amc here's my catch-up with bashir salahuddin and diallo riddle. >> jimmy: bashir and diallo i'm so happyou so much for coming on it means a lot to me i appreciate it. you look good, guys. >> thank you >> jimmy: hey, bashir? >> yes >> jimmy: you have a baby. >> i have a -- i have a little boy. ali michel, he is -- >> jimmy: what >> he's six months there he is. >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. >> dude, i'm so happy to be part of the dad crew let me tell you. my -- actually, my mother-in-law was here and we just had like a little pre-father's day brunch in my backyard so that was awesome. >> jimmy: ahh. >> it was good to have to have my first - >> jimmy: you first father's day. >> first father's day brunch yeah it was cool. i felt so weird sitting there not doing anything i was like, "i feel like i should do something. but they were like, no sit down yeah, yeah, it's all right >> jimmy: we're growing up man hey, with everything that's happening right now, how are you guys dealing with being funny and writing jokes? it's kind of challenging >> you know, bashir and i talk about that a lot because i

for his role in the violence bashir is support is fair he could be handed over to the criminal court has a more that has more from cost to our legal shape was very much part of the former ruling party and the former ruling party has repeatedly showed that it still has supporters on the ground that they have they did various protests against the wall the overthrow of former president ahmed bushehr the fact that he was taken to court and tried for corruption on the ground and there were concerns that those supporters who supported former president ahmed bashir and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and stage process that with the military that fast and late last night was blocked off all main roads that lead to the army headquarters as well as make sure that they control who would be able to cross bridges that would eventually lead them to the army headquarters now they are concerned that they will indeed be processed because i recall she was a member of their former ruling party was that he was employed or rather recruited by the former mili

killed in the final dispersal of the sit in last year supporters of the former president and well bashir holding a rival ronnie and they speak to morgan who's in the sudanese capital of khartoum and hippa 1st will tell us more about the a protest his grievances. well nick protesters have taken to the streets after weeks of organizing they're saying that this is a march or rather process to as they have to correct the path of the revolution now part of the grievances is over the fact that justice has not been delivered yet over the killing of demonstrators since december 28th when protests began against former president ahmed bashir up to june 3rd when a deadly attack when there was a deadly attack on the set them in front of the army headquarters in homs suman of the city so they're demanding justice for all of that they're also saying that the transitional government seems to have handed over a major files to the military the fact that the peace process one of the major demands of the revolution is being headed by the military by the by the military members of the sovereign council and

court he faces war crimes charges relating to the conflict in darfur former president to omar al bashir is also wanted by the i.c.c. for his role in the violence but she has supporters fear he could be handed over to the criminal course here in morgan joins us now live from the home of khartoum she's unable to leave because of the actions by the security forces here are so why has the army closed these roads is it related to early kushayb surrender. well kim aleko shape was very much part of the former ruling party as the former ruling party has repeatedly showed that it still has supporters on the grounds that they have various protests against the 1st of all the overthrow of former president ahmed bashir the fact that he was taken to court and tried for corruption so the supporters of the former ruling party has shown that they were still on the ground and there were concerns that those supporters who supported former president ahmed bashir and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and staged protests but what the military is that part and late

on the ground and there were concerns that those supporters who supported former president ahmed bashir and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and staged protests so what the military that saw things late last night was a block of all main roads that lead to the army headquarters as well as make sure that they control who would be able to cross bridges that would eventually lead them to the army headquarters now they are concerned that they will in the process because i recall she was a member of their former ruling party was that he was employed or rather recruited by the problem in a military and by the whole ruling party rather to curb the rebellion and therefore and that earns him. arrest warrants for work crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region of darfur so they all concerned that people would come out not only because he surrounded himself as the i.c.c. said but because they are now concerned that other people involved will also be targeted by the i.c.c. including former president ahmed was here who has an arrest warrant

