we could see evacuation at the american embassy, where the most iconic images of the conflict of vietnam were transmitted to the world. this was the front row sheet to the final stages of the war, saigon, caravel war hotels. on all g 0. ah. more air strikes on fighting, reported, and so dance capitalism fragile ceasefire is just hours away from expiring ah, watching al jazeera life and i headquarters and self. i'm danny abigail. also coming up self. chris president tells the u. s. congress to expect a firm response to provocations from pyongyang. the turkish president read supply burden makes his 1st public appearance on state t v since falling ill on tuesday. and ready for lift off africa explores the

potential of space exploration. ah, hello the u. n. is leading a last minute post to extend the ceasefire agreement. and so dawn, fighting between the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces has continued if at a lower level, during the 72 hour, a truce, which is due to end at midnight local time. the worst of the conflict with started in near the nearly 2 weeks ago has been in a capital hard to, but it's also flared and other provinces including their food. as a said bag reports moving through the aftermath of battle and what used to be a market place now, ammunition shells lit the streets. the situation remains die. of the sudanese, trapped inside the city, turned battle grat. but nobody was good at the vent crisis is big, the situation is very tough on those difficulty in internal movements. we often stand and long used kept bread happen many times where we got bread,

but never the amount that my family need well. and what they lamented, the damage has his everything, both of them are fighting each other and we the people will be the biggest losers. and the most affected law. the where's the 2 parties did a conflict, mainly albert han and meet the de, showed the sudanese people 10 percent only of the care and attention they gave to foreign countries through safe corridors to evacuate their nationals from the country. we need to take our sick people to hospital and to remove the dead bodies from the st. louis. emergency services have been stretched beyond capacity and are pleading for help. a doctor from these scenes at a heart to him hospital advisors either there are still injured people in the hospital. medical supplies are very scarce. no medical teams have managed to reach us due to lack of security and safety on the roads leading to the hospital. the injured are still coming to hospital because of the current battles. it's

a fighting wasn't enough, some fear armed looters even more. cctv footage captures men dressed in military fatigues and carrying weapons breaking into shops. it's not clear who these men are or which side they belong to. both the military and rapid support forces accused each other of breaking law and order elsewhere in the country. the terracon, in and near the border with chad has seen intense battles. the area has witnessed ethnic conflict in the recent past. now the sound of gunfire can be heard as locals run for cover. there are reports, the city has no electricity and very limited phone connectivity. countries continue to evacuate their people from sudan aid workers arrived in georgia and on thursday . i think all of us feel very relieved. but all of us are have very mixed feelings also because we leave our cities. people behind the sudanese army has denied reports of possible talks with the r s f. it said in the statement, the rapid support forces have no choice but to surrender will perish. i said, beg,

i'll 0 with the united nations secretary general antonio terrace is meeting the u. s. secretary, said antony, blinking in washington with talks focused on the violence ensued. done. we're trying to broker she spies, but her success whose success in most cases would some successful not successful, would like to learn as i want to express my gratitude for the support that to you. s. to see if you offices in portland corporation. ready we were very sure that we did a call why of 1200, both members of the world and also event. ready mission, i have a morgan as in heart soon with the latest on the situation in the capital. people have been observing the previous these far, including this one that is due to expire at midnight here in the capital hot,

assuming around the country. and their concern is that because of the continuous fighting and the continuous airstrikes and artillery strikes that they were able to hear and see in various residential neighborhoods in the capital, they say that once that's the fire and at midnight, what's going to happen is more intensive as strikes and artillery helped by both sides, the rapid support forces and the food in these army. now in the early hours of thursday morning there was intense, chilling and fighting between the rapid support, 4th and the sudanese army in the northern parts of the capitol. that's a place that's been seeing fighting between the 2 sites continuously over the past few days. and then there's the general command of the army intent fighting and shelling, being carried out by the rapid support forces against the needs army, while the kidneys army tries to launch air strikes. so residency, that they're quite concerned, they've seen the destruction that has been caused by the fighting between the 2 sides on residential homes and neighborhoods. and they say that once the sci fi, and especially because it's not clear yet, if there will be another one to,

