ah, ah ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. international pressure grows for an end to the violence in sudan. but it's unclear if the latest truce has taken effect with the army, saying that it will only accept the surrender of the paramilitary force that it's fighting. also coming up, the world's biggest space rocket explodes just to minutes into its 1st test flight

. we will find out why the starships owner space in the fist. the launch was a success. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. sedans top general has given his 1st speech, since violence erupted between the army and a polymer paramilitary force, last weekend. general abdulla photographer han also said that the military is committed to a transition to civilian rule. he said the army was, quote, confident that it would overcome the current crisis, and he thanked his soldiers for sacrificing their lives for their country. more public milan, there appeared to be no mention of a 3 day truce being called for by the international community in his speech. as the muslim ede holiday begins, later on friday, marking the end of ramadan,

more than 300 people have been killed in the fighting, and thousands happened. forced to flee. ah, more gunfire in khartoum as fighting goes on despite hopes for a cease fire. o. many residents i'm making last minute attempts to leave suit dan's capital city, people at this bus station a trying to get on one of the few buses still offering their services. oh my well no. what am i? i'm praying for safety and that god in the bloodshed were praying. they reached an agreement and god ends bloodshed of all muslims are going on with lou hopes for a cease fire were high on wednesday, but a lull in fighting never came about. sedans, army says it will not negotiate with the countries. rival paramilitary rapid

support, forced group. it means more suffering for the civilians trapped in the conflict. or because it was out of the soft got it brought to sharing. according to the health ministry, as you know, 20 hospitals have had to shut down because of attacks, moral and lack of supplies. i thought a little lock beside the talk. 08 more health centers are at risk of closure because of work overload and a lack of medical personnel. we call on the all parties to commit to a sustained, she made a terry and pause and fighting as soon as possible about washington says it sending more troops to its naval base and the nearby se african country of deputy to prepare for a possible evacuation of u. s embassy employees. other nations are also reportedly planning to get their people out, people and willingly kind and helpful to us. at the same time, people think also getting more and more desperate went down to the parking lot,

had high food and there was a huge fight breaking out into, you know, as people get more, more desperate than these get more and more tense. so people's access to resources is dwindling, and you know that then it things start turning the worst at a virtual meeting with african and arab leaders. un chief antonia gutierrez, called for a 3 day. tru, starting from friday. when muslims mark the end of the holy month of ramadan, the paramilitaries have said they have agreed to a cease fire. but with fighting still going on many a packing their belongings and leaving while they still can. and let's get more unless we're joined by journalist and political analyst. patrick. oh, yeah, he is based in juba in neighboring south sit down. what is the latest that you're hearing about the status of a potential ceasefire? is deleted with hearing of causes,

rapid support forces unilaterally unknowns as he's fired, beginning this morning at 6 am. however, the army has been quite up above the army. actually, we just received a report about 5 minutes ago that they are moving in somebody that your area is trying to calm the residential areas, meaning they're trying to look for any support forces that may be in those areas, the residential area to try to ida, you know, address them or neutralize them, what they call in the language. so at the fighting is still on. basically, however, some residential areas are quiet and we have also just received some report about 30 minutes ago. that some, some people have gone to the mosque in some residential areas. no one is not for. and either in the last day they are playing in a quiet. yeah. we are looking at some live video right now. they're on our screen and we can see actually smoke billowing the scene in cartoon this morning. and so i

would just like to ask you, what are you hearing from people who are there about what the situation is today, especially for civilians. yeah, it is a said it out of his visual areas are quite up. bob, when you to come to the military headquarters, the military headquarters fighting is ongoing and also in some presidential areas. the army base armed forces are moving and looking for support forces that they have to item utilize them or try to apprehend them. so that is what is happening to fighting as not really stop, because this force is not really reciprocated. what they are our pizza or force is . i've said that then announcing, unilateral sees file close, bought so many people were expecting that this was done and forces will follow suit back to they have not said anything. so that effectively means that the fire will not hold one side is going to, you know, continue fighting, then the other side definitely will retaliate. and in the meantime,

we've seen the majority of cartoons hospitals unable to provide service because of the attacks. walk us through why civilian infrastructure in particular being targeted because this fighting is just happening in the middle of the people, you know, the way like capital needs be all the app. what is in the middle of the national security for example, headquarters. he's in the middle of the city, even though he's in the middle of the cd, you can go to other countries, you'll find them in and out of far away from the city at least some distance. but in all these things are in the middle of the people. so nobody is fighting. for example, on the apple you have people who are you know, that wendy's writing our own, the national security hit around the, the presidential pilot. these are all in the middle of the people, and that's why the infrastructure normally, according to the law or should be respected, should not be targeted. now, you know, being destroyed or stop lines being cut to those places. it because the same roads

