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or military rapids support forces. all flights have been canceled that call tomb international with airliners burning on the tarmac. i'm the fighting's extended to the northern sudanese town of merrill way. ah, hello, i'm rob matheson, this is audra 0 alive in doha. also coming up the warring sides in yemen, released more detainees as part of a major prisoner exchange. ah, japan is prime minister escapes unharmed officer an explosion at a campaign event. police arrest a suspect ah . heavy fighting between the army and a powerful part of military unit, the rapid support forces has broken out in sudan. gunfire and explosions have rung

od across many parts of the capitol, cartoon, and elsewhere in the country. the army says it's defending itself from attacks by the rapids support forces. it's now designating the force as a rebel groups. the rapid support forces say their bases were attacked by the army . oh, flights have been cancelled cartoon international airport with some airliners, sat on fire videos have been released of armed men on the tarmac. passengers are also seen in panic as fighting intensify to the airport. heavy fighting has also been reported in the northern city of moral wait on thursday. the army reported the powder military unit was mobilizing in the area and go straight to him, morgan in khartoum at what's the latest on this, on the fighting? how wide spread is it? well it has definitely increased in terms of areas that are now caught in the crossfire between the army and the rapid support forces in addition to the capitol,

hot tomb and tomato. he, there's also the city of olympiads in now west quarter to find that into southwestern parts of the country. then there's the, the, the dar for region in north dar for the r clashes between the rapids support forces and the sudanese armed forces or staff over the control of the airport. right now we understand that the airport in inflation is under the control of the sudanese military. but the r s f is fighting to gain control of that airport from the armed forces. we do understand also from staff working at the state television that the state television is now under the command, the control of the rapid support forces. there was fighting around its vicinity. some of the staff who spoke to say they could hear gunfire outside the station, but right now the state television, at least inside the se, television, there are troops from the rapid support forces taking control of, of the state, television and of its programming. so lots of developments happening here and all of this just in the past 4 to 5 hours,

the people say that this was going to be another saturday and of the weekend that would be able to carry on with their lives as normal, getting ready for eve but instead they woke up to fighting between the rapid support forces and the army days after an escalation intentions between the 2 sides . as you say, but we've been getting for the last few hours, constructing reports from either side about what has been happening and who holds what, who is responsible? just for viewers who may just be joining us, bring us up to date. so to some of the background, to all of this, from the time leading up to what's been happening well, this all started a, in the days after the military takeover. they were conflicting statements, or rather in the months after the military takeover in october of 2021, they were conflicting statements from the 2 heads, the head of the paramilitary rapid support force as a general hammock. hm. dan diego described that take over as the mistake leading to down to further political turmoil. and then you had the commander of the armed

forces, who's the head of the sovereignty council. saying that that said that military takeover was necessary to avoid sudan falling into chaos as per the words of the commander back then. now since then, we could see different conflicting statements, both sides seeming to be on the opposite end of the, of the, of the line here with regard to how to manage the political process. to answer dance turmoil now after talk started between the political parties and the, and the military to hand over poses civilian government. that's when we started seeing a widening of division, especially when it came to the issue of integrating the rapid support forces into the army and then into a national unified army. the right rapid support force has wanted that to happen in over a period of 10 years. while the army wanted to wanted it to happen in a period of so over the over a period of 2 years, then there's a issue of command itself who remains in control of the rabbit support forces. the e r s f wanted to fall under a civilian government, led by civil m prime minister,

while the military wanted the arse, if to fall under its command and its resources to be under the resources of the military. so those differences simply widened an already existing gap between the 2 sides. and then on thursday, we saw the movement of the r s f troops to ha, near a midway airport where there is an army base there as well. and despite the army calling on the iris, have to withdraw from the position that did not happen. not it did not happen. and it says they did not happened on friday. and simply let an escalation of the situation between the 2 sides. ebara we've been watching sir, said on t v. 's output over the last few hours. and if you watch, it's our approach. nothing much is happening. it seems to be running with regular programming, or people in sudan getting any sort of sense of the scale and just how severe this is. now here's the thing, people in savannah, specifically, people in hot zoom right now. they don't need to turn to state television to know

what's going on. they just need to be able to hear what's happening outside their walls. and that's because the sound of the gunfire is very audible. where regardless of where you are, where they are in the vicinity of the presidential palace, he could hear the gunfire. you can hear the use of heavy artillery where they are and how to me north, where they are in the southern parts of the capital. and that's because this is all happening within residential neighborhoods. rob, and that is why there was a lot of concern because the presence of the r s f and the armed forces have been building up in residential neighborhoods and any kind of a altercation, or any confrontation between the 2 sites will involve a civilian lives and we've already been hearing from the sudanese doctors association that there were several people who have been caught in the crossfire and killed in the crossfire between fighting between the 2 sides. dozens of people have been injured and rushed to the hospitals as a result of gunshot injury sustained in the crossfire between the 2 side. so they don't really need the state television right now to understand what is happening. all they need to do is look outside the windows here,

