0n the shortlist are bands including idles and the 1975 the singer—songwriter anna calvi and the northampton. the mercury prize prides itself on recognising an impressive breadth of musical styles with its nominations. this year, there is the more commercial sound of the 1975. .. ..and the band foals. ..as well as the more reflective melodies of cate le bon. ..and ten piece jazz collective seed ensemble. singer—songwriter anna calvi has now been nominated for her first three albums, equalling coldplay‘s record. it means the world for an artist like me, to kind of get your music out there, for other people to hear about you and to be among such amazing talent. among much of that amazing talent there is a particular theme — politics. idles aren't the first band to marry music and political protest. # my blood brother is an immigrant...# but they've done it with a fresh power and energy. the whole point of us as a band is that we're trying to articulate the personal and the political as the same thing. everything isjust a heightened vision of welfare and well—being in politics, and we just want

more on this we're joined by eric reeves an author and saddam researcher and he's joining us from northampton massachusetts mystery's very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so we're hearing from the opposition who are saying that the agreement that they reached it's only a 1st step is it a good or a good enough 1st step do you think from what we know about it so far. i think it was inevitable there was pressure mounting on the allies for freedom and change and the transitional military council perfectly prepared to end these negotiations that some agreement had to be reached on the other hand let's remember there are still no internet access there is no telephone access in sudan so the people of sudan have not really been consulted a number of people in khartoum have been consulted but people are going to get an understanding of the agreement from the military controlled state media so now you know broadcast. networks and that presents a real problem inclusiveness is a very debatable issue right at this moment that's right how do you see the protesters who've been out on the streets of s

on the shortlist are bands including idles and the 1975, singer—songwriter anna calvi and northamptonper slowthai. the mercury prize prides itself on recognising an impressive breadth of musical styles with its nominations. this year, there is the more commercial sound of the 1975... and the band foals. as well as the more reflective melodies of cate le bon. and ten piece jazz collective seed ensemble. singer—songwriter anna calvi has now been nominated for her first three albums, equalling coldplay‘s record. it means the world for an artist like me, to kind of get your music out there, for other people to hear about you and to be among such amazing talent. among much of that amazing talent there is a particular theme — politics. idles aren't the first band to marry music and political protest. # my blood brother is an immigrant...# but they've done it with a fresh power and energy. the whole point of us as a band is that we're trying to articulate the personal and the political as the same thing. everything isjust a heightened vision of welfare and well—being in politics, and we just

while rapper slowthai has used his experiences growing up in northampton for his nominated album nothing this country. i love this country, i'm proud... i've got more pride in my heart for it than anything. i just feel we've lost value of what is important, and its community, and that's what i'm trying to do with this album. for artists who aren't quite household names yet, like black midi or little simz, just the nomination can be a huge boost. still, all 12 will be aiming to win in september. lizo mzimba, bbc news. earlier i spoke to lisa verrico — a musicjournalist from the sunday times, and asked her who she thought might win. whether they think the favourite is going to be dave, psycho drama. he isa going to be dave, psycho drama. he is a 21—year—old man from london. he knows a lot about what it means to grow up black, be back in britain. his two elder brothers are in prison, it's such an echo of the coin story, very insightful, not super complex, very accessible. as i think that's going to be the bookie's favourite. and slowthai's nothing great about britain. that's very good fun a

much for your time and following this developing story with us that is the area queen's live and northampton massachusetts thank you. we're going to move on to algeria now with thousands have returned to the streets once again a calling for freedom and democracy protesters are tired of corruption and want to thank all the ruling elite to save power the mass demonstrations are taking place on the anniversary of independence from french roll but tory gate and be reports. the a day of mixed emotions for algerians celebrating independence from france in 1962 but also demanding the complete overhaul of the establishment its rules ever since. many algerian say they feel betrayed by their political elite and have lost trust in the government they will say down the interim president is the right person to run the country at this critical time. on thursday abdelkader been called the national dialogue about arranging a presidential election but didn't set a date for when that might be.

reeves we thank you very much for your time and your expertise on this that is eric graves live in northampton massachusetts thank you. there are plenty more ahead on the news hour including mother's march in hong kong support of young students against a controversial extradition. zimbabwe's under-powered a commie unreliable electricity supplies are putting businesses and workers under pressure and the president has some big plans for the women's world cup the whole has the details and. the un's nuclear watchdog will hold a special meeting next week on iran's nuclear program the meeting was called by the u.s. which pulled out of the 2050 nuclear deal last year and says it will begin the 2nd phase of its planned to reach the deal starting on sunday iran has set a 2 month deadline for the remaining signatories that is russia china russia and france and germany to provide economic relief from u.s. sanctions well let's go now to our white house correspondent committee how could she's joining us live from washington d.c. any reaction from the white house to any of these developments committee. yeah

let's get more on this we're joined by eric raise his head on research and he's live for us from northampton massachusetts very good to have you with us on al-jazeera mr graves so is this a new beginning for saddam do you think we just don't know and we don't know in large measure because hunter continues to block internet access telephone access and most of the explaining that the agreement that's being done by the alliance for freedom and change is getting done in the greater kerttu and urban area let's remember how many places in sudan have been part of this uprising you know which is today described the green as resulting in a civilian but government well it's not at all clear to me or to many sudanese that it is generally civilian led and that comes down to the details of their sovereign council and how it will one place we asked of waiting for those details but what we did hear from this press conference opposition members saying that they will be an independent transparent committee to look into the killings of dozens of protesters on june the 3rd how likely do you think that will be

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what i saw on the bbc website was exactly what happened at a cruise in northampton about 15 yea rs aagazines... i don't think... there are lots of websites run by a young men in their bedroom to modify their cars, there is media potential, but i doubt it would be a printed product.|j is media potential, but i doubt it would be a printed product. i think it would be the e version, for sure. thank you for talking to us. the bbc and itv have revealed more details about their plans for a joint video streaming service. britbox will cost customers £5.99 a month and be launched towards the end of the year. it's being seen as a uk rival to established services such as netflix, which this week saw its share price fall after a slowdown in subscriber growth. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. gavin and stacey, helping the bbc and itv begin their new online life together. congratulations. tidy. come here. you just got married. that is disgusting. the intention is for britbox to be seen as the streaming home for quality british programming. leave it out! past shows like the offic

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