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invades ukraine. a fire at the south african parliament calls extensive damage. please have arrested a man for arson. and u. s. health officials warmly health care system could come under strain because of a surge in alma chrome cases. ah welcome to the pregnancy dolls. prime minister abdullah ham dock has resigned less than 2 months after he signed a deal with the military following a qu. they has been a political deadlock between all parties during the countries transition from dictatorship to democracy. and during his speech on state television, pan doc said more talks are needed in order for all parties to come to a deal. what i'm the opposite. yeah. was it the other one we should we needed a round table for this, our vision of the country to come to an agreement. i try to spare my country the

disaster. recently i met with all the civilian and military officials of the transitional council to adjust his issues on monday. after i decided to return to you what you have interested me and resigned the position of prime minister. am docks resignation comes after violent protests took place across the country on sunday, which left at least 3 people dead in undermanned earlier police fire tear gas at crowds. marshville the presidential palace in the capital cartoon. so far, 57 people have been killed since rallies began in october when the military seized power. hip morgan has been following developments from the capital. he mentioned a lot of things including the things that he achieved during his tenure as prime minister just over 2 years. but he also said that the reason why he became prime minister in the 1st place was because of the constitutional declaration. that's the power sharing agreement. that was signed between the forces of freedom and change coalition, and the military following the overthrow of president armand bashir. he said that

political consensus was the reason why he was appointed as prime minister. and the lack of that political consensus is why he's resigning. now he had him and made it clear that he wanted to resign from more than 2 weeks now. but then over the past 2 weeks, he said he met with the various components of the transitional government including the military components. the political parties as well as the other parties that find a peace agreement with the transitional government to try to reach a consensus. that's because when he signed that agreement, the agreement with the military on november 21st, after the takeover in october last year, many political parties were against it while very few supported it. and that created a deadlock with many people saying that they want to continue to protest. they want the military out of the political theme, thus placing prime minister handbook in a very rough or tough position. now he had tried to and that deadlock tried to break that deadlock and, and the end that political crisis saying if it's not averted than sudan will spiral

into what he said was going to be a turmoil. and because he's not able to achieve that, he has resigned from his position. we hardly reports on of dela hm docs political career so far. abdullah ham duck emerged as leader in 2019 after the overthrow of sedans. authoritarian president. oh, mar alba. sheer, the country's main civilian coalition, the forces of freedom in change. so hm, duke, as the man to help sudan transition from dictatorship to democracy. he had previously worked in the ministry of finance before taking up top jobs and african development funds. and serving as the deputy commissioner of the un economic commission for africa. as prime minister hum doc oversaw a severe financial crisis during which inflation sort beyond 400 percent. but he still managed to in the civil conflict and are for with the job a peace agreement of october 2020. he also successfully lobbied the us and the

world bank to remove sudan from the list of sponsors of terrorism, and convinced global financial institutions to provide debt relief and economic aid . but in october this year, the military lead by up the father had been hon. staged a military takeover, placing prime minister hummed up under house arrest and putting members of his cabinet in prison. a months later humbug was released and reinstated, after international condemnation of the crew. he then agreed to form a government of technocrats and sideline political groups. but many stood knees felt he had betrayed the revolution. the anti military demonstrations have since led to the killing of dozens of protesters by police and security forces. hum duke has been unable to stop the violence secured the release of political prisoners or install a government that would remove military interference. and now it seems he was left

with no choice but to concede defeat and resign leah harding al jazeera. joining me via skype from washington dc has come and hudson, and he's a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council to hudson could help me with this. and i was just there. it does seem that sudan is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to democracy right now. well, i think that's being generous. i think what we've seen in the last 2 months since the military coup in sudan is virtually the re establishment of the bas year regime without omar albus year. we've seen the military undo the vast majority of the reforms. we've seen the economic progress halted and financial assistance from the national community suspended. we've seen the intelligent services re empowered to arrest and detain people. we've seen, you know,

nearly 60 people killed and more than that raped and injured and arrested and tortured throughout the course of these protests over the last month. so we have seen really a wholesale re establishment of the previous regime in the military's effort to control the political outcome in the country. and so i think that it's worse than what we thought. so what happens next in terms of the fact that we've got now a void in the post of the prime minister? we have the public still ensued on, on the streets, willing to risk their lives. it seems day in day out to fight for the democracy that they want to need so badly. absolutely. i think it's a very dangerous, tenuous situation. right now. you've said it, you said it. well, i think that what we are likely to see is the military try to appoint a new prime minister whether they call it a caretaker prime minister,

