general abdul fatah al burhan, welcome to hardtalk.ins are being escalated and intensified. you reached a stalemate, haven't you? but you have now warned the protesters against setting up road locks. you are saying things can't continue like this because as you say, security is a responsibility of the state. i give it to you, general, but it sounds like you are making a threat to the protesters. will you guarantee that you will not ask any of the armed forces to use force to remove these roadblocks? you can guarantee that absolutely? because protesters i've spoken to are quite concerned, some of them, that the situation could change. the force —— the forces of freedom and change were now represent the protesters, the sudanese professional association which led the protests, and the political parties are now demanding an immediate handover in a matter of days to a civilian transitional government. will you do that in a matter of days? so you're waiting for a consensus from the protest movement? and then you would hand over power? and co

general abdul fatah al burhan, welcome to hardtalk.t—ins are being escalated and intensified. you've reached a stalemate, haven't you? but you have now warned the protesters against setting up road blocks. you are saying things can't continue like this because, as you say, security is a responsibility of the state. i give it to you, general, that it sounds like you are making a threat to the protesters. will you guarantee that you will not ask any of the armed forces to use force to remove these roadblocks? you can guarantee that absolutely? because protesters i've spoken to are quite concerned, some of them, that the situation could change. the forces of freedom and change who now represent the protesters, the sudanese professional association, which led the protests, and other political parties are now demanding an immediate handover in a matter of days to a civilian transitional government. will you do that in a matter of days? so you're waiting for a consensus from the protest movement? and then you would hand over power? and could

general abdul fattah al burhan, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. on the way, it's certainly going to feel a lot cooler, but not really until the end of the week. today, wednesday, it's actually not going to be too bad. temperatures could still get up to around 20 degrees but some of us will need our brollies. there are showers on the way, there could be some thunderstorms too. a lot of cloud on the satellite image, these are weather fronts, they are heading in our direction and for the rest of the week, we will see a succession of weather fronts approaching us and those will be giving showers. we can still see quite a lot of orange and yellow, that is basically the temperature of the atmosphere. it's what we call the air mass. some warmth there but the colder current of air across the north atlantic, that won't reach us until probably friday, that's when we will really notice the temperatures tumbling. here's first thing in the morning on wednesday, temperatures of ten in the south, six in the north. showers going right from the word go across corn

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime.ith protesters and trying to win them over. but, so far at least, that plan doesn't seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there is a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. let's speak to alex de vaal now — a sudan specialist and executive director of the world peace foundation. he joins us from addis ababa in neighbouring ethiopia. thank you very much forjoining us. how much control over sudan do the coup makers have? it looks like they don't have much. this is a pretty shambolic coup, really. quite clearly, the different generals in charge, the generals in charge of not just the army charge, the generals in charge of notjust the army but charge, the generals in charge of not just the army but security forces and pa ramilitaries, not just the army but security forces and paramilitaries, they couldn't agree on what they were doing, other than removing the long—standing president, 0mar al—bashir. the first leader was clearly very

general burhan replaced the coup leader after he resigned yesterday.cturing of state institutions, the end of a night curfew and the release of political prisoners. demonstrators have vowed to continue their protests until there is a move to civilian rule. i've been speaking to ahmed soliman, a researcher with the africa programme at chatham house. he said general burhan has been using a much more conciliatory tone. he isa he is a different kettle of fish, he's not been politicised in the same way, he's not held a position like the minister of defence of vice president previously, he is someone who is seen as a military man, as a straight military man, as well. but, we have heard from him today and we have heard a much more consider a tree tone, again, but not a huge amount of the two—year transitional piece. it still remains that. and some of those figures remain significantly as part of the transitional military council, including the minister of defence and the rapid support force, which is one of the armed force paramilitary, or now regularised gro

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime. of khartoum, engaging with protesters and trying to win them over. but, so far at least, that plan doesn't seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there is a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. let's speak to alex de waal now, a sudan specialist and executive director of the world peace foundation. he joins us from addis ababa in ethiopia. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. he is not known as a manipulatorfor no news. he is not known as a manipulator for no reason, news. he is not known as a manipulatorfor no reason, there have been some suspicions cast as to exactly what is going on behind the scenes. i know the international crisis group based in kenya had their consents. just explain to us where we are. essentially the situation is a shambles. if you are a military officer and you are going to launch a queue, you have to do it decisively and put yourself clearly in command and the coup makers and sedan have not done

