ah ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. conflicting reports about a possible cease fire in sudan. rival commanders were said to have agreed to pause, fighting from 6 p. m. local time, following days of violence that killed nearly 200 people. also coming up, a russian court denies bail for a detained

u. s. journalist wall street journal reporter, even gash given will remain in custody as he awaits trial on spying charges. and as the battle from back moot grinds on, the u. k. ministry of defense warns that rushes assault totally ukrainian town has been re enter. john plus refers the f b i arrests. 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 distance. ah . hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. were receiving conflicting reports about a possible 24 hour cease fire in sudan earlier rival forces battling and the east african country had reportedly agreed to paul fighting from 6 pm local time. now

his spokesman for the sudanese army says he knows nothing about such an agreement. the opposing rapid support forces had been calling on government forces to end the violence. almost 200 people had been killed since fighting began on saturday. wow. after days of heavy fighting and cartoon, many residents are fleeing the sudanese capital, amazon, even a city and heading for a home town were waiting for the victory statement from the city and his army. mothers had had no choice but to stay put traps by the fighting. this university students are sheltering in their college library is that the conflict has seen heavy gunfire and several air strikes and civilian neighborhoods. diplomats have also been targeted. i can confirm that yesterday we had an american diplomat, a convoy that was fired on um,

all of our people are safe and unharmed. but this action was reckless. it was irresponsible, and of course unsafe. you top diplomats yells that borrow said in a tweet that the youth ambassadors residence in ha tomb had been rated by fighters . the u. n. has condensed, the growing turmoil and neighboring egypt has offered to mediate our contact with a sudden his army into rapid support. forces is not ending. we are constantly reaching out to encouraged him to start a ceasefire and prevented bloodshed in order to allow negotiations leading the restoration of com. the violence has left cartoons, air pause, hospitals and top military buildings. barely. scott: the fighting is the combination of a long simmering power struggle between sedans, army and the powerful paramilitary rapid support forces. o r s f. they join forces

to ask former dictator omar bashir in 2019. now they have turned their guns in each other, 2 months after signing a deal to restore civilian rule. with tension still high, it's hoped that a potential ceasefire will allow time for the rival factions to reach a lasting agreement to end the violence. and we can speak now to journalist patrick oil. he joins us from cuba in south sudan. patrick, do we have any clarity on whether the 2 sides have actually agreed on a ceasefire? it one thing that we have 5 of all is that fighting is still ongoing. especially in the middle of the city and how to me and yes, we now hearing that the government has said that yes, they are now being informed about the fire. and they have also agreed that this is

fire, which is exactly 6 p. m local time, which is about almost 2 hours from now, but for now, fighting is still ongoing and they have been also some relief statement that have come just in and now from the governmental authority and development eguard, which by the way is shared by so don itself about doubt is poke spots on for ego has said that they have been in contact with their wedding parties and they actually hopeful that a solution will be leach, that they are dispatching as soon as the situation is come in. so don dispatching southland, president, the president, ok now on the play the booty to go and begin some form of mediation. they say they are very optimistic that something positive will the world with com, however they, the agencies are still doubting because they go there was of course,

also a 3 hour fire that was meant to provide some time for, for you my daddy, an aide to be provided and so on. i did not really go well because i to continue, you know, during those 3 hours so agency that saying that they are not very sure they want some guy that the fire will hold so that they can, they can come out and help people spell. sudan has been experiencing for days of intense fighting. tell us what impact this is having on the country. then a bit, a big impact, very, very huge impact because one, no economy activity is taking place. of course, this fighting is not only have to, it has played across the country. the most important part was that the support saddam, which takes that oil to the international market, the oil as well comes from south to that and some from so down itself. it has been at this time still nothing is happening. so in terms of the economy,

of course is very, very bad. and already the economy was not even doing well. it was suffering. so with these days of destruction, and now the infrastructure being destroyed, for example, what points are be destroyed? some electricity connections i've also been destroyed. so it's, it's a huge, huge negative impact on the economy. really the quest to find peace in sudan has been going on for a long time. it looked like the warring factions were going to agree, what could bring about a longer lasting piece for sorta what could bring the fall of all is to and they caught in the priority to end the caught in the fighting of cause and then have enough time to, to negotiate, you know, the piece getting piece is really a process is not an event, and there are many in this seeing that the process is being pushed too fast. and

perhaps this is the result. they, the parties need time, new time. they need to be given enough time to really iron out issues one other time, especially the issue of security reforms that give the secretary form is a huge issue in so down for example, the, there are some groups in the west on part of so down in the 4 who have not even join the 2020 piece process which has been going on since these are before the, the outbreak of the fighting. so you have, i'm booth that the not even joined the process. then you have group in the, in the southern part of the country they mount ended the blue nile. it's all done called to find who also has not yet fully been integrated into the national army. and then you have the rapid support forces. so the groups are very many, it is not something that you can rush and say, for example, the disagreement now because of the integration of the rapid, as opposed to force it what i should be in 2 years or 10 years. it cannot be last with all these so many groups. everybody see that if my troops are integrated very

fast, i will be vulnerable. so it needs time. the quest for the piece really is that time needs to be given for the party to begin to, to, to negotiate adequate atmosphere. conducive atmosphere should be given to the parties to, to negotiate so that they come up with a solution that any can last long lasting solution for, for, for soda. patrick, thank you very much. that was journalist, perfect oil it in south suda now to russia where a court in moscow has rejected. jailed us journalist even gushed bitches appeal against his pre trial detention. the wall street journal reporter hedge has been charged with spying following his arrest late last month. yours, given, and his employer deny any wrong doing with washington calling for his immediate release. as the 1st time us journalist has been detained on espinoza's charges by russia since the end of the cold war the u. s.

