embassies in kenya and tanzania he morgan has more from khartoum. something that means a lot to sudanese government because the country has been cut off from foreign investment largely because of being on the list of states sponsoring terrorism and this has resulted in a shortage of hard currency which makes it very hard for the country to import basic commodities such as fuel and we and that has resulted in shortages in at petrol stations and bakeries it's also lead to inflation of more than 200 percent making many from families many of them who live below the poverty line struggle to get 3 meals a day now sudan says that this also means that the u.s. administration has. d. link the issue of being delisted to normalizing ties with israel that is something that the u.s. has been pushing sudan to do since u.s. secretary of state my point was that if the country in august in the previous august now sudan says that it is not in the position to actually normalize ties with israel because it is not a mandated government or an elected government let's not

embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 the 335000000 dollars from khartoum would compensate victims and families of those bombings so don is one of 4 countries still considered sponsors of terror the others are iran north korea and syria the designation as cripple their economies sudan's removal would pave the way for the transitional government to access urgently needed debt relief and foreign loans well let's speak some more about this not to swim on bondo who is an expert on sudan and senior adviser at the century his eyes kite from new jersey thank you so much mr bondo for being with us so president saying you know we moved on from the list of state sponsors of terrorism how big of a breakthrough is this for this for so don and how big of a political boost is it for the transitional government in khartoum. little additional galo to the letter a lot of political pressure because of the difficulties in the supply of decisions from what is the population or deflection syndrome of the economic crisis in the government doesn't help if it's from president bashir it's also a symptom of

again access aid from organizations like the international monetary fund that's positive news for khartoum after lengthy negotiations. you know what we have accomplished today in a continuous dialogue with a group of experts who have been in dialogue and discussion with the american administration for more than a year that we were able to reduce the sanctions from 10000000000 or more to a few 100000000. that you know. to get itself off the list of state sponsors of terrorism sudan had to pay $335000000.00 in compensation to u.s. victims of militant attacks sudan's finance ministry says the transfer has already been made. let's go to ethiopia now a country whose agricultural sector has been badly hit by both a recent plague of locusts and the coronavirus on demick one industry though is bucking the trend thanks in part to a major competition that's drawn international attention to the country's many varieties of coffee. these coffee beans constitute a very promising investment they one coffee farmers get made it easy opie is much coveted cup of excellence award has beans prevailed against n

again access aid from organizations like the international monetary fund that's positive news for khartoum after lengthy negotiations. there's no room. for what we have accomplished today in a continuous dialogue with a group of experts who have been in dialogue and discussion with the american administration for more than a year that we were able to reduce the sanctions from 10000000000 or more to a few 100000000. to get itself off the list of state sponsors of terrorism sudan had to pay $335000000.00 in compensation to u.s. victims of militant attacks sudan's finance ministry says the transfer has already been made. time now take a look at some of the other global business stories making news. china is creating new billionaires on a record pace despite the phantom mic the guru in china rich list 2020 shows more wealth was created this year than in the previous 5 years come by the total wealth of those on the list total to 4 trillion dollars that's more than germany's g.d.p. . is chinese right heading for m.t.v. choosing is preparing to go public in hong kong the i.p.o. is planned for nex

and bahrain in a moment we'll have reaction from khartoum and ramallah but 1st alan fischer reports from washington. i want to just gradually you know i mean from the oval office another part of u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan falls into place even if he isn't submerged in the detail we consumed and wanted to do it here and there was in particular names because they essentially better war with israel for. a long time i don't know if it was fighting i don't know that but probably there's been a little the trumpet ministration says it's a deal years in the making it's involved secretary of state might pompey or flying to sudan and israel's prime minister making an official visit. to dan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 in compensation to victims of the 1908 east africa u.s. embassy bombings the attack on the u.s. school in yemen in 2000 and the family of a murdered u.s. diplomat that's cleared the way for sudan to be removed from the list of nations the u.s. considers state sponsors of terrorism and that puts israel in place to establish formal relations and has no rela

morgan is in khartoum she said.