the sounds that are coming in to their homes, and they can tell that sudan is not where it was yesterday they note that there is fighting happening between the rapid support forces and the army, but they don't know how that will end, and they don't know what's going to happen to the political process was going to happen to so dance transition. what is going to happen to them in the coming hours and days? kimber morgan talking to us from call to him. herbert. thank you very much. indeed . mike hoggard is a member of the sovereign council and the head of the sedans people's liberation movement, nor is a mediator who met to robert support forces and sorta news army generals earlier this week. and he was due to meet them again on saturday. it is a disturbing and watering situation when he's a loser and we ought to do something about it. we try to do that 3 days ago myself and monday we tried to talk to most generals. ready as audits, the so that we actually reach some sort of understanding the situation

till we actually to meet this morning at 10 most of them. and then they both meet with us so that we use the situation our preference so that we needed immediate solution or they mediate their problem that we need to free is a situation and then you can get the forces. and because most of most size saudi man, but the formation positions on that one, whether it's a bit or which i clearly know it is unfortunately stuck up, but we are exerting force trying to talk to most yet i was trying to i'm going to them that if they could make immediate seats via, i'm again, freeze the situation till we find the solution. was in the table to send one this one to mediately. so we ended table, right?

it is a better way to continue going to be $580.00. and the last is waiting to be, but a but it high, i'm not talking about the the, the final solution to compile the fair to make a media future please solution my mock the sit on the former foreign minister and she told us from call to him that a conflict, no one can win, should never have started this war need. did that? does it need to come? because it takes to stupid, stubborn park is to got war. things were already agreed to be settled by their look . already we have signed a paper off for security that the reform it was signed by both of them. then the other civilian parties supported their agreement. so yes,

this war was not at all anticipated, though we have been seeing how there have been deploying the troops from everywhere . how they have been confronting each other in inside the light is that the neighborhood of the civilian people and inside the capitol harpoon. we thought this was just a show of power or sure horse because they have this evil, both of them around themselves. but to take some things to this level and to the must hit the security of the civilians deliberately like they did. what of them? this is absolutely shame on both of them. and this is a very serious failure in the political will and lost it. and now, or they, the decision to the civilians security inside their homes and in their, their site is neighborhood will, will, will, will not go unpunished. it will not go as possible. this is very serious,

being done deliberately over several weeks. and now each of them is claiming that the other one is started door. and because it is shameful, of course, each one will deny it. but the truth, recomp verizon, at the very high cost of the nice people, la blocks at very close to the nice people security and feeling of insecurity as very high cost of for defamation, of sudan as, as their, as a, as a country of a over grid. to be the ball stated like this, really, it is something that is putting me really out of pets and in rage. and i don't see the, the point because more of them, they know no one time can we got emma got the money. i'm is inactive. a single to and she says the violence called civilians by surprise and is cause a wide spread fear. it's frightening, it's not just worry, it's frightening because they literally reached the point of no return. this latest

escalation shows that all the talks, all the negotiations have fallen that they have failed miserably. because until yesterday night we were reading and being and being told that an agreement has been reached between both sides, between the hours and the army. so then to wake up this morning and to hear of these crashes goes, it is just point the finger that we don't know what's going to happen next. so far they have mean we have, i haven't heard of any casualty civilian casualties, nor of person army personal casualties. but it is between them and, and we, the people are the ones caught in the middle. and cartoon is a very densely populated city. it's not open spaces, so it's so anything that can go wrong, it will be devastating me. but then again, this is new to us in the center, but for those would be living in our for, or in the mountains. this is, this was a norm for them, but for us in the center it's not. and it's definitely not

a pleasant experience to live, to go through. no one knows pharmacy. i don't think anyone knows what's happening. we keep getting different reports. our stuff is in the arm is in the airport, there's shooting in the one ways. we don't know what's happening. it's just getting snippets of information from social media, from friends and contacts and colleagues. and the good thing is so far, the internet hasn't been shut down. so in that sense, it's a blessing. still ahead on al jazeera sun, sand, and semi automatic rifles, while mexico is stepping up security at one of its biggest tunes hot spots, new milestone and kinney butting space economy. the african nation says for satellite displace trails border ah with

