the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister, fumio kishida, has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. after the incident pm kishida made a speech in another location where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screaming crowd scrambling to leave the scene as a loud explosion is heard, and then smoke fills the air. the man is then being taken away from the scene. the
police injapan say a twenty four year old man has been arrested after he appeared to throw a smoke bomb at the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida. ryuji kimura was seized by security guards after an explosion at a local campaign event in wakayama city. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. after the incident pm kishida made a speech in another location. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screaming crowd scrambling to leave the scene as a loud explosion is heard, and then smoke fills the air. the man is then being taken away from the s
hello, i m lukwesa burak. there have been gunfire and explosions in sudan s capital khartoum, as the sudanese army clashes with paramilitary forces. witnesses report the fighting is close to the army headquarters in the centre of the city. smoke has been seen rising from khartoum airport and there are reports of clashes near the presidential palace. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged the two sides to return to talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule. the us secretary of state antony blinken described the latest fighting as a tragic situation , and suggested forces opposed to a return to civilian rule may be responsible. we want to just play you what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. repeated gunshots as you can see, the pictu
hello, i m lukwesa burak. sudan s army has claimed it s in control of the airport and presidential palace in khartoum after a day of fighting with paramilitary forces. at least 3 people are reported to have died in the clashes. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged a return to talks which are meant to restore civilian rule. the us secretary of state antony blinken has described the situation as fragile. we want to just play you what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. gunshots as you see, the picture then froze and a short while the broadcast suddenly cut off. so what s causing the tensions in sudan? at the centre of the dispute are the rapid support forces, a paramilitary group, headed by general mohamed hamdan dagalo, effectively the country
He added meanwhile, the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied an allegation of impropriety at the Labour Party Conference in september. There are serious questions about kelvin hopkins. And Jeremy Corbyn is facing questions over why mr hopkins was previously promoted to the shadow cabinet even after this came to light. Mr hopkins says he denies the allegations. Today the Party Leadership said thorough investigations must now ta ke thorough investigations must now take their course, to reassure the public. We have got to ensure there is confidence in the investigation process , is confidence in the investigation process, from those expressing the concerns and their complaints and also from those who are accused as well. I am also from those who are accused as well. Iam hoping now also from those who are accused as well. I am hoping now we can start giving the confidence back to people because we are establishing this independent process. Clive lewis has strongly denied groping a wom