A civilian who is agreed upon by both sides lets go live now to him morgan our correspondent in khartoum and hear both so effectively the t. N. C. The Transitional Military Council which weve now become familiar with effectively becomes obsolete but its members are transferred on to the new joint council. Yes indeed marquis not all of its members will be part of the governing council which will be shared between the military and the Opposition Coalition and the forces of freedom and change only 5 of the 10 members who are in the military council will be included in the new Sovereign Council now that covering council has been a point of contention between the 2 sides the reason why negotiation can talk between 2 sides a lack of real time big think about the role of that council and they disagreed about the composition how many representatives each side should have and who will headed. What this comes down to in this deal that was signed on back today is that for the 1st 21 months it wil
Military and prodemocracy opposition signed a landmark power sharing deal degree meant paves the way for a transition to civilian life. Unlike the local thanks for joining us we begin in the Afghan Capital kabul where a suicide bomber has attacked a Wedding Party killing more than 60 people and wounding dozens of other no group has yet claimed responsibility the attack comes as the taliban in the United States say theyre closed for a deal aimed at getting u. S. Troops to withdraw and ending the 18 year conflict. Cobbles huge wedding halls are centers of Community Life but the grand design and decor of this one belie the carnage of the attack the death toll detailed in part by what many of the victims left behind. Throughout the night ambulances ferried the injured for treatment outside of a nearby hospital relatives checked for names of the dead and injured an attacker had set off explosives in the midst of the wedding celebrations yeah dimon presented the explosion happened near the s
State department has approved plans to sell 8000000000. 00 worth of f. 16 fighter jets to Taiwan Congress is expected to give the green light that beijing strongly opposes any arms deal with taiwan which it considers a breakaway province Gabriel Elizondo has more now from washington. Weve been hearing rumblings for several days now about this possible arms sale to taiwan but it was on tuesday that the white house gave formal notification to congress on their intention to pursue this arms sale to taiwan and it is a big one worth about 8000000000. 00 it calls for the sale of 66. 00 f. 16 fighter jets to the taiwanese if this goes through it would be the biggest arms purchases by taiwan in nearly 20 years now this also is part of the trumpet ministrations bigger plan since trump has been in office last 3 years or so to get closer relations to taiwan the Trump Administration has sent high level visitations everybody visitors to taiwan its opened a diplomatic offices in taipei and the Trump
A. Member of the opposition in the 18 Member Executive Council before he presents it to the council to be rubber and then for now hes supposed to be doing that before the 1st of september and some clear if he would be able to reach that deadline but because there has been delays and the swearing in of the suffering council theyre saying that theyre very confident and every optimistic that the swearing in of the Sovereign Council is the 1st step to a democratic transition in sudan many thanks. The most Senior Member of the Roman Catholic church to be found guilty of sex offenses has lost his appeal against his conviction Cardinal George pell a former vatican treasurer was jailed in march for abusing 2 quiet boys in australia 20 years ago his alexia brian. Arriving at court Cardinal George pell was taken in through a door away from the wasting crowds there was no room inside for everyone the court packed with other survivors of abuse by the Catholic Church and tell supporters. Oh oh you
Some parts of the area still under lockdown pakistan opposes indias actions and its valid to take the case to the International Court of justice. Of the death toll from saturdays attack at a wedding in the Afghan Capital kabul is now risen to 80 the interior Ministry Says 17 more people died in hospital there injuries and more than 160 is still being treated i saw claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at a reception hall in kabul its one of the worst attacks in afghanistan this year. Protests in indonesias west papua have entered their 3rd day as police send more than a 1000 additional officers to contain the violence rallies of erupted in various towns across west after police have fired tear gas after a protest is tossed a market an Office Building and blocked roads so theyre pulled this comes after the arrest of 43 people in students last week for accusations of disrespecting the indonesian flag. The leaders of uganda and rwanda are expected to finalize a new deal which is