part christmas day rally president omar al bashir clutching his walking stick struck as a fine note. i tell you all those who oppose our country are traitors. outside the presidential palace protest was met with punishment police fired live i'm going to. violently beating protesters. according to amnesty international dozens have been killed or injured in the crackdown. under the country's military dictatorship dissent has been quashed with opposition leaders forced to continue to fight for change in exile. we want to democratic pluralistic city it plans for a new government new laws and a new transitional constitution have begun with this. takes hold i'm frustration grooved protesters have vowed to keep going on top. even in the face of tear gas. and i'm joined now by my colleague christine one of our studio for more on this story now christine obviously the protests have morphed into calls for a new government and the opposition has voiced their support for this would you say that this is still a grassroots people's movement you know that's a very important question and and in fact

privilege ended at a packed christmas day rally president omar al bashir clutching his walking stick struck a fine note. i tell you all those who oppose our country are traitors. outside the presidential palace protest was met with punishment police fired live i'm going to a machine violently beating protesters. according to amnesty international dozens have been killed or injured in the crackdown. under the country's military dictatorship dissent has been quashed with opposition leaders forced to continue to fight for change in exile. we want to democratic pluralistic state the plans for a new government new laws and a new transitional constitution have begun with this. charge takes hold i'm frustration grooved protesters have vowed to keep going until bashir has gone even in the face of tear gas. and i'm joined there by my colleague christine one of our in studio for more on this story now christine obviously the protests have morphed into calls for a new government and the opposition has voiced their support for this would you say that this is still a grassroots people's movement

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has the smith's protesters rallying against him in the capital as traitors and foreign agents earlier police fired tear gas and live ammunition on the anti-government demonstrators were angry over the rising cost of living turkey's foreign minister says the u.s. is going to take back a military equipment supplied the kurdish led forces in northern syria it's part of a plan for the city of being read between and current washington which will eventually see the complete withdrawal of kurdish fighters from the area the us president has warned the partial government shutdown will continue until the secure is funding for its border war with mexico donald trump wants five point seven billion dollars added to the budget and says he will not sign off on any spending legislation without. at least twenty seven people have died in a bus crash in the democratic republic of congo the vehicle collided with a truck in to around two hundred kilometers southwest of the capital kinshasa the health ministry

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has the smith protesters rallying against him in the capital as traitors and foreign agents earlier police fired tear gas and live ammunition on the anti-government demonstrators were angry over the rising cost of turkey's foreign minister says the u.s. is going to take back military equipment supplied to kurdish led forces in northern syria as part of a plan for the city of the beach agreed between and cried washington which will eventually see the complete withdrawal of kurdish fighters from the area. and tarantula rain is hampering search and rescue efforts in indonesia four hundred twenty nine people have now been confirmed dead after a tsunami struck the islands of java and sumatra on saturday more than one hundred fifty people are still missing. at least five people including three suicide bombers have been killed in an attack on the foreign ministry in the libyan capital tripoli they detonated a car bomb before opening fire on the ministry two of the attackers managed to get into t

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has the smith's protesters rallying against him in the capital as traitors and foreign agents earlier police fired tear gas and live ammunition on the the government that was fraser's who were angry over the rising cost of living turkey's foreign minister says the u.s. is going to take back military equipment supplied to kurdish forces in northern syria it's part of a plan for the city of should read between and current washington which will eventually see the complete withdrawal of kurdish fighters from the area. and the us president has warned the partial government shutdown will continue until he secure as funding for his border war with mexico. five point seven billion dollars added to the budget and he says he will not sign off on any spending legislation without it. at least six people including three suicide bombers have been killed in an attack on the foreign ministry in the libyan capital tripoli they detonated a car bomb before opening fire on the ministry two of the attackers m

