groomed by a model bashir protected by obama bashir for almost thirty years and these people will definitely be very concerned about the aftermath of what happened and this i think explains why the army is now deploying troops on the streets. shutting down the airport ensuring that no one fled the country and flees the country and to and they would like also to get reassurances that everything is under control before they make their announcement but it could be also said to be that they are trying to reach out to the protesters and to the opposition and tell them this is an extraordinary moment in modern history of sudan please give us your support we are determined to stay here just for a transition to democracy. and then would hand over power to civilian authority will the opposition and the protesters go for that that's also one of the key questions about the situation that is. where some sort of dialogue between these different factions and which have different. tendencies before they make all of bashir down or before he steps down it's not entirely clear how he will do we'll have to tal

right it's quite possible that if bashir you certain the initiative. that the regime could could still survive so everything the city. it is very open ended right now and we can expect the soldiers who fraternize with demonstrators to actually try to go a step further because know that they've committed in so big insubordination they will be punished if bashir survives so they have an interest in making sure that he goes but this is not a guaranteed outcome now to go back to the issue of the international community i'd like to react. to what was said because i really don't think the. video made a strong statement ingenue actually the. dozens of people had already been killed and the troika stopped short of a condemning these killings and similarly the e.u. yesterday made a statement where they're stopping short of calling for a democratic transition and i think what drives the stance of both the e.u. and the us in the case of sudan is a concern over stability and the pact that any destabilisation in sudan can have a migration rather disturbing a vision

names sent by the international criminal court, president bashir, omar al—bashir, and ahmed haroun. you don't appear on any list like that. but can i ask you, can you fully defend your actions in darfur? in a statement via spokesman mutasim mohamed saleh, thejem, justice and equality movement, have made a demand that all the war—related detainees in darfur be released. and he says "not releasing them is a call for the continuation of the war and a further rupture of the country," sudan. have you released all detainees? can i ask you now to the circumstances of the removal of omar al—bashir, what made you and your senior army colleagues decide that it was time for bashir to go? was there any danger at any time that force was going to he stepped up against the protesters? was that something that omar al—bashir, at the time, was asking for? and did you personally tell him, no, that's not acceptable? there are reports that you are one of three army officers who personally told president bashir that he was no longer in power. can you confirm that? what did you say to him? and what

take a look now at omar al bashir is decades overall sarkar reports are toward. a man whose career has been defined by war he led sudan through various conflicts and during the breakup of africa's largest country he was the last man to lead a united sudan al bashir who came to power in a bloodless military coup in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine overthrowing a democratically elected government he ran the country as a military ruler for more than twenty five years where conflict was almost constant . two civil wars between the north and south cost the lives of one and a half million people. and the continuing conflict in the western region of darfur killed more than two hundred thousand people and fourth two million others to flee their homes a fragile peace took hold in two thousand and three and after two years of negotiations the rebels signed a peace deal with the government to end the civil war. that's agreement led to a referendum for independence in south sudan making it the world's newest country in twenty eleven. al bashir was the only serving head

protesters on the omar al bashir he wouldn't order his forces to do the same what he. but that's the life he did order he was the defense minister and he didn't order is forces to do this and now when he came out we have this freedom and liberation that we all are working under and it actually specifically asked for a different game change so that the the whole point is the whole movement is what it is it's like does the best which means let it fall that's all and for the freedom agenda regime is a very simple the liberation that states what we want and what we're fighting for and part of it is a transition but for your government that is the civilian democracy that's a look just tell me exactly what it is that you and the protesters on the street do want what the military says it's going to take power for two years while the constitution is written or while preparations are made for a fair elections what is it you want because going from revolution to democracy is is pretty hard at least the army here has a plan then we have a very specific plan that we put in place a

bashir known as the the defense minister said that the vice president he has been arrested. let's remember adrian that president obama to be sure is the only setting or the former sitting president at the moment to be indicted by the international criminal courts his once a by word by the international criminal court for work crimes crimes against humanity and genocide in the west and legion of dar for i would have no of the defense minister said that he's now under arrest but it's not clear what happened next is there going to be trial for president bashir for the crimes that have been committed he did say the defense minister would have me off said that he will be holding those who have been robbing the country his words robbing the country and lying to the people for the past few years will be held accountable so it's not clear if that means there will be a free and fair trial or any sort of try really for president ahmed bashir or if he will be handed over to the international criminal court as for the arrest warrant that has been issued under his name so it's not clear

