ah ah ah ah, a stable ye news long from berlin to don ceasefire already in tatters. every finding was seen in the capital right up until the 24 hour deal took effect. and there has been several reports of gunfire since we'll get more from cartoon. also coming up, a russian court denies bail for

a detained us journalists. wall street journal reporter evan gosh, cadets will remain in custody as he awaits trial and spying charges. and the f. b. i arrested 2 men suspected of running a secret police station in new york city on behalf of the chinese government left the 100 years of disney. as part of it, and henry celebrations the media empire is honoring its classic films with a behind the scenes exhibition in music. ah, i'm the cough relish welcome to the program. in su, done a 24 hour ceasefire is now supposed to be in effect, but with violations already reported. it seems unlikely rival force is battling for control of the east african country will lay down their weapons. there was hope that a pause in the by lens would allow both sides to return to negotiations and give

civilians a chance to seek safety around. 200 people have been killed since fighting began on saturday, one after days of heavy fighting and cartoon. many residents are fleeing the sudanese capital as of the new 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. these university students are sheltering in their college library. like 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 irresponsible, 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 stuff. you top diplomats jasa bureau said in the tweet that the youth ambassadors residence in hot whom had been rated by fighters. d u. n. has condemned 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 encourage them to start a cease fire and prevent bloodshed in order to allow negotiations leading the restoration of come. the violence has left costumes, air, pause, hospitals and top military buildings badly. scott: the fighting is the combination of a long simmering power. struggle between saddam's army and the powerful

paramilitary rapid support forces or, or as if they joined forces to aust 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 potentially cease fire will allow time for the rival factions to reach lasting agreement to end the violence. burger mccauley is an editor and political analysts based and cartoon, and she joins us now for more. rog, good to see you. let's start with the basics. is there a ceasefire? in effect and cartoon right now, me seems to have gone quiet of the last hour, but whether this is a cease fire or not, the majority of the public aren't sure. and obviously there is that there are major distrust issues and the public doesn't usually believe what's either policy and

kind of and claims of states. and as a result, most people are staying in rather than kind of, you know, utilizing the system seized by a kind of bare space. so yes, that's a situation even though there's a relative calm people are unsure if it's an actual ceasefire and they continue to remain indoor indoor as a fear of being again caught in in the crossfire should something erupt. this comes after 4 days of extreme violence and fear. as you point out, what is your personal experience? would've been quite quite horrific. i mean, a friend of mine were actually caught in one of the hot spots. so of course to him close to the battle area, you were sheldon or and, and you know, we were, we were like at the epicenter of conflict. and thankfully,

we managed to kind of escape and that place to somewhere listed it somewhere that's a relatively comma and others. however, i haven't been as lucky as we have. a lot of people have been caught in the crossfire. a lot of people have died, according to a civil society groups and the doctor's union, at least a 144 people have been killed. many more or are injured, or people are struggling to get the basics. they're struggling to kind of access food stuff. electricity is out, water is out and people can get the necessary health care they need in real time. that's a perfect picture. your painting, their hospitals have been hand aid agencies. international agencies have started to pull out. how is all of this exacerbating an already existing humanitarian crisis ensued on well, i mean, the fact that in the u. n. a is also evacuating their staff,

spell as catastrophic kid to, to, to sit down. and especially if it's more vulnerable referees. and meanwhile, cartoon has been had bad, we hear news a door has been effect. it's even worse, much, much higher kind of casualty numbers and kind of intense, intense fighting going on. we don't have the exact figures, but in a country that historically kind of, you know, struggled with the poor infrastructure. a simon a j, adjacent kind of situations. a people are affected really badly. rog, mccauley and analyst and cartoon. thank you so much for that update and please stay safe and have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the defamation trial against fox news has opened in the united states dominion

voting system says fox knowingly erred false claims that the company's valid counting machines had been used to rig the 2020 u. s. presidential election against then president donald trump. fox is part of rupert murdoch's media empire. saudi arabia's foreign minister has held talks with syrian president bashar al assad and damascus. it's the 1st trip that a top saudi diplomat has made to the country in more than a decade is being seen as a significant step towards ending series regional isolation and further evidence of wider reprocess long and the region u. s. tech company apple has opened. it's 1st retail store in india, c o. tim coke was on hand to greet some of the 1st customers at the shop and known by apple is seeking to expand in india home of the 2nd highest number of smartphone users after china accord. and moscow has rejected an appeal