and which is led by president omar al bashir has responded to using tear gas and live ammunition. president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday hickeys the protest says of being influenced by external agencies. as a. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year . thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first beater to visit syria since it beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media course in his hope that syria will recover a simpleton role in the region as soon as possible. at least twelve people have died and twenty five others have been wounded in the latest outbreak of violence around yemen sports city a full data the fighting between who with the rebels and saudi iraq he backed government forces comes just two days before a cease fire is due to begin and thousands of people have been protesting in hungary's capital what's being called a slave law this is a fourth week in a row people have demonstrated again seen reforms of vick told once rightwing government. al-jazeera is investigative unit has discovered links between a far right movement that calls for the expulsion of muslims from europe and senior figures in one of france's main political parties in the second part of a yearlong investigation we found that members of marine le pen's party privately s

al bashir promised to implement what he calls real reforms to improve living standards across the country a bit more than has the latest from khartoum. people seem to be mobilizing but other side is also mobilizing specifically the police we've been out in the streets about thirty minutes ago and everywhere you go around khartoum you would find a group of policemen carrying their batons ready for the protesters in case they come out in the streets as they have promised carrying their memos demanding the president to resign now let's remember they are going to march from a certain square not far from the presidential palace and then they would head on to the presidential palace to deliver a memo demanding president omar al bashir to resign they will not find him there he's one of the he's in one of the states in the central east of the country just zero where he's going to or he's planning to open a project so they will not find him but they have been protesting over the past seven days it started out as an economic protest over a shortage of fuel of a shortage of bread and over the rising

the protesters were marching towards the presidential palace to demand omar al bashir step down the president has vowed to implement what he calls the real reforms three improve living standards al-jazeera is here to morgan ventured into the thick of the protests here's what she saw in car too. people instead of having to seek first few days now if you see behind me you can see soon to mount a huge number of people protesting this saying that if the people force as they want the government to do the thing chanting things like down with the government this is the seventh day of protest against the government people in the kerry campaign a different is going to and obviously there's a lot of confusion among three the concerned police have been firing tear gas while watching this they've also fired a lot of the fire a lot of poor guys they've been firing they've been threatening process of having some of them to leave but they are still there this will put something out of turning out to be a huge crowd maybe probably much larger than the crowd was expecting it's not clear if this government is

thousands of protesters trying to reach sudan's presidential palace as calls grow for omar al bashir down. below and barbara starr you're watching live from london also coming up in the program turkey says the united states has agreed to this armed kurdish fighters in northern syria rescuers expand their search for survivors of last week's deadly tsunami in indonesia as authorities warned of more high tides to come and the rats shrinking christian community celebrates christmas with the government declaring it an official public. hello thank you for joining us we begin the program in sudan where police fired tear gas and live ammunition to the spurs crowds of protesters in the capital to. thousands are attempting to reach the presidential palace as they continue their call for longtime leader omar al bashir to step down they blame his government for economic mismanagement and rising food and fuel costs official government figures say twelve people have died since the unrest began a week ago the international groups say that the real figure to be as high as thirty seven allowed to see

see dons omar al bashir becomes the first arab leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago. and i'm just audio tape and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor all band and calling and label reform slavery. twelve dead and fighting on the outskirts of the yemeni port of data ahead of a cease fire set to start on tuesday plus. i'm scott either in bangkok's chinatown were group of performers trying to keep the centuries old art form of chinese opera a la their story coming up. a president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar al assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media acquired sudan's president omar al bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arab league shortly after war broke out there in twenty eleven the assad government has been accused by the u.n. and rights groups of committing multiple war crim

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is your response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches and foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they see that people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government of what the. we cannot at this moment lower demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it to the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics. the regime has promised several times to forward to its part of the crisis it's the nature of

at a packed christmas day rally president omar al bashir clutching his walking stick struck it's a fine note. our tell you all those who oppose our country are traitors. outside the presidential palace protest was met with punishment police fired live i'm going to a machine violently beating protesters. according to amnesty international dozens have been killed or injured in the cracked. under the country's military dictatorship dissent has been quashed with opposition leaders forced to continue to fight for change in exile. we want a democratic pluralistic city it the plans for a new government new laws and a new transitional constitution have begun. as economic charge takes hold i'm frustration grows protesters have vowed to keep going until bush has gone even in the face of tear gas. now to a unique music project called violins of hope restoring violins that survived the holocaust and israeli violin maker brings the instruments back to life to be heard as concert halls around the world as reports from the german city of. their witnesses of history these violins belong to european jew

