is this the right time to strike? in a 4 part series al jazeera is investigative unit because i'm the copper in southern africa, pittsburgh. we can fill the 90 percent of the government. once it's calling, it's for the brenwood pod full on al jazeera. we don't complete focus on the politics of the conflict. it's the consequence of board the human suffering that we report on it is one of the most serious about the violence in recent years, we brave bulletin bomb because we give voice to those demanding freedom. the rule of law and we always include the views from all sites. with o. bargenson chaos gripped c dot 56 civilians are reported killed in fighting between the army and the paramilitary

group. the army dismissed the possibility of any negotiations from the rapid support forces until it dissolved ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera, well live from day. also coming more protests in israel against the prime minister. benjamin netanyahu is pushed bridge additional changes, which people, st threatened democracy, bloss isolated and exposed reports from the brazilian. amazon were indigenous communities are facing a health emergency. ah, it's o 4, g m t 6. i am in sudan where people have been spending an anxious night after

fighting between the army and the countries biggest paramilitary group, the rapids support forces. medical sources say at least 56 civilians have been killed. or these are live pictures now from cartoon, there were explosions and gone far in the capital and other parts of the country on saturday. the armies refusing to negotiate with the rapid support forces of the fighting has been concentrated in the capital. there were heavy crashes near the state t v, building the presidential palace and that the international airport. 350 kilometers north west of cartoon. there was fighting around an airport in the city of marijuana. and in southern da fir, the sudanese army still controls the airport in the town of niagara, but violence has been reported there as well. he, the morgan reports from cotton. it doesn't look like the situation is the escalating. in fact, the army put out a statement saying that it will not negotiate with the rapid support forces until those forces are dissolved and the rebel a troops are dealt with. so it looks like,

despite the fact that people have been calling for the escalation of the situation here in the capital and across the country, the armed forces looks like they're going ahead with developing the rapid support forces and continuing to attack, they've already enabled the group as a rebel force and we were seeing a continuing of fighting here in the, in the area of hard to near the vicinity of the presidential palace. we can still hear shots being fired. we can hear heavy artillery being fired. it's not clear yet who is in control of the presidential palace, but the army says it is in control of the headquarters. the state television is being battled over both 5 wanting to gain control and how to international airport at the moment looks to be under the control of the armed forces. so the escalation continues and lots of tension here. and big capital as fighting continues between both sides with civilians caught in the middle, the right. the heavy fighting spreads through whom extension between the 2,

denise army and powerful paramilitary force. still over into the streets. the army says its defending itself and attacked by the rapid support forces across the capitol. it's now does it anything before us as a rebel group? now we the army did not initiate any flights. we were present in our command and we were surprised with the attack at about 910 this morning. coupled with an assault on my residence, the army did not deploy or make any movement. the army headquarters and presidential palace are under the control of the general command. we do not wish to see this country slipping into war. however, we must teach a lesson to any non regular militia. but the with support forced to see their bases were attacked by the army or this basil will pave the way to a peaceful solution. all those criminals who stand trials, i cannot give

a time limit to the fighting. however, we are edmund to end it with the least of losses. ah, all flights have been cancelled as whom international airport, where armed men are on the tarmac and rapid support forces entered state television services to dan tv about by the had to san one. understand though, this was the moment the stations broadcast was cut. the fighting hasn't just been confined to the capital. there's been violence in north and south dar for west and north cord to find states as well as murder. we in northern sudan, both sides claim control of major facilities there and in other areas. but so far, it's been hard to confirm who has the upper hand tensions between the army and the rocket support forces emerged months after a military takeover in 2021. and be heightened when talks to integrate the artist of into the army stalled. ideally seen very hard and very angry. actually i'm in

