we report from khartoum. after more than 18 months, america finally re—opens its doors, and prepares to welcome fully—vaccinated visitors to the country. prosecutors in texas file lawsuits against the rappers travis scott and drake, after eight people died in a stampede at a music festival. and 70 members of an italian crime family are sentenced in the biggest mafia trial in decades. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at teachers taking part in pro—democracy protests in the capital, khartoum. demonstrators have set up barricades for what's intended to be two days of civil disobedience against last month's coup. as arab league mediators arrive in the country to try to defuse the crisis, organisers say they want to increase pressure on the military government to transition to civilian rule. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports from khartoum. chanting. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show their contempt for sudan's mil

we report from khartoum. prosecutors in texas file lawsuits against the rappers travis scott and drake, after eight people died in a stampede at a music festival. after more than 18 months, america finally re—opens its doors and prepares to welcome fully—vaccinated visitors to the country. and 70 members of an italian crime family are sentenced in the biggest mafia trial in decades. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at teachers taking part in pro—democracy protests in the capital, khartoum. demonstrators have set up barricades for what's intended to be two days of civil disobedience against last month's coup. as arab league mediators arrive in the country to try to defuse the crisis, organisers say they want to increase pressure on the military government to transition to civilian rule. our africa correspondent, andrew harding reports from khartoum. he chanting. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show their contempt for sudan's

we report from khartoum. prosecutors in texas file lawsuits against the rappers travis scott and drake, after eight people died in a stampede at a music festival. after more than 18 months, america finally re—opens its doors — and prepares to welcome fully—vaccinated visitors to the country. and 70 members of an italian crime family are sentenced in the biggest mafia trial in decades. thank you forjoining us. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at teachers taking part in pro—democracy protests in the capital, khartoum. demonstrators have set up barricades for what's intended to be two days of civil disobedience against last month's coup. as arab league mediators arrive in the country to try to defuse the crisis, organisers say they want to increase pressure on the military government to transition to civilian rule. our africa correspondent, andrew harding reports from khartoum. chanting. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show t

and we're just seeing some live pictures know from khartoum. and i think we have seen some pictures of tear gas that have been a fire the the target sir, but the security forces that we were talking about earlier. and if we're able to go back to hebrew morgan who i think is standing by for us, i just want to get an idea of fun. what the circumstances are in the event that the security forces do, take this action. do you think that there's a risk harbor that we're going to see more of the violence on the streets that we have seen in the past? well, people, one thing they say people have been saying is that they will not stop protesting. and again, we've seen over the past few weeks, security 4th is rejecting the idea that protested, setting a barricade on main street. and that is the form of resistance that people have been adopting over the past few weeks. roadblocks on main main street rather than residential neighborhood areas. that cute the 4th of using live ammunition and tear guys to try to disperse the professors, but also to open the bar

the past few days in khartoum have _ development. the past few days in khartoum have been _ development. the past few days in khartoum have been brutal. - development. the past few days in i khartoum have been brutal. security forces have killed dozens of unarmed protesters. we were in the city during the military crackdown and so the defiance of civilians who had been fighting for democracy for two years now. ever since a popular revolution ousted one of africa's most ruthless dictatorships. today, many sudanese want the generals to be held to account but fear the military are manoeuvring to stay in power. this man called the prime minister a sell—out, his deal with the generals treason. the deal doesn't represent the sudanese people in the blood that has been spilled, says this man. so now the street protests are likely to continue but a political compromise with the military may be appealing to some in sudan. the deal has foreign backing and could nudge a chaotic nation away from even greater instability. the taxi driver who sur

andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. an italian court has sentenced 70 criminals linked to the powerful �*ndrangheta gang in the first phase of the country's largest mafia trial in more than 30 years. judges handed six of those convicted the maximum 20—year sentence that prosecutors had asked for. the proceedings are expected to last for another two years. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. their shadow has hung over italy for decades. a web of criminal activity, a history of robbery, kidnapping, drug smuggling and murder. now, in this especially adapted courtroom in southern italy, some of �*ndrangheta finally facejustice. translation: today, - we have an important sentence. 91 defendants, 70 found guilty. i'm not afraid of anything or anyone. i always say what i think and if i can't tell the truth, it's because i can't prove it. there are no problems. a large and powerful criminal network, the �*ndrangheta first came to national prominence in the 1970s, but it's believed they could date back to the late 18th cent