al bashir. it seems that a lot of these problems are of his making actually the person to fix any of it i don't think so they don't have the vision they don't have a plan and actually as a deterrent a fantasy the idea insensitive to the problem that people are facing as if they are not living with the people in the same can be the british then actually behave as if there is no problem that he's very stable he's parties here will be in power and that there are some problems that can be dealt with after twenty twenty lection where he's now you're just looking to twenty twenty and i think he. is maneuvering around he's also targeting twenty twenty lection and using all the government power all the government resources all the government organs just to work towards that goal of reaching twenty twenty election and when he appointed a new prime minister the new prime minister promised that he's going to solve the economic crisis but it appears that also they don't have any plan simply because it is ac

they were demanding the resignation of president omar al—bashir. earlier i spoke to isma'il kushkush, a journalist who has covered sudan extensively. he gave me more details about what happpened today. there was called today by the professionals association, which is an assembly of trade unions, independent trade unions, out of the, different from the sudanese government sanctioned saddam trade unions federation. —— sudan. hundreds if not thousands took to the streets in khartoum, with the intention of delivering a memorandum calling for the resignation of president omar al bashir. they were met with tear gas and bullets in different parts of khartoum, mainly downtown near the main square. the downtown near the main square. the downtown area of khartoum, there have been reports of casualties and many injured. and is it clear specifically what the protesters want? well, in the beginning, when the protest started, they started early in december but december 19 was the biggest protest that took place, ina was the biggest protest that took place, i

sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war almost eight years ago he met the syrian president bashar al assad in damascus both leaders stand accused of war crimes linked to conflicts in their country. thousands of people have been protesting in hungary as capital budapest it's the fourth demonstration this week against prime minister viktor orban and his controversial laws that have been passed by the right wing government bowie chalons reports. for the fourth day now protesters have been on the streets of the hungary in capital budapest recent law changes abroad thousands of people out to denounce prime minister viktor orban right wing government you know it's been a long void i think that this content is growing and with this not only anger and frustration but also those voices which would like to make change. i do not again banish an answer and again when i'm mad at bashing look i have had enough and so have my friends this is now not about opposition politicians about who stands on which side but this is about t

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday hickeys the protests as of being influenced by external agency. as it is. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent trying to help lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the being as we cannot at this moment low out amounts to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics. the regime has promised several times to pull to correct it's part of the crisi

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters on tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support a new clue zero which is a response. to every foreign agent. and destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the being as we cannot at this moment low at amman's to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to correct its path the crisis is the nature of the regim

al bashir. it seems that a lot of these problems are of his making actually the person to fix any of it i don't think so they don't have the vision they don't have a plan and actually as a deterrent a fantasy they are insensitive to the problem that people are facing as if they are not living with the people in the same can be the british then actually behave as if there is no problem that he's very stable he's parties here will be in power and that there are some problems that can be dealt with after twenty twenty lection where he's now you're just looking to twenty twenty and i think he. is maneuvering around he's also targeting twenty twenty lection and using all the government power all the government resources all the government organs just to work towards that goal of reaching twenty twenty election and when he appointed a new prime minister the new prime minister promised that he's going to solve the economic crisis but it appears that also they don't have any plan simply because it is ac

a mistake and doha and these are all the top stories sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war nearly eighty is a guy state media quite special expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible turkey is the last major backer of the syrian opposition helping them hold part of northern syria boss its foreign minister says ankara is prepared to engage with damascus if the assad government held and one free and fair elections. everybody should be able to walk the eligible ones. and also the few including the refugees in might be a neighboring country is running other countries resettled in the last seven years and it has to be a very credible one transparent democratic going for elections and then at the end . people will decide who is going to rule the country after this election if it is democratic elections and if it is a credible one then everybody should consider that. saudi arabia has denounced a position by the u.s. senate accusing its crown prince of ordering the

