with the national congress. we the men of the armed forces. have no precious but the home soil of the sudan we have no political ad filiation we have no political ideology we are the men of the armed forces let us work. with the militia as to the next question. and. we came forward and the response to the people's demands. it was the people who call on us to seize the reins of power and we acted in the response and that's why this question is not acceptable we were not dictated to it was us who adopted this option simply because we were monitoring the situation on the ground. i. swear to god almighty that we are not prepared. to sacrifice a single soul we. are acting based on our values and virtues these values principles and virtues is where a spoon fed to us by our respected mothers sudanese mothers and fathers. i want to sponsor was a direct response to the people's demand and we will live up to the people's aspirations however i urge the political leaders to seize this golden opportunity. as to the questions

leads the ruling b j p his main challenger raul gandhi is the leader of the indian national congress party the old so powerful regional parties which are formed what they call a grand alliance against more the and may hold the cards if national parties don't win an outright majority among them a moderate the. party and uk english other of the party but in the us most populous state with a provision which has eighty seats and then there is the better g of the all india trinamool congress from west bengal where forty two seats are up for grabs so who would lead more than a billion indians for the next five years well for that we have to wait to come to day on may twenty third. well the parana is live for us in new delhi so elizabeth what are the issues the main issues that are driving voters to the polls. one michelle let's start with the main issues which are not just nationwide but in show focus here in. where i am the reason that we here is not just because it's the most populous states and india two hundred million people live you have that as a country it would be the seventh larg

revolution to end white rule but not nearly enough according to critics of the ruling african national congress reports from johannesburg. marked them uneasy remembers the feeling of euphoria in one thousand nine hundred four when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became south africa's first black president she believed ending a white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority after decades of oppression since then she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years. open up my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and house in order to eat something before going to bed so why should i take my id book and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet. he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the african national congress led government. jobs. we a

except the national congress there is no disagreement.

years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the african national congress led government. jobs. we are hungary is because of those guys not the. only. thing for the people to protest over poverty poor public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people. even no real knowledge of well the successes not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions i've been built since one thousand nine

first with the national congress the former ruling body or be disbanded totally and completely its assets be put under administration to the head of the judiciary and his deputies being. sat the one with the had a placement be appointed in absolute transparency and honestly. third the public prosecutor us attorney general be also sacked and the replacement of the but when you saw from among the qualified professionals be appointed of them in the open all the relevant regular sessions be addressed including the national security act of. the security. national security apparatus to be disbanded and its role be limited to the. intelligence information gathering and analysis related to the national security of the country. may god's peace be with you. once again we pray to god almighty to examine the fallen into his mercy and bestow speedy recovery then should. i would like to reiterate the same demands you know some of which are urgent and must be addressed immediately the first. and some for in civil take a look at the council before. this council will have a limited. powers under the super

you lead the national congress party in parliament. are you not to links to that?about my position. i think i had to reach a certain tipping point before i left the party. for that, certain tipping point before i left the party. forthat, i certain tipping point before i left the party. for that, ithought certain tipping point before i left the party. for that, i thought i would be doing better if i try to reform. it's something that many politicians have done around the world, and the fact that i haven't succeeded, it does not mean i was wrong in my choice. i don't feel that i have two apologise for what i have done. i'm still trying my best and ina have done. i'm still trying my best and in a way i'm producing results. these are troubled times in sudan and they're these are troubled times in sudan and they‘ re not these are troubled times in sudan and they're not anything to judge by. the outcome of the protests, the results might look shocking to some people. and i don't think we should rush to condemn those who are behind the present situation protests. nobody i

you even lead the ruling national congress party in parliament. are you not too linked to that?ite clear about my position. and i think i had to reach a certain tipping point before i left the ncp. before that, i thought i would be doing better if i try to reform from within the party. that's something which many politicians have done around the world, and the fact that i haven't succeeded, did not mean that i was wrong in my choice. i don't feel that i have to apologise for what i have done. i'm still trying my best and in a way i'm producing results. but these are troubled times in sudan and they're not anything tojudge by. we're waiting for the outcome of these protests, the results might look shocking to some people as well. and i don't think we should rush to condemn those who are behind the present situation protests. nobody is rushing to condemn the protesters, one thing that they have said consistently, particularly the sudan professional association, the young professionals behind the protests, is that they want to re—secularise the sudan. can i ask you whether you are

