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is in khartoum with hardtalk. this is newsday on the bbc. welcome to hardtalk, i'm rico hizon with bbc news. with me, zeinab badawi, from the presidential palace in khartoum. many here are talking our top story: about the "new sudan," after the signing of that historic agreement between the military and civilians. britain's prime minister says my guest in this exclusive he wants to achieve a deal interview, his first in the western with the eu. but as a no—deal brexit looms, media, is the man who signed eu citizens are warned freedom of movement will end on behalf of the military, when britain leaves. buckingham palace says prince and has been described as the most is andrew is "appalled" by new allegations against his powerful person in sudan. he is general hemeti, former friend, jeffrey epstein. i'm sharanjit leyl. also in the leader of the heavily armed, well—equipped rapid support forces. program: thousands of people have been now, they have been accused evacuated as firefighters battle of killing or injuring hundreds wildfires blazing out—of—control of civilians during on spain's canary islands. the blaze has burnt protests in june and july. through 6,000 hectares of land. and protecting the can he and the military be trusted to stick to the power—sharing deal?

general hemeti, welcome to hardtalk. as one of the most senior members of the sudanese military, can you guarantee that this historic power—sharing agreement will be implemented now and in the future?

let me tell you what the american secretary of state, mike pompeo, said on the 15th of august. that he joins the sudanese people in their call for a transitional government that is "truly civilian—led." do you accept that the power and authority is with the civilians, not the military?

few outside sudan had heard of you, general hemeti, until the revolution. you've been described as the most powerful person in the sudan. is that how you see yourself?

the reason i say you are the most powerful person in the sudan is that you lead the rapid support forces, which are well—equipped and heavily armed. and under the terms of this agreement, security sector reforms mean that your militia has to come under the command of the sudanese army. will you answer to the commander—in—chief of the sudanese army?

does the rsf have a separate budget and command? but who do the forces of the rsf answer to? you, or the commander—in—chief of the sudanese army?

how many soldiers are there in the rsf? we hear70,000. what about sudanese soldiers in yemen? you hear people in the country saying they are not happy about sudanese soldiers fighting in the saudi—emirati coalition. would you withdraw sudanese troops from yemen?

there are also reports that members of the rsf are not sudanese. 0mer ismail from the washington—based enough project has said that "sudan is now occupied, because the troops that hemeti is using to control and monopolise power, most of them are not even sudanese. they are recruited from chad, mali and niger." do you have non—sudanese members of the rsf, and if so, how many? no non—sudanese?

i want to ask you specifically about what happened principally injune, when after the initial euphoria of the removal of president 0mar al—bashir, troops opened fire on protesters. unarmed, peaceful civilians. 0ne protester here in khartoum told me that the army was seen as saviours, now they are seen as killers. what was the role of the rsf, the rapid support forces, in that attack onjune the 3rd on civilians?

but the rapid support forces were specifically blamed. let me tell you what one leading sudan expert, alex de waal, said.

he said, "general hemeti's forces rampaged through khartoum, beginning with the camps of the protesters, burning the tents, often with people inside, more than 100 killed, many were raped. the rapid support force terrorised khartoum." these are the accusations about your force. but why didn't you stop the attacks on civilians? we also saw some deaths in 0mdurman

and el 0beid at the end ofjuly. why didn't the rapid support forces protect civilians? because you are the rapid support forces — you were slow to respond then. shower

so who do you think, then, is behind the violence in sudan? you seem to suggest there is a conspiracy. do you think that supporters of the former president 0mar al—bashir might be involved?

you were once a very close ally of omar al—bashir, and you are from darfur, and you led a militia there, formed a few years ago. and you helped 0mar al—bashir to subdue the rebels in darfur. are you proud of your actions in darfur? do you regret some of the things that happened there, which have been attributed to your forces?