al bashir. it seems that a lot of these problems are of his making is actually the person to fix any of it i don't think so they don't have the vision they don't have a plan and actually as a deterrent a fantasy the idea insensitive to the problem that people are facing as if they are not living with the people in the same continue the british then actually behave as if there is no problem that he's very stable he's parties here will be in power and that there are some problems that can be dealt with after twenty twenty lection where he's now got just looking to twenty twenty and i think he. is maneuvering around he's also targeting twenty twenty lection and using all the government power all the government resources all the government organs just to work towards that goal of reaching twenty twenty election and when he appointed a new prime minister the new prime minister promised that he's going to solve the economic crisis but it appears that also they don't have any plan simply because it is

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor floor and destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches and foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they see the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government of what the. we cannot at this moment lower demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge a few. financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to pull to its part of the crisis it's the nature of the regime wh

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor or and destructive person you were the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traces of foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support. the protesters they see that people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the. we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge if you will and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to correct its part of the crisis it's the nature

omar al bashir. needed to visit damascus. to go. i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor orban and calling labor reforms.

again calling for president omar al bashir to. police have fired tear gas to try and disperse the crowds of the capital the president is refusing to apologize for the political turmoil and has slammed recent protests against rising food and fuel prices. al-jazeera has. killed. carrying bags suspected of containing his remains the video shows the team arriving at the general's residence and. democratic senator elizabeth warren has taken a major step towards running in the twenty twenty presidential race. that she's forming an exploratory committee raise money and find formally launching a presidential bid. to yemen the people in the port city of her they say shelling is continuing despite a u.n. backed truce well the fight has agreed to hand over control of her day there to a local. the same by the u.n. as part of a recent data but the government backed by the coalition say they aren't holding true to their word. reports in her optimism however cautious it may have been has turned into confusion despite the truce there are reports

al bashir. it seems that a lot of these problems are of his making actually the person to fix any of it i don't think so they don't have the vision they don't have a plan and actually as a deterrent a fantasy the idea insensitive to the problem that people are facing as if they are not living with the people in the same continue the president actually behave as if there is no problem that he's very stable he's parties here will be in power and that there are some problems that can be dealt with after twenty twenty lection where he's no go just looking to twenty twenty and i think he. is maneuvering around he's also targeting twenty twenty lection and using all the government power all the government resources all the government organs just toward towards that goal of reaching twenty twenty election and when he appointed a new prime minister the new prime minister promised that he's going to solve the economic crisis but it appears that also they don't have any plan simply because it is actually

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is your response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traitors and foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they see the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into political crisis for the government but the being as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to correct its part of the crisis it's the n

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday hickeys the protesters of being influenced by external a challenge i think you should. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support a new three zero which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traitors in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year . thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has this miss protesters rallying against him in the capital khartoum as traitors and foreign agents. earlier riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds of thousands who were marching towards the presidential palace the demonstrators want al bashir to step down and blame his government for economic mismanagement and rising food prices official government figures say that at least twelve people have died since the unrest began a week ago but after initially promising economic reform on monday addressing a group of supporters the president remains the find appealing you should. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign and traitor and destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traces of foreign agents i support you and with your support i would be back here next year well just morgan ventured into the thick of the protests and here is what she saw. people in

they were demanding the resignation of president omar al—bashir. isma'il kushkush is a journalist who has covered sudan extensively. he gave us more details about what happpened. there was a call today by the sudanese professionals association, which is an assembly of trade unions, independent trade unions of the — different from the sudanese government—sanctioned sudan trade unions federation. and hundreds, if not thousands, took to the streets in khartoum with the intention of delivering a memorandum calling for the resignation of president omar al—bashir. they were met with tear gas and bullets in different parts of khartoum, mainly in downtown, near the abu jinzir square, and the downtown area of khartoum. there have been reports of casualties, and many injured. pope francis has stressed the need for love between people of all races, nations and religions in his traditional christmas message. addressing the thousands who gathered in st peter's square, he appealed to worshippers to embrace other cultures and to celebrate diversity. the pon

hello again i'm fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first leader to visit syria since it beginning of the war nearly eighty years ago say media coast bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arabic shortly after war broke out in twenty eleven turkey is the last major backer of the syrian opposition helping them all part of northern syria but its foreign minister says ankara is prepared to engage with damascus if the assad government held and one free and fair elections. everybody should be able to walk the eligible ones in syria and also out of syria including the refugees in my country and neighboring countries and in other countries who were resettled in the last seven years and it has to be a very credible transparent democratic and further elections and then at the end syrian people will decide who is going to rule the country after this election if it is a democratic elections and if it is a credible one then everybody should cons

