this is the w. news live from berlin sudan's new interim leader says the country will have a civilian government to address the nation saying a government will be in place within two years you also lifted a nighttime curfew which many pro-democracy demonstrators had already defied and they claimed another victory as the country's security chief steps down hours after the country's new military leader also quit. also coming up in afghanistan the taliban announces what it calls a spring offensive and mere hours later launches an attack in couldn't do so in the

north jeopardizing already shaky peace talks. and a game changer in gaza we meet the palestinian entity is for using football to tackle their personal trauma it's. a my ash waiter thanks for joining us. the new head of sudan's military council says a civilian government will be formed after talks with the opposition in his first televised address earlier today the tenant general abdel fattah bore hans said the transition period would last for a maximum of two years the leader also said he was canceling a curfew ordered by his predecessor demonstrators have been keeping up the pressure demanding civilian rule activists say sixteen people including a soldier have been killed in the two days since the army ousted longtime president

omar al bashir sudan's military she stepped down just a day after he was sworn in as the country's new leader and the country's intelligence chief has now resigned as well. this is sudan's naval headquarters inside the military transition council is holed up outside largely peaceful protests but with a clear message the sudanese people do not want to be ruled by the military chiefs who ended the thirty year regime of the veteran president omar al bashir. but the army is still very much in charge immediate successor. a general linked to the genocide in darfur lasted just one day in the top job before announcing his resignation he was replaced by another army commander on the plus side the new chief. is not wanted for war crimes but protesters want a clean break with the old many of the demonstrators are young and they're actively organizing including setting up their own security they say more than

a dozen people have been killed by security forces in recent days and they have already intercepted one car with explosives. and we also. calls come in the cold with some of. the more importantly. civilian called we call comes. we call transports. sold. the tunnel so people. watch this no one not even the old is immune from being searched emotions are high but mixed. so at this time i feel like a. joy that you feel like a friend yeah. i feel like i said the same time and believe me i know but i think. the protesters have vowed to stay on the streets until a civilian not

a military transitional council is in place. and joining me now in studio as he does he is not or i'll sound us not our we've heard at the latest news saddam's interested on's interim leader announcing the formation of a limited civilian government after two years this seems promising but what do you make of this announcement it is promising but it's still unclear where is this heading the. protesters want a soon as. a civilian the transitional government and now they're talking to this military council they're ok with this new guy the new military council chief but they're still very cautious they want to get rid of the military and they're still protesting people are still on the streets and this is not also but they still want that the military. hands over power to

a civilian government as soon as possible who is this new new interim later. yeah i get a little bit mixed up with these all these names he is actually a career soldier he was until now with the inspector general of the army in sudan and he's seen as less unpopular as his predecessor who quit yesterday after more than twenty four a little bit more than twenty four hours in power and people have seen him during the protests in the last four months talking to protesters on the street so he has a kind of less damage. than his predecessor and he might be able to reach a kind of a compromise with the leading associations of the grassroots. protests and it would. quickly if you can we've seen a few victories for these protesters the defense minister stepping down the curfew

being lifted but what are the chances the military will actually ever hand over the government to a fully civilian government i think there's a good chance because the protestors know that they have this kind of a pressure they can step up the pressure they can stay on the streets they can continue with their sit in but the trust is not there yet they have to trust the military and they still have to know that the military is honest about giving the power to them and not just thank you so much. and now we'll bring you some of the other stories making news around the world algerian magistrates who play a key role in overseeing elections to boycott a presidential vote scheduled for july in support of ongoing mass demonstrations an interim government announced the elections to replace the ousted former president. but opponents accuse the old regime of trying to cling to power in a new guys. thousands of protesters gathered in serbia's capital belgrade

on saturday demanding an end to the rule of president aleksander and his progressive party demonstrations have been held every week since december organizers accused and his allies of corruption and stifling media freedom. a man has been arrested in london after driving his car at the police near the ukrainian embassy according to london's metropolitan police the man crashed his car into parked vehicles even charged at the police officers who were arriving at the scene causing one of the officers to fire his gun well there's no end in sight to the fighting in afghanistan in spite of ongoing peace talks between the taliban and the government those talks are backed by the u.s. but the taliban have carried out attacks on security forces in various parts of the country as part of what they call their spring offensive several people have been killed or injured in a recent surge in fighting in couldn't doze in the country's north. the mood is