al jazeera, khartoum. rob: abdalla hamdok spoke to al jazeera and explained what he hopes the new government will look like. >> the concept of the upcoming government is that it will be a technocratic government, made up of sudanese qualified professionals. about one and a half years are left out of the transitional period, therefore the upcoming government should focus on very specific issues, chiefly the completion of the transition into democracy and the constitutional conference and holding elections. we all know elections require one full year at least. it might drag on for more than a year. i hope we can all did agree on the remaining transitional period where the government would lead the country until the schedule elections. rob: let's bring in our guests. in khartoum, we have kholood khair, managing partner at insight strategy partners. and we have in doha, waleed madibo, founder and president of sudan policy forum. this is going to be a technocrat government extensively with no political affiliat

andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. with all the sport now, here's karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. formula one's mexico city grand prix has been won by red bull's max verstappen, with lewis hamilton finishing in second place. the victory gives verstappen a 19—point lead in the drivers�* standings, but there are still four races left in the final five weeks of the season. our correspondent, natalie pirks reports. in this make or break race, a good start was essentialfor in this make or break race, a good start was essential for lewis hamilton. commentator: it’s start was essential for lewis hamilton. commentator: it's lights out and away — hamilton. commentator: it's lights out and away we _ hamilton. commentator: it's lights out and away we go _ hamilton. commentator: it's lights out and away we go here. _ hamilton. commentator: it's lights out and away we go here. but - hamilton. commentator: it's lights out and away we go here. but the - out and away we go here. but the first corners

andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. uk opposition leader sir keir starmer has accused borisjohnson of "corrupt and contemptible" behaviour — saying he tried to protect a member of parliament in his party who was found to have broken the rules on lobbying. today one cabinet minister rejected that, and called the row a "storm in a teacup". here's our political correspondent, chris mason. mps are forever aware how many people don't much like politicians. it's why for so many who spend their weeks here, this row over the government's behaviour gets right up their nose. because it leaves a whiff of this being a self—serving place. for the opposition parties, it's also a chance to take aim at the prime minister. instead of upholding standards, he orders his mps to protect his mate and rip up the whole system. now, that is corrupt, it is contemptible, and it's not a one—off. and what makes me most angry is the prime minister is trashing the reputation of our democracy and our country. at the heart of this is this man, th

blocking the roads today in khartoum. barricades going up across the city. civilians here taking big risks to protest, to show their fury at sudan�*s military coup. we want to change. we want something to do with the civilisation. you want democracy? we want democracy, of course. we don't like military at all. do you know what i'm saying? are you scared of the military? yeah. you�*re scared they will shoot? they are killing us. the protests began two weeks ago, when the generals seized power, halting this giant country�*s admittedly bumpy transition from dictatorship to democracy. so which side will prove stronger — the army or the street? in a khartoum hospital, we find an elderly tailor recovering from a savage beating by the military... can i see your leg? ..and this young student, shot in the leg. a lot of people were shot. his message to the soldiers... they�*re like animals. the animals are better. it�*s hard to find anyone here who supports the military takeover. it�*s heartbreaking, honestly. to see those young people, the ones that are

the past few days in khartoum have been brutal. security forces have killed dozens of unarmed protesters. we were in the city during the military crackdown and so the defiance of civilians who had been and saw the defiance of civilians who had been fighting for democracy for two years now. ever since a popular revolution ousted one of africa's most ruthless dictatorships. today, many sudanese want the generals to be held to account but fear the military are manoeuvring to stay in power. this man called the prime minister a sell—out, his deal with the generals treason. the deal doesn't represent the sudanese people in the blood that has been spilled, says this man. so now the street protests are likely to continue but a political compromise with the military may be appealing to some in sudan. the deal has foreign backing and could nudge a chaotic nation away from even greater instability. there are a reports multiple people have been injured after a vehicle drove through a holiday parade in wisconsin. that's according to local med

