many fear an armed conflict could turn into a civil war. katya lopez, what a yon has more. these are not the headlines. people in sudan, we're hoping for. plans for a new government are on hold yet again. instead focus has turned to tensions between the army and a powerful paramilitary group. the rapids support forces. the escalation boils down to 2 leaders competing for power on one side as the army led by general after font i bureau hung on the other is the head of the rapid support forces. general mohammed hummed on the gallow known as amity this week, he mobilized troops in several cities, including the capital cartoon. the 2 generals disagree about when and how the paramilitary unit will be integrated into the armed forces. and that is a condition for the transition to civilian rule was still this re deployment issued by the record support forces lead to more tension and division ensued on that matter. but my also lead to security failures. the r s f worked with the military to overthrow a marble sheer in 20. 192 years later, they carried out another cool dozens of pro

decided to leave, hoping one day if things get better to fly to that same airport and get back home. katya lopez with a young al jazeera that's it for this news show. nick clark is here in a minute with inside story, so stay with us. ah, ah. hello. the weather has been a little disturb recently across southern parts of the arabian peninsula. they still have a few showers lurking away across central and southern policies. saudi arabia, anywhere from around becca, south, was actually could catch a shower or 2 over the next couple of days. north of that generally try dry weather now coming into to kia of the cool sod randall event. then why are we that will change? beirut goes from 20 celsius sas the afternoon, zooming up to around 31 degrees by sunday. quite a brisk wind coming in, but that's quite a rise in those temperatures. we'll see similar temperature across the northeast of africa, getting up to around about 34 celsius in car. either awesome showers around central parts of the mediterranean, which would refer the east without not that temperature back as we go into the early part of next we

the unofficial barrier between the 2 sides. katya lopez hold down, has more legal with this meeting between ty, once president sign one and us officials in taipei has high political implications . here the government says and needs international support, as threats from china get louder and closer, where the young girl went in. i would like to reiterate that the people of taiwan loved democracy, seek peace and are keen to for full the responsibility in the international community. china considers taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out using force to take it. the u. s. s. it's ready to expedite weapons sales as an off one of yours many sure. i saw often or no fear. one time one. and i oh, no problem. we will do this. well. now china has launched 3 days of military exercises around taiwan, a response to the taiwanese president meeting earlier this week with us house speaker, kevin mccarthy. ah, ty wants fighter jets responded with their own drills as fears grow about a possible escalation. it will be interesting to see just exactly how far the chinese are prepared to push this

decided to leave, hoping one day if things get better to fly to that same airport and get back home. katya lopez, so the young al jazeera and as it from me this hour cyril venue. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story news teacher. ah ah, hallow received some very heavy rain moving across southern parts of japan recently down across the south west of the country, a 105 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. that wet weather will move out into the open waters of the north west pacific. so driven in across the region across the vis cold front, which is making its way further east was brightest guys, come back, he behind it will freshen up. he goes from saturday, tempted around 20 celsius, therefore rad tokyo, southern parts of japan will be fine and dry, best state if a little fresher than it has it been recently still a few showers caused the northern half of honshu up to was her qaeda. they should gradually clear for was he go one through the east to we can warming weather coming in across the korean peninsula and beijing as well. temperatures here at around $23.00 degrees and it's

the question now was whether voters will agree katya lopez again for insight. sorry. ah. so let's introduce our guests for today's discussion. they're all joining us from the u. s. for washington dc. we joined by david bolger, democratic strategist and national security consultant, david's a former staffer to than senator joe biden, from stanford, connecticut, liz mer, republican strategist and founder of mass strategies, l. l. c. liz is the former republican national committee spokesperson and also in washington laura, blessing senior fellow at the government affairs institute, georgetown university. welcome to you all david. let's start with you. 44 percent of democrats say he's too old to run. as we heard 70 percent responders to an nbc poll don't think he should want again, because of his age, he'll be 86 by the end of his 2nd term if reelected, surely. biden is just too old to one. again, isde i wouldn't say that the president biden is too old. i think he is like many americans of that age category and he is in good health. his mental acuity is strong. and if you loo

decided to leave, hoping one day if things get better to fly to that same airport and get back home, katya lopez. so the young al jazeera oh process has missed the annual good friday procession because of cold weather in rome. it's also the 1st time the pope hasn't presided at the way of the cross service since he was elected in 2013 but process did attend the passion of the christ celebration of the vatican. 86 year old was discharged from hospital last week, after receiving treatment for bronchitis and christians. from around the world of gathered and occupied east jerusalem for eastern celebrations, many carried crosses through the streets, the old city to mark good friday. they were taking part in the procession of the church, the holy cetera, one of the holiest sites for worshippers and pilgrims. busy ah.