still tense among afghan security forces in can do is even after authorities announced the army had stopped the taliban's advance the fighting on the outskirts of the city continued until the evening many injured civilians and government soldiers were treated in hospital. but taliban surrounded the unit i radioed for reinforcement but the rockets that hit them. and some of my comrades to. the bloodshed in couldn't just begun just hours after the taliban announced a launch of their spring offensive the attack comes despite ongoing negotiations backed by the us to end the war taliban and afghan representatives are due to meet next month for a new round of peace talks but so far those talks have led nowhere in geneva the world health organization voiced concerns the taliban recently barred them from

entering the territories they control freak knowledge their statement off local leaders in afghanistan on temporary banning of truck t.v. to use obviously we are concerned that this will negatively impact delivery of health services to the fact the population many inhabitants have now fled in bottled couldn't do the military has sent in reinforcements but the taliban have already announced plans to extend their offensive to other parts of afghanistan. after the arrest of wiki leaks founder julian assange on thursday did have a reporter ana maria to order a tour of the ecuadorian embassy in london that's where a song spent nearly seven years in self-imposed exile she gained access to the rooms her songs lived and spoke exclusively with ecuador's ambassador to the u.k. about his turbulence day. the ecuadorian embassy in london this had been julian assange just home since august twenty. fourth we believe.

this is the main room in the embassy but it was years exclusively by mr sunshine. this is where he worked with his electronic and computer equipment connected to his followers he directed aggressive interference in the political interests of other countries he did this in the us elections in spain with the sensitive issue of catalonia. also meddled with ecuadorian domestic politics claims that led ecuador to revoke his son just diplomatic asylum high much on the country's ambassador to the u.k. told the sun in this room i handed him the letter i was standing while he was sitting down. i said to him you have to leave immediately hurry up highest court you to the door. and he got up. surprised. he stood up. and ran out. there was

a code for the storm which only he knew so he locked himself inside this. group as some stop trying to hide when he realized the embassy police were waiting for him outside the door. the room is a sound used to have been cordoned off and now. our sons was holed out of the embassy on thursday it was the first time the wiki leaks co-founder had set foot outside the embassy and seven years of tippler matic asylum british police confirmed that his arrest relates to an extradition request from the united states the u.s. accuses a songe of conspiring with former u.s. army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to hack into the pentagon computer system and blames him for releasing classified information about military operations in iraq and afghanistan a son just supports his view him as

a fearless defenders of free speech someone who has exposed a legit us war crimes his lawyers have fought to fight his extradition to the u.s. and now to gaza where football is giving tell us any an amputee victims new hope they were left disabled as a result of last year's violent border clashes with israeli soldiers they play using crutches and all of them are intent on winning gaza's first amputee football tournament this week at. as i have been a full never imagine stepping onto a football pitch again like the majority of these players twelve year old after a loss to after being short sneered because the border. thought of so now you the doctors gave me an artificial leg so no after that because my father and told him but these are football game for people with amputations now i come to train every monday and thursday. the original amputee team was founded last year

during mass protests by palestinians along the gaza israel border palestinian authority say more than one hundred twenty five people had to have amputations after being shot by israeli soldiers who are now enough players for an entire tournament. we started with five players but now we have five teams so if a person really wants to do something they will step by step. football provide speeds players with a sense of purpose that something simon baker knows all too well and that p.c. victim himself he's been involved in preparing the tournament any sport for somebody that's been for a traumatic incident or illness is a great way to rehabilitate people get back people back into so i city just because you've lost your leg doesn't mean you're disabled doesn't mean you're useless. no matter their age they all have a common goal playing the sport they love despite the difficulties that have come

their way. and then some more sports news in formula one paul terry bought us has claimed pole position at the chinese grand prix it's a special one because it marks formula one one thousand race. piped his teammate lewis hamilton and first place on the grid the mercedes pair were well ahead of their nearest challengers ferrari meanwhile alexander alba didn't even make it to qualifying after this big crash. luckily the thai driver walked away unhurt but he'll start tomorrow tomorrow's race from the back of the grid. and don't go away because coming up after the break is the vote in this league a show with all the goals from saturday's action dortmund host of minds to looking to bounce back after their humiliating loss to buy and munich last weekend could be black and yellow skate their title challenge back on track stay tuned to find out.

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