the past few days in khartoum have been brutal. security forces have killed dozens of unarmed protesters. we were in the city during the military crackdown and saw the defiance of civilians who had been fighting for democracy for two years now. ever since a popular revolution ousted one of africa's most ruthless dictatorships. today, many sudanese want the generals to be held to account but fear the military are manoeuvring to stay in power. this man called the prime minister a sell—out, his deal with the generals treason. the deal doesn't represent the sudanese people in the blood that has been spilled, says this man. so, now what? the street protests are likely to continue but a political compromise with the military may be appealing to some in sudan. the deal has foreign backing and could nudge a chaotic nation away from even greater instability. manchester united have sacked their manager 0le gunnar solskjaer following the 4—1 defeat at watford. he'd been in charge for almost three years but the club has suffered a string o

andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. the us is set to reopen its borders on monday for vaccinated non—essential travel, ending a 20 month entry ban. the easing of restrictions will open up travel for double jabbed non—us citizens to over 30 countries, including the uk, eu, china and india. earlier i spoke to tori emerson barnes the executive vice presidenet of the us travel association about what this might mean for her members and the us economy as a whole. isa is a huge turning point and will be beneficial to communities across our country throughout the pandemic, the travel economy has lost 300,000,000,000 expert income and almost a million jobs. 300,000,000,000 expert income and almost a millionjobs. this is the result of the closure of these borders. we are excited to reunite americans at the rest of the wild and welcome international travellers to destinations across our wonderful country today, tomorrow, november eight. yes, indeed. tori, there are concerns aboutjust how responsible a policy this may speed, ar

andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. the us is set to reopen its borders on monday for vaccinated non—essential travel, ending a 20—month entry ban. the easing of restrictions will open up travel for double jabbed non—us citizens to over 30 countries, including the uk, eu, china and india. earlier i spoke to tori emerson barnes, the executive vice president of the us travel association about what this means for her members and the us economy as a whole. it isa it is a major turning point and it will be beneficial to communities across our country. through the pandemic they have lost $300 billion in export income and millions ofjobs as a result of the closure of borders so we are excited to reunite americans with the rest of the world and welcoming international travellers to destinations across our wonderful country. but there are concerns _ wonderful country. but there are concerns about _ wonderful country. but there are concerns about how - are concerns about how restaurants will policy this? many people say tha

that report for khartoum. the husband of the detained british—iranian aid worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, richard ratcliffe has said he is ending his hunger strike outside the foreign, commonwealth and development office. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe, a british—iranian dual national, was firstjailed in tehran in 2016 on spying charges, which she has always denied. richard ratcliffe has been on hunger strike in whitehall since 2a 0ctober, demanding the government does more to secure his wife's release. in a post on twitter, mr radcliffe said... on friday the bbc�*s victoria derbyshire spoke to him outside the foreign office and she asked him how gabriella had been impacted by her mother's imprisonment. clearly very traumatised at the beginning, would cry every night for her mum. they'd go to the picture on the mantelpiece at my in—laws house and point to the wedding photo of mummy and daddy saying, "i want to see mummy and daddy." and at some point, she adjusted to the reality that she was being brought

the past few days in khartoum have been brutal. security forces have killed dozens of unarmed protesters. all chant. we were in the city during the military crackdown and saw the defiance of civilians who had been fighting for democracy for two years now, ever since a popular revolution ousted one of africa's most ruthless dictatorships. today, many sudanese want the generals to be held to account, but fear the military are manoeuvring to stay in power. this man called the prime minister a "sell—out", his deal with the generals "treason". "the deal doesn't represent the sudanese people, in the blood that has been spilled," says this man. so, now what? the street protests are likely to continue, but a political compromise with the military may be appealing to some in sudan. the deal has foreign backing and could nudge a chaotic nation away from even greater instability. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. the opposition in venezuela has taken part in regional and local elections for the first time in years, having boycotted th

according to state media, hundreds of people continue to protest in khartoum against the takeover and dissolution of the ruling civilian transitional council general fitzgerald hahn. i spoke with you an invoice you don about a potential agreement, including the return of asked, had prime minister abdullah handbook reportedly discussed the release of more detainees, a technocratic cabinet, and the possibility of listing the state of emergency going up to him, morgan in khartoum in naples, more about the releases the 4 ministers who were relieved the r just some of the few civilian political leaders who have been arrested following the military takeover on october 25th. now we have the minister of information, the minister of trade, the minister of telecommunications, and the minister of youth and sports. those are the 4 ministers who have been released. those who have not been released or the ministry, the minister of industry, and the member of the sovereignty council hamlet advocate who is also the spokesperson of the dissolved sovereignty counsel. now the united nations secretary ge