by us journalist evan girl coach against his pre trial detention. the wall street journal reporter has been charged with spying, following his arrest late last month. gross cabbage and his employer denied any wrong doing with washington calling for his immediate release. the 1st time a u. s. journalist has been detained on espionage charges by russia since the end of the cold war. now the u, as in basset to russia lin, tracy, attentive, gross commits 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 authorities to provide continued consular access to evans, the charges against evan or baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. though he is former moscow purity of your shadow has been following the story for us. and i

asked him, what we can expect now that gross garbage is appealed, has been denied. yes, the court rejected the appeal against the arrest of gas cabbage officials from the us embassy in moscow. we saw it, including ambassador in france. he attended the call to the meeting was behind closed doors on march, just to remind you, 13th as a cold ascent guess give it to jail on charges of espionage. the journalist was detained at the end of march, and you got to re broken the euro's. the f b claim for that he collected secret information about a large military factory and the euros in connection with the investigations, by the way, against good escalate to russians, who also arrested to allegedly contributed to alleged crime. the state department has declared that have both been wrongfully detained paving the pay was the way for exchange dogs, according to media reports, guest of each lawyers expect in the future that he will be or would be or could be exchanged for one of the russians in present abroad,

one person has been killed and several others injured during a rush and strike on the southern ukrainian city of her son. meanwhile, both the ukrainian and russian lawyers have visited troops on the front line in an effort to boost morale. russia is expected to launch a spring offensive, but it's also bracing for a counter offensive from ukrainian forces armed with weapons from the west. a warning our next report contains images some yours may find distressing. this is a mother's shock and grief. her son's body lies motionless in the middle of a hess on market, which was hit by a russian artillery strike. oh, there was a whistle, then a loud explosion. it was deafening. on very strong long i turned around and saw that everything was flying apart. there were a lot of people here after the easter holidays. a lot of people go shopping. a very scary picture with more heavy fighting continues to devastate the

region. much of it is concentrated in the east and town of buck mort where fierce battles have been raging for months to its south is the heavily bombarded city of, of div car only about $1800.00 residents of thought to be left here. president zalinski paid a visit to the ukrainian troops, defending the city, handing out awards for bravery and meeting wounded soldiers in a military hospital room was b loser. oh, are you being discharged already? what happens up to the hospital t mobile? i'll go back. don't thank you for your service. the kremlin said putin also visited the hess on enhanced regions to meet with russian troops fighting. they're both sides trying to keep up morale before ukraine is expected to launch

a long awaited new counter offensive in the spring. and we can now speak to the w correspondent, m. i know shes whose and keep emma visits to the front line by both the ukrainian and russian leaders. what sort of message are they sending her? hello, nicole. well indeed to visit that, sir, that are very significant. first, the ukranian president vladimir zalinski a went to have div car he, i went there to distribute medals to sold is to l. so a visit or some units artillery units, marines and, and he said he was deeply honored to meet his oh, tubes are these is, these comes as a message of support, of course, that a moment where a ukraine or of course is greatly affected by this war. which are in its full scale last 4 over 9 years. or now, even if the international attention has been focused,

there are over the past year. and on the other side we have the russian president, velocity, vladimir putin sorry, who visited both to have san region and our de lou haskell region. or although it couldn't be independently verified that he indeed, or was there are himself here just to give you an idea in ukraine doesn't or you know, some people saying maybe it was one of his doppelganger or birds no matter whether it was a doppelganger or vladimir put in the message is that he is supporting his troops or at a moment where russia has made no significant advance on the eastern front. ukrainian, poland have today agreed on ukrainian gray and again, being able to trans it through pole and reminders what the issue here was. well, over the weekends we are, we found out that poland was at banning the import of ukrainian goods because a poland said it was heretic or polish farmers to which she agriculture ministry

here and give a retorted, well yes, but the situation is worse for ukrainian farmers so there's a breakthrough to there was that decision to lead to allow a ukraine grain to trans it to a poland, to reach european destination or through europe in ports as well. however, the barn, the import barn on ukrainian goes to a polish market or remains in effect, which is obviously something that a key is quite dismayed about. m out, we've long heard about atrocities, allegedly committed against ukrainian civilians by force as fighting for russia. now, interviews with true russian men have been published, they claimed to be former commanders of the wagner mercenary group, and say they were ordered to kill, quote, any thing in their way. what more can you tell us about their testimonies? well 1st of those testimony, is there the 1st of the kind coming from the other side, so to speak we've,

