because it's not in the interests of the transitional military council as well as the sudanese professional association and the opposition movement as a whole as well as the protesters to. clash at this time with the transitional military council and the security forces of the time when their progress and what they're calling clear progress particularly on agreeing on what structure the transitional joint council will take so i mean which mix. i mean which makes their claims that there are outside forces trying to cut all the peace talks. some sort of possibility but again anything is possible tension has been building the protesters have been come outside the military headquarters for almost 5 weeks now and at the center and that's the point they were fast losing hope. but they always maintained that peace and have been trying to be us organized as possible while the protesters have been telling us is this clash has happened is it's not them but the military has also been another explanation for the whole thing saying that there are people who have been getting out of the square and going closer to th

well here's what's so interesting about this scenario what we're hearing from the sudanese professionals association and from the protest movement generally is that they may not go back to what may be an extra day of strikes they'll make that decision very late. tonight however they may well be more civil disobedience to come the transitional military council how of digging their heels in as well and they are blaming infiltrators into the protest movement saying that these people are working against the interests of sudan so both sides are actually hardening their position the protest movement says actually this strike is a success we all putting pressure on the army the army say well actually this pressure is coming from elements the rogue and not in the interest of sudan no party neither of the 2 party story has gone back to the negotiating table that was really what this strike was all about to try and force the army back to the negotiating table but there is a 3rd element to all of this as well and that's the regional element we've seen the transitional military council meet with very high offic

trying to get as many professional associations to sign up to strike the strike as possible for them this is this was the last card they had always said that the sudanese professional association has said that you know they have chosen the nonviolent path and their only way of resisting is would be called revolutionary escalation and that means sit ins and strikes hoping that that would put pressure on the military to perhaps compromise on this point that we talked about ok very quickly a get this in here so they've been calling on you to support his since that is on leaders from egypt and the like saudi arabia to stop interfering in the places of these legitimate concerns of the of the persians these are very legitimate concerns especially that you have gulf countries like saudi arabia and the u.a.e. actual financial commitments to them to the military and to sudan and transferring money into sudanese. banks egypt since the removal of ahmed bashir has been trying to act as a broker with the african union for example and reaching striking a deal to try to give the military council some time to to to hand power with that being said it is obvious that th

opposition is not united you know because still no the opposition is not united if one of the sudanese association professional speak one leaders sometimes the other say no he's not representing us and that's why there is no unity and since there is no unity the military council is still using this argument we have to give . if the government. and that's why it's also on the other side they have to be united but even you can also like how could they be united if for 30 years there were no political structures for the opposition or the opposition there were no kind of that they could express themselves no political awareness even the protestors when you talk to them every one of them is my impression feels like i could be a leader i could be maybe a president and that's why it will take a long time till they all are united who is representing which council this representing them and this is what the military council is taking advantage of ok so. the people protesting outside initiate. that they are going to be disposed to side in nature that hasn't happened yet but if it does happen what kind of a

the sudanese professionals association of all organizing miche strike on behalf of the protests 3 minutes a day too will be even bigger than day one however they also say that the central bank and all its branches will remain shouted this is because many of the central bank staff turned up to work on site that they were actually harassed by the sudanese army. the opposition coalition will be hoping that the strike gives them negotiating power and that the transitional military council will have to listen and reopen talks if they don't opposition leaders say they will take further action such as more strikes for now the padlocks remain firmly closed as do the talks between the 2 parties in. hot and iran joins us now live from consumers on tell us more about this incidence of the situation which is least one person has been killed. well there are scarce few details the why i can tell you is this it's in took place on the road sorry the incident took place on the road which leads in to the city and there was a shooting incident between the rapid security forces and the sudanese army they're

a situation where they are heading in different directions earlier this morning the sudanese professional association issued a statement saying that the opposition parities was seeking quick gains from the negotiations but the protesters still united and saying that they will not leave until they get what they want. these no letup in porto since we've done public anger is the transitional military council is in no way willing dollars even if it's gone look an impasse between the military council and the discontinue the protesters say they have confidence in their actions than any other process. well it also got you know i mean is that the regulation out here that's why we are pushing no faith in the you do not discriminate against anyone we will win the war from right. these a festive mood here families have come hoping to be part of history all sing the military council is exhausting work for some. the big companies out here paul weeks they're angry and tommy was in there almost endless chanting the military council does it he got it as close as that is former president bush mcghee said i skated had

