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capital as the country slides further into crisis were safe on the power that was something it propelled grey grenade is that of military strike, making no civilians stuck in the middle of the violence. people in cartoon report, water shortages and explosions at medical facilities. ah, i'm sorry, it's great to have you with us. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up in the program today. slovakia joins poland and hungary and restricting imports of cheap ukrainian grain to protect its farmers. a russian opposition activists and kremlin critic vladimir cower morsa is sentenced to a quarter of a century in prison. ah

. so we begin in sudan. we are fighting that spread across the country on saturday has now intensified. this is the scene right now in khartoum. smoke continues to rise over the city and heavy gun fire can be heard. the army is fighting against the powerful paramilitary group. the rapids support forces are here. mohammed begins our coverage. plumes of smoke rise along the tarmac at cartoon at port on a 3rd day of fighting between sedans, army, and the biggest and most powerful paramilitary force explosions as strikes and gunshots. a hurt across the capital has both sides claimed there making advances in strategic areas. but details on the ground are unclear. footage released by the sudanese military shows, a number of rapid support forces, troops surrendering their weapons and equipment in khartoum. the army says it's

resumed control of state tv, and we'll use it to update the public. it also says it's re taken morrow. we airport in the north, but that conflicts with claims by the r s f, which says it's men still control the facility, not monitoring. thank god, we're in control of the airport. god is great. the iris f also says an army lead battalion handed over its vehicles in the eastern. now, part of cartoon stated saddam has been brought to a standstill after attempts to open a humanitarian corridor or failed fighting, destroyed cartoons, main water station. raising fears of widespread food and water shortages only once to water won't be left. this is a warm and only warm and everything is hm. do you know the water bottle section looked saw and the whole though auto whole milk, everything is empty here on the refrigerator. and hospitals have become targets. shelling on a lab in this clinic left several people injured and forced many to evacuate.

docked to say they're running out of medical supplies or a power struggle between army chief adult fata alper han and his deputy mohammed hum, don douglas commander the r s f triggered the outbreak of fighting on saturday with neither side, willing to back down on the political front diplomatic efforts are underway to bring com, the u. s. and you k. according for a ceasefire, the arab league is pushing for negotiation and all eyes onregional leaders to bring the 2 sides to the table. the african inter governmental body eguard is proposing to send the president of kenya, sansa don and g booty to mediate the 3 presidential, highly fitting president for becky. those are both the sudanese lead us very, very well on the constantly engages with dental, dental, murder, smile. omar gilly is an elder statesman of the region. highly experienced also in

mediation world respected within the re sure of the region. i'm president her. oh, as strikes continue and the warring side shall no desire for talks. it's the people offset on the repaint the heaviest price for healing mohammed al jazeera hebert morgan, the is in cartoon to continue coverage. what's the very latest hipaa all fighting is still ongoing between the rapid support for says and the sudanese army in the northern part of the capital. that's un hotel north. and there is some kind of confrontation going on in the city of under man. but in the center of honeycomb city where there, where lies the presidential palace and the general command of the i'm headquarters fighting huddle has loudly died down. and that's because they have been intense. airstrikes launched by the sudanese army against positions held by the rapid support forces. both are buying full control of the presidential palace and the

general command of the army headquarters and the airport. but the army released a statement saying that they're in control of both the airports and the general command. and then there's the state television, and i'm to the man the army release, a statement any that they're now in control of the state television after the iris have been in control yesterday. and that there will be using that facility to relay messages to the people. but this fighting again to regain control or by the hour of the state television. so while in the center of how to tune the fighting has died down. it is still ongoing in other parts of the capital. and i do wonder, heber throughout the morning as we we've been speaking to you. we've also been hearing aloud showing you no evidence of fighting, not very far from where you are. i wonder are there moments when you feel it is safe for you or your team? or others to go outside or is, has it been a state of total locked down for the last 3 days? well again, because it's not clear which forces are in control of which locations exactly. we have not been able to go out and both sides are very hard to go see it. we're