the past few days in khartoum have been brutal. security forces have killed dozens of unarmed protesters. we were in the city during the military crackdown and so the defiance of civilians who had been fighting for democracy for two years now. ever since a popular revolution ousted one of africa's most ruthless dictatorships. today, many sudanese want the generals to be held to account but fear the military are manoeuvring to stay in power. this man called the prime minister a sell—out, his deal with the generals treason. the deal doesn't represent the sudanese people in the blood that has been spilled, says this man. so now the street protests are likely to continue but a political compromise with the military may be appealing to some in sudan. the deal has foreign backing and could nudge a chaotic nation away from even greater instability. india s bollywood films have been going strong for decades — but the global success of south korea's squid game has raised the bar for asian content. with the success of films like crazy ri

andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. the us is set to reopen its borders on monday for vaccinated non—essential travel, ending a 20 month entry ban. the easing of restrictions will open up travel for double jabbed non—us citizens to over 30 countries, including the uk and eu. vistors must have a us food and drug administration, tori emerson barnes is from the us travel association, which advocates for the busisesses across the sector. it must be an exciting time for you, this is coming after so many months of not having visitors into the country from all of these countries. how big will this be for the us economy and your members, do you think? it economy and your members, do you think? , ., ., ., ., , ., , think? it is a ma'or turn on planes and will be — think? it is a major turn on planes and will be hugely _ think? it is a major turn on planes and will be hugely beneficial - think? it is a major turn on planes and will be hugely beneficial to i and will be hugely beneficial to communities across our country, th

our colleague sally is in khartoum. >> it was intense in khartoum yesterday. phone lines are back now. yesterday was a total communication blackout. we cannot make any phone calls in the country. the internet has been down for nearly three weeks. this thing is, this tense atmosphere, these clashes that took place yesterday, they definitely have implications on the already complicated political scene. the people here are quite angry. they want the army to leave power. what we have heard from them, whether yesterday or days before, is they believe those in power are just ignoring them. ♪ >> is get the latest on the pandemic now. the world health organization's warning that europe faces a harsh winter. countries are seeing a rapid rise in covid cases. in germany, new infections have risen to the highest level since the pandemic began. from dublin to paris to prague on the european governments are grappling with how to handle another wave of infections ahead of christmas. look at this graph showing new cases per million people in slovenia, austria, croatia, slov

the flashpoint was the capital, khartoum. frontlines and the internet have been cut, leading to an attempt to cover up violence. the army is blocking bridges into and out of the city. these are the latest pictures we have from khartoum, taken hours before the protest. there is a heavy security presence on the streets. >> a few protesterhave been killed and dozens have been injured, according to medical sources. there are reports about live ammunition being used to disperse the crowds, but this has not been confirmed yet. what we know for sure is the protesters have been heavily tear gasseby security forces dung the demonstrations that took part in different parts of the country, two call for a transition to civil rule. since the morning, there were signs that things are going to escalate, because phone lines are down in this country now. the sudanese are totly cut off from the rest of the world. the internet has been down here for nearly three weeks. today, phone lines are down, too. the people here associate this communicati

andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. with all the sport now, here's karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. two premier league managers have been sacked this weekend. aston villa have parted ways with dean smith after their fifth league defeat in a row, less than 2a hours after norwich sacked their manager daniel farke. arsenal have kept their faith in mikel arteta and he has now taken his side up to fifth place in the premeier league after a 1—0 win over watford. our correspondent natalie pirks reports. a busy afternoon in the premier league began with a moment of reflection. mikel arteta was reflecting on a change in fortunes. once considered an early shout for the sack, arsenal have been flying, and it looked like that winning streak would continue. the celebrations _ streak would continue. the celebrations were - streak would continue. the celebrations were a - streak would continue. iia: celebrations were a tad streak would continue. "iia: celebrations were a tad premature, though. it is going t

we report from khartoum. prosecutors in texas file lawsuits against the rappers travis scott and drake, after eight people died in a stampede at a music festival. after more than 18 months, america finally re—opens its doors — and prepares to welcome fully—vaccinated visitors to the country. and 70 members of an italian crime family are sentenced in the biggest mafia trial in decades.