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters on tuesday he kills the protesters of being influenced by external agency. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the traitors in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year . thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to protect its part of the. it's the nature of the

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters on tuesday hickeys the protesters of being influenced by external agency i feel we should clear that as it is. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent trying to help lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches in foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the. we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to correct

well now the sudanese president omar al bashir has met with syria's president in the capital damascus he was warmly greeted by bashar assad at the airport upon arrival but here is the first arab leader to visit since the start of the syrian war in twenty eleven the leaders held talks in the presidential palace about developments in the region and also inside syria a sad said his country would remain committed to its arab identity despite many other arab nations distancing themselves from the syrian leader since the revolution in two thousand and eleven the arab league suspended syria seat in response to the government's attack on pro-democracy protesters well now thousands of hunger areas are protesting in the capital budapest against controversial new laws passed by prime minister viktor all bans right wing government earlier this week one of the reforms which critics have dubbed the slave lore extends maximum annual overtime hours to four hundred hours and enshrine khurana wickramasinghe has been reappointed prime minister nearly two months after his dismissal set off a political cr

al bashir who has ruled for almost thirty years to resign some analysts say it's time for others to take the lead. this crisis can't be left to the government solve alone other political parties need to come in there join hands to find a way out of the crisis the crisis is no longer an economy process it's now a political process and people are blaming the government for it. sudan appears to be at a standstill with the people on one side and the government and its policy on the other people morgan onto their own part on whether is up next but still ahead on al-jazeera homelessness at record levels in britain that six hundred people dying on the streets in the past year. there's plenty of quiet weather across the middle east at the moment we're seeing a little bit of cloud a drift its way down across parts of turkey and that will. continue its journey eastwards as we head through the next twenty four hours will say so some raid out of add in some snow as well but is the next system we've really got to watch because that one is of a slightly more aggressive say for the northern policy

the protesters were marching towards the presidential palace to demand omar al bashir step down the president has vowed to implement what he calls the real reforms three improve living standards al-jazeera as head of morgan ventured into the thick of the protests here's what she saw in khartoum. people in sudan have been present before three days now and behind me you can be a huge amount of huge number of people protesting they think that if the people they want the government to go there.

and watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible. thousands of people have been protesting in hungary's capital beautiful against labor reforms passed by the white winged government of prime minister viktor orban it's a fourth day of demonstrations in the country. and saudi arabia has announced a resolution by the u.s. senate accusing the saudi crown prince of ordering the matter of tennis. in a statement released by the saudi press agency the kingdom's foreign ministry said the senate's position is blatant interference in its internal affairs. and germany's foreign minister has told on jazeera that more former foreign minister i should say has told aaj there that more countries should follow germany's example by ending their arms trade with saudi arabia signa gabrial was a member of parliament made the comment at the doha forum when asked

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters on tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches and foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the. as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics. the regime has promised several times to forward to correct its part of the crisis is the nature o

president omar al bashir addressed his supporters on tuesday he accused the protesters of being influenced by external agents. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign traitor or and destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches and foreign agents i support you and with your support i will be back here next year. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government of what. we cannot at this moment lower demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge if you will. financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there is a strong relationship between the economy and politics the regime has promised several times to forward to correct its part of the crisis it's the nature of the re