to follow this one, they say that fight will intensify, and many who remain trapped will not be able to get out the screen and same. and her family are still in khartoum, and she says they have to move within the city to escape the worst of the fighting . we had discussions and fights for 3 days before we actually decided to, to start moving. it was a big responsibility because we were moving in the family. so if anyone could hurt than the person walk through suggested to move, we feel the guilt. and if you don't have it somewhere else, it's impossible to find an apartment. even if you found one, it's very expensive and people were coming out from a don. and they did not actually get the payment for the new most because this was not even the end of the month yet. no banks, because it's happened on saturday. so no one have enough cash on them. and the, the gasoline individual problem was huge. most of the cars run out of pitcher in

the middle of the way. so people had to either leave them in the middle of the way or try to fight some gasoline. you buy and buy it with a very high expensive prices. leaving hard to miss difficult and dangerous u. k. military plains have flown their citizens out from an air base north of cartoon. but it can take several hours to cover the 20 kilometers to the way the said now base, sodium, ravia and india, or among the countries that evacuated people from ports to don. about 850 kilometers or a 13 hour drive east of cartoon. some are making the journey north to egypt, that's about a 1000 kilometers from the capital. others are taking an even longer route about 1500 kilometers west on the, to the border with chad. and that's where i had a dream report from, from a village near the child's to down border. it's a difficult situation for hundreds and hundreds of refugees who are yet to be

registered by the united nations high commissioner for refugees and other international don't. just as we just at the village, not far away from cooper on the way it is a major distribution center for the was for program and other agencies. we realize that dozens of people who fled the situation is with don. and i come out here out in the open in makes you structures have not been registered and therefore couldn't access some of the aid being delivered to refugees who fled the crisis in sudan. now basically, the situation is such that the united nation has only organized or other budgeted for at least 20000 people in terms of food supplies or food assistance. however, with the current situation, it looks like the agencies yeah, the united nations as well as other organizations, like the world foot program, don't have enough to feed the expected number of people who are crossing over from

sudan and into tied earlier this morning today, there were reports of skirmishes across the border, not a 35 kilometers from the town of denison town of address, where people local law reporting, hearing gun fine explosions, not far away in the town of janina which is of course been contested by both parties in the conflict. so ah, 2 other news now in the south korean president, june, secure, has just finished addressing the u. s. congress universally began the state visit on wednesday. the 1st such trip by a south korean leader in 12 years. the u. s. and south korea unveiled a nuclear deterrence plan to boost cooperation in the face of threats from north korea. my county is joining us from washington d. c. so what's the south korean president have to say to congress?

well, he certainly received a rapturous welcome. he was interrupted more than 45 times by applause during his speech. and as he has just been leaving the chamber now members of congress had been lining up to take self thieves with him and to have their program signed up. but the south korean president played very strongly on the fact that this is the 7th death anniversary of the alliance between the u. s. and south korea. very significant date. he highlighted the close relationship that has existed between the 2 countries over the decades, and insisted that this relationship to fill needs to be both on further. he seeking support from the united states and the ongoing confrontation with north korea. and certainly by the reaction of the joint houses of congress and the course of this morning, that is certainly what he is going to be getting. the business end of his visit was

culminated yesterday in a meeting with president biden, where a washington declaration was signed. also agreement was reached on a nuclear cooperated group in terms of which the u. s. will keep as south korea briefed on any nuclear deployment that may happen in the particular region. and also as a tangible sign off this mounting relationship, the u. s. has agreed to send a nuclear powered aircraft carrier to the region in coming month. so from president boone's point of view, this very much a success, his intention was to gonna increased us support. and as i said from the reaction of the joint houses of congress, he certainly received that. all right, thank you so much. my county reporting from washington. no trails have been opened up from visitors to get a closer look at the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea. the initiative is designed to promote the idea of peace, but comes after months of increase tensions between the north and south. robert

