and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel. we go ah ah, this is the w news live from belle. it strikes and st. battles continue for a 3rd day in saddam scores are dead and hundreds wounded as fighting enters the 3rd day. the army target space is used by a rival paramilitary group also on the program. russia st. silence is one of its

strongest critics. prominent journalists and political activist received a hefty jail term parties, convicted of treason. ah, i'm gabels as well come to the program. and we begin, and saddam where heavy fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries is continuing for 3rd day classes have spread from the capital cartoon with the military also battling the rapid support forces for control of marijuana and its international airport, as well as the country's main seaport, port saddam, the 2 sides were supposed to merge, but are locked in a power struggle. at least 97 people have been killed since fierce fighting began on saturday. brief ceasefire to help people caught up in the conflict, brought little lit up in the violence a fight to jet over the skies of ha

tomorrow, claims thick smoke. and the ominous rumble of gunfire signal that the conflict is spilling over into a 3rd day. to dance army and the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces o r s f. have turned their guns on each other just months after signing a deal to restore a civilian room. the violence is already seen. schools of death left the cities airport and top military buildings, badly scarred concern is mounting internationally about what this violence means for the stability in sudan and the region. speaking on the side lines of a g 7 summit and japan, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin cooled fur, returned to peace with raleigh. all of you,

again across all of our quarters on the need for an immediate cease fire and a return to toss talks that were very promising in for a sit down on the path to a full transition to civilian life. government, people in sudan, one military back in the burse. they want democracy. they want to really like government sedan is to return to their path. the clutches are interruption of a long simmering power struggle between the army and the r s. f. he 1st joined forces to asked former dictator oma al busha in 2019 former prime minister, abdullah. hum dock wound of straying from sedans, current political pulse. we have said good bye to dictate that she forever. we can have reversal. we can have setbacks, but we'll never be defeating the r s as in the army. blame each other. so starting

the conflict. and i'd say they went back down and early we spoke to christina, hers who is currently in khartoum. she works there as the country representative for sedan with the german frivolous e bud foundation as a think tank. and we asked her about the situation in cartoon right now. i am apologize or there was no audio on that. as you might have noticed, we bring that at a later time. we're going to russia now where the prominent journalist and political activist vladimir car mertsa has been convicted of treason and spreading this information about the russian military is been sentenced to 25 years in a russian labour cap. current missouri had denied the charges and compared his case

to the stallion era show trials and gonna be now to talk about the trial as did abuse. former most cooperative europe, russia to who joins is from reagan. as d. w is banned from reporting in russia. you it does this verdict and the harsh sentence come as a surprise naga. it was actually expected to this voice as so called closed trial. that means that the media wasn't allowed to be present. officially, kara marizza has been charged with different things including discrediting the russian army and treason. russian state media courting. investigators had claimed that the former journalist or amazon had helped organizations from nato countries undermine russia's national security for around $30000.00 a month. whatever that means that what not better testified discrediting the

russian army or spreading false information about the russian armed forces. is a war time censorship laws. it was introduced shortly after the start of the so called special mute operation. that's what the more is called in russia and can lead up to 15 a year years in prison. and we know that a few weeks after the war began, terrible czar give an interview to cnn, in which she harshly criticized russia government and spoke critically about the war, also to american politicians. and tell us a bit more about the man vladimir karen was a, his work and the activism that has landed him in front of that tribunal is e 41 year old former journalist with the russian and british passports is one of the kremlin galaxy harshest critics and his final speech of the trial caramels are compared and he's trial to one 0 for yours. if stalins show trials in the 19

thirty's, he declined to ask the court for clemency. he said he stood by everything he said and was proud of it. so for years, caramel czar has been a politician in opposition to president vladimir putin as he lobbied to foreign governments and institutions to impose sanctions on russia and individual russians for alleged human rights abuses. in 2015 and the 2 years later and 2017, he collapsed to with the symptoms of poisoning and barely survived. i kind of more zine to support the said he was the victim of attacks. the rational authorities deny and involvement in the alleged attacks. now the, this verdict is really harsh, verse 25 years is it also meant to discourage dissented to discourage the opposition in the country. absolutely, there is no political opposition, let's say, in the west and democratic sense in russia and with the punishment of care. and rosa, this position no long as a single prominent phase, but there is a,

there are still plenty of russians who are critical over the kremlin. i can't see if their number is growing because they're on simpler nor reliable service anymore . what times. but i would still be able to say that yes, more and more people are criticizing the situation and russia life and russia as this life is simply getting harder and harder. that's fat. prices are rising constantly, the rubel is falling and the goals of the so called mildred special operation. i have not been a chief them, but people grumble against the government in their kitchens and their houses, the they are less and less to speak openly. the so called kitchen opposition is still there, but it's not organized in any way. thank you very much. series rush. it all corresponded in riga there. thanks. you re let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the g seven's foreign ministers are meeting for

a 2nd day in japan talks at the 3 day summit i expected to focus on the one ukraine and on china's growing pressure on taiwan meeting comes just days after francis president mccormick said europe should not take sides of the dispute over the island in italy, police have found nearly 2 tons of cocaine. floating off the east coast of sicily authorities said the record whole had a market value of more than 400000000 euros. according to officials, the drugs were likely left at sea for later recovery, and transportation to the mainland by criminal gangs. russia's president vladimir putin as met with his defense minister sergey should go to disgust the snap of military drills being carried out by russia specific fleet. putin said the exercise is demonstrated the country's high level of military readiness,

but at moscow's priority, remain, you credit a court in hong kong, a sentence, the pro democracy act of his joshua want to 3 months in prison. he was found guilty of breaching the ban on releasing personal information about a police officer during anti government demonstrations in 201926 year old is already in jail after being convicted of multiple charges in a crackdown on opposition. ah german football now and in this season's bonus league r 5 oak have been one of the quiet success stories, but their form has suffered lately. content wise men needed to win and blame him to get their champions league bit back on track. and the how to do it the hard way after the host struck 1st. dream and fans were hopeful their team would finally give them something to cheer about after 5 winless games in

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you watching dw news is a reminder of the top story will follow of following for you at this hour, the amin sedan appears to be stepping up at the tax on rival paramilitaries. witnesses say as strikes, have pounded bases used by the rapid support forces. at least 97 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in 2 days of fierce fight. that's it for me on the same i have an update for you at the top for the office stating that she's got any issues with all say what grade level.