investigation, but this time is different with detailed coverage, although many countries are speaking to reduce that dependence. what profit for your now genesis? the toilet will question you to be independent from around the world. it's an indication of how relying benjamin netanyahu is on support in the fall. right. the plans were the so called national guard have suddenly feed up um ah, allow government al jazeera with no news. ready ah no less up in the fighting across to down despite promises of humanitarian pause.

as the army continues to baffle a powerful power military group for control of the country. at least 56 civilians have been killed and the fighting. people have been urged to stay in their homes to avoid being hit by stray bullets. ah, only parker. this is al jazeera alive from london, also coming up. emotional reunion says yamini rebels and government forces complete that 3 day prisoner exchanged boosting. hopes an end to the war. a former indian m p who was convicted of kidnapping his gun down on live television, along with his brother. and 4 people killed in a shooting at a 16th birthday party in a small town in alabama. ah,

fighting in sudan is continued for a 2nd day. thus, despite the army and rapid support forces paramilitary group agreeing to a temporary humanitarian pause, as well as coal submarines national community for cease fire. these are live pitches of the scene in hot cartoon, where the bit of power struggle for control of the country broke out on saturday with air strikes and gun battles. at least 56 civilians have been killed and hundreds injured. you ends world food program says 3 of its employees are among the dead. it's temporarily halted operations in the country, the army and r. s. f. join forces in 2019 to hours president obama alba, sheer the violence was sparked by disagreement over the power military groups integration into the military as part of the transition to civilian rule. or this is the state of play in sudan at the moment. fighting has spread across the country, but the worst, the violence has been centered on the capital cartoon and neighboring armed man.

both sides have been vying for control of the state broadcast sir, the presidential palace, the airport, and various military bases had been, morgan joins his live now, formed car to him. and haber, the army has claimed that its gaming gaining the upper hand of this conflict. but are you seeing any indication of that there will in the capital vary so conflicting reports with regard to who controls what? we do know that there are have troops around the presidential palace. it's not peer, they have full control of that. and the even that is symbolic bear, the presidential palace is where the offices of the president are the head of the ruling council. as it's not where his residence is. then there's the issue of the general command of the headquarters. in the early hours of sunday morning, there was heavy bombardments and heavy fighting around the vicinity of the general command. and even now, more than 12 hours later, we can still hear the sound of 5 jet flying over the skies of her soon we can still

hear the sound of anti aircraft missiles being fired. it's not clear from which direction they're coming at, but it's clear that the food in these army is continuing to launch a strike against the recess. and the r s f is continue to try to counter those attacks. this is the situation around the capital. many people are in panic on the 2nd day of the fighting between the recess and the armed forces. smoke rises above hot tomb as fighting between sedans, army and its biggest paramilitary group entered its 2nd day from above fighter jets circle the capital. while the military, once people to state indoor the 2 sides are fighting full control, the military and the rapid support forces both claim to be in control of important locations around the country. oh, within some part of the army says it's gained ground taking basis, run by the paramilitary force it on sunday afternoon. both sides agree to

a cease fire for 3 hours on humanitarian grounds, starting at 4 pm local time. that was violated, an hour later. the pause in fighting targets of those who have been trapped in places like hospitals and schools since saturday. many were cut off from food and drinking water as fighting between the army and the rapid support forces killed dozens and injured hundreds more. fighting also took place in residential areas, area heavy fighting, then it blocked off by soldiers and there's gunshots and snipers. and i'm from here. you can't see any, any dead bodies. but i have, i, i friends who are in that zone and they can't leave their house. the fighting has spread to the east, them city of port sedan under man and body disrupting energy and what a supplies. hospitals are in lockdown room one source if i don't to work in the even the doctors going to lead the hospitals. i dont get reach the hospital even

even the ambulance, even the ambulance does not move in the streets. ah, the violence began on saturday after weeks of tension between army chief i've been for the 100 hon and his deputy mammoth ham dan de glue commander of the rapid support forces. each leader is accusing the other of starting to fight and refusing to negotiate the united nations african union. the united states and regional leaders are calling for an end to the hostilities their concern. it could become a full scale war and possibly spill over into neighboring countries. the main priority that that's really shared by all of the country is to prevent these from moving into a full blown civil war. we're close to that, but when no one, no, really at that point. yeah. because because it's going to show what i was so down the know that the devastation of a civil war will lead to so many issues on illegal migration, or if you just flowing out of the done into countries. that's already very fragile