al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media quite special expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was exparel and from the arab league shortly after war broke out in twenty eleven. at least twelve people have died and twenty five others have been wounded in the latest outbreak of violence around yemen's port city of her data the fighting between her few rebels and saudi backed government forces comes two days before a un brokered cease fire is due to begin. thousands of people have been protesting in hungary's capital budapest against what's been called a slave law it's the fourth demonstration this week against the employment reforms of viktor or bans rightwing government. persons government insists it has no plans for a second referendum on bret's it despite reports some ministers are looking into the option prime minister to resign may return from brussels on saturday after two days of talks with e.u. leaders she type this recent head deal t

al bashir to step down well i think we have thirty years and that's more than enough for any government to prove whether they can be at all successful or not i think it's the tip of the iceberg this at the cost of the bread the absence of fuel this is just like. part of the whole of problem the whole issue is there is a complete poor governance and failure and crying for a change in sudan ok thank you very much for speaking to us sara abdel jimmy joining us there from norwich in the u.k. thank you. millions of people across the democratic republic of congo should have been voting this sunday to elect a leader to replace president joseph kabila but ballot papers for the long awaited presidential election have just arrived in the capital they're needed to replace almost four million others which were destroyed by fire last week the blaze in kinshasa also left eight thousand voting machines damage there's been protests since the announcement that the election has been postponed by a week catherine story has the latest from kinshasa. they still a lot of and starting to move to speaking to p

and step down the government which is led by president omar al bashir has responded using tear gas and live ammunition. president omar al bashir addressed his supporters in tuesday hickeys the protesters of being influenced by external agency. we should clear that as a. thank you for hosting me thank you for your support and enthusiasm which is a response to every foreign agent traitor lauren destructive person you are the ones responding to them right now from here you are responding to all the churches in foreign agents i support you and with your support i would be back here next year and. thousands came out to protest in the capital anyway some opposition groups have voiced support to the protesters they say the people have legitimate reasons for turning an economic crisis into a political crisis for the government but the being as we cannot at this moment lower our demands to economic ones only the protesters started demonstrating at the bridge fuel and financial instability however they are now demanding the toppling of the regime and changing it the masses of realize that there

al bashir to step down. syrian state media say the country's defenses have opened fire on quote enemy targets west of damascus witnesses there and the syrian border told international media that they'd heard explosions and planes overhead no further details were available but israel has been blamed for past strikes that targeted iranian forces fighting alongside the syrian government at least two people have been killed after a suicide bombers stormed foreign ministry in tripoli three of the militants also died ten people were injured in the attack that began with the ministry libyan security authorities a. so-called islamic state fine the foreign ministry is internationally recognized government. a journalist working for the associated press now joins me from benghazi in libya rami thank you for joining us there any more details that have emerged about this attack. the attack was this morning around nine thirty when a car bomb went off near the ministry of foreign affairs in tripoli. signaling the . backpac

now to some of the other stories making news around the world sudan's president omar al bashir has made a short visit to syria he was welcomed to damascus by syrian leader bashar. al bashir is the first arab leader to go to syria since the country's civil war erupted nearly eight years ago. french authorities say a fifth person has died of wounds sustained in the christmas market attack in the city of stress birch the paris prosecutor's office identified the victim only as the polish national police killed the gunman on thursday night after a two day manhunt. more than forty people are reported injured after an explosion at a restaurant in the japanese city of support for most of the injuries were minor the one person is said to be in a serious condition the cause of the blast is under investigation. around forty same sex couples have staged a mass waiting in the brazilian city of sol paulo the participants tie the knot fearing brazil's new hardline president elect ableson our route could order a crackdown on gay weddings next year one new way it has been ordered a court actual resistan

al bashir to step down. and in turkey an austrian journalist has been released after three months in detention twenty nine year old. has written pieces critical of turkish president. publications he was charged with membership in a terrorist organization a coach in ankara ordered his release but imposed a travel ban on him the next court date is in april. since these mt volcano has been spewing lava and ash after a new fracture opened in the base of one of its creator as observers say the volcano is just being unusually high levels of seismic activity airport has reopened a day after the ash for state to shut down. now he's two people have been killed after a suicide bomb a strong foreign ministry in tripoli three of the militants also died ten people were injured in the attack that began with a car bomb blast near the ministry of security authorities are blaming the attack on so-called islamic state fight as the foreign ministry is internationally recognized government that is based in tripoli. a journalist

