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Sudan military calls snap election after crackdown

News and issues making the headlines each day.

Sudan's interim military leaders say agreements with the civilian opposition on a transitional government are being scrapped.

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan promised that elections would take place within nine months under international supervision. The opposition has been pushing for a rapid transition to civilian rule.

Also on the programme: We remember pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square; and Apple is to shut down its iTunes music download service, eighteen years after it was launched

(Photo: Protesters set ablaze tyres to try to stop Sudan's security forces, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Tue 4 Jun 2019 09:06GMT

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  • Tue 4 Jun 2019 09:06GMT

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