countries. and i've got to put the u. p. issues in egypt as well by the growing international pressure to stop the fighting an attempt at the fire. it's unclear if these 2 leaders are willing to put aside their differences and commit the talks. he will morgan ultra 0 to me and he's, he's mentioned there and you were pull the agreed humanitarian coin. all that cease fire appears are being quickly violated and very, very short lived. was there any break in the fighting a tool to allow civilians to escape some of the worst of the fighting while in the 1st few minutes or of that's his fire, which was her declared by both sides after that u m. proposal. some people were optimistic and try to step out of where they were trapped, but that did not last long because of the fighting. now this is a very unusual situation. fighting rarely, if ever has reached the capital of sedan, it's usually in the peripheries. so people here are not prepared to deal with this

kind of situation. when it started on saturday, they thought it was going to be just like any other day before they heard the gunshots and the heavy artillery being fired. many of them did not take precautionary measures. they didn't, they did not store extra food. they did not store extra drinking water. and then there's the issue of lack of sirens. they don't know when the airstrikes are coming . they have to rely on their own ears to be able to see or hear the sound of the fighter jets in the sky and try to take cover. and even when it comes to the issue of cover, there are no safety shelters in the capital. her to him again because the fighting does not happen to capitol. it's usually happens in the peripheries of the country . so people here are in panic. people are confused with regards to who has the upper hand. and if they would be able to access our places that they need to go to those who are trapped, don't know if they'll be able to go out. and those who are in need of medical assistance said they have a hard time getting to hospitals to receive that medical attention. hipaa for now many thanks. have a morgan live in cartoon, or the regional african block,

the inter governmental authority on development plows to send the president of ken yourself, sudan djibouti as soon as possible to mediate between sedans, warring parties, canyon president, william russo's office, said on twitter that he's consulting with regional leadership to support dialogue, the african union has called for an end to hostilities. it also plans to send representative to suit done on an immediate ceasefire. mission was sedans, national army is considered war of the strongest in the horn of africa, but the rapid support forces are also a powerful power ministry group. so just how do they square up? the sudanese army has about $205000.00 personnel and his ranks including some 100000 active duty soldiers. and his air force has a 191 aircraft, one of his biggest strengths. there's no confirmed information about the strength of the rapid support forces, but it's estimated to have 800000 troops. and about 10000 vehicles, the mostly 4 wheel drives carrying weaponry like anti aircraft guns and canons,

and a light, a maneuverable. in urban settings, video blogger, who's traveling to sedan, has shared his experience of what's happening in consume. when i opened the window, i could see the black smoke at, on the air. a lot of people, they are going by walking. they are going with their bags. many of the people they are loading the stuff from supermarket, they are going in their car, and many of them they were he taking and i love of a goes to escape, does the d and al jazeera, as a society. i'm ed has more from borrower in the north of the country. amahl cobblers, caliah le. we've been hearing gun fire of both light and heavy weapons which was likely to signal renewed fighting here within the vicinity of them at our airport. he left me my up soon. it all came to a halt and what remains is the plumes of smoke from the vital installations within the facility close to its control tower. as you can see,

this is the aftermath of the fighting that began a short while ago, but the rapid support forces had said they had seized control of them at our airport claims denied by senior sources. we contacted in the sudanese army, here in the northern province, were they confirmed the airport is under the armies control as the armed forces deal with what they're calling a small pockets of rebels. an apparent reference to the rapid support forces. you get the law to begin or fasten our lease or 40 people have been killed in an attack . on a military unit. it happened in the town of ohio galleria in the northeastern, cruel gar region. the victims included 6 soldiers and $34.00 members of a volunteer army, hired by the ministry to fight arm groups. at least 33 other people were injured. no group has claimed responsibility. beginner fasa has been battling arm groups linked to al qaeda, an eyesore for several years. ah,

