now their current has turned to anger and protesters say they won't back down alexei o'brian al jazeera. well as you mentioned the u.n. security council failed to reach a joint position on sudan in a closed door meeting more of that now from our diplomatic editor james bays. the security council was briefed behind closed doors on the latest developments in khartoum by the secretary general special adviser almost situation in sudan nicholas hastened i'm very concerned about the situation in khartoum and i think that represents a position of the international community i don't want to engage to mention a discussion as to who should do what because we're still hoping to play a role in bringing the parties together we haven't given up hope that a solution is still possible you can just. as soon as i can mr hasten told reporters he'd like to see a common international position on the situation in the sudan but the security council couldn't come up with that they couldn't come up with a statement on the killing of protesters by the military i'm told but china adamantly refused the draft state

now their current pace turns to anger and protesters say they won't back down alexei o'brian al jazeera. the council has held a closed door meeting on the deteriorating situation in sudan and failed to reach a joint position china and russia blocked any action against the military rulers or diplomatic editor james case as war. the security council was briefed behind closed doors on the latest developments in khartoum by the secretary general special adviser almost situation in sudan nicholas hastened i'm very concerned about the situation in khartoum and i think that represents a position of the international community i don't want to engage to mention a discussion as to who should do what because we're still hoping to play a role in bringing the parties together we haven't given up hope that a solution is still possible you can just. as soon as i can mr hasten told reporters he'd like to see a common international position on the situation in the sudan but the security council couldn't come up with that they couldn't come up with a statement on the killing of protesters by the military

spoke on the phone with the saudi deputy defense minister about sudan began our coverage with alexey o'brian. they're being called barricades of anger at the latest effort by protestors to pressure the ruling military council to hand over power to civilians. these prayers not only mocking the muslim aid holiday but also remembering those who cannot join them the victims of what protesters say was a brutal massacre witnesses described finding bodies burnt in tents after an attack by security forces on the camp in khartoum their protest as saw as a shrine to their revolution they say some of the dead were taken by armed forces and others dumped in the river this video which can't be verified shows crowds gathering as bodies pulled from the water. the military's being accused of trying to stop the violence being documented and shared by confiscating mobile phones. next week will begin our civil disobedience the military council has cut off the internet they cut off the telecommunication networks to cover their crimes we promise we'll unveil the military's crimes committed on the streets from ki

now their current peace turns to anger and protesters say they won't back down alexei o'brian al-jazeera un security council is not on the deteriorating situation in sudan and failed to reach a joint position china russia blocked any action against the military rulers but a.t.u. states expressed concern that the magic editor james bays has more. the security council was briefed behind closed doors on the latest developments in khartoum by the secretary general special adviser almost situation in sudan nicholas hastened i'm very concerned about the situation in khartoum and i think that represents a position of the international community i don't want to engage to mention a discussion as to who should do what because we're still hoping to play a role in bringing the parties together we haven't given up hope that a solution is still possible you can just. as soon as i can mr hasten told reporters he'd like to see a common international position on the situation in the sudan but the security council couldn't come up with that they couldn't come up with a statement on the killing of proteste

now their current has turned to anger and protesters say they won't back down alexei o'brian al-jazeera is current accounts will has met over the deteriorating situation and sudan but failed to reach a joint position china and russia blocked any action against the military rulers states there expressed concern. do you need a lateral announcement to see. the point that government and for elections too short period of time is of great concern with support the people of sudan in search for and i create 30 transition by civilians and for them to establish the conditions for elections we have to be free and. we call a fanatic greed transfer of power to a civilian government that the people of sudan. place in australia have carried out a 2nd rate against journalists in as many days they've searched all the a.b.c. in sydney it's linked to the national broadcaster its investigation of alleged war crimes by australian special forces in afghanistan a day or earlier police searched the home of a news corp journalist i think every mean your organization in the lead and sometimes has a difficult mom

now their current has turned to anger and protesters say they won't back down alexei o'brian al jazeera. as i mentioned the u.n. security council fails or rejoined position in a closed door meeting more on that now from our diplomatic editor james bates. the security council was briefed behind closed doors on the latest developments in khartoum by the secretary general special adviser almost situation in sudan nicholas hastened i'm very concerned about the situation in khartoum and i think that represents a position of the international community i don't want to engage to mention a discussion as to who should do what because we're still hoping to play a role in bringing the parties together we haven't given up hope that a solution is still possible you can just. as soon as i can mr hasten told reporters he'd like to see a common international position on the situation in the sudan but the security council couldn't come up with that they couldn't come up with a statement on the killing of protesters by the military i'm told that china adamantly refused the draft statement saying it was a

now that hype has turned to anger and protesters say they won't back down alexei o'brian al jazeera let's bring in martin ploughed he's a senior research fellow at the institute of common law studies is joining us our from london so there have been a few developments over the past couple of hours i mean 1st ask you about this arrest of the deputy head of the sudan people's liberation movement north rebel group what do you make of his arrest. well i've met him several times i know very well he's. a fine man and somebody who does represent a considerable portion of the of of. and it's a great pity that they've done that i thought that his return to sudan was a measure of hope was an indication that perhaps at least he thought there was genuine movement so it is a real step backwards that they've arrested him and i just hope that he's well. and we also know martin that there has been a phone call between the u.s. undersecretary of state for political affairs who's reached out to the saudi deputy defense minister now we know that the saudis do have leverage over the military council in sudan