part christmas day rally president omar al bashir clutching his walking stick struck as a fine note. i tell you all those who oppose our country are traitors. outside the presidential palace protest was met with punishment police fired live i'm going to. violently beating protesters. according to amnesty international dozens have been killed or injured in the crackdown. under the country's military dictatorship dissent has been quashed with opposition leaders forced to continue to fight for change in exile. we want to democratic pluralistic city it plans for a new government new laws and a new transitional constitution have begun with this. takes hold i'm frustration grooved protesters have vowed to keep going on top. even in the face of tear gas. and i'm joined now by my colleague christine one of our studio for more on this story now christine obviously the protests have morphed into calls for a new government and the opposition has voiced their support for this would you say that this is still a grassroots people's movement you know that's a very important question and and in fact

riot police dispersed thousands of angry protesters in sudan as president omar al bashir this misses them as traitors. hello i'm barbara sara this is al jazeera live from london also coming up turkey says the united states has agreed to disarm kurdish fighters in northern syria u.s. president donald trump warns the government shutdown will last until he gets funding for his controversial border war with mexico and the search goes on rescuers think for survivors in indonesia following saturday's deadly sin of. sudan's president omar al bashir has this missed protesters rallying against him in the capital khartoum as traitors and foreign agents up. earlier riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds of thousands who were marching towards the presidential palace the demonstrators want to al bashir to step down and blame his government for economic mismanagement and rising food prices official government figures say that at least twelve people have died since the unrest began a week ago while international groups say the real figure could be as high as thirty al-jazeera is heba morg

riot police the spurs thousands of angry protesters in sudan as president omar al bashir this missing this misses them as traitors. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up turkey says the united states has agreed to this arm kurdish fighters in northern syria u.s. president donald trump warns the government shutdown will last until he gets funding for his controversial border.

sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war almost eight years ago he met the syrian president bashar al assad in damascus both leaders stand accused of war crimes linked to conflicts in their country. thousands of people have been protesting in hungary as capital budapest it's the fourth demonstration this week against prime minister viktor orban and his controversial laws that have been passed by the right wing government bowie chalons reports. for the fourth day now protesters have been on the streets of the hungary in capital budapest recent law changes abroad thousands of people out to denounce prime minister viktor orban right wing government you know it's been a long void i think that this content is growing and with this not only anger and frustration but also those voices which would like to make change. i do not again banish an answer and again when i'm mad at bashing look i have had enough and so have my friends this is now not about opposition politicians about who stands on which side but this is about th

riot police the spurs thousands of angry protesters in sudan as president omar al bashir dismissing dismisses them as traitors. hello i'm barbara sara you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up turkey says the united states has agreed to this armed kurdish fighters in northern syria u.s. president donald trump warns the government shutdown will last until he gets funding for his controversial border war with mexico and the search goes on rescuers think for survivors in indonesia following saturday's deadly tsunami. we start the program in sudan where riot police have the sparse thousands of protesters trying to march on the presidential palace in khartoum the demonstrators are angry at rising food and fuel prices and blame president omar bashir is government for economic mismanagement but despite promising reforms earlier this week the longtime ruler has now the smiths the protesters as traitors and foreign agents our correspondent hiper morgan has more now from hard to. this started by protesting against shortage of credit and rising inflation but seven days on the demand has

the anti-government demonstrators as thousands prepare for an eighth day of protests president imo al bashir has said straight is a behind the calls for him to resign a week of violent protests has left several people dead on tuesday police fired into the air as demonstrators tried to march on the presidential palace hit morgan has the latest from car too. after yesterday's protests there were reports of several people injured the police have also reportedly arrested several of the protesters now families have been reporting their family their relatives missing their brothers and sisters missing obviously the protesters were keen to go on with their protests were very determined to go on with their demands as they march on their march on to the presidential palace they're saying that they will take nothing less than the president resigning from his position is that as the head of the government and there is it taking nothing they will be taking nothing less than the government being dissolved a new government being formed now obviously this was the seventh day of protests and more is expecte

omar al bashir becomes a leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago. i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead. it. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor orban and calling labor reforms slave law all. day on the outskirts of the many poor city of. song on tuesday and cuban filmmakers push boundaries despite the challenge of censorship. a president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eighty years ago say media code sudan's president omar al bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arabic shortly after war broke out in twenty levon the assad government has been accused by the un and rights groups of committing multiple war crimes and it's not just sudan several other countries have recently indicated they may be willing to normalize relations with the syrian government in early october president