now the warring sides in yemen, conflicts have continued releasing detainees on the 3rd day of a large scale prisoner exchange. this is the latest group of humpty prisoners to arrive in the rebel controlled capital. santa dozens of troops from the saudi u. e coalition are also being released. the red cross as at least $860.00 prisoners on both sides will be free during the operation. exchange came days after talks between the who t's and saudi negotiators to renew and nationwide ceasefire and negotiate a peace agreement. charlie warehouse, i'm like, i'm a little i'm a fill in a overwhelming happiness as you can see. i thank god for this happiness. i feel as if i am born again, be back in my country and to santa my warm home is the biggest victory. the biggest pride and the biggest freedom of jayla. i'm the nurse, i thank god, whoever united me with me and my family. even police in india investigating the

killing of a former politician and his brother, who was shot dead live on television at egan. asher of america were targeted while under police escort in utter british province on saturday. they're on their way to the hospital when 3 gunman pretending to be journalists, find them at close range. the suspects are in custody. attic who son was also recently shot dead, was a convicted criminal jailed in 2019 for kidnapping. and really the only one with the people who were killed were brought from medical checkups as per the mandatory legal requirements. and they were members of the media around who were interviewing them. according to primary information, 3 men came posing as media personnel and started firing. 3 people have now been arrested and they are being interrogated. and artic and usher of died in this incident. oh, sanjay cooper is the editor of hard news magazine. he says the shooting could have significant political consequences. manner in which it was done shows that there

were certain gaps in policing closely. these people that both both of them will be not used for that. one of the murder of formation, they will make the walking distance and open them to any attack that they have taken me on the high side, you can see that it could have been re plans. but the fact of the matter is that both of them are, can those, the long, long list of kinds of that committed the specially was appeared quite a bit and nobody's really shedding tears with them. in fact, the, the cheaper the soccer state and built an invitation for taking on the muslim mafia . but this is a major set back to his impression that he's protecting law and order. really, there is a sense that vigilante justice is being celebrated, which is so pretty really wrong. because just to mister yogi was a chief minister, a spies, the order has dreams of becoming the premise of this country. and this will not go on very well with what has happened to mexican obvious searching for gunman who

stormed or resort killing 7 people, including a 7 year old child. the attack took place in the small town, of course, as in going to also state the region in central mexico notorious for drug related violence. rival, drug cartels have been battling for control of traffic and routes for several years . another person is being treated in hospital for serious injuries following the attack. 4 people have been killed in another, shooting in the united states. this time in the state of alabama. it happened to the 16th birthday party at a dance studio in the small town of dade vill at around 10 30 in the evening. several people were also injured with the majority of the victims, teenagers. there's no indication yet of a motive for the shooting, or if anybody is in custody. i ask you to please keep our community in your prayer . i ask you to keep my police department in your career. and i also ask each of you, please do not live this moment. the fan,

what you think about the city of davis and our family what we've dealt with is something that no community should have to endure. still to come this half hour ah, orthodox christians, in ukraine and russia pray for the violence to end as they celebrate easter. and that divided church and after delighting france for decades wise, the final curtain for phantom of the opera, broadway's longest running musical. ah, let's get going with your weather update for europe in africa. nice to have you

long. so we got some what weather streaming across central areas. i think some periods of some heavier rain rate through the balkans and along the adriatic coast in italy. this what, whether also impacting parts of greece, western turkey. so we do have overcast conditions with some showers in his sample with the height of 17 degrees on monday. meantime, for the northwest few clouds drifting about england and wales singles for frances, while i could squeeze out a shower in paris, and those winds are now turning around to easterly. so you're certainly gonna feel that best weather on the continent continues to be iberia, you know lisbon at $28.00 degrees. that's a temperature you would expect to see. in july or august, the winds have shifted around in egypt. so that's pumped up the temperature in cairo to $35.00 degrees and look at banjo in the gambia. 40 your record for the month of april is $41.00, so we're getting pretty close there. it has been hot, dry and windy in the northern cape province in south africa. so that means we've got an extreme wild fire threat here and goes for the southwest. a botswana is wall

