experience outstanding shopping and dining offers. enjoy our services. be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by from board. ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, and 800000000 dollar settlement brings an end to a defamation lawsuit between us cable network, fox news and dominion voting system. the truth matters. why have consequences?

dominion had accused box of spreading false claims that it's voting machines helped to break the 2020 election, causing donald trump to lose. also coming up a cease fire in sudan fails to hold as fighting rages on millions of civilians remain trapped in their homes. some without food or water. ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program. u. s. broadcast or fox news has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit by boating, technology, company, dominion for nearly $800000000.00. it means that fox will avoid a trial over allegations that it helped spread false claims that dominions voting machines helped rig the 2020 election against donald trump. it was set to be

a landmark trial. a defamation case against the largest u. s. news broadcaster shed you'll to last for 6 weeks, but it was over before it even started. reporters and spectators had gathered inside the court room in delaware when the judge announced that the case had been resolved. fox news corporation and voting technology company dominion had reached a settlement with fox agreeing to pay dominion $787500000.00 us dollars. ma, fox news legal team did not give any comments on leaving the court. the company later published a statement saying that they did acknowledge the court's rulings. finding certain claims about dominion to be false, but offered no apology. lawyers for dominion called the settlement of victory for democracy. the truth matters wise have

consequences. over 2 years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. kazi rivers horn to dominion in the country. the loss of by dominion which sells voting machines and election software alleged that fox news knowingly add false claims that the company's machines have been used to rig the 2020 presidential election against donald trump. those claims help fuel the outrage that lead many trump supporters to stone the capital in january of 2021 men each them back is still believe the election was rigged. while the settlement is a heavy price to pay for the media company,

it is only about half of what dominion was suing full. and it has saved fox news from further public scrutiny. and its top anchors and foxes found a rupert murdoch from having to take the stand so well, this settlement put an end to claims by some trump supporters that the election was ragged. i put that to washington correspondent amin s f will. right. this was a wide spread conspiracy theory. it was behind the impetus that was the impetus of the january 6 riots where so many people believed that trumpet won the election. they're willing to storm the capital building to stop a biden from being an inaugurated being basically, i'm given the presidency. so this was, it's a very widespread conspiracy theory. i don't think this trial is going to put a dent in that. but what it might do is prevent fox news, which really did a broadcast loud. his voice is behind the conspiracy theory. prevent them from broadcasting these voices again. and trump is set to run for president in 2024. so

and he said to use this a narrative about the rigged election again. so fox news can't broadcast that that will certainly heard from some attempt here in other news. fighting is continuing in the sudanese capital cartoon despite plans for a cease fire, nearly 200 people have been killed since violence erupted between the military and the paramilitary group at the weekend. millions of people are trapped in their homes. supplies of food and water are reported to be lowing running low. it was supposed to be a 24 hour truce. it lasted just minutes. fresh gunfire brought an abrupt end to the con, so many here cartoon had been craving ah . after 4 days of heavy fighting, there are few signs of life on the streets of cartoon. residents are spending

the last and whole, these days of ramadan, hiding in their holes, asked about a war sawn outside their windows. with ramadan, we've reached a point where, honestly, we don't know which day we are in donald on event it, we, usually it's like a feast. you know, when it comes to, to breaking our foss, it's like a piece of her as excited and over and ready for the food, but it honestly, all tastes bland. we barely eat anymore because everyone i think around stress and, and like diety, ah, the cautious a fall, but cut off supplies of food, leaving many civilians to fear for their survival. the longer this war loss, the longer we're going to have people starved and people go through situations where now they have to steal and a half. so i try to really live, ah, the world health organization has worn the medical supplies could also soon dry up