we've had thousands of testimonies from ukrainians, talking about how family members have friends. how are you know, people in the east have been tortured, raped, a, murdered, brutally, and i can tell you 1st hand that i've seen the result of those are acts of torture in mass graves in the city of ease, human to heart give region. or for example, the crimes do exist now what is very rare east to have alleged perpetrators of those crimes actually confessing to it and what it shows. oh, so isa. there is this does, it does a systemic use of violence towards civilians which constitutes a war crime. and to give you an idea, we are talking according to the general prosecutor here in ukraine. we are talking about over 60000 cases of war crimes committed in ukraine. so it's quite significant, indeed, the perpetrators would actually confess to their crimes, did only as a machine in keith. thanks for your reporting. european commission,

president of the law on the line 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. ready is clearly not viable, 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, there is clearly a need for europe to work on di, risking some important and sensitive parts of our relationship was left on the line, commenting on the use evolving relationship with china. earlier, we spoke with d. w correspondent, hosea shelton in strasbourg. and we asked her, what the new commission president means with d risking?

yes, my dear risking means is basically meaning managing the relationships are 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's also means for the european union that they want to have a level playing field when it comes to through 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. underline has also been talking about introducing a new tool, a 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, basically to protect trade towards china. and this is what they mean when they say their bond to de risk. the relationship with china. i was lucy shelton, reporting from strasbourg. well, how to deal with china's growing assertiveness that is also an issue for the government in the united states. their federal agents have arrested 2 men, suspected of working as secret agents for beijing, or accused of running a secret police station in new york to intimidate chinese dissidence. living in the us, 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 dissidence across the united states . on monday, the men who are both us citizens, which charged 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 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 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 worn it could be just the tip of the iceberg. as paging takes ever more drastic steps to stare about, criticism, no matter the place, no matter the time. events have been held in zimbabwe to mark independence day, 43 years. as the end of british colonial rule for many, the celebrations were muted. since independence a single political party has ruled the country and government critics are often jailed for expressing themselves. so my ways, the economy, meanwhile, continues to struggle with massive inflation. cedar we is privileged was when harry reports from harry, that's leading people to question what independence means in zimbabwe to day. the british colonial flag was brought down at this post on the eve of independence

in 1980 and handed over to prince. now king charles, that day brought a freedom, but since then, independence has come to mean different things for different generations. while the old cherries, the end of colonial bondage, the younger generation are concerned about other freedoms, economic and human rights issues that they feel the current government is struggling to do it. on independence, zimbabwe, and liberation, or fighters, where praise is heroes. but slowly they themselves became oppressive. young people have little confidence that things will change any time soon with a ruling party that has been in power for the past 4 to 3 years. the skin color is what is chiz? our budget, the characteristics the system and they will have governance, give him chief,

i'm not independent from political bondage. i can't even freely express or how i want to be politically aligned for sits and fears, the economic crises in the country. he's also forcing citizens to question the value of freedom. after decades of mismanagement, inflation in his in bible is out of control. people are trying to so whatever they can just to make ends meet. one of our with the, with people are struggling with us. i was out of the country is now full of vendors in oh, most plan does the youths who have qualified to work in industries. what it means is that this country is not yet independent. i'm a graduate and i haven't yet found. busy a job with it, but it's is i graduated of what it is, but to some people, the current hardships i a price with paying for the biggest change that independence brought in

a bit of what you've learned about the ruling. whew is ruling the country. the flick zebra wins will fought in general elections later this year, but few optimistic that they will bring a radical change. disney turns 100 this year and the american entertainment conglomerate is putting on. it's the largest ever exhibition of disney artworks, costumes and props. in the southern german city of munich exhibition opened its doors to the public to day. and we'll 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 st. 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 halle bane. in the role of arielle. some fans voice 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 or 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 all the fields, movies like the 1970 aristocrats, with its depiction of the chinese catch and gone. but flag for the racist imagery.

we're human beings in our characters tend to be human beings unless they're mice and elephants and that kind of thing. 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 their 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. ah. 6 6 and finally, a giant to run a sorrows, rex has been a roaring success at auction in switzerland, selling for almost 4900000 euros. the skeleton was painstakingly assembled from

more than 290 bones taken from 3 different sites in the united states. and since name trinity, the composite beast is over 11 meters long and almost 4 meters tall. stay with us now coming up after a short break. our bonus like a show kick off, was all about match, day 28. don't forget, our website is there for the latest. at any time of the day. it is of course d, w dot com and all us on social media or handle there is actually the way it is. i'll be back with more at the top of the next hour with ah, with

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