there in khartoum in just a moment but meanwhile with me in the studio is one of our journalists who's been following the story very closely for us a reporter abraham good to have you with us thanks for having me so first of all what can you tell us about what's happening there in khartoum at the moment we're getting lots of signals coming in including from that journalist there has been sending us video and talking to us but the line keeps going down as soon as we get him on air what are you hearing. my impression is that it's actually quite unclear what's going on on the ground we heard earlier early this morning that the military would be making a statement to the people and since then i've been getting messages and videos and pictures from contacts on the ground nonstop saying that there's a general atmosphere of jubilation and happiness on the streets of khartoum thousands if not hundreds of thousands are now marching to the headquarters of the military that we that we saw earlier in our in our reporting they see this as the crowning jewel to four months of protest that that has t

tens of thousands on the streets of khartoum longtime president omar al bashir is removed from power and the military say. hello i'm adrian sort of this is i was there a life and also coming up wiki leaks founder julian assange appears in court in the u.k. after being arrested at the ecuadorian embassy a lot. this time a warning for britain's politicians as the european union gives the u.k. another six months to agree on a briggs plan. and polls close in the first phase of india's election widely seen as a referendum on prime minister modi is first in office. but if you're just joining us there's been a military coup in sudan it's four o'clock in khartoum tens of thousands of people are out on the streets right now of the capital within the last few hours the military confirmed that president obama al bashir is president no more citing corruption lies and false promises the military is now in charge it's declared a three month state of emergency al-jazeera as rob matheson reports. this could be the end of thirty years of one man's rule in sudan looks like. rolling through the capital

protests quickly spread to the capital, khartoum, and to cities gci’oss capital, khartoum, and to cities across the whole of the country, building toa across the whole of the country, building to a national call for the end of omar al—bashir‘s rule. he has said that it is merely an emulation of the arab spring, but many see it has the most serious challenge to his rule since he seized power in a coup. sudan's economy has been crippled by inflation, driven by international sanctions, and a lot of three quarters of its oil to south sudan. with the government out of options, it has been forced to cut subsidies on essentials like fuel and wheat. the banks are now limiting withdrawals to around $10, and over the past few months the price of bread has tripled. many gci’oss price of bread has tripled. many across the country struggle to meet their basic needs. it was these economic challenges that first brought people to call for the president to leave power and the protests have been met with the heavy hand of the security services. this kind of aggression from the military international

well joining me now from khartoum is alsono z adam a journalist there also doesn't tell us where we're getting reports that the president omar bashir has resigned can you confirm that for us sir i'm afraid we have lost the line to khartoum where hoping to restore that later in this program if we do get else knows he's back on the line we'll be we'll be joining you again taking you again to khartoum again we are getting reports and that the president of sudan omar al bashir has resigned protests have been going on while we have to return that story in just a moment but first we'll move on to britain and brags it how when will it be a trick or treat this year for theresa may on a day much of the world associates with horror shows that's the one settled on as the new deadline for braggs it the deal was struck between the e.u. and britain during late night talks in brussels that spares the u.k. from a no deal departure at the end of this week after winning this reprieve from the e.u. prime minister theresa may says she's determined to deliver an orderly exit as soon as possible. british pr

good but we're watching what looks like celebrations on the streets of khartoum what do we expect to happen next . one month earlier five o'clock local time to the around three. people the army came to the radio station and television station and told them to interrupt their programs and that they had an important announcement to make people are still waiting but we've been walking around the streets and seen people carrying the sudanese flags very jubilant even before an announcement was made they're saying that the army has taken over and that they have a strong faith in the army there was the right now is that people are extremely happy even before announcement is me they're expecting that the army will declare this year is going to be over thirty years of assuring to be over and that they would announce that they have taken control now as you have said there is a lot of military trucks around the capital around the main three most of the streets have been blocked especially the streets are leading to the army h.q. but there are roads that are open for forces who have been partici

and there are reports that khartoum airport has now been closed joining us here in our doha studios modules wherry he is a professor of contemporary middle east history at cashel university thank you for joining us here on the set marjorie let's start with all these pictures of seemingly thousands of people out on the streets and celebrating was this inevitable given the numbers that we were seeing ten hours over the last few days but the sentence in the last ten days it was obvious there was a shift on the movement in sudan that shift started with the military changing its own course actually toward the demands of the people that was a gradual shift they were testing the water to try to check how other political elites how they will behave. it was obvious since the people went out to criticize in the region calling for the she had to step down calling for reform there was no action has been noticed spawns from that is actually accusing people of being you know corrupted or being actually dominated by the outsiders in the state of listening to the demands of the people there were ac