protesters in khartoum and various parts of sudan are common rating the 21st of october which marks the anniversary of the 1st sudanese revolution in 1964 now the black smoke that you see behind me is the result of protesters burning tires to express their frustration at how this government has been operating over the past 2 years protesters say that the economic conditions have been getting worse since this government took power in august last year and they also say that the military is still in control of many institutions something that they say goes against their revolution which started in 2018 now protesters have been met with tear gas and stun grenades most of them have run away from where they are right now to just a little bit to where i was standing right now and then back again and they say that's because they do not accept this use of force by security forces now many of them also say that they're not here to oust the president the government of prime minister of the but rather to vent out their frustration and to put pressure on this government to try to improve the economi

khartoum capital of sudan. the meeting point of the white nile from the great lakes region and the blue not from the ethiopian highlands. hamdi is a resident of tutti island where the 2 niles converge. he explains to his son the difference in the color of the waters. the white nile on the left and the blue nile on the right and how they join here to form one river flowing northwards to egypt. you may need many the most beautiful thing distinguishing us from the rest of the world is the mind we do not imagine. there is no other river like it it's a great river heavenly and the life around it is unique. in this small truck each day hamdi delivers vegetables across the river to the market on the amount. of oil. and the. idea of the nile they take visible that girl here to the market how would they live otherwise and liberals way even with i will be buried by the live in. sudan's road to independence started in the middle of the 20th century. and $953.00 britain and egypt joint rulers of a sedan for more than 50 ye

morgan now joins us live from khartoum so how people react to their wallet mean for the country to be lifted from this list. yes indeed sammy it is quite significant for the country overall in terms of economy and in terms of political stability now being on the list of state sponsors of terror has greatly hindered sudan's economy and its ability to attract foreign investors and to even deal or invest in foreign trade outside of a country that's resulted in severe hard currency shortages and we can see that just by taking a walk around the streets of khartoum you can see people lining up for bread did shortages of rita you can see people lining up for fuel due to shortage of petrol and that's because the country has been suffering from this hard currency shortage that makes it very difficult to import basic necessities now sudan says this is quite significant because it's also heavily indebted to the international monetary fund more than $60000000000.00 that the country is unable to pay it's also an able to loan to be able to sustain its economy so economists say that this is quite a

in severe hard currency shortages and we can see that just by taking a walk around the streets of khartoum you can see people lining up for bread due to shortages of wheat you can see people lining up for fuel did a shortage of petrol and that's because the country has been suffering from this hard currency shortage that makes it very difficult to import basic necessities. a mute feature will be added to the 2nd and final u.s. presidential debate the previous debates or president donald trump constantly interject his democratic candidate joe biden with speaking tyrant's prime ministers recalling parliament for a special session next week as protesters continue calls for him to quit thousands of rallied for 6 days in the camp for bangkok they also want reforms to the constitution and bomb. and amorality delegation has just arrived in israel for its 1st official visit since the 2 countries normalize diplomatic relations the u.a.e. is finance and economy ministers and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu assigning several agreements one includes visa free travel the palestinian leadershi

accords at a white house ceremony last month palestinians see the decision by the government in khartoum is another step in the back describes it as political sin because geishas from sudan and israel will meet soon to discuss cooperation in many fields agriculture trade and other issues of importance to our citizens sudan skies are today open to israel it allows direct and shorter flights between israel africa and southern america. this announcement serves the zionist occupation and its expanding policy in the region for sure it only serves trumps election campaign and netanyahu own political conflicts donald trump has clearly decided small individual deals in the middle east will change the reality on the ground rather than try and feel for the normally compassing peace package like previous presidents he says 5 more countries are ready to join in he believes these deals protect america reduce the chance of expensive bloody foreign wars and helps his reelection efforts alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house well sudan's diplomatic moves have largely been dictated by one main concer