for the organizers to deem it a success the plan today walkout was organized by the sudanese professionals association on behalf of the opposition coalition. of the workers who walked out they hope that the military leaders who replaced ousted president omar al bashir will listen to their demands for a civilian led government 2 so he just likes to do this right but we're going for more if they don't leave without a bit of a longer shot was a little shocked at the news of the 1st of the sudanese professionals association of all organizing miche strike on behalf of the protest movements a day to. it will be even bigger than day one however they also say that the central bank and all its branches will remain sheltered this is because many of the central bank staff turned up to work and say that they were actually harassed by the sudanese army the opposition coalition will be hoping that the strike gives them negotiating power and that the transitional military council will have to listen and we are told if they don't opposition leaders say they will take further action such as more strikes the padlocks r

civilian room so you've just been listening there to the sudanese professional association one of the main opposition groups giving a news conference there in the sudanese capital khartoum. they have been ongoing discussions with the military council about a transitional government but morgan is been following this for us from hard to as well so where do things stand right now in all of this. well at the moment has the opposition coalition have finally they've finally gotten a response from the military council they've been waiting for that response since last wednesday and the basically presented their idea very version for a transitional period they said that they wanted four years transitional period with the prime ministerial post an executive cabinet that should be made up of technocrats not military representations or military officials and that they want a sovereign or presidential council and a legislative assembly and an independent judicial system now the military council had said that it wanted partnership but it also wanted the leadership of the transitional period that's

for the organizers to deem it a success the plan today walkout was organized by the sudanese professionals association on behalf of the opposition coalition of the workers who walked out they hope that the military leaders who replaced ousted president omar al bashir will listen to their demands for a civilian led government so he just likes to do this right but we're going for more if they don't live without you know if your version was a little shocked at one or the 1st the sudanese professionals association of all organizing miche strike on behalf of the protests 3 minutes a day 2 will be even bigger than day one how about they also say that the central bank and all its branches will remain shuttered this is because many of the central bank staff turned up to work and say that they were actually harassed by the sudanese army the opposition coalition will be hoping that the strike gives them negotiating power and that the transitional military council will have to listen and we hope and talks if they don't opposition leaders say they will take further action such as more strikes for now the padlocks

for the organizers to deem it a success the plan today walkout was organized by the sudanese professionals association speaking on monday night before the strike started organizers said they were forced into taking action because the transitional military council are not negotiating in good faith. abundantly so what are the sole guarantor of the revolution are the sudanese people and the law and order in what we agree upon as a constitutional declaration or otherwise this is the guarantor of the revolution not a military rifle for the workers who have walked out they hope that the military leaders who replaced ousted president omar al bashir will listen to their demands for a civilian led government 2 so we just like to do this right but we're going for more if they don't leave it out there the longer she was in the dr i don't know the 1st the opposition coalition will be hoping that the strike gives them negotiating power and that the transitional military council will have to listen and we have been told if they don't opposition leaders say they will take further action such as more strikes for now

all indications are that the strike will go ahead because it's being called by the sudanese professionals association and people will heed the call for the strike. just given these changes in the political movement a certain fracturing one we could say of the opposition i mean how big a blow is this to the to the process movements. well it really depends on who you speak to if you speak to the transitional military council they will say actually look the protesters aren't united there's nobody we can negotiate with so we have the upper hand and we are going to move forward in trying to bring peace to sudan you speak to the opposition coalition they'll tell you this is a deliberate fracturing of the protest movement the army are trying to play different factions off with each other however we are united because what the army doesn't realize and i said this earlier is that the political landscape has changed and what's uniting the protestors very interesting enough is the way the transitional military council are actually operating right now in the last few days we've seen the vice president of the tra

