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a detained us journalists. wall street journal reporter, even gash cabbage will remain in custody as he awaits trial on spying charges. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us in sudan, a 24 hour cease fires now supposed to be in effect, but it's unclear whether the rival forces battling for control of the east african country will really lay down their weapons. there was hope that a pause in the violence would allow both sized return to negotiations and give civilians a chance to seek safety around. 200 people had been killed since fighting began on saturday. one after days of heavy fighting and cartoon. many residents are fleeing to sydney's capital as 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, like 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, on 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 jasa bureau said in the tweet that the youth ambassadors residence in how

to him had been rated by fighters. the u. n. has condemned the growing turmoil and neighboring egypt has offered to mediate our contact with a 70 army. and the rapid support forces has not ending. we are constantly reaching out to encourage them to start a cease fire and prevent bloodshed in order to allow negotiations leading the restoration of come. the violence has left cartoons, air pause, hospitals and top military buildings badly. scott: the fighting is the combination of a long simmering power struggle between sedans, army and the powerful paramilitary rapid support forces. all r s f. they show and forces to asked former dictator omar bashir 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 factions to reach a lasting agreement to end the violence spring in raga mccarthy here she's an editor and political analyst based in cartoon, thanks for being with us. rog, is there a cease fire and effect in khartoum? now you know that, you know, the not just to day and the and now we will promise is the fire from day to. so yesterday the day before and today, which was supposed to be a longer one. 02 at all these days. fighting continued as, as it was, i could still hear that gunshot behind me. and i mean, not as much the, an sounds of bombs, but the gunshots had not stopped. okay, so there's no cease fire being observed at this point. or there's been fierce

fighting incident for 4 days now. it started on saturday. what impact is this having on the country i mean is having a very can as dire a dire on the country and the people obviously in addition to the kind of in destroying the city, the public buildings, the infrastructure, there was already kind of rudimentary and weeks it begin with and the violence that people have had to endure in themselves getting caught themselves, getting caught in the crossfire has been kind of in, you know, quite serious. and there's been a lot of casualties, a lot of deaths. people are stuck in public and places like universities, hospitals, even some people who went to visit hominy and weren't able to leave em. and as

a result, since then, the hopes that a sci fi would allow people, at least this space to kind of move around and get to where they need to go. a they need to be reunited with family or to even access life saving services. can you explain to his raga briefly? why tensions in certain are boiling over right now, and why no cease fire can be agreed. well, the reason this is happening is because the 2 major, the, the 2 major generals that have had that have been presiding over the political process. and the political agreements instances the fall of the share have come. i mean, obviously their, their, their interests have clashed and they've come to an impasse. and the problem is that both of them kind of also reside over lodge armed constituency, both in, in cartoon with the military. it's obviously in the south and,

and with the militia with him. 80. it's the iris f. both are on to the seed, sir. unfortunately, the r s f, the minissha has managed to infiltrate itself throughout heart to him through through a, you know, within the neighborhoods, the residing in kind of civilian urban areas. and so any attempts by the soft to kind of draw them out and kind of, you know, and bump the science is going to effect as civilians and you know, and, and there, and didn't under let, within their kind of natural habitats. of course, of rug. thank you very much. that was almost raga. mccauley in cartoon sketch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world right now. the defamation trial against fox news is opening in the united states. dominion voting system says fox knowingly erred false claims that the company's ballot, counting machines had been used to rig the 2020 u. s. presidential election against them. president donald trump fox is part of

rupert murdoch's media empire. saudi arabia's foreign ministers held talks with syrian president boucher allison in damascus. it's the 1st trip that top saudi diplomat is made to the country and more than a decade. that's being seen as a significant step towards ending syria's regional isolation and further evidence of wider rapprochement in the region. the kremlin says president vladimir putin has visited russian forces in parts of ukraine, illegally annexed by moscow. if confirmed it would be the russian leaders, 2nd visit ukraine since last year's full scale invasion. moscow announced the illegal annexation of 4 ukrainian regions last september after earlier annex in crimea. a court in moscow has rejected an appeal by us journalist even gush cabbage against his pre trial detention on the wall street journal reporter has

been charged with spying. following his arrest late last month's guest, a bitch and 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 d. w for moscow bureau chief, your re, re chateau, has been following this story for us. i asked him what we can expect now that gash, 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, interest, he attended the court. the meeting was behind closed doors on march. just remind you, 13th as a court assent ganske of each to jail on charges of espionage. as a journalist was detained at the aunt of martin. catherine broken the euros the f as be claimed for that he collected secretly information about a large military factory in the euros in connection with the investigations. by the way, against periscope,

it to russians were also arrested who allegedly contributed to the alleged crime. the s t a department has declared that both are wrongfully detained bedding 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, brought 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 uri? yet, meeting took place more than 2 weeks after jessica, which was arrested on from day one that the u. s. embassy was rec, vest has requested permission to visit, even as part of our counselor corporation. anyway, the ambassador report that after the meeting, that event was fine, and we know that you as president biden had previously met with, yvonne gosh to which was gastly experience at him a promise to do everything possible to get even out of russia. also garish college

himself wrote his parents a letter in russian. his parents are former so good may grant migrants who speak russian to even. and 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, garage debates facing espionage charges that he and his ploy are 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 said carol merisa yesterday, who by the way, was also region of the journalist as so given he was put behind bars for 25 years because he said something wrong from the court's point of view, or authorities point of view. he didn't do something wrong, but he 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 to countries. and he was put behind bars for his words are. 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, criticized with authorities. there are fewer and fewer such reporters, but they are there in our cbrtc, in their courts, in douglas dun 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 no to the us were the f. b, i has wrested 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 dis. vince living in the united states case highlights a growing trend among authoritarian regimes which are going out of their way to silence opposition allegedly, behind this planned facade, beatings, 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. that 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. on 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. and finally, a giant to run the source rex has been

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