and which is led by president omar al bashir has responded to using tear gas and live ammunition. president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday hickeys the protest says of being influenced by external agencies. as a. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year . thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy

sudan's i'm al bashir becomes the fast arab leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. twelve dead and fighting on the outskirts of the yemeni port of had data ahead of the cease fire set to start on choose day. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor orban and calling a labor of former slaves. and hitches its economic fortunes to a giant dam that's been more than forty years in the making. of president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media quite sudan's president omar al bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arab league shortly after war broke out and twenty eleven the assad government has been accused by the un and rights groups of committing multiple war crimes and it's not just stood on several arab countries of

and then they would head on to the presidential palace to deliver a memo demanding president omar al bashir to resign they will not find him there he's one of the he's in one of the states in the central east of the country just zero where he's going to or he's planning to open a project so they will not find him but they have been protesting over the past seven days it started out as an economic protest over a shortage of fuel of a shortage of bread and over the rising cost of food commodities but it quickly escalated into a protest where people have been demanding the government to go and they've been demanding a new government the government is saying that they are not trying to attack the protestors they're not trying to respond to the protesters what they're trying to do is to make sure that these protesters do not harm public properties let's remember that the headquarters of the national congress party the ruling party around various states have been burned to the ground which is why they are curfews and states of emergency in various parts of the country which is why universities an

the protesters were marching towards the presidential palace to demand omar al bashir step down the president has vowed to implement what he calls the real reforms three improve living standards al-jazeera is here to morgan ventured into the thick of the protests here's what she saw in car too. people instead of having to seek first few days now if you see behind me you can see soon to mount a huge number of people protesting this saying that if the people force as they want the government to do the thing chanting things like down with the government this is the seventh day of protest against the government people in the kerry campaign a different is going to and obviously there's a lot of confusion among three the concerned police have been firing tear gas while watching this they've also fired a lot of the fire a lot of poor guys they've been firing they've been threatening process of having some of them to leave but they are still there this will put something out of turning out to be a huge crowd maybe probably much larger than the crowd was expecting it's not clear if this government is

hello i missed audiotape and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up to don's i'm al bashir becomes the fast arab leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor all ban and calling a neighbor a form a slave. and hitches its economic fortunes to a giant dam that's been more than forty years in the making. saudi arabia has denounced a resolution by the u.s. senate accusing its crown prince of ordering them out of journalist jamal khashoggi in a statement released by the saudi press agency the kingdom's foreign ministry calls that placement interference and its internal affairs and describes the killing as a crime that doesn't reflect saudi policy and turkey's accused european countries of turning a blind eye to the murder of the saudi journalist was killed inside the kingdom's istanbul consulate on october second u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has renewed his call for saudi arabia to investigate the matter properly cynical to has the latest from istanbul. it's

thousands of protesters trying to reach sudan's presidential palace as calls grow for omar al bashir down. below and barbara starr you're watching live from london also coming up in the program turkey says the united states has agreed to this armed kurdish fighters in northern syria rescuers expand their search for survivors of last week's deadly tsunami in indonesia as authorities warned of more high tides to come and the rats shrinking christian community celebrates christmas with the government declaring it an official public. hello thank you for joining us we begin the program in sudan where police fired tear gas and live ammunition to the spurs crowds of protesters in the capital to. thousands are attempting to reach the presidential palace as they continue their call for longtime leader omar al bashir to step down they blame his government for economic mismanagement and rising food and fuel costs official government figures say twelve people have died since the unrest began a week ago the international groups say that the real figure to be as high as thirty seven allowed to see

see dons omar al bashir becomes the first arab leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago. and i'm just audio tape and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor all band and calling and label reform slavery. twelve dead and fighting on the outskirts of the yemeni port of data ahead of a cease fire set to start on tuesday plus. i'm scott either in bangkok's chinatown were group of performers trying to keep the centuries old art form of chinese opera a la their story coming up. a president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar al assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media acquired sudan's president omar al bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arab league shortly after war broke out there in twenty eleven the assad government has been accused by the u.n. and rights groups of committing multiple war crim