saying that president obama al bashir arrested and held in a safe place government ministries will be disbanded the military council will run the country for a two year transitional period will be a three month state of emergency we'll continue our coverage of events in sudan here on al-jazeera in just a few moments see that. took . up to look up the. architecture. just. fly cattle railways and experience economy class like never before cattle are always going places together. when we live in a time of war and tragedy it's crimes against humanity. activist repression. enforced disappearance of arbitrary arrests. extrajudicial executions brutal torture the list goes on. who investigates who judges the criminals. who compensates the victims the international conference on national regional and international mechanisms to combat impunity and ensure accountability under international law. organized by the national human rights committee. united nations human rights office of the high commissioner. european parliament. and global alliance of national human rights institutions. tens of thou

, omar al—bashir, and ahmed haroun. you don't appear on any list like that. but can i ask you, can you fully defend your actions in darfur? in a statement via spokesman mutasim mohamed saleh, thejem, justice and equality movement, have made a demand that all the war—related detainees in darfur be released. and he says "not releasing them is a call for the continuation of the war and a further rupture of the country," sudan. have you released all detainees? can i ask you now to the circumstances of the removal of omar al—bashir, what made you and your senior army colleagues decide that it was time for bashir to go? was there any danger at any time that force was going to be stepped up against the protesters? was that something that omar al—bashir, at the time, was asking for? and did you personally tell him, no, that's not acceptable? there are reports that you are one of three army officers who personally told president bashir that he was no longer in power. can you confirm that? what did you say to him? and what

omar bashir will be tried. is there a prospect for him to be tried in sudan certainly and even with respect to the international criminal court jurisdiction. if the domestic state is able to show that it's willing and able genuinely to carry out an investigation and prosecution then the first go would be to it's. certainly before the change in the recent weeks it would have not been possible. peru's former president has died hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest because he was being investigated for bribery in what's become latin america's largest corruption scandal he turned the gun on himself as police arrived at his home in lima to arrest him garcia was rushed to hospital and had emergency surgery but died from his wounds on latin america editor lucy newman has more. than that seal was one proves most influential politician t.p. and president the youngest president of peru in one thousand eight hundred five as a member of the center left wing popular party he was known as the charmer of th

or bashir in the. party is very well entrenched in every facet of life saluted some of us not forget they destroy every potential political party you don't touch i mean and instead of seeing our political parties political leaders elite discussing the future of sudan now the only solution should come from the military establishment that tells you how much the. previous government destroyed the political life in sudan and that is that's what happened in other arab countries you know when the destroying the potential of having political elite political party political engagement when they close the door before any kind of engagement of the people when they when they prevent people to have more participation that will be the outcome we'll see the only institution capable to work capable to decide is the military establishment i don't think so this will lead to a very peaceful change in such situations because basically it's a circle repeating itself and it's a first a vicious circle as you say and i'm not

what should happen to 0mar al—bashir? because he stands accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. and amnesty international say he must immediately be handed over to the icc, the international criminal court, for due process to be followed. his case must not be hurriedly tried in saddam's notoriously dysfunctional legal system. justice must be so. will you hand him over to the icc? —— must be served. so he will not be handed over to the icc? do you have the mandate to decide that, because what if the transitional government or a subsequent democratically elected government says we don't abide by what general burhan says, we want to see 0mar al—bashir delivered to the icc and the sudanese professionals association says that as an option they want to leave open. you couldn't stop that, could you? so you accept its not a guarantee that you can make? could you pre—empt this, perhaps, by allowing him to go into exile somewhere, because the president of uganda has said he would give him shelter. is th

as before, women to the forefront. turning against president bashir in vast numbers. omar al—bashir has been president of sudan since taking power in a military coup in 1989. he is a fugitive from international justice, accused of committing genocide in darfur. but these protests, sparked by the tripling of bread prices, are the biggest challenge yet to his rule. some tear gas was fired, arrests made, but the sheer size of the demonstration would have made president bashir nervous about what the days ahead may hold. and tonight, this extraordinary scene, thousands sitting in, outside military headquarters, with many saying they will keep protesting until bashir goes. in libya there is new fighting on the outskirts of tripoli. forces loyal to the military commander khalifa haftar in libya are continuing their offensive, despite international calls to stop the fighting. there've been heavy clashes on the way towards tripoli with forces supporting the internationally recognised government. general haftar launched his offensive on thursday. ramzan karmali has more. they