let's head to sudan now i'm joined by sudanese journalist ellis out in she's on the line from khartoum. for him the head of the interim military council as we heard he just stepped down he had been in charge and he seems to be replaced by yet another general from that military stuff what does this all mean. hello. hello can you hear us. i can hear you right but we were just wondering if you could tell us what does this move now do we seen yet a nother military staff member taking charge of this country. is stepping down and also going to check that this is a sort of mission that association is the one with devotion. and component show that you think i'm going to that because that's been my present some time and there's. not a government i think the president government they don't want another maybe the government don't. need step down and. they said the new guy on the press that. he doesn't have an economic background. babe in beijing being more will coming. to a committee and then that is it just how government does that and others in manchester people are demanding because that's doi

you are an architectural engineering student here in khartoum. you want to become an engineer when you graduate or are you going to go into politics? what has the reaction been of other revolutionaries to you and the fact that you have become famous, really, asa that you have become famous, really, as a result of that intervention of yours? but you have also had some reaction which has not been favourable about you, isn't that right? for instance there has been a fake twitter account in your name? what do you want to happen now? i hope that that dream of yours come true. thank you very much for talking to me. young people like alaa salah dream ofa young people like alaa salah dream of a free sedan. the stakes are high. for all the ten of its years of independence it has been ruled by the military. the last prime minister leads the party, one of the biggest and oldest in sedan. he was deposed by omar al bashir end of the coup in 1989. very nice to see you again. he receives a steady stream of visitors in his home at the capital, seeking his opinio

alaistair leithead reports from khartoum. marching for more on the streets of khartoum. it's been a week since president 0mar al—bashir was removed from power. but the protests go on. the louder the voices, the more chance they believe they have of achieving lasting change. this is the obvious face of a protest that has already achieved so much but the real hope for sudan lies with the negotiations going on behind the scenes. the protest organisers called on a million people to come to the street of the capital and there are groups like these, these are the lawyers coming from every street, gathering in the central area. and it's really important for the opposition figures who are trying to negotiate with the military over the future path for sudan. that the people stay on the streets, this pressure is maintained. the military council has been meeting opposition politicians and groups that make up a movement known as the forces for freedom and change. there is disagreement within the opposition as to who should be involved in this process. professors at the historicall

because i'm hearing reports from reliable sources here in khartoum that he is ina sources here in khartoum that he is in a state of shock at what is up and, that he is depressed, that he's refusing to eat here in prison. how can we verify that he is in prison, because, again, so many people in sudan are saying that we don't really believe he is in prison. canno verify it personally? —— cani? prison. canno verify it personally? —— can i? but isn't it your responsibility of the current leader of sudan, because one senior western diplomatic sources said to me you must show yourself better than the regime you've replaced. you can't just replace 0mar al—bashir, his vice president, his other associates, his brothers and not charge them, not have them visited or inspected by the international red crescent, for example. 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 m

the reports that khartoum airport has been closed. is in sudan's capital khartoum and he's with us now to take us through how all of this unfolded today started what some seven hours ago now after weeks of street protests. yes adrian more than four months of people protesting under streets demanding that president obama and bashir and his fifty year rule and step down now over the past six days we've seen people staging a sit in in front of the military headquarters demanding that the military take a stand and stand with the people who were on the streets for months and say that they want president ahmed bashir to step away they knew that if they want this revolution to win it's a succeed then they had to have the military on their side now this morning at five o'clock local time which is around three g.m.t. the military went to the most of the national most of the most of the stations radio stations and television stations cut all programs and said that they have an announcement to make and it will be coming shortly that was five or