including former president ahmed bashir who has an arrest an arrest warrant issued again. and a sudanese anti-corruption committee has confiscated a bank account belonging to ahmad bashir it is also close 5 foreign exchange bureaus used to fund his former administration a court handed bashir a 2 year sentence in december for corruption he also faces trials in investigations over the killing of protesters last year. qatar a special envoy for afghanistan is in kabul the afghan peace process is top of the agenda for the tunnies visit of ghana sounds government released more than $3000.00 taliban prisoners a spot of the doha agreement the united states and the afghan taliban signed a deal in february in qatar capital the agreement is seen as a prelude to talks between kabul and the armed. we want to have the scritched ability and the child more perspective to the afghan people that's the primary purpose of the visit it is not up to us to decide it's not to on up to the countries to decide or to impose and the preference it is up to the afghan people to decide if they decide to

martin bashir, bbc news. now it's time for our world.mber last year, locusts started swimming across east africa. now hundreds of billions of these tiny creatures have invaded the region from somalia to uganda. well. i've never seen anything like this. they're eating virtually everything. it's a nightmare. it's the worst locust outbreak he has seen in 70 yea rs. locust outbreak he has seen in 70 years. threatening to destroy the livelihoods of millions. if nothing is done each generation of locusts multiplies by 20. so the race is on to stop them breathing again. —— breeding. the bbc‘s senior africa corresponded andi the bbc‘s senior africa corresponded and i have spent the past few months stuck in nairobi covering the impact of the covid—i9 pandemic. is that 0k? yes. thank you very much. today i'm leaving the city to find out about another crisis which has the potential to be even more destructive than covid—i9 for some areas of my country. nairobi is one of the hotspot areas for covid—i9 and so movement in and out of the metropolitan a

the shia has also closed 5 foreign exchange bureau used to fund his former regime a court handed bashir a 2 year sentence in december for corruption of faces trials and investigations over the killing of protesters last year. iraq's economic crisis is deepening after months of political unrest the coronavirus pandemic and a crash in oil prices ramsey niemann is the world bank special representative to the country reporter simona fulton in baghdad where they discussed what needs to be done that has been a lot of changes this place actually has seen a number of carbon coming into office and unfortunately sometimes it will happen that any new government comes in the discussion is a bit discontinued and we have to start probably from scratch again or start maybe adjusting it according to the directions that the government has and of course that dimension that had to be a lot of crises that have hit this place at the time when we have reached somehow a quite advanced age that they will then we had to wait or probably sideline a bit to try to see how we can manage the situation that's happeni

including former president ahmed bashir who has an arrest an arrest warrant issued against. still ahead on al-jazeera we'll tell you about a massive fire in india that could take up to a month to extinguish. hello there still very heavy rains across central and southern areas of china these are the seasonal rains very typical of course this time of year but we've had some particularly heavy downpours now these pictures coming out of the 2 provinces in the southeast but there have been several provinces affected just like this so far over a 1000000 people have actually been impacted by these very heavy rains and of course the floods that follow as well you can just see how widespread they are so there's no getting away from it really this time of year there is more rain certainly in the forecast as we go through thursday the rains working there for the tools east but also some very heavy rain again tied to the same system bushing into western areas of japan against very heavy rains at times coming from that front it will work its way east friday leaving us with a sort of shar

that the government complete the goals of the revolution and to for is a former president omar al bashir also planning to protest also signing a rival rally what are they hoping to achieve. well as i've said they've been complaining about the economic conditions and that the government is illegitimate that's something we've seen over the past few months they're saying that the way the government has come to power by saying their regime and their president and the fact that the economic conditions have not improved illegitimate and they want this government gone now we've seen them. coming out on live on social media saying that they want their protests but it's also seen some members including the acting head of the former ruling party putting out a statement saying that they do not support the rally now incidentally the head of the acting head of the former ruling party ibrahim one dude has been arrested last night the security paris's that have accused him of trying to instigate people to go out on the streets and commit what they say is some sort of sets up a college the movement to t

the international criminal court relating to the conflict in darfur ousted sudanese president omar bashir is also wanted by the i.c.c. for his role in the darfur conflict just a day after khushab surrender sudan's military has closed all roads and entrances leading to its headquarters in the capital khartoum he morgan has more from her home in khartoum she's unable to leave because of those actions by security forces . aleko shape was very much part of the former ruling party and the former ruling party has repeatedly showed that it still has supporters on the ground they have various protests against her of all the overthrow of former president ahmed push here the fact that he was taken to court and tried for corruption on the ground and there were concerns that those supporters who supported former president obama will be here and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and staged protests so what the military that was in late last night was a block of all main roads that lead to the army headquarters as well as make sure that they control who woul

