of the bread as well and so many people are thinking of the silent heat. but does it make you feel nice you feel like a murderer we have created an enormous and little mental disaster. and

investigation south africa toxic city on al-jazeera. you're watching i'll just put my eyes over headlines for you sit on security forces are using live ammunition against protesters gathering in. the capital khartoum thousands of people are joining mass rallies across the country after 5 percent were shot dead by police on monday. u.s. senators have failed in their bid to stop arms sales to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates many politicians opposed the sale fearing the weapons could be used

against civilians in the yemen conflict. and the british pound has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in almost 2 and a half years and lists warn the currency could fall further over fears of a naughty a brick says threatened by prime minister boris johnson. a battle between rival gangs in a jail in brazil has killed at least 57 prisoners 16 were beheaded and others died when their cells were set on fire is the latest in a series of riots in the world's 3rd largest prison system which the president has promised to reform such a high that has the latest. inmates on the roof of the regional rehabilitation center in the northern city of al tamera while fellow prisoners battled it out below gang members in one prison block took over the cells of a rival gang 16 prisoners were beheaded dozens of others died from smoke inhalation when their cells were set on fire. oh prisoners families waited outside the

news and shots were fired by riot police to restore order after the 5 hour killing spree. of people doing the what are you knew. it was a fight between rival gangs there weren't any demands to the authorities by prisoners the only demand from others was to keep them safe the inmates were separated according to the gangs and now we have to wait for the list of victims and those who survived the rebellion that go. to prison officers taken hostage were freed on home this is the latest in a series of course all right. during his election campaign last year president diagrams for narrow promised a crackdown on crimes in jails and reforms of what critics say is a severely overcrowded and underfunded prison system instead those are seasickness of the ministry of justice and public safety has made space to send the criminal gang leaders of this rebellion to federal prison we are great these days and of

finding out how to step up our intelligence security our national forces already on standby but if i see a fight that mean you some brazilians have expressed a little sympathy including a federal politician and former police officer he posted a video saying no one is going to miss them if they can't commit crimes again after the u.s. and china brazil has the world's 3rd largest prison population with nearly a quarter of a 1000000 inmates. oh many belong to gangs who are new tories for their viciousness against rivals illegal drug use and bribery to maintain their control with most prisons controlled at state level this latest riot is a further test for president both sonora to deliver on his election promises so to hide at al jazeera. huawei says it seen a sharp jump in revenue up 23 percent in the 1st 6 months of this year suggesting u.s. sanctions aren't slowing the chinese tech giant yet the u.s.

president's blacklisted huawei in may blocking its access to u.s. suppliers but one way has been that just one of just a number of the streets leading to tariff or between the world's 2 largest economies talks to address them resuming in shanghai when hey has this update. the fact these 2 trade delegations are meeting again face to face is of course being seen as a positive but getting any accurate official information out of either side about what exactly might be taking place in shanghai has been difficult we understand though that there will be perhaps informal discussions over a meal followed by more formal negotiations on wednesday expectation is the low of any significant outcome in shanghai during the course of these talks because the 2 sides remain far apart on some of the key issues one of those issues surrounds the chinese phone manufacturer way which was in may place on the u.s.

blacklist preventing u.s. companies doing business with it out of concern that it could be a threat to u.s. national security will since then president donald trump has backtracked a bit that saying that some united states companies will be allowed to start doing business with weiwei but so far it seems that that process has not started and in fact it's just being words from the united states president well as the u.s. delegation arrived in shanghai weiwei and they answered its financial results for the 1st half of this year showing that revenues increased 23 percent despite that blacklisting from the united states the longer term outlook not so good for a while away it's it expects that its revenue will take a hit in the longer term and its already announced that it is cutting some 600 jobs in the united states so it seems certain that the issue of while away will be discussed while these 2 sides meet in shanghai. democrat party politicians hoping

to replace donald trump and the white house are gearing up for their 2nd televised debates they are sure to focus on trump's recent string of racist tweets while also trying to explain their fish for the country john hendren reports from destroyed it's where the debates will take place later on tuesday. it is a battle for the future of the democratic party this week's democratic presidential debates pits safely centrist candidates led by former vice president joe biden against the party's revolutionaries senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders i want to see somebody that has more progressive ideas get the ticket so it doesn't fall back on biden which to me would be a repeat of the hillary clinton so i'm kind of hoping that one of the other candidates whether it's warren or bernie they're vying for his spot at the top of the polls with calls for publicly funded health insurance immigration reform and higher taxes on the wealthy while the front runner always has

a target painted on his or her back so he has to expect some are tax and he's susceptible to attacks by dint of the fact that he's the most senior politician he has the longest record to defend california senator come harris joined the top 4 contenders to unseat president donald trump after she attacked by civil rights record in the 1st debate do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america then do you agree i did not oppose him in america biden says this time he is nice trading barbs this past week with new jersey senator cory booker over criminal justice i'm disappointed this take joe biden years and years until he was running for president to actually say that he made a mistake if there are things in that bill that were extraordinary bad if you want to go back and talk about records i'm happy to but i'd rather talk about the future of the candidates are expected to be on the attack this debate will likely winnow

down the unprecedentedly large field of 20 in 2 nights of debates with polling and fundraising numbers going up to qualify for a 3rd round of debates in september money will almost certainly start to dry up for those who don't perform well here it's no surprise that this debate is being held here in detroit democrats are. keenly aware that donald trump won in 2016 by knocking down the supposedly solid democratic blue wall in states like wisconsin pennsylvania and here in michigan where he won by about 10000 votes the narrowest victory anywhere in the country so far only the top 4 in south bend indiana mayor pete booty gedge qualify for round 3 that leaves contenders like amy club which are better o'rourke and kirsten gillibrand scrambling to prove their viability trump might well weigh in from the white house unifying democrats recently after he attacked for minority democratic women in congress many democratic voters remain

