general hemeti, welcome to hardtalk.of the most senior members of the sudanese military, can you guarantee that this historic power—sharing agreement will be implemented now and in the future? let me tell you what the american secretary of state, mike pompeo, said on the 15th of august. that he joins the sudanese people in their call for a transitional government that is "truly civilian—led." do you accept that the power and authority is with the civilians, not the military? few outside sudan had heard of you, general hemeti, until the revolution. you have been described as the most powerful person in the sudan. is that how you see yourself? the reason i say you are the most powerful person in the sudan is that you lead the rapid support forces, which are well—equipped and heavily armed. and under the terms of this agreement, security sector reforms mean that your militia has to come under the command of the sudanese army. will you answer to the commander—in—chief of the sudanese army? does the rsf have a separate budget

few outside sudan had heard of you, general hemeti, until the revolution.e been described as the most powerful person in the sudan. is that how you see yourself? the reason i say you are the most powerful person in the sudan is that you lead to the rapid support forces, which are well—equipped and heavily armed. and under the terms of this agreement, security sector reforms mean that your militia has to come under the command of the sudanese army. will you answer to the commander—in—chief of the sudanese army? does the rsf have a separate budget and command? but who do the forces of the rsf a nswer but who do the forces of the rsf answer to? you, or the commander—in—chief of the sudanese army? how many soldiers are there in the rsf? we hear 70,000. what about sudanese soldiers in yemen. you hear people in the country saying they are not happy about sudanese soldiers fighting in the saudi—emirati coalition. would you withdraw sudanese troops from yemen? there are also reports that members of the rsf are not sudanese. 0mar ismailfrom the of the rsf are not su

the violence has been blamed on the rapid support forces led by general hemeti, who has been described. he denies any involvement. on the streets today, some of the mistrust seemed to give way to hope. translation: we hope sudan can move forward so we can be proud of our country and forget about the guns and move towards peace. translation: protesters demanded civilian rule because they wanted a better life. today is a historic day for sudan and hopefully this deal will meet the demands that the revolution was based on. the military and civilians make for uneasy bedfellows, but for now it seems the sudanese people are giving the military the benefit of the doubt and are working with them together to create a new sudan. zeinab badawi, bbc news, khartoum. and you can watch the full version of that exclusive interview with general hemeti on hardtalk this monday at 04.30, riot police have cleared roads in hong kong after a stand—off with pro—democracy protesters, as the political crisis in the city continues for an 11th week. earlier thousands of teachers took to the streets in a peaceful

the violence has been blamed on the rapid support forces led by general hemeti, who has been describedt seemed to give way to hope. translation: we hope sudan can move forward so we can be proud of our country and forget about the guns and move towards peace. translation: protesters demanded civilian rule because they wanted a better life. today is a historic day for sudan and hopefully this deal will meet the demands that the revolution was based on. the military and civilians make for uneasy bedfellows, but for now it seems the sudanese people are giving the military the benefit of the doubt and are working with them together to create a new sudan. zeinab badawi, bbc news, khartoum. a rare marine dugong has died, one of the few hundred left in the region. it died from complications after swallowing plastic. she was just a baby when she was rescued, orphaned and stranded on a beach in the south of thailand. her rescue is named her mariam, lady of the sea. incredible images of the red dugong, a species of sea cow, went viral after she was seen nuzzling into marine biologists. he was nu

the violence has been blamed on the rapid support forces led by general hemeti, who has been describedway to hope. translation: we hope sudan can move forward so we can be proud of our country and forget about the guns and move towards peace. translation: protesters demanded civilian rule because they wanted a better life. today is a historic day for sudan and hopefully this deal will meet the demands that the revolution was based on. the military and civilians make for uneasy bedfellows, but for now it seems the sudanese people are giving the military the benefit of the doubt and are working with them together to create a new sudan. zeinab badawi, bbc news, khartoum. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. the final day of the second ashes test is set to be a fascinating one. there was another feisty innings from australia's steve smith who was hit on the neck forcing him to leave the field, but he returned. both england and australia's fast bowlers were on excellent form on a remarkable day at lord's asjoe wilson reports. everyone at

he's also known as hemeti.p. translation: in accordance with the agreement we will stick to every single letter we have agreed on. secondly, even without the agreement, we have to work in this direction because it is in the country's interest, it isn't our own interest. therefore, we have to carry out the agreement, stick to it and support it. here's mary harper again on that. although the military has said it'll stick to every letter of this agreement, there's already been some hitches. it was meant to be this new sovereign council sworn in on monday which hasn't happened. it's been postponed because not all the members have been agreed upon yet. it'll be made up of civilians and members of the military, and also lots of questions are being asked whether civilians are really going to be able to have as much power as they'd like within this pair council which will be headed by the military initially and then by the civilians because the military, even though the top military man, former president al bashir is o