the situation as it appears in khartoum very fluid joining us on the phone from khartoum is never now a teacher who's joined other protesters in the streets of khartoum now making their way to army headquarters tell me a little bit not if you can hear him about what you're seeing going on around you right now. are there on the broker from ever. where coming to the military headquarters from everywhere marching riding cars. everywhere from custom cities the different areas under mounds the harry hurt so much with this region it's massive people actively breaking it is tremendous tremendous that this feeling i can't even describe it was what are you coming out on to the street now to to celebrate your old to the grave all to integrate that the future of this process hello. yes go ahead nada yes. people are celebrating the end of this government was last there two years the people standing at the head military headquarters for over a week since that almost a week since last saturday and six of april twenty fourth seven of the three is one of the brave soldiers. by the people and as the a

and i think it's doable if if they don't then it is likely to have been and it's going khartoum is just going to be in bloodshed it's just going to be a swamp of blood and god forbid if that happens then the region is going to be totally this is. not only sudan but the whole sudan it built and this is what the international community has to face i mean they need to take some precautionary measures and they cannot just wait until it happens they need to figure this out ahead of time and just put pressure on this again because that a human is already weak it's getting some some money from here and there they are receiving bribes from some neighboring countries and this is what is hitting the sudanese people morse because they feel that for almost thirty years even more their integrity has been compromised their sovereignty has been compromised and they need they need to have good relationships obviously was the whole world especially the african countries and the other countries but but in order to do that they need to have. leadership that is that is willing to listen to the sudanese peo

perceiving the sort of moves or movements going on in the streets of khartoum today . people are protesting i just came back from the army headquarters people are all over the streets there protesting marilyn's are joining sitting in front of the army headquarters people are adamant to stay here you can see some of them holding signs that we basically that we're going to stay here no matter what happens because our demands have not been met so there's a lot of uncertainty but people are adamant to stay there until there is something clear. do people say people are celebrating one assumes that's because they believe this is the end of all of this year's rule. yes they do. we still don't know what's happening i mean it's been six hours since the army radio station but until now they have not made the statement so it's been six hours on or anything there's a lot of us are talking about we don't know for sure that all of this here is gone . what do people expect or want the army to announce next. they expect the army to announce a leader so as a leader for the country or a

all right now let's talk to our correspondent mohammed values there in khartoum and mohammed the tone coming from the military council seem to be one almost of warning to the protest is. not science and that's not going to sit well with the protesters because they have been saying that this language from the military side has to do with what's going on in the negotiations you know the last round was held yesterday and we heard those contradictory statements from the two sides the military saying that there is. and there is a possibility of an agreement on all matters but on the other hand we hear the protesters say that no it was a difficult negotiation that the military is refusing to give any concessions no agreement on any of the main points including the level of representation on both sides of the joint council and also lots of other issues here on the ground where i stand this is the sit in and it is closed to the military headquarters this is where the power play takes place or saw in a parallel line with the negotiations so here people do stuff and say stuff that they think wi

talk to you let's take this now to dahlia a protester who's actually at one of those protests sites in khartoum dahlia tell me what's going on around you. yes i hire a lot of celebration and immense amounts of hope. and the more the more times there is the more people are coming in time thing you said about forty we're talking about sudan but that's true for all of us. that knock about another overthrow of armed forces coming just just to meet again easy off once a cool thing we want this is the revolution of youth and the people and what's the general energy and all a good goal all kinds of people socioeconomic backgrounds are just coming in on the way in the cars are chanting. yeah it's a good moment the rumors actuating in but people are just the models are coming the more they come to say that they're tough to be nice so this is a very good time for us for that on today's dahlia just tell me where you all are you with that huge crowd least been hearing about this forming around the army headquarters yes i am i am at the side of the call but bridge. i think the combined forces break. to go i

bill karim went to khartoum and talked to protesters there. everyone i talk to in sudan is thinking about one question should power be in the hands of a civilian council or a military council i will ask what do you want a civilian government of course why because nothing's changed since we ousted al bashir and got a military government one soldier was replaced by another one where's the difference it's the same situation we've had before we got rid of a dictator and got another dictator so i want to civilian government together with a minute because the military provides protection if there's no military with the civilian government it's not complete then there's going to. have people cherish their freedom a military government leans towards full so that's why i'm hoping for a civilian government. when they come with any. of the new we should have civilian rule we should have freedom the change should favor civilian society but then he under military rule there's no freedom and no god knows it should be civilian. so. we've had military rule fo

