hello i'm terry march and good to have you with us reports say that sudan's military has forced president omar al bashir to step down ending thirty years a rule state media said the country's armed forces will be making quote an important announcement witnesses are also saying that soldiers raided the office or the offices of a group linked to al bashir is ruling party in this exclusive footage from the capital khartoum worth tens of thousands of people have been rallying outside. sudanese military headquarters it's the sixth straight day of demonstrations calling for this year's resignation clashes between protesters and security forces have left dozens of people dead. and we're going to try to cross over to khartoum now to talk to the man who made those pictures you just saw all journalist also nosy adam is standing by there forests also nosy can you hear me. afraid we don't have a clear line to khartoum this point will perhaps be coming back to our correspondent there in khartoum in just a moment but meanwhile with me in the studio is one of our journalists who's been following the sto

hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program crucial elections in israel are now just a day away and there's no telling whether prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be able to stay in office he faces a stiff challenge from former military general centrist benny over the weekend netanyahu pulled out what many consider a sort of trump card to further his status with those on the far right a promise to annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank the election has turned into a neck and neck race. benyamin netanyahu slick were suspended against blue and white party is resurrection is said to be a tight race with voters remaining split including here in this close restore in jerusalem ilana benyamin hopes to be netanyahu as every phone calls to prime minister will form the next government she can see any i'll turn it. on and. i think b.b. has a great team they're doing fine and have babies elected i will sleep well at night we will move towards a safe future for me for my sons and grandsons it should be limited in chile another four years of unthinkable for this young student

hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program people in sri lanka are marking a national day of mourning in the aftermath of the easter sunday bombing relatives of some of victims gathered for a mass funeral at st sebastian church in one of three churches hit in sunday's attacks because it's a small fishing town at the heart of sri lanka's small catholic community. see or than a thousand people gathered to pay their respects. earlier the nation observed three minutes of silence at eight thirty am local time that's the moment when the first in a series of bombs detonated on sunday morning the death toll has now risen to three hundred ten. intelligence chiefs reportedly warn police of a possible attack by the local jihadist group national talk he'd jump up with those reports apparently never reach prime minister run the victim a single and his cabinet that revelation has the country searching for answers after a day of carnage that just might have been prevented. has just blown up in a controlled detonation outside st anthony's church one of several unexploded devices found a day after the

flow i'm terry march and welcome to the program it's election day in israel voters are deciding whether to extend prime minister been in me netanyahu has long conservative tenure he's up against military cheap. benny god seen here at the polls earlier today he's a centrist who's made much of corruption allegations against netanyahu bot he's new to politics voters expected to be so close that it could lead to frantic goshi ations to form a coalition government once results oriented as ever the choice of israeli prime minister will have a major impact on the future of the region. over the very latest let's cross over to our correspondent tanya kramer who's standing by at a polling station in jerusalem tanya israelis are casting their votes today what can we expect. that's right i'm just standing here right in front of a polling station is school it's a bank holiday today people have are off from work to encourage them actually to go and vote in the last elections in two thousand and fifteen there has been a rather high turnover of over seventy percent so we have to wait and see how it loo

hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu looks to have secured victory in the country's general election and with most of the votes counted he's running neck and neck with his main challenger benny gantz of the centrist blue and white party but netanyahu. is in a stronger position to form a coalition with the support of a number of right wing parties across live to israel in a moment but first this report. that were pyrotechnics and music for netanyahu when he took to the stage at the likud party event in the wee hours to claim victory. i am very moved that the nation of israel has once again given its trust to me. and done so for the fifth time. they have again given their trust to us and to me. it's unprecedented. when did we ever get so many seats i don't remember the good one looking for a little money go to do little. a fifth term would make netanyahu israel's longest serving prime minister even surpassing the founding father of the jewish state. i have to voting ended exit polls appear to indicate a neck and neck race between netany

