this is bbc world news. the headlines. the head of the intra— military counsel which ousted the this is bbc world news today. president has announced that he is i'm tanya beckett. our top stories... prosecutors in sweden consider stepping down, protesters have been whether to reopen a rain inquiry, demanding a transition to democracy. prosecutors are considering reopening investigation directed at the wikileaks reopening investigation directed at the wikilea ks founder. prosecutors in sweden consider reopening investigation directed at the wikileaks founder. this follows whether to reopen a rape inquiry, against the wikileaks his arrest at the embassy in london founder, julian assange. the united states wants him extradited. he is going to fight extradition and on thursday, he denies the we are going to fight it hard. this this case raises allegations. the airline has significant issues about free speech. in the last few minutes suspended all its international the head of sudan's interim military council — flights until monday, the which ousted the president cancellation has stranded passengers in a coup on thursday — across indian cities and around the has announced he's stepping down. india's jet airways suspends flights until monday, stranding passengers world including london, paris and all over the world. and there's anger from singapore. campaigners have campaigners as a ban comes into effect on transgender people serving in the us military.

hello and welcome to world news today. prosecutors in sweden say they're considering whether to reopen an investigation, into allegations of rape against the founder of wikileaks, julian assange. he was arrested on thursday, following ecuador‘s decision to revoke his asylum at its embassy in london, after nearly seven years. the us wants him extradited to face charges of conspiracy to hack a government computer, but here in the uk the opposition labour party says he shouldn't be sent to america, for simply exposing evidence of us atrocities in iraq and afghanistan. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. swedish prosecutors have been pursuing julian assange for years about rape, coercion and molestation allegations. he took refuge in the ecuadorian embassy. eventually, the prosecutors stopped trying to question him. but when the metropolitan police dragged him into custody,

they got a second chance. they have until next august to restart the rape investigation. assange fought not to go to sweden because he was worried sweden would extradite him to the us. now britain's considering that. he's obviously going to fight extradition and fight it hard. this case raises significant issues about free speech. we've been warning about the prospect of an extradition request from the united states since 2010. after seven years inside the embassy, resolving the case will mean answering some fundamental questions. isjulian assange a global campaigner who worked up a conspiracy to hack a secret computer system, or is he a journalist publishing leaked information in the public interest, something the courts might be more lenient about? in these modern times, he may well be a bit of both, but this is how he described himself to the bbc in 2010. we're a publisher. we accept information from whistle— blowers.

we vet it, we analyse it and publish it and that's what we do. but the american chargesheet against him suggests he did more than just accept and publish. it accuses him of requesting information from chelsea manning, the us intelligence analyst, and of trying to crack a password to himself. he's not accused of spying or treason and the maximum sentence in these charges is less than the time he spent in the embassy. but labour believes he is being pursued for political reasons. i think there may be human rights issues in relation to assange. he is, at the very least, a whistle—blower and much of the information he brought into the public domain, it could be argued, was very much in the public interest. but wikilea ks leaked hillary clinton's e—mails and she wants him charged. it's not about punishing journalism, it's about assisting the hacking of the military computer to steal

information from the united states government, but the bottom line is, he has to answer for what he has done, at least as it has been charged. he has nine weeks to prepare his case against extradition. in the last few minutes, its been reported that the interim military leader of sudan has announced he's stepping down. general awad ibn 0uf, was only sworn in on tuesday following the ousting of president 0mar al—bashir. general 0uf had been due to give a speech to the nation. it's not clear who's now in charge. protesters have been demanding elections as soon as possible. and the situation has been discussed by the united nations security council. this report from our world affairs correspondent paul adams. the revolution did not go to sleep.

throughout the night, tens of thousands of people defied a military curfew on the streets of the capital. the atmosphere was festive. yesterday saw the end of a 30 year dictatorship. but for all the song and dance, there is real anxiety, too. the demonstrators are not willing simply to swap one military leader for another. once again, ordinary soldiers mingled and participated. the apparent support of rank and file giving the crowds the feeling they are not alone. the new day brought no let up on the streets. the demand here is for real, not cosmetic, change. translation: we want what the sudanese professionals association has said in their statement. we want a civilian transitional government as soon as possible. if it has to be the army who makes this happen, then we don't want anyone

from their side who has been part of the regime in any way. translation: why isn't there a transitional government? all those people who died, have theyjust gone in vain? we cannot accept this. but it seems the military may be listening after all. it says it won't tolerate chaos but is offering dialogue and a more rapid transition. translation: we are the guarantor of their demands, the guarantors to help them achieve what they demand. there has to be agreement and consensus from all political groupings. all of us, we should work hand in hand. we are not against the demands of the people. we are for the demands of the people. and we will help them to achieve them. but the military says it won't hand over the former president, 0mar al—bashir. he's been accused of genocide and war crimes by the international criminal court in the hague.