including former president ahmed bashir who has an arrest an arrest warrant issued against. now the sudanese anticorruption committee has confiscated a bank account billowing to obama but it's also closed 5 foreign exchange bureau used to fund his former regime court handed bashir a 2 year sentence in december for corruption and also faces trials and investigations over the killing of protesters last year while he was embassy in libya says the military escalation in the city of could cause another humanitarian crisis forces loyal to the un recognized government and trying to push out the warlords after as fighters training has more now from the city of misrata. the u.s. embassy in libya expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis that's developing in the city of sirte they say that the continue escalation will only add to the humanitarian crisis to the city to the civilian suffering of the city and that this could possibly be taken advantage of by extremist actors now sirte was previously controlled by i saw in 2016 it's important to note that the american the americans w

martin bashir, bbc news. hours after testing positive for coronavirus in the uk has risen by 186, bringing the total number who've died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community to 43,1114. borisjohnson has said spikes in cases of coronavirus overseas should act as a warning to people in the uk who flout social distancing rules. the prime minister refered to the huge crowds seen on bournemouth beach yesterday as a reminder of the dangers of "mingling too much". the firm intu, which owns some of the uk's biggest shopping centres has gone into administration. the company, which owns the trafford centre in greater manchester, the lakeside complex in essex, and braehead in glasgow, failed to agree a deal with creditors over its huge debts, which grew during the lockdown. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. the customers are coming back after lockdown, but now the company behind some of our biggest and most popular shopping centres has collapsed. at lakeside in essex today, it's busy and busine

criminal court in the hague relating to the conflicts in darfur the ousted sudanese president omar al bashir is also wanted by the i.c.c. for his role in the doff or conflict. those are your headlines the news continues after witness i'll have more news in such a minute's see that. about him. with a. little boy in a little let me ask. you. this then i gave you my. love and. i miev i remember the whole war. is over so. it's a. chance and a half man. battle. royal. and. no listening. to me. would you. would. come to. say. oh. friend told us. just. for fun if you are up last night you are my most of the business that you're going to mention how. i've always been listening to the soup and what up till now. so i. didn't know when you got it and thought oh well. and one local town meeting. is out with the fact that the boy with the bush. was out that would be. baghdad home that i am. proud to know not one of those. days if they are. good this is. not good. that i am family. the only person who could. live in. that body. that anyone would down. tonight but. i wanted to let you. sure that you feel t

security forces more than 100 people were killed and 700 were wounded the uprising so president omar bashir removed from power here morgan has our report. it's been a year since his son arbaaz was killed yet father and his family can't bring themselves to open his closets to clean out his belongings he was killed in a deadly raid by sudanese military on a pro-democracy sit in at the army headquarters in sudan's capital hot zone and now the few belongings he leaves behind are what the family cherishes most. we found out he was shot in the attack when someone saw the video on social media and told us he would lift the house when he heard about the attack then he went to the hospital to look for him we didn't know he was did until we started searching in the hospital then we had to begin the long process of filing cases of the police station to receive permits to bury the body. this video was taken moments after 27 year old our bus was shot. the june 3rd attack brought an end to the september started in early april it was what prompted the military to overthrow the country's longtime president

and the sudanese anticorruption committee has frozen a bank account to be longing to omar al bashir has also closed the 5 foreign exchange bureaus used to fund his former regime but here was given a 2 year sentence in the center for corruption he also faces trials and investigations over the killing of protesters last year. russian authorities have detained 3 top managers of an arctic power plant that leaked about 21000 tons of diesel fuel into an environmentally fragile late if found guilty they may face up to 5 years in prison that is aster started at the end of may when a fuel storage tank failed ecologists say the spill will cause extensive damage the region's governor is accusing local officials of the liberally downplaying the accident. swedish prosecutors say they know who killed former prime minister all of parliament ending decades of mystery bomb that was shot on a busy stockholm street in 1986 the suspect has since died ending the investigation but as for recent reports the locking away of files looks unlikely to give the country closure. for 34 years the memorial to murdered

