president a former defense minister current head of the ruling party and there are further of khartoum airport has been closed to morgan joins us now from the capital khartoum well take us through what exactly has unfolded today. well sami five o'clock local time around three g.m.t. the military walked into the national stations including the television and the national radio station and said that they had an important announcement to make and they will be making it shortly that was a five o'clock more than five hours ago people are still waiting for the statement but thousands of people around sudan have been taken making their way to the various army headquarters not just in the capital hot zone but around the country various states to say to celebrate they say that this is the end of the shias thirty year rule now let's remember that they've been staging a sit in for more than five days demanding that the army take a stand with the protesters people have been protesting for more than four months demanding that president obama to be sure and his thirty year rule and step down him and his gov

people are out on the streets celebrating in the capital khartoum and there are reports that khartoum airport has now been closed joining us here in our doha studios modules wherry he is a professor of contemporary middle east history at cashel university thank you for joining us here on the set marjorie let's start with all these pictures of seemingly thousands of people out on the streets and celebrating was this inevitable given the numbers that we were seeing ten hours over the last few days but the sentence in the last ten days it was obvious there was a shift on the movement in sudan that shift started with the military changing its own course actually toward the demands of the people that was a gradual shift they were testing the water to try to check how other political elites how they will behave. it was obvious since the people went out to criticize in the region calling for the she had to step down calling for reform there was no action has been noticed spawns from that is actually accusing people of being you know corrupted or being actually dominated by the outsiders in the state

president the former defense minister and the current head of the ruling party or further reports khartoum airport has been closed judge kooker is a kenyan based member of good if not a resistance movement that's helping organize the protest in sudan he says there's still a long way to go protesters demands are met. i feeling excited but at the same time ashes the thing happened is this is half a revolution we got. a lot of people we really hate me we're trying to be hard to get him out of power from america here driving to our own to a lot of the natives that tormented us for years but it's still a lot of the revolution because the army took over with the leadership of been our reserves one of the people who was fighting us it was like killing people in the streets so we really were hoping that the mid-level officers take over power which didn't happen so right now we think we're just going to go back to the streets and that's what we're going to do in alt continues in power in our is he was the vice president he was the wind who was asking people in the streets to be removed by force so it's hav

began to surface and space suit will be shot for the day no flights in or out through will khartoum's airport until tomorrow let's listen in now to that statement by sudan's army announcing the removal of obama was shia around one and a half hours ago. the supreme committee decided to employ a man and what was not in the mind of other people and out says this little period of two years the full says will power with representation. of the people to. pave the way for the sudanese people to live in dignity and here i declare in my capacity as the defense minister chairman of the super committee to get rid of these the regime and to arrest them head of the regime in a safe place i also declare the formation of a military transitional council to supervise the to be a year of period. to cancel the constitution of sudan for two thousand and five. to declare the state of emergency for three months and man in one month. from ten the evening to food in the morning. airspace is closed for twenty four hours and all term closer to him further notice . something about what else is happening in the world th

the reports that khartoum airport has been closed. is in sudan's capital khartoum and he's with us now to take us through how all of this unfolded today started what some seven hours ago now after weeks of street protests. yes adrian more than four months of people protesting under streets demanding that president obama and bashir and his fifty year rule and step down now over the past six days we've seen people staging a sit in in front of the military headquarters demanding that the military take a stand and stand with the people who were on the streets for months and say that they want president ahmed bashir to step away they knew that if they want this revolution to win it's a succeed then they had to have the military on their side now this morning at five o'clock local time which is around three g.m.t. the military went to the most of the national most of the most of the stations radio stations and television stations cut all programs and said that they have an announcement to make and it will be coming shortly that was five or f

tried to disrupt london's heathrow airport and the greenpeace blockade at the paris headquarters of banks as the general. hundreds of protesters in sudan's capital khartoum have taken part in friday prayers as they continue their sit in outside the defense ministry demonstrators are pressuring the governing military council to hand over power to civilians months of sustained protests helped to depose longtime president omar al bashir last week. twenty nine year old woman has been killed by gunfire during a riot overnight in the northern irish city of london derry police identified her as a journalist lyra mackay a death is being treated as terrorism and police suspected militants republican group calling itself the new ira violence erupted after police searched a house in the area. she was described as a rising star leroy mckee was an acclaimed journalist known for her coverage of the troubles in northern ireland the twenty nine year old was gunned down on thursday night while reporting on the unrest in the city of london derry also known as derry a former flashpoint between irish nationalists and unionists. hours before her death mckee sent this tweet f

khartoum is the latest pictures in p.r. team you sent to acknowledge their victory after months of protests unconfirmed reports of the airports being closed as the military expects to make a statement in the coming hours if that happens we may break into our next federal programs in the next to bring you that arab t.v. networks according to the a.p. news agency saying that there's a mass of people heading towards the presidential palace in khartoum making v. for victory signs vehicles and tanks of parked in the streets near bridges over the river women carrying children all making their way to military headquarters there as well ahead of the expected army statement that i've just been talking about seeing sudanese radios been playing military marches and pepsi otic music so big televen vents there will be across it of course as you'd expect it will go to correspond on the sea and they will bring the latest pictures through and all the info as it happens the south and along with the other news this is r.t. international i. think the numbers. matter us is over one trillion dollars that more than ten white collar crime families.