we are expecting statements from the transitional military council and the sudanese professionals' association in the coming hours expect there to be a bit of a tussle between them as the s.b.a. the sudanese professionals claim that the strike is a success and the army say the actually the government institutions were all open and that the six strike has failed what hasn't happened so far is the two parties agreeing to come back to the negotiating table what we are hearing is that the technical committees those of people discussing the shape of any sovereign transitional government were actually meeting but the key leaders those guys on actually meeting and the whole point of the sudanese professionals at least was to put pressure on the transitional military council to get them to the negotiating table after day one hasn't happened al-jazeera cimarron calm life in many thanks. green party has received strong support in the european elections european leaders are meeting in brussels to talk about the new names they want to fill the union's top jobs austria is hosting an international summit to

want the sudanese people to see them and to take part and to join in with them now the sudanese professionals association is actually representative of quite a number of industries including lawyers don't and people who work in the petrochemical industry communications industry it's a very middle class movement so it will have some impact certainly here in the capital but actually a lot of these protesters also very angry because of what they see as being the transitional military council acting as the defacto government of the sudan in the last few days we've seen the vice chairman of the sudanese transitional military council meet with mohamed bin so man the crown prince of saudi arabia we've seen the chairman meet with abdul fattah el-sisi the leader of egypt and also with the crown prince of abu dabi mohammed bin ziad and that's angering the. so also it may have been divisions were then. actual opposition groups but they seem to be now coming together to say actually it's time for us to call this strike it's time to put the army on the back for a put ourselves in a stronger negotiating position. so t

strike will be heeded by many sectors of civil society here in the country now the sudanese professionals association is very much a middle class movement very much based in khartoum and it can bring khartoum as part of the rest of the country to a standstill now the party said it's not the right time for this and they need to not hold a strike however although those schools may well have been heated before december the party don't have the political power that they once had and also the transitional military council say that the opposition are actually divided and that's why we haven't been able to come to a deal with the world the opposition coalition say actually what's happening is the regional players are backing the transitional military council and they're supporting them and that's been borne out in the last few days the vice chairman of the transitional military council and he has met with crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin so man we've seen the chairman of the transitional military council meets with. sisi his name is abdul fatah but han and now a lot of han is actually going to the

with citizens demanding a civilian government off to a military coup last month the sudanese professionals association which spearheaded the process that led the army to. urge people to show up at work on tuesday and wednesday but abstain from any activity. in parts of the capital khartoum shops and businesses closed offices were left empty as people across took to the streets to express their discontent with the transitional military government hundreds of flights were canceled thousands left stranded as airport workers walked out. many bank staff also stopped work. but today the people of sudan demand their rights we want to civilian led authorities a democratic state a country where rights and 2 teens are respected for all citizens we are also here out of respect for the dead this is the least we can do for them. one protest leader says negotiations with the military have stalled and there's no alternative except to scale up the protests. we anyhow civil measures available to us that we will continue with civil disobedience and strikes until our demands are fully met we want to transfer to civilian

the omaha team said and say actually you guys don't really matter anymore it's the sudanese professionals association here equality and it does and we're going to listen to them also you have to understand that may well be divisions within the opposition but they all coming together in recent days because of the way the transitional military council have acted in the last few days we've seen the vice chairman of the transition military council the obvious actively go and see the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so man we've seen the chairman of the transformative council go and visit with the father of sisi the leader of egypt and now the chairman is in abu dhabi meeting with the crown prince of abu dhabi i haven't been inside and that's angered the protesters because they say this is a transitional military council is actually effectively acting like the de facto government of sudan so although that would evasions and these divisions are clear when it comes to the save your party and the rest of the coalition it seems to be on the ground that the way the army is acting is actually bringing the protes

the opposition coalition is made up of political parties civil society groups and the sudanese professionals association they have been leading protests in sudan since december. the demonstrations were initially over price hikes that then turned into anti-government protests leading to a sit in in front of the army headquarters in early april the coalition says their vision for the transitional period is based on the demands of the protesters it's includes a four year transitional period a presidential or sovereign council an executive council headed by a prime minister with a civilian majority representation as well as a legislative assembly made up of one hundred twenty to one hundred sixty members forty percent of which must be women and an independent judiciary. this is our message to all demonstrators the peaceful work is what has led to our victories and not what will help us achieve all the goals of the sudanese revolution and we shall not respond provocations meanwhile the sitting continues with protesters saying they'll keep the revolution peaceful and keep their demand for civilian transitiona