. looks like we could see a few showers in the mix in vinto with a high of 26 degrees on monday. and now you're in and out. we'll see you soon. take care. ah. but we are all mom, all not a problem, but we have a rest is a problem when a manchester based check born, laurie driver decides to take to the internet to tackle racism. he quickly becomes a significant figure in the fight for the rights of roma. people giving a voice to those least her and launching a charity for those most in need. pongo calling a witness documentary on jesse era. lou

ah, welcome back. a remind with the top story. see, we're now just a fierce fighting continues in sudan between the army and the rapid support forces paramilitary group us despite both sides, agreeing to humanitarian pause, at least 56 civilians have been killed and hundreds injured. some saturday. at least 40 people have been killed in an attack on a military unit near the turn of. we are good and became a faster included 6 soldiers and $34.00 members of a volunteer army and the warring sides in yemen. conflict of wrapped up their 3 de prisoner exchange. rec, for says at least $860.00 prisoners from both sides have been free during the operation. can years president william roto has asked the opposition to give talks with the government a chance while his main opponent osha's followers to continue to protest for

electoral reforms. opposition supported the say there were problems with last year's presidential election. they rallied in the capital nairobi on sunday. i had of talks with the government, at least 3 people have been killed and hundreds arrested during process over last month. the opposition is calling for the head of the of kenya's police force to be investigated by the international criminal court, accusing him of ordering attacks on protest as to when i go, we have told mister bhutto, if we don't hear from you this coming week, as soon as bremerton ends, we will get back to the streets. did you do? dogman says they will support who we are going to accuse him. we left his name at 1st, but this coming week we will take his name to the i. c. c. orthodox christian worshipers of gathered in occupied east jerusalem for easter celebrations. after weeks of violence in the old city, which is home to christian, muslim and jewish holy sipes,

israel police restricted access to the area in previous years, up to 10000 people. the church of the holy supper and its surroundings as thou be limited under 2000. and in russia and ukraine festivities come at a time of war, which is deepened a growing rift between the 2 churches to meet you. medford anchor as more. oh, the bells chime and rushes most of in celebration of orthodox easter as worshippers flocked to prey and have the traditional painted eggs and easter bread blessed many had the war in ukraine on their mind. i have a lot of relatives in ukraine and a lot of them have died. it is scary to talk about it because i might be persecuted for what i'm seeing now. it's very scary stuff like we did. but it was a, really, there's a war between good and evil going on, and we understand perfectly that evil wants to when nobody likes our orthodox world

. everybody wants to destroy it. all. in moscow, president putin attended east a service, led by patriarchy real. the goal was soon after russia launched its invasion of ukraine, the russian orthodox patriarch announced his church, his support for the war, almost the ukrainian orthodox church already at odds with moscow. after the annexation of crimea responded by announcing it would cut all ties to the moscow. patria kate. the ologist, andrei cries, says the russian church still hopes, not all is lost as a muscular among some which moscow schooling itself and thinking that those people are its followers. and this is all new. we've already seen moscow making a similar mistake. we thought that once russian tanks appear on ukrainian borders, they will be greeted with flowers by orthodox craniums of the moscow patriarch. yet, they did not look off in ukraine soldiers marked the holiday

with food sent from home and donated by locals. the church and keys, also encouraged worshippers to celebrate. so her uncle minimalistic. this like the previous year, we celebrate easter, to the sounds of canada 5. but no sorrow or tragedy can overshadow the joy of the holiday for the resurrection of christ is the victory of divine love of the human malice, god of light. over darkness senior restore it as the fighting continues in ukraine . many pray for the violence to be over. dmitri medford unco algio 0 chinese defense minister lee shang, through his hail ties with russia during a meeting with president vladimir putin. in the kremlin. putin welcomed military cooperation between the 2 countries. doing that during the talks, which were also attended by russia's defense minister. last month, chinese president, she g ping held a 3 day state visit to moscow,

which focused on trade and energy. she de ping and putin also discuss beijing's piece proposals to resolve the ukraine conflict. now they phantom of the opera is falling silent in the united states. the longest running stage musical in broadway history is taking its final bow. in the next few hours in front of a special invited audience, andrew lloyd webber's block buster show, has thrill the theater fans for decades. but as gabrielle is under reports from new york, it was covered the finally finished off the phantom. after 35 years on broadway phantom of the opera is dropping the curtains for good. for most, it will be the last time they see the musical, at least here. we want to see the fans ellen, one more time before it ends. sadly. phantom of the opera based on the french novel from 1910 1st day butte, in london, in 1986,