years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the african national congress led government. jobs. we are hungary is because of those guys not the. thing for the people to protest over poverty poor public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people over no real knowledge we have while the success is not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses are built by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions of been bui

nelson mandela's revolution ended minority white rule though many criticize the ruling african national congress party for the slow pace of improvements are metastasize more johannesburg . marked them uneasy remembers the feeling of euphoria in one thousand nine hundred four when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became side africa's first black president she believed in the white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority our two decades of oppression since then she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years if she was hunters. open up my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and house in order to eat something before going to be so why should i take my id book and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet siblings he said he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's an

since nelson mandela's revolution ended minority white rule many criticize the ruling african national congress party though the slow pace of progress harma tasa has more from janice back. home martha many see remembers the feeling of euphoria in one thousand nine hundred four when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became because the first black president she believed into a white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority after decades of oppression since then she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years if she was hunters. open up my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and house in order to eat something before going to be so why should i take my id book and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet siblings he said he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's ang

the people have lost that trust and blushes national congress party we don't want anyone from the n.c.p. we want someone else who can represent the transition. we want a new system of governance and a new era we want to rebuild the country those people have no clear plan. the army has denied any greed for power and has promised a new c billion government within the next two years but patience among sudanese protest as has already worn thin. in new york saddam's u.n. envoy told the u.n. security council the transition period could be shortened depending on how quickly factions on the ground can reach an agreement. with me is adam biharis a sudanese human rights activist currently living ember lin thank you so much for joining us first of all now you fled sudan you were facing persecution under president omar al bashir i'm sure you've been watching what's been going on in your country every minute of what's going on now a member of the military council says what we've seen there is not a coup it's simply what they call a tool of change that could take up to two years what do you make of t

he's asked the ruling national congress party to help restore stability. the government says change can come through the ballot box but protesters on the streets insist they want change now victoria gates and their. voters in israel are casting ballots in elections that will determine if benjamin netanyahu will remain in office for a fifth for his just casts his ballots in jerusalem along with his wife his main challenger benny gantz voted earlier urging the country to embrace a new dawn opinion polls but blue and white alliance just ahead of netanyahu is look who party however the prime minister appears to have the best chance of forming another governing coalition so if we take a look at the numbers there are one hundred twenty seats in the israeli parliament or the knesset as it's known and to make it in a party needs to win at least three point twenty five through it a quarter percent of the total votes that's about four seats sixty one seats are needed to form a government. no party has ever achieved an outright majority so the battle for power really

leads the ruling b j p his main challenger raul gandhi is the leader of the indian national congress party there are also powerful regional parties which have formed what they call a grab alliance against more the and may hold the cards if national parties don't win an outright majority among them a moderate the. party and kill a shadow of the party in the us most populous state with a provision which has eighty seats and then there is the better g of the all india trinamool congress from west bengal where forty two seats are up for grabs so who would lead more than a billion indians for the next five years well for that we have to wait to come to day on may twenty third. still to come on the program a huge test awaits arsenal in the quarter finals of the fire we'll have all the details coming up in sports. the a. business updates. going places together. the our. world. the our. world. the our. world. business updates. going places together.