the opposition coalition is made up of political parties civil society groups and the sudanese professionals association they have been leading protests in sudan since december i am the demonstrations were initially over price hikes but then turned into anti-government protests leading to a sit in in front of the army headquarters in early april the coalition says their vision for the transitional period is based on the demands of the protesters it's includes a four year transitional period a presidential or sovereign council an executive council headed by a prime minister with a civilian majority representation as well as a legislative assembly made up of one hundred twenty to one hundred sixty members forty percent of which must be women.

for the organizers to deem it a success the plan today walkout was organized by the sudanese professionals association on behalf of the opposition coalition speaking on monday night before the strike started organizers said they were forced into taking action because the transitional military council are not negotiating in good faith abundantly so what are the sole guarantor of the revolution are the sudanese people and the law in order in what we agree upon as a constitutional declaration or otherwise this is the guarantor of the revolution not a military rifle for the workers who have walked out they hope that the military leaders who replaced ousted president omar al bashir will listen to their demands for a civilian led government 2 so we just like to do this right but we're going for more if they don't leave without general walker she was a little shocked when you know the 1st the transitional military council has criticized the strike saying it won't hand over power to an unstable civilian government it's also said that the army is the most popular institution in the country according to these p

calls full the sudanese people to go back to work however we haven't heard from the sudanese professionals association they're the ones that have been leading the charge when it comes to organizing the protest on behalf of the opposition coalition they're likely to issue a statement in response to have bts statement and it's likely to be very strong because they feel that this strike action is working and that the sudanese people have had enough of this negotiation that's going on between the opposition coalition and the army itself and they say that the army simply isn't negotiating in good faith in rome what impact on daily life is this strike having how well supported is it. well here in khartoum certainly it's almost citywide i was out during the day taking a look at the streets every few blocks or so there were protesters out in the street take a look this is supposed to be one of the busiest orifice in cartoon it's actually completely empty old the shops the shots this is the holy month of ramadan so everything does open in the evening in the streets are normally very busy but like i say they ha

the transitional military council on the one hand and the protest group led by the sudanese professionals association on the other has gone through a number of these episodes of both are done here both are any committed for the long term the 2 sides have not yet reached agreement on how to divide up power or indeed what even the timeframe with before turning power over to civilian authority but the fact that the talks are ongoing i think has a relatively positive development when you can the final analysis they have and they actually will be successful the greater concern here would be at least some of the individuals who are involved in the transitional military council over asserting their authority. assuming that they can outwait the protesters and i think they're wrong if they are making that assumption. mexico's president once talks with washington after dark trump said he'll tax goods from mexico unless it stops illegal immigration the u.s. president posted this video on twitter said to show $1000.00 migrants trying to cross the border trump says the 5 percent tariff will be enforced from june

walkout was organized by the sudanese professionals association on behalf of the opposition coalitionspeaking on monday night before the strike started, organizers said they were forced into taking action because the transitional military council are not negotiating in good faith. guarantor of the revolution are the law and order. this is the guarantor of the revolution, not the military. >> for the workers who walked out, they hope the leaders who replaced omar al-bashir will listen to their demand for a civilian led government. >> we are going for more. we're going for more. more protest. >> the transitional military council has criticized the strike, saying it will not hand over power to an unstable civilian government. it said the army is the most popular institution in the country. according to these people, that is not true. however, a transitional military council will be very concerned that the strike is holding. the opposition coalition will be hoping the strike at them negotiating power and that the transitional military council will have to listen and reopen talks. if they

strike will be heeded by many sectors of civil society here in the country you know the sudanese professionals association is very much a middle class and we've been very much based in khartoum and it can bring khartoum and perhaps parts of the rest of the country to a standstill now the party said it's not the right time for this and they need to not hold a strike however although those calls may well have been heeded before december the party don't have the political power that they once had and also the transitional military council say that the opposition are actually divided and that's why we haven't been able to come to a deal with the world the opposition coalition say actually what's happening is the regional players are backing the transitional military council and they're supporting them and that's been borne out in the last few days the vice chairman of the transitional military council and he has met with crown prince of saudi arabia mohamed bin so man we've seen the chairman of the transitional military council meets with. sisi his name is abdul fatah but han and now i'll go to holland is act