bride went on a media visit to part of the frontier in ganga county, which borders north korea. a media tall to a part of the border previously off limits that now will be opened up to visitors. the idea for the so called peace trails is to remind the world of the deep divide that still exists. 70 years after the end of the korean war, i think the demilitarized zone was a good place, not only for the untouched nature, but also the division and security situation of the 2 korean. north korea is just a little less than 2 kilometers away. across the han river on the opposite bank, groups of workers clearly visible and beyond them, fields and farms. for south koreans and the growing numbers of tourists coming here, a glimpse of a society even more isolated. after several years of the corona virus, pandemic defectors and families displaced from the north by the war,

live in many of gung wall county's towns. now 83 kwan gray ha was brought here is a 10 year old and doesn't know if he has any family left to call her father. i have a nephew here, but i don't know if any relatives are still alive in the north. the influx of so many displaced families probably makes these communities more open to visitors, says businessman, choice song ho, whose father was a refugee organ on more than one to recall. the villages welcomed the refugees and gave them a home. it's a cozy place that has no problem with visitors. so when get the creation of these piece trials began during the period of summit diplomacy several years ago, but was interrupted by fears of spreading swine flu. and then cobit 19, after such a mix, stop, start history. all 11 trails off finally being opened to the public. but a project that was conceived during

a time of thawing tensions is coming to fruition just as north south relations across this heavily fortified border have once again deteriorated to their worst state in years. for many visitors, that tension is part of the appeal adding to the fascination of one of the world's most intriguing frontiers. rob mcbride, al jazeera gun, guar county, south korea. aaron's army says that when a fits vessels has collided with an oil tanker in the gulf, which was later seized by its forces. earlier, the u. s. navy report at the seizure of marshall islands flanked ship, the advantage suite in the gulf of oman. iran says to if its crew are missing after the collision, satellite tracking data showed the turkish managed tanker just north of our mans capital must got on thursday afternoon. still a hands on al jazeera been summoned by federal police, brazil's former president rejects responsibility for the storming of government buildings in january and rebuilding

a war torn country ukraine appeals to financier as promising to clean up its corrupt past. the monmouth reconstruction process stall, so the money starts flooding in there is still serious concerns about corruption. ah, but i think it's the turn of borneo seller ways to be particularly wet in the next year. so it has been recently as well there charles, in tada, which has kept the temperature down in bangkok, not particularly wet in the philippines moment, the onshore breezes. definitely, they're all the same. but we have got significant rain gathering itself once again in sudden and central china. basically it's along the axis on to the south and eventually link up was a rather ragged system and take significant rain into the korean peninsula and southern japan all the time. northern charles is relatively warm, not excessively,

so quite windy, but this doesn't seem to be a great deal of sand in the air. certainly is round the goby. she's not reaching beijing. who's a call to yesterday that she surprisingly good. this is a little unusual though. we've seen rathermore clad and sherry rain that we might in india, in fact, in bangladesh, but expect to be india itself. it's rather more obvious that should really be fairly dry. that happened with pre monsoon heat building, but probably happily it's not as hot as it should be in there is rain sketch, right. some of those shows i will be begun. could you rock possibly in southern pakistan as well? they have been recently fairly big in saudi arabia. no man, but they are much lighter now. the worse weather further west is in the eastern met . and bentley, the levant, awe inspiring stories from around the world. ready

human life kept in its fast one ah groundbreaking films with what is going on in new york city, on a jetta. ah ah. hello again. the top story on al jazeera, this our, the u. n. is leading last minute diplomatic efforts to extend the ceasefire agreement. in some don fighting between the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces has continued despite the 72 hour truce,

which is due to end at midnight. local time. the south korean president unit secure has just finished addressing the u. s. congress. and he told lawmakers that soul will respond firmly to north korean publications. but that the door will remain open to dialogue with pyongyang. and ron's army says, what if it's vessels has collided with an oil tanker in the gulf, which was later seized by its forces? earlier, the u. s. navy reported the seizure of marshall islands flagged ship the advantage suite in the gulf of all none the turkish president wrench of ty, berto has made his 1st public appearance since counseling 2 days of election campaigning due to sickness are due on attended the inauguration of the country's 1st nuclear power plant via video link. on tuesday, he became ill during a live television interview. turkey as preferences facing a close contest that next month's election. since because of our glue has more on president, are the ones help. there were many rumors on also international media,

