ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin conflicting claims about a ceasefire. this due to start now in sudan. arrival commanders were said to agree to 24 hour truce following days of fighting the killed nearly 200 people. but the sea spires being called into question. also in the program, a russian court denies fail for a detained

u. s. journalist wall street journal reporter yvonne gas cabbage will remain in custody as he awaits trial on spying chargers and 100 years of dis, as part of its centennial re celebrations, the media empires, altering its classic films. with behind the scenes exhibition in munich. ah, hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us in sudan, a reported cease fire agreement is due to come into effect at this hour earlier commanders of rival forces battling in the east african countries said they'd agreed to lay down their weapons for 24 hours. but since they're the spokesperson for the sudanese army said he knows nothing about the agreement. around 200 people have been killed since fighting began on saturday. o.

after days of heavy fighting and cartoon. many residents are fleeing the sudanese capital of leaving the city and heading for a hometown were waiting for the victory statement from the sudanese army. others have had no choice but to stay put traps by the fighting. this university students are sheltering in their college library with 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 a responsible and of course unsafe. we are, of course, calling for the escalation in general of the violence. this is the 1st priority of

the you as we speak. and as i said, we are working on assessing the situation when it comes to use staff. you top diplomats, yoseph burrow, said in the tweet that the youth ambassadors residence in hot whom had been rated by fighters. the u. n. has condemned the growing turmoil and neighboring egypt has offered to mediate our contact with a sudden his army into rapid support. fortune has not ending, we are constantly reaching out to encourage them to start a ceasefire and prevent bloodshed in order to allow negotiations leading the restoration of com. the violence has left cartoons, airport hospitals, and top military buildings, badly scarf. the fighting is the combination of a long simmering power struggle between sedans, army and the powerful paramilitary rapids support forces, or r s. f. they joined forces to oust former dictator, oma dustier in 2019. now they have turned their guns on each other,

2 months after signing a deal to restore civilian rule. with tension still high, it's hoped that a potential sci fi will allow time for the rival sections to reach a lasting agreement to end the violence. sure, while ago i spoke with patrick oil to journalist based in juba, self sudan. he told me more about what's at stake with this disputed ceasefire. as soon as day situation is come in sudan dispatching and drive it in. the president came on to play the booty to go and begin some form of mediation. they say they are very optimistic that something positive will work with come, 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 dad,

he an a to be provided and so on, i did not really go away because i to continue to during those 3 hours. so agencies are saying that they are not very sure they want some guy that these, these fire will also 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 sprayed across the country. the most important part was done is potsdam, which takes that oil to the international market as well. come 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 are points out be destroyed, some electricity, connections. i've also been destroyed. so it's, it's a huge, huge negative impact on the quote on the 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. he's not an event, and there are many in this dog we're seeing that the process is being pushed too fast. and perhaps this is the result. they, the parties need time, the new time. they need to be given enough time to really iron out issues one other

time, especially the issue of the community, the forms that get the sector reform is a huge issue in sudan. sketchup know that some of the other stories making headlines round world today. the defamation defamation trial against fox news is opening in the united states. dominion voting system says fox knowingly air false claims that the company's ballot counting machines had been used to rig the 2020 u. s. presidential election against then president on fox is part of rupert murdoch's media empire. u. s. 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, moved by apple is seeking to expand in india, oem, of the 2nd highest number, a smartphone users after china. the head of tenicia is main opposition party has been arrested. rashid gunners,

she is an influential illness leader and long time critic of president kaiser side, the opposition lead parliament was shut down 2 years ago. since then, president side has been tightening his grip on power and widened a crackdown on opposition. voices. the kremlin says, russian president vladimir putin has visited russian forces and occupied areas of southern and eastern ukraine. putin is believed to have met with troops in the ukrainian regions of hassan and lou hans moscow illegally annexed both regions in september 2022. despite only controlling parts of them, it was the russian leader, 2nd visit to ukraine since his invasion last year. monday strip comes as moscow braces for a long anticipated ukrainian counter offensive. and ukraine's president brought him, his lensky has also been visiting troops on the front line in the eastern. done that screeching soleski handed out metals to soldiers in the town of