ambassador to russia, lin, tracy attended gasket, which is appeal hearing and spoke to the media outside. afterwards, we will continue to provide all appropriate support to evan in his family. and we expect russian authority to provide continued consular access to having the charges against evan or baseless and we fall on the russian federation. immediately release him more in this, i'm joined now by d. w. as for moscow, beer, a chief theory res, chateau, he's in riga. as d. w is banned from reporting in russia. so you're it, jessica, which is appeal has been denied. what happens now? yes, the court rejected the appeal against the arrest of gas cabbage officials from the us embassy in moscow. he saw it, including ambassador in france. he attended the court. the meeting was behind

closed doors on march. just remind you 30, the court st. ganske of each to jail on charges of espionage. and the journalist was detained at the aunt of martin. catherine broken the euros the f as be claimed for that he collected secret information about a large military factory in the euros in connection with the investigations, by the way, against garage garbage to russians were also arrested who allegedly contributed to the alleged crime. the s t a department has declared that both are wrongfully detained, bearing the pay with the way for exchange dogs, according to media reports, gash coverage, lawyers expect in the future that he will be or would be, or could be exchanged for. one of the russians are imprisoned, broke there on monday, the u. s. ambassador to russia was finally allowed to see the garage given in prison. what do we know about that meeting? yury? yes, that meeting took place more than 2 weeks after jessica, which was arrested on from day one that the u. s. embassy was request has requested

permission to visit, even as part of our counselor or corporation. anyway, the ambassador report that after the meeting, that even was fine, and we know that you asked president biden had previously met with yvonne. gosh college graduates, parents at him a promise to do everything possible to get even out of russia. also garish garbage himself wrote his parents a letter in russian. his parents are former soviet may grant migrants who speak russian to even in this letter, he expressed the hope that he would see her again soon. very well. yesterday, a russian court sentenced another journalist, a russian journalist to 25 years in prison for treason. his trial was widely seen as politically motivated now, ghost adventures facing espionage charges that he and his lawyer strenuously deny he could be facing 20 years in jail himself. what effect is this likely to have yury on the few independent journalists still working in russia?

yet look at a given set, kara marizza yesterday, who, by the way, was also originally the journalist are so given. he was put behind bars for 25 years because he said something wrong from the courts point of view auth, or this point of view. he didn't do something wrong, but she only said so you can imagine how much of the russian authorities hate independent journalism, kara moore's. i didn't kill any one. he didn't steal from any one. he was a critic of the kremlin who was convicted of treason for an alleged corporation with their 2 countries. ah, he was put behind bars for his words. and, but despite this verdict, or despite all the threat and intimidation, there are still independent journalists in russia who, at least at the local level, are criticized with authorities. there are fewer and fewer such reporters, but they are there in no se be risk in their cold skin. douglas done and tossed off, and even on the russian ukrainian bought in belgrade the voice of the independent

press in russia hasn't yet been silenced. uri, thank you. very much that was our correspondent jury rochette her well, the kremlin says, russian president vladimir putin has visited russian forces and occupied areas of southern and eastern new crane. but he met with troops, hen ukrainian regions of cason and lou hans on monday. moscow illegally annexed both in september of 2022, despite only controlling parts of them. it was the russian leaders, 2nd visit to ukraine since his invasion last year. the trip comes as moscow braces for a long anticipated ukrainian counter offensive. meanwhile, ukraine's president little old amuse, zalinski has visited troops on the front line in the eastern done nets, creegan. so lansky handed out metals to soldiers in the town of of div caught the

area has been the scene of intense fighting with russian forces. most residents have already been forced to flee the town repeated. shelling as left much of it in ruins. the battle for buck moved in eastern ukraine has head ukrainian, and russian forces locked in battle for more than 8 months in a bloody stalemate. thousands of lives have been lost with soldiers in gauging and trench warfare resembling the battle scene in world war one. after months of barely any movement, the u. k. ministry of defense said last week that russia has re energized its assault. this just as ukraine is expected to launch, it's long awaited spring counter offensive. this is what months of fighting has done to back moot. in recent days, more neighborhoods in the embattled city of fall into russia. according to moscow, it claims most of back moot, is 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 moot 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 back moot 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 them. for the kremlin, the capture of back mood would provide a long awaited battlefield victory. a symbolic show of strength a could also open up the way for a rush and advanced towards major ukrainian cities in the region savanski and cram a tourist. and in turn, control of the entire donetta,

