shattering the glass ceiling, women in architecture, and this has to be really, really good. starts april 20th on d, w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah dw news lying from berlin. the death toll in sudan climbs sharply. the un says nearly $200.00 people are dead after a 3rd day of heavy fighting between the army and a paramilitary group, international community calls for an end to the bloody power struggle. also coming

up russia sentences, one of the kremlin strongest critics. a journalist and top opposition activists received a hefty jail term after he's convicted of treason for publicly denouncing moscow's war in ukraine and some european countries. ben green from ukraine, presenting the you with a new challenge. how can the block help keep access the world's market without damaging its own? ah, and go further to our viewers. joining us on p. b. s. in the united states and all around the world, of course, welcome. the united nation says almost 200 people have been killed and almost 2000 wounded. a brutal power struggle in sudan for 3 days. now government forces have been battling a rival paramilitary group,

so called rapid support forces for control of the capital cartoon, and others strategic cities. fleeing the fighting in the streets of cartoons. those who can are leaving others like the university students are sheltering in place. but their supplies are running out. ordinary residents are suffering sedans, army in the powerful paramilitary group, the rapids support forces or r s f. have turn their guns on each other. just months after signing a deal to restore civilian rule. the death toll continues to rise. the violence has left the cities, airport hospitals, and top military buildings. badly scarred, concern is mounting internationally. about with the violence means for stability in

sudan and the region. i strongly condemn the outbreak of fighting that is taking place in sudan and appeal to the leaders of the sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces to immediately seize or still it is restored. calm and begin a dialogue to resolve the crisis. situation has already led to end the loss of life, including many civilians. and the further escalation could be devastating for the country and the region. clashes are interruption of long simmering power struggle between the army and the recess, who 1st joined forces to oust former dictator omar, alabama sheer and 20. 19 from her prime minister, abdullah. honda warned of string from sudan current political path we have said goodbye to dictate that she forever. we can have reversal. we can have said

backs, but will never be defeated. the recess and the army, blame each other for starting the conflict and both say they won't back down. matt. michelle is a journalist covering the region with the focus on to don, and i asked him about the current situation there. elements and surround today just followed the directory of things getting significantly worse. we're seeing that the compet describing as was mentioned just now with the spring to the east spring to dark for as well, which is the strong book actually this is where they were born many, many years ago. and so what that means actually is that it means that regions where you know far were leave regions where civilians are significantly living in more areas, conditions, and then the capital are that much more vulnerable. now there's reports of, for instance, bombs falling from the army and discriminant falling internally displaced camps,

wounding civilians, killing civilians there. and on the other side, a number of reports of the recess, for instance, embedding itself in a number of local civilian areas, neighborhoods and essentially looting a number of houses and even un warehouses. yeah, the situation is gotten so bad that humanitarian agencies are shutting down operations some in the area around are for but some across the country. how badly does this hurt the people have to don? yeah. you know, significantly, you know, we're talking about regions where there was huge protection gas protection concerns and be farmed conflicts or where, you know, there was a stability or sporadic and conflict. now what we're seeing is that essentially the very people that rely on a number of services from the agencies, whether it was food distribution or whether it was, you know,

distance per shelter. now they're going to be deprived with a number of these things. well, their infrastructure is going to be significantly more compromise and targeted from the instrument and nature of this war. so when we talk about civilian protection, you know, we really need to 0 in on regions where civilians have historically been incredibly credibly requested. the violence of this, this outburst and this conflict boiling over now, i think has stunned a lot of people inside and outside of sudan. right? but why i want to talk about the time and why is this happening now? yeah, i mean listen for people who have been following to don, i'm sorry to say it's not a surprise for anybody. it's been quite well predicted. and i think that's a bit of a condemnation on the international community. why it's happening now? well, in the days leading up to the conflict, breaking out, there was

a push from the international community and from civilian political leads to inc. final political deals that they believed would restore transition. the issue however, was that by and king and russian to think this deal was going to leave a number of issues left unresolved. one of those issues happening mainly being security sector reform and the state of the army and the rest. each one which feared that they would be losing power at the expense of another one and a new political deal. despite those tensions clear evidence, attentions building between them in the following, in the previous week's push to inc, this deal in fact, there was a dateline for april 1st. that's when we in a lease called for to be expected to be signed. they held the security sector reform workshops, which typically would take months and months of sensitive negotiations and a lot of investments from the global community to ensure that things don't boil