undecided and kind of waiting for the new to do with me and it's hard to keep up it's like more of the people to me. i think i mean it's almost like doing a school assignment to know each of these people but time is short and fundraising dollars are increasingly focusing on likely winners making this debate a struggle for survival john hendren al-jazeera detroit. some of those presidents jimmy moran this is facing criticism about an immigration deal he signed with washington the agreement forces central american migrants to claim asylum there instead of in the u.s. hundreds against the move over the weekend as human rights prosecutor is asking the constitutional courts to nullify the deal david marson has a story. one never imagined to be forced to flee his home country but after political protests swept through nicaragua last year one started receiving threats because of his work at a local university fearing for his family's safety one took his wife and young son

and headed north even now he's afraid to reveal his identity. at 1st we thought about the united states but we started to think about guatemala el salvador and mexico you don't hear anything good about these countries but in the end we opted for guatemala as we heard it was better than mexico as mexico and the united states crack down on undocumented migrants more central americans like one are filing for asylum in guatemala what a mall has never been a country where foreigners have asked for protection in fact over the past couple of decades only around 20 people per year have been granted asylum but now that starting to change and in this area alone since the start of the year 35 people have requested asylum and it's a trend that experts say is sure to continue on friday what amala signed an agreement with the united states to become a safe 3rd country a place where migrants on route to the u.s.

would have to stop and apply for asylum donald trump forced the deal through by threatening to tax remittances and impose tariffs on portable and goods watermelon civil society groups have already filed legal motions to have the agreement blocked . people who work with refugees in guatemala say the country is ill prepared to deal with an influx of asylum seekers. people seeking refuge in what they have a really tough time they have trouble finding work how seem schooling for their children and access to health care to see to ration here for what they are precarious for people from other countries is much more difficult armando fled his native el salvador after being shot 3 times by a teenager demanding $10000.00 an extortion payments for years he supported his special needs daughter by working odd jobs before meeting deborah and starting the asylum process. the application process is really slow it's really

tiring i know people who have been waiting for more than 15 months to get a definitive answer that's more than a year without access to employment or anything we're going through a crisis carving out a better life in guatemala won't be easy but a growing number of refugees say they're left with little choice david mercer al jazeera and western guatemala. a plane crash in pakistan has killed at least 18 people 13 of them on the ground 05 on board the small military aircraft it was on a routine training mission when it came down in a residential area near rubble. afghanistan's national museum in the capital couple is marking its 100th anniversary many of its pre islamic artifacts were destroyed by the taliban 80 years ago while artists are working to restore them hoping it will turn a page on a dark chapter of their country's past. reports. shares it in

software has been working at the afghan national museum for 38 years he was one of 3 museum employees ordered by the taliban in march 2001 to bring statues out of the safe room for them to destroy he says the taliban was wrong to target the museum if you mean it's important for afghanistan because it shows the history of this country it's not about worship it tells us how people lived in the past. side mohammed was a taliban commander at the time the museum was ransacked he has no regrets the needle much good. they used to be many tourists from around the world coming to afghanistan they were just here to visit they were here as part of the pilgrimage i think in an islamic country there is no place for the keeping or showing of statues but. it's been nearly 2 decades is the taliban was toppled from power many afghans

are worried about a future peace deal between the united states and the group they say they don't want to go back to a time when their cultural heritage was systematically destroyed. we are afraid that if. we like again such kind of. act against cultural heritage regime is so concerned he's looking for an international company to ensure the museum's artifacts so that if necessary they could be moved abroad meanwhile afghan artists curators and international experts are restoring the damaged displays hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of painstaking. work to ensure those determined to raise afghanistan's heritage don't succeed victoria gate and be algiers there. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines there are reports that on security

forces are using live ammunition against protesters gathering in on her man near the capital khartoum thousands of people are joining mass rallies across the country after 5 demonstrators including 4 students were shot dead by police on monday the growing anger has forced the heads of the military ginger to respond saying the killing of peaceful students is a crime that requires immediate accountability morgan has the latest from neighboring ethiopia. the military council rarely responds to protesters this time around we have seen thousands of students not just from high school but from universities as well coming out to condemn the violence that happened in a little bit yesterday they are saying that killing of students is unacceptable security forces are using live ammunition deployed to disperse protesters. in their mind as well as france used tear gas that was as it were just as in the capital but they say that that's will not stop and they will wait. until there is justice and

accountability the british band has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in almost 2 and a half years analysts warn the currency could for further asked the likelihood of the u.k. leaving the european union without a deal increases british prime minister boris johnson was a new brics a deal with a use eaters and is refusing to make them until they agree to renegotiate. and a battle between rival gangs in a jail in brazil has led to the deaths of at least 57 prisoners 16 were beheads its and others dies when their cells were set on far 2 members of staff were taken hostage but eventually released following the riots which lasted 5 hours. short states to stay with us here on al-jazeera the u.s. continues after inside story by fanatic.

it's almost 2 years since more than 700000 ranger fled a military crackdown in me and since then they've been crammed into squalid camps in bangladesh but mere miles government is under pressure to take them back so what are they offering and is it enough this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm martin dennis the range of people have been called the most persecuted minority in the world me amal doesn't even.