oh, because no one should have to sleep. ah, make up your own mind. w. made for mines. ah ah! you're watching the w live from berlin, airstrikes and st. battles in sir dan's capital. hard tomb as the army fights a paramilitary group for control of the country. thousands are dead and hundreds wounded as fighting rages for a 2nd day. the african union is holding an emergency session and the international community is calling for an immediate cease fire. also coming up on the show,

russian president vladimir putin celebrates orthodox easter sunday in moscow in neighboring ukraine. the most important holiday in the orthodox calendar is marred by war. as a missile destroys, a church lost their calling at cruelty in the name of entertainment. animal rights activist, interrupt britain's biggest horse race. ah . hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. the african union's peace and security council is holding an emergency session to discuss the quote, disturbing ongoing developments in sudan. thousands of people have been killed there. this weekend, in a fierce power struggle between the army and a powerful paramilitary group called the rapids support forces. more than 50 civilians are among the dead with hundreds more people wounded. as the rival force

is battle for control of the country. the clashes centered in and around the capital har. tomb follow months of heightened tensions that have delayed sedans. long anticipated transition to democracy. jets roaring overhead tanks on the streets, gunfire and smoke all around. sedans, army and a powerful paramilitary force have turned their guns on each other. just months after signing a deal to restore the country to civilian rule. even in 2021. the 2 sides sedans, army and the rapid support forces or r as f joined forces to seize power from civilian prime minister, abdullah hm. doc, an uneasy era of power sharing began as army chief general abdel thought of albert hung became sedans. de facto ruler, the while general mohammed hummed on the gallow, better known as him, ettie kept control of the oris. f

military rule was met with frequent protests as sedans, economic woes worsened international aid, dried up and fuel and food became scarce. activists marched almost every week and cartoon to demand a return to civilian rule and a restructuring of the military. those are not good massage. we are out today to reinstate the civilian country. we are calling very clearly for the military to return to the barrack v r. s f. to be disbanded by the end of 2022, ha, metty. and albert han signed a deal with sedans, main pro democracy group, to establish a civilian lead, transitional government. but the 2 generals couldn't agree on a timeline for a merger of their forces and negotiations sold. it was another blow for pro

democracy advocates. would probably need the albert hand in hand metty are fighting over power in this. and we are fighting for food and drink that they are fighting over authority and looting the country and people around the gap with diplomacy at a dead end, confrontation became more likely just days before the violence broke out. the army issued a rare public warning that the r s f was illegally mobilizing its forces around the country. r s f and army forces. now blame each other for starting the conflict and both say they won't back down. let's dive into this with adam of a heart, a berlin based human rights activist from sedan. thank you so much for taking the time to join us and give us a test. what are you hearing from your friends and family in sit down about how the situation looks today on day 2. today i was talking with somebody this morning and

i still telling in the ground there was a fighting going on really hard normally is more than yesterday, especially when i thought of things as of last evening as a day, a lot of people who's living in the area where does this come for the military or the it was armies are already starting leaving their home because they are afraid of a strike who is going on since yesterday evening. but also it's important to caesar to all of us. we see it already. that is, what at the attack this morning in of quite of military where there's also one big building. it's already been down as it, which is going really badly, but this is what is going on in the hospital, but also in other cities. still the fire, especially in bottle down where as a me say that they have a power and they get control of using increasing violence between yesterday and

today and for international audience. can you help people understand exactly what is going on here? we know this fighting has broken out after months of rising tensions, and one of the most contentious points seems to be the question of how to integrate the r s f into the military. he tell us a little bit about what has been so contentious there. i think in this point is it's really important to point out that is a fight is broke out because it's clear in the discussion and i wish it was last time being hold on. this is just starting and wishing they talk about. they have to integrate them there, and it is means that the committee boss all says and then he will lose is about to lose his place because it will not be to post for the military that mean a lot of a lot of power. not only about what was you know about the source is it will be gun from him. and just why is clear, he didn't have another way to control this. or we know already that he have

a lot of plans that he need to come in. power is done since long. yes. and he wore card to with vision and will not give it easy. just exactly is a point where now despite is going to just a but also behind, you know, he will not also need to give them a way it is. it is more or less is about our position. yeah. if these conditions are unacceptable to both sides, i mean, you think we're seeing kind of a worst case scenario for sedans, transition to democracy. you see this violence escalating and things potentially even escalating into civil war. i think this one of the scenario can happen because we have to consider a militia already. know the armies were done, they are being trained from the army. so done since this last 2 years. and they fired also for the army or the find behind the army in dark for in different area

