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the renaissance factor. starts people twenty seven. w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin a new leader in sudan but many believe the regime has not changed demonstrators are calling for mass prayers friday at army headquarters thousands are already camped out there demanding civilian rule after a military coup ousted the president also on the program
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a first taste of life behind bars for wiki leaks founder julian a song and his arrest and assault on free is his arrest or the assault on freedom of speech or the capture of a dangerous actor we'll look at the legal battle ahead. plus it's been nearly two years since the so-called islamic state stopped to create a caliphate in the philippines local muslim rebels. joined with the military to flush them out but is this devastated region at risk of conflict once again and exclusive we travelled to find out. hello i'm terry martin thanks for being with us sudan has begun its first day under a new military leader but thousands of pro-democracy protesters remain on the streets there calling for mass friday. prayer's outside army headquarters in
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a push for civilian rule army officers ousted longtime president omar al bashir on thursday following months of street protests but many people see the new military council as just more of the same. the music of defiance these protesters refused to go home after the army declared a curfew some of been there through the night for many in the moat is extatic if they also feel they've been cheated. after three decades of life under x. president omar al bashir a new strongman takes his place defense minister our and even the head of the country's military transition council. the good is that this is a false name did not fool here this is a reproduction of his same vision. we do not accept this and we will stay on the streets and to the regime change is completely. little those little tiny it's not
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right that the government has repressed us and now still wants to see control and power over us. as young people and citizens we see what's happening the government is manipulating us. now you know there cannot be another regime that. this man is a bloodthirsty leader and he wants to bring us another regime. the most of this is completely unacceptable. the regime of fools of the judge. and these people will not die. despite or maybe because of the protests the army has been making a show of force deploying vehicles through the capital khartoum just in case it wasn't clear who was really in charge. well adam bihari is a sudanese rights activist living here in berlin he came to germany eight years ago
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fleeing political persecution in sudan thanks for being with us this morning adam thank you fled sudan after facing persecution under the regime of bashar bashir he's now gone after third. yours what's going through your mind this morning so he's at his gun. millions and decides i'm going and i'm not a people are. some kind of feeling the hopes of something the. now the military has taken over the former defense minister even off is in charge now can you tell us a little bit about him and what he represents for sure he's a dissenting. muslim brother. you see how as a people to not accepting him he would also say it is maybe it is the same kind of death as a play again. as he's also in. the military who is being part of the genocide and
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so we still have effectively an islamist military regime in place aligned with the muslim brotherhood as you mentioned what can we expect them to do in this situation . we don't expect so much outside because i was a people just in the city and they will demand to have civilian government without any military anymore on with the help of our own community and what i see people who because if they actually have to settle olive days it was sixty years they would sort all of this guy was just to your days now people are still on the streets here in contact with the demonstrators there defying the military curfew that's been imposed they've they're determined to get rid of this regime what do you think the prospects are of doing that. i think is the people who will do that because it's so much young of if it is and so it does the big things that's the sort of allusion now is young people have. somehow dream of having food in these
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democracies and i think they would have made it i'm hoping it would get some helpful and tension of the community i was awarded and that's happening now. when i was east of the can even if they have a statement i was in the united nations. if we talk about this today i think the hope is that. it's done a good come on would be democracy. adam thank you very much for talking with us this morning andi w. news bahar a sudanese rights activist living here in berlin he's in germany as a refugee thanks. australia has said it will not intervene to prevent its national wiki leaks founder julian assange from being extradited from britain to the u.s. the government said a songes case was a matter for those two countries alone a small group of songes supporters gathered in sydney to protest against us on just jailing in london yesterday was taken into custody after spending seven years in
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the ecuadorian embassy u.s. he says him of conspiring to reveal government secrets to supporters say he exposed atrocities and acted in the public interest here's a look back on yesterday's events. police strong out of the ecuadorian embassy in london handcuffed and protesting the be added we found i resisted leaving his refuge of almost seven years the arrest comes one day after wiki leaks accused the ecuadorian government of spying on a song secretly filming his meetings with lawyers and a doctor inside the embassy. ecuador had clearly had enough of the controversial guest in london accusing him of interfering in its foreign policies and violating the rules of asylum. it will be in the body in the next few hours the government will reveal some details of which the world is not yet aware that justify the decision taken by president moreno if they regard assad just staying at