years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the african national congress led government. jobs. we are hungary is because of those guys not the. easy. thing for the people to protest over poverty poor public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people. given no real knowledge we have while the successes. just the challenges. and all over the road to accuse us to protest but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses are built by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions i've been built since one

former national congress party so the two sides are not on the same pate. there are differences within the political class about who should be included who should be listened to who should have the final saying in the choice of the members of the government that will rule the civil government the civilian government the military the military council these observateur these differences and playing them playing the all of those sides against each other trying to win time trying to to wait. where are the patients on the nerves of the protesters so it's a very difficult situation coming to a crisis here the time of the is of the essence the military has a spokesman of the military has given a briefing just a while ago in which he did not use that strong language that has been used by the protesters but he said we are receiving proposals we are still studying them we think we need a week of consultations so that we come to a conclusion and an agreement with the other side he did not comment on the decision of the protesters to cut ties and talks with the politic

your movie leads to ruling b j p his main challenger raul gandhi is the leader of the indian national congress party there are also powerful regional parties which have formed what they call a grand alliance against more the and may hold the cards if national parties don't win an outright majority among them a moderate the. party and kill a shadow of the party in the us most populous state with the probation which is eighty seats and then there is the better g of the all india trinamool congress from west bengal where forty two seats are up for grabs so who would lead more than a billion indians for the next five years well for that we have to wait to come to day on may twenty third. my colleague rahman has been speaking to people about their hopes for the next government. to millions of indians the wheels of life don't stop turning and that includes those like migrant workers up on course from the state of west bengal in the east of the country he's been a rickshaw rider in new delhi for twenty years with few job opportunities moving to the big city was the only way to support his family. it

civilian government as they have gone by skepticism in among the protesters until this minute the national congress party of bashir is still around its leaders still sitting around and until now the military council has not responded to any of our demands if they think we don't understand let them know we understand the former regime is still ruling us and directly i don't have any i mean we want to completely civilian government to be appointed right now and our demands to be it away from the shias hegemon and away from any politicians whatsoever we don't need any political parties all we need is the criminals to be brought to justice and our funds that were stolen and taken abroad to be returned if. a fresh attempt by military police to remove the road blocks around the city on tuesday appear to only exacerbate tensions in the college and an african union summit in cairo didn't help matters. i must. we have also listened to the chairman of the african union commission about his last visit to sit down as well as his monitoring of the announced developments from all sudanese authorities regarding t

the people have lost that trust and blushes national congress party we don't want anyone from the n.c.p. we want someone else who can represent the transition. we want a new system of governance and a new era we want to rebuild the country those people have no clear plan. the army has denied any greed for power and has promised a new civilian government within the next two years but patience among sudanese protesters has already warned stay in. in new york saddam's u.n. envoy told the u.n. security council the transition period could be shortened depending on how quickly factions on the ground can reach an agreement. let's head to sudan now i'm joined by sudanese journalist ellis out in she's on the line from khartoum. for him the head of the interim military council as we heard he just stepped down he had been in charge and he seems to be replaced by yet another general from that military stuff what does this all mean. hello. hello can you hear us. i can hear you right but we were just wondering if you could tell us what does this move now do we seen yet a nother military staff member

jobs the people have lost that trust in bush's national congress party we don't want anyone from the n.c.p. we want someone else who can represent the transition. we want a new system of governance and a new era we want to rebuild the country those people have no clear plan. the army has denied any greed for power it has retreated its promise of a new civilian government within the next three years but patients among sudanese protesters has already more and thin. are i don't like to welcome now mark from hans he is a german a party member of the german parliament he is a leading member of the committee for economic cooperation and development with a special focus on african nations great to have you here with us mr holes just for the sake of clarity you're not talking on behalf of the german government you're here on a personal basis ok ok now i'm asking you are not talking about ok just to make sure you follow the events in sudan very closely how concerned are you about what's going on right now at the moment i'm actually very concerned when i see this report because. the worst that

civilian government as they have gone by skepticism in among the protesters until this minute the national congress party of bashir is still around its leaders still sitting around and until now the military council has not responded to any of our demands if they think we don't understand let them know we understand the former regime is still ruling us and directly i don't have any i mean we want to completely civilian government to be appointed right now and our demands to be it away from the shias hegemon and away from any politicians whatsoever we don't need any political parties all we need is the criminals to be brought to justice and our funds that were stolen and taken abroad to be returned if you'll be the one you might ask a fresh attempt by military police to remove the road blocks around the city on tuesday appear to only exacerbate tensions in the car and the african union summit in cairo didn't help matters. the most. we have also listened to the chairman of the african union commission about his last visit to sudan as well as his monitoring of the announced developments from all sudan