al bashir to step down crowds gathered in the capital khartoum and they were confronted by riot police who blocked the much. brazil will have a new leader with the new year but then otto takes office activists fear his policies could have disastrous consequences for the already depleted was in rain forest fire sent out who insists he will not let protecting the environment stand in the way of economic progress. smoke rises on the front lines of an environmental war the battle here is all but over once again humans have overcome nature and driven back the rain forest but it's hard to speak of winners here in the east of the amazon jungle. all this has to go so that cows can graze here this worker tells us then he wants us to leave before his boss sees us what they're doing here is illegal journalists and environmentalist are not welcome forrester and remember his shot though not for the first time. to meet the pit anna i feel a great sense of loss i work so hard to protect the rain forest it's such a complex ecosystem it took centuries to grow them and then just a few minutes for it to

al bashir to step down a crowd gathered in the capital khartoum confronted by riot police who blocked them . the votes from sunday's presidential election are counted wellens of people took part in an event that could see the first peaceful transfer of power for decades but questions over elections fantasy with accusations of delays and irregularities especially in opposition areas. thirty years in many parts of congo returned to polling stations today to study lists of initial results posted outside provisional nationwide results are not due out for another week. day was playing by technical problems and allegations of vote rigging. i don't think the elections were credible too many people found their names won on the electoral lists they were told to go to other centers and even there they didn't find their names so as a result many didn't get to vote. scenes like this one in the letter district of contrasts are not uncommon long lines formed as voting machines malfunctioned. we've been here since this morning and it's dark already but we're here and we will vote for. the national c

al bashir has ruled and now into their fifth day sudan's opposition says twenty two people have now been killed in the so-called red. courting. and maher has heard arguments in the appeal of two reuters before just sentenced to seven years on charges of breaching the country's official secrets act they were jailed while covering the revenge of crisis and have already spent more than a year behind bars the case sparked international outcry from human rights activists. in the bundesliga hoffenheim made it six straight draws on sunday after stalemate at home to mines around a form which has left them out of contention so far for european qualification spots. the hosts took and i believe when stephen sober found him and demi bay and mocked the goal make six the german internationals a fourth of the campaign but the lead was short lived as mine struck back just after just five minutes later john philip met at a scoring one all the final result. but it's christmas eve and millions of children around the world are waiting eagerly for their christmas gifts we all know santa traditionally tr

al bashir to step down oh test broke out in sudan earlier this month first against bread and fuel prices since then demonstrators have begun directing their anger at president bashir. yemen's rebels have started to leave the red sea port of data the withdrawal is part of a u.n. sponsored peace agreement signed earlier this month in sweden with data as a key point of entry for food supplies millions of yemenis are on the brink of famine. fights that hung over airport in germany have but the man thought he was doing egyptian authorities say security forces have killed forty suspected terrorists following a deadly attack on a tourist bus near the giza pyramids this a day after the roadside bomb killed three vietnamese tourists and their local guide so far there's been no claim of responsibility ahead of new year's celebrations and next month orthodox christmas security forces remain on high alert for further attacks. this is egypt's response forty two suspects these pictures are from the interior ministry suspected militants killed by security forces although we have no way to verify the mi

al bashir is rule are now into their fifth day sudan's opposition says twenty two people have been killed in the so-called red protest. archeologists in italy have uncovered a petrified horse with harness and saddle in the ruins of ancient pay the remains of other horses were also discovered in what appears to have been the stables of rome of a roman general pompei was buried in volcanic ash in seventy nine a ten year option by the nearby mount vesuvius the israeli government has decided to call an early general election for april ninth the move comes after a dispute within the coalition of a controversial legislation affecting conscription the governing party is divided over a new law extending the military draft to ultra orthodox jews israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'd like to see a similar right wing coalition following next year's vote. correspondent some so-called joins me now from jerusalem with more on this story thank you for joining us so many of our viewers might not know that jews are exempt from military conscription in israel why has that issue driven netany