. there are disturbing reports of some health facilities being looted and others being used for military purposes. it's also reported that some hospitals are already closed or on the brink of closure, due to attacks and the lack of medical personnel and medical supplies. the bitter battle between sedans to most powerful generals, is threatening to turn into a humanitarian crisis. with fierce mounting that it could have ripple effects across a region. and from well as for hand garrett kurtz, a political scientist with the research group, africa, and middle east, that the german institute for international and security affairs and berlin. thank you so much for joining us. as we've been hearing the fighting continues, despite claims of a ceasefire. walk us through what has led to this escalation of violence? yeah, good morning. who to join you are to day. now indeed,

the fighting that started on saturday. ah was the end result often escalator, a spiral of mistrust between these and a 2 parties, the sudanese on horses and the rapid and support forces and they have been rivals for years. um, but in the last few weeks there were intense discussions about handing over power from the military to a civilian government. and that was disagreement between these 2 forces. and what would happened i with regard to be our staff and the software integration. um and what, who would control the hours have during this interim period of the civilian government? how high is your hope for a negotiate resolution, or is the likelihood that we could see a long civil war, a protracted conflict here? i mean, we are now on day 5 off this war off this fighting. i think it's too soon to

speak of a protracted situation. um, but also we are nowhere near dissolution. the breakdown of this latest ceasefire determined just on the lines how difficult it is, even to get small commitments or not by the parties. so getting them to permanently stop fighting will be even harder. who do you think is in the best position to try and influence that? i mean we've seen in the past days on the latest is fire, for example, was pushed by the united states. how much leverage due to international ah, you know, donors and, and partners have over the situation. well, both sides were at least apparently eager to speak to the secretary blinker

of from the yes. so that was the also to sign even though of course they didn't honor what they said they would do. i think important are especially the error partners off these content parties, meaning egypt, united arab emirates, and saudi arabia. and together, for some countries such as the united states or the u. k, and the u. m. if they act together, they can exert some leverage on these parties. get if you could just tell us what do you think the situation is for civilians right now, especially in the capital cartoon. yeah, i think we also got it in the report that you brought to us before. it's absolutely devastating civilians. i can't go out. no, they don't have enough water, not enough. who would do being shot at in the streets if they try to go

somewhere. that is why in the fighting in their neighborhood their costs might be stolen or they might be attacked by criminals. that also reportedly looming around so it's a very dire situation. garrett kurtz, political scientists with the research group, africa, and middle east at the german institute for international and security affairs. thank you so much for bringing us up to date and on that analysis of the situation incident. your work and a russian strike on the southern ukrainian city of her son has killed at least one person and wounded several more ukrainian president followed a missile. lensky has been visiting combat troops on the front line. the kremlin also said that vladimir putin had traveled to the regions of her son and the wants to talk to troops. a warning. our next report contains images. some viewers might

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. the lord. oh, there was a whistle. then a loud explosion. it was deafening. are very strong like 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 for a very scary picture. heavy fighting continues to devastate the region. much of it is concentrated in the eastern 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 with oh, are you being discharged already? what happens up to the hospital? oh, i'll go back. don't thank you for your service. the kremlin said putin also visited the hess on an hans regions to mate 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 here's a look at some other stories making news around the world, north korean leader kim jong, and it says that his country has finished building its 1st military spy satellite on the visit to north korea space agency, kim ordered officials to prepare for its launch last week piano yang launched

a new solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missile the latest in a state of weapons tests. russian foreign minister survey leverage has met with bennett, swelling president nicholas, my daughter and kodak us. the pair underlined the close links between the 2 allies, with laughter off extending an invitation to visit russia. moscow's top diplomat is on a week long tour of latin america. at least 29 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital in beijing. dozens of others were forced to evacuate. a f. p reported that authorities have detained 12 people, including the hospitals, director in connection with the place. a giant to ran a source racks has been a roaring success at an 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 u. s. henson name trinity. the composite beast is over 11 meters long and almost 4 meters tall. and his reminder of the top story that we're falling for you here on dw news, u. s. broadcast or fox news has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit by voting technology company, dominion for nearly $800000000.00. it means that fox will avoid a trial over allegations that it helps spreads also claims that the minions voting machines helped rake the 2020 election against donald trump. europe today. ah, oh time, ah, for brain update. because this orchestra called the brain continuously.