civilian government as they have gone by skepticism in among the protesters until this minute the national congress party of bashir is still around its leaders still sitting around and until now the military council has not responded to any of our demands if they think we don't understand let them know we understand the former regime is still ruling us and i didn't have any i mean we want to completely civilian government to be appointed right now in our demands to be it away from the shias hegemon and away from any politicians whatsoever we don't need any political parties all we need is the criminals to be brought to justice and our funds that were stolen and taken abroad to be returned if you'll be the one you might ask a fresh attempt by military police to remove the road blocks around the city on tuesday appear to only exacerbate tensions in the card and the african union summit in cairo didn't help matters. the most. we have also listened to the chairman of the african union commission about his last visit to sudan as well as his monitoring of the announced developments from all sudanese auth

they are not showing i pleased what is his and this is probably much it's also there in the national. congress party what was the bottom of the government and said to still exist as they still don't succumb have to be sort of no one knew until now even is it another to get the blame for what is going on in sudan right so there's a lack of trust in the military council just very briefly where do you see this playing out over the next few weeks if the protesters say we're not backing down. would be more coming up. somehow kind of way for giving the people the chance to go into belief i mean yesterday to have a press conference under some point was a news like one step forward but people need more i mean the next days maybe people will have to stay in protest more and more money would be more dramatic. development coming all right out and buy her a human rights activist living here in berlin thank you so much for joining us it only comes to cuba. now at some other stories making headlines around the world finland social democrats are claiming a razor thin victory in parliamentary elections party

party have been arrested the former parliament speaker along with the acting head of sudan's national congress party have been detained the public prosecutor has also begun a probe into ousted president omar al bashir on charges of money laundering protesters in khartoum are still camped outside the army headquarters demanding a handover of power to a civilian government clashes in libya have intensified close to the capital tripoli as forces loyal to the warlord have taught our continue their campaign to take control of the city have to us forces are battling the u.n. recognize libyan government in the town of cassidy being guess cheer the world health organization says that at least two hundred twenty people have now been killed since after hours forces launched of their offensive more than two weeks ago well a spokesman for half the us forces that says that they're increasing the pressure on the u.n. backed government. forces providing fire support ground operations the enemy is trying to fling call falseness from the back but they have failed in the face of the strength of our thought and

skepticism increases among the protesters until this minute the national congress party of bashir is still around its latest still sitting around and until now the military council has not responded to any of our demands if they think we don't understand let them know we understand the former regime is still rolling us and directly i don't have any i mean we want to completely civilian government to be appointed right now and our demands to be it away from the shias hinch men and away from any politicians whatsoever we don't need any political parties all we need is the criminals to be brought to justice and our funds that were stolen and taken abroad to be returned. a fresh attempt by military police to remove the roadblocks on the sitting on tools that appear to only exacerbate tensions in the college and an african union summit in kyle didn't help matters. we have also listened to the chairman of the african union commission about his last visit to sudan as well as his monitoring of the announced developments from all sudanese authorities regarding the transitional period we have

the new intelligence chief has been appointed on the political level the former ruling national congress party of model bashir want to be allowed to join the new transitional government several of its hierarchy leaders have been removed from public office the military council has promised to continue the dismantling of the party institutions in response to the demands of protesters . it has also agreed to another demand to allow for a transition of civilian government totaled the country until elections can be organized despite the major changes and continuous concessions by the army the leaders of the protest are still concerned and the latest announcements are generally positive but it is still i would say concerning that. that there is general ham out to who is known to have been very violent and brutal in darfur and is in charge of the rapid support forces still considered part of that military council in response the protest leaders say they only got on top of the achievements they made is to continue to take to the streets until they force the military to comply with all the demand