able to afford daily goods and go on with their lives here morgan for inside story so who is omar al bashir he came to power in a military coup in one thousand nine hundred nine and his role sudan with an iron fist since then he's been reelected president several times most recently in two thousand and fifteen when most opposition parties are kind of the vote as government signed a peace deal to end the twenty one year civil war between north and south in two thousand and five and he oversaw the secession of south sudan into an independent state in two thousand and eleven. to international arrest warrants and a travel ban on charges of genocide and war crimes and there are four regions despite this he's made several diplomatic visits and was the first arab leader to visit serious as the war began there. let's bring in our guest now from khartoum faisal hametz a political analyst and former director of programs at the press here in doha. elephant a professor of politics at the doha institute and in oxford in the u.k. douglas johnson author of the book south sudan a new history for a new nati

at a packed christmas day rally president omar al bashir clutching his walking stick struck it's a fine note. our tell you all those who oppose our country are traitors. outside the presidential palace protest was met with punishment police fired live i'm going to a machine violently beating protesters. according to amnesty international dozens have been killed or injured in the cracked. under the country's military dictatorship dissent has been quashed with opposition leaders forced to continue to fight for change in exile. we want a democratic pluralistic city it the plans for a new government new laws and a new transitional constitution have begun. as economic charge takes hold i'm frustration grows protesters have vowed to keep going until bush has gone even in the face of tear gas. now to a unique music project called violins of hope restoring violins that survived the holocaust and israeli violin maker brings the instruments back to life to be heard as concert halls around the world as reports from the german city of. their witnesses of history these violins belong to european jew

al bashir is the first arab leader to go to syria since the country's civil war erupted nearly eight years ago. french authorities say a fifth person has died of wounds sustained in the christmas market attack in the city of stress birch the paris prosecutor's office identified the victim only as the polish national police killed the gunman on thursday night after a two day manhunt. more than forty people are reported injured after an explosion at a restaurant in the japanese city of support for most of the injuries were minor the one person is said to be in a serious condition the cause of the blast is under investigation. around forty same sex couples have staged a mass waiting in the brazilian city of sol paulo the participants tie the knot fearing brazil's new hardline president elect ableson our route could order a crackdown on gay weddings next year one new way it has been ordered a court actual resistance has in the past said he would not be able to love a homosexual son. with relatively new tradition for the holiday season it's the charity santa run it's a fun way to mobilize

against bread and fuel prices since then demonstrators have begun directing their anger at present al bashir. a strong earthquake has shaken the southern philippines the magnitude seven tremor struck southeast of mindanao island a tsunami warning was issued but later lifted the quake shook buildings in the city some two hundred kilometers from the epicenter so far no casualties or major damage have been reported. now is a turkish military assault on kurdish forces on the horizon a turkish t.v. station has broadcast images of what it says is a convoy of turkish military vehicles heading to the border with syria ancora view on produce the kurdish militia as terrorists and the domestic threat and warnings of military action across the border kurdish forces have been left vulnerable after that shock announcement that their ally the united states will withdraw all its troops from syria so now syrian kurds are requesting assistance from their former enemies and damascus which is sending troops to the flashpoint town of money beach setting the scene for a potential showdown. meanwhile heavy rainfal

they were demanding the resignation of president omar al—bashir.vely. he gave me more details about what happpened today. there was called today by the professionals association, which is an assembly of trade unions, independent trade unions, out of the, different from the sudanese government sanctioned saddam trade unions federation. —— sudan. hundreds if not thousands took to the streets in khartoum, with the intention of delivering a memorandum calling for the resignation of president omar al bashir. they were met with tear gas and bullets in different parts of khartoum, mainly downtown near the main square. the downtown near the main square. the downtown area of khartoum, there have been reports of casualties and many injured. and is it clear specifically what the protesters want? well, in the beginning, when the protest started, they started early in december but december 19 was the biggest protest that took place, ina was the biggest protest that took place, in a northern city, when high school students were protesting the price of bread whic