during the breakup of africa's largest country he was the last man to lead a united sudan al bashir who came to power in a bloodless military coup in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine overthrowing a democratically elected government he ran the country as a military ruler for more than twenty five years where conflict was almost constant . to civil wars between the north and south cost the lives of one and a half million people. and the continuing conflict in the western region of darfur killed more than two hundred thousand people and forced two million others to flee their homes a fragile peace took hold in two thousand and three and after two years of negotiations the rebels signed a peace deal with the gun. meant to end the civil war. that's agreement led to a referendum for independence in south sudan making it the world's newest country in twenty eleven. alba she was the only serving head of state to be indicted for war crimes international criminal court in the hague issued to arrest warrants charges stem from the war in darfur all human rights groups say the charges are v

from berlin the only caesars palace in savannah the defense minister announces that president omar al bashir has been arrested in the a transitional government of iran by the military to the two. also coming up. a solution is arrested in london police removed the wiki leaks founder from ecuador's embassy after his asylum was revoked for quote aggressive behavior. on the program but the biggest election that was ever seen him do is are lining up at the polls in the first of seven phases of voting nine hundred million people are eligible to cast their ballots will be deciding the future of prime minister that in there will be. an of a warm welcome to you i'm with that sheba we begin with some breaking news the army has seized in sudan president bashir has been ousted and arrested bring an end to thirty years of rule of the country's defense minister announced a two year transitional government run by the military along with a three month state of emergency he also said al bashir. was being held at a secure place in the capital khartoum tens of thousands are out on the streets celebrating the s

it was not just the individual omar al-bashir, but a larger system. talk about that. >> the demands of the people were the fall of the entire regime, not just bashir. it is difficult because the governmement has been there for almost 30 years and then infiltrated almost every institution in sudan. they have disintegrated any institution that does not have the ruling party and it. it is difficult to completely uproot them can remove them from the government. but that is what we are demanding. amy: the role of the military in sudan? >> the military has also been politicized. its leadership is pro-government. after the states of emergency that has been declared by bashir recently, the whole government has been a military government. -- that was not the fall of the regime, but basically within the measured -- regime him individuals within the regime conflicting amongst themselves. amy: so the icc, crimes against to entity for war crimes. can you explain why you wanted omar al-bashir ousted and also for, as thehe call military says, they will rule for two

the ship the relationship between president bashir and the military because again nobody knows what to expect from the statement what we do know however is that there was a meeting at the army h.q. just a couple of hours ago president was not in attendance will be no grave has not been heard over the top twenty four hours has not been heard from for the past twenty four hours so people are really eager to know where if president bashir the airports are closed he's in the country they would know before he does leave because of because the flies are currently coming in and out of the country but people don't know what to expect at least officially but on the streets that these people are already sure that the government is gone they're already going to great big flag waving to the army can see the army very happy with the army and the way. by giving them protection and by saying that they will not allow anybody to park for that at the moment people are just waiting for the official announcement and to know what is going on but it's very much that the people are sure that president bush o

live from bali obviously this power in saddam the defense minister announces that president omar al bashir has been arrested and they'll be a transitional government run by the military for two years also coming up judah summers is a restaurant in london police remove the bikie leaks founder from ecuador's embassy after his asylum plus revoked for quote aggressive behavior. also on the program it's the biggest election the world has ever seen indians are lining up at the polls in the first of seven phases of voting nine hundred million people up a little bit to cast their ballots will be deciding the future of prime minister and the general of the. island welcome. we begin with some breaking news from saddam the army has seized power in the country president a lot of bashir has been ousted and arrested bring to an end thirty years of rule the country's defense minister announced a two year transitional government run by the way to treat along with a three month state of emergency you also said it was big hands on. a secure place in the capital khartoum tens of thousands are out on the stre

