at least 56 people have been killed since the clashes erupted on saturday in the capital khartoum. explosions were heard throughout the night, and witnesses say fighting intensifying after sunday morning prayers. both sides are claiming control over strategic sites from military basis to the national television headquarters , but cnn can t confirm those claims. the army says it deployed warplanes to search for paramilitary fighters, accusing them of starting the conflict. cnn s larry medulla joins us now with more solari a fast moving story. what is the latest latest is that number of the 56th dad, which is a tragic situation that would likely that those casualty numbers will increase because there s fighting appears to be continuing well into day two of this conflict, this power struggle between the two generals who run sudan and we re also battling an information warfare here because the military says one thing, the rsf the rapid support forces say another thing, and we can t tell wh
when he returned in 2013 to try to contest the election, he was arrested and barred from standing. he was charged with high treason and was sentenced to death in absentia, only for the decision to be overturned less than a month later. at the time of his death, he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self serving politicians. in the past, our governments have ruled the people. it is time now for the governments to serve the people. pakistan had already been under army rule for more than half the time it had been independent. general musharraf portrayed himself as a moderniser out to rid pakistan
can deal with that in some way. given that, what would have been the value of intelligence they could have gotten from this balloon? it is really not clear that there was a great deal of value from it. the analysts here speculate that this may have been a mistake, that there was some sort of mistake made at some level, but this happened at this time. 1, ., some level, but this happened at thistime. ., ., ~ some level, but this happened at this time. ., ., ~ , this time. barbara, thank you very much for that. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for seven years from 2001. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pa
pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 serving in office for seven years from 2001. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999 when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self serving politicians. in the past, our governments have ruled the people. it is time now for the governments to serve the people. pakistan had already been under army rule for more than half the time it had been independent. general musharraf portrayed himself as a moderniser out to rid pakistan of islamic extremism.
hello and welcome to bbc news. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illnes. he was 79. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, benazir bhutto. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, recieving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self serving politicians.