rape during the war in western darfur between 20022004 they asked him sudanese president omar al bashir is still wanted by the i.c.c. for his role in the conflict now an oil spill in russia's arctic region has seeped into an environmentally fragile lake that's according to the regional governor it's fear it'll travel down river to the ocean. the disaster started at the end of may when a fuel storage tank failed around $21000.00 tons of diesel and now leaked out ecologist say the spill will cause extensive damage the director of the plant is facing criminal charges. to india now where 5 deaths are being investigated for links to a leaking gas well this fire broke out on tuesday when a gas that's been leaking for 2 weeks ignited was reported several homes nearby caught fire state owned oil india had been trying to contain it for gas fields a few kilometers from wetlands and a national park. in yemen the world health organization believes far more people are affected by a coronavirus than official reporting shows that estimates deaths are in the hundreds of cases in thousands yemen's offic

early april it was what prompted the military to overthrow the country's longtime president armadale bashir after months of protests after he was ousted the sit in continued as protesters demanded the military hand over power to civilian rule witnesses to the attack which was led by the paramilitary rapid support forces on the unarmed protesters was a total of slots at least $120.00 protesters were killed on the day of the attack on the sit in but they were not the only across it is recorded rights groups reported women and men were raped and sodomized and witnesses reported bodies being thrown into the nile river and many who were present on the day of the attack remain missing but a year after the attack some have criticized the committee and say the investigations are slow and justice is being delayed a muslim when we took to the streets in december 28th seen we demanded freedom creation. justice saddam can't go forward without peace and freedom but more importantly it can't go forward without justice back in the room that was once our basses his sister says the government needs to remem

international criminal court relating to the conflict in darfur former sudanese president omar al bashir is also wanted by the i.c.c. for his role in the darfur conflict just a day after surrender sudan's military has closed all roads and entrances leading to his headquarters in the tomb it will morgan has more from her home in the capital she is unable to leave because of those actions by the security forces. aleko shape was very much part of the former ruling party and the former ruling party has repeatedly showed that it still has supporters on the ground they have they bear with protests against the wall the overthrow of former president ahmed bush here the fact that he was taken to court and tried for corruption on the ground and there were concerns that those supporters who supported former president ahmed bashir and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and staged protests so what the military that saw things late last night was blocked off all main roads that lead to the army headquarters as well as make sure that they control who would be

justice for those killed in last year's uprising and that led to the ousting of president omar al bashir the prime minister says he's transitional government is listening to protesters. the european union has announced it will reopen its external borders to 14 countries from the 1st of july united states has been excluded from the list as the corona virus infection right continue to rise in parts of the country china has been professionally approved the travel will only open up in beijing lifts old restrictions against european citizens in return. the chairman of german football club shelter clemons tanya's says quits amid the ongoing scandal of the conditions that he's meat packing plant in western germany more than 1500 plantain police have tested positive for. in a virus leading to a new lockdown in the surrounding region. for the 1st time belgium's cain has expressed his deepest regret over his country's colonial abuses in africa king felipe admitted in unless it's to the president of what is now the democratic republic of congo that belgium a committed acts of violence and cruelty t

andy bashir won with 49.2% of the vote, beat matt bevin. black voters, 95.7% voted for andy bashir.the black vote is motivated and mobilized, democrats can win in kentucky. let's talk about your would-be opponent, if you prevail in the primary. mitch mcconnell, unpopular. his favorable ratings, 23%. unfavorable, 46%. and yet, when you are polled against him, either yourself, really, or amy mcgrath, he gets like 52, 53% of the vote against either one of you. how do you beat him if he's that unpopular, but still manages to pull ahead? >> well, joy, when you come from a place like where i come from, the polls typically don't account for us with, because no one listens to us. turnout tends to be lower in kentucky because a lot of people have given up and they haven't felt like it made a difference. that's why my campaign, our campaign, is so important, because we're inspiring people to believe that things can actually be different, that this is bigger than beating him, which is why we're having folks that are organizing across kentucky that have never been involved before. so we're goin