this morning, the un urged sudan to comply. 0ur position on this is very clear. we do encourage the authorities in sudan to fully cooperate with the international criminal court. sudan's revolution remains delicately poised. the streets and the military not yet in agreement. this country of a0 million people still facing an uncertain future. paul adams, bbc news. a reminder of the breaking news on this story. it's been reported that the interim military leader of sudan has announced he's stepping down. general awad ibn 0uf, pron was only sworn in on thursday following the ousting of president 0mar al—bashir. general 0uf had been due to give a speech to the nation. it's not clear who's now in charge. protesters have been demanding elections as soon as possible. we'll bring you more on this as soon as we get it. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... security staff have been called

to incident outside the white house. a man is reported to have tried to injure himself. it's not clear exactly what happened, but there doesn't appear to have been a major security threat. one of britain's most high—profile eurosceptic politicians, nigel farage, has launched a new pro—brexit party, promising to fight for what he called a "democratic revolution" in british politics. the brexit party intends to contest next month's elections for the european parliament, which britain will take part in if it doesn't leave the european union beforehand. the world health organisation has delivered an update on the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo, saying it doesn't represent an international emergency. the who says the disease remains concentrated in the country's north—east, and has not spread to neighbouring countries. more than 750 people have been killed by ebola during the current outbreak. president trump confirmed on friday that he wanted to transport people

detained in his immigration crackdown at the mexico border to so—called ‘sanctuary cities‘ — referring to cities which refuse to assist federal immigration authorities detaining people living in the us illegally. democratic mayors across the country said they would welcome illegal immigrants, condemning what they called president trump's ‘racist rhetoric‘. the remarks made on twitter followed a speech mr trump gave earlier in the day, in which he first discussed the plan. we will bring the illegal, i called and illegals, they came across the border illegally. we will bring them to sanctuary city areas and let that particular area take care of it, whether it‘s a state or whatever it may be, a california sect in the same we want more people, they want more people and the sanctuary city so we more people and the sanctuary city so we will give that our people we can get them a lot we can get them an unlimited supply so let‘s see if

they are so happy they say we have open arms and they always say that, let‘s see if they have open arms. president trump. passengers have been stranded in india and around the world after the country‘s largest private airline, jet airways, suspended all its international flights. the debt—ridden carrier, which flies hundreds of domestic and international routes, was today operating fewer than 20 planes out of a fleet of 123. earlier i spoke to simon calder, travel editor at the independent. he explained the reasons for the demise ofjet airways. well, it‘s a sorry story really. they began 25 years or so ago and they were founded, and they grew quickly to become absolutely the biggest airline in india, overtaking even air india. very good service, they prided themselves on and they still do. and fortunately, around about 2005, which is when they made an ipo, and went public on my part was when the competition

really started to mount up and people like indigo and spicejet coming in, and as a result of that. they have gotten more and more in fact, they made a loss for most of the last ten years, they owe about $1 billion and so they said about 2k hours ago we are not going to have any international flights on friday. and then they added to that saying we will not had any international flights up to and including monday the 15th of april. this is affecting tens of thousands of travellers, many of whom are not where they want to be and of course all the alternative flights are getting very, very expensive. (pres) stay with us on bbc world news, still to come:(upsot 3" we would tell you i tens of algerians are best thousands are on the streets protesting.

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disappear. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines... prosecutors in sweden are considering whether to reopen a rape inquiry, against the wikileaks founder, julian assange, following his arrest in the uk on thursday. the military council which replaced sudan‘s president in a coup has offered to start a dialogue with protesters — and speed up the current two—year transition to civilian rule. in algeria, tens of thousands of people are again protesting on the streets, demanding a new government that‘s free of members of the old ruling elite. the demonstrators, many of them young, marched earlier for the eighth friday in a row. they‘re angry at the appointment of abdel—kader bensalah as interim leader, saying he‘s too close to the former president, who was forced out of office 10 days ago. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin

reports from algiers. they chant "the country is ours," they chant. "and we will do what we want." even the youngest are brought along. mass protest, now the friday routine. just a few months ago, this seemed impossible. you could go to jail for posting on facebook. after decades of repression by a hated regime, it‘s just too much for some. "what do they want from us?" he says. "we ask god for revenge." well, more police are moving into position, the cloud is building here, and so is the anger. this is the eighth friday in a row that the demonstrators have gathered. and they say they will keep coming until all of their demands are met.