rich and i see i see a 2 bed. most of them share when you both of you, you have been in cost. it all this great devolution and are you already committed an uncensored can cool. speaking in viet nam, u. s. secretary of state anthony blinking said washington would continue to support to dance transition to a civilian lead government. it's a fragile situation. there are other actors that may be pushing against that, that progress. but this is a real opportunity to finally carry for the civilian la transition. and one that we and, and other countries are trying to are to bolster people across to dan are bracing themselves for more fighting and new crisis and an uncertain future. he been morgan, alta 0 or to

a sudanese army as well as pro democracy groups have long demanded. the rapids support forces be integrated into the military is estimated. the group consists of about 100000 fighters. i would vol, explains how it was formed. ah, that up it's support forces are pa military fighters, mainly from dot for the. our staff was created by former president omar bashir in 2013, to stabilize the war torn region in western sudan. and more broadly to consolidate his personal grip on power. he was concerned about any security institution being strong enough to overthrow and challenge him. so he allowed, you know, he allowed basically a proliferation of different armed groups and centers of power within the country. i wasn't, but the origin of the force goes back to 2003. that's when president till the she had created an armored a tribal militia to crush a local rebellion in the west. a force became known as the hunter. we tend to dance

come trula general of the photographer han was instrumental in creating and training both the gentle wheat and later the outer surf. he worked in the field for years with his now dead guy from hammered hampton, douglas known as m a. t. the commander of the artist, f. e. 2019 the 2 men joined forces to overthrow or model the ship behind headed the transitional military council and had done douglas served as his deputy. but the out of staff continued to grow in both sides and by estimates it now both $100000.00 tests. and it took on several roles, including border security and maintaining law and order crossed activists accused assess, of participating in the killing of $123.00 pro democracy professors in june, 2019. but it's him at his aspirations for unrivalled political leadership in costume that led to discourse with his ally, elbow han,

and paved the way for the current situation. differences over the terms of integration of the other stuff into the army intensified after the signing of a framework agreement that lay the foundations for the transitional period in december, 2022. the failure of talks on this and other issues, finally led to what observers have been warning about and all our military confrontation practice group was warning. just 10 years ago. you know, while by sheer was still in power, that if you ever left power, one of the big concerns would be that he left behind such a mess in terms of the military insecurity. that a huge risk was that these parties would themselves turn on each other as ever. it says, typically in population, but the price, palpable fear of the current conflict may prove more deadly and more distracted by any so that has witnessed in the homicide. just, let's take a closer look now at how matters evolved. the most recent bout of instability in

sudan began in 2019. that's when the military ousted long time leader m r alba, sheer after months of mass protests. and the army moved against the protest us, but on the international pressure it was forced to sign a power show agreement with civilian groups. elections were set for 2023. and october 2021. yet another military takeover unseated prime minister of done a 100 who was seen as the face of the transition to democracy. on december 5th, last year, military leaders signed another deal with political groups promising to pave the way for fair elections and to return to civilian rule. and 2 weeks ago saddam was set to take the next step, but disputes about how to integrate the rapid support forces into the army got in the way were hammered. kayla fowler is a researcher and the policy analyst based in cartoon. he says some political group, since the dawn had been aggravating the situation for the past few days,

i look of islamist needed associated to it for many days. formative i've been going on in social media and just think that the next few days would be very critical was very. 9 you know, strong responses to that continuous exclusion of these limits and that what does it closes best continues to exclude them? and so, and so they have been opening and mobilizing the agents that i live in the military and other associates throughout different groups to continue quinn q and the higher between, between the poses. i'm the military system that has had a huge cause in anything, in the least between for me and i'm all, i'm not independent in any way and i'm not operating on their own anyway. then

they're both an extension for aged and, and so on. and with the international community they think they get on the respective lives of the of the half. and the. busy and pushing them to, to, to this total come and to end the fighting and go back to talks. i would definitely go along with the other knees. now yemen at warring sides have released more detainees on the 2nd day of a major prisoner except, well, this was the latest group of the prisoners to arrive in the rebel control capital. dozens of troops from the finally led coalition were also released on saturday. exchange is part of a broader diplomatic effort to end 8 year long conflict. it's a special moment, and i think that to have all the actors willing to have these really doing the