is even longer these are not the first demonstrations in recent years against omar bashir al bashir israel is there a sense that things are different this time around and that he's more under threat this time around this is by any account a completely different because when you look at cities that the magistrate in december twenty fourth in. jail today i think that on thirty five cities across to that in fourteen states than has seen its state. with honest self declared state of emergency in. and also in a lot of the states in addition to many of the clergy in a lot of us about especially for. the fans and blue nile technically at the moment there is a special investigation into a lot of instead of today and out of date so you can see the going was quite. alarmed by the current wave of protests from all over the country do you think there is a possibility for compromise between the government and the demonstrators. i think does that tell you that one way to go through all compromise look your opponent might find a way out of this special effect if you want. situation and this is a longstan

president omar al bashir has ruled for almost thirty years he's been reelected several times most recently in twenty fifteen when most opposition parties boycotted the vote now some opposition groups are calling for a change in the way the country's government eat. his lunch we need a new type of for regime a new system a new leadership the issue here is not who's ruling sudan but how to govern this nation first we need a new recipe for peace we need a national transitional unity government real consultations when it comes to the constitution. to protest on a scale not seen before dear time as president sudanese people seem to have lost patience and want to see an improvement in their living conditions sooner rather than later morgan al-jazeera. a group of protesters have attacked police offices during demonstrations in the french capital paris fighting broke out when demonstrates a started throwing objects at the officers one policeman took out a gun to disperse the crowd but at the opposite effect a crowd surrounded the offices who were forced to flee on their motorbikes the so-called ye

tried to march on the presidential palace in the capital khartoum there demanding president omar al bashir step stile after twenty nine years in power al-jazeera has have a more than is there. they started by protesting against shortage of credit and rising inflation but seven days on the demand has completely changed they're now demanding the government and its twenty one year rule and step down the government which is led by president omar al bashir has responded to using tear gas and live ammunition was i. president omar al bashir addressed his supporters on tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support a new clue zero which is a response. to every foreign agent. and destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has this miss protesters rallying against him in the capital khartoum as traitors and foreign agents. earlier riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds of thousands who were marching towards the presidential palace the demonstrators want al bashir to step down and blame his government for economic mismanagement and rising food prices official government figures say that at least twelve people have died since the unrest began a week ago but after initially promising economic reform on monday addressing a group of supporters the president remains the find appealing you should. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign and traitor and destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traces of foreign agents i support you and with your support i would be back here next year well just morgan ventured into the thick of the protests and here is what she saw. people in

people of sudan seem to want today is political change what the people are demanding is that omar al bashir step down the promises are not enough anymore not a core part of what. they're really limited demands by the position for bashir to step down over the regime to be toppled with and reason now the head of and actually consolation. government that has included tens and tens of partisan small parties and these bald his old was with that bashir al bashir has been volta by the sudanese people to entertain and the ones who want . to stay down have to go through the right way which elections in twenty twenty in april twenty twenty will be having elections and everyone has the right to be nominated and we elect said that. well that was that does talkie a boss from saddam's ruling national congress party now the conversation online in sudan seems to have changed in the last twenty four hours so hire out our social media producer is with us now to tell us what people are talking about now and contrary to that member of the ruling party saying that bashir not there's a limited number of people w

able to afford daily goods and go on with their lives here morgan for inside story so who is omar al bashir he came to power in a military coup in one thousand nine hundred ninety. israel sudan with an iron fist since then he's been reelected president several times and most recently in two thousand and fifteen when most opposition parties boycotted the vote this government signed a peace deal to end the twenty one year civil war between north and south in two thousand and five and he oversaw the secession of south sudan into an independent state in two thousand and eleven faces to international arrest warrants and a travel ban on charges of genocide and war crimes and there are four region despite this he's made several diplomatic visits and was the first arab leader to visit syria since the war began there. let's bring in our guest now from khartoum feisal mohamed salah a political analyst and former director of programs at the press here in doha. elephant a professor of politics at the doha institute and in oxford in the u.k. douglas johnson author of the book south sudan a new history f

coming up to don's president al bashir becomes the first arab leader to go to syria since the conflict began in twenty eleven. thousands of hunger ariens protests against prime minister viktor orban labor reforms dubbed the slave lol plus. i'm scott either in bangkok's chinatown the work group of performers is trying to keep the centuries old art form of chinese opera alive their story coming up. saudi arabia is denouncing what it calls blatant interference by u.s. senators who are blaming the crown prince for ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi the republican controlled senate voted on thursday to hold mohammed bin sound man responsible for the killing of the saudi list a second resolution called for an end to u.s. military support for the saudi u.a.e. led war in yemen the saudi foreign ministry said the senate's decision could affect relations. and canada's prime minister is seeking ways to cancel a weapons deal with saudi arabia just one true day this is called a measure to mount a show that sceptical and is demanding out says one was working out how to cancel a contract for truc

omar al bashir. needed to visit damascus. to go. i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor orban and calling labor reforms.

