Activists keep many away. His life was the inspiration for a hollywood movie a critic of rwandas president is arrested on terror charges its. Hello dozens of detained opposition politicians have walked free from prison in venezuela after being pardoned by president Nicolas Maduro some have been accused of attempting to overthrow the government theyve been released ahead of elections in december the government says its a goodwill gesture but its widely seen as an attempt to boost participation in the vote some candidates are boycotting its over concerns about cheating are latin america editor of the seer newman has more in. The show well see you know maybe i did as well as. Communication minister was unexpected they get it out of people every minute decree article one the president ial pardon is granted to the citizens i will not mention pardons before elections arent new but the magnitude of these your community are not of the. Same clue did scores of prominent government foes like the
And others left with severe eye injuries. So sudans former president Omar Al Bashir is in court in khartoum where a judge is to deliver the verdict in the 1st of several trials over his knee and 30 year rule bashir is facing charges of corruption on the illegal possession of foreign currency remember he was overthrown in april after the months of demonstrations this case in particular centers on the suitcases found isnt in his home which was filled with multiple currencies worth more than one 130000000. 00 she denies any wrongdoing and says much of the money was a gift from the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin salma hit morgan in a cartoon with the latest developments whats happening this morning. Heberts come on here can you hear me. She count ok were going to reestablish communications with him or going to come back to him because we are waiting for that decision to come down from the judge in khartoum in the meantime north korea says it has conducted another crucial test of its long
welcome to bbc news, i m yelled we start in sudan where paramilitary fighters battling with the sudanese army say they ve agreed a new 24 hour ceasefire. it was due to come into effect an hour ago, at 1800 local time. a similar agreement on tuesday failed to take effect. meanwhile, 15 embassies in khartoum waiting to evacuate hundreds of foreign nationals have issued a joint statement. they called on both sides to cease fire and observe international obligations to protect civilians, diplomats, and humanitarian workers. 270 people have been confirmed dead. let me show you pictures from earlier today. explosion you could hear an explosion there that was near khartoum airport and, as you can see, plumes of smoke drifting across the sky as the conflict there rages on. the latest fighting is because of a power struggle between these two men general abdel fattah al burhan, president of sudan s military government on the left, and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, who leads
tonight there are new questions about missing secret service text messages around the january 6th insurrection. multiple sources telling cnn that the top watchdog at the homeland security department actually knew about those missing texts way back in may of 2021. that s more than a year before he alerted the select committee. i want to bring in cnn s kara scannell, former nixon white house counsel john dean and former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. nice to see all of you this evening. also, he is the author of the threat how the fbi protects america in the age of terror and trump. written by our guest here tonight andrew mccabe. kara, let me begin with you here. what are you learning about these missing text messages? good evening, laura. this is new reporting from my colleagues whitney wild back home. what sources tell them is the inspector general of the department of homeland security knew as early as may of 2021 that some of these secret service text messages were m
Get abused by police will talk to activists campaigning for their rights. Im christine one bill welcome to news africa im glad youre today and in sudan the struggle for democracy continues in april president obama was overthrown off to months of protests demonstrations continued to against the military that deposed him now those on the list have announced an agreement with opposition groups for a 3 year transition to a civilian government but those who have been standing up for change in sudan have paid a high price. For as long as you can remember i met hamdan has been on the front lines of sudan struggle for democracy 1st protesting against the government in 2013 now spending months on the streets of part of the latest. Uprising against former president im going to share but have done has paid a high price one night in january on his way home from a demonstration he was followed by Security Forces. You know some people came from behind me and started beating me with an electric but.