they've held productive talks with the country's ruling military council protesters in the capital khartoum have been telling us just what it. was a rare outpost of support for a battle venezuelan president nicolas maduro activist staged a sit in as the country's embassy in washington d.c. to keep diplomats the opposition leader one why go out. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us at least fifteen people including six children are dead after sri lankan police raided a suspected is the most hideout the country's been scrambling to crack down on extremist militants since the bombings that killed more than two hundred fifty people on the easter sunday sri lanka's presence has promised to search every household and so all those with suspected links to the attacks are found. another bomb blast in sri lanka this time the victims suspected militants blew themselves up as special forces closed down on their safe house residents say this densely populated neighborhood was the scene of an intense gun battle left several days a young girl and a woman who were poodle live from the rubble. they could

in khartoum also in comp to. al-jazeera have a more than we'll talk to her in just a moment but first let me just remind you if you joined us within the last few minutes saddam's new leader abdel fattah behind has just been speaking on sudanese television he called for the curfew which was put into place by his predecessor it only of been appointed what twenty four hours before for all those detained during the protest to be released and to anyone who engages in corruption to be held to account on the sudanese law earlier we saw a group of leaders from different political parties giving their own press conference they reiterated the call for a civilian run government so hibbs. courtroom what are we to make of what we just heard. we've heard from the leader of the military council at the one hand saying that he's open to dialogue not just with the political parties but with civil society as well so he is very much taking the same conciliatory tone that his predecessor had taken just hours before he resigned and ha

mohamed a job in khartoum thank you for that update. back with us now from washington d.c. africa director at freedom house to talk through what i mean what do you think as i said to mohamed there it actually feels like there is more distance between these groups now whereas maybe a week ago they seem to be making some progress. that seems right and seems like the honeymoon period and some of the euphoria and optimism surrounding the initial change and the removal of bashir is wearing off as some of the political realities set in and as it becomes increasingly clear that the transitional military council doesn't have much intention of giving up power and doesn't have much intention of ceding to any civilian lead authority. that's not going to sit well with any of the protesters and a large portion of the sudanese population. this is the simplest question you probably get but why does the military not want to see how i think it's worth revisiting that for for of us. i think if you reasons why it is that they've had such power and control for decades and are quite accustomed

today in khartoum now that being said i do think that the concealer treat tone is very significant because it shows that this this new leadership is and battle that he doesn't have the confidence to tell protesters now we have a transition you should go home clearly they are in their way. sensitive to the pressure of the street and they feel like at least that they have to just to find themselves and to reassure people and that shows i think that the strategy of the opposition which is to maintain the pressure is working. how long how long do you think these protests can can go on and what in your mind needs to be done to to come to a last thing solution you think it could go on for ever. for as long as the game doesn't change is its threat to the sudanese people are willing to put pressure to continue putting pressure on the sudanese army to stand up and play its role. as a present to all of the national sovereignty i think we were trying to avoid any rupture in the hierarchy of the sudanese army by accepting this de facto reality of some of his engineering the transition but what we see

cheerfulness adam that live in khartoum. is a member of that if the resistance movement to helping to organize the process in sudan he joins us now live via skype from kenya this is a military takeover a coup will people on the ground accept it. so up to up to the hour i was happy and celebrating with my folks and talking about coming back and having this amazing party and everything and now i'm curious and we're all talking about going back to the street having it been of come out and talk about three months our emergency state of emergency and two years transition is not what we're fighting for this is exactly who are fighting he was the vice president are under here and he is their system that we're fighting where i'm fighting one person refining the system and to us this is a slap in the face and he's just back and right now we have the momentum of those millions of people in the street a lot of them still didn't hear the speech still don't know what's happening but we are actually definitely definitely going to go back

many things data as it was him or going to live in khartoum or jewish kuka is a kenya based member of good if not a resistance movement that's been helping to organize the process in sudan he's unhappy with the army's announcement and says that this is exactly what the people were fighting against. so up to up to the hour i was happy and celebrating with my folks and talking about coming back and having this amazing party and everything and now i'm curious and we're all talking about going back to the street having been out of come out and talk about three months of emergency or emergency and two years transition is not what we're fighting for this is exactly who were fighting he was the vice president under bashir and he is the system that we're fighting we weren't fighting one person refining the system and to us this is a slap in the face and he's just back and right now we have the momentum there's millions of people in the street a lot of them still didn't hear the speech still don't know what's happening but we are actually definitely definitely going to go back and definitely g