again calling for president omar al bashir to. police have fired tear gas to try and disperse the crowds of the capital the president is refusing to apologize for the political turmoil and has slammed recent protests against rising food and fuel prices. al-jazeera has. killed. carrying bags suspected of containing his remains the video shows the team arriving at the general's residence and. democratic senator elizabeth warren has taken a major step towards running in the twenty twenty presidential race. that she's forming an exploratory committee raise money and find formally launching a presidential bid. to yemen the people in the port city of her they say shelling is continuing despite a u.n. backed truce well the fight has agreed to hand over control of her day there to a local. the same by the u.n. as part of a recent data but the government backed by the coalition say they aren't holding true to their word. reports in her optimism however cautious it may have been has turned into confusion despite the truce there are reports

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is your response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traitors and foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they see the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into political crisis for the government but the being as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to correct its part of the crisis it's the n

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday hickeys the protesters of being influenced by external a challenge i think you should. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support a new three zero which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traitors in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year . thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has this miss protesters rallying against him in the capital khartoum as traitors and foreign agents. earlier riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds of thousands who were marching towards the presidential palace the demonstrators want al bashir to step down and blame his government for economic.

they were demanding the resignation of president omar al—bashir.covered sudan extensively. he gave us more details about what happpened. there was a call today by the sudanese professionals association, which is an assembly of trade unions, independent trade unions of the — different from the sudanese government—sanctioned sudan trade unions federation. and hundreds, if not thousands, took to the streets in khartoum with the intention of delivering a memorandum calling for the resignation of president omar al—bashir. they were met with tear gas and bullets in different parts of khartoum, mainly in downtown, near the abu jinzir square, and the downtown area of khartoum. there have been reports of casualties, and many injured. pope francis has stressed the need for love between people of all races, nations and religions in his traditional christmas message. addressing the thousands who gathered in st peter's square, he appealed to worshippers to embrace other cultures and to celebrate diversity. the pontif also spoke about the world's humanitarian di

i'm fully back to bill with a look at our main stories here on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first sad leader to visit syria since a beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media coast fresh air expressing his hope that syria will recovery's important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arab league shortly after the war broke out in twenty lebanon turkey is the last major backer of the syrian opposition helping them whole part of northern syria but its foreign minister says ankara is prepared to engage with damascus if the assad government held and won free and fair elections everybody should be able to walk the eligible ones in syria and all sides of syria including the refugees in my country and neighboring countries and in other countries who were resettled in the last seven years and it has to be a very credible one transparent democratic and fair elections and then at the end syrian people will decide who is going to rule the country after this election if it is a democratic elections and if it is a credible one the

well now the sudanese president omar al bashir has met with syria's president in the capital damascus he was warmly greeted by bashar assad at the airport upon arrival but here is the first arab leader to visit since the start of the syrian war in twenty eleven the leaders held talks in the presidential palace about developments in the region and also inside syria a sad said his country would remain committed to its arab identity despite many other arab nations distancing themselves from the syrian leader since the revolution in two thousand and eleven the arab league suspended syria seat in response to the government's attack on pro-democracy protesters well now thousands of hunger areas are protesting in the capital budapest against controversial new laws passed by prime minister viktor all bans right wing government earlier this week one of the reforms which critics have dubbed the slave lore extends maximum annual overtime hours to four hundred hours and enshrine khurana wickramasinghe has been reappointed prime minister nearly two months after his dismissal set off a political cr

sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since opposition protests began there nearly eight years ago they are said the government stands accused by the un and rights groups of committing multiple war crimes and al bashir is accused by the international criminal court of genocide and war crimes in sudan. surrounds foreign ministry says the president's visit shows commitment to resolving regional crises. will be from a place it will react the visit reflects the circumstances and crisis experienced by many arab countries and our commitment to find new approaches to action based on respect for the sovereignty of states not interference in its affairs there is a sixty percent of all refugees live in just ten countries all of them are in the global south well the un says there is a need for much greater international cooperation when it comes to sharing responsibility because how critical is now from one such camp at the mauritanian mali and border that is in dire need of help. the people of timbuktu are on the move escaping while they can. mohamed. as yo