martin bashir, bbc news.e he and the queen are isolating during the pandemic. the queen will celebrate her official birthday on sunday. in the top story, the funeral of george floyd took place. plenty of detail on the funeral, go to our website. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @samanthatvnews i will be back shortly with all the top stories. hello there. we'll take a look at the uk unsettled weather picture injust a moment, but first of all, one place that has seen some very high temperatures over the last 24 hours is the arctic circle, where temperatures reached 30 degree celsius on tuesday. amazing to think temperatures can get that high that far north, but they do from time to time. that, though, could be a newjune record for that particular area. looking at our weather picture, it is unsettled. we saw rain gathering across the north—west of the uk yesterday, and that was associated with an area of low pressure, and that low pressure is moving right over the h

calls for protests since december 28th which eventually led to the overthrow of president i'm going bashir protesters are saying that the revolution is incomplete that there are so many things they've been demanding since the beginning of the revolution that has not been achieved including justice for the people who were killed during demonstrations and during the sit in during the attack on the sit in on june 3rd they're also saying that their demands of the civilian government is incomplete because there is no legislative kindly transitional a transitional legislative assembly and there are no civilian governors so lots of demands by process that we're also seeing some members some supporters of the former ruling party taking part in those protests the together with those who are demanding the correction as they say correction of the south of the revolution they're saying that the economic situation has not improved in fact it has deteriorated so they're demanding that the government step down and bring power back to the former ruling party supporters. the former president are also holdi

says the killings amount to genocide or murder sudanese president omar al bashir is wanted by the court as well he faces charges of genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity i speak to do in new york he's a senior policy adviser at enough project a nonprofit aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity thank you so much for joining us what does this what does what is the significance of this what does this mean to people. it loses a lot because there are a lot of poor lost 2000000 who want to burn up to. 2.5000000 displaced who are still comes from to dismiss who do sudan. 200. in neighboring country is suffering i want to learn nation on their rights. there. are you know. as. soon as some engineers we have been given 100 hours therefore a little of this litigation will. in the asian. chill for them the issues of the mind. that cannot account for the relations of the national military along international. law what also there are the rights to what has been a few of them by the machinery leaving on the rights that it is to tune into the whole areas should there. have been d

those killed in the violent dispersal of a certain nastia and supporters of former president omar al bashir also holding rival bally's tell our correspondent helen morgan is in the sudanese capital khartoum for us here but there were calls for a 1000000 man march today i believe just how large and how significant have these protests been. well let's start there we've seen people coming out and taking to destry ahead of the scheduled time of 1 pm local time which is around 11 g people have taken to the streets 2 or 3 hours before that and that is not just in khartoum we've seen people in the western parts of the country such as central and western part of daraa for we've seen people in the southern parts of the country the north and the eastern part so it is indeed a nationwide movement just like the. professional association has called for as well as the resistance committees the bodies that are basically in every neighborhood calling for those. protesters or revolutionaries as they are to put pressure on the government to achieve the goals of the revolution and the clauses of the of the po

early april it was what prompted the military to overthrow the country's longtime president armadale bashir after months of protests after he was ousted the sit in continued as protesters demanded the military hand over power to civilian rule witnesses say the attack which was led by the paramilitary rapid support forces on the unarmed protesters was a total onslaught at least $120.00 protestors were killed on the day of the attack on the sit in but they were not the only atrocities recorded rights groups reported women and men were raped and sodomized and witnesses reported bodies being thrown into the river and many who were present on the day of the attack remain missing but a year after the attack some have criticized the committee and say the investigations are slow and justice is being delayed and. when we took to the streets in december 28th scene we demanded freedom peace and justice saddam can't go forward without peace and freedom but more importantly it can't go forward without justice back in the room that was once have basses his sister says the government needs to remember the

the gate i mean that dogs on them and it was only afterwards the saudis found his 13 year old son bashir not too lots of money. don't want to give him plus a lot of the 200 of them in the b. was there that day 2 with his son rocco dean who was injured when that was on the eve of the bout of that of them was on the done by the west. to get off to the. just another dungeon in the midst of the media the about the color that john was on with his son recovered the last part of his life. in the aftermath outside organizations like the un so they had evidence civilians had been killed district officials documented 16 civilian deaths including sizes. but the u.s. military said their investigation showed there were no civilian casualties specifically stating that they spoke to hospitals and clinics in the region told them no injuries were received. after the press release this started to be a lot of information coming from the ground contradicted the official response yet the u.n. saying that they haven't if so investigation indicated 10 at least 10 civilian casualties you had a new york times re

