ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the u. s. secretary of state makes a direct appeal for a cease fire in sudan antony blank and calls the countries to feuding generals, urging them to stop the fighting to allow in humanitarian aid. the un says nearly 200 people have been killed. also coming up,

you commission president ursula funder line warranty. europe must be clear eyed about the risks and opportunities of dealing with china. but she says the coupling from beijing is not an option. plus the f. b i arrested to man suspected of running a secret police station in new york city on behalf of the chinese government. officials say that the outpost was used to target u. s. based chinese. ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program. u. s. secretary of state antony blanket has held phone calls with each of sedans warren generals, urging them to reach a ceasefire, 2 and days of bloodshed. both groups have been fighting for control of sudan since saturday. the u. n says that at least 185 people have been killed in japan for g 7

foreign ministers meeting, blinking decried a monday attack on a u. s. diplomatic convoy in sudan as reckless and irresponsible. and warned that such violence threatens the delivery of foreign aid. we have the concerns, of course, about the oral surgeon to release a us as a group rate through that has wanted to see who are desperately the assistance for and other foreign representatives in sudan have also been caught up in the violence. the e reported that it's ambassador to sudan was assaulted at his home in hard to the fighting has made it impossible to determine an overall death toll with many bodies still left in the streets as it is too dangerous to recover them. those who decide

to leave their homes are taking a deadly risk. ah, fleeing the fleeting in the streets of cartoon. those who can a getting out we are leaving the city and heading for our hometown. we are waiting for the victory statement from the sudanese army others have had no choice but to stay put trapped by the fighting. these university students so sheltering in their college library ah, in homes are no longer safe. the conflict is seen heavy gunfire and several air strikes and civilian neighborhoods. the e use ambassador to sedan was assaulted in his home. and cartoon, the blocks top diplomat, ge as at barrels, said in a tweet. the violence is left the cities, airport hospitals, and top military buildings,

badly scarred. the flashes are interruption of a long simmering power struggle between sedans, army, and the powerful paramilitary rapid support forces. all r s f. they joined forces to oust form a dictator. omar bashir in 2019, now they have turned their guns on each other, just month after signing a deal to restore civilian rule. to be very honest as a true size, who are hygiene on on you? because he impression that's a want media ation or piece between them right way are they are calling on the other side too. ah, yes, society russell n o z site to be disbanded, global and regional leaders of called on the warring parties to accept a ceasefire. but with neither the r s f or the army willing to back down. the

deadly violence looks set to continue and i spoke earlier with meridian latifah, africa program director at the international crisis group. i asked him, but really worried him about the situation in sudan right now. i think what's the worrying that delivery kid to the kid's been now? you're right from the tough the battle between 2 very well and they went to the site and taking plot place in the hard copy to look nearly 6000000 people in the height of ramadan, 40 degree ships, electricity cut up in many neighborhoods. you don't have what uploading. so if the real you money period catastrophe with the potential to get was because of the packet in which you visual both play, walk us through a little bit more about what is happening indeed on the humanitarian level and what it means for students, civilian population in particular access, as you've mentioned, things like essential food, water medicine saw some done in

a country that witnessed in debility almost right from independence in particular. but this is where they were treat to street fighting in the capital in the putting been most people who the most, who proven our country in africa, but to didn't. now we see the huge mitchell police with people running out of electricity. you can imagine if they have to be very hot, they make people very vulnerable, efficient all the population. and you're seeing there was because running out of enough fuel been directly targeted. we pod from the w h or that some build up the ticket to the was would program at the end. it's a parisian and we have to know that when we have some state and what's happening in had to we don't know what's happening elsewhere. they've been fighting in multiple setting been done in get every,

in the fine for and really this is really, really worrying a very official that is a great even the only human interior is by us. soon. we heard a little bit earlier in the program that us secretary of state, anthony lincoln, has held phone calls with each of su. dan's warning generals tell us a little bit more about how effective you think that pressure might be and whether any sort of international intervention might help. so, sudan is the usually significant country, basically fits of the crossroads between the middle is not africa, the hill. i'm one of africa, it's a baby, large country. it's a very important country surrounded by bailey and people hot. and so i think there will be substantial interest in trying to get the barrier to pull. but i think it will need to be constructive mitigation. it will need to both the african union,