in the center of the city for a soccer match they chanted freedom songs calling on president omar al bashir to step down several cities are under emergency rule as protesters demand a change in government the protests are now into their fifth day forcing schools and universities to shut down across the country and doctors have now gone on a definite strike heaping more pressure on the government here morgan reports from . driving his minivan is the only way. to living he says taking passengers around used to bring in enough money but with the fuel crisis in sudan that's no longer the case. we can stay from the day before work till the next day waiting for fuel with the fuel shortage sometimes you have to look for fuel in the black market for a higher price and even then you can't find fuel easily unless you know someone who can direct you to find around two gallons just so you can drop people off. fuel isn't the only thing scars in sudan this is shortage of money too over the past few months the sudanese have been forced to line up in front of a.t.m. machines for what little cash is made av

so those president omar al bashir has admitted his country is in crisis and has called on the police to abstain from using excessive force against anti-government demonstrators at least nineteen people have been killed in unrest since december the nineteenth demonstrators are calling for al bashir to step down as anger ronnie's is a high price the high price of basic food and fuel colombian authorities say they're investigating an assassination plots against president even two case involving three venezuelan nationals colombia's foreign minister carlos hall mr geo says the three men were arrested with heavy weapons including two rifles. those are your headlines one on one east the pacific's nuclear time bomb it's coming ix. the marshall islands is a tiny pacific nation with a very big problem. thanks. once ground zero for america's cold war atomic testing it's been left with a toxic radioactive legacy. now rising sea levels threaten to swallow the islands and if that happens deadly nuclear waste will be released into the ocean. and steve chap on this episode a one on one east we inve

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters on tuesday he kills the protesters of being influenced by external agency. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traitors in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year . thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to protect its part of the. it's the nature of the

sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since opposition protests began then nearly eight years ago yes said government stands accused by the un and rights group of committing multiple war crimes and al bashir is accused by the international criminal court of genocide and war crimes in sudan well sudan's foreign ministry says the president's visit shows a commitment to resolving regional crises. from a place it will react the visit reflects the circumstances and crisis experienced by many arab countries and our commitment to find new approaches to action based on respect for the sovereignty of states not interference in its affairs. kurdish crisis say they set off a car bomb in a market in northern syria killing at least eight people the group called the wrath of olives operation room says the attack in the city of afrin business outposts manned by pro turkey rebels the turkish government says the group is linked to the kurdish y.p. g. which it regards as terrorists the turkish president recently announced plans for an offensive into kurdish parts o

the protesters were marching towards the presidential palace to demand omar al bashir step down the president has vowed to implement what he calls the real reforms three improve living standards al-jazeera as head of morgan ventured into the thick of the protests here's what she saw in khartoum. people in sudan have been present before three days now and behind me you can be a huge amount of huge number of people protesting they think that if the people they want the government to go there.

news hour i'm fully back to headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes saddam's omar al bashir becomes the first arab leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago accusations of indifference saudi arabia rejects the u.s. senate resolution blaming the crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi also this hour. thousands on the streets seen hungary protesting against prime minister viktor all ban and calling a labor reform slave law plus. i'm scott either in bangkok's chinatown the work group of performers is trying to keep the centuries old art form of chinese opera alive their story coming up. a president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago say media co sudan's president omar al bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arab league shortly after war broke out in two thousand nine hundred eleven the assad government has been accused by

doctors are voted to go on an indefinite strike i mean protests calling for longtime leader omar al bashir to step down at least ten people have died since the protests began on wednesday the demonstrations have been spawned by the rising cost of food and fuel as well as corruption here morgan has this report from car too. it's may all seem calm here in the sudanese capital khartoum but the doors of the school behind me tells of a different story itself the story of a country that has been forced to issue a nationwide suspension to schools high schools and universities to try to prevent people from congregating because they're worried that there will be for the protests on top of the five days of protests that it's already witnessing over the past few days people have been going out to the street they've been complaining and protesting against the rising prices of market commodities against the fact that the government has been trying to increase the price of a loaf of bread from once a nice pond to three sudanese pounds which to them is already an affordable and they don't want to see mor