anticipated agreement for a peaceful transition to a civilian let government remains unsigned. katya lopez, civilian for inside story. ah. all right, let's go ahead and bring in our guests. here in doha will lead muddy bowl founder and president of sudan policy form. in khartoum, hulu cleared, founding director of confluence advisory, a sudan based thing tank and in medford, massachusetts, alex deval, professor at tufts, fletcher, school of law in diplomacy and executive director at the world peace foundation. who'd let me start with you today. the rapid support forces had worked with the military to overthrow ometer by sheer in 20192 years later they carried out another qu, why are the heads of these groups now at loggerheads? well, the reality is that they're always been at loggerheads to some degree, and that's because they have very different visions, the consolidating their power, grabbing 2019 in their qu, in 2021. but the reality is they both want to avoid accountability. they both want to avoid committing to security sector at reform and elements that will vastly circumscribe or ca

minus the buildup of gas is calls an explosion overnight. dropping the men and killing 3 others. katya lopez said, i am possible to coal mines are now the sight of a rescue operation in the columbian central town of coconut. bah, you know, no, not friends. and families are waiting anxiously, hoping their relatives survived the overnight explosion. when those on oil, when barzyk clarify the noise almost not males of bed. when all the mine it's told me that minute exploded. i was frightened because my co workers were working then. i mean, i was dramatic going down these mines, which one more than 900 meters under ground is a dangerous mission. authority say they detected toxic gases like carbon monoxide and methane in the shafts. 4 months earlier, government officials banned the mines from operating to the safety concerns. but they remained open miles or look while we're exploring different ways to use a tunnel so we can safely reach the missing minus of more than 150 people walking round the clock. i mean, colombia is latin. america's largest co producer accidents are common, especially in co

to warm ties apparently sweeping years of differences and turning former rivals and to allies, katya lopez, civilian for insights, story. ah, okay, well let's bring in our guests now. joining me in ankara is yusef alabama an international security and politics expert and retired colonel. and stan bull helene, sorry, autumn, associate professor of international relations at assemble midden yet university and in washington dc. hello al, a nanny, a senior fellow at arab center, washington dc, a non profit organization dedicated to political and economic understanding of the arab world. a welcome to all of you. thank you very much for being on inside story today. helene, if i can begin with you are the one once called c c a tyrant cc his id to key it has been protecting terrorists. i mean both the still in charge of the respective countries. so what has changed to get them to this point? well, we are once again with missing another chapter in the middle east history, let's say, because the, there's a companion graph richmond between various countries. and so you can see it. and this is somethi

kaba, others of travel law from cartoon to river nile state where no violence as get be reported. katya lopez, what i am has more ah, the threat of violence is now too close to home. days of fighting have left many sudanese, desperate, and afraid. thousands of people are leaving cartoon has got here. we will tell to get out any one who is able to leave, but we can't just sit around. we need to make a living. the army and paramilitary rapid support forces blame one another for breaking several cease fires in recent days. the streets of the capital are once again seeing the effects of conflict, a lot of reporting and pictures where people will also need a lot of bit read them that are really to be as some of them are the media. some of them godric wise by the people so are there were from the neighborhood, but some of them are not during the low in gunfire, some people venture out to sunk off on food and water. what supplies or limit at the united nations warns the humanitarian catastrophe. is looming, many of the country's best hospitals are in cartoon, where the most intensive battles are tak

that is the unofficial barrier between the 2 sides. katya lopez, her diane has more now loosely this meeting between ty, once president, sine, when and us officials in taipei has high political implications. the government says and needs international support, as threats from china get louder and closer, where they go to. when i would like to reiterate that the people of taiwan love, democracy, seek peace and are keen to fulfill the responsibility in the international community. china considers taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out using force to take it. the u. s. s. it's ready to expedite weapons sales as an off one of yours many sharon i saw often or no, there's a one and i oh, no problem. we will lose weight. now china has launched 3 days of military exercises around taiwan, a response to the taiwanese president meeting earlier this week with us house speaker, kevin mccarthy. ah, ty wants a fighter jets responded with their own drills as fears grow about a possible escalation. it will be interesting to see just exactly how far the chinese are prepared to push this

decided to leave, hoping one day if things get better to fly to that same airport and get back home. katya lopez, so the young al jazeera still heads on al jazeera in sports. would this couch be enough to prevail? the san diego padres to victory borrow. be here to tell us ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. okay, it's time for the sport. his ara marlene, thank you so much. bad weather restart. need to disrupt day 2 of the us. master's bunder. stories are forecast to hit the augusta national course. the opening round of goals 1st major of the seasons, saw tiger woods fighting to state and title contention. and richardson reports. at times his progress around the augusta national course was painful to watch. yeah, tiger woods is still any tournaments. biggest rule would says, said you'll never fully recover from the leg injuries caused by a car crash in 2021. yeah. and he's still competing and finished day one, and 2 as opposed to what feel so my just didn't do the job i need to do to get the ball close. today was the opportune time to get the ball, get the brown under par, and i didn't do that today. brooks ca

others have travelled north from cartoon to river nile state where it no violence has been reported. katya lopez. hi diane reports now. ah, the threat of violence is now too close to home. days of fighting, have left many sudanese, desperate, and afraid. thousands of people are leaving cartoon like it. oh, i got here. we were told to get out any one who is able to leave. but we can't just sit around. we need to make a living. the army and paramilitary rapid support forces blame one another for breaking several cease fires in recent days. the streets of the capital are once again seeing the effects of conflict. a lot of report and pictures from people will also be a lot of bit read them that are going to be as some of them are the media and some of them got to rise, right. the people so are there were from the neighborhood, but some of them are not during the low in gunfire, some people venture out to sunk off on food and water, but supplies are limited. the united nations warns a humanitarian catastrophe, is looming. many of the country's best hospitals are in cartoon, were the most intensive ba