several top members of the former ruling party have been arrested including the acting head of the national congress party that's according to a senior party official who spoke to the reuters news agency protesters continue to camp outside army headquarters demanding an immediate transition to a civilian government the public prosecutor has opened an investigation into oust. president i'm going to be shit on money laundering charges how many lives all from . a senior party member of the former ruling congress party confirmed that some of the top leaders of the party including the speaker of the parliament including or saw the former defense minister have been transferred to the kolkata jail after being arrested. however the military council has not confirmed that there is no official statement from the military council in that respect the only confirmation that came over the last few days was the rest of the two brothers of amal bashir bass and there wasn't even a confirmation from the military council about the transfer of all of the shoes to the khobar jail this has been criticized by the general

he's asked the ruling national congress party to help restore stability and. the government says change can come through the ballot box but protest is on the streets insist they want change now victoria gates and a al-jazeera. voters in israel are casting ballots in elections that will determine if any minutes now will remain in office for a fifth term he voted in west jerusalem area while his main challenger benny gantz urged the country to embrace a new dawn opinion polls put gun says blue and white coalition just ahead of netanyahu is likud party but the prime minister appears to have the best chance of forming another governing coalition. i'm just told you i had no major but this is a sacred act this is truly the essence of democracy and we should be blessed with it but you need to choose well i cannot say what i can but i don't want to not hear . the i'm happy to place myself at the service of the state of israel in the citizens of israel i'm happy to stand for the good of the citizens on and we call for a respectful and quiet day from all sides. we have

the new intelligence chief has been appointed on the political level the former ruling national congress party of model bashir want to be allowed to join the new transitional government several of its hierarchy leaders have been removed from public office and the military council has promised to continue the dismantling of the party institutions in response to the demands of protesters. it has also agreed to another demand to allow for a transition of civilian government to rule the country until elections can be organized despite the major changes and continuous concessions by the army the leaders of the protest are still concerned the latest announcements are generally positive but it is still i would say concerning that. that there is general ham out to who is known to have been very violent and brutal in darfur and is in charge of the rapid support forces still considered part of that military council in response the protest leaders say they only got on top of the achievements they made is to continue to take to the streets until they force the military to comply with all the demands

nelson mandela's revolution ended minority white rule that many criticize the ruling african national congress party for the slow pace of improvement tasa has more from johannesburg. marked them uneasy remembers a feeling of euphoria in one thousand nine hundred four when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became south africa's first black president she believed ending a white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority after decades of oppression since then she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years. and open up my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and house in order to eat something before going to bid so why should i take my id book and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet. he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the afric

your movie leads to ruling b j p his main challenger raul gandhi is the leader of the indian national congress party there are also powerful regional parties which have formed what they call a grab alliance against more the and may hold the cards if national parties don't win an outright majority among them a moderate the. party and kill a shadow of the party for india's most populous state with a provision which has eighty seats and then there is the better g of the all india trinamool congress from west bengal where forty two seats are up for grabs so who would lead more than a billion indians for the next five years well for that we have to wait to come to day on may twenty third. now scientists have unveiled the highly anticipated first the picture of a black hole in a galaxy more than fifty million light years away until now they've been impossible to see because of their distance from earth science and technology editor editor mariana hold reports. people have long tried to imagine what a black cold looks like. we know there are out there monsters of space that scientists believe exert e

their major demand that the political party the new delhi police about the national national congress party be dissolved and is at its offices be put under the government decision that has not been done the rest of the government officials and with them for for accountability that has not been done the t.v. stations the media is all under the control of the ruling national congress party and so the those bits and pieces are really being done by the military because of the internal pressure but if they would not go far enough they would just continue to get to give bits and pieces here and there and the pressure has to continue from the protesters and from the outside world so that this revolution that the give it is to meet ends of establishing a free democratic society. we thank you very much for speaking to us from washington for in libya the u.n. recognize government has launched an air strike targeting a camp of fighters loyal to warlord telephone have tied it happened in the outskirts of the capital tripoli and the government there has pushed its a to from urgency to the highest