just heard from your correspondent continue to express even at this hour after the announcement of bashir removal from power very grateful for your thoughts and for joining us pay to not speaking from the united states institute of peace. now a court in london has convicted the founder of wiki leaks for skipping bail and twenty twelve going to pleaded not guilty faces up to twelve months in prison for the challenge earlier the forty seven year old was dropped from the ecuadorian embassy by police after ecuador's government revote his asylum status challenge reports from london. they've been waiting a long time but seven years after julian assange should first enter the ecuador's london embassy to escape the british legal system police offices home again ecuador finally tired of its troublesome guest and revoked his right to asylum within hours he was in a u.k. court and the u.s. confirmed it wants him extradited i just claim with mr sanchez in the police cells he wants to thank you for all of his support is for their ongoing civil wars and he said i told you so the wiki leaks founder alwa

in regional power for or to open the home of president bashir. was also is also wanted by the international criminal court for crimes crimes against humanity and genocide and though it can reach out to our or as well now out of ten in general abdul. doesn't have that kind of record as a matter of fact he does is very much well known in the military are people not really heard much about him and so they're hoping that he might the people through . all the transitional government he might be able to represent something that it's gone from their genes. and the political party that it's one thing that is sharing the people who are in front of the army headquarters at the moment but what we're going to have to wait and see and. accept the fact that this is a military person leading the transitional government as well as the sunni professional association how do you react will very much tell us if. lieutenant general. han will. reffing all right but you know what we'll leave it there because the line is a little bit unstable apologies for the intermitt

bashir was ousted. protesters celebrate for now, but with the military and power, democracy may not yet begin a chance to take hold in sudan. brent: rival forces battling for control of the libyan capital have engaged in violent clashes in an area south of the city. germany, meanwhile, is calling on a general to end his offensive on tripoli. truthfully i is run by a human-backed government. president trump has welcomed the south korean leader to the white house.e. on their agenda -- the prospect of a third meeting between trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un. the didisappointining day for israel's space program. it's unmanned space program headed for the moon, crashed near its strangle approach. the mission aimed to make the first privately funded lunar landing. benjamin netanyahu was at mission control and praised the team for what they called their fantastic achievements. to india now where voting is under way in the world's biggest ever parliamentary election with nearly 900 m

and for bashir to go and is also determined not to allow chaos the. demand has increased the number of participants of the people has interviews as well there was more. action to the military and part of the leadership in particular and i think that put more pressure on the military institution as a whole for that reason i think they felt the heat and they have to make action hours after the announcement the military council was sworn in led by the defense minister ahmed. marking the start of a transitional period set to last for two years but the takeover isn't welcomed by some protesters on the streets who say they want to accept a military transitional government a sentiment echoed by some opposition leaders have heard the statement read by the minister of defense is categorically rejected by us we will not accept a half victory we need a whole and complete victory as anticipated and wanted by our martyrs so we have decided to continue the sit in in front of the general command headquarters the citizens will also continue to take to the streets pav

right it's quite possible that if bashir you certain see. initiative. that the regime could could still survive so everything the situation is very open ended right now and we can expect the soldiers who fraternize with demonstrators to actually try to go a step further because know that they've committed in so be insubordination they will be punished if bashir survives so they have an interest in making sure that he goes but this is not a guaranteed outcome now to go back to the issue of the international community i'd like to react. to what was said because i really don't think the. video made a strong statement ingenue actually the. dozens of people had already been killed and the troika stopped short of condemning these killings and similarly the e.u. yesterday made a statement where they're stopping short of calling for a democratic transition and i think what drives the stance of both the e.u. and the us in the case of sudan is a concern over stability and the pact that any destabilisation in sudan can have a migration rather disturbin

the news that all metal bashir has been relieved of his duties but waiting to know ok what does that mean for the country at this point who's in charge. while sami people are waiting for the official statement to come out from the army they have been saying since five o'clock local time which is around three g.m.t. that they will be making an announcement shortly that hasn't happened yet that's been over five hours but on the streets people are not anticipating they're already celebrating we've seen hundreds and hundreds of people pouring in food through various routes and trying to talk to the army some of the managing to talk to the army to open roads for them to head to the army headquarters where they have been a sit in for more than five days now people are already celebrating they're saying that the army has organized the coup and are now in power they've been congratulating the army they've been waving the sudanese flags celebrating saying that basically rule is over just like they have been demanding for the past four months we all remember how the protests started in decembe