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. ah, watching or 0 mind over top stories, this are heavy fighting between the army and the powerful part of military unit. the rapid support forces has broken out in sudan. the army says is defending itself from attacks. the rapid support forces to say their bases were attacked by the army . oh, flights have been cancelled or how to international airport with some airliners set on fire. videos have been released of armed men on the tarmac. passengers have been seen and panic is the fighting, intensified in fighting is also taking place in the northern city. a little way on thursday. the army warned the bucket support forces were mobilizing in the area, but the group said its deployment was part of its duties onto the news. now the

warring sides in the conflict in yemen have released more detainees on the 2nd day of a major prisoner exchange. this is the latest group of healthy prisoners to arrive in send out. the red cross says more than $800.00 detainees from both sides of the conflict are due to be released by monday. the exchange is part of a broader diplomatic effort and the 9 year conflict. let's have a closer look at the main players in the yemen conflict. the saudi u. e. coalition has been fighting the iranian back, who thes since 2014. the hoodies have controlled the capitals center and most provinces in the west. the presidential leadership council is backed by saudi arabia, and it's the internationally recognized government, but it has a strong hold and just to provinces, the u. e. back southern transitional council holds much more territory than the government seeds in mostly sparsely populated areas. but several years ago, it's forces took over the city of arden where it had been serving as the temporary

capitol. its territory essentially follows the borders of the former state of south yemen, which existed from 1967 to 1990. is shamal, macy's prominence, jamini activist, and former political detainees. he says civilians have suffered a lot in yemen. yep. 84 percent of the population in need of some form of a 2 thirds of the population are foot insecure. people are sick. you go and ask any, any on the street these days and tell them, oh sure. when the war, who do you think should have the upper hand, who do you think should become the president of human and not all the human is i will tell you, we no longer care. i just need electricity, clean water, we need a job. i need to be able to put bread on the table. that's all i care. if so, we're in this level of fatigue that we're really desperate to piece in which ever, whichever way it comes, a lot of people think the end of the war is going to happen within a few weeks or few months. i would caution against that. although i'm optimistic,

but it's a cautious optimism. it will take an a please, probably year or 2 years, because the conflict is not just simply but jim, the food is in the saudis. it's protracted, it's poller eyes. there are a whole lot more parties and factions inside yemen that need to be brought into the process. it's an inclusive listed and comprehensive process, or the end of the war, or sustainable piece. right now, it does, it is not in that shaped yet to vans. prime minister form your kisha that has escaped unharmed after an explosion of the campaign event in the western city of walker yama. the bloss went off as he was about to give a speech to 24 year old man has been arrested. no other injuries were reported last year, former prime minister soon so ave was assassinated with a home made gun or campaigning for the parliamentary election. robert bryant has moved from kado,

it's all one in japan. this is caused widespread shock and alarm. the suspect has been identified as a 24 year old man by local media, or who also say that so far he has not given any information to the police. this happened late saturday morning in the city of walker jamar in the west of japan at a campaign event or thereof upcoming by elections and prime minister kasheila. was there campaigning for his party? he was just about to speak at an event. when witnesses say, a man threw an object from the crowd, there was a loud explosion, a lot of smoke, so it does appear to be some sort of smoke bomb. kasheila was very quickly evacuated from the scene by his security people wildly, a suspect was overcome and detained by turkey. she has continued with his campaigning. he spoke later on in the city of walker yama, and has been quoted as saying that at the elections must and should continue have despite this attack. but it is very reminiscent for many people here in japan of

the assassination of shinto our bay. at last july, there are a number of the parallels that again was at a campaign rally, a suspect managed to get close enough to abbe a shoot, him a sustaining injuries from which he later died or abbe. it was a contemporary of cas shita. kasheila had served as is a foreign minister, and they were both political allies. since that attack, the acts of police of political violence are very rare in japan. they and the police investigated the protection provided to the office of prime minister and they discovered there were many flaws in the protection for abbe. and since then, the protection has very much the been tightened up protection that we witness as cause. she the continues with his campaigning now. a member of u. s. air force, national guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records has appeared in court. 21 year old jack tech to sarah is accused of unlawfully copying

and transmitting classified material. the documents revealed the depth of us spying on his adversaries and allies, as one of the largest leeks of classified information since edward snowden, french president emanuel microns, controversial pension reform is now the law of the land that a time at age is now officially been raised from 62 to 64 on friday, the constitutional cancelled back to the governments proposes. the u. s. supreme court has temporarily lifted limits and access to a widely used abortion pill falling an appeal from the bible ministration. the 11th our ruling prevents lower courts from imposing restrictions on miss preston until wednesday that will give the supreme court more time to hear arguments. in the case, the legal battle over the drug began last week after a federal judge in texas ordered a nation wide ban. america's national rifle association is holding its annual

