ah, in our series guardians of truth, watch now on youtube dw documentary, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. as ramadan ends, a fragile truce begins in sudan. but witnesses se, there's no let up in the fighting. more than 400 people have now been killed as the army battles paramilitary arrivals. also on the show, a major donor conference in germany, more than 50 countries pledge to continue their military support for ukraine. the

united states as ukraine's partners fans united in providing weapons for as long as it takes and the u. s. supreme court preserves access to a widely used abortion pill. america's highest court rejected a lower court ruling that imposed restrictions on the drug. ah. i married evans, dean, it's good to have you with us. so dan's army in arrival, paramilitary group have agreed to a 3 day truce for the end of ramadan. and witnesses said there is still fighting in the capitol cartoon. more than 400 people have been killed and thousands more injured since violence erupted a week ago. oh, the cool to pray,

rings out across this district in her team. as worshippers gather inside the mosque to celebrate, eat, the end of the holy month of ramadan. they are also praying for peace, a live jani, my life doesn't learn because we don't feel like it's each other, everything that's happening. walker, i'm about long. it was the same over the last few days of ramadan, and humbly learn a lot. we thank god anyway, let's go. the oil we're talking about the dog was taking place is inevitable. cynthia country ruled by 2 leaders and cannot move forward that often walk. there can't be to army as much over the wherewith the armed forces of the people in the land say are the people also dr. norma, what's happening with the law? which other fighting between the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces group has continued for a week. all attempts a ceasefire have so far proved short lived with the airport closed

and damaged the e. u. in the 7 member states with missions in sudan including france, germany in italy, miss try to get an estimated 1500 nationals trapped in her tomb out safely. it's either deutschland is it, but when the number of germans who contact us is growing every day and is currently in the low 3 digit range. as of today, friday afternoon, we inform local germans daily with the so called compatriot letter on the latest developments. going to some of them also currently cut off from all communications i need to find in isn't the outside. our funding are commonly cartoon up cushioning . but as gunfire resumed in her team shortly after the 2 sites announced to 72 our ceasefire. this latest truth is already crumbling. i asked journalist mad now shed whether the ceasefire in sudan was respected, at least overnight. thank you for having me 1st off again.

no. the fire, unfortunately does not seem to respect it. there was reports throughout the night. there was a bit of a load fighting, however, now reports have picked up again, the fighting has picked up and i think, you know, it just, it just those back to the original sense of trusting these leaders with their words before their actions. unfortunately. and now we're seeing both forces committing to further promises without actually, you know, making good on the original lines. so unfortunately, you know, these fire and descent that we would like to see and it has not occurred in sudan. yes. and of course, we know that throughout this week of fighting now civilians are the ones who are suffering. the humanitarian situation was quite dire. want our citizens most urgent

needs everything? i mean, i think you know how to start. you know, i think there's, obviously people are making, you know, incredibly difficult decisions of whether or not to stay in their homes or just lee . and i'm referring to the capital here because obviously the basic necessities, like water, petrol, you know, fuel, electricity, foods, none of these things are available in the supplies or quantities that it should be available in. and at the same time, there's a lot of showings so, so you know, obviously those research is very important. but then equally important in order to get those resources, they need safe spaces and safe spaces to be. so trying to get evacuated to safe areas and just to be in areas that are at least somewhat since from fighting and

relatively safer than where the fighting is taking place. and then thirdly, i would say medical supplies, listen, a lot of hospitals have been damaged. you know, there's a number of informal activists networks that have taken it upon themselves to re open hospitals that were closed from beforehand by trying to rush and fuel bringing doctors, getting some forms of electricity and powering up machines all in a bed to try to save and rescue lives and then these, these, these measures are taking place. so some dire measures of people that have no other choice, but to take it upon themselves to help people precisely because they're just such a storage of medical person. now in medical. ready clinics and hospitals to assist people. that was journalist, mad, national reporting from cairo on the situation and sudan mat. thank you so much. no problem. thank you. good. you cranes. western allies have been meeting at an

airbase here in germany. the most senior u. s. defense officials repeated pledges to stand with ukraine and its fight against russia for as long as the tanks. and they promised that american tanks do for delivery later this year will make a difference on the battlefield. a show of solidarity for you kind from its west. it allies, as the war continues to age us defense, secretary lloyd austin, price to groups efforts so far, financing washington's latest contribution. we've also expedited our in one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability and becoming much and the em on. so the ukrainians will use for training. all right, here in germany in the next few weeks. and all of this is huge progress for their part, germany and poland announced the creation of a tank maintenance hub. it's location just over the polish ukrainian border. would