bashir the headlines start right now. these are your top stories so far this hour in sudan the military has taken over in a coup after weeks of anti-government protests the defense minister has confirmed that omar al bashir has been removed the army is in charge of the transitional council for two years on a state of emergency has been put in place for three months morgan has more from car too. it seems that more and more people are getting disappointed by the announcement initially as i suppose that earlier not all of them had gotten the news the only thing that they were listening to is the fact that president bashir is no longer the president of the governor of the country after thirty years of rule but now more of them are becoming aware of the fact that the military council has taken over and that they will be under military reign for two years until elections are held that's according to them not what they're protesting for they've been protesting for a new government new faces led by civilians and not by the milita

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but just to celebrate the ousting of president omar al bashir the demonstrations continue in defiance of a curfew and other news evicted and under arrest wiki leaks founder julian assange dragged from the ecuadorian embassy in london and convicted in court donald trump we see south korean president and says they'll discuss the possibility of further meetings with kim jong. on the world's largest election indian style voting in a major killer a t. test for the grueling j.p. . and in sport an australian cricketer seeks sporting redemption cameron bancroft makes his comeback after serving a ban for cheating. a new interim leader has been installed in sudan after a military coup ended the thirty year rule of president omar al bashir al bashir was arrested and he's being detained in what's being described as a safe place he's been replaced by vice president and army general ahmed out with a military council will run the country for a two year transitional period every month state of emergency has been declared a nighttime curfew imposed though many have chosen to define the first one that'

for crimes in the western region of darfur president bashir himself former president bashir himself is wanted by the international criminal court for work crimes in the western region of darfur. doesn't have any kind of record he seems to be somebody who at the moment at least the public is very happy to celebrate having him leading the transitional period for the coming few days at least and that's crucial isn't it because the protesters were very skeptical and mistrustful of what had happened in just the past few days there was this concern that you had the regime the existing establishment overthrowing bashir yes but all this under the guise of trying to trying to preserve the establishment how important is it that says. millions now play a role in any transitional or interim period that follows. local touring the fact that the anti-government demonstrations and the protests through world led by civilians are not military it is very crucial to try to include them we're going to have to wait for a response from the sudanese professional association as well they have been spearheading

omar al bashir it is really a bloodthirsty leader. his career was full of this attitude, he executed 28 officers without trial, executed three civilians because they held hard currency. he gave a carte blanche for security. sudan has known military rule for all of its 60 odd yea rs of military rule for all of its 60 odd years of independence, how can you keep the military out of government in sudan? they have become hinged to the idea of takeover so we must have a civilian military charter that we basically of the role of the military in training and so on that we make the military subject to civilian democratic control stop democracy itself cannot be stabilised without addressing certain issues, like cultural and social adaptations stop we cannot simply cut and paste the westminster pattern so we have to revise this in order to make it practical and to be able to successfully exercise democracy. you need an ingenious plan, as you said. indeed and this is what i have been thinking about all the time and now it is time to begin to exer

there is a sudanese defense minister general dramatically announced that sudan's president bashir has been arrested and removed from power also declared the constitution suspended and said the country would be ruled by the military for two years as the news broke tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital khartoum and jubilation. it came too late we've all been under his rule for thirty years and feel the step came too late but everyone is happy now. none of these this revolution was achieved by the people. and only those two sources. say i'm going to . everyone will work for a better united sudan sudan is suffering from economic hardship. there are those who aren't so happy by the military action and say this is nothing more than a regime orchestrated who are joining us to discuss this from stafford virginia is sudanese journalist. and the khartoum dalia ruby is a member of the sudanese congress party and here in our studio ahmed could do a ph d. student at george washington university welcome to the stream everyone it's good to have you here let's start with the