they want a complete break with the past, a clean sweep. that means the new interim president, abdelkader bensalah, must go. protesters don‘t trust him to organise free elections. and some worry the powerful military is playing a double game, expressing support for the protests while trying to limit any change. in the main square today, police could not hold back the crowds, and didn‘t try too hard. the protesters believe the march of history is on their side. so, i came from abroad and i‘m very happy to be here with my family in order to march for democracy and in order to stop this corrupt government and to try to give the youth chance for tomorrow. do you believe you‘ll succeed? i think we will succeed, definitely,

we‘re far too many not to succeed. many here now are standing up to the regime, like nisa imad, who confronted the police all alone. "i told them this is my country," she said. "we want the whole system to go. there‘s nothing for the young generation. i have five kids with nojobs and no homes of their own." small wonder there is fury against the familiar faces of the old regime. they denied the young freedom and hope and left many without work. the gallows await the thieves, they say. here‘s what the protesters were up against today. the police stopped to water canon. no—one is sure where all this is headed, but algerians hope their uprising will be an exception in the arab world,

a push for change that does not end in bloodshed. 0rla guerin, bbc news, algiers. let‘s get all the sport now and join adam wild. thank you, let‘s begin in augusta georgia, where it‘s really very tight to the top of the press demands major of the year, masters all the second rats coming towards an end there, let‘s go straight to that leader last year when there francesco is joined by that leader last year when there francesco isjoined by australia‘s jason bay, 700 pike dustinjohnson and brooks took a shot behind them with tiger woods still very much in contention, just a little way down the field on three under. the liveable managerjuergen klopp has called a life balance for fans found guilty of a racist abuse. a racist abuse. it follows the emergence of the video is six chelsea supporters appear to chant if on their way to

the europa league match at slavia prague last night. three of the six involved were identified by chelsea and banned from the games. here‘s oui’ and banned from the games. here‘s our record —— here‘s david. the latest high profile incident of racist abuse to bring shame on football. this video appeared on social media yesterday, head of the europa league at tie—in project, a small group of supporters targeting the egyptian player with is on the phobic abuse. three and the video we re phobic abuse. three and the video were identified by chelsea and barred from the match. chelsea travelled deliverable this weekend. it's travelled deliverable this weekend. it‘s disgusting and another example for something that should not happen. we should not see it as a chelsea thing or deliverable thing, it‘s another sign that something is

going wrong. if you do something like that, you should not be allowed to enter a stadium again. that‘s from my point of view in your life. here on sunday it‘s helping the focus is on football at liverpool look to take a giant step towards ending their long wait to be league champions. 30 odd miles down the road, the titleholders manchester city will have something to say about that. city are two points behind deliverable about how they game in hand and it kept quite a lot and then went on that the remaining fixtures, be trippy will be theirs. the night if feels nice to finish the premier league with which is what we pay for and that‘s what we will prepare for. 29 years after the triumph, desperate to retain that crown, and authorities will want to be remembered for exporting and glory, not and bigotry. be remembered for exporting and glory, notand bigotry. —— be remembered for exporting and glory, not and bigotry. —— export and glory. newcastle united easing

their concerns taking a leicester city, who of course are still in the hunt for european spot currently one melted newcastle the spanish playing. the rfq meets england international billy after he a p pa re ntly international billy after he apparently showed his support for israel, whose social media comments, that held rates for gay people, follows his sack. he refused to him like the post and said that man was made for women to procreate, that was the goal. he however added that he does not hate anyone. the rf youth says they don‘t support his views and the cloud says they‘ll deal with the matter internally as his conduct is inconsistent with what they expect. like him he's a christian and interprets his christianity in a certain way, and

for that he has been asked by other people to unlike the post that the other played out and he has not done it and then went a step further and put out sentiments that broadly are in line with where he‘s coming from, it‘s a real can of worms being up here. with him using his social media platform to put across a point of view that many people find offensive. that's our rugby union reporter chris jones and offensive. that's our rugby union reporter chrisjones and that‘s all this but for now. thank you very much. president donald trump‘s ban on transgender people serving in the us military has come into effect. after three years of being able to openly serve their country as their chosen gender, now they can only serve in their gender assigned at birth. the president says it‘s down to the cost of medical bills. 0ur lgbt correspondent ben hunte explains what the new rules mean. transgender people are being barred from joining the united states military. but what‘s led to this, and what does that mean for transgender service people in the future? this is myjob.