over between computer security services. and they wanted to do that with couple of date. well that didn't work out so well. and in fact, i think the point that i'm trying to say is that the rush to get a political deal to stabilize to actually that strategy. accelerated the confrontation between the paramilitary and the army. and the condemnation on the international community and a conflict that has at this point left some 200 people dead. thank you so much. that was journalist joining us from cairo. thank you very much. appreciate western government and human rights organizations have widely condemned . the sentencing of kremlin critic vladimir kara moore's up to 25 years and a russian labor camp. moscow court convicted the prom and russian journalist and political activists of treason and spreading dis information about the russian military. crown morsa had denied the charge. he was in baset or to russia, said the sentence was a sign of moscow's weakness,

not strength. and was clearly an attempt to silence for cent. i'm worth his lawyer say that given his poor health, the jail term amounts to a death sentence, a so called strict regime labor camp in russia. it's the kind of prison in which vladimir colonel mertsa may now spend the next 25 years of his life. the dual russian and british citizen is one of russia's laws, prominent opposition, figures. he's been behind balls since april 2022. russian authorities arrested kara mertsa after he did now. russia's so called special military operation and ukraine . during his speech to american politicians, he was 1st charge with spreading false information about the russian military. then russian, prosecutors added a charge of treason, the son of a soviet era journalist carol mertsa has worked to the journalist and political act of his since he was 16,

he served as part of the coordinating council of the russian opposition. and the enjo open russia. he was also widely seen as a protege of murdered opposition, lead a bars nymphs of was gun down near the kremlin in 2015 car. mercer also alleges he was the target to political violence, twice narrowly surviving. what talked as described as intentional poisonings. long an outspoken critic of vladimir putin, kalamazoo remained defiant during his trial, saying he's proud of his statements and looks forward to the day when the people who unleashed russia's invasion of ukraine are recognized as criminal's. ill prouder was once the largest foreign investor in russia. he's also a former colleague and friend of letting me are kara morsa. he had this to say about the sentencing. well, my main thought is just the absolute horror. vladimir is again a guy who is in ill health at the moment because they tried to poison him twice.

he's losing the sensation in both of his feet because of the nerve damage of those poisonings, dead and he can barely walk. now. he's lost about 20 kilos, and as his lawyer said, this is not a life since this is a death sentence, they will, they will basically kill him in prison if he has to carry on with the sems. and so i'm crying on the inside right now. are my friend and my colleague because what they're doing to him is just truly in humane. so the 1st thing that we did myself and his wife, you have gania, after he was arrested was we went to different countries that had passed the magnet ski at the minute sky at freeze of the assets and bands, the visas of human rights violators and vladimir was, was absolutely essential in getting this law passed and we went to them and said, you need to sanction the perpetrators who have put him in his persecutors, essentially. and canada, sanction them the united states,

sanction them. but britain, where he has got citizenship, has not, thanks them. so britain is effectively doing nothing for their own citizen while other countries where he doesn't have any connection or doing all sorts of things. and so it's quite remarkable how passive the british government has been in the care of more as a case so far. i was bill bounder talking to us earlier moving on poland, slovakia, and hungary say there banning the import and transit of grain from ukraine to protect their own agricultural sectors is comes after local farmers complained of grain coming from the war torn country being sold below market price with you wanting to help keep access the world's market. brussels may have to intervene. the bands are causing long delays at the borders. a long line of ukrainian trucks stuck at the polish border. drivers say they've been waiting here for days after the country announced

a temporary ban on grain imports from ukraine. so when you motion you brown, you live, we can't go in either direction. the pulse reached out the hand to us. i'm very thankful jim bush. yep. i got an answer. great. oh, great. the whole of ukraine is the whole world a reasonable, but now cell potable that is in for some reason i was just trying to push it to some kind of situation here to swanson you bring up a ship, cellphone, you. warsaw introduced the ban over the weekend as a way to address the problem of local farmers being under cut by ukrainian grain, which is cheaper than it's locally grown equivalent. large amounts of it had been entering poland and other border countries. after the usual export route on the black sea was partially blocked. but instead of the grain heading onwards to global markets, logistical bottlenecks kept at stock. that's meant ukrainian grain has flooded local markets. driving down prices you shortly after the