mass demonstrations against president omar al—bashir of sudan have continued into the night. protestors have for the first time converged on the national army headquarters in the capital khartoum, close to the president's official residence. they're calling on the military tojoin them in their campaign to oust president bashir, who's ruled for nearly 30 years. our africa editor, fergal keane, has this report. the opposition wanted the biggest demonstration yet and it looks as if they have achieved it. tens of thousands made their way in peace to the heart of regime power. they chanted appeals for the soldiers to join them. as before, women to the forefront. in a movement led by the country's professional classes, turning against president bashir in vast numbers. omar al—bashir has been president of sudan since taking power in a military coup in 1989. he is a fugitive from international justice, accused of committing genocide in darfur. but these protests, sparked by the tripling of bread prices, are the biggest challenge yet to his rule. some tear gas was fired, arrests mad

had sought to topple former president omar bashir and more autonomy for southern states. the rulers former president alan garcia has died hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest garcia was being investigated for bribery in what's become latin america's largest corruption scandal he turned the gun on himself as police arrived at his home in lima to arrest him because he was rushed to hospital and had emergency surgery died from his wounds to our left america editor you see in human so you see a very dramatic events that are. absolutely going this is it is a really shocking end to kill one of our rules the most important politicians of anger of the first took office when he was very very young back in one thousand eighty five he was an incredibly small and amazing all rater very very charismatic people were absolutely thrilled with him and he was he was really a member of the center left wing a pretty party back then he ended of course leaving parole in wrappers with the worst hyperinflation in the region and also with the violence from the left wing. that

—— al—bashir. would he have had this money? —— al-bashir. he didn't want it to be exposed as to how much he is involved personally and members of his family in massive mega corruption. that is a major reason for the economic crisis in the country. that is why he was fighting to the bitter end. however, the cash that was discovered in his home would be only the fairest, i am sure, given how deeply he is involved in the corruption. was he keeping it in case he needed? would he have used it to run the country? he would have used it to buy loyalties so they maintain loyal to him and to the government and the money they are receiving, to also divide groups in peripheral areas of sedan and to break up opposition parties that are standing up for their principles. these are well established political parties in sudan who have been going through yea rs of sudan who have been going through years of manipulation through these attem pts years of manipulation through these atte m pts of years of manipulation through these attempts of patronage and buying

they called on the military to join them in theircampaign against al—bashir. british prime minister theresa may has insisted she had to reach out to labour in order to deliver brexit or to risk letting it slip through theirfingers. mrs may said there was choice between leaving the eu with a deal or not leaving at all. there are reports of new fighting on the outskirts of tripoli where rebel forces are advancing on the capital. they are reported to be within 25 kilometres of the centre of the city — government forces are trying to hold the advance of rebel troops now on bbc news — click.

as minister of defense was widely seen by many commentators as an attempt by buy buy buy buy but of bashir to shield himself against any attempts particularly by gooch who is widely seen by many in sudan as more affiliated to worse the the saudis and to and to the amenities and this explains why we're seeing this drama now evolving because we don't know who is the right person behind the it is either one of those three key players to keep players or whether because he's the minister of defense he's been close to a model but she has the command of a whole ministry establishment you have. because he has the. forces that have been very ally as i was being the sudanese another not intelligence is just. another very powerful figure he is and he's perceived to be close to the u.a.e. and saudi arabia exactly and then you have the and you have the and they have the junior officers within the military establishments if they are the ones that are behind this coup it could really lead to an unprecedented reform of the whole political establishment in the country because. once they make the announceme

the thirty year rule of sudan's president is over after in military crew omar al bashir was arrested and is being detained in what's being described as a safe place he's been replaced by vice president and on the general for the hour now under military council will run the country for a cheery a transitional period of three months state of emergency has been declared and a curfew is in being imposed from ten pm to four am the first comes into force in an hour saddam's main protest group rejected this statement and call for demonstrations to continue despite tens of thousands celebrating on the streets have a morgan has more from. this was how the end of thirty years of rule looked when president obama to be sure was deposed by his vice president and defense minister tanks trental through the capital cheered on by protesters followed by an announcement. on state t.v. students fourteen million people had waited six hours to hear. being the minister of defense the chairman of the committee to get rid of this regime and to arrest the head of the regime in a safe place i also declare the