enable tanks to return to the front line more quickly after repair it is mostly i will see every piece of equipment that is supplied in this war where the tank so combat support tanks and other equipment such as how it says or patriot systems is subject to wear and tear, especially when they are in continuous use in combat or dim. so i am very pleased that together with my polish and ukranian colleagues, i was able to sign a memorandum of understanding will set up a joint maintenance hub in poland for the entire leopard to fleet for to get them to leo, lifelong ministers and nato secretary general un stockton berg reiterated support for ukraine's future nato membership. but the focus for now, they say, is on helping ukrainian forces defend the country against continued russian aggression. i started at the roman con to ranko and kiev, and i asked him if the message of solidarity for ukraine from the international

community was enough. well, here in ukraine, they say it's never enough until this war is over. and of course, ukraine has received a lot of heavy and heavy weapons since the start start of this year. and main battle tanks are of western type, an infantry fighting vehicles. but um, some of that help comes late, for example, or the announcement both united states to lever abrams, m one, our main battle tanks. and they will be here on the battlefield, m in midsummer at best, but probably m a late in august. and this of course is too late for the much expected and offensive operation that ukraine is preparing for the coming weeks. and may be months. i'm on the other hand, ukraine desperately needs western type fighter jets like f sixteens and the west of the united states are not yet ready to leave to deliver those. ukraine received some a soviet style and mig 29 fighter jets. but ukraine needs western western jets because

it can use them to launch western type missiles. but am, in general, i would say a ukraine is receiving a lot of heavy equipment and it will be used very, very soon. or something else that was announced. and this meeting in ramstein was a deal to create a hub in poland to repair the german made leverage tanks. just how significance would this be? well, it's extremely significant, and the military experts i've been talking to say that am i to have an opportunity to repair tanks and other heavy weapons is at least as important as having tanks themselves. some say say it is even more important. and so it's, it's a huge, major development for ukraine to have that opportunity. but on the other hand, ukraine was hoping and is still hoping that maybe an 8 sometime later or the west will be able to repair tanks closer to the battlefield. ukraine is

a huge country and the distance between the maintenance hub in poland and the frontline is over 1000 kilometers. so it's a very long way. m m and it will make it very difficult for ukraine to provide those tanks after they've been repaired to bring them back to the battlefield. and, but it is, it is very important to start that process to create that hub because more tanks will be coming at tanks from different countries and germany as well. we'll be sending, not just leopard. we're a 2 tanks, the modern tanks, but also the older ones. leopard one ah, dozens of them of them and they will also need to be repaired. so it's a major development for ukraine. and for ukraine, poland and germany. that was d. w. 's, roman country ranko in care of roman, thank you so much for your reporting. we appreciate it. let's have a quick look now at some of the other stories making news. this. our 10 members of

the same family have been killed in a mass shooting at a house in south africa. please say they were ambushed by an unknown gun in the eastern city of peter mars borg. south africa has one of the world's highest murder rates. chillies presidents as is government will nationalize the lithium industry. it's the latest challenge to electric car makers scrambling to secure supplies of the metal to make batteries chilly, has the world's biggest lithium reserves and follows mexico in nationalizing the sector to british climate change protestors who scaled a bridge to unfurl a just a stop oil banner have been jailed. the men were given a total of nearly 6 years in prison, after being found guilty of causing a public nuisance by scaling the queen elizabeth the 2nd bridge, and dartford, east of london to the united states. now where the u. the supreme court has decided to preserve access to a popular abortion pill. the decision means that the drug them, if

a prestone will continue to be broadly available in the united states. a conservative judge in texas suspended approval of the commonly you drug on the 7th of april questioning and safety. the justice department of the bible administration filed an emergency appeal, asking the supreme court to block the lower court ruling. the w. washington correspondent. i mean, as if explained, want this decision means the supreme court basically ruled today that access to this pill that is important for many women to terminate pregnancies will remain unhindered. they were responding to a case from a texas judge federal judge appointed by foreign president, donald trump, a conservative and appealing to anti abortion advocates. and he essentially wanted to stop access to this drug,

mr. prestone. based on his assessment that the f d a, the food and drug administration which approves medications had not done a proper job and approving this pill. this went onto an appeals court, which said, we're going to help this decision, but we're going to add restrictions to it and make it unavailable for women who wanted to order it through the mail and make it only available through dr. prescription and the supreme court looked at that and for the past week they've been postponing the decision. but they finally said, no, we're going to go back to the status quo. women across the country will continue to have access to this pill, which is now used in about half of abortions across the country. you're watching dw news, or reminder now of our top stories. there been reports of fighting in sedans, capital har, tune despite a 3 day truth. at the end of ramadan, more than 400 people had been killed and thousands injured in a week of clashes between the army and

a rival paramilitary group. ukraine's western allies have been meeting at a u. s. air base here in germany to bolster support for key of in the war against russian. senior u. s. defense officials say nato stands with ukraine for the long haul. and that american tanks do in the autumn will make a difference on the battlefield. you're up to date on d. w. news. stay tuned for sports life. a marion, i haven't seen from me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for watching german w. this award winning offer is available worldwide in germany has never been simpler german to go the trio taking on your in trafficking that works a lot to finish with the when it comes to trafficking.