polish announcement hungry, followed suit, and on monday, slovakia said it would do the same now several other european countries. i considering similar actions the european commission said it was looking into the legality of the measures. this is important to remind that trade policies, so of exclusive confidence, which means that it's, i've european union level that such as issues can be taken. and that's why we have been saying that her unit after action is not possible under you trade policy. further complicating matters last week mosque i said it might not extend a deal that has been allowing some grain to leave ukraine through its black see ports with the future of ukrainian grain exports. uncertain. the u is having to tread

a fine line between supporting its farmers and supporting water on ukraine. and for more, we can now speak to our correspondence that rosy, butchered in brussels, enmity is putting an end. keep rosie, i want to start with you. what can the e you do in the situation? what kind of measure is going to take against the unilateral action of fallen hungry in slovakia? well, nicole, we just heard in that report that the european commission, brussels has to no trade. a fine line will let me tell you, they appear to me to be trading very carefully. they simply will not be drawn on the potential consequences or sanctions or punishments of these actions. no, they said, for example, we heard that spokesperson saying that you lateral actions are not possible, but they did not go on then to say i'm there for poland and other countries are in breach of the rules. no, probably because they would prefer to settle this behind closed doors. not only at stake, of course are those you creating exports, but also the look on the world stage of the european union as

a united front here. no, i think let's focus a bit on poland. no. poland has made a name for itself internationally as one of the ukraine stones just backers, here in brussels. we often have groups. many of ministers meeting in poland will always be among the 1st to call for more weapons for ukraine, more quickly, more speed on ukraine's potential path toward joining the european union. but note that support internationally has come up against a domestic hurdle. not because farmers have been protesting in poland and poland is country which is facing an election this year. and those rural water filters are of crucial significance to poland, current ruling party law and justice party. now i think this could be seen as a quite carefully calculated moved by war. so because poland has a lot of goodwill for on a boat to crane aided the bank, basically because of that support, which is it's been offering. so perhaps it's willing to sort of draw,

don't or not support with this. what know does seem to be rather a public tiff. and it may be will calculate just because on the one hand either this bond proceeds us, poland has put on the table or brussels intervenes in some way, perhaps compels pulling down those other countries hungry in slovakia to to, to lift the bond. and in that, hey smoke, brussels can be blamed and that is potentially why the european commission seems to be quite reticent when it comes to speaking more forcefully against these actions. so far, rather just saying in a general sense, that unilateral actions aren't possible rather than named checking or more explicitly criticizing. but he has negotiations between poland and ukraine are ongoing. how is this dispute being perceived in ukraine? well, ukraine is, as we've just heard, a very dependent on poland and poland has supported ukraine

a lot. so that's why the country is being quite carefully about this. to have been ideas have been ventilated, that there might be some way of allowing trends it or to the see ports of poland without discharging the grain in poland without it entering the polish market. again, there's lots of technical questions about that. we've just heard that there's not only a dispute between ukraine and poland, but also brussels and how this would be done, the you ah, slave, or import tariffs on ukrainian goods at the beginning of the war as a means to support ukraine. and it has especially opened its transport, mainly re transferred for grain that was blocked because the black seaports were blocked by russia and then a, subsequently ukraine had mind the coasts and ships basically could not export the grain. the main means of export. that's why are these are routes through poland they and and hungary and slovakia. they have been

a lifeline for ukraine or for much of this war, especially in the beginning. and ukraine is still dependent on these experts, but it's trading the library carefully at rosie. what's gonna happen next in brussels? it's a pretty complicated picture you painted there. well, plenty of discussion and perhaps debate to be expected behind closed doors. we know that european union diplomats from the 27 members will be meeting and discussing this in the coming days. next week, there's a meeting of european union foreign ministers and following that meeting of european union agriculture ministers. but before that, we might hear more from the european union's executive the european commission, because the commission has acknowledged that there are problems being created, market distortions that have been complained about by poland and these other countries bordering ukraine. and in order to respond to that, back in march, the european commission unveiled a support package around $56000000.00 euros as around $62000000.00 us dollars to essentially try and compensate those farmers. or those agriculture are actors which

are seeing prices decrease that are therefore taking a hit to their industry. no, the european commission says 8 is looking into a further support package. and we may hear news of that in the coming days. but really, the bigger question is whether this decision this move to suspend those tariffs on imported ukrainian agricultural products into the european union, whether that will be extended. it's due for extension in june. the eas executive, the european commission, has proposed extending it, but it will be down to european union member states to give their backing for that . and it could be that poland, hungary, slovakia, and other countries indeed could come together to try and block that or to try and negotiate some sort of different a different move going forward. so still plenty of politics a to, to come here in brussels before we get a final picture of how this is going to move forwards. mathias, we can't really talk about ukrainian grain without talking about the grain deal,