after the posing the long serving president the defense minister announces the believe heard omar al bashir has been arrested and there will be a transitional government run by the army for two years. on way iraq is great to have you along everyone. a judge in the u.k. has found wiki leaks founder julian assange guilty of skipping bail in two thousand and twelve that's when the songe sought refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy to avoid a swedish rape investigation but ecuador woodruff's asylum to a songe on thursday morning and then a seven year long game of hide and seek and allowing british police to apprehend the radical publisher. police strong armed a song out of the ecuadorian embassy in london handcuffed and protesting the bearded wiki leaks founder resisted leaving his refuge of almost seven years the arrest comes one day after wiki leaks accused the ecuadorian government of spying on a song secretly filming his meetings with lawyers and a doctor inside the embassy ecuador had clearly had enough of the controversial guest in london accusing him of interfering in its foreign policie

but the army is still very much in charge here even though bashir is the immediate successor to even a general link to the genocide in darfur lessa just one day in the top job and over use i announce the time stepping down as for leader of the transitional minutely council i'm selecting instead of someone whose expertise incompetence i can trust. he will take the ships of the shores of safety i have chosen lieutenant general abdul fattah rahman to succeed me as president of the military council. so one army commander has replaced himself with another on the plus side the new chief both is not wanted for war crimes. but the protesters want a clean break and reject out right the military's plans to rule the country for two years before calling elections. to deny because women christmas is no change our revolution is continuing that change is still coming it will be much better we don't have any supporters of the regime among us only the sudanese people in the jaguar a lot i think we don't want regime supporters at all we are free revolutionaries continuing on our course the regime must

while there is still no word from bashir from his office the military has not said where president bashir is at the moment what we do know is that they have held a meeting with the head of the national security with the head of police without the president or commander in chief previously they have said that they will stand by the commander in chief and that they will not let this country divide and slide into chaos now we have been repeating over the past four months during the protest era time that they will stand by their commander in chief but one they topple bashir once they announce that bashir is no longer president he will not be their commander in chief so it's not clear what they will do it's not clear if they would hand it over to the international criminal court let's remember that bashir is wanted by the international criminal court for work crimes crimes against humanity and genocide in the western region of darfur so his fate largely lies in the hands of the military if they announce that his term is over and that was have a morgan speaking to us there from the capital khar

what about the future of bashir. yes. the president the former president is now in custody again the former president is in custody. as to. protest and demonstrators. we will have zero tolerance against any person who is proven to have committed murder any person who have who has been proven to have killed a single citizen but yet this is to be established by the judiciary by the court. but we will have but as zero tolerance and again we are not responsible for any killing we will leave the matter to the court does it did the dish or a system to establish who is proven guilty we will have no say in this and whatever is to be established by the court will be executed enforced and implemented. many people believe that. bin of is one of the remnants of the former regime and he cannot be trusted for the upcoming period. and you said that you have stepped forward with no political laughing over ideology however many people suspect this many people claim that the change is not living up to the aspiration of the people . especia

the man who fronted the coup was 0mar al—bashir because my the coup was 0mar al—bashir because uty the coup was 0mar al—bashir because my deputy and error apparent, very loyal. almost everybody in the army and security services, they do have and security services, they do have an affectionate loyalty for president bashir because he has been extremely loyal to them, as individuals, and catered to them as institutions. so essentially, they wa nted institutions. so essentially, they wanted to maintain as much as the status quo they could in any concessions they make will be wrung out of them through their weakness oi’ out of them through their weakness or through the strength of the opposition. thank you very much for talking to us. you're very welcome. president trump has confirmed he wants to send people detained in his immigration crackdown at the mexico border to so—called "sanctuary cities". they're areas of the united states — usually under democrat control — that don't cooperate with the detention of undocumented migrants. we will bring the illegal... ..i call them the il

says state of the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes so done one week off to omar al bashir has al stuck protesters austin on the streets and they have vowed to keep demonstrating until a transfer of power from the military is complete. some people want to fall out of a share of the well you fill the guy. stands for those who want to control of the regime well the regime still here. and as a zimbabwean smog thank you nine years of independence we ask just how free is the country i'll be joined by human rights campaigner whose activism has made him an enemy of the state's. i'm christine window while come to deja news africa i'm gadget. it is one week since the sudanese military ended the thirty year role of president omar al bashir following four months of street protests the army now say as it has detained the ousted president in a prison but share once used to hold political prisoners but if the army generals who threw out bashir believe that it would end the open opposition to the ruling it needs they've been proven. wrong demonstrators are demanding the military hand over

