the universe of like a superpower and were series of 40 to the answers, almost everything but this week on t w. ah ah, this is the w news. live it from berlin tonight and keep the chinese president on the why the phone call. ukrainian president zalinski has wanted for months. the leaders of china and ukraine to day spoke for the 1st time since the russian invasion began. last year of the results. a chinese delegation will visit you craig, for talks on possibly ending the war. also coming up as humanitarian prices in the

making refugees fleeing the fighting in sudan as a 3 day truce collapses. and israel celebrates independence day, the countries of 75th birthday with a spectacular airship. ah, i, bird. gov is good to have you with as we begin with the phone call, that ukraine's president has wanted for months. below them is zalinski today confirmed that he and chinese president, she's in pink, spoke on the phone wednesdays. lensky calling the one hour conversation a long and meaningful call. it was the 1st contact between the 2 leaders since russia began. it's invasion of ukraine last year. chinese state media reporting that she told zalinski negotiation is the only way to end to conflict. the chinese

foreign ministry also says that it will send a delegation to ukraine to seek a political settlement to the crisis. president zalinski has appointed a new ukrainian ambassador to beijing the 1st in more than 2 years selfish. well, the white house welcomed today's phone call, but says it's still too early to tell whether this will be a step towards peace. we spoke to d w's, roman control, and co in cave, and fabi uncredited her in beijing on why the true leaders spoke to day. oh, we do not know exactly russia what was before this girl was this story round the remarks by the chinese ambassador to france, who seemed to questions, christian erm ukraine's full independence and also the independence of former soviet republics. he was criticized for very by eastern con, eastern european countries. ukraine restrained from harsh criticism, and now understand why because this phone call was over obviously, being prepared at the time. and this phone call,

or also comes ahead of the much expected ukrainian offensive. and am it is, it is now a question, how can we talk about it? cease fire? or this is the word we're hearing today when ukraine is preparing a major offensive. this is a big question. i think this call am delivered to really concrete results, namely that china will sent a special envoy of erasure affairs towards ukraine and, and we'll try to help, you know, find a political solution towards the crisis. and secondly, china will send you any tarion assistance, but the rest of the talking points in the rest of the rhetoric, i would say it's not really new. and the overall position of china that it holds a strategic alignment of with russia has not changed. and however, i think that we can only understand this cause from a chinese perspective. and when you have to understand it and paging, there's a lot of fear that the relationship towards the european union will turn sour. and then m a. china definitely wants to prevent m a trans atlantic alignment between

brussels in washing. so i think this call is really to improve ties with europe and which is still the biggest trading partner with china. there was dw selby and crunch mer reporting from beijing and roman, going to ranko in chief in today and fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries has flared on the 2nd day of a supposed 3 day truce. some viewers in our next report may find the pictures to be disturbing. this is what the current sees file looks like. in sudan. this by promises of a 72 hour pause in fighting more bloodshed. according to officials here at the our roomy medical center in om damon, 2 shells fell on to the building around lunchtime, on tuesday, enjoying at least 20 people waiting in the seats here. among them,

a pregnant woman, i awnings on a cold and all the hospitals closed on. and we were still working here thought lisa, the business was running in a good way. a fellow puts a shell came in as you can see, her fill up an exploded tongue arkell alhambra. all patients who was sitting on the seats were injured below the knees. you're in to federal law. the u. s. broke it 3 day truce between the army and power military rapids support forces does however, appear to have brought some com to the sudanese capital car to him. but many residence is still fearful to leave their homes. they have seen previous attempts to bring stability to the country. largely fail says the outbreak of fighting more than a week ago. and doubt this time will be different. did it the streets, did you set, visited and did a meeting of the un security council on tuesday? the un special envoy to sit on res. further questions about the 2 sides. commitment

to peace is being released from did. so 2 generals continued trading accusations and issuing completing claims of control over can storage. there is yet no unequivocal sign that either is ready to seriously negotiate, suggesting that both thing and securing a military victory over the other is possible. the shaky cease fire has allowed many countries to carry out mass evacuations like saudi arabia, which brought over a 1000 people from more than 50 countries by boat to jetta. the thousands are also fleeing across sedans. boat is leading to face of this crisis spreading into neighboring countries. many of them arriving in make shift camps in chat desperate for food, water, and medical attention with the un warning of the urgent need for aid and results is to help deal with the growing influx of people with the sudanese journalists else.