convention with some high profile names that include former president donald trump . as john handland reports from indianapolis, republican presidential candidates a being campaigning at what amounts to a shadow convention for the parties 2024 presidential nomination. despite a recent surge of mass shootings, the world's biggest gun lobby is more defiant than ever and are a member's fight like hell for freedom and get more of it. and when over and over and over again, just weeks after school shooting in nashville and days after a louisville workplace massacre, the national rifle association is holding its annual conference with speeches by every major contender for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. we saved our 2nd amendment and we're going to save it for a long time to come. it's under siege, but we're going to save it for a long time to come forever. but we don't need gun control. we need crime control

outside a dozen or so. protesters including 2 graduates of michigan state university site of a mass shooting in february called for a ban on assault rifles. the weapon of choice of mass shooters. i think that's no reason for them. i really would love to get rid of all of them deliver asian guns of races. the entering has fallen on hard times in recent years. it's lost a 1000000 of what was 5000000 members in 2018 and it's being sued by the new york state attorney. general for violating state laws with lavish spending on its leaders. after successfully pushing as a senator for a ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004, president biden, his called for that band to be renewed band or saw weapons. now. val. wonderful. but that's not likely to happen in a divided congress where the inner res, influence remain strong enough to block any major changes in u. s. gun laws on the state level legislatures are actually easing gun laws. last

year, indiana joined $21.00 other states in eliminating permits, allowing gun owners to carry their weapons in public without certification or a background check, leaving more guns on the street in a nation that already has more of them than any other. john henderson, al jazeera indianapolis, brazil's former president charbonneau has been ordered to testify about his alleged role in the storming of government buildings by his supporters. a judge has given him 10 days to appear before the federal police on january, the 8th and support is invaded and vandalized, brazil's congress, a week after his successor took office ball. sonata denies is citing darius. cargo operations have been temporarily suspended at a major crossing in the us mexico border. hundreds of trucks are lined up at the bridge linking suite. that hot is with el paso in texas. the restrictions have been imposed to allow us border agency staff to help process undocumented migrants and

mexico's government has deployed more than 8000 soldiers to guard beaches and tourism hotspots. it follows a number of killings of popular hostile holiday destinations. but as john homeowner possible con con, there may not be an easy fix. ah see, sand and semi automatic rifles. it's a new reality for mexico's top beach destination, the caribbean resort of kang kuhn. a hot spot for spring breaking americans and european holiday makers. for one in which marines now god, the beaches. the here for a reason in can coon, over recent years, crime and violence have been on the rise for people killed me, the beach just before easter, the latest flash point. thank you for british holiday makers. sophie, kirsty is soaking up the raises the security forces pass. you just seen all of their the marines and the police come patrolling down the beach. what we think.

yeah. a strange sight. i thought there was going to be an altercation or there was something here. i throw something the reason that uh, maybe preventative measures. i definitely cautious and we were definitely like we were looking around to other people's reactions and seeing if anybody else's reaction that i'm a shave. other people was scared then we'd probably leave. but when you look around, it seems pretty normal. the, the presence of troops here has become normal. a battalion of the national guard is now stationed on this coast authorities. no, they have to protect the tourist trade to do course. you think the images like this one would have put people off, but tourist keep arriving in cancun despite a real surge in violence in this town over the last few years. ah me, well, those living here are facing daily battles. if i am opening a new business in concur, what's the probability that i'm going to be extorted?

i'm. it's gonna be like 1st the 1st law say, 0, dollars in a man in the us to log home and have not so far any type of extortion, 85 percent of the businessman ray. so he should know he's already had a restaurant destroyed by gangsters. can coons become a juicy prize for the biggest cartels in the country? they demand the business owners allow them to sell drugs on their premises, or simply give them protection money from those hawking inflatables on the beach to the popular pause on the strip. nobody's too big or too small to get out of paying may what bear the police say they're getting to grips with things that yesterday there is italian restaurant who visit restaurants and who is it businesses so that people feel that police are close to them and they can come to us when there is an extortion call, then we can follow up in the street while the state attorney's office goes after

the criminal organizations. but only one person in conclusion has been tried and convicted for extortion. and they are appealing and they're already close restaurants shops. that's an as yet incipient trend. this money maker for the mexican economy was stopped before the tourist decides go elsewhere. john homan algae cedar kangaroo king, his 1st operational satellite designed to collect agricultural data, has blasted off and a space x rocket and with transporters have and go transporter launch from the vandenberg space center in california. the satellite is going to collect data on food production and the consequences of climate change. the thought is, hope the information gathered will help them combat food related crises neatly. and ah.