ah, starts me 19 mom dw, blue. ah, this is due to the news ally from berlin, violin st. clair's, again in sudan, despite an extended ceasefire. the young rest spreads to urban areas of doff for wild cartoon. residents remain shut in their homes with little access to food or health facilities. also on the program,

ukraine scratching and calls for better air defenses from its western allots, after russia's deadliest air strikes in weeks. ah, and we meet the hard rockers from kenya competing for the chance to play at the world biggest heavy metal festival. the legendary bucket in northern germany. ah. and warm welcome to our viewers round the world on michael oak, who we begin in sudan where heavy fighting continues. despite a truce extension announced last thursday by the army and rival paramilitary group known as the rapid support forces or r s. f. air strikes and artillery have wrought parts of the capitol. cartoon. the heavy bombardment had damage build in residential neighborhoods. the conflict has

spread to the volatile door for region. the violence broke out 2 weeks ago, sparked by a power struggle between 2 rival generals. hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands have fled for their lives. earlier, i talked to matt nash, ed, a canadian journalist, following the developments in sudan from the egyptian capital cairo. i asked him why the 2 sides are unable to reach an agreement. ah, i think because each one thinks that they can still win. um so you know, selling negotiations are going to really get started ho, how momentum until one party is trying to protect itself from losing more than already has. and another party is trying to, you know, essentially official eyes, it's gains and so right now, or things that are pretty even queue of fighting with their horton between the military are so, so doesn't lend the lower than center for either side or to negotiate when they're

not going to get more or less than they otherwise would have, because they have no consolidation of gains on the battlefield. ukraine's president voluntary zalinski has asked western allies for more powerful air defenses after russia launched its biggest air strikes in weeks. at least 25 people were killed. the city of oman, south of cave was the hardest hit in the attacks, which happened early friday morning. the victims include children who died when rockets struck in apartment building. 6 6 2 they're still in shock after russian misses destroyed their homes in the early hours. i'm not really at 1st all the glass flew out, everything flew out even the chandelier fell. everything was covered in glass and then there was an explosion and the cars started exploding. we quickly found out things and ran out, and then every one started arriving several buildings where hits one completely

destroyed what you emotionally was. we had the sound of a plane taking off. 0110 minutes later there was an explosions of very, very at 1st i was confused as to hang on that and then there was a 2nd explosion here all in the last glass flew towards us. all of you yet quickly covered myself with a blanket and asked my husband, he was alive or not. but you really got this theory, the window. we could see that everything was on fire. it's hard to find words to describe it. so water. after that, we gather law things and went outside to send it, but dorothy, some of her sell it, but of oh, emergency services managed to rescue several people from the rubble presidency. lensky called the attack a night of terror and condemned to targeting civilians, ukrainian forces, say russia launch 23 missiles on the cities of women on nipper, where

a woman and her child died. and in the key of region where an apartment was hit, ukraine says it intercepted all but 2 of the missiles to russian drones are reportedly also taken down. the attacks were the latest in a series by russia in recent days. meanwhile, ukrainian forces are wrapping up preparations for a spring counter offensive. that's crossing out a d. w correspond mathias bellinger in keith mathias this morning. there are reports that a fuel tank has caught fire in the crimea in port. she gives her vassar pole following an alleged drone attack. what more do you know? yeah, it seems to be quite a big fire. we've seen pictures or for several for fuel storage is or they're burning. um, it's not the 1st time that her ukraine has attacked. the targets deep in crimea, the bridge that connects crimea to russia has been hit by ukrainians. airfields

have been hit that nevertheless, every one of them is of course, a difficult operation because they need to get quite far into russian control territory over either via the sea or, or via land. and sebastopol is, of course, a very symbolic target because it's where the, the seat of the black sea fleet, the russian black sea fleet. so, so it's, of course, a sign that sir ukraine is still laying claims to crimea. it's, it's so good. aim is to re conquer crimea, and that was a very powerful sign that they have an unrelenting from that several cities were struck in russia's biggest air strike this week. it is there a belief on the ground that this might be russia's new strategy to unleash massive attacks far and wide?