that the hospital wants to use to to move the ambulance in the same road. so that's really, really been telling everything in the city and the city where the fighting is taking place. that's why you've got some our you know, supply infrastructure being destroyed. what does that lie? infrastructure industry because it doesn't need it. ok. thank you so much, patrick or a journalist and political analyst joining us for more on the situation in today. we appreciate it. space acts is handling the launch of the world's most powerful rocket as a success. despite it exploding just minutes after lift off. it was the 1st on crude test flight for the 120 meter starship from its launch pad. in southern texas, the spacecraft is designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and to mars, hit was one office space ex most high profile

launches. to date, the largest the spacecraft ever built. hurtling towards the sky. the latest, the step towards corner alone must vision of reaching mars to rock had sought almost 40 kilometers high until the booster failed to separate from the main body hour was i thing on the k. hey, experts believe this basics. his reason to see the launch is a success. this broken is just a completely new design. it's a real departure from things that have been flown in the past. and so they were not expecting it to be fully successful. you have to debug these things and, and so they proved several things. they proved that the engines could far area, which is sort of roughest from turbulence. right?

that could crumpled a rock if it wasn't built strong enough. and they proved it could fly. and frankly, the right direction, it just couldn't separate. i fly, not a separate from his oper stage. the explosion also did little to damp indiana to see as them of the crowd gather to see the launch. yeah. oh my head. i got this, it was it blew up and visual range, which is yeah. hey, that's bad but it's also great. i got to actually see the whole flight. the 19 was at 968 or 69. i was 89 years old, and i sat in colorado and watched him walk on the moon. so how much fun will that be before i die? to watch him walk on mars, for instance. the 2 must routing the next step will be in a few months time. the spectators won't have to wait long until the space ex, again reaches for the stars. and we got more with keith carrying at the editor of space ref dot com based in washington

d. c. we asked him whether the launch should be seen as a success despite the explosion. well, as a former recovery, rocket scientist, myself, i guess is what i'm called. um, any time you have a rocket, here's my prop that takes off like this doesn't blow up in the launch pad keeps going for like 2 or 3 minutes gall with vengeance firing. and so for that, if it's the 1st time you've ever done it with the biggest rocket, anybody's ever built times to, i would be happy that i got that 2 minutes. however, you'll still happened at the, at the upper end of the flight were the 2nd see, didn't detach. it came back down the head to destroy it. but you know, if you're going to do something spectacular like this with the 1st time, i'd sure everybody you heard of jury of the really happy i got as far as they do now is keith carrying editor of spacecraft dot com. here's a look at some other stories make news. the pope and donald trump are 2 of the many

people who have lost their blue take. verification on twitter, ceo, ellen mosque said the blue check mark would be removed from all accounts that didn't pay a monthly fee. taylor swift and barack obama are among a host of celebrities to retain the blue badge on their accounts. russia says one of its warplanes accidentally fired on the city of belgrade, near the border with ukraine. a massive explosion shook the city and left 2 women entered. the defense ministry said the su $34.00 plane was flying over the city when an unplanned launch of ammunition occurred. investigations are underway into the incident. nato secretary general young stilton berg has made his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion. it's a show of support, as keith prepares for a widely expected counter offensive stolen burg, paid his respects to fallen ukrainian soldiers and reviewed damaged russian military equipment. a long line of western leaders have made the trip to keys.

and to this square, where ukraine proudly displays destroyed russian tanks. on thursday, it was the turn of nato chief. yes, dalton berg, his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion, president de lansky highlighted the symbolism of stanton barks, arrival. only one group to see you. soon, bruce, we see this as a sign can said that it is fine, a sign that nature is ready to open. a new chapter. ukraine is pushing to join the alliance. here in the capital's europe square, the nato emblem towers above all else. but members have been wary about letting ukraine in, in 2008 at a summit and be caressed. ukraine's membership was shelved as a question for the future. at the insistence of van german chancellor, england, michael with rushes invasion ukraine. joining nato seemed more unlikely than ever.

la september ukraine submitted a new application for a fast track membership, but it find few supporters in the alliance. the commander in chief of the estonian army was one of the few liberties of february dissing hoyt to sean. and they were already in nato ami. her own both. oh, and they have values which are also very western of business, especially when it comes to our community values windshield. it was that of ethical, marsha, i'm firmly convinced that ukraine must be granted a position in the ear and nature, your own motto. they waltz started, laura gave no concrete answer as to whether the decision would change any time. soon, though he did speak of the importance of natal membership. let me be clear. ukraine's rightful place is in the europe land, thick family. ukraine's rightful place is in nato. a

possible accession, we'll be a primary topic at the upcoming natal summit in july. fierce opposition is expected from the kremlin kremlin spokesman. dmitri pasco says natal membership for ukraine, which was a serious threat to russia and security. but russia's attacks and ukraine remain, a powerful force driving ukraine and nato together. here after day. thanks for watching. ah, guardians of truth. my name is john dinner and i have paid almost every price of being a journalist in a country like turkey. taking all the powers that be they risk everything, john dunder asked active.