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