Sudan coup: military reaches out to protesters

Sudan's transitional military leaders say they're ready to start talking to protesters demanding a return to civilian rule. A senior member of the transitional council said the next government would be a civilian one but it would not tolerate chaos.

Also in the programme: More than a hundred retired officers from India's armed forces have urged the president to stop political leaders taking credit for military operations to win votes; and we hear from a protester who has taken to the streets in Algiers.

Picture: Lieutenant General Omar Zain al-Abdin, the head of the new Sudanese military council"s political committee, addresses a press conference on April 12, 2019 (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images.