talking about soldiers here. we're talking about people on the ground, not senior commanders. even if we do manage to talk to their leadership, to understand what's going on from their perspective, those on the ground don't necessarily agree with us moving around. so we have been in locked them for the past 3 days. and it's not only here where we are, that we're facing, love down other parts of the capital as well. residency that they can't leave their homes. because of this insecurity that they're facing. people have reported that the rapid support forces have been entering homes, losing properties and assaulting a women and people and residents of home. so there is concern by the residents around the capital where the fighting is intense, that the situation is not going to calm down soon. and people are afraid to venture out because they don't know and are uncertain of what they will face once they step out of their homes. will be recess in the army, have been fighting over a number of strategic locations. one of them is the state broadcaster, the army,

now claims that is back in control of this television station. what do you know? well, we do know that the rapid support for says were in control of the state television . up until the early hours of this morning and that there was heavy fighting around the vicinity to regain control. now we've seen messages on state television that seemed to be coming from the army. so it looks like the army is indeed in control of the state television at the moment and the state television is in the city of undermanned. but there's also heavy fighting going on around that facility, and that's because the earth is trying to regain control. and this has been going on since the thought of the conflict of the fighting between the 2 sides on saturday, both sides claiming that they have control of facilities and institutions and fighting happening around those areas. so it's very hard to verify who has control of what and who has the upper hand in the battle. i have been morgan reporting from car to him. thank you very much and listen to what civilians have been saying about

their living conditions over the last few days. man, my friend travelling the road because how me has sadly taken over many roadside and they are checking all the because when we tried to close all the place, they started raising the gun, then be one of the automated we're fine. we're safe. the power has dealt with some things. you know, it's like, i don't even know what it is anymore, is it rocket propelled great grenade. is that a military strike? i don't even know. but we're good. we keep in touch with soundly via text, a very short phone calls just to check in on each other. but i'd have to the lower find yesterday that a co worker was killed. albert augustine,

an indian citizen, was killed in the same place. sarah, hi, ross has joined us and she's here to talk this through international efforts to mediate through this situation. sar. that's rice, both international and regional as well. thorough now they're trying to stop the fighting through negotiations. the un security council is meeting this hour to discuss the latest developments, the 60 general on tanya with harris's, called the death of civilians including 3 world food program workers a poorly. he's also reconfirmed with the african union view and support to restore a democratic transition in sudan, while the a huge chairman has offered to travel to hard to me himself for those talks are our plans and the regional block known as i got trans send presidents from different countries surrounding countries from south sedan, to booth and tenure as well to mediate. and here's what the spokesman told al

jazeera. good. you know, i bought this to the nice lead us very, very well on the west until you get this with the president murder, smile, or gayly. it's just, it's mind of the region, highly experienced, are also in mediation, well respected within the region and present to her router. so these 3 lead us will have already started and gauging this and he's a political elite. and we hope about that is a leash on the phone. the most importantly is to push these 2 parties to dialogue, neighboring agents along with south sedan of their assistance. also they said to stop the fight thing in sudan. all right,

and so i just mentioned that the un secretary general, the un security council meeting this hour here is un secretary general. i'm to go to meet the media needs. the scarves of the coffee 19 pandemic ran deep in developing countries that suffered terrible losses in lives and lively woods and the water nuclear and is contributing to a global cost of living crisis. climate disasters are becoming more frequent. private sector, as well as international financial institutions. they provide a forum in which the budgets can result differences and joined by solutions on pressing economic challenges with the support of gemini experts and international. alright, you've just been listening to the un secretary general and tanya and the us have been holding an emergency meeting on sedan just this last ah

