this is g.w. news live from berlin and sudan's new interim leader says the country will have a civilian government he addressed the nation saying a government will be in place within two years he 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 put. coming up another saturday and another anti-government demonstration in serbia thousands of people calling for president

aleksander footage to step down as they have done every weekend for months. and in afghanistan the taliban announces what it calls a spring offensive and mere hours later launches an attack and couldn't do it in the north jeopardizing already shaky peace talks. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us. the head of sudan's military council has promised a fresh start for the country following this week's crew he vowed in his words to quote uproot the old regime lieutenant general abdel fatah bore hunt says a civilian government will be formed after talks with the opposition with a maximum transition period of two years pro-democracy protesters were on the streets again boosted by the resignation of two top officials yesterday.

outside the military headquarters in ca to him protesters are making their voices heard fed up with decades of pathetic rule they have been calling for democracy for almost four months. we will only accept a real change satisfying the revolutionary people who are looking for a good future. which is all to look at. the sudanese people reject the military chiefs who are in the thirty year regime of petron present bashir. but the army is still very much in charge was she a success. general into the genocide in darfur and also just one day in the top job before announcing his resignation. he was replaced by another. on the plus side the new chief. is not want to. immediately so to a piece the crowds on the streets he announced the end of a curfew imposed by his predecessor the promise that

a civilian government would be full within two years. but the protesters want a clean break with the old regime. never leave this place to. live or. does this. work. for another. representing by. by our own. people the first step towards a new beginning the protesters say it's replace the military transition council with its ability and one of them. and joining me now in the studio is not or all sonorous not are we've heard at the latest news saddam's interested as 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 as soon as possible a 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. they still want the military. hands over power to the. a civilian government as soon as possible who is this new new interim later. yeah you 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 streets so he has a kind of less damaged in the agenda. his predecessor and he might be able to reach a kind of a compromise with the leading associations of the grassroots. protests . in 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 protesters know that they have this kind of 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 in this so have to know that the military is honest about giving power to them and

not just thank you so much thanks. and after some of the other stories making news around the world algerian magistrates who play a key role in overseeing elections vowed to boycott a presidential vote scheduled for july in support with ongoing mass demonstrations an interim government announced the elections to replace the ousted former president abdullah as these beautiful but opponents accuse the old regime of trying to cling to power in a new guys. thousands of supporters of albanians opposition party rallied in the capital tehran on saturday calling for the government's resignation and early parliamentary elections demonstrators threw flares and broke through a police cordon at the main entrance to the government building the opposition accuses the leftist government of prime minister at the rama of corruption. 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 park to vehicles and then charged at the police officers who were arriving at the scene causing one officer to fire his gun. in serbia protests against the government of president aleksander continued on saturday thousands have been taking to the streets every weekend for months demonstrators accused of becoming a creasing lee autocratic intimidating the opposition and trying to silence the media. forward for the blood stain shirts that became the symbol of the protests serbian opposition politician bork who stefano vage says he was beaten on orders of the government he says the lack of law enforcement is what's driving people on to the streets. but some of the attack against me was just a trigger people have been protesting for months now in different cities because of the violence because of the corruption because of the mafia that is taken over

a state. berkus stefano which is one of many politicians not to this protesting for the rule of law and media freedom in the country in spite of their differences demonstrators have united under one they want president to step down. we want to change we want which is to resign which is. there's no freedom in serbia anymore no freedom of speech or thought. they lie to us saying that their job opportunities here instead we're getting poor enough to go abroad to work. in march the rallies began to take over into violence as right wing extremists stormed serbian state television claiming it had been ignoring the protest president of egypt she had been silent on the issue until then said he would not tolerate quote violence and fascism in spite of all that speech is government remains popular but the demonstrations were bigger this week and they will likely be back again next

saturday. was 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. 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 could those 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 by the taliban fighter rockets that hit them. and some of my comrades to. the bloodshed in couldn't

as begun just hours after the taliban announced a launch of their spring offensive the attack comes despite ongoing negotiations backed by the u.s. 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 we have knowledge this statement of local leaders are not going to start on temporary banning of the church t.v. to use obviously we are concerned that peace will negatively impact delivery of health services to the affected population many inhabitants have now fled embattled could induce the military has sent in broome force minutes but the taliban have already announced plans to extend their offensive to other parts of afghanistan. chinese artist ai wei wei has unveiled a new exhibition in mexico city this week it is titled reestablishing memories one

million lego bricks form the portraits of the forty three mexican students who disappeared and twenty fourteen the case and conflicting information from mexican authorities about their possible murders sparked months of protests became a rallying cry against widespread violence in mexico way away at the exit mission opening said every crime committed damages human society as a whole. and for more on this i'm joined now by nicole reese has been taking a closer look at the cases and the exhibition the call i wear way is known for courting controversy through his art why is he now focusing on the disappearance of these students so this is his very unique way an office enough we really need to just as well those who have disappeared and for years have passed if you look at the portrays these people these are the very faces that were printed out on posters to take them to protests by the family members to demand to know what has happened

where my children and actually met with some of the family members on the left and the shaken and stirred up himself as a father so let's listen to what he had to say at the press conference. forget about being artists aren't human beings and so that cue on the if you hears someone being hired you hear you neighbors boy can never come back and there's a garden to take for years cannot give a conclusion what kind of current government is that you know what kind of society really. you're taking a really strong passionate stance there take us back to twenty fourteen when these disappearances happened what's the significance of these students well the students have a very strong significance because that was kind of the tipping point in mexican society as well forty three people disappearing at once they have witnessed years and years of corruption and violence in the country that was just the point where i

said enough is enough not anymore we need the government to take action and so these forty three students were alledged lee on the way to a protest in two thousand and fourteen in september and they would then that this was the governmental report says stopped and attacked by the police and then handed over to a drug gang who alledged me killed them and burned the bodies in the garbage dump that leaves very little trace there was also a second investigation which was independent and led by an international commission and a back in two thousand and fifteen demanded to reopen the investigation because they believed there were very strong links between the criminal and also governmental powers working together it wasn't reopened back then which left family members in the plight that they're in still so it's been for five years have there been any developments in the cases since then well last year there was a new government in place so manuel lopez obrador lot took over and in december you met family members promising that they would take care of the matter that the

investigation is now reopened and they will collaborate and look into leads that haven't been followed up in the process so that might be a silver lining on the horizon really for the family even if it's only a little one and maybe i ways exhibition gives this a further push not only for the forty three students that this have disappeared but also for the fans that have been disappearing over the years in mexico nicole reese for us on the latest developments not only in mexico but with always art thank you so much. moving to sports now and when this league a saturday fixtures are in the back with some crucial wins for the clubs at the top of the table in the late game top one got their title challenge back on track with a win over months i have searched if you did both spoke to nil to boost their champions league hopes live a close and be chucked out one nil to move into seventh bremen continue their strong form with a win over five book and black box off hand over by a single goal on friday there was a stalemate between numbers and shaka in tomorrow's games by munich well look to

regain top spot against us or fall hoffenheim host have to berlin and frankfurt face off against. you're watching news from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour to forget you can always get all the latest news on our website www dot com thanks so much for joining us. your reaction. around six hundred years ago. in the midst of the revolution unfortunately.