or they just go ahead and, and i'll put somebody in that role who will likely be compliant with the military and, and, and under the military's influence, i think that will only further inflame the pro democracy st. protesters who are, i think, really very tired of the direction of this transition. i don't even think we can call into a transition any more. we certainly can't call it a civilian led government any more. so i do think though that the military is on a trend where it is trying to, ah, you know, take more and more power and returned to the previous. um, you know, political ah, a gun and we're going to see a bigger stand off, i think with protesters, i think the x factor right now is how is the international community going to respond to both the prime ministers move. but also now the military seemingly taking more and more power for themself for president full, a prime minister. hum doc did say in part of the statement and his address on state television that he had resigned. because factors and factions that he had tried to

get around the negotiating table just couldn't quite see eye to eye. and he talked about the forces of freedom and change. have really not agreed all the way forward . how much opposition groups, civil society groups to be blamed for this particular scenario that sudan is facing, that they're dare i say intransigence and not finding a way forward has allowed the military to hang golden to the power that they already had. well, i think it's misplaced, or certainly it's misplaced, especially when you consider that the prime minister in his, in his remarks didn't mention that nearly 60 people who have been murdered by the military and pro democracy protests. it's an outrageous oversight on his part to create this kind of moral equivalence or even to put added responsibility on the, the forces for freedom and change. i think they are a product of the system that they came up in 30 years of oppression under

a military dictatorship. so yes, of course they're struggling to find a political consensus because they have only ever existed in a political context where winner takes all where compromise and mediation are not a part and parcel of the political process in the country. so i think it is incumbent upon the international community step forward. let's remember that prime minister honda was not a politician, he was a technocrat, he was brought in because he was a technocrat economist and a un bureaucrat. so he himself lacked the political skill set to help forge a political consensus among politicians who by their very nature are quarrelsome and have difficulty finding that consensus of the very difficult time full saddam in the coming days and weeks. but for the moment come on, hudson, thanks joining us for washington d. c. thank you. now the you, as president, as told as ukrainian counterpart vladimir zalinski, that the united states will respond decisively in russia further encroaches on

ukraine's territory that he to spoke earlier about. russia's build up of tens of thousands of troops near the ukrainian border, and they prepare for diplomatic talks as well later this month, that will also involve russia, anita amy to de escalate the conflict. this comes after pressed a button spoke on thursday to vladimir putin threatening her with sanctions. if moscow invades ukraine, john hendrick hospital from washington, dc. gen saki, the press secretary issued this statement, and she said, president biden made clear that the united states and its allies will respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine, it goes on to say the leaders expressed support for diplomatic efforts. and there are a lot of diplomatic efforts going on in europe this week. there is a meeting between the 10th and the 13th rush will meet with the us. it will meet with representatives of nato and it will meet with representatives of european countries. all of that churning the diplomacy, trying to stop what seems like a pending invasion with

a 100000 russian troops lining the border of ukraine, seemingly poise to invade. that statement goes on to say that indeed the president promised he would do nothing about you without you. meaning he's not going to have a bilateral conversation, which seems to be what the latter mere putin wants. he is trying to have a conversation about the fate of ukraine without necessarily involving that countries always biden, who keeps bringing lensky in specifically vital has threatened economic sanctions. he's threatened to bring more military might in the eastern part of europe under the auspices of nato. and more military equipment in ukraine itself. all of those are things that russia doesn't want. putin seems to want a buffer there any want to promise that ukraine will never become part of nato and biting his told him as a decision between ukraine and nato still had here on al jazeera march is in the

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abrasion, tradition, life was gained rare insight into the diverse culture and couple of the bucket land nice together. wedding monday, unemployed in the the book about your watching officer with needs the whole, rob, nevermind to evolve. top stories said on the prime minister. i've done a handle has resigned less than 2 months after he signed to deal with the military,

following a coo during his speech. and from his time doc said, more talks are needed in order for all parties to come to an agreement that comes at protest as clashed with security forces. once again, buying to continue the fight against the military rule. at least 3 people have been killed. joe vitamin has told us ukrainian counterpart the us will respond decisively, russia further encroach them. ukraine territory also has a diplomatic talk later this month. that will also involve russia and native naming to deescalate the conflict of fire that devastated south africa parliament building in cape town. is finally under control. it broke out early in the morning and has extensively damaged the national assembly chamber, where politicians said, a man has been arrested and asked you to appear in court on tuesday. killing wolfe has moved from cape town, a national monument and symbol of south african democracy, up in flames. a fire tour through cape towns, buildings of parliament,