this is my life. i served six years. i carried our fallen warriors. it feels like a slap in the face. before we get to how the ban applies, and why some of its reasoning is questionable, bear with me a little bit of history. history was made today. transgender people will now be allowed to serve openly. and then one tweet changed everything. on twitter, not the president promised to reimburse president 0bama‘s 2016 decision. yes, this totally surprise decision, while popular with some republican supporters, immediately brought legal challenges from human rights campaigners. but a us supreme court vote decided in january that a version of it should be put in place. now, in 15 seconds, here‘s how the ban applies. you can‘tjoin if you transitioned or want to transition, which effectively bans trans people from joining. no one serving will be allowed to come forward to transition, unless they started the process before the ban.

they will now only be allowed to serve in the gender assigned at birth. the department of defence says that the new policy doesn‘t ban transgender people from serving. but some campaign groups say the new rules will systematically push transgender people out of the military. they will have to choose between being themselves and serving their country. now, president trump has had that one of the main reasons for the ban is at tremendous medical costs. but as you will see, that costs might not be the whole story. here come the numbers. according to the pentagon, over the past three years, the us military has spent about $8 million on transgender care. the military‘s annual health care budget tops $50 billion. in 2017, the total cost of care that related to transitioning let‘s just over $2 million. which was far less than one present of the military‘s annual health care budget. and that‘s around 1/20th of what the military spent on viagra in a single year. forgetting about the cost of health care, hundreds of transgender troops have deployed to combat zones.

and top military buses have unanimously stated that having transgender service people has no harm or impact on cohesion and the american medical association has also said there is no valid medical reason for the ban. president trump‘s change on transgender rights is very different to policies in other countries. tra nsgender troops can serve in at least 18 other nations. including the uk. i transitioned about five years ago. i was greeted with support and love from the british army and my colleagues. being open about myself made me better at myjob. there are still ongoing challenges for president trump‘s controversial policy, but these will be fight after his band starts rolling out across the us military service. i think that this ban will be overturned in time, but it's not soon enough for those who are serving right now. for now though, it does seem that this man is less about health care and more about politics. the rolling stones front man, sir mick jagger, has posted a photograph of himself on social media, after having life—saving

heart surgery last week. "a walk in the park!" the caption says. he had heart valve replacement surgery in new york, just days after postponing the latest leg of his ‘no filter‘ world tour. he‘s expected to make a full recovery. a reminder of the breaking news this hour. it‘s been reported that the interim military leader of sudan has announced he‘s stepping down. general awad ibn 0uf, pron was only sworn in on thursday following the ousting of president 0mar al—bashir. general 0uf had been due to give a speech to the nation. lieutenant general abdel fattah burhan abdelrahman will replace him. protesters have been demanding elections as soon as possible. that news just breaking in the last half an hour. don‘t forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter — i‘m @bbcta nyabeckett.

bye— bye. that evening, some sure the sun close out the client working week and it looks like the theme into the weekend continues along a similar pattern, chilly side of the time of year, the deal of dry weather around and signa year, the deal of dry weather around and sign a spouse to look forward to as well. we are still stuck in repeat with an area of high—pressure sitting across scandinavia, feeding in this coolair sitting across scandinavia, feeding in this cool air across the north sea and preventing these weather fronts from making too much of an impression, so the next trac keep clear skies across much of the country with the exception southwest england and wales maybe northern ireland at that mark rutte here and temperature is pulled up above freezing elsewhere chilly start. blows potentially down to —3 or 4 degrees and some rural sheltered areas, so degrees and some rural sheltered areas, so frosty first thing in the morning, but lovely smells of

sunshine. a risk that perhaps their ethics down into the southeast corner seeing a few showers, because of soft hail and sleet mixed in there as well. breezy day, feeling cold on the east coast with gusts of wind and northern ireland in excess of a0 miles an hour through the afternoon. so with any exposure, it will feel pretty chilly. i bet i shall to a sunshine, we might if like you see temperatures up to 12 celsius. 0n like you see temperatures up to 12 celsius. on sunday, looks like about my cloud, still feeding off the north sea and at the same time cloud despairing and i had at this by the front that‘s trying desperately to hide it to move in. maybe they can after the spite of drizzle, secluded field today day, seven degrees as the high. whether frank could potentially bring showers into the southwest for the early half of the week and it weakens off as high pressure again establishes itself across the country but the winds will swing around tomorrow in a southeast direction, title had an impact as he moved through the week

towards the easter weekend because he could see warmer air starting to slide back across the country. so it‘s all looking a little that more optimistic, we start off with a potential for a optimistic, we start off with a potentialfor a shopper optimistic, we start off with a potential for a shopper showers but look at the temperatures, up to high teens, maybe 20 degrees as we move it towards easter weekend. so, it‘s looking pretty good if you‘ve got your plans are coming to visit friends and family, bear this in mind. warming up for the easter break, take care.