other news now slovakia has joined poland and hungary and suspending grain and other food imports from ukraine. they say cheap, ukrainian grain is driving down local prices. european union officials have now announced that they will be meeting this week to discuss ukraine grain export issues in the block. the polish band followed protest by farmers there and the resignation of the agriculture minister. charles stratford has more from keith. it's a complex process, and certainly an indication of mounting pressure on ukraine by it's european partners that up until now have done so they say everything that they can to try and help ukraine in its war with russia. this deal unfolded as a result of some black see ports being blocked off the rushes invasion, which of course stops the export of millions of tons of ukraine's grain and food products to its markets around the world. the poles. now the

slovaks also the hungarians, and the romanians now also remains intimacy that they may do the same because apparently, so much of this ukrainian grain has got stuck in bottlenecks, logistical problems as it's been exported via the land roots out of ukraine is, is seriously depreciated. the prices of local grain and food products in the neighboring allies in ukraine's neighboring allies. we've seen protests in poland, the resignation of the polish agricultural minister. and we understand that there are ongoing talks between ukrainian officials, ukrainian agricultural minister and officials in warsaw as they try and negotiate a reopening of this transit route. now this is a temporary band. we understand certainly, according to the polls they saying this is a temporary ban. until june,

the 30th g 7 foreign ministers meeting in the japanese city of course, is our have said that they will prevent russia from accessing weapons from 3rd parties. they've also address tension in the endo pacific and the fighting and sudan from the bright reports posing for the traditional family photo. the top diplomats of the g 7 still firmly committed to supporting ukraine in its war with russia. they agreed to keep sanctions in place and to stop moscow from trying to get weapons from the countries after accusations north korea is already supplying them. and fears that china might start away with family, reject any you need to attempt to change the status, go by force or rushes aggression against clain. as well as the threat of use of nuclear weapons. the foreign ministers criticized rushes decision to station tactical nuclear weapons in bella ruse as the only country in the world to be

attacked with atomic bombs. japan has condemned russia's repeated nuclear rhetoric and it's g. 7. presidency culminates with the lead to summit next month. in hiroshima, the location of the 1st nuclear attack, the foreign ministers also reaffirm that commitment to a free and open indo pacific scene as a pushback against china as growing power and influence in the region. and an answer to the continuing threats by beijing against the island of taiwan. but the ministers have also been dealing with the growing crisis in sudan with us secretary of state hansley, lincoln calling for an immediate cease by also strongly. again, across all of our partners on the need for an immediate she's bar and return to talks, talks then very promising in putting to down on the path to a full transition civilian government. the fighting institute don will likely

continue to feature prominently in discussions until this meeting ends on tuesday. rob mcbride al jazeera kado is our japan, a russian opposition activist and prominent kremlin critic has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in moscow. vladimir kara morsa was convicted of treason and denigrating, the military. he was arrested a year ago after he denounced president vladimir putin invasion of ukraine power, more so called put in government dictatorship and says he had survived to poisonings, which he blamed on the criminal. dorothy jibari is falling developments from moscow, his attorney upon hearing of this sentencing, she was in court with him and she relate how he felt after he heard of his fate. and she said that he felt proud that he believed he did everything right. as a result of that, he received the maximum punishment. according to his attorney,

he believes that his trial was a sham one. he compared it to the trials that took place in the style of error in the 1900 thirty's in russia. and he said that they were show trials, and we also have heard a number of people reacting to this verdict because 25 years is the maximum. and his attorney believe that if there was a longer period of time, he would've he could've gotten the course, would have had that that down. but according to amnesty international, this is yet another chilling example of the systematic repression of civil society . this is certainly going to serve, not only as a warning, but as a reminder to the critics of the government here that any kind of criticism or discussion about what is taking place in this country will not be tolerated less still ahead on our 0 emotional reunions and hopes for a lasting peace in yemen. hundreds of prisoners return home optimistic that an end