, 0mar al—bashir, and ahmed haroun. you don't appear on any list like that. but can i ask you, can you fully defend your actions in darfur? in a statement via spokesman mutasim mohamed saleh, thejem, justice and equality movement, have made a demand that all the war—related detainees in darfur be released. and he says "not releasing them is a call for the continuation of the war and a further rupture of the country," sudan. have you released all detainees?

translation: to see bashir stepping down is enough for us. oh, our young people, this is such a big joy. translation: the protest will go on until the sudanese people are assured that their revolution will not be stolen from them. and what of these younger soldiers who sided with the demonstrators? firing on a building where they believed bashir loyalists were preparing an attack. will they accept that the old guard attempts to hijack the revolution? the fractures here are deep and dangerous. saddam doesn't fit into any easy political spectrum. tonight is defying the army curfew. they will do so until the people or the generals win the fight for sedan. data sudan. the son of a white police deputy in louisiana has been arrested over a series of recent fires at black churches. holden matthews, who's 21, is charged with three arson attacks on religious buildings. his father helped in the arrest. no one was hurt in the fires, but as the state governor has said, they evoked painful memories from the civil rights era of a ‘very dark past of intim

international criminal court warrant for president omar al bashir and the general who was until just hours ago in charge of the military transition was also implicated in some of the crimes against the people of sudan that bashir is wanted for by the i.c.c. he's accused of genocide in various war crimes he has not stood trial for those crimes obviously critics human rights advocates saying that the general that was put in charge is just as culpable of some of those offenses he's been sanctioned by the united states so pressure was on him clearly from inside and outside of the country and that brings us to the situation now but the security council keeping a very close eye on the situation on the ground thank you very much for now with the latest from the united nations kristen salumi joining us that thank you kristen we can now we tend to have a morgan she's been following the story very closely from her to tumen the pitches that we've been seeing certainly suggest a very festive atmosphere in the country this evening tell us why people out of writing. while marian for one thing the

what are they thinking tonight i'm going to show that nobody is really crying tears for bashir. and i think what they saw and what they still see in sudan is of course you know a country that is placed in the middle of africa between the side hell and also the red sea so very strategically located and of course it's a very important country and the to keep you know to keep. on doing business with sudan will continue and of course those who they call for it is on with on counterterrorism and it was basically more the intelligence service rather than him . his departure will not impact that you think no actually i think it makes things more easy because you know he had the arrest warrant of the i.c.c. on his it and dealing with him of course is you know was was critical and impossible for the west in countries because they couldn't is he an example though of leaders you know there were lots of reports recently about abuses of human rights in sudan and yet the european union the u.s. government you know they have worked with him to see an example of the west's critics would say hyp

crisis has been ongoing and bashir has tried to play pragmatic politics there he has tried to say that he he retains the support of the islamists to try employee and maintain support from doha while at the same time showing that this through the state of emergency the implemented over six weeks ago there was a militarized approach that was now taking place the security and stability of the country had been placed in the hands of the military and that this was to to reach out to the likes of egypt also to the emirates fees and the saudis for that for their backing and support so it's been a game of trying to play both sides and this is something that president bashir had been doing in juggling for his thirty years in power but one which i think had run out of steam. particular from the side of qatar i think and and also some of the other g.c.c. states i think there was little appetite in continuing to support his government and we will see now whether this new iteration under that the transition that has been and i. under the new leadership military leadership will be able to garner for

al bashir was the only serving head of state to be indicted for war crimes international criminal court in the hague issued to arrest warrants the charges stem from the war in darfur will human rights groups say the charges all bonded over all the she has been charged with very serious crimes including the crimes of genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity these are all related to the country's very very abusive counterinsurgency campaign in daraa for over the last ten to fifteen years that has resulted in numerous numerous you know deaths up to you know hundreds of thousands in mass displacement despite arrest warrants and forced al bashir has visited a number of countries in the region including syria. while the rest of the region has been experiencing an arab spring alba she had faced little political unrest until late twenty eight scene when the government decided to triple the price of bread. it triggered protests nationwide and calls for his resignation as they accuse him of mismanaging the economy sending food prices high and causing regular fuel shortages all muddled but