the regional block, it got important need but of egypt, but also those by the field of europe. yeah. you make it are very made in the rates and the cutting who all have influences some of the active and americans are really critical because they really, historically important the community part love both for, for the various security act of and also the political player. i think we'll leave that there will be also some internal inputs mediation. but as you had up talk, i think what you need for the moment, but they seem confident, but they've done, i'd be willing to try and, and, and i think you are a military victory and the be worrying saying this dentist population we've also heard reported the e use and best there to sudan was assaulted in his home in cartoon. and i'm just wondering what you thought when you heard that news. and is it also fair to assume

. now, as you've mentioned between these war in general, that students transition to democracy is effectively now dead. so when we look back at april 2019, i think what, what basically we have to accept is that the security post is even if they seized power and handed over to us to be a prime minister. never really accepted to step up. this is a country which has been ruled on and off with the military for most of the years of independence. they have control power, but especially the economy for a long time. they never really anticipated honeymoon but to the video. but at the same time, i think we have to remember that this is a conflict country that they can't just rule union lecturing, the use that knew what i'm but now i don't think this up from what we've had appears to have been targeted. i think it's but of the disorder i'm holding within the capitol, but the, you the, you with the gulf, but now the african partners all need to press upon the actor that none of them

will be able to group the country unilaterally. it's up road. it's a large, it's a great day bus country. they all have to accept that the civilians will live to play a role. i think the civilians also need to be, you know, bait health will help they approach these then and, and how b especially i'd all say equally to step. but i grieve to come back to fremont agreement. i don't really think it's a hopeless situation. it's a brave, terrifying and worrying one up, but potentially if both sides can understand none can build military, we can go back to some sort of negotiations about a framework agreement that allows the civilians to take the lead murphy matego from the international crisis group. thank you so much. european commission president ursula funder line has told european lawmakers that the e, you needs to rethink its policy towards china. but shouldn't ever sever ties with

the economic giant. this international and economic status, as well as our own interests, make it all the more important for europe to manage its relations with china. and for me, that also shows that decoupling is clearly not viable, desirable or even practical for europe. but as i said back in january, and as i said out in more detail a few weeks ago, there is clearly a need for you to work on di, risking some important and sensitive parts of our relationship. and let's get more watching. the address for us was lucy shelton who is joining us now from sha strossberg lithia fund line, talked about the risking b e u relationship with china. what exactly does that mean?

yes, she mean said that in certain key areas there should be a management of the relations and she has been proposing a couple of things in that regard. let me maybe mention here the raw materials. the european union is working on a raw material act. the idea is to get more independent from chinese raw materials . there are areas where the european union is highly dependent on china, which of course makes them in a way whiner abode to china. but it's also about other areas. it's all about a so called level playing field. it's about european companies having the same access to the market as chinese in china. and it's also in other certain areas as an i p law where the european union wants to better protect i p law. and to be sure that maybe technologies that are coming from the european union are not used by a so called systemic rival french president manuel. my call has recently insisted that china should above all be seen as an economic partner of the

e. you talk with us a little bit more about the tension that we are seeing among different you countries with regard to approaching china. yeah. so i think you have to start by seeing that there are different competencies at play here. so on the one hand, there is a foreign policy and the foreign policy is still with the european union member states and their, their can to certain degree, do whatever they want to. and then there are trade relations and trade relations are in the competency of the european union and of the commission. so, and as shows, i put a, just in the parliament pointed out they are different interests of member states. i have just talked to an analyst recently and said that they are quite some member state that won't much tougher sense to watch china because of their behavior with russia in the light of the war and ukraine. for example, there are some states of the politics fed, one fed, but also poland, he said, or the check republic. so they really want to double down on china. and then the