if it was, it wouldn't be completely new. civilian buildings have been had throughout this war quite often. and if anything ukrainians are just a confirmed that russian tactics are basically to scare people to inflict harm on civilians in order to break the morale. a terrorist tick t as a tactics as people call it here in the ukraine. this one was, or one of the most deadly attacks that we've seen, but it's by far not the only one buildings, especially in cities, legs up or leisure. and he brought a hard case that are closer to the frontline and can be reached by a number of rockets i have often often civilian buildings have been hit. mathias, as you well know, there is much anticipation about a counter offensive from ukrainian forces, perhaps in the coming weeks. do you think attacks like these would change ukraine's plans or perhaps even accelerator attacks on

seville or objects on residential buildings. do not inflict a lot of harm on the military, so they do not harm the military's capacities. now we don't know a lot about this or planned offensive where it might take place whole strong. the ukranian army really is very conflicting information on that as so there are lots of question marks. the ukrainian military is very good at keeping their plans secret in order or to a launch a surprise attack on russia or, or to attack and surprising locations or by else, appraiser, or surprising tactics. so oh, we don't know a lot, but i doubt that this kind of attack will deter the ukrainian army from attacking the russians. on the contrary, i really am ukrainians after these attacks, really rally behind their military. and the public opinion here is that these territories they need to be taken back in order also,

not only to keep save the people who live there, but also to keep safe. the people who live in other parts of ukraine like in on one which is quite far from the front lines, understood that that is our t. w, correspond mathias paralegal many, many thanks. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. authorities in indonesia say, 11 people died when a boat capsized. among the victims are several children. search and rescue teams are looking for passengers still missing or wrong in the level. but francis has warned against rising nationalism across europe. the pontiff is making his 1st official trip to hungary speaking in front of the anti immigration prime minister, victor, o, bon? he called for kindness to refugees. well, tunisia coast guard has recovered the bodies of over 200 migrants who have drowned trying to reach europe over 10 days. growing numbers of people are trying to leave

tunisia since its president announced a crackdown on illegal migrants. these migrants, many from sub saharan africa, are headed for italy, less than a 150 kilometers from the italian island of lum producer. tunisia coastline has long been a stepping stone for migrants. now tunisia is even surpassed libya becoming the top to port your country for african migrants trying to reach your of anita and her daughter staying in a port city of spokes, waiting to secure enough money to attempt the crossing letter to go to europe. god willing, anita has already had 2 failed attempts. despite the risks many keep trying. in the past 2 weeks, tunisia has recovered the bodies of over 200 migrants that drowned at sea.

authorities say, the numbers are overwhelming. local marks are running out of space. it says the numbers keeps going up and at 1st it was 6 bodies that came now we've been asked to make 30 graves at bonds over and over the the number of migrants arriving to italy from tunisia has increased nearly 10 fold compared to last year sub saharan africans are experiencing an upsurge in races, the taxing tunisia following anti migrant rhetoric from the tunisian president. rights groups are concerned dots pushing them to rest their lives at sea in even greater numbers. some sports news for you now in the boonies slager, current table leaders, bruce your dorman drop points when they travel to bonham. on friday night, the host took an early lead when antony lucille opened the scoring in the 5th

minute. but dorman responded just 2 minutes later through kareem odaimi leveling the affair at 11. and that would be the final score with the visitors leaving the pitch in frustration. the result gives dorman, a 2 point lead over byron in the standings who host her to berlin on sunday. well, every summer hard rock sands and performers flocked in northern germany to experience the world's biggest heavy metal event, the legendary vulcan festival. most of the bands were from europe and the u. s. but a few metal heads in kenya, but also battling for the chance to turn their amplifiers all the way up advocate. ah, they scream, they yeah. they are heavy metal band. saturday night club and i will be kenya or heavy metal is not so popular, but has a growing hardcore fan base. aah!

let me read. read. read on many of them i'm letting go. i've never let go, like i have to do with 5 bands battling in the preliminary round for a chance to play it. what's been called the biggest metal festival in the world. they've rehearsed for weeks. last years, tragedy is made up of guides who live ordinary lives, but let it all out on stage. they've dreamed of attending whackin for over 15 years . ah, walking like it could be a chance for us to kind of push this gift that we've gotten further to see what is

our limit, where is the ceiling? these no ceiling if we want to. so what can will be a kind of like a checkmark, but also a new step on the ladder for her sing in a small room in the key borders house. heavy metal is not really on the musical map of africa has kenya. we have been given the chance to do this heat, but we also want to show other people like what you guys have something going on there. what are you about? how can we help you ease the, the transition from a stutter burned to a bundle? can be global o heavy metal in africa. something very unique. the band crystal axes also write songs about the colonial history of the continent. ah, we do speak a lot on revisionist history, which is something that i think has really affected a lot of communities worldwide. a lot of committees have not known the back on the

history room where last last year's tragedy is heading to south africa. the next round in the battle for a ticket to germany. oh. and will landed on that note up next female football writer, margarita cabrera is the focus of our next program sports life. there will also be more news at the beginning of the next hour. i'm michael ocho in berlin. you watching the w ah stay up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program on line d w dot com highlights.