welcome to hardtalk, with many zena badawi on the grounds of the presidential palace here in khartoum's sudan. my guest is a general in his first interview with international tv since he took over the running of the country after the fall of a mile after 30 yea rs the country after the fall of a mile after 30 years in power. however, the protesters out on the streets are re— intensifying the demonstrations because they say the military is not handing over to a civilian led government. does make soon enough. is there a stand—off between the military and the protesters, and where does sudan go from here? welcome to hardtalk. general abdul fatah al burhan, welcome to hardtalk. the protests and sit—ins are being escalated and intensified. you've reached a stalemate, haven't you? but you have now warned the protesters against setting up road blocks. you are saying things can't continue like this because, as you say, security is a responsibility of the state. i give it to you, general, that it sounds like you are making a threat to the protesters. will you guarantee that you will not as

flew to khartoum for talks. india's biggest private airline has suspended all flights after bankers refused to lend it more money jet airways has been scaling down operations for months and reports say it's down to just five planes over sixteen thousand employees. the demanding a government bailout to prevent the shutdown of the mumbai based company. has more now from you danny. anyone with a booking on jet airways received an e-mail thursday morning canceling their flight and all future bookings as well now what this will mean for passengers domestically in india as in the short term they will face higher prices but indian consumers are very price conscious there's only so much they're willing to pay before they stop flying aviation analysts though tell al-jazeera that india is a growing airline market and competitors should fill the void left by jet airways but that will take at least a few months now jet airways got to this point simply because it couldn't pay the bills anymore specifically for fuel and for a

a military c a-lister lisette -- a-lister leashad reports from the capital, khartoum. istair: change has come to sudan, what you would notth have ght so from the streets of khartoum today. idth through iiondissent is anthese people risk it all to stand their ground. haey now say they won't stop until they get wthey want all three of these protesters were picked up from home by security forces at night and held for mons in terrible conditions. abdullah is just 21, an i.t. student. he describes being forced in stress positions all night and tortured. he ione of many young people beaten many times. a secondary school teacher, she is 72 and was held in custody for weeks. demands like arresting former leaders have not been met, she says. the military has made promises, but nothing has been done yet is the all-time -- nothinnehas been doet. all talk and no action. the military remaidemonstrat price of great and other basic -- over the price ofread and other basics. anger over inflation transformed into a movement against the president of nearly 30 years and his regime. cash

well crowds have been converging on army headquarters in sudan's capital khartoum demanding civilian rule they are answering calls for a million strong march which demands that the country's new military government step aside the military council took power earlier this month after deposing the longtime president omar al bashir. and they've come from far and wide to take part in the million strong march opposition groups are relying on their strongest weapon the power of the street they're demanding the military step aside. i didn't want to make any one civilian rule it's as simple as that. there should be jobs for everyone we have to get this country back on track that's in. the protestors are trying to keep up pressure where it counts outside army headquarters in khartoum. last night three controversial members of the military council step down a concession to the opposition. the military says the two sides are ready agree on many points a joint committee has been put into place to work out unresolved issues but the opposition remains skeptical. that the goals of the revolution are

thousands of protesters are continuing to defy a curfew in the sudanese capital khartoum demanding the president resign parade i. they're all doing a sit in outside omar al bashir as residents and the nearby army headquarters for a second day at least eleven people have been killed in protests across the dance and saturday but your security council is calling for dialogue to end the crisis. and where has this report thanks it's the second day of a sit in at the sudanese army headquarters in khartoum the first time crowds have reached this part of the city since anti-government rallies began in december over the price of bread and escalated into calls for an end to president omar bashir is three decade will. they face the army compound calling for freedom of the protesters once the military to support their goal to remove the president i think it's time to crunch. the military will have to side with the region and it and i bet they're correct. that's a possibility or they would have to take a stand at least. try to ask for the president to resign the scene with us happy. buzz's appears