honestly, adam is following developments from nairobi, kenya for us. we asked him, what needs to happen to bring these 2 warring generals to the negotiating tape? it doesn't look like they would. they want to negotiate for either like the, like the pressure has been on since day one, ask them to stop the fight. there was an effort from a can of south to done a to kind of mediate between the 2. there are also other regional players that are trying to put them together in a table, but these 2, they don't want to sit down and negotiate. so i really don't think, unless, unless you know, a list that you don't know as this other place within these 2 fighting armies that would have the voice of wisdom and may be consult the leaders of the importance of

us to stop the war and negotiating. i don't see any way of actually bringing the tool to table and getting a deal or let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . russia says that one of its mig $31.00 fighter jets is crashed in the northwestern months region. the defense ministry said the crash happened in an unpopulated area during a training flight and that both pilots ejected unharmed videos posted online, showed the plane going down. the former brazilian president shire bolton auto has been questioned by police for allegedly inside the riots after he lost last october's election. boston, our supporters stormed government buildings in brazil. ya on january 8th, a week after his successor was inaugurated. also narrow denies any involvement. iran's supreme court has upheld a death sentence, handed down to an iranian german. young she sham. odd. was convicted of being

involved in a bombing of a mosque back in 20 o 8. germany's foreign minister under lena bear box says that the sentence is unacceptable. sharman family insist that he is innocent in afghanistan, the teller bon, have killed in islamic state leader thought to have masterminded the bombing of couple airport. 2 years ago. the u. s. has confirmed the killing 170 afghans and 13 american troops were killed in the blast. during the chaotic us withdrawal from afghanistan, israel is celebrating its independence day. the country 75th birthday of spectacular air show was the centerpiece of the festivities, but thousands also joined to protests calling on the right we government to abandon its controversial plans to reform. the judiciary. perfect weather in tel aviv for the festivities to mark israel's 75th

independence day. it's a day of celebration a day to be thankful to god the day for the people of israel to come together that day. okay, that i'm here to make new connections. well, dancing together, he's made to the religious and those who aren't in jerusalem instead of a beach, an air shout ah, the traditional fly by included a euro fighter from germany, making its debut. the festivity started on tuesday evening with a ghana event. there was also a cold for unity even in difficult times from the prime minister. little to, to be united to know we have one people and one state. and we won't have another one happy independence day. but there were protests too, with colds for israel's far right coalition to completely abandon its plans for

a judicial reform. the demonstrator say democracy is in danger in israel. ah, like the very last i think when they cited safety on free. no, it doesn't say that your day is it. with israel's president, it sac hertzog spoke of the worst internal crisis since the founding of israel, 75 years ago. turbulent times. and a moment of celebration in bangladesh. untreated waste from the clothing industry is polluting the river running through the capital docket, attempts to band the disposal of chemicals into waterways. those attempts have failed and people say that they are suffering from the effects of toxic air and drinking water. while moore's feast often at this stretch of filth along the bull

younger river, once an artery of life cutting to the capital city, the river to day is considered a dead zone ruined by unchecked industrial waste. a large section of dark us population still depends on the body ganga as a water source, but rampant garbage disposal and lack of water treatment. mean fishing is a thing of the past one in about 20 to 30 years back. the reverse water was good. i used to catch all different kinds of fish ma longer now it is polluted as factors discharge their waste into the river. there aren't any fish in the river to day on in london with wanting a lot of many people to put the blame on gum in factories that line the believe

under. finally, she law require these factories to treat the waste before dumping. but the government cannot always keep watch, and so these factories often flowed the laws. communities living on the river banks also seen no option, but to dump their refuse into the bully gone gas, water, which they drink. colquitt, bed and difficult in public water treatment facilities are non existent. that is not a single hour wisdom being chain is available are provided by the city corporation . so that means obviously what i need, we need is they are disturbing their solid was do that, or to this river expert, say the brigand, that's troubles are man made and could be helped if target channels to waste to a nearby water treatment plant. but no such plans have been announced

finally tonight it is late april, but in many parts of spain, it feels like late july, temperatures are expected this week to reach 39 degrees celsius. that's about 86 fahrenheit. the early heat wave come to spain is already in its 3rd year of below average rainfall. water levels in many rivers are record lows, so low that local authorities have even been rescuing fish. they transported fish from this river in northeast spain, to a nearby river that had higher water levels. spanish meteorologists are blaming the hot weather on climate change. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour. the leaders of china and ukraine have spoken for the 1st time since the russian invasion began last year . the grades president zalinski says his conversation with, she's been paying was long and meaningful. china is sending a delegation to ukraine to seek a possible end to the war. you're watching the w news,

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