for the universe and the rest of that were series. 42, the answers almost every thing this week on t w a ah, this is dw news line from berlin, so don ceasefire already in tatters. heavy fighting was seen in the capital right up until the 24 hour deal took effects. there have been several reports of gunfire since we'll get more from cartoon. also coming up, a russian court denies bail for

a detained us journalist. wall street journal reporter evan gross committee will remain in custody as he awaits trial on spying charges. until war time leaders to covert visits to front line troops in ukraine. why morale and niece boosting with the arrival of spring. less than a 100 years of disney as part of its centenary celebrations, the media, empire, honor and scholastic film. the behind the scenes exhibition in munich, ah, i'm the cough really shower viewers on p b. s in the united states and all of you around the world. welcome to the program. in suzanne a 24 hour ceasefire is now supposed to be in effect, but with violations already reported. it seems unlikely arrival force is battling

for control of the east african country will lay down their weapons. there was hope that a pause and the violence would allow both sides to return to negotiations and give civilians a chance to seek safety around. 200 people have been killed since finding began on saturday. we after days of heavy fighting and cartoon, many residents are fleeing the sudanese capital. a leader in the city and heading for a hometown were waiting for the victory statement from the sudanese army or 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, i've also been targeted. i can confirm that yesterday we had an american diplomat, a convoy that was fired 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 stuff you top diplomats, jasa burrow said in the tweet that the youth ambassador's residence in her tomb had been rated by fighters. the u. n. has condemned to the growing turmoil a neighboring egypt has offered to mediate our contact with a sudden his army into rapid support forces has not ending. we are constantly reaching out to encourage them to start to 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. barely 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 join 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 program, macau is an editor and political analysts based and cartoon in a short while ago she told me how ordinary people in the city are experiencing this alleged ceasefire. 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 or the public dozens are usually believe what's either policy and kind of an, a claims or states. and as a result, most people are staying in rather than kind of, you know, utilizing the sid this sim ceasefire. kind of bare space and so yes, that situation, even though there's a relative relative calm people are unsure if it's an actual ceasefire and then continued to remain indoor, indoor as a fear of being again caught in, in the crossfire strip something erupt. yeah, that comes after 4 days of extreme violence and fear. as you point out, what is your personal experience? would have been quite, quite terrific. i mean, a friend of mine were actually caught in one of the hot spots of cartoon close to the battle area. you were shelled on 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 somewhere that's a relatively comma and others however have, 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 healthcare they need in real time. that's a perfect picture and 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 it's more vulnerable with fries. i mean, while cartoon has been had bad, we hear you as a dog or has been affected even worse, much, much higher kind of casualty numbers and kind of been intense and times fighting going on. we don't have the exact figures, but in a country that historically kind of, you know, struggled with poor infrastructure. i kind of a, simon, a, j, a jason kind of situations. and people are affected really badly on macaulay, an analyst and cartoons. thank you so much for that update and please stay safe. and we can now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today. at least 21

people have been killed in a fire at a hospital in beijing. dozens of others were forced to evacuate. some social media videos appear to show people escaping using makeshift ropes. saudi arabia as foreign minister, has held talks with theory and president bashar al assad and damascus. is 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 syria as regional isolation and further evidence of wider rapprochement in the region. the head of tennessee has main opposition party has been arrested or she took a new she is an influential islam of leader. and long time critic of president k side opposition led parliament was shut down 2 years ago since then. president inside has been tightening his grip. on power and widened a crackdown on opposition, voices a court in moscow as rejected an appeal by us journalist ivan garcia of it

against his pre trial detention. the wall street journal reporter has been charged with spying. following his arrest late last month, gross commits, and his employer denied any wrong doing in washington as 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 of a u. s. ambassador to russia, lin, tracy attended gorski, 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 authorities to provide continued consular access to evan. the charges against evan or baseless and we call on the russian federation to immediately release and t w's. former moscow bureau chief, uri ra shadow, knows evan gross cabbage, and has been following the story for us. i asked him what we can expect now that

his appeal has been denied. yes, the court rejected the appeal against the arrest of gas cabbage officials from the u. s. embassy in moscow resorts, including ambassador in france, he attended the call to the meeting, was behind closed doors on march, just remind you, 13th as cold ascent go, 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 as be claimed 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 who allegedly contributed to alleged crime. the s t a department has declared that both of wrongfully detained paving the pay was a way for exchange dogs, according to media reports, gash 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 russian strike on the southern ukrainian city of her son. meanwhile, both the ukrainian and russian leaders have visited troops on the front lines 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 western weapons. a warning, our next report contains images. some of 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. are very strong. like long i turned around, i saw that everything was flying apart. there were a lot of people here after the easter holidays. a lot of people go shopping for a very scary picture, with more heavy fighting continues to devastate the region. much of

it is concentrated in the east and town of bar 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. a 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. router was b 0 loser. oh, are you being discharged already? what happens up to the hospital mobil? i'll go back. 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 he

w correspondent, ammonia charles told us earlier what the russian and ukrainian leader is erred, trying to communicate with their visits to the frontline hello. and he colewell indeed to visit that, sir, that are very significant. first, the ukranian president milady may zalinski or when to have div car he or when they're 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 it. he's a tubes are these is these comes as a message of support, of course, at a moment. where are ukraine or of course, is greatly affected by this war, which are in its full scale last for over 9 years. or now even in the international attention has been focus there over the past year. and on the other side, we have the russian president velocity, vladimir putin sorry,