all that stuff he was being hospitalized and even his family was being was cool. ok, cool by the doctors and hospitals. but just one hour before the video conference held joined by turkish president and his russian counterpart, church child minutes is sad that he's in good condition. and what he had was an infection i got for intestinal infection. of course, he has a business schedule as you start. he has the rallying across the cross and he sometimes has visit for 5, even 6 cities in a day. and given his age, he's 6 years old. a given that he has been holding the country for more than 20 years and he has been winning over elections. he has been through a phase with him and now he's facing the most challenging election effort on may 14 minutes. say he will side him yesterday. i spoke with some officials of the ruling party. they also mentioned me that he needed to have some rest,

but we don't know whether he will be physically attending his rallies in other night again in the southern region. for now, we don't have any confirmation on that, but so far it looks good. some of the nearly 3 and a half 1000000 turkey citizens who are living abroad begin voting on thursday in the presidential and parliamentary elections. this includes some of the one and a half 1000000 trucks living in germany. they have until may the 9th to vote from abroad ahead of the election on may 14, 3 top newspapers in the u. s. are seeking support from the biden administration for the release of an american journalist from a russian prison. the new york times a washington post on the wall street journal. have old shortly run an ad calling for evan kristovich is released. he was arrested in the city. if your cats are in burg last month, and he was charged with spying the ukranian president villa, rosa lansky, his name, the new ambassador to beijing, after a phone call with china's leader. it was the 1st time lensky and she, jim paying,

had spoken. since russia invaded ukraine last year, the landscape described the conversation as long and meaningful while she called for talks between moscow and cheve. meanwhile, ukraine has tried to reassure finance, sir, is that the reconstruction of the country will go ahead and urge them to invest even before the war ends. but the country is still struggling to overcome its long record of corruption. charles stratford reports from keith. russian forces withdrew from board young care and april last year. large sections of the town, a half hour drive from cave lion ruins while fighting continues in the east. and despite there being no end of the war in sight, reconstruction of towns like this one and the rebuilding of vital infrastructure fall from the front lines is already on the way posted. the work so far is being playful with ukrainian cash reserves, but what's being described as the largest rebuild in europe since the 2nd world war

could cost a trillion dollars. as the madness, reconstruction process starts and the money starts flooding in, there are still serious concerns about corruption in a report compiled by the us, along with the organization, transparency and national. they say that these long entrenched problems include whole governance, the influence of oligarchs on parliament, low integrity, in the private sector, and a compromised judiciary. and this means that keeping this reconstruction process clean is a huge challenge. while ukraine's international corruption rating has improved in recent years, it remains dismal. only russia was worse in the region. according to transparency internationals, 2022 corruption index. we need to improve the transparency where our security risk are mitigated because of the russian war. this is number one and other we need

to continue doing the reforms, the diesel reform. we need to start the reform, the audit and the county chamber of ukraine. and of course, in a long term, we're looking into a monopoly committee changes in order to avoid any violation of the competition law . experts say ukraine has cleaned up its act in some sectors, including banking and health care, but pressure from civil society organizations and digital all the ting of politicians and company assets must be ramped up. it meets time, it's a huge system. we need to recruit more than 2000 judges. it's a huge challenge. that is one another one let strengthen the capacity than to corruption institution. they need more investigators. they need more prosecutor, they need more, more judge, a grain. foreign minister, reassured potential investors at a conference on reconstruction held in rome. you will hear how much we are doing to make our country economically viable and attractive for trade and investment. but

the opportunity here and now you don't have to wait for the end of the war. ukraine's progress to fool you. membership from its candidacy status granted in june is dependent on reforms. many focused specifically on corruption. on the right track, say western bankers, but big questions remain on just how cleanly the reconstruction money will be used . shall stafford al jazeera, give us a base on is rejecting french calls to remove a checkpoint on the only road linking the countries armenian enclave to neighboring armenia. catherine calona as the 1st french foreign minister to visit back who in 6 years and russia, which broke or sees far in 2020 to end the war between armenia. and as john over the region of care back accuses france on the u. s. if undermining its rule as mediator, armenia says the russians are failing to protect ethnic armenians living in that break away region. former brazilian presidential herbal scenario has been