than they know it was a tactic and how this going on or does it. and also i think what we see now is this just the beginning of the but scenario is coming because we still, we are not going, we're going to see the fight in the street. and this is not happening. i hope that it will not go more dramatic, but i think it is not see from the yes one of the development from yesterday to now i think it is not going to be easier and will not be finished in a couple of days. thank you. so much for taking time to be a busy schedule to speak with us that is out in the heart of human rights activists from sit down, really appreciate it. thank you. we're going to turn to some other news now and orthodox christians around the world are celebrating easter sunday. it's the most important holiday in their calendar. the night masses were held around the world, including and moscow, where russian president vladimir putin, attended a service as his troops tried to gain territory in ukraine. the mass was led by patriarch carol, head of the russian orthodox church,

who has supported russia's invasion of ukraine. as talk more about this with dw correspondent matches pulling our in keith. but here so russian president vladimir putin has celebrated orthodox easter. and a church in moscow that must be quite bitter for ukrainians who are marking the holiday while still under russian fire. it's especially bitter because this night or a rocket hit, a church here near the front lines under the ukrainian internet is to day full of pictures of this church or that there was nobody in the church. nobody was heard there, but other rockets hit the city of zapora asia. so that was quite a bloody easter night again. and that is, of course, something that to marks this day as a bitter day and pictures of vladimir putin celebrating inside the church. the church, the russian orthodox church having played a role as a, as

a supporter of this war, is of course something that people here do not like to see. absolutely. now these are also the 2nd easter celebrations in ukraine since russia's invasion. is it possible to celebrate orthodox easter there? what does it look like this year? well, her people are celebrating orthodoxy. stay especially ah, in the regions that are far from the front line. her life is pretty much herb. yeah, almost back to normal except of course may. i mean, i'm talking about street life. i'm not talking about her life in families where many people have lost somebody in this war. ah, but her dear churches are open and there have been services to day. there for the 1st time. ah, there was an easter service by the orthodox church of ukraine in the historical picturesque oliver, the om early,

the oldest on monastery here in peeve this or was the the seat of the ukranian orthodox church under moscow, pottery occurred. so the orthodox church of ukraine air has split off from the moscow patriarchal. it's now i'm an independent orthodox church. it has been rocca recognized by byzantium and her more and more churches are or communities, church communities are swapping from the old earth. unfortunately, they're both called very similarly from the ukranian orthodox church. that's the one that is under the moscow patriarchal under the patriarch who blesses this war. um and are now swapping to the other one that has been a conflict around this oldest a monastery here. and just so and the government always the monastery has ended the

lease for this moscow or govern church. and so many people attended this service under the new rule there. well, thank you so much for that update other corresponding with you as well. and i encourage and we can bring you up to speed. now with some other world news headlines, poland and hungary have announced a bands on grain and other food imports from ukraine in an attempt to protect their agricultural sectors. warsaw has also holds of the transit of ukrainian grain for poland. the european union says the unilateral decision by its member states is unacceptable. more than 50 migrants have been rescued in the mediterranean sea, an italian charities as their rubber boat was spotted in international waters drifting away from libya's coast. united nations as early 20, 23 march, the deadliest time for migrant crossings in years. at least 16 people have

been killed in dubai after a fire sweat through an apartment building. officials say the blaze was probably caused by a breach in building and safety codes. as well as over crowding let's look at the world of horse racing. now animal rights activists have disrupted this weekend's grand national in england. protestors saying the sport is cruel, and many horses have died over the years, including one that was put down after a fall on saturday. the start of the race was delayed and more than a 100 people were arrested. it's one of britain's biggest annual sporting events. the grand national was 1st run in $1839.00, the event attract $70000.00 spectators and a global tv audience of hundreds of millions. animal rights activists criticized the grand national cruelty in the name of entertainment. it's not unusual for horses to be put down after being injured in

the race. the death is terrific and it's a full thing. it's so basically, so far behind, so back in the stone age. so we don't need the sense tame. metal course is a dying way up there a by the quality of that we're not here to target people and be angry at them because just raising awareness, dozens of protest is scaled fences and managed to get on to the race course itself . they tried to use glue and blocks to attach themselves to the fences which are part of the race, but we're bundled away by police and security star. the rest itself started 15 minutes late near to his say, their complaints adjuster cried. one of the horses died after falling the 1st fence

. well, just before we go, let it give you a reminder of the top story where fall in for you, what the sour members of the international community have called, or an end to the violence in sudan as deadly battles. continue between the countries army and a powerful paramilitary group, u. s. secretary of state antony blank and has issued a plea for peace and urged the formation of a civilian government that she was update at this hour. stay tuned or sports life coming up after a short break. i'm claire richardson in berlin. thank you so much for watching. mm hm. oh, that has to promoted, you do before. i'd have to channel.