the various political parties and the military. notably absent however, is the forces of freedom and change coalition, the central committee, that s the body that has been sidelined when the military took over power last october. also absent are members of the resistance committees. those are the bodies that have been organizing mass protests on the streets since the military takeover last october. so it s clear that not everybody is onboard with those talks that the u. n. has proposed along with the african union and the i got. but the united nations secretary general, special representative here says he is hoping that they would join sometime sometime along the road as these talks continue. and he says that he expects them to last. if not for weeks than 4 months, have a morgan break. the very latest there from a cartoon in sudan on those talks underway. thanks very much. hipaa. well, you ve been listening to our top story this past hour, the meeting between the russian and
Caroline the war of words continuing, but i think getting the use out to vote, it has been so persistently about the economy. When will we see it and sent of is to exert their democratic right right . Poor, 0 ,ne looking no change, no growth for european retail sales in the month of april. The market is expecting at least. 0 0. 4 increase eurozone still not looking all that pretty when it comes to the data. Polarity of the consumer in europe versus a better consumer and the United States, Charles Evans coming up. Our first word news. Nejra the u. S. Labor departments monthly job deport do well later this month later today. Payrolls rising by 160,000 in may. That would equal aprils total but would mark a slowdown from average monthly growth of almost 230,000 jobs. British Prime Minister David Cameron denying accusations he is ratcheting up fears about the impact of a potential brexit. Last night he defended while outlining the potential economic headlines from a departure. We have to ne