today, khartoum is saying yes to peace with israel,es to recognition of israel, and yes to normalizationith israel. this is a new era. this is proceeding with three arab countries in the last few weeks. gerhard: the u.s. brokered this deal. what was in a for washington? >> the same that was in the deal with the united arab emirates that the trump administration brokered. donald trump early needs -- donald trump really needs success stories for brokering deals. it did not go well for a large portion of his presidency. remember north korea, iran, russia. it looks very much like a deal made between the united dates and sudan, then sudan was taken off a list of a sponsor of terrorism list. sudan is trying to make clear it has nothing to do with the new relationship between israel and sedan, but we do have economic advantages of being taken off the list, and it looks like it is a deal in exchange for a foreign policy success story from the trump administration in an effort to strengthen trump's position remove loose or to the election. gerhard: thank you. now to some of the other stories maki

well there is have been morgan is in the sudanese capital khartoum she says the country's removal from the u.s. state sponsors of terror list is going to be crucial for its economy lifting sudan out of the u.s. list of state sponsors of terror means an improvement incidentally economy maybe not immediately like the acting minister of finance said on tuesday following the announcement from u.s. president donald trump that he will be lifting of that list but they say that within the coming months they will expect the banking systems to open internationally so that sudanese can transact between sudan and other countries they also expect that this would be a way for them to be able to basically get loans from the international monetary fund and the world bank and it will also help them be able to clear their debt of more than $60000000000.00 that's what the government is hoping to achieve by being lifted out of the u.s. list of states hans's of terror of course sudan's our prime minister has welcomed the steps when president donald trump mounted on monday he again welcomed the step that th

that want to come in for correspondents to take us through this story here they all hit morgan in khartoum sudan harry force in west jerusalem in israel made abraham is in ramallah in the occupied west bank with starting in washington where the announcement was made not long ago alan fischer as our correspondent at the white house not a massive surprise because we had heard the idea of more arab nations joining this list of countries to normalize their ties with israel but it's another. win for donald trump and effectively. and that had to be choreographed as well essentially donald trump ministrations said this is been in the process for a number of years the sudanese government has agreed to pay $335000000.00 in compensation to the victims of the east african embassy attacks back in 1908 the attack on the u.s.s. cole and the family of a murdered diplomat who was killed in sudan in the early part of the century that money put into an account once that was done that a low donald trump to send it to congress saying that he wanted to remove the designation as a state sponsor of terrorism fro

next, we head to sudan and the popular friday wrestling bout in khartoum, when ben zand got much closerd. every friday at 4.00pm, in haj yusef, khartoum, this ancient sport, originally thought up by nubian pharaohs, is still being practiced. for thousands of years, wrestling has been a fixture amongst the nuba tribes, in sudan. the nuba are originally from the nubian mountains in southern sudan but now, as unrest pushes them away from their homeland, the sport has found another home in the capital, and for the locals it's a huge event. these guys go in pretty hard. i probably should try it out, but i'm not going to. i was happy i was only a spectator, but quickly i realised the organisers had other plans. i'm usually up for doing a lot of things, but wrestling a guy, in front of 2,000 people, is a bit further than what i usually go. so, i'm a bit nervous, the guy is kind of scary. then it was time to head out into the arena. oh, god. wish me luck, wish me luck! ah, no, they actually think this is like britain against sudan. i am very scared. i shake his hand. i don't even know what the

mike pompeo visited sudan's capital, khartoum, in august.s the first us secretary of state to do so in more than a decade to help make way for is now the third arab league country to formally recognise israel after the uae and bahrain. this gives credibility to donald trump's reputation as a deal—maker and is a huge foreign policy win for him. he is trying to push this a step towards getting what he considers the deal of the century, peace between the israelis and the palestinians. but palestinian officials have called this latest move a further betrayal. we are totally denouncing this deal. and we are sure the sudanese people, intellectuals, sudanese nationals and parties, the people of sudan also will reject this deal because sudan and the people of sudan have firm standing with the palestinian cause. it was in khartoum back in the ‘60s when arab nations agreed to never negotiate with israel until an independent palestinian state was established. but priorities are changing for some countries, who now see the benefit of working with a us p