which is currently up for renegotiation at moscow is things like signaling that it might not renew it. how nervous are people in ukraine about a possible end to that agreement? from the very beginning, this agreement has been a very fragile agreement. there have not been much hopes that this will work over a long time. so it's quite remarkable that this is still in place. however, at the moment are quite a number of ships are stuck in the stumble because the 2 sides are similarly can not agree on the procedure which ships to inspect 1st or russia and ukraine are together with the partners, turkey and the united nations inspect each ship that sails into ukrainian port so that russia can make sure that it's not carrying weapons or anything that is not part of the grain deal. and it seems that at the moment this procedure has been altered. that is, of course,

a means of pressure and russia when the deal was last time extended. so usually the deal works for $120.00 days and then it is extended each time it is extended. there is, of course, our summer suspension, whether this will really work this time. russia threatened several times to end this. of course, this is a powerful tool for russia to exert pressure on ukraine. but in the end, you agreements have always been reached most likely to due to the pressure of turkey, which is one of russia's mean are trading partners, remaining trading partners, and are of the united nations and of russia's interest to export grain, their own grain and fertilizers, and as rushes grain exports are even up this year. this has been a deal that may be russia is more dependent on. then we sometimes think thank you for all of that, rosie richard in brussels, and mattie has billing inc, if and let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today.

russia's foreign minister, sir, you love ralph has arrived in the brazilian capital, where he was welcomed by his counterpart, is also due to me, brazil's president, lucy massey, luna. da silva is proposing that a number of nations, including brazil and china could act as mediators and the conflict between moscow and keith. germany's former chancellor angle america has received the country's top honor and recognition of her 16 years as leader. she received the grand cross of the order of merit for a special achievement from president flung by the sti maya. she's only the 3rd ex leader to receive that distinction. french president, ammonia mccoy has said he understands the anger felt by the raising of frances retirement age from 62 to 64. speaking for the 1st time and signing the reform into law, he said it was necessary to keep the system afloat as the population ages the union,

se they'll continue protesting. the suspect and saturdays attack on japan's prime minister for mucous sheeta has been sent to the prosecutor's office. as authorities continue their investigations, casita was uninjured. in the incident, when a suspected pipe bomb was thrown at him during a campaign event, a suspect was arrested at the scene. and we stay in japan were foreign ministers of the g. 7 group of highly industrialized countries are meeting top diplomats from the member states are discussing current crises from ukraine to saddam emphasizing that they want to maintain the international order. they've been came to present a united front and their approach to china. after a recent attack on to pens, prime minister to shita security, the chief 7 meeting is on high alert. the group of 7 is county headed by japan. the foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the war in ukraine, and china is increasingly aggressive stance towards taiwan, japan till she mathias,

she once those who want to change the international ordering the mean colors. so we will family reject any uni that through attempts to change the status girl by force or all rushes aggression against clain, as well as the threat of use of nuclear weapons. by doing so, we will demonstrate to the world that g sip and strong determination to uphold the international order based on the law. the southern violence in sudan is also on the agenda for the cheese seven's foreign ministers. the united states is calling for a ceasefire. one echoed by the u. k. with all the immediate future lies in the hands of the journals who all engaged in this fight. and we call upon them to put peace 1st to bring an end

to the fighting. to get back to negotiations. that's what the people she'd all want. that's what the people who sit on deserve. the foreign ministers meeting comes ahead of a full summit of she 7 leaders in hiroshima in may. ah, jam his li quarter, final resumes on tuesday with italians. i napoli looking to overturn their one nail deficit after losing a way to ac milan in the 1st leg, but this time around knobbly, we'll have 30 as leading goals, gore victor. all the men back striker has scored 25 goals so far the see them also paying to claw their way back our premier league side. chelsea who trail spanish dines rail madrid to nil after the 1st leg. if chelsea failed to win the champions league, they could miss out next season. the english side are currently nowhere near

a european spot in the premier league table and are still looking for their 1st when under intern, boss frank landlord. oh here's what lambert had to say about chelsea situation. we know where we want to be. it was broken is a bit much, but we know we want to be not as clear lake position as a reality and a premier league between no doubt in this guy. so i think those things are just reality. we have to work against that. and with that, you're all up to date, but stay with us now. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. hope with

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