a deep cup. the area has been the scene of intense fighting with russian horses. most residents have already been forced to flee. the town repeated. shelling has left much of it in our correspondent, him and was shaws is standing by force in key of emma visits to the front line by both ukrainian or russian leaders. what sort of message are they sending? good evening, terry. well, 1st off here from the ukraine and perspective, there's a lot of questioning about the visit of our president vladimir putin in argued by a territory. there's a lot of people who are questioning whether or not it is really indeed are russian president, all one of his doppelganger, the signal there, of course, is our support to the are russian troops by their president at a time where? well, there's no major gains by the russian army. he is said to have visited the region

of her son, a region which have has been shelled 57 a times in the past 24 hours. whereas her and the region of low hands scarce. whereas president vladimir zalinski has visited at their city of aberdeen car at the front line or at their where you mention, there has been heavy fighting for man's day. he distributed a medals 2 or 2 soldiers there. he also visited the units, mechanized units. artillery are units marian's as staying or dare. so of course, a very strong signal from give her as well, of support a show of support from the president to his troops. bill russian attacks were being reported in numerous locations. so in ukraine, what can you tell us about those attacks? exactly. well, day in day out, we are here. we experience such a tax on ukrainian,

sol here, and our capital in queue. if it has been relatedly quiet, those passed a few weeks back in the eastern part of their country, we have to keep in mind that civilians are at the very high risk of being shall to day this morning or the city of her son, the city center of her son has been a shelter at least one me, silas c or a c 300 me saw a heats are sent to central market. there was one person who died, 9 people were injured, they're all being treated at a hospital in the end. it is a reminder that a fighting is not only ongoing under front line between the armies, but it also every day or has consequences on civilians who are being held. emma, we've been hearing for months about a possible ukrainian offensive for happening in the spring. many expected this to be happening already now in april, are there any indications when a ukrainian offensive might store them?

well, of course they would be very, very at difficult to predict what could happen and especially when and of course the government is not giving any indication so as not to prepare the aggressor, which is russia. this is a counter offensive. ukraine is defending its own a territory day, remaining very tight lipped about it. or we've heard that and there's the russian army are trying to 45. we've heard conflicting report of the russian, i mean, trying to 45 position iran had a saw when at the same time there have been testimonies of people. they're saying that actually a de russian army was preparing to retreat. so maybe there would be move moves towards the southeastern parts of ukraine, but no indication as to when discount or offensive, or would start from a thank you very much. that was the w's emanuel shaws in keith. meanwhile, a court in moscow has rejected an appeal by us journalist even gas cabbage against

his pre trial detention wall street journal recorder has been charged with spying. following his arrest late last month, i was given in his employer deny any wrong doing with washington calling for his immediate release is the 1st time a u. s. journalist has been detained on espionage charges by russia since the end of the cold war u. s. and bastard to russia, lynn tracy attended gasket, which is appeal hearing and spoke to the media. 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 the charges against evan or baseless and we fall on the russian federation. immediately release him. he w's former moscow bureau chief, uri receptor, has been following the story for us. i asked him what we can expect now that back of bitches. jessica, which is appeal, has been denied. yes,

the court rejected the appeal against the arrest of gas cabbage officials from the us embassy in moscow. he saw it including ambassadors, interests. he attended the court, the meeting was behind closed doors. on march, just remind you 30. the court sent gasket to jail on charges of espionage, and the journalist was detained as 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 a bought a wrongfully detained bearing the pay with the way for exchange dogs, according to media reports, gash cabbage, 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,

gosh, 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? yeah, look at a given said carol marizza yesterday, who by the way, was also originally the journalist. and so given he was put behind bars for 25 years because he said something wrong from the court's point of view. authorize his 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. kyra moore's, i didn't kill any one. he didn't steal from anyone. he was a critic of the kremlin who was convicted of treason for an alleged corporation with that 2 countries. ah, he was put behind bars for his words i. but despite this verdict a, despite all the threat and intimidation that are still independent journalists in russia who, at least at the local level,