other member states, we've just seen him out of my home. but his enemies said or to germany might want a bit of a friend re relationship towards china. so they are not a 100 percent coherent in their behavior towards china. you what, what they all agree on. and this is something that you hear in the european union is that they do have to do risk. but how this thing off the relationship should look like this is something that they still have to figure out, uni loud shelton in strasburg, thank you so much. and here's a look at some other stories making news around the world. the kremlin says that president vladimir putin has visited russian forces in parts of ukraine, illegally annexed by moscow. it is the russian leaders, 2nd reported visit to ukraine since last year's invasion. moscow announced the illegal annexation of 4 ukrainian regions in september of 2022. despite only controlling parts of the head of tunisia,

main opposition party has been arrested rashid gun uci and influential isn't miss leader. and long time critic of president case side, the opposition lead parliament will shut down in 2021. since then, credited inside has been tightening his grip on power and widening a crackdown on opposition. voices french president a menu, a mac. hong has said that he understands the anger felt by the raising of frances retirement age from 62 to 64. speaking for the 1st time since signing the reform into law, he said it was necessary to keep the system afloat as the population ages. the union say that they will continue protesting. u. s. tech giant apple has opened its 1st retail store in india. enthusiastic would be customers queued outside of a shop. in one buys financial district, the world's most valuable company is seeking to expand in india,

home of the 2nd highest number of smartphone users after china. the battle so back move in eastern ukraine has had ukrainian and russian force is locked for more than 8 months in a bloody cell. me thousands of lives have been lost with soldiers engaging and trench warfare resembling the battles seen in world war one. after months of barely any movement, the u. k. ministry of defense says that last week that russia has re energized its assault. this just as ukraine is expected to launch a long awaited spring counter offensive. this is what months of fighting has done to battled. in recent days, more neighborhoods in the embattled city of fallen to russia. according to moscow, it claims most of back motives under its control. before the war, around 70000, people lived here

a mining hub strategically located in eastern ukraine. it's believe there are only $3000.00 residents now. the head of russia's private mercenary wagner group has called back moved a meat grinder. ukrainian forces have described, quote, unprecedented bloody battles. but both russia and ukraine have suffered heavy losses. thousands of soldiers have died in the more than 9 months that the battle for bach mood has raged. moscow has been re supplying its front lines as fast as they lose people. but both sides are refusing to back down to that. for the kremlin, the capture of back mood would provide a long awaited battlefield victory, a symbolic show of strength. it could also open up the way for a russian advanced towards major ukrainian cities in the region savanski and cram a tourist. and in turn control of the entire turnouts. guerria

ukrainian president vladimir lansky has repeatedly said ukraine will continue to hold fast, mort. for now, it appeared the months long stalemate remains the longest and bloodiest battle in russia's war in ukraine. and it shows little sign of changing them for more. let's bring in ben hodges. he is the former commanding general of the us army, europe, and chairman of the globe sack future security and defense council. he is a close observer of the war. thank you so much for rejoining us, general hodges. we appreciate your time. russia claiming in the past 24 hours that its bagginger mercenaries have taken 2 more districts in bach moot. how important is that, sir? a bach mood is actually all about crimea. ukraine has managed for 9 months to stop russian forces from capturing buck mood. in the meanwhile,

they have been building up forces that they're going to use and they're offensive, which i think happens in several more weeks. that will be aimed at isolating the crime in peninsula and then eventually making crimea untenable for russian forces. so this is amazing what ukrainian forces have done with huge sacrifice, but they've done it with forces without having to take away the, the forces they need for the offensive. we would call this an economy of force sacrifices, but it buys time for the offense of that still to come. so then tell us because i mean some have criticized, you know, ukraine putting so many resources into the battle for bach. mood has been grinding . it has been a battle for so long some saying it doesn't really have any major strategic importance. when we look at the overall situation, how would you respond to that criticism? well, i think that the ukranian journalist staff and prison jill and ski have made the decision that it's worth it to buy time the time it's necessary to get their force