although you have not been indicted by the international criminal court, i have to say that human rights watch in 2014 and 2015 in a report said that the rapid support force burnt and looted homes, beat, raped and executed villagers, supported by the sudanese army, and it accuses you of overseeing civilian abuses, including torture, extrajudicial killings and mass rapes. do you have a case to answer in darfur? because it sounds like you do.

president 0mar al—bashir has been indicted by the international criminal court over his alleged actions in darfur. what do you think should happen to him? do you think he should be handed over to the icc? but do you believe there should be accountability for all the victims of the conflicts in sudan, historic as well as those people who have been killed since december 2018? do you accept that there should be?

what can you do to ensure there is accountability for all those victims of the conflicts in sudan, including those who died in the recent protests? you know now people like yasir arman, the deputy leader of the revolution united front, says there is still conflict in parts of the sudan, like darfur still, blue nile state, and he says we don'tjust want democratisation. he says peace and democratisation go hand—in—hand.

how can you as a senior military leader here in sudan ensure that there is peace, and that those people living in the conflict—ridden areas of sudan are part of this new sudan? you are a businessman, and there are again a lot of reports about where your wealth comes from. where does your money come from? you are in control of the gold mines, the most profitable gold mines in the country, according to a study by alex de waal, a sudan expert based at tufts university in the united states. you also receive money for soldiers you sent to fight in yemen. so just tell me, what is the source of your immense wealth?

do you receive money personally from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates because you co—operate with them in the war in yemen?

are you sudan's biggest gold trader, controlling the most profitable mines?

western diplomats here in sudan, as well as civilian political activists and so on, say that you have the ambition to lead the sudan. do you? general hemeti, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you.

hello there. the last two weeks have been pretty unsettled across the uk, quite a lot of rain around, strong unseasonable winds too but there are signs as this week continues to wear on, pressure will be continuing to build, things will turn drier and in fact today is looking like one of those. there will be quite a lot of dry and warm weather around as high pressure begins to nose in from the south—west. we still have a few weather fronts across northern areas, they will generate a few showers at times, mainly across central and southern scotland and into northern england. maybe the odd one there for northern ireland. but i think elsewhere, largely dry, lovely spots of sunshine after the chilly start

into the afternoon. we will see those temperatures reaching 19—21 degrees across england and wales. closer to 15—18 across northern ireland and scotland. so those values are a touch below the seasonal average. as we head through tuesday night, it looks like it will be another largely dry one. one or two showers across northern and western areas. a bit more of a breeze here but lighter winds further south south and east. that again will lead to a fairly cool night, particularly out of town where skies clear. so it takes us on into wednesday then. we've got pressure building across southern and eastern areas as this high pressure establishes itself over the near continent but another area of low pressure could spoil things across the north and west of the country for wednesday most places will start fine with some sunshine around but we will see this weather front pushing into northern ireland into much of scotland, through the day, wet and windy conditions and ahead of it, perhaps a few showers affecting the north and west of wales, perhaps north—west england but there will be good spells

of sunshine, again further south and east, where it will actually feel quite warm, 22 or 23 degrees. that weather system clears away as we head on into thursday. there'll be more weather fronts affecting the north—west corner of the country. the further south and east you are, closest to the high pressure, the lighter the winds and also more sunshine around. we'll be tapping into some of the warmth over the near continent, you can see the red colours indicating something warmer into the low mid—20s celsius. friday, similar story — we'll be having a weather front affecting the far north—west of the country but southerly winds, that warmth will spread a bit further north, we will see 20 celsius or even warmer than that for northern ireland, parts of eastern scotland and we could see 26 or 27 degrees across central, southern and eastern england. so that is the picture for friday. as we head on into the weekend, high pressure continues to dominate. that is away from the north—west corner of the country which always that is, away from the north—west corner of the country which always see those weather fronts bringing more cloud at times, but it really will turn warmer, we could see 27 or 28 degrees 00:27:59,783 --> 2147483051:50:44,606 on saturday across 2147483051:50:44,606 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the south and the east.