it was in khartoum are backin cause. khartoum are back in the 1960's, when the nations agreed never to negotiate with israel into an independent palestinian state was established. some countries now see the benefit with working with a us president was open to making deals. and that is increasingly leaving palestinians are sidelined. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. earlier, i spoke to mark fathi massoud who is professor of politics and legal studies at uc, santa cruz. he was born in sudan, as well as being an author on the country. i asked him what we can expect to change in the relationship between israel and sudan. i'm not sure what will change, actually, aside from a few things at the top. it is telling that the deal that was made, and it has been in the works for some time now, it's telling that it was announced by the united states that israel and sudan kind of took sidelines, typically in an international mediation of this sort. the countries that are having the conflict with one another will take the kind of cen

the world food organization that's going to have a morgan our correspondent who joins us live from khartoum because sudan have or has been a huge recipient of help from the world food program hasn't it. now we have seen obviously the forgive the world who were grabbing operates the areas of conflict one of them the sudan where we are right now it's now they were the 1st aid organization that was able to access. areas of conflict like south kordofan and land from the sudanese capital in foxholes they've been trying to reach areas where people apple affected by the conflict where people have been affected by the economic situation as well laura we've spoken to people who are on the ground in refugee camps in displacement camps and they say that most of them rely on coming from the will who were going to be able to survive some of them i think that the reason is that if he gets in compared to the beginning. conflicts in areas such as the corpse has reduced because it has left because the at the idea is that the conflict in those areas have also reduced but they see that the reason why there ar

referring to the pan arab agreement in a commitment in 1067 in khartoum to the 3 knows no to peace with israel no to negotiation of this with israel there was a recognition of israel that they had been replaced by the 3 yeses to those things and he's also trying to do a sales job to his own domestic constituency saying that these agreements will make practical beneficial changes to their lives that the kind of trading relationships that can open up will make the cost of living which is very high here in israel less but it is also worth noting that the text of the agreement so far released doesn't refer to the same kinds of things that were referred to in the initial u.a.e. agreement text i this is talking about trading relationships starting with agriculture as opposed to full diplomatic relationships at this stage no talk of embassies for example in either country. have a morgan is in the sudanese capital khartoum she says the latest developments will be a major boost to the economy there lifting sudan out of the u.s. list of state sponsors of terror means an improvement in sudan's eco

protestors in khartoum and various parts of the dam are comrie think the 21st of october which marksthe anniversary of the 1st to the news revolution and $964.00 now the black smoke that you see behind me is the result of protesters burning tires to express their frustration at how the government has been operating over the past 2 years protesters say that the economic conditions have been getting more. since this government the power in august last year and they also say that the military is still in control of many institutions something that they say goes against their revolution which started in 2018 now protesters have been met with tear gas and stun grenades most of them have run away from where they are right now to just a little bit to where i was standing right now and then back again and they say that's because they did not accept this use of force by security forces now many of them also say that they're not here to oust the president the government of prime minister abdullah but rather to vent out their frustration and to put pressure on this government to try to improve

its list of state sponsors of terrorism president donald trump says the move will take place once khartoum compensates american victims and their families this is what he tweeted great news new government of sudan which is making great progress agreed to pay $335000000.00 to u.s. terror victims and families once deposited i would lift sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list at long last justice for the american people and the big step forward for sudan to cross live now to even morgan who is in khartoum forest give us a little bit more context 1st of all that i'm guessing you know what reaction to what the sudanese government itself has said and how significant is all of this. yes indeed barbara now just a few minutes after the read by the u.s. president donald trump the sudanese prime minister abdullah also tweeted out thanking the u.s. president and saying that this is quite a significant step for sudan now this is something that this transitional administration which came to power last august has been working on since it came to power it's had several talks with the with their u

reporting live from khartoum who meditates dood. during the sudan israel announcement president trump went on to suggest that egypt might blow up ethiopia's grandeur of a song. the project's been a source of tension since construction began in 2011 ethiopia sudan and egypt have failed to reach an agreement after nearly a decade of negotiations will ethiopia built the ground when a song on the blue nile that's the source of most of the novel's water egypt and sudan of downstream and fear that water supplies could be a griscom ethiopia says the dam will produce power that's essential for its economic growth and it's a very dangerous situation because egypt is not going to be able to live that way and they'll end up blowing up to them and i said. don't blow up that dam and i have to do something because they could have stopped it they should have stopped it long before it was started as it had he let it get built and then you say. there's been more heavy fighting in the going to come about because both armenia and azerbaijan accuse eac