ready for the counter offensive, which will start and i think it's going to be june. it was never going to be a spring offensive. it needs to be when they're ready to attack. and when the weather conditions are better, the ground specifically. so, you know, they, they know how much they can afford, how much time they need and what the cost is. but they're able to, with nurses, a steal, and real courage. an incredible tenacity by ukrainian soldiers, by the time that in the, in the bigger picture, is going to have a huge strategic payoff for ukrainian forces. what do you with that in mind? general hodges, what do you think should be prioritized in any counter offensive of the isolation of a crimean peninsula? i think this counter offensive will probably be on a very narrow. busy front not the whole 900 kilometers of the front, but on a very narrow axis to penetrate these russian defences and get to the coast of the sea of as to break the so called land bridge and begin the isolation of crimea from

the rest of russian forces then you can bring up high mars and other long range precision weapons that can begin to target sub estoppel. and. busy other russian facilities on the crimea and peninsula to make it untenable. that's the beginning of the end for crimea, for the russians and crimea. and this is a necessary step that thing that leads to ukraine winning this war, potentially, by the end of this year. if we provide them what they need and what is that, what do they need now in the next long way to make that happen. it's long range precision weapons. the ability to hit service topo, saki jen corey. these places from which russia is launching, attacks against ukraine. general hodges, we thank you so much for your time. for joining us. get here on this program. as we mentioned, retired us lieutenant general chairman of the glove sex, future security and defense council. we appreciate it. thank you,

sir. we had to the united states now where the f b, i has arrested 2 men, suspected of working as secret agents for the chinese government. the men were accused of running a secret police station in new york to intimidate chinese dissidence. living in the united states. the case highlights a growing trend among authoritarian regimes, which are going out of their way to silence opposition. allegedly behind this planned facade, paintings, ice in the big apple, hidden in plain sight. in new york city, china town. 2 men are suspected of running a secret police station control by china. until several months ago. an entire floor of this building hosted an undeclared police station of the chinese national police. now just imagine the n y p d opening an undeclared secret police station in beijing

it would be unthinkable. u. s. prosecutor say the suspects, use the outpost to help bating target chinese dissidence across the united states. and monday, the men who are both us citizens, which hearts with conspiring to act as agents of chinese government. there were later released on bail the case comes as federal authorities ramp of investigations into attempts by us adversaries to intimidate political opponents in the united states. the outpost was established roughly a year ago and shut down after police. search warn, last fall is believed to be one of more than $100.00 were wide run by china. and the 1st on us soil bossier, choose an shine, insists the alleged new york outpost was merely an office to help chinese nationals renewed document. another trivial tasks. but

u. s. officials warn it could be just the tip of the iceberg. as paging takes ever more drastic steps to say about criticism, no matter the place, no matter the time. poland, slovakia and hungary i say that they are banning the important and transitive grain from ukraine to protect their own agricultural sectors. it comes after local farmers complained of grain coming from the war. torn country being sold below market price, but with the ear largely responsible for e u. trade rules, 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, we can't go in either direction. the poles reached out the hand to us. i'm very thankful him will. sure. yep,

i got an immensely grateful read. the whole of ukraine is the whole world in his meal. but now so potent let us in for some reason and assist with a portion of the some kind of situation here. the swanson you poignantly, she'll soon 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 its 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 are considering similar actions. the european commission said it was looking into the legality of the measures. which is important to remind that trade policies, so of exclusive confidence, which means that it, sir, i've european union level that such as he shows can be taken under seeds. why we have been saying that her unit at an action is not possible under you trade policy . further complicating matters last week, moscow 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 in ukraine. now in the world of sports, the world snooker championship was temporarily suspended in sheffield, england. on monday,

after protestors crashed at the tournament. robert milk ins and joe perry were playing their 1st round match when a protester jumped on the table and emptied the bag of orange powder. eventually staff managed to stop him and both protesters were removed by security. the group just stopped. oil claimed responsibility of next sunday, w news. it is equal africa exploring how apps are helping sierra leone. mangrove for us. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thank you for watching. ah ah ah ah. with

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