this morning, he's a world he's never seen before. dr. now t d w documentary with ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin claim and cancer claim, sedans, rapids support forces, say they are supporting a 24 hour cease fire following international pressure, bath sedans, regular army denies any knowledge overseas fire and says that is pushing ahead with its objectives. also coming off, you commission president, also

a fund alive wants in europe, must be clear eyed about the risks and opportunities of dealing with china. but she says decoupling europe from beijing is not an option. also on the program, a u. s. journalist charged with the spying appears in a russian court. wallstreet general reporter evan gaskets denies the charges against him and washington his calling for his immediate release. ah, i'm glad of his welcome to the program which we begin in sudan where the paramilitary rapid support forces say they are restating their support for 24 hours sees fire following days of bloodshed, the commander of the group, general mohammed hummed under gallo, made the announcement on twitter saying it was in response to calls from your

secretary of state antony blinking for an end to violence. but according to reuters sedans, army has denied any knowledge overseas. far, almost 200 people have been killed. the last few days of fighting ah, fleeing the fleeting in the streets of cartoon. those who can i getting out of 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, a sheltering in their college library and homes are no longer safe. the conflict has seen heavy come fire and several air strikes and civilian neighborhoods. the use ambassador to sedan was assaulted in

his home, and cartoon, the blocks top diplomat ge as at parales set 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 months after signing a deal to restore civilian rule. to be very honest as a twin size, who are hygiene on or giving is your impression? that's a want with haitian or piece between them right way are rather they are are calling on the other side to to ah, yes, i took it out to slender. 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 at for an update. we cannot speak the journalist, patrick oil joining us from juba and south sedan. i. there are mixed reports now coming in about a ceasefire in sedans, or what have you heard? yes, that makes a report about the sci fi is a consign because the ministry of foreign affairs of some of them has just released a statement a few minutes ago. and it said that the president of south saddam, together with the president of kenya and the booty, are ready to go to sudan as soon as the fighting costume stops on the plain can land. so that news of the seas fire, especially by general hum dog than is seen here as something good people

expected that they did, they sedan armed forces would accept so that at least it provides with unity for some form of mediation team to go on the ground i'm talking, but that is not all. we also hear it reports of many people now being part of power to the the problem also with water because the main water supply point has been bomb. so that was will form the transmitter water. and not only that, the hospitals are also running out of front lies the red cross and red grid and just read the statement a few minutes ago. they said, if this situation continues, you fighting continue, then the hospitals are going to run dry. and also the wounded cannot get to the hospital. people on the streets. people have been short people, i wounded their people as a what did all these bodies cannot be collected, those were wounded, cannot get to the hospital, ambulances cannot move. so definitely they cease fire would be very,

very welcome move by everybody in the lead, you're in the east africa and region and also in the, in the sudan. now, what are you hearing about the fight? you give us an update about cartoon. what are you hearing about the fighting in other parts of the country? yes, we are hearing that fighting is going on in other parts of the country. for example, this morning, will i told that the why? i thought i witnesses the important i'd say at least they saw to play that. why, why, why bombing some areas around pos to dan. i saw they are, they are also hearing, you know, fighting from the ground as well, trying to shoot down some of those plane. so yes, fighting is, is grading across we are here in other parts as well. in the east. we're hearing that also fighting is reading or by there. so yeah, i did. a bad thing for the socio nice people is that the fight is actually going across the country, even though some people are hoping that if it's more window of the fire would be

open, they would leave to, to go to, you know, other parts of the country but now that is, that is also still a challenge because if i think is fitting a close, you just do not know where to go is. so yeah, it is spreading across the country. so it's apart from a cease fire. do you think that this situation has the potential to develop into a real civil war? yes, yes, it has because one you already have this from 40, which is of course the national army. you will have the support forces, which is a probability battle cause they one of the ingredients of variables of all of the conflict is of course to have a comma. we know that 100 repeat support for says that they are fit in humble truth . even though we've been of core people is to maybe have about a 100000 troops. dr. the big about the equipment they also did the conflict