guerria ukrainian president vladimir lansky has repeatedly sad ukraine will continue to hold back vote. for now, it appears the months long stalemate remains the longest and bloodiest battle in russia's war in ukraine. and it shows little sign of changing my sketch up now and smother stories making news round the world to day. yes. tech company. apple has opened its 1st retail store in india. c. e o. tim cook was on hand to greet some of the 1st customers at the shop in moon, by apple, and seeking to expand in india home to the 2nd highest number of smartphone users. after china. the head of tenicia is main opposition party has been arrested or rashid gun news. she has an, an influential islamist leader and long time critic of president kaiser saeed. the

opposition lead parliament has shut down, was shut down 2 years ago since then. president side has been tightening his group on power and widened a crackdown on opposition voices. at least 2 people were killed and several others injured when a landslide had a highway in pakistan's border region with afghanistan, it happened near the top. com border post the busiest and most important crossing between the 2 countries, several trucks or buried. the defamation trial against fox news is set to get underway in the united states shortly. dominion voting systems says fox knowingly erred false claims that the company's ballot, counting machines had been used to rig the 22020 you as a presidential election against then president donald trump. fox is part of rupert murdoch's media empire. european commission president ursula pony lion has told european lawmakers that the

e 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 said out in more detail a few weeks ago, that is clearly a need for europe to work on di, risking some important and sensitive parts of our relationship. ursula funder lion commenting on the e use evolving relationship with china. earlier dw corresponded lucia shelton and strossberg explained with the commission president is talking about when she says

d risky. yes, my dearest king means is basically meaning managing the relationships in a way that the european union thinks it can protect itself a bit better. so for this, there foreseeing new policies, for example, in the area of raw materials where there be want to become more independent from china. in some areas they are highly dependent in this field. so this is one of the steps, but that also means for the european union that they want to have a level playing field when it comes to the trade with china, which basically means to get the same access to chinese markets. as chinese firms. also to get a better protection of intellectual property, was enough and airline has also been talking about introducing a new tool and new tool that should protect critical em sectors. and this new tool should be thawed because she said it can't be that there are areas or expertise of european firms that are then being used by

a systemic rival. so there are still quite some ideas that are being floated around here and basically to protect trade towards china. and this is what they mean when they say their bond to de risk. the relationship with china, federal police in the us have arrested to 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. there 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 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 warren 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 shine insists the alleged new york outpost was merely an office to help chinese nationals renew documents. 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 stamp out criticism, no matter the place, no matter the time. citizens cross israel or commemorating yamaha showa, the annual national holocaust remembrance day. politicians and religious leaders are marking the day in jerusalem events, remembering the atrocities committed during 2nd world war will also be held at the former nazi concentration camp and out of its poland. the sound of sirens wailing across israel bringing life on the streets to a standstill as citizens take time to remember the jewish people who were murdered

in the holocaust. so am i. so i and israel, we take time to commemorate the 6000000 that we lost in the holocaust. and we can memorize that with a thyroid and the beauty of this siren is that all of life stops. it gets interrupted in the middle of the day. and you see everything stops, sort of like the holocaust. all of these lives were cut short. but then the beauty of this remembers the beauty of the thyroid is that after the siren eggs, all of life comes back. the country's leading politicians gathered the yard vesh a memorial in jerusalem to leave the annual ceremony. holocaust commemorations take place this year against the backdrop of regular mass protest in the country contesting the government's plan to overhaul the judicial system. in his speech, israel's president isaac cut so could for an end to the civil unrest, and for unity, shall i lost on our regular the owners. he calona this year feelings are rough and

sold as a hunched evil, as if to attests to the weight of the discord bearing down on us over to the lane. i appeal to you, it was citizens of israel, with a simple prayer is la crazy. let us make these sacred days, which begin to night, and end on independence day sham. above all disputes let us all come together, no maximum, as always in partnership. look in grief. any in remembrance, get on me, mitchell, to foot. there van oversee, come on the contrary, who as words, if grief in remembrance were echoed on stage by religious leaders, holocaust survivors present at the ceremony, let torches in honor of the millions who lost their lives. i love the world snooker championship was temporarily suspended in sheffield. england on monday after protesters crashed the tournament, robert wilkinson,

joe perry were playing their 1st round match when a protester jumped on the table and emptied a bag of orange powder. actually served, managed to stop him, and both protesters were removed by security. the group just stop oil claimed responsibility. the champions league quarter finals resumes on tuesday with italian side, napoli looking to overturn their one neil deficit after losing away to ac milan in the 1st leg. but this time around napoli will have syria, ours leaving goal score of victor ottoman back. the striker has scored 25 goals so far this season. also hoping to claw their way back to the champions league. our chelsea who trail spanish jaya, israel, madrid to kneel after the 1st. blake. if chelsea failed to win the champions league, they could miss out next season. the english side or curly nowhere near

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