catherine byaru hanga reports from khartoum. a small group of opposition leaders and military personnel have been holding closed—door meetings at the presidential palace here in khartoum ju5t presidential palace here in khartoum just to the right of me. the military council has promised to hand over power to the civilians. both sides have agreed to form a sovereign council. it will be made up sovereign council. it will be made up of civilians and soldiers. thi5 council will act as the highest level of government with a transitional period leading up to elections in sudan. the civilian power in the transitional period expected to come from a legislative council and an executive or cabinet council and an executive or cabinet council that will run the government here in khartoum. there are also other issues that need to be hammered out. for example, how long will a transition period last and who will take over key mini5tries like finance, security and foreign affairs? but more importantly, how demonstrators going to react to the

for those who live now to our correspondent in khartoum mohammed val mohammed so this will no doubt please many of those who are protesting in called to the fact that omar bashir now seems to have been moved to a prison. that side martin that's the top the man that has been the top demand of the protesters as they one it's been going on for four months now they wanted him to be moved and now they want him in jail and they want him to be tried before a court there is no official announcement until now confirming this news but we know for sure that insider sources told the jazeera that he was moved to this person in the northern part of khartoum called the haiti prison itself is called cobra and we also know that there is now an unusually high even stability of security arrangements existence are in the prison and also media cameras installed there probably media team is trying to get any glimpse of what's going on there expecting probably something off shore or an announcement or to see him being moved somewhere so he is very likely to be now in jail and there are also news of hierarchy. of

of a joint transitional council it comes as thousands of protesters continue to rally in the capital khartoum to demand the country's military rulers step down they've been massing outside army headquarters for three weeks keeping up pressure even after the ousting of president omar al bashir on april eleventh. correspondent melanie core of the ball is in the capital khartoum where she spoke to some of the demonstrators all over. the. bank when it didn't like in the streets of cotton nothing is still working and the greatest gift in the capital gets around it by trying for the. speed to send her a treat on the way from the stage is the actual fact he's been found and he did leave next not bring everyone. stimulation across the generations is the overwhelming sound you hear all over town nevertheless people here in sudan people insisting that fight isn't over just yet melissa a lot of the people's demands have not been met yet that's why we still come here come old wife and i'll get iris and i'm going to remain here until the regime actually falls. you know everybody here as united as the peop

i am in the grounds of the presidential palace here in khartoum, sudan. my guest is general abdul fatah al burhan in his first interview with international tv since he took over the running of the country after the fall of president omar al—bashir after 30 years in power. but the protesters are re—intensifying their demonstrations because they see the military is not handing over to a civilian—led government soon enough. is there a stand—off between the military and the protesters and where does sudan go from here? general abdul fatah al burhan, welcome to hardtalk. the protests and sit—ins are being escalated and intensified. you've reached a stalemate, haven't you? but you have now warned the protesters against setting up road blocks. you are saying things can't continue like this because, as you say, security is a responsibility of the state. i give it to you, general, that it sounds like you are making a threat to the protesters. will you guarantee that you will not ask any of the armed forces to use force to remove these roadblocks? you can

they called it is sit in but in the streets of khartoum nothing is still working and the greatest in the capital gets around it by trying to keep the. peace to send a tree on the face of the stages i grew up reading history songs in the cities like not praying everywhere. to be nice and cross the generations is the overwhelming sound you hear all over town nevertheless people into done people insisting that fight isn't over just yet. the lot of the people's demands have not been met yet that's why business come here i've come all the way from el good on earth and i'm going to remain here until the regime actually falls. and everybody here is united as the people give you a sense of comfort when you sitting here that there is no fear. these people will only be said to spike when the regime steps down completely and power is handed to a civilian transitional government. in. incredibly well organized in cheerful protest we are witnessing here but clementine is doing security checks revolutionary aren't being created on the streets and cleaning patrols taking care of the rubbish. you can

alastair leithead, bbc news, in khartoum. it's taken about 500 years, but tintoretto, one of the great masters of the italian renaissance, has finally made his debut in the united states. some of the enormous works now on display at the national gallery of art in washington have left venice for the first time, to help celebrate the anniversary of the artist's birth. jane 0'brien went for a look. this year scale of tintoretto's canvases is overwhelming. some couldn't be included in this show because they wouldn't fit through the gallery doors. those that did are a storyteller‘s paradise. scenes from the bible and classical mythology brought to life in dramatic brushstrokes. tintoretto worked on an enormous scale, and the really big paintings behind me are actually only middle—sized tintorettos. he really had this ambition to cover every wall of his native town. he was born in venice 500 years ago, and he really thought big. for him, a way of conveying urgency was to do things on a really colossal scale. tintoretto was a pi