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime.eets of khartoum, engaging with protesters and trying to win them over. but, so far at least, that plan doesn't seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there is a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. and now more from the situation on the ground in sudan. tagreed adbin has been going to the protests in the capital khartoum and spoke to us earlier. we have been resisting for a very long time. it has just gained some type of visibility over the past few months. but the fact that the sudanese people have been resisting for years. we have lost many martyrs, many people have fallen. the fact is that everybody is fed up, with the mismanagement, the corruption and the utter humiliation that the regime rained upon people. what made it different this time with people going out, we had reached a point where people really had nothing to lose because even sick people didn't have access to medicine, people didn't have access to their own ass

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime. the streets of khartoum, engaging with protesters and trying to win them over. but, so far at least, that plan doesn't seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there's a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's hugh ferris at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. five major winners have a share of the lead heading into day three of the masters, with tiger woods lurking just behind as he attempts to win what would be an incredible fifth title at augusta. woods has had four back surgeries and four knee operations since the most recent of his 1a major wins, but he's in contention on six under par, despite almost being injured by a slipping security guard during a soggy second round. francesco molinari is one of those star names that have a slim advantage, while ian poulter is the leading british player, two shots behind the leading group. and you can watch live and uninterrupted coverage of the 3rd round

so everybody wants to know what general al—burhan has on his mind.situation has now reached a stalemate. people are aware of the current state of the nation. the state could have descended into chaos and the authorities were negligent. therefore, the armed forces decided to take over control. but we don't pose a threat to the people, we just want the situation to calm and for things to return to normal. but protesters have the right to demonstrate anywhere and anytime. so, general abdel fattah al—burhan there, an army man reassuring me in my hardtalk interview that he is in control of all the factions in the army and that he is determined to make sure that the military remains subservient to the people. but still, no clear resolution on when or what is going to happen next. for the first time a new malaria vaccine is being tested in the field. it's the culmination of more than three decades of work and cost $1 billion to develop. malaria kills a35,000 people every year, the majority of them children. a large—scale pilot has been launched in malawi. b

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime.otesters and trying to win them over. but, so far at least, that plan doesn't seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there is a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. joining us now on the phone from washington is a senior adviser to the enough project, a nonprofit organisation working to end genocide and crimes against humanity. first, after 30 years, why now would mister al basheer accept change needs to happen? because of people plasma power. the movement for change in sedan did not start in december but it really picked up a new energy and new force in mid and continued for the last four months to build momentum the 6th of april when a population in major towns across the country decided to stage a sit in and demanding handover to a civilian government after 30 years, and the criminal rule of alba share,. and before that protesters are vowing not to leave their civil disobedience campaign. so we have gone from desert there we

he said general burhan has been using a much more conciliatory tone.ed in the same way that ibn auf has. he's not held a position like minister of defence or vice president previously. he's someone who's seen as a military man, as a straight military man, as well. but, we've heard from him today and we've heard a much more conciliatory tone, again, but not a huge amount of movement, in terms of the two—year transitional peace. it still remains that. and some of those figures remain significantly as part of the transitional military council, including ibn auf as minister of defence and including the rapid support force, which is one of the armed force paramilitary, or now regularised groups, who are active in darfur. the leader of that is now the vice chair of the military council and i think that will worry a lot of people in sudan as well. and, ultimately, while we're seeing negotiations taking place today, with the sudanese professional association, who have been steering these protests over the last four months, they haven't led, at this time, towar

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime.has been seen on the streets of khartoum, engaging with the protesters and trying to win them over. but, so far at least, that plan doesn't seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there is a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. for more on these developments we can for more on these developments we ca n ci’oss for more on these developments we can cross to washington, dc and talk to the former deputy chief emission at the embassy in sudan. do you see any positive signs, anything we can ta ke any positive signs, anything we can take encouragement from in the middle of all this uncertainty that is going on at the moment? ido is going on at the moment? i do see positive signs. in fact, i'm cautiously optimistic that the new leader of sudan will continue to ta ke new leader of sudan will continue to take additional steps that will reassure the protesters, build confidence with them, so there can bea confidence with them, so there ca

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime.. but, so far at least, that plan doesn‘t seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there is a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. with me now is ahmed soliman, researcher with the africa programme at chatham house. thank you for coming in. how a cce pta ble thank you for coming in. how acceptable do you think this latest leader, the general, will be given that his predecessor was regarded as being too close to the former president? he is a different kettle of fish. he has not been politicised in the same way. he has not held a position like minister of defence or vice president previously. he is someone vice president previously. he is someone who is seen as a military man, a straight military man, as well. we have heard from him today, and we have heard a much more conciliatory tone again. but not a huge amount of movement in terms of the two—year transitional piece. it still remains that. and some of those figures remain signi

you are sticking to your request that general burhan disband the military council in a matter of daysyou escalate your protests until he steps down or disbands the military council? we are doing that. do you fear that could be some kind of violence, that the armed forces could get that up within this structure —— obstructions to people's daily lives, in khartoum, the street protests, that force could be used to disband you. we believe and we have every reason to believe and we have every reason to believe that armed forces, might be that up, not with what is going on the street, but the kind of inflexibility shown by the parties. you don't fear any violence. what should happen to president bashir? he should be tried? in the sudan or surrendered to the international criminal court. we have to try him first in sudan. if there is evidence that a jury can't deal with that big gross crimes, we don't mind to send him wherever. you would send him to the? but we would prefer to try him here. when the protest started in december you are seen as here. when the protest started in december you ar

general abdel fattah abdelrahman burhan is now the leader of the transitional military council.he says, all spectrums of sudanese people for dialogue. have you been invited? if they make the invitation and they send invitations, they would send us one, because we are a registered party by law and according to the constitution which is still valid, and so we have legitimacy to be invited to these official events. so the protesters are calling for a civilian led transitional government now, perhaps just limited representation. the african union is given the military counciljust about two weeks to hand over to a civilian administration. what is the likelihood of that happening? in past experiences, the african union, the period of required within which they should take action and have elections, we have seen this in other parts of africa. i don't think the country of sudan would be much affected by this decision if it were in the right past or officially launch a dialogue reinstituting democracy in sudan. in past experience, being cut off by the african union for 15 days did not pr

protesters in khartoum continued to demand a civilian government after general abdel-fattah burhan was sworn in as head of a transitional council formed by the military. al bashir who ruled sudan for nearly 30 years remains under thuse arrest. international criminal court has charged al bashir with egnocide linked to the war in sudan's darfurn in the 2000s. north korean leader kim jong un said he is prepared to meet with president trump for a third nuclear summit. learn more at www.pbs.dot.org.newshour. >> sreenivasan: secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting with leaders in paraguay and peru today, part of a tour of four south american countries that will end on t colombian border with venezuela tomorrow. por more on the issues secretary eo is facing on this trip, we turn to chris sabatini of anlumbia university's school of internationapublic affairs. he's also editor of theglobalamericain.org, and he us from corning, new york, via skype. ability 3 million venezuelas have left the country in the last few years, many have gone to the countries currently on the secretary of staate's tr

was forced from power — the military leader who led the coup has now appointed general abdel—rahman burhannew leader. state tv broadcast the moment he took the oath to become head of the military council to oversee — what the council called — a pre—election transition. protestors welcomed the change but say they still want the military to give up power and allow a civilian transitional government to take charge. our senior africa correspondent, anne soy, reports. uncertain times in sudan, but protesters are undeterred. they say the revolution isn't over yet. the country's strongman may be gone, but in his place now are some of his closest allies. but the people are demanding an end to military rule. translation: we want a civilian transitional government as soon as possible. if it has to be the army who makes this happen, then we don't want anyone from their side who has been part of the regime in any way. translation: why isn't there a transitional government? all those people who died, have theyjust gone in vain? we cannot accept this. there are fears the army generals who toppled the pr

but in an attempt to pacify them, general abdel fattah burhan abdelrahman, sudan's third leader in ass announced the end of the nightly curfew, the release of political prisoners, and a war on corruption. but he won further changes won't come quickly. translation: a military council will be formed to represent the sovereignty of the country and a civil government should be formed with the general agreement of the people. the military council will also be committed to paving the road for civil rule, based on a maximum of a two year transitional period. at the end of these two years, power will be handed over to a civilian government chosen by the people. sudan's unstable political situation follows months of unrest over rising prices. the organisation that aims to bring peace and prosperity to the continent says all sides need to talk to each other. more now than ever it's time to engage in inclusive dialogue, to create the conditions that would make it possible to meet the aspirations of the sudanese people, to uphold democracy and good governance and restore constitutional order as s

bashir, they have succeeded in deposing the general who succeeded him within 2a hours, and general burhanday is on notice. and the head of the council today is on notice. either he responds to the people's demands for a transfer to a transition led by civilian authority, or there will be general disobedience in the country that has paralysed the country for the last few months. this is what you are going to witness over the coming days. kosovo has allowed a group of its citizens to return home from syria. four men suspected of fighting for the so—called islamic state were arrested when they landed. the collapse of the group has cast a spotlight on the issue of repatriation for many countries. kieron mirchandani reports. from the rubble of syria to a caged playground in kosovo. 110 people, mostly women and children returned home on saturday, swapping the desert of the caliphate for metal wiring as their cases are processed full of kosovo is the latest country forced to deal with issues of repatriation of citizens who now wish to return home. while islamic state has been virtually defeated,

lieutenant general abdel fattah burhan abdelrahman will replace him.n twitter — i‘m @bbcta nyabeckett. bye— bye. that evening, some sure the sun close out the client working week and it looks like the theme into the weekend continues along a similar pattern, chilly side of the time of year, the deal of dry weather around and signa year, the deal of dry weather around and sign a spouse to look forward to as well. we are still stuck in repeat with an area of high—pressure sitting across scandinavia, feeding in this coolair sitting across scandinavia, feeding in this cool air across the north sea and preventing these weather fronts from making too much of an impression, so the next trac keep clear skies across much of the country with the exception southwest england and wales maybe northern ireland at that mark rutte here and temperature is pulled up above freezing elsewhere chilly start. blows potentially down to —3 or 4 degrees and some rural sheltered areas, so degrees and some rural sheltered areas, so frosty first thing in the morning, but lovely sme

trust and on that basis i have chosen the kind brother lieutenant general abdel fattah abdelrahman burhanry's third leader in just two days, an army general seen as less close to the former president who was indicted by the international criminal court for genocide. the military plans to stay in power for two years before eventual elections. they chant but after enduring years of economic crisis and political corruption, many in sudan want even greater change, and transition to civilian rule. momentum here is with the people, not least women, who have played a major role in this revolution. change in sudan remains precarious but also full of possibility. caroline rigby, bbc news. let's get more now on the situation on the ground. tagreed adbin has been going to the protests in the sudanese capital khartoum and joins us live. thank you for being with us to talk to us about what has been happening in khartoum. were you surprised by how quickly things move? a little bit we expected something to happen but we were not sure he would resign right away. that will be eternally to his credit. mrom

was forced from power, the military leader who led the coup has now appointed general abdel—rahman burhan the council called a pre—election transition. protestors welcomed the change but say they still want the military to give up power and allow a civilian transitional government to take charge.

trust and on that basis i have chosen the kind brother lieutenant general abdel fattah abdelrahman burhantaking the oath, this is the country's third leader in just two days, an army general seen as less close to the former president who was indicted by the international criminal court for genocide. the military plans to stay in power for two years before eventual elections. they chant. but after enduring years of economic crisis and political corruption, many in sudan want even greater change, and transition to civilian rule. momentum here is with the people, not least women, who have played a major role in this revolution. change in sudan remains precarious but also full of possibility. caroline rigby, bbc news. a new type of medicine called gene silencing has been used to reverse a disease that leaves people in crippling pain. it works by fine—tuning the genetic instructions locked in our dna. experts say it could be used for other conditions including parkinson's disease and alzheimer's. here's our health and science correspondent, james gallagher. and the cow, look, moo! sue has endu

trust and on that basis i have chosen the kind brother lieutenant general abdel fattah abdelrahman burhan. taking the oath, this is the country's third leader in just two days, an army general seen as less close to the former president who was indicted by the international criminal court for genocide. the military plans to stay in power for two years before eventual elections. they chant but after enduring years of economic crisis and political corruption, many in sudan want even greater change, and transition to civilian rule. momentum here is with the people, not least women, who have played a major role in this revolution. change in sudan remains precarious but also full of possibility. caroline rigby, bbc news. let's speak to gill lusk now, a sudan specialist and writer. she has covered this story for many yea rs. she has covered this story for many years. thank you forjoining us. were you surprised by the outcome of events ? you mean today or yesterday? both. yes. no, not really in the sense that the protest movement has been so that the protest movement has been so extraordinary in

movements, at the moment, have agreed to negotiate or to start talking to this new leader, general burhanf the interim military council. and i think they will be testing him to see whether he is ready to agree to move swiftly to a civilian government which they would then restore freedoms, respect for human rights, and prepare for free and fair elections. they don't just want to see a change. bashir has gone after 30 years, that was a major achievement for the protest movement. but they don't just want to see a new general at the head of the regime, they want the regime and the whole system to go. and based on your knowledge of the country, how optimistic are you? well, i mean, we have seen really the whole population and whole segments of society coming together over the last four months to press for change. i mean, this is really an expression of a culmination of anger that has built up over years which has related to, first of all, the war in darfur and in the mountains and the blue nile where the marginalisation of the populations there was at the root cause of the conflict, and the g

the new man in charge of the military's transitional council, lieutenant general abdel al fattah burhan. he was trying to say he needs the two years for transition government. he promised he would be having a dialogue with all the stakeholders in sudan's empires. that means that umbrella body we talked about the sudanese professional association, all the political parties, the protesters themselves. he said he would empty the jails of everybody who had been in prison for political reasons by mr. al bashir. of course this has led to maybe three steps forward and one step back, if i may put that it way. now a dialogue has started to happen. the protesters are staying on the street. sudan as multi-cultural, multi-faith sunday. today being palm sunday for sudan's catholics, they want to hold their mass at military headquarters. the inclusivity is there in terms of the protests. the determination to stay is there. we're also hearing from mr. al bash bashir's national congress party which rejects the decisions of the leaders, that basically all the people we arrested on thursday, april 11th,

trust, and on that basis i have chosen the kind brother lieutenant general abdel fattah abdelrahman burhanng the oath, this is the country's third leader in just two days, an army general seen as less close to the former president who was indicted by the international criminal court for genocide. the military plans to stay in power for two years before eventual elections. chanting. but after enduring years of economic crisis and political corruption, many in sudan want even greater change, and transition to civilian rule. momentum here is with the people, not least women, who have played a major role in this revolution. change in sudan remains precarious but also full of possibility. caroline rigby, bbc news. president trump says he intends to move illegal immigrants into democrat—controlled towns and cities — including new york and chicago. he says it's in retaliation for the party's opposition to his immigration policies. the democrats have called his rationale "warped". i call them the illegals. they came across the border illegally, we will bring them to sanctuary city areas and let th

al abdelrahman burhan is seen as further away from the old regime.ith protesters and trying to win them over. but, so far at least, that plan doesn‘t seem to be working. the demonstrators say they will stay on the streets until there is a handover to a civilian government. andy moore, bbc news. british steel is in talks with the government about a loan of £100 million in order to meet eu emissions rules. newly—issued free—carbon permits could have been used to settle the company‘s pollution bill for 2018. but the steel maker has been affected by a european union decision to suspend uk firms‘ access to free—carbon permits until a brexit withdrawal deal is ratified. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent rob young, who had more on the story. what we know is british steel is involved with talks with the department for business for a loan of about £100 million in orderfor it to meet the eu emissions rules. every year, each large company has to pay for the amount of pollution that they emit. 0rdinarily, a company can pay the bill for the previous y