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 uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly said the violence must stop and called on the sudanese leadership to do all they can to restrain their troops. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, has described the situation as fragile. major parties in khartoum some weeks ago reached a very important framework agreement on how to proceed with a transition to civilian government. and there s been real progress in trying to move that forward. i spoke to general burhan just a couple of days ago on that very topic. and there are still some remaining, important remaini
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion in the country. grievous harm to dominion in the country- the country. admitted to tellinu the country. admitted to telli
family and others say it wasn t his height, it was his colour that was a factor. andrew lester has been released on bail, and as part of that, he can t access any weapons, is mobile phone is monitored, he can t have any direct or independent indirect contact ralph yarl s family and is expected to be arraigned in the next. in sudan a country torn apart by fighting, and suffering a major humanitarian crisis a 24 hour ceasefire is reported to have started but it s by no means clear if rival factions in the armed forces are observing the deal. there s been intense fighting since the weekend and hundreds of people have been killed and injured. sudan is one of the biggest countries in africa and it s experienced years of instability as it s tried to move towards democratic government. the latest clashes were started by the power struggle between these two men, general abdel fattah al burhan president of sudan s military government and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo wh
resident hello. it all begins with the former president of hello. it all begins with the former president of sudan. hello. it all begins with the former president of sudan. he hello. it all begins with the former president of sudan. he led - hello. it all begins with the former president of sudan. he led the - president of sudan. he led the country for 26 years. until 2019 when there were protests across the country in khartoum, including against his rule. that eventually led to a military coup. military leaders came together to form the southern council. the idea was for this joint committee to eventually lead the country into a civilian led government. it was led by these two men, the military leader general burhan, and the leader of the rapid support forces. the rapid support forces are a paramilitary group that grew in power under the leadership of the former president. these two were always at odds and that takes us to october 2021, when there were
over to the yugoslavia tribunal for trial. we have seen the same pattern with omar al-bashir of sudan who fought an arrest warrant from the international criminal court for many, many years but ultimately was brought down inside sudan and arrested by his own population. what we have seen is that the atrocity crimes what we call war crimes, crime against humanity and genocide are almost always accompanied by financial crimes, by corruption, by other crimes that ironically sometimes are more problematic for the state in which they re occurring. and so, president putin there will be a try anogulation obviously of international action and at some point probably action within the russian federation itself. and he will face justice. but it takes patience. it takes perseverance. and it s really kind of an all hands on deck moment right now. leila sadat, appreciate your insight.