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the embassy in london during the term of former president correa and foreign minister. the two of them tolerated thing such as mr assad putting feces on the walls of the embassy but it is the lane behind. the police van took a song to court where he was found guilty of breaching bail in an earlier case but person anderson as lawyers confirm that the arrest relates to an extradition request from the united states since two thousand and ten we've warned that joint assigns would face prosecution extradition to the united states for his publishing activities with wiki leaks unfortunately today we've been proven right with today received a warrant and a provisional extradition request from united states alleging that he has committed conspired with chelsea manning in relation to the materials published by with the latest in two thousand and ten the u.s. justice department accuses a songs of conspiring with former u.s. army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to break into
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a pentagon computer and blames them for releasing classified information about military operations in iraq and afghanistan including this footage of a reuters journalist being killed in a drone attack. a sanch the forces view him as a fearless defender of free speech someone who is exposed to alleged u.s. war crimes his lawyers say the arrest sets a dangerous precedent for the rights of journalists and that they will fight his extradition to the united states. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in pakistan a bomb in a market in the southwestern city of quetta has killed at least sixteen people and wounded thirty others the attack appeared to have been aimed at minorities shiite muslims no group has claimed responsibility for the building but sunni militants have carried out similar attacks against shiites in the area before. and israeli
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spacecraft has crashed into the moon's surface just minutes before touchdown the crash was due to engine failure israeli aerospace officials still hailed the mission as a breakthrough for low cost small scale spacecraft and vow to try again. another commercial venture iran must space x. company has been more successful it successfully launched its falcon heavy rocket into space and then for the first time landed it safely all three rocket boosters that is back on earth it's also the first time a new mega rocket was launched for a paying customer delivering a satellite into space for a saudi based communications. and us entertainment company disney is set to launch a big you know streaming service aimed at toppling the market dominance of netflix disney plus will roll out in the u.s. in november at a much lower price than the industry pioneer is new plans to extend the service
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internationally in the coming years. mindanao the second biggest island in the philippines is known for its natural beauty but it's also the place that the so-called islamic state chose to create a caliphate in southeast asia even before i ask came on the scene many had seen a long running power struggle between its christian majority and muslim minority in may of two thousand and seventeen fighters made their move a few hundred fighters seized the city of moore rawi the battle to flush them out devastated the region reporters. traveled to mindanao to see what life is like there today. we are on patrol with the largest muslim rabbit group in mindanao the moro islamic liberation front or m.i.l.f.
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for decades they fought for independence tens of thousands were killed. but since the self-proclaimed islamic state burst onto the scene in two thousand and seventeen the muslim rebels have joined forces with the philippine army both sides feel threatened by us fight has now laying. the muslim minority strongly supports the m.i.l.f. only five percent of filipinos are muslims and almost only in mindanao the areas are among the poorest in the philippines many here blame the christian majority got them and for their plight. we visit the military headquarters of the m.i.l.f. the government meets the rabbits support to secure a peace and to fight terror president. has promised them a far reaching autonomy is. the chief of staff isn't in
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uniform a sign perhaps of the shift from insurgency to politics the m.i.l.f. has seen defectors joining i.d.'s we ask him what might happen if the autonomy project goes badly our credibility daughter people really become diminished. isis with. his station. all the followers of the war. in their group and. will become bigger. he tells us that they will disarm up to thirty thousand fighters but only with full muslim autonomy. if. they stop us remember we will not. do commission our forces and we will not give up our fight arms which we promised to the government. this is what both sides are trying to avoid and not the rabi
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the largest muslim city of the philippines lies in ruins bombed out after a few hundred fighters had occupied mahratti for five months two years ago. more than one thousand people were killed. tens of thousands remain displaced. it was president at the bombing but he's also a strong supporter of muslim autonomy his film a peace adviser tells us. it is a strong signal to the bad guys. around this country i have been in the peace process under several presidents and. this time the president feels that. if we give more of our lives but it must be under one flag the philippine flag.
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but if the autonomy dr fay it's more disaffected muslims could join radical outfits in addition after the loss of their caliphate in syria and iraq more foreign i guess five tests might also decide that mindanao is the new front and you can see that film and it's a tired t. called philippines in the sights of bias right after this program it's also on you tube channel t w documentary rachel will be with you more news at the top of the next hour thanks for. your first climbing lots of. stories grandma was arrives. joining a regular on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary.

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