is, is, is capable of the splitting the number of people and also in the pretty one was across the country. if for the situation is up at rest soon, it will really develop into a whole scale. people walk and it is better if it is that i do this now because of the human italian cost, the human cost that is associated with that will also it is very concerning for many because i went and faithfully for the day. i'm not fired and ready and one of the reasons they said is that they believe that there are supposed forces are losing around. that's why i'm talking of all the fire. but in this kind of war, in these fighting, you've seen that it is not easy for one side to outside the wind and to the other side because the battle in the, in the city, if, even if it is something that seems fire,

would really have to be laid and providing for unity for jason because it doesn't make sense for you to find someone who is a lot of people, these people, district property, and they do come up and it was payable and just from the power position. so yeah, this is ended event thomas patrick had there for us in south sudan. thank you very much. european commission president, also the funder lion has told your pin lawmakers that the you needs to rethink its policy towards china, but should not cut ties with beijing. 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 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 have some breaking news of for you. now the u. s. journalist, her evan girl coverage has appeared in the moscow core to appeal against his arrest and detention. the wall street journal reporter has been charged with spying. following his arrest late last month, gust ridge and his employer deny any wrong doing with washington calling for his immediate release. the 1st time a u. s. journalist has been detained on his espionage charges by russia since the end of the cold war. and for more on this, i'm now john, buddy w's former most cooperative yuri, russia to he is now in reader. because d,

w is banned from reporting in russia. europe. what happens if evan cosca, which is a bit, if his appeal is denied by the court, which is, i understand most likely outcome are absolutely, again out according to the f. as b rush, a secret service guest which was acting on instructions from the united states, allegedly collected information, which was classified as a state secret about one of russia's military factors in the u. or else i even guessed which denied this accusation. however, a criminal case has been initiated against him and under the charge of his parents espionage punishment. under this article means for garish to which from 10 to 20 years in prison. an investigation is underway at the moment or the trial is scheduled for the end of may until then guess which will be in a breed trial detention center in moscow. he is now, they're considering the resonance of the skis and his fame or one can assume that russia will do everything to punish eskoville according to the most severe scenario

that is put him in jail for 20 years. now on monday, for the 1st time the u. s, a basset had to russia was allowed to see go through to imprison. what have you heard about that meeting? yes, yes, ambassador to moscow. lin, tracy did indeed visit even gash coverage in the pre trial detention center in the 4th over by moscow. as this was the 1st access to even gash coverage since of his detention over 2 weeks ago. ah, yes, ambassador reported that even was feeling well and was holding up as she again called for ivan's immediate to lease. i don't. the journalist himself had previously sent his 1st letter to his family in the united states. it was only 2 pages long, are and was written in russian because garish of its parents are soviet immigrants and communicate with their son in russian. yet he wrote that he hasn't lost hope

and even joke that his mother prepared him well for prison food because she cooked the same wheat a whit porridge when he was young. so at the end, gash cabbage puts his name. your vanier hero at van is the russian form of his american name. even if you're a yesterday or we spoke about a russian gremlin critic, very mccurry morsa. and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison to beggars. which is god, as you said, facing up to 20 years jail time. why is there such a draconian crackdown on freedom of expression in russia? yeah, look, even guess garbage has been writing articles on sensitive topics, including the one ukraine and the wagner private military company. our 4 big american newspaper, and i think the kremlin is pretty afraid of people with audience with influence. and that's completely normal because of the situation in the country in russia isn't getting any better. the war has been going on for more than

a year and the grammar and seems determined to keep the war going for a long time. so protests are and critics, in his own country are the last thing president putin needs. now. this tense atmosphere is likely to intensify as to the election date approaches are in less than a year. the russians will elect the new president. so any opponents like horrible czar yesterday should be silenced if possible. as for even gears cabbage, moscow is probably hoping for a prisoner swap. i, there are various russians who are in jail in the west and are to be exchanged for even gorski, which are corresponding derucia to their thank you, yuri. and before we go, the well smoker championship was temporarily suspended in sheffield, england on monday after protest as crashed the tournaments. robert mckenzie and joe perry were playing their 1st wrong match when the protest that jumped on the table and empty to back. the orange powder eventually stopped,

managed to stop him and both protesters were removed by security. the group just stopped, boy claimed responsibility. and that's it. from me and the news team of for now up next, did your business with kate ferguson? don't miss that. i am gabrielle f. as in berlin, i'll have an update for you at the top via fax, which i guardians of truth. my name is john dinner and i have paid almost every price of being a journalist in a country like turkey taking on the powers that be they risk every.