our religion editor, martin bashir, reports.and some friends, celebrated her 46th birthday. by the morning, they could not be contacted. so, i then phoned the police. i said, we don't even know if there has been foul play here. we have no idea. we are now 36 hours on and they have not turned up. impatient with the police response, nicky's boyfriend, adam, went to the park. then adam said, "we have found a knife. i am going to need you to sit down. ifound them. i've found them, but they've gone, they have gone." so i understand this, yourfamily is effectively running a search? yes. your family has driven the investigation? yes. yourfamily has found your daughters? yes. police sealed off the area and recovered their bodies, but for the family their grief was about to be compounded when they met with a police commander and a member of the independent office for police conduct. they said, "i don't know how to tell you this, but police officers were taking selfies and posing for pictures with your dead daughters." in the deep south,

forces since 2017 bensouda is also trying to prosecute the former sudanese leader omar al bashir for atrocities committed in darfur and she's investigating alleged israeli war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza something the u.s. opposes i think it's the culmination of our evolution from the republic to an empire that believes that we live by our standards and are alone i don't think that we should look at this particular act of mr trump in isolation by targeting bensouda colleagues the new u.s. sanctions raise questions about whether the court can actually do its job effectively. we've taken note with concern or it's an executive order authorizing sanctions against certain individuals at the international criminal court will obviously continue to follow very closely any developments on this issue human rights groups say the trumpet ministrations decision could harm their ability to help the most vulnerable in war zones but for now the us has declared a can't trust the i.c.c. to do the right thing which is to carry out just as an american terms rosalyn shorten al-jazeera washi

for justice for those killed during protests last year and supporters of former president omar al bashir also holding rival rally well our correspondent jim morgan is in khartoum she says the quarter protest drew crowds across the country. people coming out and taking to the streets ahead of the scheduled time of 1 pm local time which is around 11 g people have taken to the streets 2 or 3 hours before that and that is not just in khartoum we've seen people in the western parts of the country such as central and western part of daraa for we've seen people in the southern part of the country the northern and eastern parts so it is indeed a nationwide movement just like the. professional association has called for as well as the resistance committees the bodies that are basically in every neighborhood calling for those protesters or revolutionaries as they're termed to put pressure on the government to achieve the goals of the revolution and the clauses of the of the power sharing agreement which include appointment of civilian governors and forming a legislative transitional transitional l

security forces killed more than 100 people and injured 700 others the protests so president omar bashir removed from power but many victims say those who replaced him are yet to deliver justice well that's it you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story stay with us. adding fuel to the fire defiance and alfredo to donald trump threatens protesters across the u.s. said he could deploy the on the deal but is that the outset to growing public anger and will this be give it more momentum this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm convinced many a calling for a healing speech from president donald trump tackling racial inequality and police reform head on those the demands of many protesters who are outraged by the death of black american george floyd at the hands of a police officer after several months of the worst unrest in decades trump had this message he is the president of law and order he said he's an ally of peaceful protesters but threatened to deploy the military if local officials fail to control the unrest that's led

on the ground and they were concerned that both supporters who supported former president on and bashir and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and staged protests at least 69 people have been killed in an attack in northeast nigeria local leaders say feiss from a group linked to eisele raided a remote village in borno state they say it was a retaliation for the killing of several feiss by vigilantes after they tried to steal a live stock libya's national oil corporation says an armed group has shut down production at the else she'll oil field comes just a day after production of the country's biggest oil field was also shut down oil facilities have been a frequent target string fighting between u.n. backed government forces and warlord fastpass forces. inside stories next. what do we know about the long term impact coronavirus has on people's mental health locked down in isolation have led to unprecedented levels of anxiety stress and depression so what is the psychological cost of the pandemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the pr