disrupt london's heathrow airport today and that greenpeace blockaded the paris headquarters of the bank city to generate. huge crowds have gathered in sudan's capital khartoum to pressure the government that the governing military council to cede power to civilians responding to social media appeals protesters joined the city outside the defense ministry the demonstrations are the largest since the military ousted a longtime president obama al bashir a week ago. the northern island twenty nine year old woman has been killed by gunfire during the riots in the city of london derry police identified her as a journalist lara mackay the murders being treated as terrorism and police a suspect a militant republican group calling itself the new ira the violence erupted after police searched a house in the area. she was described as a rising star leroy mckee was an acclaimed journalist known for her coverage of the troubles in northern ireland the twenty nine year old was gunned down on thursday night while reporting on the unrest in the city of london derry also known as derry a former flashpoint between irish nationalists and unionists. hours before her death mcke

disrupt the london's heathrow airport and greenpeace blocked the paris headquarters of the bank such as say general. huge crowds have gathered in the sudanese capital khartoum to pressure the governing military council to immediately cede power to civilians protesters responded to social media appeals and joined a sit in outside the defense ministry the demonstrations are the largest since the military ousted longtime president omar al bashir one week ago. and in northern ireland a twenty nine year old old journalist was killed by gunfire during a riot in a suburb of the city londonderry the violence erupted after a large number of police searched a house in the area police identified the woman as the leader of a key they say that she was standing near a police vehicle when she was shot police are treating her murder as terrorism they suspect that a military republican group called the new ira which also took credit for a large bomb that exploded outside of a courthouse in londonderry in january now arlene foster the leader of the northern ireland's democratic unionist party condemned the violence. of course violence criminality terrorism was always rome st

airports but were later pushed back by pro-government fighters. photos of protests are defying a curfew called by the army in the capital khartoum to continue their demonstrations against president omar bashir at least six people have been killed since saturday. commemorations are underway in rwanda twenty five years after the start of a genocide that killed some eight hundred thousand people it marks the beginning of one hundred days of national mourning. now israel heads to the polls on she states election you government's israeli palestinian conflict has been at the heart of foreign and domestic policies of israeli politicians prime minister benjamin netanyahu benefited greatly when his close sound like donald trump declares jerusalem israel's capital last year and move the u.s. embassy there and just weeks ago recognize israel's claims over the occupied golan heights well in just the past year israeli forces have killed and maimed hundreds of palestinian protesters along the fence between gaza and israel knesset yahoo has also approved new illegal settlements and expanded existing ones and then there's the so-called nation state law which def

khartoum demanding an interim military role in a morgan is their. base area and it's right around the army headquarters and tell them that for the river run courses and the airport and as you can feel there is still would pass through i think that they are not all. that and they're not going to put them in there saying that because the military count has taken leadership and that period is not what they have been facing there and second point the protesters think that the pipe the fact that they wanted a new government despite not president bashir thinking and because they were president obama god what was the leader of the twenty four hours before stepping. now i'm. happy to. have their mark made me remember to do so much because you have been there if you want them both have to have heard that they want people to be fixed and to continue. their power and all the people around our headquarters think that this cannot be and they're going to wait to be professional to cease and sometimes confront him and let them know whether they have managed to reach an agreement with the military council and other political parties on the way forward on the opposition includin

former international airport the fighting is continuing thirty kilometers south of the capital thousands of protesters in sudan have marched to the army's headquarters in the capital khartoum it's the first time they've reached the building since anti-government demonstrations began in december venezuelans have been gathering for rival rallies in the capital after president nicolas maduro and opposition leader called on their supporters to take to the streets they remain locked in a bitter standoff but maduro is resisting pressure to step down. iraq's prime minister has begun his first official visit to iran. this trip comes just a month after a visit by iranian president hassan rouhani to baghdad relations between the neighbors are strengthening despite efforts by washington to curb iran's influence in the region. we wish to see our well developed relations bilateral relations to be an example to follow and also to be a precursor to similar ones with all the regional countries iraq not only aspires to maintain such healthy relations with iran but we are willing to develop widen and deepen our bilateral relations similarly with kuwait saudi arabia egypt could tar and the u

airport after briefly seizing control. thousands of anti-government protesters are defying a curfew called by sudan's army in the capital khartoum to continue demonstrations against president omar al bashir at least six people have been killed since saturday in what appears to be the biggest anti-government demonstration in months . and commemorations have begun in rwanda as it box twenty five years since the start of a genocide that killed eight hundred thousand people the ceremony will begin one hundred days of national mourning. so while today is mostly about altering the many who were killed it's also a time to reflect on stories of survival including this man it was just a child when the killings began in one thousand nine hundred four. a marine named dinners or. two for yes or. genocide one genocide survivor. i was in to get you know him when the genocide says that. the law is a member of my family between one hundred people and one fifteen people genocide was like ten years because one day you and you count like one month because every time they had a highway cam to kill twenty s. and you say today is my last day. i got.