it wasn't a cool but as i understand that the by the administration's jeffrey feltman envoy was in khartoum. and then with it ours, the prime minister was gone. yeah, well, what happened is that if she is ultimate him, so say that he has been lied to by law han and i just on our, on the military leader, lieutenant general. i yanna miranda need to read that though. i know linda cool. and i'm actually before going before leaving, he had the impression that everything was okay and that they had agreed to move forward. and i and then new was real. of course completely surprised when this happened. i did not expect it to happen. nicholson. i'm gonna run a shooting that interesting my looking. so feltman biden's man and he thought it's ok for a country to 400 percent inflation, 80 percent to $40000000.00 people living on less than a dollar a day. and 2700000 suffering from acute malnutrition. that's what by the ministrations envoy feltman thinks as oh right. oh fun. well, it's not all right. it is not. all right what, what is not life actually story that is that to my the gun. and we knew that th

now we are in shadow city in the system, in khartoum. and we can see that people are better kate, in the roads burdening the tires and they are chanting against this minute in a rule. and they're very, are in a resistance with at that they're the forces of 40 the martinez and the resistance committees that are, are very heavy security measures around. the places that have been arranged for the poor past are blocked by the army and by police, the helicopters, hon us. and we can see that the, that, that the army, the police and the intelligence service ma'am, is all sorts of the check in people. thomas. i was shooting in beer and also phone here, phone bill, but the, the took hours on pull pastors to disperse them all over the port, those to so that they will see in this, under the 2 children, resistance against a military rule. in the past, there have been biome of compensations between the military and civilians, and several other professors have been killed by the military. i'm not done on concerns. if the security forces, it raises the

we report from khartoum. after more than 18 months, america finally re—opens its doors, and prepares to welcome fully—vaccinated visitors to the country. prosecutors in texas file lawsuits against the rappers travis scott and drake, after eight people died in a stampede at a music festival. and 70 members of an italian crime family are sentenced in the biggest mafia trial in decades.

the sudanese authorities have fired tear gas against pro—democracy protesters in the capital, khartoum. overnight demonstrators set up barricades for what is supposed to be the first of two days of civil disobedience to protest against last month's coup. organisers want a return to civilian rule. the civilian prime minister abdalla hamdok remains under house arrest. the bbc�*s correspondent in khartoum andrew harding says mr hamdok is facing pressure from the military to cooperate with them. we were out last night in neighbourhoods where people were drumming up support, telling people to go out on the streets to express their real anger still with the military coup here. there is a sense of deep frustration about that. in the background we do know that talks are still going on about trying to steer this coup back towards the kind of messy, transitional process that was under way until the coup happened two weeks ago. we actually spoke last night to a spokesman for the senior military command here. he's still insisting there is no coup, there was no coup, this was a brief course corre

the sudanese authorities have fired tear gas against pro—democracy protesters in the capital, khartoum. overnight demonstrators set up barricades for what is supposed to be the first of two days of civil disobedience to protest against last month�*s coup. organisers want a return to civilian rule. the civilian prime minister abdalla hamdok remains under house arrest. the bbc�*s correspondent in khartoum andrew harding says mr hamdok is facing pressure from the military to cooperate with them. we were out last night in neighbourhoods where people were drumming up support, telling people to go out on the streets to express their real anger still with the military coup here. there is a sense of deep frustration about that. in the background we do know that talks are still going on about trying to steer this coup back towards the kind of messy, transitional process that was under way until the coup happened two weeks ago. we actually spoke last night to a spokesman for the senior military command here. he�*s still insisting there is no coup, there was no coup, this was a brief course

she joyce's life from khartoum hebert. just tell us a bit more about this release of the for ministers. seems like something of a breakthrough of sorts. yes indeed. now the ministers who have been released are just some of those who have been detained on the day of the takeover on october 25th is the minister of information, the minister of trade, the minister of communication, and the minister of youth and sports. there are still other ministers, however, who are yet to be released and include the cabinet minister in the office of the prime minister lam dog, as well as the spokesperson of the now dissolved sovereignty council and advises to the prime minister, prime minister of the lamb. duke himself is also still under house arrest, not able to speak freely with who he was not able to meet, many of his cabinet members who have not been arrested in the days of the military take over. so they have an effort between to try to mediate between the 2 sides, the, the army and general either put that on one side and prime minist

