shattering the glass ceiling, women in architecture, and this has to be really, really good. starts april 20th on d, w. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. the u. s. secretary of state makes a direct appeal for a cease fire in sudan. antony blanket calls the countries to feuding generals, urging them to stop the fighting to allow in humanitarian aid. the un says that nearly 200 people have been killed. also coming up,

you commission president priscilla funder line warns europe must be clear eyed about the risks and the opportunities of dealing with china. she says decoupling from beijing is not an option. to be api. i arrest 2 men suspected of running a secret police station in new york city on behalf of the chinese government. officials say the outpost was used to target u. s. based chinese descent. ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program. u. s. secretary of state antony blanket has held phone calls with each of sedans, boring generals, urging them to reach a cease fire to and days of bloodshed. both groups have been fighting for control of sudan since saturday. the un says that at least 185 people have been killed in

japan for g 7 foreign ministers meeting, blinking de cried a monday attack on a u. s. diplomatic convoy in sudan as quote, reckless and irresponsible, and warned that such a violence threatens the delivery of foreign aid. we have the concerns, of course, about the oral surgeon on us as an adverse group program through that has it was received or desperately. the assistance for 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 khartoum. the fighting has made it impossible to determine an overall death toll, with many bodies still left in the streets as it's too dangerous to recover them. those who decide to leave their homes are taking

a deadly risk. ah, fleeing the funny thing 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 to seen heavy gunfire and several air strikes and civilian neighborhoods. the use ambassador to sedan was assaulted in his home. and cartoon. the blocks top diplomat, jazz at barrels, said in a tweet. the violence is left the city's 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 will r, as if 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 the 2 sides who are fighting on on you because he impression that's a want we'd haitian for peace between them. right way are they are calling on the other side too to where ah, yes i to he russell and oh, your site to be disbanded. global and regional leaders have 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 european commission president ursula found a line has told european lawmakers that the e u needs to rethink its policy toward china. but shouldn't 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. ready is clearly not liable, desirable, or even practical for europe. but as i said back in january, and as i set out in more detail a few weeks ago, there is clearly a need for europe 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,

a shelton who is joining us now from shaw strasburg. aunt lucy from the line, talked about d, risking the 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 innovate. weiner rebel to china, but it's also about other areas. it's all about a so called level playing field. it's about a 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 being used by a so called systemic rival french president, a manual market 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. yes sir. 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 soon as i put a, just in the parliament pointed out, they are different interests of member states. i've just talked to and entered his recently, and he said that they are quite a member state bed one to much tougher sense to watch china because of their

behavior with russia in the light of the war in ukraine. for example, there are some states of the politics fed one side, 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 on my call. but this enemy said or to germany might want a bit of a friend or a relationship towards china, so they are not 100 percent clearer in their behavior towards china. you what, what they all agree on. and this is something that you hear in european union is that they do have to do risk. but how does risking of the relationship should look like this is something that they still have to figure out uni last issues in strasburg. thank you so much. china's defense minister is on a 3 day visit to russia as aging again affirms the partnership between the 2 world powers. lee shang fool met with president vladimir putin and his russian

counterpart. sergey, shall i go in moscow on sunday. the trip comes as western countries have urged beijing, not to supply weapons to russia due to its invasion of ukraine. china is officially neutral on the conflict, but has deepened trade and diplomatic links with moscow and has refused to join international sanctions. for sure. sure, if it would be for sure for him. let's bring in russia analyst konstantin edgar, who is following the visit by the chinese defense minister. he is and villainy as a constancy. moscow and beijing, very tight lipped about this visit. what do we know about it? so far we don't know much of it. we are not supposed to know much. oh, i'm certain we will have a string of official announcements and get a list of names that the chinese minister met in moscow, including of course the a people from the defense stuff. oh, the interesting thing will be whether he'll be taken to any kind of military installations and shown around and whether this is going to be reported because

this kind of adds depth to such kind of visits showing that the countries, if not exactly, are in not exactly brothers and arms them very closely. corporate saying bugs are, i do not think it will happen to large extent the think this is loaded with political symbolism, but i do not think it will be taken that far because i don't think the chinese communist party with want we've seen the chinese and the russian military is cooperate in the past. what's different this time around? well, i think that this visit, ah, falling very closely off to see jean pink meeting the pool. ah, is a signal from of beijing. first and foremost of all, we are not going to abandon russia. that does not mean that we, i, e, the tron east will support them whole heartedly, but will not abandon yet. we see russia and we, she taught english to put in the route as our strategic ally and military allowed

to lease the country. that is militarily, very close to the chinese regime. it is, of course, a message of support and a message to west do not think you're going to easily could joel, joel log into or promoting some kind of anti puts in lives or taking it from mix them up against his aggression. i think it is more a political does that then something that a very practical i do not see any kind of major or russian chinese military exercises happening any time. soon. konstantin, angered in vilnius, thank you so much. thank you. 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 plan for sod, beijing's eyes and the big apple, hidden in plain sight in new york city's 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 arch with conspiring to act as agents of china's government, they were later released on bail. the case comes as federal authorities ramp up

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. both the accused and china and sissy alleged new york outpost was merely an office to help chinese nationals for new document. another trivial tasks. but u. s. officials ward, it could be just the tip of the iceberg. as paging takes ever more drastic steps to stay about criticism, no matter the place, no matter the time. the world snooker championship was temporarily suspended in sheffield england after a month on monday after protesters crashed at the tournament. robert milton's and

joe perry were playing their 1st round match when a protest her jumped on the table and emptied the bag of orange powder. eventually staff managed to stop him and protesters will remove my security. the group just off oil claimed responsibility. and meantime in the champions league, quarter final, it resumes on tuesday with a tally inside napoli, looking to overturn their one nell deficit after losing a way to ac milan in the 1st leg. but this time around napoli will have siri a's leading goals for victor. ahmed hen, back a striker, has for 25 goals. so far this season. also hoping to claw their way back our premier league side. chelsea who trailed spanish giants rail madrid to nil after the 1st leg. if chelsea when fail to win the champions league, they could miss out next season. the english side are currently no where near

a european spot in the premier lee table and are still looking for their 1st when under interim boston, frank labarte. and here's what lampart had to say about chelsea situation. we're not where we want to be. the word broken is of it much, but we know we want to be not as clearly position as a reality and a premier league returned don in his garden. so i think am i saying that is reality, we have to work against our up next sunday w. it is close up. taking a closer look at polish women fighting for abortion rights. i'm sarah kelly. thanks for watching. with the trio taking on thy durian trafficking that works with for this did this open, those mounting evidence that nigerian human trafficking enforced to prostitution are also taking place here and from school with.