criticized with authorities. there are fewer and fewer such reporters, but they are there in nowhere. cbrtc in there called skin dog, is done and crossed off. and even on the rush and 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 european commission president ursula funder liar, has been commenting on europe's relationship with china. she told you lawmakers that the european union needs to rethink its policy, 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. 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. ursula, on the lion, they are commenting on that. you use a balding relationship with china? earlier, we spoke with d. w correspondent lucia shorten in strasburg. we asked her what the commission present means with d risking. yes, my dear asking means is basically meaning managing the relationships. and 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're going 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 electron. elaine has also been talking about introducing a new tool and util, 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 is china versus shult in their reporting from strossberg on how to deal. china's growing assertiveness while that's an issue are for the government in the united states as well. their federal agents have arrested 2 men,

suspected of working as secret agents for beijing. they're accused of running a secret police station in new york city to intimidate chinese distance, living in the earth. allegedly behind this planned facade, paintings, ice in 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 beijing target chinese dissidents across the united states . and monday, the men who are both us citizens, which hearts 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 war. 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 in china and sissy alleged new york outpost was merely an office to help chinese nationals renew documents. another trivial tasks. but u. s. officials worn it could be just the tip of the iceberg. as bating takes ever more drastic steps to stamp out criticism, no matter the place, no matter the time. citizens across israel or commemorating yamaha shaw the

annual national holocaust remembrance day. politicians and religious leaders are marking the day in jerusalem events, remembering the atrocities committed during the 2nd world. war will also be held at the poorer nazi concentration camp and auschwitz, holland. 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 d m i. so i in israel, we take time to commemorate the 6000000 that we lost in the holocaust. and we can memorize that with the thyroid and the beauty of this siren is that all of life stuff. 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, remember the beauty of the thyroid is that after the siren and all of life comes

back, the country's leading politicians gathered the yad vashem 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 called for an end to the civil unrest. and for unity, shall i alshaun allergy law. they almost gone this year feeling so rough and sold as a hunched vote, as if to attest to the weight of the discord bearing down on us silver. i appeal to you, the citizens of israel with a simple prayer as la craze, so let us make these sacred days which begin to night and end on independence day shall above all disputes let us all come together. no maximum has always in

partnership. look in grief when in remembrance get on me. we should have foot there, van, or busy come on the contrary, who as words of grief in remembrance were echoed on stage by religious leaders. holocaust survivors present at the ceremony lit torches in honor of the millions who lost their lives. and she really, disney turns 100 this year and the american entertainment conglomerate is putting on its largest ever exhibition of disney artworks, costumes and props. in the southern german city of munich, the exhibition opens its doors to the public to day and will continue until september lou cinderella, winnie alice and frozen over the past 100 years. disney has left an impressive legacy of globally beloved characters. now they are opening the largest ever

exhibition in the bavarian capital to celebrate this in terry in style. never before seen props, costumes and archival sketches in the form of interactive displays are on shore. in exhibitions, 10 galleries. the exhibitions opening comes at a crucial time when 1st pictures of the live action remake of the little mermaid revealed the african american actress, halley bayne in the role of arielle. some fans voiced their disapproval with studios costing choice the film which is set to hit cinemas next month raises the question. is it ok to change characters? ethnicities. ah, people have to understand that area is an imaginary character. she's a mermaid. and what does a mermaid look like? i've never seen one person. and so i think i'm, we're may, can be whatever we want it to be. the choice to cast, tally bailey as r, e. o has come amidst accusations of racial insensitivity and stereotyping in some of the studios. older films,

movies like the 1970 aristocrats with this depiction of the chinese ketchum gone. but flag for the racist imagery. we're human beings and our characters tend to be human beings unless they're mice and elephants and that kind of thing. um, so we are a prone to all things human that may be sometimes a person or a character may say something that seems like, oh, i don't agree with that character will. i hope not because the characters the villa in order to address these cultural stereotypes in the movies, the studio now issues warnings before some of that films. but is that enough? whatever lies ahead for the studio in this ever changing cultural landscape does not doubt the disney has enchanted audiences across the world. over the past 100 years. 6 6 the washing dw news, just reminder the top story we're following for you this hour. a 24 hour ceasefire

is due to be taking effect in sudan, but after conflicting information is not certain. rival armed forces will go ahead with the plan. they've been engaged in heavy fighting across the country since saturday. coming up next in dw news, asia should india legalized same sex marriage the supreme court. here's final arguments for both sides of the debate. very strategy will be here with that and much more. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching with with

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