the presidential palace in khartoum to pro democracy movement has rejected. last week's agreements with the military, which so adult hum, dog reinstated as prime minister protest was wont changes to that deal. earlier. security forces far tear gas to break off the crowds. sudanese authorities released the last group for political detainees on tuesday for morgan's group more from 14, a protest. those are once again out on the street in the, for the nice capital costume and other cities around the country. they're protesting that deal, that was fine between prime minister ham duke and the army on november 21st. now the military took over power on october 25th dissolving the transitional government that was in place for more than 2 years. at least 41 with us have been killed and more than 200 people have been entered. but that hasn't prevent that people from gathering once again, they're right now in front of the presidential palace. their destination to show that military, that they are again, the takeover despite the violence that has been used in the previous

but not others who faced criminal charges. hundreds of people continued to protest in khartoum against the takeover and dissolution of the ruling. civilian transitional council, general abdel for to elbow han has spoken to the un envoy for sudan, about a potential agreement, including the return of asked, had prime minister abdullah ham dock, who still under house arrest the reportedly discussed the release of no detainees, a technocratic cabinet, and the possibility of lifting a state of emergency is gonna have to have morgan in khartoum, him or will not. can you tell us about these releases while for ministers of the civilian political details have been arrested on the eve of the military takeover. haven't released there. the minister of communication, the minister of trade, the minister of youth and sports, and the minister of, of communicating information. now that those 4 ministers are just some of the people who have been erected, the minister of industry, who was also one of those was who was taken on the morning of the military who has not been released along with the spokesper

once again, hebrew morgan with the latest from khartoum. hipaa. thank you for vance. and now a med solomon, who is a researcher on the horn of africa with the africa program at chatham house, junior on scott from london today off mit. thank you for your time. that i remember i said to one of our guests yesterday, how this is a military take over. right. the, the clue is in the title. it is something that happens by force. however, the force that's being used, the force it was use yesterday, but just talked about tear gas and live rounds. surely that cannot go on. no one would hope that, you know, there would be a restraint from the security forces. but unfortunately, having what we're seeing is that the continued resistance, her civilian demonstration, but also the mass mobilization across the country really is impacting security forces. their responses has clearly been to try and contain mr. cracking down on it to remove the elements and the resistance committee that continue day in day to, to, to, to, to impose this resistance in the barricade. but it is having an i

local time in khartoum. people start to gather at the places that were planned for their mass rallies because they had the called on people to attend the master on his on saturday. so to they that put us to place and then we could see that there are heavy security measures all across the capital and the place that we have been there, share a city in the 6th grade just to reach to desk fit. i had to pass 3 check points, guarded by the arden, so around 1 pm, people start to gather in that places and we could see that the protests started very much or peacefully. so then they started to barricade and the rods and burning the tires, and chant the waving the flags and chanting, aghast, it military rule. they were just in that you know, of that should chanting that we don't want the military at all. at dawn with their military cool and go back to their the civilian government. don't trust a soldiers, but only rely on people. and there are chronic at slogan, adalia, salem, and other means the, the de freedom of pea

the sudanese authorities have fired tear gas against pro—democracy protesters in the capital, khartoum. 0vernight demonstrators set up barricades for what is supposed to be the first of two days of civil disobedience to protest against last month's coup. 0rganisers want a return to civilian rule. the civilian prime minister abdalla hamdok remains under house arrest. the bbc�*s correspondent in khartoum andrew harding says mr hamdok is facing pressure from the military to cooperate with them. we were out last night in neighbourhoods where people were drumming up support, telling people to go out on the streets to express their real anger still with the military coup here. there is a sense of deep frustration about that. in the background we do know that talks are still going on about trying to steer this coup back towards the kind of messy, transitional process that was under way until the coup happened two weeks ago. we actually spoke last night to a spokesman for the senior military command here. he's still insisting there is no coup, there was no coup, this was a brief course corre

who's the spokesperson for the sudanese professional association, joining us there on the line from khartoum. and we'll keep a close eye on the situation incident for you and bring you all the very latest on this news hour. and still ahead on the program. a report from boone de way accelerated soil erosion is undermining for security. while deadlines are, may spend extra negotiations or underway at the comp $26.00 from the race to the cutout world cup continues. all the best of the action coming up in force later with me to the you and comment summit in glasgow. now, despite spending hours past there friday deadline, delegates still haven't agreed on the final plan to reduce global warming and protect our planet. the most recent proposal urges rich countries to double their financial mense on climate action by 2025, while letting government upgrade their conic padges for next year's comp summit in egypt. and they're also planned to phase out so called inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. something environmental groups have been fighting for as go live to nick clock or joins this from glasgow.