to the war is insights. i'm mel trina and the libyan capital. tripoli, and i'll show you how recent renovation have we new life in the old city. ah, believe it or not, snow is still falling in parts of pakistan. hey there, thanks for joining in. we've got rain in his la, but there's that snow up against the foot hill of the himalaya. we did have quite the dust storm just outside of clutter. the other day, this is basically a wall of dust, all has to do with this westerly disturbance. let's talk about that heat rate now in india and the heat wave alerts have expanded from be har, west bengal, now into entrepreneur dash states, and that's as temperature is cross 40 degrees. and with this wind, it's scooping up the humidity off the beer bengal, shoving it on shore. so at one point on monday,

calcutta felt about 50 degrees with the humid ex se, stager, the rain is still falling, just not as intense as frequent as we would expect. this sum of the years that band of rain lifts toward the north. so we pick up this story there as some brain bursts of rain to go across indo china showers up and down the philippines from devout rate to log on tuesday and get down with rain in between the yang see and the pearl river valley. this extends from bullhorn to grey lin, certainly running the risk of some flooding hears that band of rain whoops to the east. and almost all of japan is under a heavy rainfall alert as this batch of what weather holds in on tuesday. could see some thunder downpours in tokyo as well. see in a bit. ah, with the talk to al jazeera, we ask who is really fighting this war for russia? isn't wagner, or is it the russian or military? we listen, we started talking to me on my own so that this be at your citizen,

the shock to get him back. we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the stories that matters on al jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. and no matter what movies we've been using, kind of for that matter to you. oh oh, washing alpha 0 reminder of our headlines this. our slovakia has joined poland and hungary and suspending grain and other food imports from ukraine. they say cheap, ukrainian grain is driving down local prices. european union officials say they will meet this week to discuss grain export issues. a prominent russian opposition

activist them kremlin critic has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. vladimir cow morsa was convicted of treason and denigrating, the military officer denouncing the invasion of ukraine. fighting between sedans, army and his biggest power military force has intensified on the 3rd day of a deepening prices are watching life pictures of cartoon. the military has threatened to launch more airstrikes against the powerful, rapid support forces. the fighting threatens to worse and what was already a dire humanitarian situation is sedan. the un humanitarian office says about 15800000 people. that's roughly a 3rd of the population will need systems this year. there are 3700000 internally displaced people who also need help around 4000000 children under 5 and pregnant women are acutely malnourished and need life saving services. and as many as 11700000 people don't have enough food to eat. a younger son info is spokesperson

at the international committee of the red cross and she says the situation for civilians is only getting worse. the most important and urgent priority right now is the exits for health care workers for ambulances, for the 1st responders to be able to provide urgent care for the wounded people, so that the toll the human toll, the tragedy does not continue to rise for now, which we can say for certain is that we know that the fighting is taking place in very close and it's very dangerous for me to have a populated area to be a neighborhood and essential civilian infrastructure. and we know from experience in other places around the world, how do you by taking the consequences population can be so now for hiding in their own and like if water supply system. so if these essential infrastructure,

they get damaged. the consequences for these urban population is going to be, is going to be a very high, we are in touch with, with our context. so we've been present it done for many years now and we've been in touch with all kinds of into look at us. so we're up to be our context to try to get to the humanitarian space that we need to be able to move around safely and to be able to deliver and supply a $140.00 trainees have been transferred from saudi arabia to yemen on monday. that's the culmination of a 3 day prisoner exchange between host the rebels and government forces. the release so far of nearly a 1000 detainees has raised hopes of an end, the yeoman's long running conflict. enron con reports. ah, it's all hugs in relief. it's an airport as a prisoner exchange comes to completion of to 3 days, but it's taken months of negotiation. jolanda, i miss my mom and dad,