ramadan. having, you know, the detainees who have been separated from the, have any for us to, to join again. it's more than just a radio. it's a release during ramadan and it inside. so it's, it's a powerful side. it's a very powerful try a lot. have the last or the i me thank god, what i'm feeling is indescribable. i've never felt like this in my life. it's like i was reborn. i know what i'm asking. my name is ahmed mohammed ali ali. from re my governor it. i was held at alpha ria, the 4 years we've been badly treated. the number of people killed in russian missile strikes on the city and eastern ukraine has risen to at least 11. rescue teams have tried to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment. of the local governors says that 7 missiles are far that the city on friday. poland has suspended food imports from ukraine until the end of june to protect its farm. it.

it says chief ukrainian grain is driving down local prices. the band also affects imports of honey sugar, neat dairy and vegetables. it follows protest by farmers and the resignation of colin's agriculture minister. the foreign ministers of the g 7 group of nations are in japan's. the annual meeting with the war and ukraine is likely to dominate the agenda. united states and its allies are concerned about the developing ties between russia and china, amid fears of a new cold war, broke mcbride reports from kara, is allah. as they did last year, the g 7 foreign ministers come together for their meeting against the background of rushes war in ukraine with the us wanting to demonstrate a united front with its allies. so we are going to fortify those security and economy a partnership based upon come on value in principle led by the united states,

as well as fig. roadmap to deal with the new phase of the war in ukraine, as well as the response to the coordination and cooperation between most school invasion. after the recent visit by china as president, she g and ping to russia, there are lingering fears. beijing might give more material support to moscow, especially if it feels the us and its allies are pushing too hard to constrain its growing power. this gathering also takes place in the aftermath of what north korea claims was. the successful launch of its most sophisticated intercontinental ballistic missile to date, that briefly triggered evacuation alarms in the northern japanese island of her kato. as the only asian g 7 country, japan finds itself uniquely positioned on the front lines of current,

global crises. as a neighbor of china, russia and north korea and its presidency of this year as g 7 comes as it takes a more assertive international role. moving away from the traditional pacifism of the post world war 2 era, japanese war ships took part in trilateral drills with us and south korea navy's last month. and tokyo plans to double it defense spending in the coming years is all ok. what should we do also of japan. pacifism is well established. i believe. however, countries like north korea, china, and russia pose a threat to japan. japan is directly confronting this country's military forces, door open, it is not japan that is raising the threat of it. but the surrounding authoritarian regimes and dictatorships thought over the homeless youth and huddled with concerns . the strains of more r testing, the unity of g 7 members. the u. s. attempts to get its allies to hold the line will be fully supported by

a japanese administration. marching in lock step. rob mcbride, al jazeera caraway's, our japan, japan's prime minister from you can see that has promised security will be tight for the g. 7 meeting. it comes a day after an explosive was thrown at him. during a campaign event, he escaped unharmed and a 24 year old man was arrested. and oh, okay, been a see to a heard investigations will be conducted as the investigation into his incident progresses. in any case, starting with the summit, we have to make every effort to ensure security and safety on the schedules were dignitaries from all over the world, cather, i want to do my best to ensure safety. i said i had her on al jazeera, controversial pension reforms assigned into knowing france, but union say protests will continue. thus, activists celebrate the shutdown of germany's last remaining nuclear power plants.