the bbc�*s sally nabil is in khartoum. a few protesters have been killed and thousands of other have been injured according to medical sources. there are reports about live ammunition being used to disperse the crowds but this hasn't been confirmed yet. but what we know for sure is that the protesters have been heavily tear gassed by security forces during the demonstrations that took part in different parts of the country to reject the coup and call for a transition to civil rule. in fact, since the morning there were signs that things are going to escalate because phone lines are down in the country now. the sudanese are totally cut off from the rest of the world. the internet has been down here for nearly three weeks was up and today phone lines are down to. and the people here associate this communication blackout with a possibility that things might take a violent turn in the field, which they actually did. it is a pretty tense situation. protests today aren't a coincidence — activists called for mass demonstrations

the state department has blink and urge their release. thousands have been protesting in khartoum coding for a democratic transition. since this military takeover we have made very clear that we stand with the people.

as comes as hundreds in khartoum continue to protest against the dissolution of the ruling. civilian transitional council, general abdel federal bahamas, spoken to the you. an invoice to don about a potential agreement, including the return of acid prime minister abdullah handbook reportedly discussed the release of war detainees, a technocratic cabinet. i have possible listing for the state of emergency. moving from cotton. we have the minister of information, the minister of trade, the minister of telecommunications, and the minister of youth and sports. those are the 4 ministers who have been released, those who have not been released or the ministry, the minister of industry, and the member of the sovereignty council and hamlet advocate who is also the spokesperson of the dissolved sovereignty counsel. now the united nations secretary general has spoken to general abdel for him and has called him the release of all political prisoners. and also the release of prime minister who is still under house arrest, despite repeated mediation efforts by the un, by neighboring south for the

and as you say, almost instantaneous reaction on the streets of khartoum and other parts of the country in opposition to this deal, different political formations and professional groups who were instrumental in pushing him out in 2019 are saying this deal is a sham in more words than that, saying that it is just legitimatized in many ways the coup which ousted the prime minister. the prime minister, for his part, said he wanted to end the blood shed in the country. scores of people according to the doctors association have been killed in protests by allegedly security forces. and just yesterday or on sunday, a 16-year-old boy was killed in khartoum, again, allegedly by the forces. so it is unclear whether there will be enough support for this arrangement between the prime minister and the military leaders that is supposed to keep the country going through to the democratic elections scheduled for 2023. but the feeling on the street is really summed up by this protester. >> translator: we don't have anyone really to represent us. that is why i'm asking the resistance committee to speak

amy: al jazeera's khartoum bureau chief, el musalmi el kabbashi, was taken into custody after sudanese security forces raided his home overnight saturday. al jazeera blasted his arrest as an attack on press freedom and called on international human rights and media groups to condemsudan's crackdown. in spain, coast guard sailors discovered the dead bodies of eight people in a boat transporting migrants and refugees. 62 other passengers were rescued from the vessel, which had been drifting near the canary islan for a week. authoritiesaid the deased migrants came from unspecified african nations. in burma, u.s. journalist danny fenster has been released from prison just three days after he was sentenced to 11 years behind bars by a military court. the english-language news site he writes for, frontier myanmar, said fenster has since left burma. former u.s. politician and ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson said he negotiated fenster's release with burma's military coup leader. in afghanistan, journalist hamid seighani was killed after a bomb attached to a vehicle exploded in a kabul s

doesn't have been injured. russell said our reports now from khartoum. ah, the demonstrations eastern dan continued less than a week after hundreds of thousands around the country took the seats, demanding the military of diverse is take off the government. people came out on wednesday to be 3 that seemed demand ah little now go mom with any i demand for civilian government and the military council to be taken to court. and those who killed people to be handed just as city been and those who are making our lives hard here must also be brought to justice. the protest were organized by bodies known as resistance committees and the forces of freedom and change coalition, which has been shared in power with the military. again, protestors were met with widens, including tear gas and live ammunition by school to forces to disperse them. several have been killed and many more injured. oh, the authorities also destroy the phone lines. the internet has been restricted since the military takeover and those restrictions became tougher during redness these demonstr