members of the former ruling party have been arrested they've cleared the acting head of the national congress party that's according to a senior party official who spoke to reuters protesters continue to camp outside army headquarters demanding an immediate transition to a civilian government public prosecutors opened an investigation into ousted president are on bashir on money laundering charges. egyptians have begun voting in a three day referendum that could open the door to president and the fact that his sisi staying in office until twenty thirty voters are deciding on whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and to expand the role of the military fifty five million people are eligible to take part of rights groups are concerned the referendum will not be free or fair police in paris of fired tear gas in yellow vests protesters who've been demonstrating for weeks over the economy one hundred twenty six people have been arrested with more than eleven thousand police on subduing spot checks those are the headlines inside story is next. he promised to stick to his term limits a

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top members of sudan's former ruling party have been arrested including the acting head of the national congress party that's according to a senior party official who spoke to the reuters news agency protesters continue to camp outside army headquarters demanding an immediate transition to a civilian government from military rule the attorney general has ordered a committee set up to look at corruption the public prosecutor has opened an investigation into the ousted president all modern bashir on money laundering charges let's go live now to mohamed vali is in the capital khartoum for some hamad what more can you tell us on these arrests. yes the news came from. the party itself he confirmed that former parliament speaker amadou brahimi at bar here. with my man abdullah abdullah abdullah him at the scene who was defense minister and president omar bashir former president have all been arrested but we know that they have been put under house arrest since. april eleventh the new development here according to this of this party official is that they have been transferred to cobra prison that's whe

journalist, and on the line from khartoum, dr hussein karshoun, a member of sudan's governing national congress will hear from our guests in a moment, but let's start by watching a film. the sudanese government have done their best to keep tv cameras away from these protests, but they have been unable to prevent ordinary citizens from filming the crackdown on their mobile phones. abc africa eye has looked at hundreds of these videos, some posted to social media, and other sent to our team via messaging apps. we have been able to put this special report together on the security forces who are targeting individual protesters, abducting them from the streets, and dragging them off to secret detention centres in khartoum. local activists call them hellhounds. this contains some disturbing images. these are images the sudanese government does not want you to see. teams of soldiers and secret agents chasing down protesters in the streets of the capital, khartoum. bagging them over the head, beating them, and dragging them off to secret detention centres, where they are held without charge and in some

marine is critical to national defense and demoastic and foreign congress. yet, today our nation relies on an aging fleet of u.s. government owned ships to provide surge and capacities in times of conflict or crisis. and a shrinking pool of qualified american marners which are critical to our long-term national and economic security. specifically the average age of the government owned vessels of the ready reserve force which provides the capacity is more than 44 years old. we have struggled to maintain readiness levels across that fleet. to address these needs the president set the 2020 budget. " $352 million to maintain the r.r.f. recapital zpation of strategy. acquiring an converting used vessels an building new vessels in u.s. shipyards. along with the rrf, the defense department relies on privatey owned u.s. flag ships to deploy and sustain u.s. forces in times of crisis. and to carry dodd cards in peacetime as well. however, of the approximately 5,000 large motion commercial vessels operating around the world today, only 180 fly the u.s. flag. of those

years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the african national congress led government. jobs. we are hungary is because of those guys not the. thing for the people to protest over poverty poor public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people either no real knowledge we have all the successes not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions of been buil

coexistence months of protests led to the military removal of president omar al bashir and his national congress party from government on thursday and since then the head of the military's transitional council and intelligence chief have resigned the sudanese professionals association is calling for a civilian government while protesters say they'll continue their sit in in the capital khartoum until that is achieved. together with the people have been victims to those people cloaked as good virtuous men it is the judy and responsibility of the armed forces to protect the people and enforce the rule of law the armed forces men who have fallen have done their best in al sting dictatorship and establishing a civil state we and all the opposition parties refused to hand over power to the military we want a totally civil leadership al-jazeera morgan has more now from khartoum. three days and three different meters for sudan at the latest one. hand has just addressed the nation a few hours ago and he has struck a very conciliatory tone and said that he is open for dialogue but the military council do