airport there has been closed down. now more now on the situation in sudan the chairman of the african union commission has been holding meetings with military leaders in khartoum will sucker faqih how much it is also jewel to hold consultations with opposition groups the a us want sudan's military rulers to hand over power to a civilian body by the end of april or risk suspension. we all sudan's protest leaders say talks have been planned with military rulers to talk about the transfer of power to a civilian government here but morgan reports from. the sounds of sudan's uprising made loud and clear in front of the army headquarters in the capital hundreds of these protesters have been here for nearly three weeks demanding change . i mean we are continuing with our sit in so that we can guarantee that our demands will be achieved demands that we came out and that people have to sacrifice their lives if their demands are not met then this certainly will not end with them was there demanding that the military council the body that ended president obama in the shoes thirty year rule hand over power to a civilian government and to hold all former officials to accou

airport but were later pushed back by pro-government fighters. thousands of anti-government protesters in sudan are defying a curfew called by the army in the capital khartoum to continuing demonstrations outside the army headquarters that began on saturday at least six protesters have been killed during one of the biggest protests against president omar al bashir in recent months. commemorations are underway in rwanda twenty five years after the start of a genocide that killed eight hundred thousand people it marks the beginning of one hundred days of national. but as well as president of the man trying to force him from power of held more rival rallies in caracas nicolas maduro blamed each other for the electricity outages that. the country shortly will hear from who is with the president supporters but first here's a lesson america at its newman who was among the opposition crowds. this is what opponents of nicolas maduro call the first stage of what they've labeled operation liberty in actual fact it's an attempt to gauge just how successfully they can continue to bring supporters out onto the streets not just here but throughout the news raila. they wa

airport fighting is continuing thirty kilometers south of the capital. thousands of protesters in sudan have marched to the army's headquarters in the capital khartoum it's the first time they've reached the building since anti-government demonstrations began in december . and for more on those rallies and let's talk to. an activist who was in the demonstrations today he's joining us via skype from hard to him good to have you with us can you tell us what you saw during those demonstrations and how significant it is that the demonstrators were able to march toward the army headquarters for the first time thank you very much for having me but i just got back from the. where the most races were and people were starting to get a million million protesters but i think it was over two million. number the good thing is that it was completely peaceful there was no disturbance. resources and people were able to voice their concerns and it was it was it was a small it's really how much momentum do you think these rallies still have more than four months on. well if you think about it it started in december nineteenth and until now the longer it takes for a bishop

airports fighting is continuing thirty kilometers signs of the capital. thousands of protesters have marched to saddam's army headquarters in the capital khartoum is the first time they've reached the buildings and signs of government demonstrations began in december. iraq's prime minister is in iran for his first official visits but ration is between the countries continues to strengthen despite efforts by washington to curb iran's influence in the region. aversions of protesters in mali have condemned the government saying it's not doing enough to stop ethnic violence the demonstration of the biggest in recent years falls the killing of almost one hundred and sixty villages from the fulani group priyanka gupta reports. i angered over the killing of villages not directed at president abraham. protesters gathered in the thousands of the capital bamako in one of mali's biggest demonstrations in years protests to say the government and u.n. forces are not doing enough to stop the bloodshed in the mali point to include his misdeed mali is going through a multidimensional crisis we have witnessed killings that mali has never known in its history in its entire h

khartoum there thank you. ok it's time to go to doha for the sports to andy. thank you so much there barbara saddam hospital manage emirates airportshould say now says his team are fulfilling a champions league dream the english saying preparing to play in their first european cup semifinal in fifty seven years as they host i.x. on tuesday spurs will be missing korean striker and son hearing men three suspension for this first leg on top of the injured harry kane so scoring gc's may well fall on the front door and say his goal not south manchester city in the last round i accept had an extra four days' rest compared to tottenham after the dutch league postponed matches to help them prepare when you arrive in this situations of the final champions league the between two but i think the most for early bird is to have the same time to prepare for routine but it is not an excuse only this go the. world cup in for me this is going to be fun does the semifinal. for time when his arcs are back in the last fall for the first time in more than twenty years the dutch league leaders have already beaten last season's one is round madrid and i

airport around thirty kilometers south. one soldier has been killed after intervening to protect sudanese demonstrators from attacks by security forces there protesters had been staging a sit in outside the army headquarters in khartoum demanding the resignation of president bashir the talking for direct talks with the military about forming a transitional government nigeria has suspended mining in one of its northern states and has ordered all foreigners work in mining activities to leave the move comes after a surge in crime in some far states including killings and kidnappings the parliament in the united kingdom has passed a bill forcing prime minister to resign may to consult m.p.'s on any breaks a delay of the chief negotiator michele bania may in the opposition even jeremy kuhlmann to come to an agreement britain's withdrawal from the european union the two resumed cross party talks on monday to try and come to a coal mine it's all right stay with this small harvest is coming up in just a matter of. methamphetamines from man of flooding into countries across asia. one zero one east asks why all parties caught say to stop the mess. on al-jazeera. it's a mobile world. with colds texts and tabs to help make our l