fair but took the next two to notch the biggest win of his career i i you're watching news i'm terry march and coming up next our documentary film looking at passion and ethics rito will be here with you at the top of the next hour with more news thanks for being with us. shifting powers the old order is history the world is really good as in itself and the media's role is to keep the topic in focus at the global media forum twenty nine teams today one out of two people is online who are we following them do we trust debate and shape the future at the georgia dome or global view for twenty to take. on april the twenty fourth two thousand and thirteen the rana plaza complex in bangladesh collapsed crushing to das one thousand one hundred thirty five garment workers and injuring two thousand more warnings the building was unsafe or ignored their customer orders to be met on time to satisfy our insatiable demand for fast fashion the horrific news and images shocked the world some people called it the clothing industry's nine eleven. both the dark reality of a system out of control too many co

march 11th, 2011. in nashville, indiana, john and terri had barely had a sip of tea when the news jolted them awake.c earthquake had hit northern japan. 9.0, near the top end of the richter scale and huge tsunami, like watching a disaster movie, this horribly real and son zach in the middle of it. >> unreal. this can't be happening. are you sure it's where zach is, in the same region? and we were looking at maps, and you know, everything was pointing to yeah, it's exactly where zach is. and. >> we just prayed. >> enormous waves you see here hitting noda, kuji, the towns where zach and georgia were teaching. frantic calls began to no avail. >> what happened? >> would be buzzy, get a busy signal. >> and minutes went by, hour and two hours. what did it feel like? >> hell. >> as parent you never think my child has been killed. don't think that. you just wait and pray for the best. >> and remember zach had wanted to come home months earlier but terri and john encouraged him to stay, to live up to his commitment. >> how much did you beat yourself up about that? >> i did. >> seems right then, but now? >> h

march 11th, 2011. in nashville, indiana, john and terry had barely had sich their tea when the news volted them awake. >> this is a very powerful earthquake. images are stunning out of japan. >>> an epic earthquake hit northern japan, 9.20. huge some up the coast, like watching a disaster movie, this one horribly real. john and terry's son, zach, was now in the middle of it. >> what did you say? >> unreal. this can't be happening. are you sure it's where zach is? are you sure it's in the same region? we were looking at maps, and everything was pointing to, yes, exactly where zach is. >> we just prayed. >> the enormous waves you see here were hitting noda, kuji, the towns where zach and georgia were teaching. the family called but to no avail that. few what happened when you tried his phone? >> it would say all circuits are busy, that you'd get a busy signal. >> and the minutes went by? >> uh-huh. >> then, an hour and two hours. what did that feel like? >> hell. >> as a parent, you never think, oh, my child's been killed. you don't think that. you just wait. you just wait and pray for the best. >> reme

march seventh action to form a committee and as president. hello again we're here across parts of north asia we are going to be seeing the weather started to terry rate as the system is coming out of parts of china so over the next few days we do have this low pressure here that is going to be making its way towards the northeast so nice conditions in japan here on tuesday particular up here towards the north where i'm going to see mostly sunny. editions but here is that area of disturbed weather passing or shanghai bring a rare very heavy rain there with a temperature of about twenty nine degrees as we go from tuesday to wednesday that system does make its way over the korean peninsula as well as into southern japan and some of these showers could be heavy at times where we are going to see some possibly localized flooding in the higher elevations up towards and die though it is going to be a cloudy day temps are not too bad at twenty and tokyo some rain showers as we go towards wednesday evening where across parts of china temperatures are quite warm we'll see temperatures into the low thirty's in some locations some rain showers making their

marches on. when bill was finally allowed to retire after threatening and pleading the president talked it and when he finally was allowed i think it is worth mentioning secretary terry compared to build george kennan and jeff mullen said he was an american diplomatic legend. president obama hailed him as a consummate diplomat and to public service. indeed that is the case. please join me in welcoming bill burns. [applause] one of the things we do that is most interesting about this book is that you described the mechanics and the power of diplomacy and how it actually works. you have at one point a line where it is an unheroic quiet and never less swaggering and unrelenting thanks to all of you for coming. when i worked for secretary of state it is a theme that the majority peace conference in the fall of 1991 they have the same negotiating framework, and i mention that because it was the moment when i really did see american power and diplomacy at their peak the difference between spider and the kind of rhetoric that you would associate with that pretty politics than it does in the foreign-policy and they embodied at least in my experience head down, unrelenting gh