if the court's decision isn't implemented, hip morgan has more from khartoum. when we spoke the official repeatedly over this intellect shut down, the said it was to protect the stability of the country and the security. they say many people online on social media, we're using it for on 5 minutes. let's not forget that when the internet had then began, it began in the early hours of october 25th. that's when the army does that. a took over the cabinets, a took over the government, arrested several government officials and shut down the internet. now, many people have been relying on it, especially active as to mobilize. during this transitional period, they used the use, the internet took off a protest, but also to raise awareness about the latest issue. the cotton 26 climate talks and glasgow are focusing on the disproportion as effect climate change has on vulnerable people. that includes women who are more likely to live in poverty and less able to move freely rules for carbon markets and payments to disadvantage countries are also due to be discussed. count

this anger over the military's refusal to hand back power to civilians. russel sir dar has more from khartoum, new clash of erupt in water, the district and the people, the protest. there's aut medicaid in the roars, while the security forces are firing the tear gas to disperse. that is the protest there's and this protest is our mainly gathering due to the violence that happened yesterday. also, a group of lawyers are now had into this vague, just to report a report and to deter the security forces from you the excessive force against this protest as in what a district for now, it's happening on a small scale g 7 nations of cold on belarus, to end the crisis on the border with poland, thousands of refugees and migrant system living and make sure camps in freezing conditions. valerie set up some shelters, but there's no sign of any resolution in it. stand off with poland. the leaders of accused salarous of trying to push migrants into the european union, hundreds of iraqi migrants and refugees who were stopped at the border, flying home iraq foreign ministry is trying to locate others in bela

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the death toll is now in the 30's and that is just in the greater khartoum carbon area. i know from sources in the area on the ground indoor for that there have been many deaths, not reported because of the lack of communications and internet denial. much of the information from the other parts of student, we do know there are very large-scale protests. there is some information, because hackers have created kind of a make-do internet on the ground. there is obviously tension between the leader and his number two. there are a number of generals who are pushing him very hard to stay the course, but there is not nearly very much pressure on his number two. the international community needs first and foremost to declare that he bears command responsibility for these deaths, for the attacks on hospitals, for the many, many wounded, for great violations of international law, human rights law. he needs to know that he bears command responsibility. all that follows from that should he laid out by the international community. so far we have hired expressions of concern, disappoi

sudanese security forces have fired tear gas at multiple pro—democracy protests in the capital, khartoum. they have also been dismantling barricades that had been erected and set on fire by protesters. the demonstrators had called for two days of civil disobedience to protest against last month's coup. the rappers travis scott and drake are being sued over friday's stampede at the astroworld music festival in the us city of houston in which eight people were killed. prosecutors in texas have filed lawsuits on behalf of relatives against both artists. the stampede happened while scott was performing. the us will shortly reopen its land and air borders to travellers from much of the world. visitors who are fully vaccinated against covid—19 will be allowed to enter the country after a 20 month ban, imposed by former president donald trump in march last year. now on bbc news it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. what do we go to the cinema for? well, for many, the answer seems to be escape. what other explanation could there be for the seemingly endles

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the central committee of sudanese doctors, thousands of demonstrators marching across the capitol, khartoum and several other cities, demanding a full handover to civilian rule. they want the leaders of october's military takeover to be tried in court. i have seen that be a security forces. was theory, mass fighting big deal does. one of the protesters shouldn't even be able to disperse them. i've been following them with you supposed to remove them. what i'm doing is sort of biz broadcasters here. how gathered here? by be a call off, be resistance comedies. the forces for you to my change, the main civilian coalition, which had been been, proceed him with the military here. so far all the of world to find a baltic of dialogue out of this a to, to find a solution out of the baltic of that. what is ladon health and these 10 people have been killed into explosions in the afghan capital combo taliban officials say many others have been injured. explosions happened in a she, a neighbourhood in the west of the city. i saw her claim responsibility for both bloss afghanistan. her suffered repeated