is justice for those killed in last year's uprising that led to the ousting of president omar al bashir the prime minister says his transitional government is listening to the protesters the main is. staying in africa now as the democratic republic of congo marks 60 years of independence belgium's king felipe has expressed his regret for his country's brutal colonial rule in the congo and a letter to the president of the d.r. c. the king acknowledged belgium's racist legacy under king leopold the 2nd expressing quote deepest regrets for the harm done to the congolese people the memory of which is still burned into the country's collective memory. it was 65 years ago that belgian flags were taken down in the capital of what was then called the belgian congo guided by independence leader patrice lumumba the republic of congo declared itself independent from belgian after 75 year colonial rule remember went on to become the country's 1st elected prime minister. and kept a violent chapter of history millions of congolese were enslaved and killed during belgians colonial rule. in a letter to

criminal court he faces war crimes charges relating to the conflict in darfur former president omar al bashir is also wanted by the i.c.c. for his role in the violence the shiz supporters fear he could be handed over to the criminal courts. egypt is e.o.p. and sudan have agreed to resume talks on a controversial dam project that's according to sudan's water minister there a dispute over ethiopia's grande renascence dam it's under construction on the blue not that flows into the now river well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream i'll be back with you at the top of the hour. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and sell very brand of politics to americans before the fall follow the u.s. election on a jazeera. i am fairly ok you are watching history who have plastic that i'm always happy to do which is when you suggest an idea for osteen discounts have a look on my laptop this is something that we o

you can pretty much know down right there bashir value last and you know we shouldn't be having this thing where are you get taken me and really some are going to say oh the needs are so respect for those that have passed away there it's you know what i see people being forced to submit to other people's will and it won't just out with a knee it will be ok taken me for a base and taken me for a day i'm seeing it right now in minneapolis to make a new the mayor do all kind of things and don't fire a dispenser to police or you hate black people meal you hate black people is just way too much. it ain't going to end right here is going to continue on.

closed 5 foreign exchange bureau used to fund his former regime not a court in sudan handed over al bashir a 2 year sentence in december of last year with the charges of corruption those are your headlines i will have the news for you and 30 minutes 60 minutes of music comment until then inside story. george floyd is finally laid to rest his death sparked an unprecedented wave of anger against racism both in the u.s. and globally so as the world mourns floyd what will it take to in racism this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. african-american george floyd has been buried in his hometown he's going to change the world according to his brother it's hoped his story will become a turning point in the fight against racism and that's not just in the u.s. rallies over racial oppression and police brutality are spanning continents from the u.k. to senegal tens of thousands of people are kneeling or chanting i can't breathe the gestures represent the moments a white police officer knelt on floyd's neck john hendren reports from the city of houston where floyd funeral took plac

is justice for those killed in last year's uprising wish led to the ousting of president omar al bashir the prime minister says he's transitional government is listening to the protesters demands. the chairman of german football club shall clemens tanya's has quit the ongoing scandal and the conditions of his meat packing plant in western germany or than 1500 plant employees have tested positive for the corona virus leading to a new lockdown in the surrounding region. for the 1st time a raging reigning belgian king has expressed regret over his country's colonial abuses and the country that became the democratic republic of congo in a letter to the president felix such as the k.t. published on the 60th anniversary. the country's independence from belgium a king philip communicated his deepest regrets for the suffering and discrimination inflicted by belgian colonizers the country was on the belgian colonial rule for 75 years during which belgian forces killed and committed other acts of violence against millions of congo ladies and brussels the prime minister the belgian prime minister

forces since 2017 bensouda is also trying to prosecute the former sudanese leader omar al bashir for atrocities committed in darfur and she's investigating alleged israeli war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza something the u.s. opposes i think it's the culmination of our evolution from the republic to an empire that believes that we live by our standards and are alone i don't think that we should look at this particular act of mr trump in isolation by targeting bensouda colleagues the new u.s. sanctions raise questions about whether the court can actually do its job effectively. we've taken no. reports of the executive order or the rising sanctions against certain individuals the international criminal court will obviously continue to follow very closely any developments on this issue human rights groups say the trumpet ministrations decision could harm their ability to help the most vulnerable in war zones but for now the u.s. has declared it can't trust the i.c.c. to do the right thing which is to carry out justice on american terms rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington now