forward ok so my hero mubarak good to speak to thank you very much well eric reeves is a sudan researcher and was until recently a senior fellow at harvard university he joins us on skype firm northhampton and massachusetts thank you very much for coming on this program. we heard one of the organizers of these protests speaking to us it seems that the protesters aren't ready to step back despite the fact that the gentile has offered talks with the opposition what do you think it will take for some kind of compromise. i think we have to realize 1st of all there we don't have a good faith actor in the transitional military junta. you know your earlier clip you have translated from arabic was. mohammed hum than. better known as a matter a leader of the rap and sports horses he's actually claiming that there are infiltrating snipers who are responsible for the shooting deaths today this is so preposterous so absurd that we have to wonder whether he's just lost any consideration of all for his credibility or the transitional military council which he is the deputy head you don't have a good fa

after which they will hand over power to the opposition well let's get more on this we're joined by eric reeves an author and saddam researcher and he's joining us from northampton massachusetts mystery's very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so we're hearing from the opposition who are saying that the agreement that they reached it's only a 1st step is it a good or a good enough 1st step do you think from what we know about it so far. i think it was inevitable there was pressure mounting on the allies for freedom and change and the transitional military council perfectly prepared to end these negotiations that some agreement had to be reached on the other hand let's remember there are still no internet access there is no telephone access in sudan so the people of sudan have not really been consulted a number of people in khartoum have been consulted but people are going to get an understanding of the agreement from the military controlled state media so now you know broadcast. networks and that presents a real problem inclusiveness is a very debatable issue right at this moment that's ri

were ruthless bibles and i don't believe that it is stable in the long term thank you very much eric reeves south sudan researcher our sudan researcher good to have you on. we have plenty more ahead this hour including. votes are being counted out the controversial local elections and albania that were this is watched by the european union. and we look back at the history of defiance amongst the people of hong kong ever since the territory was handed over to china. and the single and batsman comes good when it matters the actions from the hosts of the world cup clash with india and sport. flights have resumed at libyan the libyan capital is only functioning airports it has briefly taken out of action after being hit by an air strike forces loyal to the warlord says their attack destroyed a turkish drone that was parked on one of their ports runways and turkey says 6 of its citizens are being held by have terrorist forces it is now warn that have terrorist fighters would become a legitimate targets if they aren't released immediately after seester an administration and tobruk cut all ties wi

to civilian led government that's premature at this point mr reeves we thank you very much for your time and your expertise on this that is eric graves live in northampton massachusetts thank you. there are plenty more ahead on the news hour including mother's march in hong kong support of young students against a controversial extradition. zimbabwe's under-powered a commie unreliable electricity supplies are putting businesses and workers under pressure and the president has some big plans for the women's world cup the whole has the details and. the un's nuclear watchdog will hold a special meeting next week on iran's nuclear program the meeting was called by the u.s. which pulled out of the 2050 nuclear deal last year and says it will begin the 2nd phase of its planned to reach the deal starting on sunday iran has set a 2 month deadline for the remaining signatories that is russia china russia and france and germany to provide economic relief from u.s. sanctions well let's go now to our white house correspondent committee how could she's joining us live from washington d.c. any reaction from the white house to any of these d