who visited bose to have san region and a de la hans collegian. or although it couldn't be independently verified that he indeed, or was there a himself here just to give you an idea in ukraine does or you know, some people saying maybe it was one of his doppelganger or birds no matter whether it was a doppelganger or vladimir putin, 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 grain again, being able to trans it through pole. and a reminder 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 hurting a polio farmers to wish agriculture ministry here and give her retorted, well yes, but the situation is worse for ukrainian farmers. oh, so there's

a breakthrough to day. was that decision to lead to allow a you quinn grain to trans it to a poland, to reach europe and destination or through european 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 2 russian men have been published, they claim to be former commanders of the wagner mercenary group, and say they were ordered to kill, quote, anything in their way. what more can you tell us about their testimonies? well 1st of those testimony is there are the 1st of their kind coming from the other side, so to speak. we've, we've had patterns of testimony from ukrainians, talking about how family members have friends. how are you know,

people in the east have been tortured, raved or murdered brutally. and i can tell you 1st hand, or that i've seen the result of those or acts of torture in mass graves in the city of ease, human to heart, give region or for example de crimes or 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 easy dad, there is as does it, there's a systemic use of violence toward civilians which considered 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 or in ukraine. so it's quite significant indeed, that perpetrators would actually confess to their crimes. did every as a machine in case thanks for your reporting. are watching t w's silica. i'm not independent from political bondage. i can't even freely

express how i want to be politically allied for sits in fears. nobody talks to them by wins about freedom in their country more than 40 years after gaining independence from britain. first to look at some other news, fox news and vote, machine maker, dominion voting. systems have settled their defamation case. dominion had filed a lawsuit, claiming fox and knowingly erred false claims that the company's 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. hundreds of classmates of a black teenager who was shot after ringing the wrong door bell of held a protest. march breath yarrow had gone to pick up his 2 brothers, but went to the wrong address in kansas city and was shot twice. elderly suspect was not arrested at 1st, but he has now been charged and these 2 people were killed and several others

injured when a landslide hid a highway in pakistan's. border region with afghan has done happened near the tor can border post. the busiest and most important crossing between the 2 countries, several trucks were very cheers. people around the world have been marking to events commemorating the holocaust. israel was briefly brought to a standstill during its national holocaust remembrance day on poland. thousands took part in the annual march of the living dedicated to the victims. the trinity young people in those old enough to have witnessed the horrors of the whole coast, walked together along the tracks that brought so many to their deaths. the annual commemoration was held at the place which has become a dark symbol of the tragedy. more than a 1000000 people are estimated to have been murdered at the ashes. birkenau

extermination come to remembered them. 42 survivors joined. the march people come from all over the world and i hope that they will go back, that they will go back to their homes and they will tell everybody what they have seen. ah, what they have heard. what is important? as the venti now shrink wrapped up, participants marched out of the gates in a symbolic gesture, suggesting that freedom will eventually prevail. earlier in tuesday, the sound of sirens wailing across israel, bringing life on the streets to a standstill. as citizens took time to remember, the jewish people murdered in the holocaust. israeli politicians gathered at the yad vashem memorial in jerusalem to lead the annual ceremony. this

year's holocaust commemorations had taken place against the backdrop of regular mass protests in the country. the gates, the government's plans to over hold a judicial system in his speech is rarely president isaac hertz, called for an end to the civil unrest. and for unity, shall i lozano regular. the honestly gonna, this year feelings are rough and sold as a hunched evil. as if to attest to the weight of the discord bearing down on us over to saloon. i appeal to you, it was citizens of israel with a simple prayer is lauretha. 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 maxima has always in partnership. look in grief. then in remembrance, get on me. we shoot a foot level, visit calm. as words of grief and remembrance were echoed on stage by religious

leaders. holocaust survivors present at the ceremony, late tortures and corner of the millions who lost their lives with job and ends. and by way, events have been held to mark independence day. 43 years since the end of british colonial rule, but 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. and by ways economy, meanwhile, continues to struggle with massive inflation. as dw is privileged when hearing reports from herrera parents, leading people to questions what independence means in the mob. way 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 series, the end of colonial bondage, the younger generation of consent, about other freedoms, economic and human rights issues that they feel the current government is struggling to do with one independence, zimbabwe 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 their ruling party that has been in power for the past 4 to 3 years. the skin color is what is change. our budgeting characteristics this system, and there were of governance given 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 frito. after decades of mismanagement, inflation in his and barbara is out of control. people are trying to so whatever they can just to make ends meet. one of other with people are struggling it as i was out of the country is now full of vendors. oh, most plan does the youths who are qualified to work in industries, what it means, whatever is that this country is not yet independent. i'm a graduate and i haven't yet found. busy a job with the bus it 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 a deployment about the ruling wu is ruling the country of lit

zebra. wins will fought in general elections later this year. but few optimistic that there will bring a radical change. this name turns 100 this year and the american entertainment conglomerate is putting on its largest ever exhibition of disney artworks, costumes and prompts 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 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 halle baby in the role of arielle. some fans voice their disapproval with studios casting 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 are made 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 cat should've 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. 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 villain in order to address these cultural stereotypes in their 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. 6 6 and finally, a giant renaissance 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 us. hence its name, trinity, a composite beast is over 11 meters long and almost 4 meters tall.

and here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you on the sour. a 24 hour see speier is supposed to be in effect in sudan, but violations have already been reported. un says it has no indication that rival force is battling for control over the east african country have stopped fighting around 200 people have been killed since violence broke out on saturday. and don't forget, you can always get the w news on the go. just allen our up from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news to stay with us. now after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the day hope with ah, with

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