and saudi arabia have loan billions of dollars to khartoum in recent years but this week now to john temin who's the africa director of freedom house he's joining us live from boston thank you very much for talking to us what's your impression of the inclusive ety if you like of these forces that are meeting with the military council to try to negotiate some way forward. i think it is progress and the fact that forty eight hours ago yes wasn't happening in the military was trying to take the reins on their own to go from that to what seem like real negotiations in a matter of a couple days is meaningful i think the military and others are clearly getting the message now that protesters and civilians have to be a part of the conversation and have to have a substantial role in whatever formation there is going forward. but there is also a certain notice of of intransigence if you like coming from the protest movement it would appear insofar as there doesn't seem to be any compromise with some of them who want to complete civilian led transitional government rather than perhaps a collab

a political transition underway in sudan tens of thousands on the streets of khartoum as president on one of the bashir is reported to have stepped down. i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up after seven years hiding in ecuador's embassy in london police arrest founder julian assange. i'm elizabeth purana met india's most populous and politically important state of the british as polls are open and the world's biggest democracy. brigs its warning for britons and pays says the e.u. gives the u.k. another six months to leave. we're continuing our live coverage of the fast moving developments in sudan here's what has happened so far well waiting for an announcement by the army but it is understood president bush has been relieved of his duties witnesses have seen military vehicles deployed to key roads and bridges tens of thousands of people are out on the streets celebrating in the capital khartoum. senior officials have been detained including the former vice president a former defense minister current head of the ruling party and there are further of kharto

alastair leithead, bbc news, in khartoum. peru's former president, alan garcia, has died after shooting himself when police arrived at his home to arrest him. his supporters reacted with shock, amid chaotic scenes on the streets of lima. mr garcia, who was 69, was being investigated in connection with the payment of bribes by a brazilian construction company in order to win lucrative contracts in several south american countries. he had repeatedly denied wrongdoing. dozens of academics have told bbc news they've been harassed out of theirjobs and encouraged to sign non—disclosure agreements after making complaints about bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct allegations. victims say such settlements mean they are silenced. figures obtained by the bbc show universities have paid out £87 million as part of the deals since 2017. universities uk, which represents institutions, says using ndas to keep people quiet should not be tolerated. the rate of inflation remained unchanged for march at 1.9%. fuel prices rose betwe

more pressure on the transitional military council flowers and soft people descending on the couple khartoum from. wednesday this one of the source for many people arriving from places not flaws. and just coming from every corner of the country in fact in the coming hour or so we're expecting a train load of people who want to join the protest outside the military headquarters to come from in darfur region residents of khartoum also we saw groups of them chanting cutting placards in the flag of sudan heading to that's why it is expected to be one of the biggest gatherings ever since the protests began four months ago but will continue to follow events through the day with you might have been mohammed out there in khartoum well still ahead here on how does iran renewed fire the u.s. president down to find the times to impeach him as democrats push for a new investigations also rises cheaper in the philippines now but pharma say they're paying the price those stories on the other side of the break. that you probably notice from news coverage it's cold enough in front of our stock to wear overc

has the latest from khartoum. sudanese protesters keeping up the pressure on the military council through chants and the sheer force of numbers two weeks since they managed to push the military to topple the regime of formal bashir they're still here demanding the task of power to a civilian government as days have gone by skepticism increases among the protesters until this minute the national congress party bashir is still around its leaders still sitting around and until now the military council has not responded to any of our demands if they think we don't understand let them know we understand the former regime is still growling us indirectly i don't have any i mean we want to completely civilian government to be appointed right now and now demand to be away from the shias here and away from any politicians what's the way that we don't need any political parties all we need is the criminals to be brought to justice and our funds that were stolen and taken after all to be returned and if you do you might. a fr