in fact just in the last day or so a 2nd date flight has taken off from israel for khartoum which hadn't been happening in previous months. just reading some of the lines coming from the likes of jared coercion or even benjamin netanyahu as well talk about the circle of peace expanding a rapidly circle of pace expanding i mean we have to be clear sudan and israel went hostile as well as a similarly for the us a and behind this is a specifically normalizing of relations. but it is a significant victory for donald trump and is that ministration many administrations have looked at developing peace in the middle east and they approached it always with the idea that the palestinian israeli conflict had to be address 1st donald trump jury i've taken a slightly different view and they believe there's a slightly more successful it is more incremental there's no doubt about that but they believe by increasing the number of nations in the region that have diplomatic relations with israel that then creates a different climate where people are more willing to sit around the table clearly they would

morgan has the latest from khartoum on how this will impact sudan's economy.there were 2 announcements that were made by the us president donald trump yesterday the 1st which was more important to sudan was the issue of being delisted from the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism now sudan's government says that that will give it a lot of economic benefit especially after the inflation rose to a record high of more than 200 last month and market prices have increased making a basic commodities unavoidable for many sudanese now we've seen due to the hard currency shortage which is the result of a lack of foreign trade between sudan and other countries we've seen that got the government of sudan the transitional government struggling to be able to pay for basic commodities such as weak and fuel which resulted in long queues at bakeries and petrol stations and more frustrations among people now on the 21st of october there were protests people saying that the government should step up and improve the economic conditions that they were living under and that's

tries to encourage more arab countries to establish diplomatic relations with israel he morgan is in khartoum she says the agreement is a milestone for sudan and it's something that means a lot to sudanese government because the country has been cut off from foreign investment largely because of being on the list of states sponsoring terrorism and this has resulted in a shortage of hard currency which makes it very hard for the country to import basic commodities such as fuel and weeks and that has resulted in shortages in a petrol stations and bakeries it's also lead to inflation of more than 200 percent making many from families many of them who live below the poverty line struggle to get 3 meals a day. countries across europe are taking emergency action in a desperate effort to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus poland is transforming its national seem into a field hospital while both highland and wales are heading back into short periods of lock down in the us new gold in 1000 infections of reach your highest level since late july most of the cesa showing a rise in the number of new cas

accords at a white house ceremony last month palestinians see the decision by the government in khartoum is another step in the back how mass describes it as political sin because i'm still a geisha is from sudan and israel will meet soon to discuss cooperation in many fields agriculture trade and other issues of importance to our citizens today and skies are today open to israel it allows direct and shorter flights between israel africa and southern america. this announcement serves the zionist occupation and its expanding policy in the region for sure it only serves trumps election campaign and netanyahu own political conflicts donald trump has clearly decided small individual deals in the middle east will change the reality on the ground rather than try and feel for the normally compassing peace package like previous presidents he says 5 more countries are ready to join in he believes these deals protect america reduce the chance of expensive bloody foreign wars and helps his reelection efforts alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house had been morgan is in the city's capital khartou

list in 1903 over its alleged funding of on to prove to get the latest now from heber morgan in khartoum so we are waiting as you were saying to get some kind of official announcement suni what kind of things will you be looking for in that announcement when it comes to actually getting more details of this deal. well barbara what people would be looking for in the statement that is expected by the sudanese prime minister abdullah him doc is how soon will the money be paid to the united states so that the country will be officially delisted from the midst of state sponsoring terrorism now we understand from government officials here that the money has been put in a safe bank outside the country but we also understand from sources that the u.s. is yet to receive that money so until the account is deposited in u.s. banks to the families of the terror attacks on u.s. embassies in tanzania and in nairobi kenya in 1989 then sudan's name will not be lifted it's a long process but it's a process that is much shorter than the process that the sudanese transitional government has already gone thr

embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 the 335000000 dollars from khartoum would compensate victims and families of those bombings so don is one of 4 countries still considered sponsors of terror the others are iran north korea and syria the designation has crippled their economy so sedans removal is a major win for the people and the transitional government cinnamon baldo is an expert on sudan and senior advisor at the center he says the deal could be pivotal for khartoum say this little additional goal isn't that a lot of political pressure because of the difficulties in the supply of decision according to the population a reflection of the economic crisis the government of the heritage from president bashir is also a sudan or sudan's financial situation and mostly just could be is. be . the change from the cold and rehabilitate it is to the earliest it used to be under the regional issues between now a member of the club of the nations says international financial institutions. rescheduling and forgiveness from international financial institutions and from investments it's very p

let's stick with the story and speak to who's an activist and a filmmaker he is joining us from khartoum as well thanks for your time what's your reaction to this multimillion dollar payment sudan is going to pay to the u.s. in compensation. i mean the 1st thing my 1st reaction is reparation is reparation to families who got their loved ones killed so i'm happy that they feel reparations and i think it's good to remember them before we start talking about economic situation and how we're feeling so it's good that people who are part of supporting terrorism realize that you have to even if after revolution so to me it's good and all lot of these families are actually african and that will be. so hopefully they'll feel that we have sudanese paid our dues for having such a government although it's a government be overturned we ate it a government that killed a lot of sudanese but we have to pay and i feel like this is a good strong message for everybody in the world that if you are part of this you'll pay so how significant is this when it comes to the economy though when it comes to the ec

this is how we do it at al-jazeera correspondents right across the world to morgan in khartoum sudan harry for sit in west jerusalem need it ibra him in ramallah in the occupied west bank stand by all 3 of you i'm standing with alan fischer in washington d.c. listening to donald trump there i'm not sure he quite got it right he seemed to be saying that they were in a state of war or had been fighting perhaps not demonstrating the greatest knowledge over the situation but it's another one that he can chalk up after the hurricane. and certainly might pompeo said that even what he wanted since he was part of the administration he of course was the very 1st cia director and this is all being coordinated 1st of all you have the sudanese government saying that it's going to give $335000000.00 to the united states that will help compensate victims from the east african embassy bombings in the 1990 s. the attack on the u.s.s. cole and also the murder of a u.s. aid worker so that money goes into an account and then donald trump says that he wants to remove this state sponsor of terrorism desi

many in the capital khartoum see moves by the u.s. to ease tensions as a great opportunity for sudan the north african nation status as a state sponsor of terrorism meant sudan was isolated internationally and margin in economic slump because of tough u.s. sanctions now it would become much easier for international companies and banks to resume doing business in sudan. the very important step that sudan has been waiting for for a long time it's negatively affected sudan and it's reflected in the citizen salary . thing that honestly. we are optimistic about this decision as a kid sudan a new horizon an awakening one pushes us forward we must take this decision into consideration and not commit any mistakes. the sudanese government can again access aid from organizations like the international monetary fund that's positive news for khartoum after lengthy negotiations. what we have accomplished today in a continuous dialogue with a group of experts who have been in dialogue and discussion with the american administration for more than a

say that will remove saddam from the list of state sponsors of terror if khartoum compensates u.s. victims of terrorist attacks the trumpet ministration recently also brokered diplomatic ties between israel and the united arab emirates and bahrain. but the move has angered palestinians israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says he has hailed the deal as the beginning of a new era for israel. today we declare another dramatic breakthrough for peace and not our country joints of. this time. what a great development and the true doctorate in 1673 knows of the arab and you can love him from no to peace of israel no recognition of israel and no negotiations with israel i mean if you want to day to my saying yes to peace with israel yes to recognition of israel and yes or no my sanction of israel this is a new era done shoes for peace is proceeding with 3 arab countries in the last few weeks so most members of both the holding weller i spoke to journalist sami so call in jerusalem i asked him what impact this deal would have on international relations this will. been the is really a