questioned by federal police as part of an investigation into post election riots. thousands of his supporters, storm government buildings in january after he lost the presidential election. monica anna kev reports from brazil. ya, former present, able swim out of testified for almost 3 hours. he's being investigated by brazil's federal police for allegedly instigating the january 8th attacks on government buildings. but he denied any wrongdoing or pretty major hate. theodore bosa noro has strongly condemned these attacks in any attempt against brazil's democracy democracy on january 8th though. so now to supporters stormed the presidential palace congress in the supreme court. they called on the military 12 president wheezing masula, thus silva who had taken office a week before. bull sonata is being accused of laying the grounds for the riots by

repeatedly making unfounded claims that brazil's voting system should not be trusted. and for crying out fraud, even before lula defeated him in last year's election. on january 10th, one of them was sheer to post on his facebook casting doubts on the electoral resolves ago. his lawyers told the police he had done so by mistake, while recovering from an intestinal occlusion in an american hospital in orlando, and well being sedated as a postcard briefly this post was published unintentionally the proof is that a soon as he was warned, 2 or 3 hours later he took the post down bow sonata flew to the united states in december before ending his term since his return to brazil. 3 months later, he has been the target of several investigations. what of us vacations are far from over brazil's congress has just announced its launching upon lemon tree inquiry

into the january 8th riots. monica not give all jazeera brazilian brazil. the u. s. entertainer jerry springer, known for his provocative talk show has died at his home in chicago. he was 79. the former mayor of cincinnati began hosting the jerry springer show in 1991 continuing for nearly 3 decades. and it covered a shoes from relationships to infidelity. and would often include physical fights. his family says his ability to connect with people was key to his success. the conference underway in ivory coast aims to present space exploration is the key to unlocking social and economic transformation. an african countries goal is to make space programs a larger priority across the continent. nicholas hoc reports senegalese, astrophysicist saw matthew eyes searching for solutions to some of africa's most pressing challenges. but looking into space is not enough. she says, yeah, i mean,

i would like to go to space because if i can go to space, i can gather precious information that will be useful for generations to come. it's essential. or since the 1st man in space in 1961, hundreds of astronauts have blasted off. but a black african is yet to make the journey. my gossip guy, scientists from burkina faso says it's about time vis changes. she sing part in the new space, africa conference in ivory coast, where scientists, companies and investors gather hoping to change perspectives of space. research suffer produce less on thought book enough. esl has been independent for more than 60 years. and yet we struggle with the same problems, hunger, lack of water and agriculture. we waste of money when we should invest in space research to find long term solution. hurry to one. in april, kenya launched its 1st satellite joining the few african countries that have space programs, the images it generates support conservation efforts by anticipating weather

patterns such as droughts. they can even help protect boarders by monitoring the movements of arm groups and the sale. some of the components of satellites are precious metals and minerals found on the continent, but they cause to hundreds of millions of dollars and take years to build. omari chad, they canyon start up. has the solution nano satellites. this america was actually made for africa visit is, is it is life for billy galvan functioning satellite. it is affordable i it is modular. and what to do is, in this presentation, we shoot in the launch renewal period. the sticks, we're going to submit any country to a few miles on a meteorite for mars. researchers discovered traces of 0 con, a mineral found in abundance and synagogue priscilla. this is no coincidence with only 4 percent of the universe known to humans. she says, africans have an important role to play in discovering what's out there,

and how it can be used to improve lives back on earth. nicholas hawk al jazeera ah. the headlines on al jazeera, the un is leading last minute diplomatic efforts to extend the cease fire agreement in sudan. fighting between the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces has continued despite the 72 hour truce, which is due to end at midnight local time. un secretary general antonio terrace is meeting the u. s. sector stayed anthony blinking in washington with the talks focused on the violence in. so don what's right. lucy's voice was success.