ah, the hi there. thanks for joining in. lets get going with your weather update for the middle east and africa. still seen some downpours across saudi arabia just the other day. we had a hailstorm not far away from mecca. and that caused quite a bit of damage. those wind still blowing down from iraq as while great through the gulf. and rain isn't too far away so that could shove a bit more cloud cover into dough have for example, at times on sunday. and speaking of those winds. gus, also at times during the day, 50 kilometers per hour. it was thirdly, disturbance moves back in to pocket time. so we'll see. increasing cloud covers sundry down ports for western central and northern areas. in time, those winds are blowing out that heat insert minutes down just a few days ago. ask about pretty close to 40 degrees. now 23 on sunday. here's

a picture for turkey. we've got some showers, move in west the east, some showers to be expected, and it's stumble with a hive. 17 degrees and for the other side of the mediterranean. on stopping down some wind and rain for tunis with the top temperature of 19 degrees. some torrential downpours not too far away from bungie on sunday. and because conditions are dry and those winds are picking up through the northern cape providence. that means the fire danger rating has gone way up on sunday. that's a snapshot of your weather season. ah, the tough times, the man tough question, what exactly are you asking for you? what the troops on the ground, the rigorous, the way we challenge conventional wisdom racism is some deeply entrenched in the country that is identified with america. so when you challenge racism, it looks as if you're challenging almera and to man the truth. there is no serious

discussion about this because it goes to the very root of who we are for it with me . mark lamb on hill on al jazeera. ah ah, he was out to say a reminder of our top stores, medical sources ins to dogs say at least 56 civilians have been killed during fierce fighting between the army and the country's largest par military, the rapids support forces. this is a scene right now in the capital, a cartoon where much of the violence has been concentrated to dawn's army has ruled out negotiations with the rapids forces which it has designated a rebel green. the surgeon fighting is the latest blow to saddam's hopes for

a transition to democracy. while i've been calls for restraint from the international community, united nations secretary general antonio gutierrez shante, special envoy to sedan, have condemned to violence when called for an immediate end to the fighting. the arab league is urging all sides to protect civilians and prevent any further escalation. and the african union is pushing for an end to the fighting on the return to negotiating table. well, david sin was deputy head of mission at the u. s embassy incident and he says the international community failed to read the early warning signs of potential conflicts the outbreak of fighting or did catch the international community by surprise. the fact that the framework agreement was not being implemented on schedule was certainly an indicator that things were not going well. and that there could be difficulties. but to have this, this kind of significant fighting and various parts of sudan all at the same time.

i think those clearly surprised the idea will be to go back to the framework agreement, whatever pressure they can on all part is to return to the framework agreement. and ideally to implement it to the point part eventually results in a civilian government and the country. that concept has been pretty much over the short term been destroyed. i don't, i don't see that happening anytime real soon. when you get there, the rapids support forces. i guess most of. ready support from witches is western song all western sudan. in addition, they apparently have a significant military presence at merrill way on near the injection border. that could pose horrific problems even if the situation could be resolved in and around cartoon or along the nile. thousands of protest is returned to the streets of

israel for a 15th straight week to oppose the government's plans, overhaul of the judiciary from minister benjamin netanyahu put the changes on hold in march response to the demonstrations. the bill comes before parliament again later this month. the proposals with limits the power of the supreme court and give politicians more say in choosing judges. russell said i was at the protest in tell of if even tens of thousands of israelis are taken to speak to it, protest against their governors plans to overhaul the traditional system. so the israeli government says that the supreme court in the country is becoming too much powerful, and that's why they're coming with some suggested changes. so simply, the government wants to add the wants the simple majority of the parliament to override all the decisions made by the supreme court. and also the government wants to be able to appoint the majority of the judges in the supreme court of the

committee. the protested here are saying that if that proposal is adopted, that's going to destroy the check and checks and balances and also the separation off the poverty. so and also they say are dad that but they did that they have government is jordan in the country into a dictatorship. so they wanted to, okay. i mean, to take control from the dodgers and, and we don't want to like, this is very dangerous because if the kids are going to control everything, this is mean, it's not them ready any more need to be there to on. we all frayed, can we not agree and we are going to fight from that this protest or taking place under the shadow of the recent pension and the ongoing crisis in the counter. however, many of the protesters here are saying that the ongoing crisis has purposefully been 3 guard by the own government. and they said that the security doesn't come