sunday severely damaging the offices of south africa, the ruling party. and later spreading to the national assembly. south african president, several ram, oppose that calling it a devastating event, but insisting that the work of parliament must go on much as it is disappointing. never stating there is something that can be grateful for. for these men and women in uniform, go into the vote. dangerous places that you can ever think of risking limb and i live the devastation occurred on the heels of the state. funeral of archbishop desmond tutu held a day earlier, just streets away. the presidents and many of south africa, high ranking politicians already in the city to honor the anti apartheid heroes porch would have been devastated as well. because this is the place that

he not only supported paid for and wanted to see the repository of the democracy that he worked so hard. dozens of firefighters spent whole sunday tackling the blades. police and medical units were also on standby, though no casualties were reported. digits a very said a democracy. parliament is the home of democracy and bonham and is also assist d g, a key point. the national assembly is a symbol of south africa. democracy here is where the president deliver to the state of the nation address. and it's also where nelson mandela was elected as the 1st black president of south africa. of course, it's a place that attract tourists from all around the world. next month, president sterile roma pose is expected to deliver that state of the nation address . many might expect that this will no longer be the scene, the incidence igniting

a long time to be to move parliament to the country's capital pretoria. but for a place to serve such a pivotal role during south africa apartheid era that is a move many south africans few which strike a painful chord. chilling wolf, al jazeera cape town in be overcome variant bad weather, causing major travel disruption in the u. s. with many airlines, south stuff sick, the country is seeing up to 2 and a half 1000 flight cancellations a day. that's half the world wide. total airlines are offering up to triple pay a method to boost staffing during the busy close to the holiday season. and work on cases continue to search across the us. but whitehouse medical chief advisor anthony found she says, the number of vaccinated people in the hospital remains low. my county has moved from washington d. c. well,

down to policy making very clear that the rate of infection is rising at unprecedented levels. however, he adds that given the case studies in other parts of the world, in particular, south africa. they could be a drop in the rate in coming weeks. this is the way that the virus, the army kron variant has been going. but dr. poaching says, as well, that hospitalizations remain high, but it's significant that the number of those being vaccinated do not necessarily respond to the amount of testing that has been done. in other words, the number of cases being entered into hospital is very low among those who are vaccinated, which dr. policy says is exceedingly significant. and because of the ads may be one should start looking at the hospitalization rates rather than the testing figures. this is what he had to say. this is particularly relevant if you're having an

infection that is much, much more a symptomatic and minimally symptomatic, particularly, and people who are vaccinated and boosted the real bottom line that you want to be concerned about is, are we getting protected by the vaccines from severe disease leading to hospitalization, i'm still very concerned about the 10s of millions of people who are not vaccinated at all. because even though many of them are going to get a symptomatic and mildly symptomatic, a fair number of them are going to get severe disease. but she also said that the cdc is reviewing its recommendation that the quarantine rate among those testing positive who are a symptomatic be reduced to 5 days. they announced that last week. but within that protocol, there was not a testing recommended after that 5 day period. doctor fall saying that in coming days, the cdc, a change,

this and schools got ready to reopen in the u. k. new measures have been announced to try to limit the spread of coven 19 the i'm a cranberry and her scene record daily cases over the weekend. putting pressure on sectors like education and health care that in baba reports now from london. with the return to school just days away, many a wondering how they'll be able to stay open in the week to the 27th of december, an estimated one in 20 secondary pupils in england that those aged over 11 had corona virus. the rise in cases is driven by the more transmissible ami con variant . now, secondary pupils in england will have to wear a face covering, at least for the next 3 weeks. and the education watched or offset says go be no inspections in the 1st week of term was 2 thirds of adults had been boosted and obviously children have not. and so that's why we brought in some additional measures within schools at web play making available things like ventilators and extra, some 1000 f ventilation units for those classrooms where it's difficult and to

ventilate, that's largely backed by school leaders. biggest threats education at st states is not having those members to start teach young. and if the way we try and keep our schools more reassuringly safe, history place to bring this route changes to austin is to improve ventilation. and that will be definitely across was probably the government's clearly worried about staff absences due to covet 19 it's our boss's in the public sector to plan for up to a quarter of the workforce being off it will light heavily on an extensive program of boosters or 3rd, vaccination doses to drive down corona virus rates, but that's being outpaced by omicron i. one of the key tools for keeping the economy going. regular testing isn't working properly. there have been severe shortages of all types of tests including the rapid lateral flow test problems in accepting, copied 19 tests, are increasing concerns in important factors such as the health service. the main