force them into account in every way they can the big opposition coalition led by the sudanese professionals association which has been spearheading calls for protest say that more people should be arriving today and in the coming days to join the sit in to join the people here in the demand to have the military council hand over power to an independent transitional government and people are saying that if that government is not formed if it is not independent if the military is in charge then they will not move from this place in front of the army headquarters and how to. four foreign hostages have been freed by french soldiers in book. two soldiers were killed during the operation in the northern region of the west african country the french presidential palace says the hostages included two french citizens an american and a south korean natasha has more from paris. where the french defense minister and the chief of frogs milicz military said that this was an extremely cold flex and risky operation and it actually began last week on may the first when these two french tourists went missing in painting

december however the political landscape a in sudan has completely changed and it's the sudanese professionals association that are currently the leader of the political pack in the country they're the ones that called for the strike and it looks like the strike will be heeded by many sectors of civil society here in the country you know the sudanese professionals association is very much a middle class and we've been very much based in khartoum and it can bring khartoum and perhaps parts of the rest of the country to a standstill now the party said it's not the right time for this and they need to not hold a strike however although those calls may well have been heeded before december the party don't have the political power that they once had and also the transitional military council say that the opposition are actually divided and that's why we haven't been able to come to a deal with the world the opposition coalition say actually what's happening is the regional players are backing the transitional military council and they're supporting them and that's been borne out in the last few days the vice c

the transitional military council on the one hand and the protest group led by the sudanese professionals association on the other has gone through a number of these episodes of both are done here both are i think committed for the long term the 2 sides have not yet reached agreement on how to divide up our or indeed what even the timeframe would be for turning power over to civilian authority but the fact that the tops are ongoing i have me because a relatively positive development and i think in the final analysis. they actually will be successful the greater concern here will be at least some of the end of it jewels who are involved in the kinds of actual military council over asserting their authority and. assuming that they can outwait the protesters and i think they're wrong that they are making that assumption the mexican president is calling for dialogue with washington after donald trump and i'm still text all goods from mexico to push the government taking action on illegal immigration the u.s. president posted this video on twitter the porting to show $1000.00 migrants trying to cross the

want the sudanese people to see them and to take part and to join in with them now the sudanese professionals association is actually representative of quite a number of industries including lawyers don't and people who work in the petrochemical industry communications industry it's a very middle class movement so it will have some impact certainly here in the capital but actually a lot of these protesters also very angry because of what they see as being the transitional military council acting as the defacto government of the sudan in the last few days we've seen the vice chairman of the sudanese transitional military council meet with mohamed bin so man the crown prince of saudi arabia we've seen the chairman meet with abdul fattah el-sisi the leader of egypt and also with the current prince of abu dabi mohammed bin zajac and that's angering people here so also may have been divisions within the actual opposition movement they seem to be now coming together to say actually it's time for us to call the strike it's time to put the army on the box and put ourselves in a stronger negotiating position. zim

want the sudanese people to see them and to take part and to join in with them now the sudanese professionals association is actually representative of quite a number of industries including lawyers don't and people who work in the petrochemical industry communications industry it's a very middle class movement so it will have some impact certainly here in the capital voting but actually a lot of these protesters also very angry because of what they see as being the transitional military council acting as the defacto government of the sudan in the last few days we've seen the vice chairman of the sudanese transitional military council meet with mohamed bin so man the crown prince of saudi arabia we've seen the chairman meet with abdul fattah el-sisi the leader of egypt and also with the crown prince of abu dabi mohammed bin ziad and that's angering people here so also i may have been divisions within the actual opposition movement but they seem to be now coming together to say actually it's time for us to call this strike it's time to put the army on the box and put ourselves in a stronger negotiating po