without the more chris white with unions in france have a keys to president manama. chronos, showing contempt for the testers, after he signed unpopular pension reforms into law, will they're calling for demonstrations to continue against the measures which raised the retirement age by 2 years to 64. the changes became no after being approved by frances highest constitutional authority. despite the opposition, the french government is confident the reforms will bring an end to months of protests, nelson and the joy to these past few weeks have been difficult. for many people, i'm convinced that there is a willingness to diffuse tension in the country. that is why the president signed the pension reform law after it was approved for the constitutional court and immediately extended a hand to the union's offer to meet with popella gothic. germany has shut down.

it's 3 remaining nuclear power plants. oh, ah, anti nuclear campaigners counted down, those are necco. this time out came off the grid. the government decided to phase out nuclear energy in 2011 after the fukushima nuclear accident in japan. and germany shut down its last nuclear plant, europe's biggest react to began operations in finland, the or killed or tow 3 is expected to generate power for at least 60 years. the plant will meet around 14 percent of villains, electricity needs at least 12 inmates have been killed during a prison riot in ecuador fighting broke out between the rival gangs in the port city of wire kill. on friday. since 2021, hundreds of inmates have died in ecuadorian jails. the latest killings come against

a backdrop of growing drug violence. as criminal groups fight for control. in january, brazil's government declared a public health, the merchant sin yano mommy indigenous territory, the largest in the country communities. there are still suffering from malaria and malnutrition, but then not alone. one occur in our care of travel to the every valley in the amazon where new diseases and the lack of medication or putting indigenous lives at risk. ah, the better 9 digits village is in morning. on this day, family members receive the body of a woman. she had been suffering from tuberculosis days earlier, she was taken to the nearest hospital some 3 hours away by helicopter, even with treatment. it was too late, as by the government thing. but if we only have medicine here for simple illnesses like colds, and stomach aches or to stabilize a patient until we get outside help,

anything serious can only be treated in the city. so their job id valley in the heart of brazil's amazon is the size of austria. there are no roles traveling great distances in this remote area. it's only possible by water rear but there are a handful of small health outposts like this one where the world did this up by the mood center need you guys in, in we communicate wire aid, you with 6 other villages to coordinate the medical logistics before it's complicated, well, we need 1500 leaders of gasoline to transport patients by boat, and it's a treat to 4 days trip to the nearest hospital. no fuel prices went up in and resources are scarcely the 7 tribes of the shove i, the valley will have had contact with outsiders are now dealing with new diseases, malaria, hepatitis, and even h. i v like poisonous snakes,

a part of their habitat. also pose a serious threat on snake bites account for hundreds of deaths and amputations each year and i'm a victim of snakebite needs. immediate medical attention helicopters often aren't available. they can't fly in bad weather or land in the middle of the jungle. it took me 2 days by foot to reach a man who had been bitten twice in the leg. i had the serum with me, but he died 8 hours later by many victims are bitten during hunting expeditions like this. one of the indigenous people prefer to treat snake bites with centuries old traditional healing practices. but local herbs have proven to be less effective than anti venom serum produced by laboratories. medications that must be kept in a refrigerator. something villages with no electricity don't have and can't afford . and even when doctors here are able to make an early diagnosis and guarantee the

transportation of the sick to the nearest hospital, they still face another challenge dealing with the restrictions imposed by the beliefs and culture of the indigenous people. many villagers resist the idea of transporting their relatives for treatment. the carrabas, who have had little contact with outsiders, are more wary than others. oh, my love causal of cruel. com, they're afraid of leaving their homes to an unknown place. so we have to take the patient and all of his family with us to a hospital where they may be exposed to at the diseases, putting the rest of the village at risk. the best solution is to have a floating hospital on the river to attend them with their job id. people's want the government to train their own tribesman as doctors and nurses. but that is something that may take a long time and persuasion. monica anarchy of al jazeera shove id.