doctors union here says its members are having trouble getting test, which means they're worried that they're infecting that patient. the u. k. government insists more restrictions must be a last resort. but with hospitals warning coverage, placing events pressures on them, experts say the new, tentative is changes in behavior be fully immunized. take your boosters and where a good quality mosque and f b to mosque and avoid those indoor closed, only ventilated places. if we were to exercise all of those measures ourselves, we by our on ethics, would bring down the case numbers. for now, the only certainty that microns having an impact on workplace is around the country . what isn't that? how well the measures in place will deal with it. the d baba al jazeera london, the rockies of all the to you and of s, re the assassination and senior iranian general costume cilla money for the money

was killed in a us try and strike in baghdad, along with rocky commander above the elbow, hunt this and several others, the hit was ordered by the former us president donald trump, who said son of money was planning an attack on us interest. spa hoot abilene had, is in baghdad. he says, the demonstrators have vowed to continue pushing for an investigation into the attack. this is the wreckage of the vehicles that were carrying the 2 commanders. uranium commanded a possum sleigh many and i didn't want this commander of iraq's popular mobility station forces when they were targeted by u. s. a strike 1000 have been coming here in the famous spot near the airport to commemorate the assassination of the 2 commanders. people have been lighting candid here and putting flowers. we have been chanting against the us and against foreign troops, demanding the expulsion of all foreign troops from iraq can reiterating that there

is illusion passed by the iraqi parliament and january 2020. following the attack stipulating that old foreign troops should leave a rock. these protests to say that they will continue protesting across iraq and many other provinces. to commemorate the death of the 2 commanders, they say that the demanding action, they say that there must be conclusion to the investigation that is started. 2 years ago. they say the key issue in this occasion today is the sovereignty of iraq. the attack happens on a rocky soil and iraq should take an action against the perpetrators a break of bud soon. israel has killed another 1000 my great 3 cranes in the sheila valley. it adds to the 5000 cox is found in the reserve in the countries north last

week. now the environment minister has called it the worst blow to wildlife in his round history. america versus alarm should we proceed to fill it? i hope it won't continue spreading because as of now, we don't know, we came prepared to fix the entire group of 24000 cranes on. but this is not the case of the moment and out of control to stay this way. we don't know how wild animals behave of bird flu. loyalty, a south african tradition that goes back more than 2 centuries has been disrupted by the pandemic for a 2nd year. reading miller reports now from cape town on the minstrel carnival, a which tens of thousands of people take part to it. neither young or the 2nd of january is when communities in cape town take to the streets ushering in the new year. the musicians and dances are part of clubs or clubs. they ban coma drums creating the unique sound and rhythm, singing songs of hope and good luck, often taking pop songs and making it their own sr, mind blowing experience,

mind blowing, you cannot imagine. people start to fly, the music drives them, the more killing more and every one was saying, give me more. melvin has been brought to these parades since he was a child. some of his earliest memories go back to the 19 fifties and sixties freedom that expedient. in the parade, but there's much more than, than than what, what people can imagine. the carnival goes back more than 200 years. when the dutch colonized the cape in what is today south africa. slaves would come out on the 2nd day of the new year to celebrate the day off. it's evolved since then, while the 1st formal carnival was held in $19.00 oh $7.00. this is book off in cape town, where the parade of musicians and dancers would pass through,

surrounded by tens of thousands of people who come out to watch the spectacle. but for a 2nd journey ro, cova 19 is interrupted. the long standing tradition. despite the event being cancelled, some troops continued to practice whenever covert 19 restrictions i eased. this is just one of the dozens of clubs that participate with more than 20000 other musicians. dances and singers. people are devastated very, very, very little that we have coming for ourselves. we come from the most marginalized parcels of society and in the western cape the attitude the earlier that we need to get the carnival going as quickly as possible . while the carnival's origins go back to the days of slavery, people in this community say it's now symbolizes far more utilizes, well be to that i left forward into the new year. and,

and we use it as an expiration or factor as we become positive. again, positive after the jo strife. for now, the usual celebrations have been put on hold. but still, with the hope that the global pandemic will not rail the passing on of a centuries old custom. for me, the miller al jazeera cave down. ah, he won't, you will just bear with me said romney hall. reminder of our top story. sedans, prime minister de la hon. dog has resigned less than 2 months after he signed to deal with the military following a coup. during his speech on dog said more talks are needed in order for all parties to come to an agreement. while it comes to protest as clash with security falls is once again inviting to continue the fight against military rule. at least 3 people were killed. please find, take us at crowns, marching.