head of the transitional government and we've heard from the opposition coalition the sudanese professional association less than an hour ago and they said that that is not their vision of how the transition period should be that is not what they've been protesting for over the past four months and this is not why they demanded the ousting of president obama the sheer so we're going to have to wait from the opposition coalition themselves and see what they see regarding the military agreeing on the tentative structure and how they're going to take it from here regarding how much a presentation each side should have during the transitional period ok hopefully things will stabilize let's listen in again to the military council that. as we mentioned before the document overlooked. the period beyond which the transitional period where the member would lose his membership if there is. if the member has been sentenced in a court room whereby he no longer has a right to exercise his political rights. regarding the pas given to the legislative council it overlooked the international treaties eleven b. regardin

sudanese professionals association even the most reliable source for almost five months now. yes said that troops in army uniforms the rapid support forces and the police were all involved in the blind. that entails a kind of coordination of actions that couldn't possibly be simply rogue elements. so despite. ansel military council chair burns. a declaration that. they weren't responsible. we have. we in general have matchy as the chair of that committee it's very difficult for me to believe he did not have a hand in this. talking about the transition. of the people who are prorotestg right now right to be skeptical. they are right to be skeptptical there been many signs that the military council wanted to preserve the real executive power. getting other powers disobedience perhaps perhaps in name only but reserving to themselves the ultimate executive power. this is the real bone of contention. the framework for a transitional government just been agreed. to but just how the very spot ortiz are going to be constituted. and what the role of the military wilill be in that. mos

themselves last week difference as a margin between the civil society we which is led by the sudanese professional association which is largely behind the protest and sudan's constant opposition parties and they traded insults and all kinds of comments against each other in the media and now. holding talks to try and. bring a position in unity box although they can face the transitional military council from a united still not a full so the ease of waste against time saddam is facing so many problems including the economy where people are facing so many shortages of most of the basic necessities. to skew all full fuel it. seems like these on site in most parts of the city multis say sometimes they spend the entire day waiting to fill up their vehicles. the fuel crisis shortages of bread and electricity outages opposing a major challenge for the country's transitional military council moderate men and women follow us everything is as before there is no difference between the old regime and the military council we still have shortages and queues for bread and fuel. back used to full money at banks and the few t

she was there she was she was killed there was several injuries also reported by the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading calls for protests over the past few months in sudan now they're saying that they're calling for protesters to hold their position to remain at the same grounds to continue with their strike in terms of when their workplaces and continue with this attempt in front of the army headquarters and they're saying that protesters should not leave their position until the military council agrees to return back to the negotiating table so that they can have a military a civilian government in place ok but many things do have a mortgage their lives in the car too. the u.s. national security adviser says that he's almost certain that iranian naval mines damaged oil tankers off the coast of united arab emirates and this month john bolton didn't provide any evidence to back up his comments he's currently visiting the u.a.e. where he said america's response has been successful in deterring what he described as threats from iran in the region in a moment we'll cro

is back on a general strike so that's not just in the capital itself but across the sudanese professionals association impressed with the rising support to represent most of the students professionals is also that the strike if it happens and you know the rest of my sunday this strike could will cripple what just a couple but being entirely out of the country now what we're hearing is that the opposition to sit on and off hoping that this strike will put them in the driver's seat when it comes to negotiations with at the moment the opposition congress and say they want no growth in public political life from the army obvious insisting that they didn't want the. people are protesting on the streets of the algerian capital for the 14th consecutive friday the. face in place a chance and we are fed up with the generals are demanding democratic reforms and the removal of politicians and former president blessings beautifully because governments presidential elections are expected in july and 1 time leader was forced to step down last month. every train is marking its 1st independence day since a peace deal

this march which is organized by the sudanese professionals association with so we could all participate and stress that we will go on a political strike and civil disobedience to support the position held by the mass sudanese people and the opposition groups negotiating in the name of the sudanese people the dutch foreign minister is calling for an international tribunal to be established to investigate i saw it would investigate claims that the armed group committed genocide during its so-called caliphate across syria and iraq our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un. the un called the crimes committed by both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunals to prosecute the individuals who ordered and committed those crimes it comes from the foreign minister of the netherlands. i'm here because i'm confidence that there should be an international tribunal because the skill of sea atrocities committed by i.c.l. is such that it may be me amounts to genocide and this just suffice an international tribunal he's reflecting called by human rights a