my kids and my entire family. this what was broken by the un involved the release of over 700 detained. hu fees, and more than a $180.00 other prisoners, including saudi soldiers and suit me, troops fighting with the saudi led coalition. the iranian bout who these took snow in 2014 st. paul king, a war and the involvement of saudi arabia and allies, such as the u. e. trying to restore the internationally recognized government a deadlock and fighting lead to what's been described as the world's worst humanitarian disaster. with a 150000 people, did. the prisoner exchange is a vital pulse with deal to revive expired, cease 5 and embark on talks to settle a conflict. but with allegations of miss treatment and told you on both sides, the still a long way to go before peace can come the stuff, but along to the we are receiving a new batch of our heroes are prisoners who are coming from our province. we have received the 1st batch and we are waiting for the 2nd matter more than

a 100 prisoners. there may be a 100 in each of our heroes who have endured in the field and in captivity, despite the torture that they were subjected to. as we were told, the man yeah, the dean includes high profile prism both sides, a sign of how seriously each side is taking the move toward piece. this is the largest prisoner exchange since october 2020, and boats. i say they will continue talking after the upcoming iep holiday m. ron kon out z radian government has shut down over a 150 businesses throughout the country for not adhering to his law. make dress code in relation to women wearing head scarves, local media, se they clamped down happened within a 24 hour span and was enforced by police president brain where he says the, his job is a legal matter in iran. his comments came after a viral video showed a man throwing yogurt at 2 women at a shop who were not fully covered. just last month. a french court has acquitted

both air, bus and air france of manslaughter charges for a plane crash in 2009, 228 passengers and crew were killed when the jet plunged into the atlantic. both companies denied the charges of manslaughter in a trial that lasted over a year. the official investigation found that multiple factors contributed to the crash, including pilot error. that im baba has more on this from london. i don't think this would have been a surprising outcome for people who followed the trial. and of course, that 2 month trial came after the families of the victims had fought for 13 years to get it to court after they got a previous decision against the trial over its heard and her just in the last couple of hours after the verdict came through there were sobs in the courtroom from some of the relatives of those 228 people who died. there were 33 nationalities represented among those victims. now,

are the judges in the paris court listed several acts of negligence, both by the airline air, france, and by the plane make her air boss. but they said they weren't, there wasn't enough evidence to show or to prove a cause, a link between those failings and the crash. this was francis, 1st trial for corporate involuntary manslaughter. if the 2 phones have been found guilty, they faced their symbolic maximum fine of around a quarter of a 1000000 us dollars. they all along denied the charges. the official investigation did find that there were several factors including pilot era, but for now the year the families are we deeply disappointed libya's historical sites have suffered from decades of neglect. however, recent renovation are breathed new life into triple is old city. a link trainer has more on how officials they're of pushed to attract more visitors. oh yeah, the old city of tripoli, like it's never been seen before. the ancient city is thousands of years old. the

arch of marcus aurelius was built by the romans more than 1800 years ago. it was neglected for decades. but a recent government campaigned to renovate the city has changed that the senior, a medium square, has recently reopened to the public. no, i am so happy. the old city is much better long when you enter the old city field, the history. there are the historical houses, the bank of rome, the church, when a foreign person visits, we can all be proud to take them to the old city. fortunately, limit the cities historical and cultural significance has earned it a unesco world heritage site started. but because of the war in libya, it's one of 5 sites in the country that's on the endangered list. in molina for the, the old city of tripoli is not just a monument for libya, but for all mankind. it has a deep history. various civilizations rolled over at like the romans,

the spanish and the turks. the old city is a symbol of our shared history. every night during ramadan, people come to listen to hack o r t, a traditional form of storytelling that dates back centuries. it's part of a month long government program in the old city that commemorates the holiest month in islam. a calendar padded to join him. we have various programs for every one, economic, cultural, and political workshops, among others. our program has been very successful and you can see that in people's faces. can feel heidi body was born in the old city and owns a coffee shop here. oh, it's like a dream coming true. it's amazing. seeing thousands of people come visit every night. i mean people from eastern and southern libya, people are coming from all over. i'm very happy. libya has been engulfed in violence for more than a.