alastair leithead, bbc news, in khartoum. cathedral bells rung out across france at ten to seven this evening to mark the exact moment when a huge fire broke out at notre—dame cathedral in paris. today some of the firefighters who saved notre—dame from collapse described how a hundred of them were tasked with protecting the works of art and treasures from inside the cathedral as the roof went up in flames. lucy williamson reports from paris. notre—dame today is a cathedral divided by the fire. marks of tragedy, surrounded by tranquillity. this video, given exclusively to the bbc, shows stained—glass intact under a jagged hole where the roof used to be. polished pews lined up before piles of charred timber. that so much survived is perhaps extraordinary. the local mayor said there was a moment that night when fire crews told president macron they weren't sure if notre—dame could be saved. it's a very difficult site to attack. they couldn't get there, up there, with their scales. the normal scales are not large, they'

but a spiralling economic crisis last year khartoum, his face was vanishing. and for a generation which has known nothing but omar al—bashir‘s rule euphoria is understandable. awakened decades of resentment and created this people's revolution. in they sensed a great moment was coming, and thanked those who'd translation: to see bashir stepping down is enough for us. our young people, this is such a 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 ona 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 hijacked the revolution? the fractures here are deep and dangerous. sudan does not fit into an easy political template. military rulers, yes, but a civil society that is sophisticated, organised, with mass popular support. and which tonight is defying the army curfew. they will do so until the people al

you've been listening to the military council in khartoum and giving a press conference expressing their frustration with the protests that continue and sudan to varying degrees has been going on since december accommodated about three weeks ago with the with omar al bashir stepping down and the protests to some degree have continued there are places where roads and bridges are blocked and the military council is saying that they would like that situation to end and it's up to the protesters to do that let me bring in mohamed vall who is live in khartoum has been following this as well they actually had a list of i don't have to manage this right quite the right word mohamed all but they said that they want that the protesters to cooperate not to take the law into their own hands also expressed frustration that they say there's too many different factions they're speaking to when they are trying to get to some sort of resolution when all that you hear there. it's very clear that this is going to be this talk and this speech by the deputy head of the military council will be seen negative

party who were arrested have not been released down to zero as mom and valar joins us live now from khartoum oh so what more can you tell us about these reports of ruling party members being released. sources confirmed to al-jazeera that at least five members senior members of the former ruling party have been released from jail one of them is the former head of the parliament. the other one is secretary general of the islamic movement. and it hasn't and three others two of those three others were ministers in the government of former president omar bashir and one was a businessman close to ahmad bashir as well that the news will not sit well with the protesters the leadership of the protests because they have been asking for quite the opposite they have been asking for more arrests among the members of the former regime they have been asking for them to be tried to be put in jail and tried and now we see this according to them i'm sure they will they will react to it very soon they have been talking in a press or they have the presses inside the city in some of them have been talking a whil

by the international criminal court for war crimes meanwhile demonstrations continue in the capital khartoum the ruling military council has heeded some of the protesters demands the site the prosecutor general and to a vis a vis still no headway on the main demand of the demonstrators for civilian rule all right let's go live now to our correspondent have a logan who's in khartoum and first of all hear about this ugandan offer what do we know about about that and furthermore the whereabouts of omar al bashir himself. well martine uganda's foreign minister had said that uganda is willing to consider taking into asylum if sudan is ok with it but let's not forget that the military council on the day that the ousted president bashir has said that they're not going to hand him to any foreign power and that he will be placed under house arrest most of the people in the streets or actually all the people in the streets are demanding that he be held accountable he's got an arrest warrant from the international criminal court for work rhymes and crimes against humanity in the western region of dar f

in khartoum for a summer it seems as though there is. a pretty regular scenario of tension between the military authorities and the protesters in that the military want to clear away much of the city and allow for the capital to get back to normal but the protesters are adamant that they want to keep their city in as it is. that's right martin. speak about what is in their interest in the interest of the military to see the roads cleared and to see the city in dispersed so that they can you know have those negotiations in a better climate that suits them the protesters on the other hand they think that their strength their only strength is that presence of people in the street on behalf of change and on behalf of more more reforms so as these things happen also there are parallel developments inside the negotiation and outside in the street these two places are connected we hear statements that contradict each other when these people come from the negotiations when they come out on those negotiations the the army tends to tell the people

correspondent jeff far abdul karim is in the sudanese capital khartoum earlier he spoke to people there about who they think should represent them and here's the update. i just came from the area where you have hitler a genius and a group of people there who are discussing the future of sudan on a kind of different groups who have live or liberal parties who have secular parties who have been slumming parties you have the group of people representing the youth of the revolution the way they call themselves and all of them are