2 years later in new york city. since then, it has 2 word, widely and seen by a 140000000 people in 33 countries. but it's here on broadway that is often a highlight for theater fans. the musical has over a 130 cast crew and orchestra members involved in every performance. it's a full meal. when you walk into this theater. it's a big orchestra. 26 pieces of metal. it's a big cas, beautiful costumes. i mean it's, it's everything that we offer is everything. almost $20000000.00 tickets have been sold to it's showings, $13981.00 performances and $1300000000.00 in gross sales. 35 years on broadway. $1300000000.00. that's unheard of. but the coven pandemic force broadway to go completely dark for nearly 18 months.

the music stopped. when broadway finally fully reopened in september 2021. audiences were slow to return. and the ones who did often book tickets for other marquee plays, such as lion king, chicago, or hamilton ticket sales to phantom of the opera plummeted. and could not offset rising cost to put on the production, add it all up. and that's why producers decided their show could no longer go on. but not all was lost. phantom is still playing at her majesty's theatre in london, and their plans for a mandarin version to open in china next year. gabriel's ando al jazeera new york. oh christian salumi is outside the majestic theatre on broadway, where that final performance is taking place in kristen sir. and, and of course i never really for this icon, a musical was the mood like outside the theater. the ah oh,

people have been coming by all afternoon to take a selfie in front of the theater in front of that iconic picture of the mast phantom. it's a very bitter sweet time. this is a much loved show. 35 years longest running show on broadway, highest grossing show on broadway, and the ticket sales. ironically, we're down after the pandemic, and that's why they decided to close the show. but as soon as they announced it was closing, they tickets started selling the shows were sold out again. they extended it for another 8 weeks and no one could get enough. all the super fans wanted to come back and see it one more time. in fact, i have a super fan here with me christina did show she has seen the show more than 50 times. christina, thank you for joining us on a historic event. tell me about the 1st time you saw phantom of the opera. how old

were you? and what, what was it about that? what was your reaction? thank you for having me. it is definitely a bittersweet. i saw the show and it, i fell in love with it. and the story is really funny because it was in 2003, and i was a middle schooler and my mother had brought bought, brought me to jesus christ, superstar previously, and chaise at buffalo. and she saw the advert phantom of the opera and was like, oh, i should take my daughter's to this. i think they're really gonna love musicals. let's time to start introducing it to them. and i didn't want to go. she had bought the tickets and my sister and i were like, but it's sunday we have school tomorrow. she was right. she was like, obviously of all the tickets were going and i sat in the theater and fell in love from the 2nd. it started the overture, the music, the chandelier, the costumes, i remember leaning forward to look because the phantom was up on the proscenium and you know, poking my mom and being like, there's the phantom and an obsession grew from there. and it's been

a 20 year of session and i haven't stopped loving it that day. you touched on it, but what is it about this show that so special? i mean, it really is epic in terms of everything you expect from a broadway show. isn't it really, is it, it's like the lightning in a bottle combination of the costumes and the designs by reassurance in the choreography by gillian lynn. how prince is directing on the music of andrew lloyd webber and charles ha. richard still goes to lyrics. it's, this is perfect marriage of mystery and romance and sweeping melodies that you walk out of the out of the theatre humming. and it's, it's magnificent to see. there is no predictions. it's, you know, it's a classic classic old school, broadway. and briefly, how many cities have you seen the show it? how many cities? i've seen it from buffalo to las vegas to cleveland, obviously, broadway london, plymouth in england to see the new tour that was the 25th anniversary tour. and as

far as south korea, where the world tour was happening, and ironically, in the most less circumstances, the phantom that i 1st saw in buffalo, my 1st phantom brad, that all was actually the tour phantom when it came to south korea. and i happened to be there teaching english wow. all over the world. seen it. everything is well, thanks so much good. you know, try not to cry too much when it's over tonight. i know it will be emotional. i'm just grateful that how many people get to say their favorite shows on broadway for more than 5 years. that 35. it's incredible. and maybe you can see behind me there's a red carpet. a lot of old cast members are expected to show up. and andrew lloyd webber himself is expected to be here tonight for the final show for the final curtain show gets under way just over an hour from now. and you can bet there will be a lot of excitement and a lot of teachers as well. right. kristin many things for that may think seal guest .